Please help and Merry christmas

What a great afternoon with the water slide and games.
Sarah Reid has lost the following from school camp:
2x Beyond air filled mat bags (bags only)
4x straps with clips

Many thanks for your help and support this term, have a happy and safe Christmas.
See you all next year

Schools finishes at 12pm tomorrow

Mary Christmas

Julie

Having fun at Forrest's orchard

We love school camp

Last stop

Sleepy kids

Fun times

This is big!!!

We are having an amazing time

Having fun at Forrest's orchard

We love school camp

Week 8

This week in Monday we are heading to the Alexandra Kindy at 8.30am. This is to watch their Christmas concert :-)
Camp this week, parents who are coming with us please come and see me on Monday to get a police vetting form.
Have a great week
Thanks
Julie

Lunch Order

Next Wednesday the 2 senior classrooms are having a Touch Tournament with St John’s Catholic School from Ranfurly. There will be a lunch order available on this day. It is open for all of the school to order from. Any children who want to to place an order for the lunch must get these in by tomorrow morning.

Sausage $2

Juices (ice block) $1

Cupcake/Chocolate Cake $2

Week 7

Summer is here:-)
We have our last life education lesson on the truck tomorrow.
A camp note will be coming home tomorrow, Monday.
On Friday we are lucky to be having an hour dance workshop with the nz ballet. The cost of this is $1 to be paid to the office. The PTA is covering the remainder of the cost. Thank you PTA.
Have a happy and safe week
Julie

Camp details

Camp starts at 5pm on Thursday the 5th December, 81 Springvale Road.
All families are welcome to come for tea and set up tents. This is bring your own picnic tea.
Tents will be set up and children will stay the night, adults will be in each tent.
The next morning we will bus to our activities. Some parents may need to go back to work. We will pack up tents and the campsite before we leave for the day.
On Friday we will be visiting a farm and an orchard and returning to school by 2.55pm.
The cost of the camp will be $20. A note will go home this week with costs and a form for parents who are able to join us to fill out. This will also have all information about what u need.
Fun times
Julie Bec and Rachelle

Week 6

I hope that everyone gets their surprise in the mailbox soon. Ee for Envelope.
This week I have classroom release on Tuesday and will be doing some testing. Mrs Ward will be in teaching drama.
On Wednesday it is mufti day and children are to bring a gold coin this is for the people in the Philippines.
On Thursday Life education bus will be here and the children will have two lessons on the bus and follow up with me.
Our unit on Magnets is amazing and the children are very focused on being scientists.
Reading every night this week.
Some children will have ABC bag to take home. I am rotating this around the children.
Just to let you know our Junior school camp is on Thursday the 5th December. More details will be posted this week. This is Room 1,2 and 5.
Have a great week
Julie

We posted our letters we made

And had a tour of the post office

week 5

Hope that everyone had a great weekend.
This week on Thursday we will be heading to the park for lunch and to watch the lunch time concert. we will be singing a song with Room 2 and 5. We will be leaving school 11.40am and returning after lunch. If you are able to walk with us or join us for lunch that would be great. Please let me know.
Have a happy and safe week
Julie

Welcome Sophie and her huge bag:-)

We welcomed Sophie today:-)

Welcome Lars

Hope you enjoy your time at school:-)

A positive reading environment

Week 2 term 4

This week we welcome Sophie Moors to Room 1 on Tuesday. Look out for picture on Tuesday.
Athletics this week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday:-) Children can bring gear for athletics. Next week are the school sports:-)
Reading homework every night and we are working hard on our sounds and tool hands in class. This week for maths we are focusing on teen numbers and writing these correctly. We are also working hard on counting on from a given number. Please come and see me if you have any questions about these areas.
Thursday is assembly at 2.10pm please feel free to come along. All children have a maths buddy log on and can use this at home:-)
Have a happy week
Julie

