Junior fun day photos

We had a fantastic junior fun day!

Week 10- Last 3 days!

MONDAY 14TH DECEMBER

PRIZEGIVING in the hall- 9.00am SHARP.

PTA RAFFLE DRAW. All tickets, sold or unsold, need to be returned to the office. 

SCHOOL TRYATHLON- 10.30-12.30pm.

All children need to bring their togs, goggles, towel and bike/scooter.

STUDENTS TO VISIT THEIR 2016 TEACHERS- 2.15pm.

TUESDAY 15TH DECEMBER

WEDNESDAY 16TH DECEMBER

Missioning in the hall to farewell our Year 6 students- 11am.

School finishes at 12pm.

Reminders:

- Please return all library and reading books this week.

- Check the lost property box before the end of the term.

- Collect a few phone numbers so your child can keep in touch with their friends over the Christmas holidays.

Hi Parents 

I want to say a huge thank you for being such great parents this year. We have had a wonderful year of learning and fun, and I am going to miss all of the children very much.

I will be doing extra study during the holidays and term 1 next year, so I will be doing daily relief teaching at St Mary's for 2 days a week to begin with... :)

Prizegiving

Each class has 5 awards to give out: 2 for Achievement, 2 for  Consistent effort and 1 for Faith in action.

If your child is receiving an award they will have a card in their envelope that went home on Friday. 
I found it really difficult choosing the children from our class as we have so many outstanding students.

School Tryathlon

Order of events - Swim, Bike, Run. 

           

Junior students:

- Swim 1 width of pool.

- Scoot or cycle 1 lap of the astroturf.

- Run once around the field and finish back on the astroturf.

Juniors will pick up their bikes/scooters from outside Rooms 9 & 10.

They will then walk to the blue gates and complete 1 circuit of the astroturf.

2016 CLASSROOM TEACHERS

The Middle school will be made up of five Year 3/4 classes next year:

Mrs Bernie Hall- Room 12.

Mrs Margot Nielsen (Team leader)- Room 14.

Mrs Tai Waititi- Room 15.

Mr David Bach- Room 16.

Mrs Teresa Rush- Room 17.

Holiday Learning

Reading

Make sure to keep up with the reading during the holidays. As I have mentioned before, the public library is full of neat books for all levels. It is fine if your child chooses some easy books to read. It will help them to develop their fluency and will be a lot more enjoyable for them. Don't forget to read to them as well.

Writing 

Have a collection of writing books, paper, pencils and pens to encourage your child to draw and write about their ideas during the holidays. 

They could write a recount of their day, cards to family members, shopping lists and notes to people.

Maths

Your child should have access to their Number Rumble account over the holidays. They should work towards achieving 3 stars in all of the 0-100 and 0-1000 problems.

Also practice quick recall of + - X ÷ basic facts with your child and make up word problems for them to solve.

Have a happy and holy Christmas.

God Bless

Eliana x

Dance Workshop Group 4

Today we had a great time at the Amjazz dance workshop!

Dance Workshop Group 3

Dance Workshop Group 2

Dance Workshop 1

Christmas parade photos

I had the pleasure of helping out at the Christmas Parade on Saturday. The St Mary's and St Michael's children looked awesome and were so well behaved. 
Having a Nativity float was a great reminder to everyone that Jesus is the reason for the season.

Week 9- updated :)

Swimming every day this week. 12- 12.30pm. Bring togs, towel, goggles and swimming bag.

On Monday and Tuesday we will have Henk Greupink, Jason's dad, from Orange Swim School taking swimming.

Thanks Henk!

MONDAY 7th DECEMBER 

Mass practice.

TUESDAY 8TH DECEMBER

Amjazz Dance Workshop.  All of the junior school will be participating in this. There is a small charge of $2.

Mass practice.

WEDNESDAY 9TH DECEMBER

Junior fun day and picnic for Rooms 8, 9, 10  and 12- All day!

