Week 9

Hi everyone,

Scripture Eisteddfod will be presented by all Year 2 and 3's on Thursday afternoon.

The Year 2's will be heard by Mrs Wright and Mrs Beilby and the Year 3 and 4's will be hear by Mrs Laidlaw and myself.
We have decided to do it this way as there is a Yr1/2 and Yr3/4 Eisteddfod Cup at the end of the year so the children have consistent markers throughout the year in all Eisteddfod areas.

The Eisteddfod Assembly, will be on Monday 8th of April at 1.30pm in the Church. All parents will be notified if their child is presenting at this.

Stations of the Cross will be held at 9.15 on Friday, for the whole school in the Church.  Everyone is most welcome.

Assembly is also on, Friday afternoon this week.

Hope you all have a great week.  Only 2 weeks until the holidays!!

Claire Dwyer

Week 8

Good Afternoon,

On Monday of Week 10, we will be having our Scripture Eisteddfod Assembly.

The Year 2's can choose either a prayer or a simple bible reading.

The Year 3's need to choose a simple bible reading. 

The marking schedule for each Year are below so you are aware of what we are looking for...

Year 2 

Introduction:         /3

Speak clearly:       /4

Use expression:       /3

Total:                                 /10

Year 3 

Introduction	/10
Preparation	/10
Diction	/10
Audience suitability	/10
Presentation	/10
Teacher comment	/50

School photos have been postponed to later on in the year. 

Thanks, 

Claire

Week 7

Good Afternoon,

Tonight there will be a prayer vigil held at St John the Baptist Church at 7pm, to pray for the people who lost their lives and are injured from the attack in Christchurch. Everyone is most welcome to come along.

Monday morning prayer will be a little different this week with a prayer liturgy in the Church.  All welcome to attend.

Wednesday - School Mass - Room 1

Details for:
SCHOOL TRIATHLON 2019

The school triathlon is happening on Thursday 21st March from 12:30-2:30pm. We will be starting the first race at approx. 12.40pm. Please check your children’s bikes and that their helmets fit properly over the next few days.

VOLUNTEER HELP: If you are able to help with course marshalling please email Mr Yeoman (ollieyeoman@stgerards.school.nz) asap . It is important that we have plenty of parents around the course to ensure all children are safe at all times and of course to support the children. The more helpers we have the better and safer the race is for everyone.

CLOTHING: -Please be sure to come to school in the correct clothing:
-Years 5 – 8: School sports uniform and track suit
-Years 1 – 4. School sports uniform and green trackpants/warm clothes. -
School sunhats are compulsory, so be sure to have yours at school.

TIMETABLE: -Lunch will be at 11:30.
-We will all be leaving school at 12.10pm.
-Years 5 – 8 will ride their bikes to the pool with Mrs Lyon and Mrs Wright
-Years 1-4 will travel by bus, their bikes will need to be dropped directly to the pool at 12:15.
NOTE this is year groups not room numbers.

-There will be an event briefing at 12:30 with the first race starting at 12.40pm.
-Every child will be competing in the triathlon in the following age groups and in this order:
Yr 5-8 Competitive (Yr 5&6 first, then Yr 7&8)
Yr 1&2 Yr 3&4 Yr 5-8 Non-Competitive

TRANSITIONS: There will be marshals at each of the Transitions, Mrs Beilby & Mrs Lyon at the run/bike and Mrs Flannery inside the pool.

We ask that parents please stay out of the transition areas, there will be help available to your children if they need it. It would be helpful though to have parents remove bikes as soon as possible from the area.

POOL ENTRY: Children may only access the pool through the rear doors. This is the understanding that we have within our pool hire agreement. All parents must use the normal pool entrance and stay clear of the rear doors. PICK UP: Children and bikes are to be picked up from the pool after the event at approx. 2.30-2.45pm please. Any bus children will be brought back to school by staff.

Assembly
Room 4 are on Assembly this week. :D

Thanks,

Claire Dwyer

Week 5!

Hello,

We've arrived at Week 5, which is of course is Junior Camp on Thursday evening and Friday.

