week 9

This week....

PTA raffle tickets are due back so please return Monday sold or unsold as the draw is on Monday!

JUNIOR PICNIC IS THURSDAY  (9-12PM) FOLLOWED BY A CLASS SHARED LUNCH.

WE ARE GOING TO ORDER PIZZA...SO YOUR CHILD WILL HAVE TO BRING 

$3:00 FOR THIS BY TUESDAY PLEASE.

If I don't have everyones money in I can't order the pizza-thanks.

This week there will be a lot of tidy-up and preparation for christmas. The class have enjoyed making christmas crafts and we have some more to do this week.

Please return any readers and library books from home.

I will still send home reading this week.

Also we need plastic shopping bags to return children's work so send some along.

It has been a fabulous year of learning and unique experiences for room 10! 

I will take this opportunity to say a big thank you to you all for your generosity and parent help!

Regards 

Bernie Hall



WEEK 8

Hello Everyone!

Thank you for your kind words and condolences over the passing of my dad. His funeral was on Saturday and it was lovely. Dad would have been proud. 

(I told room 10 to tell their uncles, dads and grandfathers how proud they are of them.)

Swimming this week.

All library books are due back.

Readers will be coming home also.

Bernie Hall

Week 7

The weather is getting hotter! pLease make sure your child has sunscreen on. I do have some in the class if needed.

All library books are due back. Mrs O'Leary has made a notice of overdue books.

Please search for these.

Golden Time was so refreshing under the sprinklers on FRiday we have decided to do it again this Friday!

Homework:

Readers each night

Spelling words from lists 

Literacy- make as many words as possible from the words....

-christmas presents

Have a good week.

Bernie Hall

Week 6    Term 4

It was a lovely day on Friday seeing so many grandparents at the school!

Information Meetings. These are to inform the community on E -learning and the school Charter.

General meeting 3:15 Wednesday 20th
Whanau meeting 5:30Wednesday 20th
General meeting 8:45am Thursday 21st
Filipino community 3:15 Thursday 21st
Pacifica community 5:30 Thursday 21st
General meeting 7:00pm Thursday 21st
Indian Community 6:30 Tuesday 26th

Swimming is on this week.
I am testing again this week..almost there!

Golden time, we are having water play.

The class are using visuals to help with their writing goals. Please ask them about these. It is a strategy to have them focus on their story telling. Also to continue to self edit their work. I am pleased with some of the children's writing of late.

Thank you all also for having your child at school on time it really helps them settle for the day and start our programme uninterrupted.

There is some tummy bug going around the school, so remind your children to wash their hands well during the day to avoid any germs. 
If your child is unwell please keep them at home.

There arte some outstanding library books-please check for these.

Have a good week.

Bernie Hall :-)

WEEK 5    TERM 4

Hi all, what great weather. I hope you are enjoying it.

THIS WEEK:

GRANDPARENTS DAY-FRIDAY.
We celebrate grandparents day this Friday. All grandparents are invited to comealong to 9:00 am mass and then have morning tea with he children. A mini concert is on from 11:00 in the hall.
If there are no grandparents available, you are welcome to invite some close friends to share the morning  with your child.

Thank you for suppling fruit and vege on Friday. The children really enjoyed this and it was a huge success!

Thursday is character dress up day. 
If possible have your child dress up as their favourite book or movie character.

Golden time will be -lego building!

Some testing this week....

Homework:
-readers as usual and here are the words for the class to learn:

Thomas                      -list 1 and 2 in home learner book.        Isla                  -symbolism  meaning
Samantha                                                                                 Ysabella           message  communication  
Aydin                                                                                       Nathaniel
Joshua                                                                                      Aliyah
Olivia                                                                                       Tara
Emily


Mia                           -list 3 and 4 in home learner book. 
Leon                          symbol    message     sign       command   act
Louis
Una
Yevin
Libby
Vitiana
Sean

Week 4   Term 4

Swimming this week.
I will be testing this week also.

