Term 3, Week 2

Room 4 Newsletter:  Term 3, Week 2

Sunday 31st July, 2016.

CAMP MEETING Thursday 4^th August, 7 pm:

This week we will hold our first Parent Meeting for the Year 3 & 4 Dunedin Camp. It will be held in Room 4, this Thursday the 4^th August, at 7 pm. If you wish to be considered for attending camp as a parent helper, please make sure you come to this meeting. A notice will be sent home tomorrow (Monday) with all Room 3 and 4 students, with information and costs.

Important dates coming up:

*Monday 1^st and Tuesday 2^nd August:  Catch-up days for Ice-skating.

*Thursday 4^th August – Parent Meeting for Year 3 & 4 Camp, 7 pm in Room 4.

*Wednesday 10^th August (afternoon) – School Cross Country.

*Thursday 11^th August – 7 pm: Parent Meeting for Confirmation at Father Pat’s house.

*Saturday 13^th August – Parish Family Mass: 6 pm, starting with a meal at 5 pm.

*Tuesday 23^rd August – Central Otago Cross Country.

*Sunday 28^th August – 9 am: Whole School Mass.

*Wednesday 7^th- Friday 9^th September: Year 3 & 4 Camp to Dunedin. Tahuna Park overnight Wednesday, Ōtākou Marae overnight Thursday.

Have a great week.

Regards, Markelle Ward.

Term 3, Week 1

Room 4 Newsletter:  Term 3, Week 1

Sunday 24th July, 2016.

Welcome back everyone. A new term and a clean slate … at least until it fills up completely with dates and plans and exciting events as always!

Important dates coming up:

*Thursday 28^th July – Blossom Festival Float Meeting, 3pm in Room 2. All welcome.

*Monday 1^st and Tuesday 2^nd August:  Catch-up days for Ice-skating.

*Wednesday 10^th August (afternoon) – School Cross Country.

*Saturday 13^th August – Parish Family Mass: 6 pm, starting with a meal at 5 pm.

*Tuesday 23^rd August – Central Otago Cross Country.

*Sunday 28^th August – 9 am: Whole School Mass.

*Wednesday 7^th- Friday 9^th September: Year 3 & 4 Camp to Dunedin. Tahuna Park overnight Wednesday, Ōtākou Marae overnight Thursday.

Year 3 & 4 Camp – The basic plan so far:

Wednesday 7^th September:

Travel from Alexandra

Pool & water slide

Arrive Tahuna Park 2 pm

Art Gallery/Museum session 3-5 pm

Dinner 6 pm

Sandy shore – depending on weather

Showers

Overnight in Chalet

Thursday 8^th September:

Pack Up

Arrive at Ōtākou Marae

LEOTC programme 10 am – 3 pm

After 3 pm - Marae based activities/ Rocky Shore ramble

Evening meal

Overnight at marae

Friday 9th

Pack up - leave by 9:00

Art Gallery/Museum session 10 am – 12 noon

Bush walk and exploration - Ross Creek

Lunch

Leave for home approximately 1.30 pm

Please note that these are early arrangements only, and are subject to change depending on availability of facilities and activities. There will be a parent meeting early in the term once everything is in place.

Markelle Ward J

Term 2, Week 10

Room 4 Newsletter:  Term 2, Week 10

Sunday 3rd July, 2016.

Well done to those who participated in the role play, readings, and prayers of the faithful at the Family Mass on Saturday evening. Dani, Rhianna, Joshua, Adam and David – your parents should be very proud of you! A big thank you to Roly for writing the role play and preparing the children to lead it… we are lucky to have these extra opportunities to share our skills and our time.

Important dates coming up:

*Ice-skating this week: Monday 4^th July, Tuesday 5^th July and Thursday 7^th July. Room 3 & 4 will be leaving by bus at 9.40 am on each of those days. Please be prepared with gloves, jackets, and bike helmets. Let me know if your family has concession cards because we need to sight these each time. Because of the cancellations last week, there will be two catch-up days for ice-skating in week 2 of term 3 - Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd August.

*Parent Interviews for Year 4: Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon of this week. Please make sure you have booked your time on-line with the code shown in last week’s school newsletter.

*Poetry Eisteddfods in class Monday 4^th and Tuesday 5^th July.

*Eisteddfod Assembly 1.30 pm Thursday 7^th July in the hall.

*Friday 8^th July: 12 noon, School will join the Parish Mass, led by Room 3 & 4.

*Friday 8^th July: Rippa Rugby Tournament – last day of school, in the afternoon. Mufti day.

Student-led Interviews:

The children are invited to join you for the teacher interviews this week so that they can share the goals they have come up with in all areas of their learning.

Kys Family:

It is with some sadness but lots of excitement that we farewell Nicolas Kys from Room 4 at the end of this week. The Kys family are moving to Singapore. A big and challenging adventure is in store. We wish you a safe and happy transition to your new country and your new school, Nicolas. We know you and your family will keep us up-to-date with progress. We will pray for you all.

Frans du Plessis:

We also continue to remember Frans in our prayers as he perseveres through treatment for his illness. We have updated our google doc to Frans with lots of photos of George and all his outings with Room 4 students. Jayne Battrick is able to share this document with Frans when she teaches him, and he is able to occasionally share his learning with us.

Sacrament of First Reconciliation:

Congratulations to those who undertook the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Thursday evening. This was a very special celebration, led by Father Pat and Father Martin Flannery. The next day in class we discussed the feelings the children experienced throughout the sacrament. They used the words “nervous, excited, scared, then excited, blessed, holy, proud, better”. One said they felt like ‘a priest’, and ‘like Jesus’. We all agreed that most of these feelings added up to us definitely experiencing a ‘graced moment’ in our faith journey, with the Holy Spirit helping us.

Poetry Eisteddfods: I trust you are ready to roll with your poetry eisteddfods. The practices have certainly been fun with lots of reading of limericks, tongue-twisters and verse. Well done.

Thank you for a great term everyone. Regards, Markelle Ward J