Persuasive writing

We have crafted some great persuasive writing. Below is an example but parents please check your child's blog to read theirs.

Week 5 Term 2

Hopefully the weather will be nice tomorrow for the cross country in the Redwoods during the afternoon. If you are able to help please meet in R4 before 12:30pm tomorrow.  All students are to be picked up from the redwoods at 2:30pm unless there are bus or after school care arrangements, in which case they will be transported back to school.

Please try to avoid the Church carpark Monday morning as there will be a crane operating around this area.

Monday
Cross country from 12:30pm

Tuesday
Lunchtime Gymnastics

Wednesday
Arts in Motion practice before and after school.
Ping pong club at lunchtime

Thursday
Kapahaka (students need to return forms and payment to the office)
Lunchtime Gymnastics
Homework club after school - contact Mrs Wallbank for more details.


Friday
Teacher Only Day - No school for students

Next week:

Monday
Queens Birthday holiday - no school.

Banqer financial literacy

Today we turned on the following modules in Banqer:

• Kiwisaver (we'll retire near the end of the year)
• Term deposits
• Taxation
• Property (buying houses)
• Insurance

What do we think of saving?

Remember to talk to your parents about this.

Rocket Maths

So we wanted to measure how high our rockets would soar. We figured that if we knew how high one metre was on this pole then we could figure out it's entire height.

We used this photo to measure in mm then worked out the scale. It worked out that the pole is approximately 5.5m tall.

Nathan showing 1 metre on the pole.

So how high did this rocket soar?

Rockets and Space Live Stream

Today we took part in a live stream event in association with OMGTech. We learned about the NZ space programme and also how to make some rockets of our own. We'll have a go at making our rockets tomorrow.

Monday
Space and Rockets Live Stream all afternoon.

Tuesday
Bike Wise
Students need to bring their bike and helmet on these days. There are some loan bikes and helmets if your child does not have either.

Wednesday
Bike Wise
Students need to bring their bike and helmet on these days. There are some loan bikes and helmets if your child does not have either.

8.45am School Singing

Lunchtime Ping Pong Club

3.15-4.30pm Arts in Motion Practice

7.00pm Pasifika Parent mtg

Thursday
Kapahaka

2.30pm Parent mtg

3.15pm Pasifika Homework Club

3.30pm Parent mtg

Friday
Bike Wise
Students need to bring their bike and helmet on these days. There are some loan bikes and helmets if your child does not have either.
Pentecost Mass
Cross Country

Please read the information below. 

Dear Parents,

TEACHER ONLY DAY, FRIDAY 1ST JUNE.

At the beginning of the year our Teacher Only Day with Nathan Mikaere-Wallis was cancelled due
to poor weather in Wellington and a flight cancellation.

Nathan is a Child Psychologist and an international speaker, with a focus on the first 1,000 days of
a child’s life. Nathan has spoken to many school staffs and parent groups.

We have been given an opportunity to have Nathan with us in Rotorua on Friday June 1st

along with Kawaha Point School staff. Friday June 1st will therefore be a Teacher Only Day. It is the
Friday before Queen’s Birthday. Mary-Ann Roling from the Glenholme After-School group will
be running a programme at our school. If you would like to enrol your child  with Mary-Ann please contact her on 347 0709 or 0211 215599.

I apologise for the short notice, but this is too good an opportunity to miss for our staff.

David Macmillan,

Principal.

Talofa, Malo ni, Ni sa bula, Malo e lelei and welcome,

We would like to invite you to attend a meeting for our Pasifika families held in room 15 on
Wednesday 23rd May, from 6-7pm.

We highly value our Pasifika community at St Mary’s School and would like to be able to share with
you our current goals and successes for our Pasifika students.  This meeting will also be an
opportunity to gain parent voice and feedback on how we can better meet the needs of our
Pasifika students and families. Please indicate below if you are able to attend.

Homework Club – Starting on Thursday 24th May

We are also excited to launch our ‘Homework Club’ this term.  The Homework Club is specifically
set up to offer extra learning time and support for our Pasifika students after school.

Every Thursday from 3.15pm-4.15pm students can meet in the library to complete any home reading
or homework they would like support with.  Parents are also welcome to attend, to gain tips and ideas
on how to support learning at home.

Please get a notice from the office and return to either myself or your child’s teacher
by Monday 21st May.

Thank you for your support,

Athlene Wallbank (Room 15)

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Presently we are reviewing our School Values. Staff, BOT and some children have had an
input into what these values might look like at St Mary’s. I would like some feedback from parents
too. I would like to meet interested parents next Thursday at 2.30pm in our staffroom with a
second opportunity again at 3.30pm. It would be great if you could come to one of these meetings
and give us some feedback.

Our school values put Christ at the Centre. The cross displays our primary values which are placed in correlation to the head, hands and feet of Jesus. These are: Wonder, Respect, Excellence and Courage. Our secondary values circulate around the outside of the cross, still connecting to our primary values: Curiosity, Creativity, Care, Integrity, Perseverance, Confidence, Passion, Resilience and Gratitude. Deliberately placed at the centre of the cross is the acronym J.O.Y. (Jesus, Others, Yourself) within a heart shaped koru. All values are promoted with consideration to Jesus, Others and Yourself. Underneath J.O.Y is Faith, which underpins all of our values.

Our annual Inter-House school cross country will be held on the afternoon of Friday 25th May

2018 in the Redwoods Forest. This event is for Yr 3-6 students.

