Term 1, Week 2, 2017

Room 4 Newsletter:  Term 1, Week 2

Monday 6^th February, 2017

Important dates coming up:

*Monday 6^th February - Waitangi Day. School closed.

*Tuesday 7^th February – Swimming Programme begins. Room 4, bus leaves at 12.45 pm.

*Wednesday 8^th February – 5.30 pm: Meet the Teachers Evening.

*School Mass – Sunday 19^th February, 9 am. Please mark this date on your calendar.

*Wednesday 22^nd February: Evangelisation Team here at St. Gerard’s (morning).

*Tuesday 28th February – Swimming Sports (morning).

*Ash Wednesday – 1^st March.

*Thursday 2^nd March, 1.30 pm – NZ Playhouse Performance.

    

    SWIMMING PROGRAMME:

Swimming will take place on:

*Tuesday 7th

*Thursday 9th

*Tuesday 14th

*Thursday 16th

*Tuesday 21st

*Thursday 23rd 

Timetable: Rooms 7 & 4  - 1 pm.

The cost for swimming is $6 per child or $12 per family (2 or more children).  This can be paid to the office in a named envelope.

Garden/Technology Project:

If you know of someone with carpentry skills who would like to assist us to work with one small group of children at a time, especially to use tools like a hammer, nails and a saw, please let me know as soon as possible. We are aiming to do our Technology and Garden Project on a Monday afternoon throughout Term 1.

Proposed outline for ‘Meet the Teacher Night’ - Wednesday 8^th February:

*5.30- 6.00:  picnic tea

*6- 6.20: Meeting in Room 5 – introduction of new teachers; procedures around Restorative Practice; Student ICT agreement regarding BYOD and Email accounts; Reporting and Communication.

*6.25 - 6.40:  Rooms 1, 2,7             

*6.40 - 6.55: Rooms 4 & 5                

*6.55 - 7.10: Rooms 3 & 6

Regards, Markelle Ward J