Sunday 19 March 2017

Term 1, Week 8

Room 4 Newsletter:  Term 1, Week 8

Monday 20th March, 2017

Welcome to Week 8. I hope Anniversary Weekend is going well for you.

Important dates coming up:
*Tuesday 21st March: Senior Syndicate Discovery Time 9.45 – 11.15 am. Rotation 3.
*Tuesday 21st March: Room 4 Woodwork Technology (afternoon).
*Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd March: Parent Interviews after school both days. Classes will finish at 2.30 pm on Wednesday for Rooms 4, 5 and 6. Those who remain at school will be supervised.
*Thursday 23rd March: Mrs Ward is to attend the Bishops Forum in Dunedin.
*Friday 24th March: Assembly in the hall at 2.10 pm.

Central Otago Triathlon Message from Mr Yeoman:
"It is essential that all those students who put their name down for the Central Otago Triathlon this Thursday 23rd March bring their forms back to Mr Yeoman or Mrs Beilby on Tuesday March 21st.
Thanks."

Connected Curriculum:
On Friday in Room 3 & 4 we had plenty of examples of how Connected Curriculum is working in our school. As part of Room 4’s study of parables in R.E. we had baked bread on Thursday to demonstrate how yeast is like the Kingdom of God – a little bit of yeast permeates the whole loaf and it grows bigger and bigger. God’s love grows in us in the same way, and a little bit of faith grows and grows so we can do great things. We served the bread as part of our shared lunch for St. Patrick’s Day, when everyone wore green clothes, and brought a plate of green (or other) food to share. We also used fresh garden produce (mostly green) from the School Garden, the Wards garden, and Mrs Beilby’s garden. We made 3 big hot-pots of cooked vegetables. This directly linked to the following WALT’s:
1. Health:  We are learning to use fresh garden produce to make our own hot-pot.
2.R.E:  We are learning to exercise our duty to care for creation through small daily actions and changes in lifestyle.
It was lots of fun, with Mrs Beilby’s Saint Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt creating plenty of suspense and competition to finish.











Have a great week.  Markelle Ward J

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