Week 5

 

Welcome to another week of learning.

Swimming Sports - Can everyone please complete this google form. The class with the most replies will get a hot chip lunch!!

We are still planning on having our Swimming Sports for our Yr 4 to 6 students. The date is Thursday 10th March. Please click on the link below to ensure we have the correct details for all our students. Swimming Sports Form

What's on this week:

Monday - Swimming with Henk, writing lenten promises

Tuesday - Swimming with Henk, Pancake Tuesday (bring some toppings - school will provide maple/golden syrup)

Wednesday - Swimming, Library, Ash Wednesday liturgy, Camp notices back today.

Thursday -  First Aid training

Friday -  Sausage Sizzle, Golden Time, Roller skating

Henk will take swimming for Monday and Tuesday this week, then it will be Kahikatea's turn for 10 sessions. He will do a catch-up session for Totara after this. 

 Some key learning this week include:

• RE -  Inquire into key features of the life of our parish and diocese and explore ways that we can be an active part of it e.g. Lent
• Maths - BASIC FACTS AND ALGORITHMS Numbers can be broken apart and grouped in different ways to make calculations simpler. Powers of ten are important benchmarks in our numeration system, and thinking about numbers in relation to powers of ten can make addition and subtraction easier.
• Literacy - Reading strategies that help us understand better e.g. self-monitoring, retelling the main idea, summarising, ask questions.

HomeLearning 

• Students should be reading daily for 15 minutes. Either a library book, a class book, or a book from home.
• 15 minutes of Maths Whizz, learning basic facts or playing a maths game.
• Some students will have spelling or handwriting practice coming home this week as well

Some reminders from Mr. MacMillan to follow...

Please remind parents that if their child is unwell they must stay home. Ministry of Health Advice is:

What you need to do

• You and your whānau should watch for symptoms

• If any develop, get tested immediately

• Then, stay at home until you receive the result

 

Symptoms of COVID-19

·   A new or worsening cough

·   Sneezing and runny nose

• A fever

• Temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste

• Sore throat

• Shortness of breath

Less common symptoms include diarrhea, headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, malaise, chest pain, abdominal pain, joint pain, or confusion/irritability.

Parents need to be reading the COVID updates that are sent out regularly.

Week 4 Learning

 Boy, we seem to cram a lot of learning into a week!

Our name creatures and descriptive writing are hanging up and look awesome. It's nice seeing our walls starting to look colourful.

We had a maths investigation on Tuesday as the date was a palindrome. 

We found out by writing a number, then flipping in and adding them together, you could turn any number into a palindrome. Some numbers took more than one step though!

We continued our maths learning by reading and writing large numbers. The students are also working on maths maintenance each day to practice basic facts.

We continued with our learning about the church and school for RE and for Te Reo Maori we added onto our pepeha by naming our family members.

Golden Time was free time, and we had a variety of activities happening today: baking, Ollies, drawing, games, and reading. 

Another highlight of today was our Opening School Mass which was held outdoors which was a bit of a treat. Thanks to our readers, Skyrah and Cherica, and Andrew who was an altar server.

Enjoy your weekend everyone.

 

Week 4

 

Wow! Week 4 already! It feels like we've only just started the term.

The class is doing a fabulous job of wearing masks. We are going outside each day for some 'mask-free time' for fitness and also doing some of our learning outside. Please congratulate your child on their resilience and patience. 

                                                   

This week, the school value we are focussing on is Respect. We will be discussing how we show respect for each other, ourselves, our class, and our school.

     

                                                           

Swimming continues this week. It is pleasing to see the quick progress the students are making by swimming 45 minutes each day. Remember to provide a note if your child isn't swimming. We have spare togs to borrow for those who forget. Please wash these and get your child to return them as soon as possible.

           

Week 4 Learning

Some of our big ideas this week include:

RE - At St Mary's, we have a unique way of doing things. Everything we do is grounded in faith. With Christ as our center, we are the St Mary's C.R.E.W.

     - To understand that we are part of a school that has a special history and charisms grounded in the person of Christ.

Maths - NUMBERS — The set of real numbers is infinite, and each real number can be associated with a unique point on the number line.

THE BASE TEN NUMERATION SYSTEM — The base ten numeration system is a scheme for recording numbers using digits 0-9, groups of ten, and place value.

Writing - Planning techniques for writing - Developing expertise in selecting, noting down, and organising ideas and information will help our writing.

What's on this week

Monday - Swimming

Tuesday - Swimming

Wednesday - Swimming, Library

Thursday - Swimming, Roller skating at lunchtime

Friday - Opening School Mass 9:00am, Sausage sizzle, Golden Time

A reminder for parents:

Swimming Sports 2022

We will be holding our annual Swimming Sports 2022 on Thursday 10th March. This year only Year 4-6 students will be attending. Please click on the link below to ensure we have the correct details for all our students. Swimming Sports Form

 

Week 3 Learning

 So we've survived our first full week this term. We have had a bit of fun with Ollies, worked hard on our swimming skills with Henk, focussed on getting our koru art and name symmetry art finished and been mathematicians collecting data to answer a question about our classmates. Also, we have been researching our school and our church community with our Room 1 learning buddies. Whew! that's a lot of learning in one week.

It was lovely having our Golden Time treat of an ice cream sundae under the tress this afternoon to congratulate ourselves on having a fabulous week.

Just a reminder to our families about birthdays. Please do not bring treats to school to share as it sets an expectation for other families. Also, due to Covid, it makes it tricky to manage. We sing to the students for their birthday and make a fuss in the morning. 

Here are some photos of our learning this week.