- Wear mufti to school.

- Bring togs.

- Bring a small plate of food for our class' shared lunch.

THURSDAY 10TH DECEMBER

End of Year School Mass 1pm in the church.

FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER

Reports, Portfolios and 2016 Class placement cards go home.

NEXT WEEK:

MONDAY 14TH DECEMBER

School Prizegiving  - 9am. 
School Tryathlon - 11am- More details will follow soon.

WEDNESDAY 16TH DECEMBER

School finishes at 12pm. 

Hi Parents

Thank you for coming to your child's Student-led Conference last Monday. It was really neat watching the children share their learning with their families! I hope you enjoyed it.

The photos are below.

Portfolios

This week we will be finishing off our portfolio assessments so that they are ready to go home on Friday along with your child’s 2016 class placement card and end of year report.

We had a few surprise changes in the timetable last week, and by the looks of things we are going to have to be flexible again this week with lots of things happening!

Junior school fun day and picnic

Have a lovely week.

Eliana

Student-led Conferences

Week 8- Updated :)

MONDAY 30TH NOVEMBER

Student-led Conferences- 3.15pm- 7pm

TUESDAY 1ST DECEMBER

The library is now closed.

Christmas activities begin.

WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER

THURSDAY 3RD DECEMBER

FRIDAY 4TH DECEMBER

SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER

Rotorua Christmas Parade. Children may come dressed as Nativity characters such as angels, shepherds…. for our school's float.

A note will go home this week for children who are interested in being a part of this. 

Hi Parents

   

Thank you again to those who came on our Museum trip on Friday. We learnt a lot and had a great time. 

The photo clip of our trip is below.

Student-Led Conferences

Our Student-Led Conferences are tomorrow- Monday the 30th of November from 3.15- 7pm. 

If you are unable to make it tomorrow I am happy to make it for another day before the end of the term.

The idea is that the children discuss their learning and next steps with you. It is their opportunity to show off some of their great progress. Siblings and grandparents are most welcome to come along too.

Each child has tabbed two pieces of work in each of their books to share with you.

They will have some prompt sheets for them to use, and there will also be parent prompts at each table for you too. 

Make sure to be positive and encouraging of your child.

Student-led Conferences are not parent/teacher interviews, so I will not be able to talk with you about your child’s achievement and progress on this occasion.

Your child’s end of year report will be sent home next Friday inside their portfolio of learning.

Together, these should give you a very clear indication of how your child is progressing and achieving.

A lot of thought and work has gone into both of these!

Our learning

In Reading I will continue with guided reading lessons for our earlier readers, and an independent program for our more able readers. 21 of the 26 children in our class are reading Gold or higher, and the remaining 5 have made outstanding progress! 

Please keep up the reading at home. Also start thinking about how you will maintain your child’s reading during the Christmas break. It is so important to keep up the momentum while on such a long break from school! 

The Library has some great readers available for all ages.

In writing we will be completing our narrative assessment task. The children have great imaginations and have really enjoyed the freedom this genre allows them. We have some amazing writers in our class who are well and truly ready for the middle school.

In Maths we will continue to solve word problems by using different maths strategies. During Student-Led Conferences your child will be able to show you just how they do this. 

Christmas

Our focus on Christmas will start on Tuesday (the 1^st of December!). We will be learning about Christmas symbols and their meaning, The Nativity Story, Christmas stories around the world and doing Christmas craft activities. 

Junior Picnic

We will be having our annual junior picnic next Wednesday. A note will come home about this during the week.

  

Have a great week.

Eliana.

Museum trip

Our Museum trip on PhotoPeach

Museum trip tomorrow

A big thank you to all of our amazing parents and grandparents who are coming to help out on our museum trip tomorrow. We couldn't have gone on the trip without your help!
  