Week 1 term 4

Welcome back😌🌸
What a fantastic result to win the blossom festival, amazing team work and great children. Thanks everyone
We welcome Lars and his family today.
This week we have athletics rotation at 2pm every afternoon except Friday. Children are to bring their athletics gear to wear in the afternoons.
We start our junior kapa haka tomorrow. Sun hats must be worn this term. You are also aloud your scooters at school on the courts this term.
On Friday we will start making for the school fair. If anyone has old stockings we really need these and yoghurt containers .
I'm sure there is more so keep an eye out here for more info.
Homework will be reading this week.
Have a great week
Julie

week 9

This is the last week of term and the excitement of Blossom festival is in the air. Remember to vote The Smurfs and get all your friends to do so too!!!
On Tuesday we have a house hockey fun afternoon, this is the conclusion of our hockey lessons. Children can wear house colours appropriate to playing hockey. If children have sticks please bring these along. We will be walking down to the turf at 12.15pm and having a picnic lunch before our house hockey games begin. If you are able to join us for lunch that would be great. Also on Tuesday it is Mercy day and we will be going to mass at 9am.
On Thursday a selection of speeches from across the school will be presented. Room 1 children were amazing with there presentation!!! Well done I was super proud of everyone.
On Friday we will have our own Blossom festival at 2pm with our float procession. Please feel free to come and join us for this.
Have a great week and a happy and safe holiday, please come and see me for reading books over the holidays.
Thanks for your support this term
Julie

Speeches Tomorrow

There appears to be a misunderstanding in regards to parents watching the speeches tomorrow.
These speeches are for the children to present to their peers and teachers. It is very hard for some children to get up and present these to their peers.
All parents are very welcome to come and watch a selection of these speeches next Thursday.
Many thanks for your understanding

Photo for calendar

Jump jam in action today:-)

Welcome Jack

We welcome Jack to room 1. Hannah and Thomas are helping take care of him. It's like you have been at school forever!!! We are so happy to have you in Room 1

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Speeches

The children are presenting their speeches in Week 8 on Friday, there has been information come home regarding their speech topic and the criteria.  There is always support from school but if your child wants to do it from home they can do that also. Please come and see me if there is any questions.

Eisteddfod Speech

Eisteddfod is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance.

Friday 20th September 

The students will be getting ideas from school and writing their speech at home with support from school. They will present them to Room 1, 2 and 5 during the middle block next Froday We spoke about ideas today and how their speech might be written and presented. They may might to change their topic over the weekend.

1.     Choose a topic or idea they know well

2.    Have a surprising, exciting, interesting, amazing opening. Mrs Moors gave some examples Friday.

3.    Write lots of detail about their topic or idea so that the audience remains interested. Paint a picture.

4.    Conclude with strong point to end!

	3	2		1
Attention Grabber	I grabbed the entire class’s attention in the beginning of my speech	I was able to grab some of the class’s attention during my speech		I wasn’t able to grab anyone’s attention during the speech
Main Idea	I stated the main idea of my speech and remained on topic the entire time	I stated the main idea of my speech at the beginning, but got a little of topic		I didn’t state a main idea and talked about more than two different things.
Presentation	My voice was loud enough for all to hear. I made eye contact often.  I painted a picture for my audience using descriptive words	My voice was loud at the start and then lowered.  I only made eye contact once.  I used some descriptive language to paint a picture		My voice was very quiet.  I never looked up from my paper to make eye contact.  I didn’t paint a picture with my words.
Time Limit	2		1
	I stayed within a suitable time limit and presented my speech to a high standard.		My speech didn’t have enough detail in it or I went too fast!
Respect	I was respectful towards my other classmates when giving their speech.   I listened.  I did not talk. I remained seated.	I was respectful for some of my other classmates during their speeches. I listened to a few.  I talked to my neighbour. I got up out of my seat once.		I wasn’t respectful to my other classmates. I continued to talk during their speech.  I did not listen.  I was constantly getting up out of my seat.

week 8 Term 3

Wow
Two weeks to go to the holidays.
This week homework will be learning speeches for Friday at 11.40am. The children will be saying these in front of Room 2 and 5. Reading every night.
Please bring boxes to school as the children will be staring to make floats on Thursday afternoon.
The junior school blossom festival parade will be next Friday at 2.15pm.
I will pop up the speech info on another post.
Have a great week
Julie

Jump Jam Footage

week 7

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What's happening week 7

Only 3 weeks to go for the term! The weeks are flying by. 

