Term 3, Week 2

Room 4 Newsletter:  Term 3, Week 2

Sunday 26th July, 2015

Thank you to all those who managed to get to the Camp meeting on Thursday night. Your input has enabled us to make final arrangements that best reflect your wishes.

Year 3 & 4 Camp:

I have completed a one-page Information Sheet which will come home with the students’ Homework Clearfiles on Monday.

The cost for our camp will be $175 per student.

The two staff attending this camp will be Mrs Eastwood and myself.

A further ten adults will accompany us and stay overnight at the Lodge, including the adult driving the Emergency Vehicle. Names are outlined on the Information Sheet.

All costs for the staff, adults and bus driver have been built into the cost as agreed at the meeting.

Thank you to those parents who indicated they would be willing to take the “Day Only” option of making their own arrangements to visit us at the Snow Farm. These parents will travel independently (ideally you could car pool) and have the option of skiing at their own expense.

DAY 1

9:30 am	Arrive at Snow Farm. Settle into Lunch room space.
10:00 am	Get fitted into rental equipment, head out onto the Snow.
10:30 am	Lesson with Ski School.
11:45 am	Lunch: Packed lunch.
12:30 pm	Ski Tour around base trails.
1:30 pm	Snow Fun – Tubing etc.
2.30 pm	Return Rentals.

*Note: Day 1 can be extended with a ski around the main basin supervised by parents.  

DAY 2

9 am	Ski from the main basin to Meadow Hut.
11.30 am	Early lunch at the hut and return to base for 1.45 pm departure by bus.

*Note: The hut is 4.5 km away and may take younger kids a while to ski but is very rewarding!

Upcoming dates:

*This week is Book Week, 27^th–31^st July. Do come along and enjoy the library display.

*28^th-29^th July: Year 4-8 Parent Interviews - Tuesday and Wednesday 3.15-5 pm. If you haven’t booked already please go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz, enter the code FJVGF, and choose a time and day that suits you.

*Wednesday 12^th August (afternoon) – School Cross Country.

*School Mass for Term 3: Sunday 30^th August, 9 am.

I look forward to seeing you at Parent Interviews this week.

Regards, Markelle Ward   J

Term 3, Week 1

Room 4 Newsletter:  Term 3, Week 1

Sunday 19th July, 2015

Welcome back for another term of fun and learning in Room 4. I trust that you all kept comfortable and warm over the holidays with plenty of relaxing activities with your families.

Year 3 & 4 Camp:

I now have all the information I need to sort out costings and arrangements for our Year 3 & 4 camp. To share this information with you, there will be short meeting in Room 4 at

7 pm this Thursday evening. The dates for the camp are Tuesday 1^st September, leaving early in the day by bus for the Snow Farm, sleeping over at the Lodge that night, then home again by bus next day, Wednesday 2^nd September. Following Thursday night’s meeting I will get all relevant information out to families with costings confirmed. For those who have been to the Snow Farm before, you will know what to expect, but this is a first for me. The programme looks very exciting and meals are catered, so it should be fun and easy (except for the skiing bit!)

Upcoming dates:

*Thursday 23^rd July, 7 pm, Parent Evening regarding Year 3 & 4 Camp.

*Week 2: Book Week 27^th–31^st July.

*28^th-29^th July: Year 4-8 Parent Interviews - Tuesday and Wednesday 3.15-5 pm. If you haven’t booked already please go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz, enter the code FJVGF, and choose a time and day that suits you.

*Wednesday 12^th August (afternoon) – School Cross Country.

Homework:

This term homework will include reading comprehension, maths and a spelling sheet coming home each week. This will be marked in class each Friday, so please support your child to be consistent with the organisation and completion of homework tasks. I continue to welcome your feedback to ensure that the level and number of tasks is right for them.

Big Idea for Term 3:

The Big Idea for our whole school for this term is ‘As an Enviro School we are learning to make a difference in the world by recycling, reducing and reusing’. In Room 4 we will be investigating and practising this in many ways right across the curriculum. This will include observing and recording progress with our school garden (Science), making crafts and bags out of recycled paper (Art/Technology), making connections between texts and the concept of sustainability (Reading), and exploring ways we can look after God’s creation (RE). As part of our Inquiry the children have already started asking some very big questions, and I am looking forward to seeing where this will take us. Watch this space.

Regards, Markelle Ward   J