Week 2
Monday 19 October 2015
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Craig
Smith Show:The author of Wonk y Donkey will be
sharing his new book and giving us a great show on Tuesday morning. The cost
from this will come out of the $20.00 activity fee for his term.
Rachel
Kelly: Wednesday Mrs Kelly will be teaching for my
senior release time and on Friday Mrs Evan will be taking Room 10 due to
personal reasons.
Team
Star: This week we will be collaborating for
phonics, wriing and reading with assessments being done for maths so that we
can collaborate in maths next week. We are learning about half and quarters so
whenever it arises at home please consolidate the children’s learning.
Reading
Coaches: Some children have a Y4 reading coach this
term who will be working with them to give them reading mileage. These five,
Room 20 children are amazing and are working so well with their pupils.
Grandparents
Day: Please return your form if your child’s
grandparent or yourself are coming next Thursday. If you have misplaced your
notice just tell me the numbers of adults attending.
Looking forward to another awesome spring
week.
Yours sincerely
June Thompson-Sutherland
Room 10 Blog: http://funkidsstalbansschool.blogspot.com
Room 10, Term 4 Newsletter 2015
Welcome back!
I hope you have had a wonderful break. I did have a good
‘break’ in that I broke my hand on the first Monday of the holidays while
climbing Mt Richardson so I am typing this letter very slowly (you don’t have
to read it slowly thou!!) I am in plaster for another four weeks but luckily it
was my left hand as I am right handed.
The pod is up outside Room 8 where Miss Brooke Young, our
trainee that we had in Term 2, will start her teaching career with the new
entrant children. She will be part of Team Star and will be working with
children in room 10. We also have a new
classmate Senuli Wijayasena. We welcome
her to our school.
Term overview:
The Junior team have been very busy planning an exciting
term.
Our inquiry this term is ‘I like to move it, move it’. This
will focus on how we can use our bodies in a variety of ways for a purpose that
is fun and safe.
Here are some of the activities that we have planned. Please
mark in your diary.
Week 1: Monday
12 October: Powhiri to welcome all new staff and children.
Week 2: Tuesday
20 October: Craig Smith author of the Wonky Donkey show.
Week 3: Thursday
29 October: Grandparents Day and folk dancing demonstration. (8.45 – 11.30)
Week 6: Thursday
19 November: Y0/1 Athletics Day. (10.00 – 12.30)
Week 7: Friday
27 November: Beach Education at Waimari Beach. (All day)
Week 9: Monday
7 December: Visiting the Christmas Grotto and singing in the Cathedral. (All day event)
Thursday
10 December: Y0/1 End of Year Assembly. (9.30am)
Week 10: Tuesday
15 December: School finishes 12.30 pm.
Team Star Programme:
We will be collaboratively teaching again this term with the
four teachers for literacy and numeracy from 9.00 – 12.30. In the afternoons we
will be completing our oral language programme and handwriting. From 2.15pm
onwards we will be working with the Y0/1 team on athletics, folk dancing, music
with Mrs Tasker and later in the term swimming.
Rachel Kelly
Wonderful Mrs Kelly will be my release teacher again this
term on a Wednesday.
STaR : St Albans
school online reporting system
Please review your child’s mid year goals from their report
in term 2 and see what fantastic gains they have all made in term 3. At the end
of this term your child will get another online report with more detail on
their progress. Please if you have not got a log in number let me know.
Sun hats/Clothing/Drink
bottles
This term all children must have a named sun hat, which they
leave at school on their hook. Please also name sweatshirts and all other
clothing as this will be a swimming term (usually starts after show weekend). Named drink bottles full of only water are
needed daily during the school day.
Library
Awesome Jenny, a grandparent of a child in the school, has
again offered to issue and return library books from the mobile collection.
This will be on a Thursday afternoon so please make sure that your child’s book
is in their reading folder.
Communication
The weekly newsletter will be emailed to everyone on the
Sunday night before school starts on the Monday also one is uploaded onto our
classroom blog. A hard copy of this will be put on the parent notice board
outside Room 10. Photos from our adventures are posted on our blog. If you want
to contact me outside school hours just email me. There will be separate
notices re the activities planned and an activity fee/permission slip notice
for the children to attend these events, coming later in the term.
Parent help
Please if you want to pop in for half an hour or longer any
time of the day, Team Star would love you to join us. Whether it is reading
stories to the children at reading time, helping them play maths games or
getting them to talk about their stories we would welcome you with open arms.
We also would love some support on a Monday and Thursday afternoon at 2.15 for
athletics practice eg long jump, high jump, or sprint marshals.
Thank you all so much for all your wonderful support last
term with the showcase and with helping your child with their learning. It is an absolute privilege to teach these
fantastic children and thank you all for being so amazingly supportive towards
the children and myself.
Let the term begin! Yippee!
June Thompson-Sutherland
june.sutherland@stalbans.school.nz
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