Tomorrow (Monday) we have a very special guest coming to St Gerard's - Brett Fairweather the creator of jump jam is coming to school at 2pm to lead the school in one of his aerobic routines. 

On Friday children received a notice to take home regarding their involvement in a calendar for the museum for next year.  For this we will be recreating a photo of the Alexandra Cycling Club taken in the 1800's. There will be a photographer coming to take this photo on Thursday morning. Children will be wearing their school uniform but need to wear on old fashioned hat. They will also need a bike. If your child doesn't have a bike at home they are able to share so don't panic about tracking one down. If we could get as many as possible that would be great.

Also coming up in the last week of term we have eisteddfod speeches. For homework over the next 2 weeks children need to learn a small speech about a topic of their choice to present in front of the class. 

We made pizzas

Discovery time:-)

Discovery time tomorrow Friday 6th September

Discovery Time will be tomorrow afternoon so your child will be coming home to talk about what they will be doing.  We shared our ideas about occupations two weeks ago but unfortunately to injuries and sickness this has not happened yet! However there is lots of learning planned for tomorrow afternoon.

Your child might be a baker, builder, gym instructor, Beauty Therapist or Artist.  They have spoken about what kinds of things we will do in each of these occupations so if you are able to help please pop along in the morning to let us know!

Thanks for your ongoing support to make this a successful afternoon of learning.

Science magic show

Today we were very lucky to see science in action:-) some of us weren't so sure about flames and big bangs:-)

Summer uniform

Just to let everyone know, summer uniform may now be worn. BUT it must be all the summer uniform or all the winter uniform. Not half and half e.g. tights with summer uniform.
Enjoy the sunshine
Thanks
Julie

Working hard on the float:-)

And Fraser was there too:-)

week 6 Term 3

I hope that everyone enjoyed the sunny weekend, great that it is now spring.

Tomorrow, Monday don't forget the Fathers day lunch. This is from 12pm until 1pm and the cost is $3 each. 

This week it is Assembly on Thursday at 2.10pm in the hall. 

Anyone who is able to help with PMP on Monday afternoons please pop your name on the roster on the Room 1 door. 

This week reading will come home every night and children need to learn ABC chart and words for reading. I have also put in the first set of clean sounds for spelling alive and your child will no what these are and be able to go over it with you. We go over these sounds every day at writing time.

I hope that this week everyone is well and we have no disruptions!!! 

If you are able to help at night with the float that would be great, from 7pm onwards. 

Have a happy and safe week

Julie

Fathers Day lunch next Monday

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Fathers Day

To celebrate all our wonderful fathers, Room 1, 2 & 5 are organising a special Father's Day lunch next Monday. Lunch will start at 12pm followed by some games. This will be all over by 1pm at the latest. If a child's father is unavailable to come along they are more than welcome to bring grandfathers or another sub in, for the afternoon.  If children would like to bring a dad and a grandfather that is fine as well. please don't panic if you no one can make it children can share a dad with another child. The cost for lunch is $3 per person. So $6 for father and child. Please bring this to school in a named envelope by Friday so we can get the food order organised.

Alia the police lady

Archie in handcuffs

Mr Tait talked to us about being a police man.

Adam

Welcome to room 1

Mason

Welcome to room 1

Extras week 1

We now will be having PMP on a Monday afternoon from 2.15 until 3pm.
If you are able to help please fill in the roster on Room 1's door.
Thanks for your help.
We are training for the cross country so if the children would like they are welcome to bring their running shoes to school.
Next weeks we start a hockey program me in the afternoons, days for this will be posted on Monday.

week 1 Term 3

Welcome back and welcome to our two new faces in Room 1, Adam and Mason. I hope that everyone had a great holiday.
I will be posting pictures of our new class very soon.
Please come back and check the blog this week on Tuesday as I will be posting more information then.
The blog will always be up by the end of Monday with the weeks news and events. The blog is also a place to showcase what we have been up to in Room 1 and so information will be added during the week.
Homework this week will be reading from Monday to Thursday and a poem for the weekend.
Blossom festival float meeting tomorrow night 7pm in Room 1, if you are able to help with the float come along this will be a short planning meeting.
Have a great week
Julie

