A letter from the Prime minister's office

 A while ago we wrote persuasive letters to a range of different people and then we posted them.  We have been getting replies from Mr Macmillan, the student council, the Rotorua council and then today Chloe got a letter from the Prime minister's office. Pretty exciting!

 

Week 9 Term 3 Notices

It is Te Reo language week. Students will be working towards improving their spoken Te Reo, even more than we normally do. 

 Register for summer sports here. 

Next week:

Monday

New spelling lists and tasks will be posted on our learning site. 

Tuesday

Library - Bring books to exchange. 

Wednesday

Wonder Rocket launch day (hopefully)

Speech finals: Aaron and Chloe J are representing R4.

Thursday

No Warmer day We are making waffles, students just need to bring toppings of their choice. 

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

PE - bring PE gear

Friday

The teacher only day - No school

Our assembly highlights

 Last week we presented the assembly to our school. Amy and Melody took responsibility for writing the script and producing the background. Axiom and Sean recorded and then edited the video. 

Week 8 Term 3 Notices

 It was a fantastic day for launching rockets on Friday. Click here to see some of the launches. 

We also ran our school assembly on Friday afternoon, Sean and Axiom will put together a highlights package to be shared with our whanau and community early next week. 

We have now completed our class speeches, Aaron and Chloe J will be representing R4 at the Totara speech finals next week. Everyone who presented their speech was super brave and the quality was really good. Speeches will be uploaded to Educa this week. 

Register for summer sports here. 

Next week:

Monday

New spelling lists and tasks will be posted on our learning site. 

Tuesday

Library

Bring books to exchange. 

Wednesday

Thursday

Warmer day

Bring something yummy wrapped in tinfoil to heat up. 

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

PE - bring PE gear

Friday

Gym competition (gymnasts only).

Just a few burnt sausages ;-)

Father's day gifts and speeches

 Don't have time to buy Dad a gift? That's ok send along a few $ with your child tomorrow and it'll be sorted. 

Speeches

I have been super proud of our students being courageous in delivering their speeches this week. I know it is difficult for some students but everyone who has presented their speech so far has done great. The class and I give each other feedback and one thing to work on. Our class has also been super supportive and kind towards each other. 

Cultural and sports day

This is a heads up that the last day of the term is a cultural and sports exchange with other Catholic schools at JPC. All students will take part in sports and/or cultural events. We are also planning and running food and drink stalls. We will require donations of baking and parents to help on the day. Please email Mr J should you be able to offer help. 

This group of students has been working really hard to develop their Maths knowledge. Miharo tamariki. 

Week 7 Term 3 Notices

 We will be launching our modified Wonder Rockets this week. Students need to bring materials for modifying their rockets. Here is a link to what we have done so far. 

Fathers day gifts will be on sale Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, $3 each. 

Monday

Tuesday

Library day - bring books to exchange.

Wednesday

Thursday

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

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

PE - Bring PE gear. 

Friday

R4 Assembly, we'll take photos and video if parents can not attend. 

Aerodynamics

 This week we tested our knowledge of aerodynamics by making and flying a range of paper planes. We graphed the flight distances and then reflected on the results. Hopefully we can incorporate our knowledge of aerodynamics into our Wonder Rocket building. 

The longest flight was over 17 metres. Sean and Lorenzo were the class champions so they'll go up against the Room 1 winners next week.