Children need to be assembled in house groups at our school ‘HQ’ near the Redwoods Visitor
Centre, Long Mile Road by

12:50pm ready for a briefing.  The first race will be at 1:00pm with the event finishing by 2:30pm.

Children come to school in full uniform and change into PE gear for the afternoon’s events.  
For the event children will need:

Running shoes  Polar fleece jacket /school jersey  PE Gear  Raincoat  Spare set of clothes  A drink bottle, lunch / snacks

Any medication required

To make this a successful & enjoyable event for everyone we require parental assistance

both with regards to transport and marshalling on the day.

We will need the following help at various times on the day from parents:

12:30pm	Transporting children from school to the Redwoods Visitor Centre
1pm – 2:20pm	Marshalling in the forest on the day
2:30pm	Transporting those children who catch a bus or require after school care back to school

All other children may be collected by their parents by 2:30pm from the Redwoods.

If you’re available to help with transport we’d really appreciate it. Please complete the attached form and return to the school office by Thursday 17th May.

If your child catches a bus, attends after school care or you can help with marshalling please indicate this to the school office staff.


Event outline:


1:00pm 7 & 8 yr old Girls 1.10pm 7 & 8 yr old Boys


1:20pm 9 year old Girls 1:30pm 9 Year old Boys


1.40 pm 10 year old Girls 1.50pm 10 year old Boys


2.00pm 11 year old Girls 2.05pm 11 year old Boys


Thanking you in anticipation for your help and support to make this a successful day.

St Mary’s Inter-house Cross Country

Redwoods Forest, Long Mile Road Friday 25th May 2018

Sausage sizzlers

Today Jett and Paul helped cook the sausages.

Coming up next week

We have an exciting week coming up.

Firstly on Monday we are participating in a Live stream event to learn about space and rockets. We need the items on the list below to make our own rockets.


Next week we will be having Bike wise lessons on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at school. Students need to bring their bike and helmet on these days. There are some loan bikes and helmets if your child does not have either.


Next Friday we also have Pentecost Mass in the morning and the cross country in the afternoon at the Redwoods. We have been training so all students are ready to run.

Happy Birthday Byron and Paul

Today we were treated to two birthday cakes. We all hope you had a great birthday Paul and Byron. Thanks for sharing the yummy cakes.

What is chromatography?

Ask your child.

Newshub E1 S6

Kia ora, this week we are continuing to train for the cross country so students need correct PE gear every day. We will run in the mornings so PE gear could be worn under school uniform.

If you have not had a chance to meet with your child to have their student led conference please feel free to come into class at any tome to do this. No appointment required.

Please make sure your child's uniform is clearly named. There is a school-wide competition running this week.

The lost property will be on display next week for classes to wander past

Monday
X Country training

Tuesday

Wednesday
7.30 am Art in Motion (J Rock) Practice
8.45 am School Singing
3.15pm-4.30pm Art in Motion (J-Rock) Practice
Thursday
2.05 pm Kapa Haka
Friday

11.00 am Pasifika Practice

2.05pm Assembly. R7

Max, Thomas and Dylan picked up some leaves to help our community.

New teachers in R4

Today we had two new teachers in R4. Robert taught the class how to make a card on Scratch and Don taught the class how to make pop-up cards.

 

Happy birthday Rosa

Rosa celebrated her birthday with us and cake today.

Rosa and her Mum with the birthday cake. 

Cooking the sausages today was also one of Rosa's jobs, with Jett's help. 

Lots of Steam in R4 today

Steam is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, arts and maths. We've been giving it all a good go in R4 today.

The Witches adapted by R4

Dylan F read this book and then used what he'd read to make a trailer. 

Week 2 term 2

Remember parents need to book a time for their student led conferences this week.  I've copied the information from the newsletter below. 

Student Led Conferences are next Wed 9 May and Thursday 10 May for our Year 3-6 classes.  To book an interview time please go to:

https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz/code?code=t8pq8

OR go to schoolinterviews.co.nz and the code to use is t8pq8

Wednesday  - bookings can be made from 3.15 to 5.50

Thursday -  bookings can be made from 3.15 to 4.45

Monday

We are running - bring PE gear

Tuesday

We are running - bring PE gear

Wednesday

Mothers Day gifts for sale (see the poster below)

Student Led Conferences after school

Last day to return Holiday Reading Logs

We are running - bring PE gear

Thursday

Mothers Day gifts for sale (see the poster below)

Student Led Conferences after school

We are running - bring PE gear

Friday

Mothers Day gifts for sale (see the poster below)

We are running - bring PE gear

If you have a child in the Art in Motion group you can get all the info you need from the Art in Motion blog.

Sausage sizzlers

What a great day to be outside cooking a bbq. Thanks Jett, Dylan and Robert for cooking our lunch today.

Dyaln and Robert having fun, Jett is busy somewhere else. 

What has adapted over time?

We are busy learning about adaptation, change over time. We have listed things that have changed over time, we need to be able to describe at least three changes for an item to make the lists.

Using our knowledge of angles

Measuring and cutting the wheel supports 

Jett is designing and building a ferris wheel. He has had to use his learning of angles to make the wheel a heptagon (we thought we were making an octagon - oops).

Planning and measuring

Celebrating our Anzac heroes

Today Jayden brought in his Great Grandad's medals. Some were from his efforts in the wars and there was even an OBE medal. #proud #family

Jayden proudly wearing his Great Grandad's medals.