Mary Mackillop day Friday

We are celebrating Mary Mackillop Mass on Friday and there will also be a dedication to our former teacher Susan Townes who has sadly passed away earlier this year. All our whanau are invited to Mass in the church at 9am. 

We will be having a shared morning tea on Friday so can everyone please bring along a plate of food to share. There will still be a sausage sizzle for lunch. 

Today student photo codes for ordering school photos went home, all the instructions are on the notice.  Bus students will get their notices tomorrow. 

We are celebrating Cook Island language week and today Luka and Campbell made a yummy Cook Island dish. Well done boys. 

R4 Week 3 Term 3 Notices

Thank you to all the parents who made time to meet with your child and myself last week. Please email me to make a time should you still need to meet. 

We still require parts for our Wonder Rockets. Please send in any plastic, cardboard, tape and 1.5 litre plastic bottles. 

Nearly all R4 students completed their book reviews last week. We will be giving each other feedback throughout this week. This week we are reading our novels for enjoyment only, no review. 

Monday

Tuesday

Library - bring books to exchange. 

Wednesday

Thursday

PE - bring PE gear

Warmer day - bring something yummy to warm up. Please make sure it is wrapped in tinfoil. 

Plastic-free Thursday. No single-use plastic please. 

Friday

Mary Mackillop Mass and activities. 

R4 midweek reminders

It has been nice to meet with students and parents this week, it reminds me how supportive our whanau at St Mary's are. 

Tomorrow (Thursday)

• If you are able, can you please send in a coin for the Young Vinnies coin trail. The money raised will go towards helping Niksham and his family. He is at Starship hospital receiving treatment. 
• Warmer day - bring something yummy wrapped in tinfoil to warm up for lunch. 
• Plastic-free Thursday. Try to avoid bringing any single-use plastic to school. 
• Most students have spelling words to learn this week (they are on the class learning site) and a book review is due Friday. 

Today we started our Wonder Rockets project, we formed our groups and began thinking about designing our first rockets. 

R4 Notices Week 2 term 3

We had a fantastic start to Term 3 last week. This week is another busy week so students please make sure you are organised. 

We still need 1.5 litre plastic bottles, plastic and tape (any type) for our Wonder Rocket projects. 

Monday

Mr James is out of school on a course - Mrs Kusabs will be in R4. She will be helping students with their watercolour art. 

Students will get either a list of words or spelling rule to be learning throughout this week. 

Tuesday

Library - bring books to exchange. 

Three-way conferences after school. Parents can still book in here.  Use the code bnp5z Here is more information about the three-way conferences. 

Wednesday

Three-way conferences after school. Parents can still book in here.  Use the code bnp5z Here is more information about the three-way conferences. 

Thursday

PE - bring your PE gear. 

Warmer day - bring something yummy wrapped in tinfoil to warm up for lunch. 

Kapahaka

Friday

Sausage sizzle

Top chefs last Friday. 

Thursday reminders

We have had a fantastic start to the new term in R4. There has been lots of exciting learning happening and all the students have been great. 

Some reminders:

Thursday

Cultural dinner in the hall - see the newsletter for more information. 

Warmer day - students can bring something wrapped in tinfoil to warm up for lunch. 

Plastic-free Thursday - Please try not to bring any single-use plastic to school. 

PE - All students need PE gear. 

Reading logs due tomorrow.

Please send in 1.5 litre drink bottles, tape (any type) plastic/ cardboard. 

Welcome to Term 3

This term our Concept is Exploration.  Much of our learning will be around this concept but we are also taking part in the Wonder Rockets project and the students who were in R4 last year will spend time designing, building and gardening with Mr G. 

Reading logs need to be returned by Friday, there are spare ones in R4 if needed.

Can you please send in and 1.5 litre plastic bottles for our Wonder Rockets projects. Lids are not needed. 

Please check Chromebooks are charged ready for learning on Monday. 

Week 1 schedule

Monday

Exploration Ignition - students will visit all 5 Totara classes to take part in different learning tasks related to Exploration. 

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Plastic Free Thursday (see below)

Warmer Day - Bring something yummy to warm up for lunch. Make sure it is small and wrapped in tinfoil. 

Kapahaka

Reading logs must be in today - last day to enter the draw for prizes. 

Go4It PE - students require PE gear. 

Friday

Sausage sizzle

The Young Vinnies are continuing to collect bread tags until the end of Term 3. Please collect and send them into class, Jet will be collecting R4's.

Weetbix food creations

Today many students cooked or made a food creation which included Weetbix. It was great fun and the students worked really well with their teams. Our creations were gobbled up by other students and staff so hopefully we'll have a winner when the prizes are given out at assembly tomorrow.  Here are some photos. 

Reminder: Mufti day tomorrow. Students are encouraged to come dressed as a wild animal. Makenna is the Principal tomorrow and Melody is her PA.