Week 9 Term 4

Hi everyone, 
Well, only 1 week and one and a half days left this year! Where has it gone? And this week is so busy!!!

What's on this week?

Tuesday 12 December

Bike park day and Pool Day

Leaving school on bikes at 10am. (Please drop bikes and helmets off to school that morning. If your child cannot ride a bike, they will walk to the bike park. Please talk to your child's teacher - perhaps you are able to drop off a scooter that they can ride at the park instead).

Wear mufti and bring bike, helmet, togs, towel, goggles, large packed lunch, hat and a big drink.

Cost for this is $3 to be paid to the office by Tuesday morning.

We need parents for this, please. We already have Kirsty Anderson, Viannee Galbreath, Nadia Fodie, Claire Cockburn, Meredith Lemuelu and Christine Lanham. If you are able to help please email us at either;

suewright@stgerards.school.nz or julieflannery@stgerards.school.nz

Children are to be picked up from the pool between 2.40-2.55pm

Wednesday 13 December

Senior School to plan and run an obstacle course. This will start at 1.30pm.

Children to wear sports uniform

Thursday 14 December

Graduation Mass

6pm at Church

Children to wear school uniform. (All children expected to attend). Bibles will be given out to our newest 5 year olds.

Friday 15 December

Prizegiving 1pm,

with all children involved in telling the Christmas Story.

Parents welcome to join us for a picnic lunch at 12pm.

Please talk to your child about this: some are angels, some shepherds, some kings. Angels need wings and shepherds need a crown. These are available at the $2.00 shop or you could make a crown. (We do have some spare wings.) Shepherds only require a teatowel.

Next Monday and Tuesday morning will be spent tidying the classrooms. All books will be sent home on Friday as well as any extra books that haven't been used. You are welcome to use these next year and return any spares from your child's book box to Paper Plus. If your child is not attending school on Monday 18 or Tuesday 19 September, please email us or send a note to let us know.

Thank you all so much for your support during the year. We appreciate it so much. Have a happy Christmas and a relaxing, fun holiday.

Merry Christmas

Sue, Julie and Kate

CLOCK WALK- now 9am HELP HELP

HELP!

WE NEED YOU!

We really need help for our walk to the clock and park tomorrow. We are now leaving at 9am because of the heat!!

We will be back at 12.30pm.

If you can help can you please email ASAP or text.

If we don't get more parents we will have to cancel.

julieflannery@stgerards.school.nz

Suewright@stgerards.school.nz

nerolilaidlaw@stgerards.school.nz

EOTC for next 2 weeks

Room 1, 2 and 7 EOTC activities

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Next week our Outdoor Education programme begins.

Here is a timetable of what we are doing and when. This also has information about what to bring.

Week 8
Monday 4 December	Tuesday 5 December	Wednesday 6 December	Thursday 7 December	Friday 8 December
All children to present their songs for the Eisteddfod to the class.	11am walk to clock and lunch at new playground. Wear sports gear and school hat and bring a big drink, and a packed lunch. We need parents for this, please.	Water day 1.30pm. Slide, water guns, pools, water measuring If anyone has paddling pools they could bring, that would be great. All children welcome to bring any form of water gun.(Please name these.)	Eisteddfod singing Assembly 1.30pm in the hall.	Life Education School Assembly 2.15pm
Week 9
Monday 11 December	Tuesday 12 December	Wednesday 13 December	Thursday 14	Friday 15
Life Education	Bike park day and Pool Leaving school at 10am Wear mufti and bring bike, helmet, togs, packed lunch, hat and a drink. Cost for this $3 We need parents for this, please. (If you have any concerns about your child’s ability to ride a bike to the park, please let us know.) Children are to be picked up from the pool between 2.40-2.55pm	Senior School to plan and run an obstacle course. This will start at 1.30pm. Children to wear sports uniform.	Graduation Mass 6pm at Church Children to wear school uniform.	Prizegiving 1pm, with all children involved in telling the Christmas Story. Parents welcome to join us for a picnic lunch at 12pm.

We need parents for the walk and the bike trip/swim. If you are able to help please let Sue know via email. (suewright@stgerards.school.nz)

The only cost for our EOTC activities is the pool, which is $3. Please pay this by Thursday 7 December.

