Week 9, Term 2

Thank you to all of those families who attended Sunday Mass, it was a lovely celebration and really special to witness 5 children from our school being baptised. 
A special thanks to Tara, Pippa, David, Jelena, and Alia who all helped out during the Mass.

Poetry Eisteddfod 
Please continue to prepare for Poetry Eisteddfod, the marking schedule is in a previous post.  Those that are ready will have a chance to start to presenting on Wednesday morning and then we will continue presentations in Week 10 - Monday and Tuesday.

Ice Skating 
Ice Skating is on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Please remember to bring your helmet, jacket and gloves.

Cultural Assembly
On Thursday at 1.30 there will be a Cultural Assembly, there will be a variety of cultural performances  - Room 4 will have Charlotte K performing a dance, a Maori stick routine and a Haka.
All are welcome to come and watch.

We hope you have a lovely week!

Poetry Eisteddfod

To save paper, I have just posted the Eisteddfod Poetry information here. :D

Year 4 & 5 Poetry Eisteddfod - information sheet

WALTs:

·      Present a poem to an audience

·      Use a clear voice

·      Listen attentively to the presentations

·      Talk about the presentations and help choose our assembly presenters

Marks	What I could do ….
Introduction  5	Say the name of your poem Say the name of the poet Say why you chose the poem
Presentation      10	Say your poem with expression Use the full stops, commas, speech marks and other punctuation Make eye contact with the audience Keep your head up Try not to rush Look like you are enjoying sharing your favourite poem
Preparation 5	Know your poem off by heart Speak slowly Choose a poem that the Room 4 audience will like
Voice          5	Use a loud voice so that we can all hear Keep your head up so that your voice projects Speak slowly Use expression

Week 8, Term 2

Welcome to Week 8! Wow, the weeks are going by quickly.

This Week some of our class will be participating in the Rippa Rugby Competition on Thursday. The children that are left at school will do their first ice skating lesson. If children could bring a jacket, waterproof pants, gloves and a helmet to school on Thursday.
The sessions will be Tuesday and Thursday week 9 and 10 too.

Whole school Mass on Sunday at 9am.  This will be an extra special Mass as 6 children will be baptised!

This Term our Eisteddfod is poetry. We will send a note about the criteria for this on Monday. Everyone will be presenting Week 9.

On Wednesday afternoon, teachers have a union meeting. If you are able to pick your child up early at 1.15pm that would be appreciated. If you are unable to do so, Mrs Eastwood and Mrs Gilbert will supervise the children still at school. Thank you for your support with this.

Hope you have a wonderful week and the sun comes out!

Week 7, Term 2

Hello,

On Monday, Room 4 will be visiting the library, so if all library cards and books that need to be returned could come to school that would be marvellous!

I am in Wellington at the NZ Catholic Schools Convention from Tuesday through to Friday.  Mrs Chamberlain will be teaching in Room 4 from Tuesday- Friday.

Just a reminder, if your child is doing Ripper Rugby if you could email me when you have completed their registration. The details for this are in a blog post below.

We are having a cultural assembly on the 25th of June.  Is there anyone that is able to teach a group of Room 4 students a cultural dance or if your child is able to perform a cultural dance to share with the school.  Please send me an email if you are able to assist with this in any way. clairedwyer@stgerards.school.nz

All children in Room 4 have been given an email address.  It would be great if you could sit down with your child and get them to log on to their account and to go through the importance of logging off and not saving their password to a device.

Thanks, have a great week!

Claire Dwyer

Rippa Rugby Tournament

On the 21st of June, there is a Rippa Rugby Tournament.  Below I have posted the teams, this event is not compulsory and if your child did not want to be part of it, they will come to school like normal.

For your child to play in this event you need to register them with NZ rugby ASAP, otherwise they will not be able to play.  Please click this link and register your child.

www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/62313

Year 5-6 teams

Team Name:   St Gerard’s Warriors	Team Name: St Gerard’s Rockets
Coach/Manager:	Coach/Manager:
Tadgh	Jack O
Lachie	Jack S
Dylan	Otis
Bobbie	Sully
Hayvin	Charlie D
Mason B	Keira
Jelena	Jacqui
Sophie	Ana
Zaria	Rhianna
Annajhay	Alia

Year 4
(Teams for Y3/4 will be confirmed at a later stage)
Pippa WilliamsTara MulhollandJada O’Neill-CooneyBella Donaldson

Thanks,

Claire Dwyer