Mrs. t's Post on Wednesday, 31 May 2017

The turquoise group didn't want to miss out on the fun. The turquoise group were reading a traditional tale from China. They discovered that they were starting to read like a robot and the phonics phone reminded them to make their voice sound more interesting.

Mrs. t's Photo on Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Mrs. t's Post on Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Today Lachlan, Inuja, Chloe L, Michelle and Abigail were working on fluency. They used our phonics phones to listen to themselves read. They discovered that we read really quite slowly. It is a bit boring and it makes it hard to understand what's going on in the story. We decided that fluency might need to be our new reading goal.

Week 5 Term 2

We are holding an information evening on: ‘What it means to attend a Catholic School’. This is for anyone to attend who would like to know more about the unique aspects we cover at St Mary’s and the promotion of Catholic values as a Catholic School. We will look into the RE content taught, Sexuality programme taught, expectations and community spirit as well. WHEN: 5.30 - 6.30pm, Wednesday 31st May 2017, WHERE: St Mary’s School, Rooms 14. WHO: New families, those interested in continuing in the Catholic education system via JPC,.

MONDAY 29TH MAY.

TUESDAY 30TH MAY.

WEDNESDAY 31st MAY.

8.45 am School Singing

5.30pm Catholic School In Information Evening

THURSDAY 1ST JUNE.

2.00pm Kapa Haka

FRIDAY 2ND JUNE.

11.00am Pasifika Group

2.05pm Assembly. Room 11.

Pentecost

Mrs. t's Video on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Video on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Video on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Video on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Video on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Photo on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Photo on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Photo on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Photo on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Photo on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Photo on Monday, 22 May 2017

Mrs. t's Photo on Monday, 22 May 2017

On Mondays we do problem solving in our Fruit Groups.  Today Mrs T asked us to write instructions for getting a mouse through a maze.  We thought she was a bit silly when she started to draw on the floor - were we going to pretend to be the mouse?  Then she pulled out the Beebots!!!!  The Beebots were going to be the mouse in the maze.

We thought it was going to be soooooo easy.  Giving good instructions might not be as simple as we thought.  We tried lots of different things and we had to rewrite some of our instructions.  It was lucky we had our teams to share ideas with.    

THIS WEEK.

MONDAY 22ND MAY.

TUESDAY 23RD MAY.

WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY

8.45 am School Singing

THURSDAY 25TH MAY.

2.00 pm Kapa Haka

FRIDAY 26TH MAY.

NO SAUSAGE SIZZLE

Pentecost Mass

Mrs T is on a course.

Sorry for the delay in getting this post up tonight. I had a family thing in Auckland this afternoon - travelling through Auckland, even on a Sunday, certainly makes you grateful to live in Rotorua! See you all in the morning. Bring your smiles.

Science Week

Today we learned about the science of sound.  Sound is made by vibration.  There were a lot of good vibrations in Room 5 this morning - Sorry, Room 4 and Room 6.

Magic School Bus - Sound

       

Subtraction

We have been solving subtraction problems this week.  We have discovered that we need lots of practice at counting backwards.  Lots of practice.  Like, a whole lot of practice.  Can you help us out?

Sausage Sizzle

No Sausage Sizzle this Friday OR next Friday.

Week 3 Term 2

This week is Science week. How exciting!

MONDAY 15TH MAY.

TUESDAY 16TH MAY.

WEDNESDAY 17TH MAY.

8.45 am School Singing and Holiday Reading Lucky draw.

THURSDAY 18TH MAY.

2.00 pm Kapa Haka

FRIDAY 19TH MAY.

2.05pm Assembly hosted by Room 12

A big thank you to the children who returned their holiday reading logs. I was a bit disappointed with the number returned this time (about half the class). Our Room 5 kids have all made such amazing progress in their reading this year and I really want to keep them motivated and reading through the holidays, too. Any ideas you could give me to improve the use of holiday reading logs would be great! Please, email me, send me a note, come and chat... I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Reading Logs

Reading Logs were due today.  
If yours is still floating around at home, please, please, please, please, please bring them back in the morning so that I can sneak them into the draw.  I have 14 Reading Logs outstanding.

Golden Time

Our Golden Time Mission - week 1
Thank You for helping us out Mr Macmillan.

Week 2 Term 2

MONDAY 8TH MAY.

TUESDAY 9TH MAY.

WEDNESDAY 10TH MAY.

8.45 am School Singing

THURSDAY 11TH MAY.

2.00pm Kapa Haka

FRIDAY 12TH MAY.

Mrs T is on a course today.

11.00 am Pasifika Practice

2.05 pm Assembly. Room 6.

Congrats to our mini-marathon runners. It was a little overwhelming for some of our little people but I have been told you were super well behaved and gave it your best. That makes me really proud.

There is a Parents PE/Health survey in the post below - please share your thoughts, if you haven't done so already.

Health and PE Survey

St Mary’s would like to invite all parents/whanau to complete the following Health and PE survey.

Please click on the link HEALTH to take you to the form. There are only 7 questions so it should only take 3-5 minutes.

Thanks.  Mrs Sheryl Todd

Sausages and Juicies

Starting this term, Juicies will be replaced by Juicy Tubes.  These are a much better option, especially for children with allergies.  A change in pricing is necessary.  Thanks.

Term 2 Prices
Sausages = $1.50 (as usual)
Juicy Tubes $1.50