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