Week 10 Term 4

The last week of school.

We are having our Secret Santa pressie opening tomorrow, hopefully everyone is prepared.

Monday
Year 5 students meet their new teachers for 2019.
R4 Secret Santa

Tuesday
9:00 School Prize giving
11:30 Kakano Nativity
R4 Banqer Auction

Wednesday
Year 6 Missioning 11am
School finishes at Noon.

Thursday
Teacher only day
Students = Holiday time!

We call this science. 

Making

We are still full on making and learning in R4. Today we continued making our games and controllers. Jayden had fun using the drill.

Droning

Today we had some visitors from Heli Resources to share their knowledge of drones. They flew some drones, shared some videos and answered our questions.

Notice about IT logon details for students

This week our school has been part of a Ministry of Education funded project ensuring our school has completed 'Migration to the Cloud." Sometime, after school finishes and before Christmas, students in Y3-6 will probably notice they have been signed out of their school google learning account. New login details will be provided at the start of the next school year. 

Week 9 Term 4

All students need their costume at school on Monday. Please clearly label the bag it is in and it needs to stay at school until Wednesday.
After our Evening show on Wednesday students can be collected from Room 4.

Please bring some tinfoil to class for making game controllers.


Monday
Production dress rehearsal
Lunch at 12:00pm

Tuesday
Matinee and Evening show for main characters in our class only.
5:00pm mains at school and dressing and make-up.

Wednesday
Matinee and Evening shows - all students are expected to attend.

Evening schedule:

5:00pm mains at school and dressing and make-up.

5:15 classes at school and dressing.

Show begins at 6:30pm

Thursday

Friday
End of year Mass 9am in the Church.
Tryathlon - 11:00am All students are taking part, bring bikes, helmets and togs

Year 5 Leadership day

Today the year 6 students were out of school so the Year 5's got to play being the big kids at school. We did a few leadership challenges, played some games and made some presentations about our school values.

Makey Makey in R4

We have been developing some games using Scratch so today we learned how we can control our games by using the Makey Makeys. This will mean that people playing our games won't need to actually touch our computers.

Week 8 Term 4

A busy week, please help your child be aware of these events.

Monday
Production practice

Tuesday
Student led celebrations - In R4 3-5pm Students and parents to attend.

Wednesday
Dance & Music

Thursday
Year 6 Retreat - Go to St Michaels Church.  (A notice has been sent home).
Year 5's come to school.

Friday
Sausage sizzle
Totara fun day - come in mufti, bring togs and sunscreen.

Next week

Noah the Musical Tickets are now on sale from the school office:

$5 per person.

4 shows:

Rooms: 15,11,1,3,12 and Year 2

Tuesday 11th December at 1:00 pm

Tuesday 11th December at 6:30 pm

Rooms: 14, 13, 2, 4, 12 and Kakano

Wednesday 12th December at 1:00 pm

Wednesday 12th December at 6:30 pm

Main cast each show.

Rubik's cafe

Today our Rubik's Cafe opened at school. We had lots of fun learning about all the things it takes to run a cafe, most importantly making a profit $$$$.

Thanks a lot to Mrs Davies, Mrs Sims and Viv for helping.





All the profit we have made will go to the Young Vinnies projects.
Thanks for organising the coffee machine Mr Macmillan.

Writing?

So this is what writing looks like in R4 when a VR set comes to school.

Can't wait to to read this writing!

Noah Production practice

We have been practicing very hard for the upcoming Production.

Make sure you get tickets from the school office.

Week 7 Term 4

Monday
School singing practice.

Tuesday
Library - returning books only - no new issues.

Wednesday
Show rehearsals
Ahurei performance.

Thursday
School singing practice
Show rehearsals
Advent Liturgy 10am.
Go4it PE - bring your PE gear.
Kapahaka practice
Coaches thank you evening

Friday
Rubik's Cafe - come have a coffee with other St Mary's whanau. 8:20-10:00am
R4 Banqer Kiwisaver retirement party.  Bring your old person outfit and accessories and a small plate for shared morning tea. 
Shared lunch for First aiders

Noah the Musical Tickets on sale from Wednesday 28th purchase at school office:

$5 per person.