TUESDAY 5th November!!!
Andrew Chin is working with the children with music and song. There is a concert at 6:30-7:30 in the church on this day to showcase some great work done on the day. Your child is expected to be at this in their school uniform.
Come and enjoy some lovely sounds.

8th November: FRUIT FRIDAY-the children are encouraged to bring a piece of fruit or vege to school on Friday (something that can be eaten raw). As part of the health in schools initiative, some parents will make up some fruit and vege platers for the school children. Please drop off on Friday by the junior playground-THANK YOU!

Golden time TBA-the children will vote today for next week.

Thank you for getting your children to school on time, this is much appreciated.

The next few weeks will be very busy in the school-it always is this time of the year. 
Please keep up the reading and spelling at home.

We have few children who have overdue library books so please look behind the couch for these!!!

Looking forward to another great week.

God Bless Mrs Hall

WEEK 3 TERM 4

I hope you have enjoyed your weekend!

This week please work hard on the spelling lists that are in the front of the homework books.

Readers will come home as usual.
I am testing some children this week. 

NO swimming this week. 
Golden time will be lego in the classroom on Friday.
Also a reminder to be on time for the school day. I expect the children to be seated for prayers and ready to start at 8:45.

Please remind your children to go to the toilet and have a drink before school starts, thanks.

Have a good week,

Bernie Hall

Week 2   Term 4

What a great  assembly!
The class did very well....thank you. Also thank you to the parents who came to watch.
I know you enjoyed it. We have some great little dancers and readers in room 10!

Also thanks for the help at our Rainbow Springs trip. The children have had a lot to write about.

Cake stall this Wednesday to raise funds for the victims of the Phillipines earthquake.
If you have baking you would like to donate for this please take to room 3 Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.

Swimming is after morning tea. Please all children are to bring their togs for swimming.
Room 10 will swim in the even weeks.

Homework we are focusing on reading so please keep this up each night at home. The spelling and reading lists are also in your children books to practice.

Have a great week.

God bless,
 Bernie Hall

WEEK 1 TERM 4 2013
 I hope you are enjoying the school holidays.:-)

 Just a few things to note for week one.
 Our Concept is SYMBOLISM-'messages about us'.
 Our RE focus is Mary.
 Our Literacy focus is on narrative writing.
Our PE focus is swimming and ball skills.
 Our Numeracy focus is addition and subtraction with big numbers,and how to make equal sets.

 TRIP DAY 2!
 Our trip to Rainbow Springs is the first Tuesday back.
All parents and children attending need to send a gold coin donation for this. The trip will still go ahead of there is drizzle...I do hope it is fine weather. All children will need to be at school on time by 9:00. Thank you to the parents who have forwarded their names to help with transport and supervision. The ratio is 1:3 so we need all helpers to be vigilent. Here is a list of adults and the children they will supervise. Eve and Tylah_Fern have moved to Te Puke and Galatea..we will miss them:-(

 Jenny-Sean,Aliyah,Mia (Natalie-parent)
 Lois-Leon,Tara,Libby 
Shane-Olivia,Isla 
Rebecca-Nathaniel,Thomas 
Darshana-Yevin,Louis 
Eleanor-Ysabella,Samantha 
Mata-Una,Vitiana 
Shanelle-Emily and some rm 9 children 


 Cecelia and Kim can also transport but not supervise. We seem to have plenty but Cecelia you can take Tara in your car if want to. I also know that some classes are short of drivers so.....if needed I may need to pop the odd spare child in a car!

 Room 10 is hosting the school assembly on Friday!
 All parents are welcome to attend...2:10 Friday.


 If you have a school sports tee-shirt please hand in on Monday.I need to collect these for the touch teams. Thank you all looking forward to a great term of learning!