Skating Footage

Skating

We can all move away from the wall:-) great job

Week 10 term 2

Another weekend of rain!!! Has not been a great winter for sports.
This term has really flown by!!!
Thanks to everyone who came to the meeting last Thursday.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your help and support this term.
PMP, swimming, discovery, reading, skating? and everything else, without your help we could not offer all these exciting things.
I have posted the skating timetable, we bus to skating. Children do not need to wear their uniforms just warm skating clothes and shoes, don't forget helmets, gloves. No PMP on Tuesday morning due to swimming and skating. Early explorers will also not run this week.
Last week of swimming this week, Tuesday and Friday.
This week with skating in the mornings I will be running peer reading and a browsing book to go home this week. Please feel free to come and get some more readers for the holidays.
Thursday is a cultural assembly showcasing the talents of children at our school. See newsletter for the time.
Mrs Ward will be teaching on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday as I have classroom release.  Mrs Eastward on Friday as I am away to Australia with my family for my husbands birthday. Have a happy and safe holiday, I will miss the children who are moving up and on.
Thank you
Julie

skating timetable

Skating Timetable Changes 2013

Monday 8^th July

• 9am – 10  Rm 6 Hockey/Skating
• 10 -11 Rm 3 & 4 Skating
• 11-12 Rm 1 & 2 Skating

Tuesday 9 July:

• 9 – 10 Rm 3 & 4 Skating
• 10 – 11 am Rm 1 & 2
• 11 – 12 Rm 6 Curling/Skating

Wednesday10 July:

• 9am – 10 Rm 6 Curling/Skating
• 10 -11 Rm 3 & 4 Skating
• 11-12 Rm 1 & 2 Skating

Thursday 11 July:

• 9am – 10 Rm 6 Curling
• 10 -11 Rm 3 & 4 Skating
• 11-12 Rm 1 & 2 Skating

Joshua can go under!!!

Well done

Swimming lessons

week 9 term 2

I hope that everyone had a great weekend.
This week we have the children presenting their poems to the class on Tuesday afternoon. Then 6 children from Room 1 and 2 will present in a special assembly this Thursday.
Homework this week is reading and learning race to space words, spelling for those who have made it to space.
Tuesday we have swimming and skating, we skate from 10am until 11am we welcome parents to help with putting skates on and off. There will be no early explorers this week. We skate again on Wednesday, children will need waterproof pants, gloves, jackets and bike helmets for skating. On skating days children wear skating clothes to school.
On Thursday night at 7.30pm there is a meeting about how the classes will run for terms 3 and 4.
Mini hockey this week is in Cromwell, please let me know if your child cannot play this week.
Have a great week
Julie

Any questions about skating please come and see me.

Look at all this rubbish!!!!!

This was in the rail trail!!

Busy bees

week 8

Swimming this week on Tuesday and Friday.
PMP is on Tuesday and Friday.
Early Explorers Tuesday morning.
Maybe we might be in for warmer weather this week.
Homework this week is reading and to learn a poem for next week. The children will have to say their poems in class on Tuesday next week. Any questions about this please come and see me.
We welcome Sophie and her family to Room 1, its great to have your happy face in Room 1.
Skating starts next week, the timetable is on this blog.

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School Skating

St Gerard's skating starts on Tuesday 2nd July

The cost for skating this year is:

Entry & Skate hire $6  ($3 entry, $3 equipment hire skates and/or stones)
Activity $2
 

Class costs are:

Rooms 1 & 2 – 4 sessions plus bus to and from $36

Those with yellow rink concessions need to have their ticket sighted by the class teacher and the teacher then records the names on the daily payment sheet. Thanks for your co-operation with this requirement.

Tuesday 2 July:

10am - 11am R 1 & 2 Skating

Wednesday 3 July:

11-12 Rm 1 & 2 Skating

Wednesday10 July:
11-12 Rm 1 & 2 Skating

Thursday 11 July:

11-12 Rm 1 & 2 Skating