Term 3, Week 1

Sunday 20th July

Happy 6th birthday to Adam!

Welcome back tomorrow for Term 3. I trust that you all had some special time with family and friends over the holidays. Looks like we may be in for continued hard frosts but hopefully with plenty of sunshine.

Important Dates:

Assembly: Friday 25^th July at 2 pm – Room 4 will be leading assembly this week.

    Family Mass this Sunday 27^th July, 9 am. Some Room 4 students will be doing a reading or Prayer of the Faithful.

·        School Cross Country Wednesday 6^th August (pm).

·        School Production – dates to be advised.

Year 3 & 4 Camp

Each week I will include snippets of camp information in the newsletter or on the blog for your information. This week – Museum Sleepover!

Otago Museum Timetable for Sleepover Visit: Wednesday 3^rd – Thursday 4^th September.

Wednesday

3 pm: Arrival, introduction and safety and evacuation talk.

3.15 pm - Afternoon tea: biscuits, fruit and drink.

3.30 pm - Education programme: (school choice – to be advised).

5.00 pm - Discovery World exploration time.

5.45 pm - Introduction to sleepover staff.

6.00 pm - Dinner: pizza and fresh bread.

6.30 pm - Discovery World exploration time.

7.00 pm - Night-time activity: (school choice – to be advised).

8.15 pm - Set up beds (Discovery World).

8.30 pm - Supper: biscuits, fruit and drink.

8.45 pm - Secret visit: (school choice – to be advised).

9.15 pm - Prepare for bed.
9.30 pm - Lights out.

Thursday Morning

7.00 am - Rise/Pack up belongings.

7.30 am - Breakfast: fruit, ricies, cornies for students, toast option for adults as requested.

8.00 am - Visit to Tropical Forest and/or Discovery World exploration time.

8.30 am - Trail around Museum.

9.30 am – Departure.

Parent Interviews – Year 4

Parent interviews are now being scheduled for the Year 4 reports that went home at the end of Term 2. Please make a time for this – either Tuesday or Wednesday of Week 2.

Homework

Homework routines will resume this week with regular reading, spelling, maths and RE activities coming home in folios. The focus for maths this term will move to repeated addition and multiplication, as well as other maths curriculum areas such as fractions, geometry and measurement. Please monitor this carefully so that your child is spending a balanced amount of time on homework – not too much, not too little. J

Regards, Markelle Ward.