If you have said you had a tent available, we would appreciate you bringing this to school on Thursday.

We have been busy sorting out where children will be sleeping, when we have finalised this list we will let everyone know.

So you are able to sort out your Friday, these are the parent helpers for the Day session.
We please ask, that you can sort out transport to each activity, as we do not have enough room on the bus for all parent helpers.

Room 7 Helpers

Chris Campbell	Nathan McLean
Shane Samuel

Room 3 Helpers

Kirtsy Anderson	Rebecca Cowley
Rachel Baxter	Vania Smith
Kiri Mulholland	Jen Bedford

Room 4 Helpers

Helen Ryan	Vanessa Breen
Christine Lanham	Christina Tyrell
Claire Cockburn	Heather Breen

Below are the details for the camp: 

JUNIOR CAMP TIMETABLE

Location	Activity/Times
Thursday St Gerard’s School	Children to be dropped off at 5.30pm at St Gerard’s, on Thursday 7th March. Parents to help erect the tents on school field before leaving. (Only parent helpers to stay.)
	A fish and chip tea will be provided. There will be a choice of fish,  hot dogs or donuts. Please bring baking and bread to school.
	Play in the playground. (Both to be supervised)
	Technology (boat making) in classrooms. Please bring suitable materials for making boats.
	Ice Cream
Friday	Breakfast Preparing breakfast together. Pack bags and pack up tents.
	Children and teachers will travel via bus and parent helpers will be travelling in their own vehicles. We will leave school at 9.30am and bus to Lionel Day’s train ride in Earnscleugh.   Bus to the Crayfish Farm on Dunstan Road at approximately 11.00am for tour, boat races and lunch. Leave farm at 1.00pm for Monte Christo, for play and fruit ice cream.
St Gerards	Leave Monte Christo at approximately 2.30pm and return to school by 2.45pm.

The gear list for camp Thursday evening 7th March is as follows:

• Room 4 – baking for morning tea and lunch
• Filled water bottle

• Sleeping Bag
• Stretcher or single airbed
• Pillow
• Pyjamas
• Toothbrush and toothpaste/hairbrush/facecloth
• Underwear
• Change of clothing
• Spare backpack for Friday
• Jacket
• Sunhat/Sunscreen
• Utensils – plate – cup
• Shoes – suitable for outdoor activities
• Torch

With regard to boat building - the children in Room 4 have designed a boat on paper and have thought about the materials so they can build it. Some children have brought in materials already, tomorrow (Monday) I will send home their plan so you can discuss with your child what they might need to make it.

I wonder whose boat will float and which will sink?!

Other things that are on this week:

Ash Wednesday, Room 5 and 6 will be co-ordinating Mass this week which marks the start of Lent. Lent is a time of Alms giving, and Reflection. We have all made some Lenten Promises which will be on display (from Tuesday) in the school office and some in the church foyer.

Walk n Wheel is an annual week-long event used to "kick start" Active Transport for the school year.

Walk n Wheel aims to:

• Promote and encourage Active Transport amongst Otago primary, intermediate and college school kids.
• Get kids, parents and schools thinking about Active Transport.

How Walk n Wheel works:

• Walk n Wheel Week runs in the first school term of each year with Walk n Wheel week for 2019 taking place from 4 March to 8 March.  During the week kids are encouraged to either walk, bike or scoot to school.
• Walk n Wheel Day, which takes place in the middle of Walk n Wheel Week, is a day where extra emphasis is placed on Active Transport and schools strive to get as many students and staff as possible to choose an Active Transport option.
• Each participating school receives resources for the week, such as: posters, stickers, progress cards, classroom charts, and a school prize pack, along with a chance to win many other great prizes.  The higher the percentage of kids that walk or wheel at each school, the greater the chance to win the best prizes.

We will be surveying the children on how they arrived at school on Wednesday. 

Looking forward to a busy week! 

Please contact me if you need any more information about the events this week. 

clairedwyer@stgerards.school.nz 

God Bless 

Claire Dwyer