 God Bless, Mrs Hall

WEEK 9 TERM 3 The America's cup race is nail biting....I am sure we will take it! Thank you parents and caregivers for a great term. Your help in the classroom and with class trips is much appreciated! Regarding trips...we have one coming up on the 2nd day back of term 4. I need to collect names of parent helpers and transporters before the end of this week. Our trip is to Rainbow Springs on the 15th of October. We will meet at school at 8:30 and leave at 8:45 to be at the park by 9:00. A notice went home about this on Thursday. This is a great opportunity and all of the Junior children will be going. Please note you are asked to supply a named booster seat for your child. Thank you. On Thursday evening I attended a talk on Dyslexia...very interesting...statistics say 1 in 5 children could be dyslexic! I will send home some readers in the holidays. If you get time please look at these and keep the reading up. Homework is revision of the spelling lists. Golden time we will try for wheels day again...as this last one got rained off. SCHOOL DISCO is Thursday..see you there. I am happy to announce that my Junior Miniball team made it into the finals and we play again this Wednesday...go the Cheetahs!!! God Bless Mrs Hall

WEEK 8 TERM 3

I will be continuing the testing this week. The children I have tested so far have shown huge progress!

Homework:
Spelling is.....that, then, now, next
Reading is.....the readers 

There is a presentation at the Rotorua Baptist Church on Thursday at 7pm -
'RETHINKING DYSLEXIA' it is FREE!!
Well worth the effort. I plan to go along.

Golden time is.....wheels day (Friday)

Please remind your children to be settled on the mat by the first bell.
Most classes have doors locked till 8:30. 
I don't mind the children coming in to organise themselves but they need to be ready on the mat by 8:45 so we can begin our day, thanks.

Have a great week..God Bless
Bernie Hall


GOLDEN TIME 'DRESS UP'

WEEK 7 TERM 3

Hi all what a busy week last week was.
Our trip to the museum was fantastic...the children did some follow up on this and we will revisit our learning objectives again this week.

I have a lot of testing to do this week...!

Homework will be -practice of all words learnt and new words in the word lists.
Keep up the good work with the reading.

Golden time this Friday is 'dress up' and 'super hero'!

Have a good week...

Mrs Hall


PIZZA MAKING!

MUSEUM TRIP TODAY.......FANTASTIC FUN!!
BIG THANK YOU TO RITCHIES COACHLINES FOR PROVIDING FREE TRANSPORT TO AND FROM THE MUSEUM.
ALSO TO THE ADULTS WHO WERE ABLE TO HELP OUT TODAY!

WEEK 6 TERM 3!

The term is whizzing by...
Please keep Mrs O'Leary and her family in your prayers as her mother passed away this week.


Events this week:

SWEET TREATS WEDNESDAY.......YUMMY!
Room 1 have been busy designing and making sweets. These will be for sale on Wednesday. 
( 50c to $1:50)
Don't miss out!

MASS is Friday.
This is to celebrate the feast day of Mary's Birthday. 
Please remind your children of mass expectations and behaviour. Children are expected to be respectful and quiet in church.
Thank You

OUR TRIP TUESDAY!!!!!
We are visiting the museum on Tuesday. The museum bus will pick us up and drop us off.
We are looking at early Maori instruments. There is a small fee of $1:00 to cover the cost of making an item at the museum. Please bring the $1:00 on Monday.

On Thursday I am on an ICT course with Mr Volschenk and Mrs Nieuboar.
The class reliever will be well informed and directed with class tasks to complete.

Friday golden time is Pizza Making.
Yey.

Homework is spelling list in the front of books. 
I will use the children's topic books to send homework home in as most of their home learning books are now falling to bits! 
So parents won't have to buy another book for this.

Have a great week. I hope the great weather holds.

God Bless,
Mrs Hall

DUE TO THE APRONS NOT BEING READY.. WE WILL HAVE OUR PIZZA MAKING NEXT FRIDAY!!!!
The class was asked to bring a little something for lunch tomorrow in case.

Bernie

WEEK 5    Term 3

Hi everyone..hope you all are enjoying this brilliant sunshine!

