Welcome to all new families and welcome back to everyone. Welcome Tadhg and Nicolas to Room 1 and Imojon to Room 2, we hope you have a fantastic time at St Gerard's school.
We hope that everyone had a fantastic holiday. Please remember to read our Blog every Monday the website is roomoneandtwostgerards.blogspot.co.nz. This year for homework children will have reading every night with reading books from Monday till Thursday and a poem on Friday. The children have a notebook that is a reading log and these need to be signed every night. Children will also having spelling alive homework and Room 2 children will have basic facts. We started reading today with children being introduced to daily reading activities. Reading groups and homework will start next week. Room 1 have a new friend who will be going home with the leader he has a book to write about his adventures this will also start next week. With this hot weather we encourage children to bring their togs so we can get wet if it gets too hot. Please name all uniforms. Children will also all need to have their sunhats at school everyday. The terms events will be all up on the blog by the end of the week. We have swimming coming up during the first part of term 1. If you have any questions or concerns please come and see us. If you would like to cover your children's books these can go home on Friday and need to come back on Monday.
Have a happy first week.
Julie and Rebecca
