ST ANNE'S FEAST DAY 2014

Today we celebrated  St Anne’s feast day and Grandparents' Day. Each class  prepared a song to sing or dance to. It was great to see so many of our grandparents come to the concert.

Laveton  led the assembly. Next  Railynnetta did a reading from Sirach and Psalms 103. We then  had prayers of the faithful by Paula, Tilly, Macarius, Finn and Taurean before  Mr explained a power point on St Anne.
Next Room 1 sang a funky hat song. They danced  and
smiled. Their singing was clear and beautiful. Room 2 sang  a HAPPY BIRTHDAY song.  They were having fun with some funny dance moves. Room 4 sang the Commonwealth Games song, with our New Zealand flag.

After room 4 had finished we sang a grandparents’ song with  instruments going with the beat.

Last of all room 6 had a song called Happy by Pharrell Williams. While room 6 sang  the song Amelia did her gymnastics in front.

Once each class had finished performing we finished off  with certificates being given out by Mr C. Elisah and Charlie from our class  were the lucky ones .The whole school  sang   “Do the Right Thing” for the  last item.

After play we got ice blocks. They were delicious. It has been  a good day playing sports and having fun. 
Thank you St Anne  for guiding  us at chool everyday.
Happy Feast day tomorrow. Kristyl and Elisah

CELEBRATING MAORI WEEK IS IMPORTANT.

We Think It Is imported to celebrate Maori Week because of the following reasons.

 

Roan- We can speak to Maori people.

Letone- There are a lot of Maori in NZ.

Madeline- Maori  is part of NZ culture.

Finn- Maori are the first of the whenua  and so the Maori language will never die.

Charlie- There are very few Maori speakers in the world.

Alecxis- The Maori culture is special.

Christian- We can communicate in Maori.

Wyatt- We can learn another language than just English.

Zana- We can learn more about Maori people.

Harley- It is good to appreciate different cultures.

Asa- It is fun to learn Maori song and dance.

 KIA ORA. 

 

Why Maori Language Week Is Important.

Tena koutou!
We think that Maori language week is important because a majority of children in our school are Maori and also Maori people are the founders of New Zealand. Learning Maori should be a good experience because not everyone knows how to speak multiple languages and it’s a good skill to have.
One thing to do to celebrate Maori language  is by trying to learn Maori words that you don’t know how to pronounce properly.
In our school we respect and honour Maori culture.
Kia kaha.
By Evie and Railynnetta.

BACK TO SCHOOL – TERM 3

Mrs Reddy’s Classroom Newsletter

WELCOME BACK !

Hi Everyone

I know that it has been a miserably cold holiday for most but I still hope you made the most of spending quality time together just relaxing and keeping warm.

The third term is looking rather busy but there is a lot to look forward to. I am keen to meet with you and your child to formulate a plan for the second half of the year at the interviews coming up soon.

The students will continue to be guided and supported in keeping the routines to engage in learning in Room 5. I am sure the students  will work on developing their responsibility with a positive attitude to work on their next steps as identified and documented in their mid-year reports shall continue to endeavour to do the best I can to ensure their progress in all areas.

The school discipline policy has been revisited and will be closely followed in my class to help  those children who  need help in acquiring appropriate behaviours to promote their own and other’s learning am happy to enlighten you about how the policy works if you wish.

Term 3 - COMMUNICATION

The big concept that weaves through all our learning is Communication which means that most if not all of our studies will be around this theme.

 

LONGTERM PLAN

RE-The major strands for the term will be SACRAMENT  and CHURCH. The students will be involved in active ways to expand their knowledge and apply their learning through their actions and thoughts in their every day living.

You shall be informed of the content of studies in your child’s RE exercise book. This book will be sent home on a regular basis with home activities to be completed with your support. This exercise enables you to understand the learning objectives. It is important that you sign each activity on completion and write a comment at the end of the study in each strand.

We shall also be learning about how to pray through Imaginative  Prayer as well as The Assumption  in the Liturgical Year module.

Social justice based on Catholic Teaching will be taught in the last two weeks of term culminating with our annual Mission Fair. Exciting!

The Family Whanau book is an invaluable resource for parents to have at  home as it gives you all the necessary information about the RE programme from Year 1 to Year 8.You may buy it or borrow one from the school office.
 

Health – DARE TO MAKE A CHOICE  - helping students make decisions to develop healthy lifestyles and fulfil their potential as individuals ,taking an active role in their community and behaving in ways that do not compromise the safety of themselves and others.

Maths-   Number –Multiplication and Division and, Geometry.

Reading- Close Reading-Processing information.

Written Language- Argument focus.

 

PE/HEALTH- Participating in Sports – Healthy Eating ,Training, Injury Free, Team Play, Team Support, Winning, Goal Setting Large Ball Skills-Invasion Games

 

The Arts –  Music- Recorder/Singing

 

ICT-Research on the internet, publishing skills.