Great writing by the children this week. Some eager writers got to take their work to Mr Macmillian and Mrs Pinfold. 
Great work :-)

HOMEWORK:
Readers each night
Spelling-this week look at essential word lists at front of homework book. Read then Spell
A new poem 
A numeracy sheet 

Soup is on sale Thursday-pre orders by Tuesday!

Golden Time-Pizza making. The children will recieve an apron and spatula to keep!

The children enjoyed toast making and wax art for language experience. Lots to write about!

Thanks to so many of you attending our Junior Maths evening..a great turnout!

Check out this site for learning basic words:
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/English/popcornWords.html



Enjoy your week,

God Bless
Bernie Hall



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Update....check for todays notice on Golden Time next week. We are making pizza's and Mrs McCashin will supply aprons and spatula for all the children. Thus to cover costs we need $3:00 per student..great value1
 The pizzas will be made prior to lunch time so perhaps your child won't need a sausage that day!

WEEK 4     TERM 3

Please keep Mrs Louise Deakin and her two teenage daughters in your prayers, as her husband passed away on Friday. 
Mrs Deakin co-teaches with Mary Kusabs in Room 11 and is a wonderful Teacher, and Mary and Louise make a fantastic combination.

We are thinking of you Louise   X

Thank you for attending the interviews. I have now seen all the parents!


REMINDER that this Wednesday at 5:15 in room 16 is the parent evening on Numeracy. It is great to see a lot of room 10 parents attending...if you are attending please let me know by Monday as we need to make up packs for the night.

Great trip last week to the farm. The children had a blast!

In week 6 I have arranged for a trip to the Rotorua museum. This promises to be exciting also!!

Homework was dispatched on Friday, with Mondays reader. I believe this gives parent and child a chance to preview the weeks work!

KEEP UP THE SPELLING AND LEARNING OF THE WORD LISTS.

THIS REALLY HELPS WITH THE WRITING AND READING PROGRAMME.


Rooms 16 and 17 are selling Nachos this week on Thursday. There will be an opportunity to pre order as per the sausage sizzle. 
Yey... I won't have to make 5 lunches that day!!

Have a great week, keep safe,

Mrs Bernie Hall

OUR TRIP TO MEREDITH'S FARM!            August 2013

Thanks to all those who helped out today..much appreciated. We have lots to write about!
Thank you Kim and Reece  :-)  
The children absolutely enjoyed it and gained a lot of knowledge.

REMINDER!!!JUNIOR MATHS EVENING NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 5:15 ROOM 16/17
This will be a 'tour' of how children progress through the stages of number, and more.

WEEK 3 TERM 3

Thank you all for attending your child's interview last week. It is important to touch base with what is happening at home and school and so work out our next learning steps for your child. 

A fantastic response from the ROOM 10 parents!!!!!!!!

On Tuesday we have our trip to the Meredith's farm. 
We will be traveling by private car and we have enough drivers, so thank you.
If the weather is really bad, our postponement date is Friday the 16th.
I am sure the class will learn a lot about where our milk comes from, and the process involved of getting it from the farm to our homes.

A big thank you to Kim and your husband for providing us with this opportunity to visit your farm.
The children are looking forward to it (and the cute little calves!!).
Roms 9 and 11 will be joining us.

Homework for week 3 and 4 was given out on Friday. This gives parents and children an opportunity to see the homework requirements for the upcoming weeks and feedback so far has been positive with this initiative. Sometimes the week is busy and this just provides another opportunity for your child to go over their new book and words. :-)

GOLDEN TIME Friday is choosing activities in the class.

Thank you also for those who attended our Mass on Friday. 
Didn't the Juniors do well. Some of our prayer readers had to step in at the last minute due to nominated readers being sick that day!
So well done Juniors. And also thanks to Natalie for sitting with our class!
We also had a great afternoon doing a variety of Mary Mackillop activities to continue our celebrations of the day. The class will do some follow up in RE of Mary Mackillop this week.

Phew...looking forward to an exciting week...see you Monday.
Fingers crossed for fine weather Tuesday.

God Bless
Bernie Hall

Here are some photos of some great writing and our discussion on Enterprise!