4 shows:

Rooms: 15,11,1,3,12 and Year 2

Tuesday 11th December at 1:00 pm 

Tuesday 11th December at 6:30 pm

Rooms: 14, 13, 2, 4, 12 and Kakano

Wednesday 12th December at 1:00 pm

Wednesday 12th December at 6:30 pm

Bongani and Jett doing a great job cooking the sausages on Friday. 

Designing, making and re-making

We are really busy designing and making games for other students at St Mary's to play. There is a range of digital and offline games and even one game that requires a steady hand.

Come have a coffee with our community

A group of R4 students and helpers are opening a cafe at school. Come along and enjoy a coffee while making connections.

Week 6 Term 4

This is the last week for issues form our school library. 
No swimming this week.

Monday
School singing at 8:45am

Tuesday
Interschool Athletics


Wednesday


Thursday
School singing at 8:45am
Kapahaka

Friday
Sausage sizzle
PI group
Choir

From Mrs Hall

Noah Production Cast Rehearsals:

Hi All,

We are getting there…kids are doing well!

Rehearsals are:

Monday lunchtimes

Monday after school 3:15-4:15

Thursday lunchtimes

Thursday after school 3:15-4:15

Dancers:

Tuesday and Thursday Morning tea with Mrs Macashin.

Singing Soloists have rehearsals with Mrs Locke in R 13 at lunch times-these will be on the daily notices.

Thank You for your support,

Bernie Hall

Swimming in choppy waters

Today we practiced swimming in choppy waters to simulate swimming in rough water.

Electricity

Today we investigated where our electricity comes from and how it powers our devices.

We found out the there are renewable and non-renewable forms of energy and some are better for the environment than others.

Ordering the energy types by impact on the environment. 

Exploring how electricity is passed on through switches. 

Week 5 Term 4

We are swimming every day this week with instructors, bring your togs.


Monday
Swimming

Tuesday
Teacher strike day - school is closed.

Wednesday
Swimming
JPC orientation for Year 6 students.

Thursday
Swimming
Extra Production practices
Kapahaka


Friday
Swimming
Dress as a character day. Money raised will go towards Special Needs Christmas Party.
Choir
PI group
Sausage sizzle

Silly sausages with Miss Johnsen

Some students have been making silly sausages with Mis Johnsen this week. They then used Comiclife to record and display the instructions.

Week 4 Term 4

It's an exciting week, Athletics on Monday and Grandparents day on Friday.

Monday
Athletics day - Students to be dropped straight to stadium No. 2 field and collected again at 2:30pm. Come in house colours, bring a hat, sunscreen, water and snacks to keep you going all day.

Tuesday
Library - bring your books to exchange.

Wednesday

Thursday
Go4It PE - bring your PE gear. 
Kapahaka

Friday
Bring something to share for morning tea in our class - all Grandparents are invited to join us.

9th November Friday-Week 4:

Grandparents/Friends Day

• 9:00 Mass

New students welcomed at end of the Mass.

School to sing to them once they have had a blessing and received rosary beads.

• 10:00 Back to classes to show visitors around and shared morning tea in classes.

• 10:30 Performing groups to get dressed
• 10:30 Cuppa provided by PTA-Hall if wet or outside hall if not.
• 11:00 Mini concert begins (5-10 mins per group)

Outside on stage if fine, otherwise in the hall.

• 10:30 Photo Booth Open.

This year again for something different we would like to add a ‘photo board’ opportunity. Students with visitors to have their family photo taken with a cool backdrop to remember Grandparents /Friends Day 2018! Bring your cameras for this.

The Order for the Concert:

1st	Gymnastics Club
2nd	School Choir
3rd	Pasifika Group
4th	Item from R 2
5th	Marimba Group
6th	Kapa Haka