 

 

Reminders - Students

·         Do your homework every night.

·      Sleep at 8.00pm

·       Bring your homework back  to  school daily.


PARENT REMINDERS

As the term goes on a lot of students do not have at school-a pencil, a ruler ,red and black pen, and glue stick and scissors.

·        Please check that they have the necessary supplies so learning  time is not wasted.

·        *Please check and sign off homework checklists each night and the reading log.

·        Read weekly school newsletter and regularly visit Room 5 Blog   to make your comments which we look forward to reading.

 TERM 3 HIGHLIGHTS

Feast Day Concert

Glasgow Games

RE:Room 5 Assembly.

Wigram Visit- to complement our Health/PE  topic.

Parish/School Mass.

Kapahaka Programme

PE-S.E Zones Sports’ Tournament

MISSION FAIR

Speech Competition
 

HOMEWORK-MONDAY TO THURSDAY  EVERY WEEK:

·        RE-regular home activities.

·        Reading for 15 minutes each night

·         Spelling and skills exercises based on their list of word

·         Basic Facts revision of addition, Subtraction and times tables.

·        Extras- as required to complement the learning at school.
 

 

Please feel free to contact me at school through a note (in an envelope ),email   grace@stannes.co.nz , or call me at school to make an appointment if necessary.

Once again,I welcome your suggestions and am looking forward to working with you this term.

 

Warm regards – Peace be with you.

            Grace

THANK YOU AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

We have had a rather busy and successful term. The students are becoming more and more responsible and showing a lot of interest in their learning.
The reports go out today.Please discuss the next steps .I shall be very grateful if you supported my suggestions as to how you can help them at home.
Looking forward to the interviews next term .
Happy and safe holidays1!
GRACE

MORE DESCRIPTIONS!

                                         WHAT AM I ???

I am a kind of bird who can’t fly. I am an endangered bird. I hope to spread across New Zealand again.

I have feathers. The colour of my feathers is brown. My skin is pink. My eyes are brown and my bill is orange. The feathers on me are shaggy.

The sound that I make is usually grunting or squeaking. Otherwise I make noisy sounds like whistling and meowing .When I get disturbed I make noisy growls.

You will find me in the North Island of New Zealand. Sometimes I’m found in Willow Bank. I am also found in the safe and protected bushes.

My enemies are cats, rats, stoats, ferrets and sometimes dogs. My main enemy is the possum. These animals like to attack me with their claws and eat my eggs.

 I like to eat living creatures like fresh water crayfish, snails, spider, cockroach, worms, beetles, grubs and larva grubs.  The plants I love to eat are coprosma, bush lewer, hirau, and kahitea.  Some plants are poisonous, so I have to be careful.

 During the day I sleep because I am a nocturnal mammal. I sleep in two burrows. The two burrows I sleep in are the shelter burrow and the underground burrow.

I am a wonderful native bird to the N.Z.

What am I ???

BY RUBY

 

WHAT AM I?

There are three species of me in the world. I have the biggest paws of my species. The male has bigger paws then the females. Between 400/500 are living in the Sumatran wild parks.

 My roar is so loud it can be heard two miles. My roar can scare off hunters sometimes. I look like a larger version than house cats and have soft fur. I like to swim but I don’t like to get my head wet.

I am a eleven feet tall twice as long as an average human being. Only 20/30 of us are living in South China. I can live in the wild parks which are protected. Sometimes we fight over the sleeping spots and it can cause serious injuries. I always hide in tall grass to hide away from hunters. I am the biggest cat in the world.

I am a carnivorous mammal with stripes.

What am I?                           

By Kian and Charlie.

 

 

DESCRIPTION WE WROTE - WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME WITH YOU,

WHAT AM I

I am the tallest land animal on earth. My family all has unique skin patterns. I come from Africa but there are lots of us in zoos around the world.

I love eating leaves and shoots at the top of the trees.  My tong helps me to pull leaves from trees.  During the day  I spend most my time eating. I can eat about 45 kg of leaves a day.

I have skin covered knobs on top of my head.  My strong neck helps me to fight others by swinging it which shows strength.

I visit many schools in Christchurch to teach them about health. What am I?

BY JAMAL

 

What Am I?

I live in a cold, wet, icy place. When I am hungry I hunt in the water. I can sleep anywhere on land but usually prefer hot rock.

I smell like wet melted ice and look like a cotton ball that moves around. My white fur is actually white tubes that reflect sunlight. I can use my white fur for camouflage and to hide. I am a carnivore that normally eats seals, I rarely kill humans. I actually have black skin, fat body and a long neck. I have sharp claws to hunt with.

I am the largest land predator in the world. There   are about 25 to 45 thousand of my kind left in the world. When I am hot, I lie in ice and when ice is in my hair, it goes through my skin to cool me down.

Now in the world there is not enough for me, in fact 70 per cent of my species cubs die from starvation.

I am a mammal that can swim beneath ice.

What Am I?  

BY EVIE