Term 3, Week 3

Room 4 Newsletter:  Term 3, Week 3

Sunday 7th August, 2016.

Letter of Intent regarding Camp:

Most families in Room 3 & 4 should now have received a notice asking parents to sign for their child coming to camp, and to express their interest in attending if they wish. Please return these immediately so we can sort this information as early as possible. If your child was away from school on Friday, I will ensure they bring this home tomorrow (Monday).

Important dates coming up:

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

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

*Friday 12^th August – 9.30 am: Room 4 and some choir members will sing the National Anthem for the Citizenship Ceremony at the Council Building.

*Saturday 13^th August – Parish Family Mass: 6 pm, starting with a BYO finger food tea at 5 pm. Assumption Sunday 14^th August.

*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. Dunedin Holiday Park overnight Wednesday, Ōtākou Marae overnight Thursday.

Parish Family Mass this Saturday night:

Father Pat has asked if I could arrange a few students to present a liturgical dance at the Family Mass on Saturday evening. We will be preparing this dance in Room 4 (or perhaps at lunchtime) during this week. I have asked the children to make sure that if they would like to participate, they must check with parents first. I will confirm this later in the week with the parents concerned.

Writing:

After last term’s excellent narrative writing and publishing, Room 4 children have continued their commitment with a project on Information Report Writing. The four topics are Cambodia, World Religions, The Sun, and Dinosaurs. We have been working on establishing the criteria, planning, research, layout out in paragraphs, and of course the writing. The children are developing their self-management skills, some are doing slide shows or posters, and most are really engaging in their topic. I look forward to when these are ready to present to the class.

Te Reo:

In the lead-up to camp we have been learning all about the Marae, and what we can expect with the powhiri (welcoming ceremony).  Soon we will begin practising our mihimihi. We have also been looking at the different parts of the wharenui (meeting house), and the children have done a sketch. I will endeavour to have these up for display by the end of the week.

Olympics:

Every student will take a turn at presenting a news item about the Olympics over the next week or so. Please support them to choose an appropriate story/picture to share from current newspapers.

Have a great week.

Markelle J