So far we have:

Chris: Davey, Kyle, Fauvaka.  
Lynda: Dylan, CJ, Leon.
Eileen: Max, Navinu, Ryan.  
Jesse's Aunty: Jesse, Sterling, Paul.
Rachel and Mary: Tinky, Mya, Destin, Jayda. 
Eleanor: Emma, Rebecca, Caitlyn.
Vicky: Billy, Jason, Ariel.  
Phil: Madeline, Mia, Savannah. 

Can we please meet in our class at 10am.  
The Museum bus will leave at 10.15.  
The bus is a 60 seater and there will be 50 children going. Some parents have indicated they will meet us there. 
If you decide to come on the bus you may have to stand for the trip. 
We will leave the museum at 12.30.

We are going to do the Amazing race/ Historical trail where they have to find clues around the Government Gardens.

If it is raining we will still be going.
We are really looking forward to our trip!

Reminders:
Sunscreen.
Hat. 
Bottle of water.
A light rain coat if it's wet.

Poetry Recital - Leon

Poetry Recital - CJ

Poetry Recital - Sterling

Poetry Recital - Mia

Poetry Recital - Tinky

Week 7

Swimming every day this week. 12- 12.30pm.

Bring togs, towel, goggles and swimming bag.

MONDAY 23RD NOVEMBER

School flag referendum starts today. Should we change our flag? Why? Why not?

10.30am Church Choir in Room 15.

5.30pm Reading Together.

TUESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER

Library day.

WEDNESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER

THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER

Sausage sizzle orders are being taken today for tomorrow.

5.30pm- Thank you to all 2015 sports coaches in the library.

FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

Year 2 visit to the Museum. 10.15am-12.45pm- Parent helpers needed! 

Middle and Senior School Athletics at JPC.

SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER

SCHOOL WORKING BEE: 8.00AM -12 NOON. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 

Hi Parents

The children did a wonderful reciting their poems on Thursday. 

I have uploaded these below.

Our school's ICT technician, Jackson, was able to retrieve our reports! He ran an auto recover programme on my computer and they reappeared in my reports folder. Thank you for your prayers.

Your child's report, class placement card for 2016 and next year's stationery list will be sent home on Friday 11 December.

Student Led Conferences/ Student Learning Celebrations

You should have received your child's invitation to their Student Led Conference. 

These will take place on Monday 30 November from 3.15pm to 7.00pm. 

The conferences will be in our classroom and bookings will be set at 5 minute intervals. This does not mean that each conference is only limited to 5 minutes- you may take as much time as you need. Other parents and students will also be present in the classroom at the same time.

Bookings for your time slot may now be accessed:

www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

Code: 6ARLU

This week your child will be practicing:

1. Showing their family where to sign the visitors book.

2. Introducing their family to their teacher. 

3. Sitting their family down and sharing their progress and achievement in their portfolio and books.

4. Showing their family their work around the room.

5. Talking about their holiday learning goals.

Student Led Conferences are exciting and the children really enjoy spending time with their parents, celebrating their learning over the year. 

I hope you can come.

Museum trip- This Friday

This Friday we are going on our Museum trip by bus, so we need at least 5 parent helpers. Please let me know if you are able to help. We have only had 1 parent offer to help so far.
Our class and room 8 will be picked up from school at 10.15am and delivered to the Rotorua Museum for a 10.30am start.

Each parent will have a small group of children to work with while we are there.

While one class does the Amazing Race in groups with parent helpers, the other class will be doing the session on Symbols in Maori Art.
Then we will swap over.
We will be picked up from the Museum at 12.30pm and delivered to school at 12.45pm.

Portfolios

This week we will be completing a few end of year portfolio assessments so that your child can show you their progress in some curriculum areas. 

Portfolios may not have all of this term's assessments at the time of Student Led Conferences as we will still have 2 more weeks to complete these.

Next week we will be starting Advent, so things are going to start getting very exciting within the classroom!

Have a lovely week.

Eliana