Week 5 Term 3 Updates

 School is open tomorrow, we have our L2 protocols operating. We are cleaning tables, chairs and door handles at each break time as well as at the end of the day. 

Mr Macmillan has sourced some food and it will be available for those families who are in need. It will be in the Church car park tomorrow, please take some if you need it. 

Hopefully the weather will stay calm so we can launch our Wonder Rocket prototypes this week. I'll share some photos and videos. 

On Friday we sent home devices for some students, can they please make sure they come to school tomorrow, charged and ready to be used. The book packs can stay at home for now, just in case they are needed in the future. 

Monday

Totara Mathsweek problem-solving challenge. 

Tuesday

Library - bring books back to exchange. 

Wednesday

Thursday

Go4It PE All students need to be in correct PE gear. 

Plastic-free Thursday

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

Friday

Sausage sizzle

Midweek (Covid-19 L2) update

Last evening the other Totara teachers and I travelled to South Auckland in preparation for visiting a school today to explore how they are using project-based learning. Obviously with the Covid-19 alert level rising we simply left early this morning and returned to school.  We didn't arrive in South Auckland until late last night and left this morning without interacting with anyone - interesting times. 

We will be changing the way we do things in school and in class to help keep everyone safe. Please read today's newsletter for the full explanation. 

We have started our Wonder Rocket building. We need more 1.5 litre plastic bottles, plastic and cardboard. 

This reading group read a play very well earlier in the week. 

R4 Weekly Notices W4 T3

Congratulations Jack, Player of the day at footie. 

We celebrated Mary Mackillop day on Friday with lots of fun activities. It was lovely to see students from R4 helping the younger students throughout the day. 

This week:

Monday

Tuesday

Library - all students should ensure they have a novel to read throughout the week. 

Wednesday

Mrs Kusabs will be in R4 for the day. 

Thursday

Go4It PE - all students require PE gear.

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

Plastic-free day - no single-use plastic please. 

Assumption of Mary Liturgy

Friday

Sausage sizzle

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.