Julie, Sue and Neroli

Week 6, Term 4

Hi everyone,
Sorry the blog is so late this week! The next three weeks are jam-packed with activities.

There has already been a blog posted about Pet Day this Friday.  Please check this for details and remember to send your child along with :

• flowers and a saucer (just some shallow plate or plastic plate is fine), if they want to make a sand saucer in Room 2.
• vegetables and a named vegie knife and named chopping board if you have one, if they want to make a vegetable creation in Room 7. (Please make sure the knife is well wrapped.)
• materials to make a hat or you can make one at home, if they would like to make a hat in Room 3.
• a cake if you have a little baker that would like to enter a cake into the cake competition in Room 6.

These activities are optional - probably the sand saucer and vegetable animal are easiest for Room 1 and 2 children.  If your child doesn't have a pet to bring, they can enter a pet into the soft toy  animal competition in Room 1. (This is open to anyone).

The Grand Parade is at 11.30 and all pets must be collected by 12.30.

There is still a little bit of art left to be collected from the Art Auction and Chrissy is collecting the money at the office.

Next week we participating in a Christmas art rotation with Rooms 7 and 3. 

The following week is a very busy one as it is Outdoor Education Week plus the Life Education bus will be at the school.  We will let you know details of Outdoor Education week next week, but at this stage we are hoping to include a walk to the clock, a bike to the bike park and possibly a farm visit. Hopefully there are some of you that will be free to help  on these trips.

A reminder that it is only two weeks till our last Eisteddfod for the year and for this term it is a song.  The children will be singing a song to the class in Week 8, so now is a good time to start practising.  Room 1 may sing a nursery rhyme if they choose.  The criteria used for selecting those to perform at the Eisteddfod Assembly will be;

• knowing the song by heart
• tunefulness
• volume
• suitability of song choice

(If you have any questions about the assembly, please chat to one of us about it).

Have a great remainder of the week,

Sue, Julie and Kate

PET DAY THIS FRIDAY

Activities

· Soft toy section: Room 1

· Sand saucer bring flowers and a saucer: Room 2 (Can be made at home or school)

· Decorated hats: Room 3 (Can be made at home or school)

· Small pets: Room 5  NOT DOGS

· Dogs on fence along Tarbert Street

· Veggie animals: Room 7 (Can be made at home or school)

·    Baking: Best cake Room 6

· Cats: Room 4

· Obstacle course near sandpit, dogs must be on a lead and times will be taken.

Rules

All pets must be on a lead and have someone with them at all times

All making activities must be completed by 10.30am

Judging at 10.30am

Grand parade at 11.30pm

All pets must be collected by 12.30pm at the latest.

Prize giving to follow Grand Parade

Thanks Julie

Week 5, Term 4

Hi everyone,

This week Sue is in Wellington for three days for her daughter's graduation, so Kate will be teaching in Room 1 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

This is the last week for swimming so please remember togs on Tuesday and Thursday.  A big thank you to those parents who have helped with transport and dressing children.

On Wednesday there is soccer coaching for Room 1 and 2.

Thank you to those parents who are keeping us supplied with recyclable containers, bottles, boxes etc for construction.

Also please remember to collect any art you bid on for the Art Auction and Chrissy is collecting the money at the office.

It is only three weeks till our last Eisteddfod for the year and for this term it is a song.  The children will be singing a song to the class in Week 8, so now is a good time to start practising.  Room 1 may sing a nursery rhyme if they choose.  The criteria used for selecting those to perform at the Eisteddfod Assembly will be;

• knowing the song by heart
• tunefulness
• volume
• suitability of song choice

(If you have any questions about the assembly, please chat to one of us about it).

Have a great week,

Sue, Julie and Kate

Week 4, Term 4

Hi everyone

What's on this week?

Room 1 has swimming on Tuesday and Thursday.

We are leading school mass at 9.00am on Wednesday with Room 7.  Please join us if you are able.

Also on Wednesday we are helping plant trees and plants in our native school garden.  If you are able to help with this planting at any time during the day, please let Mr Yeoman know.

Please send along any spare pottles, containers, cardboard rolls and boxes as we are short of materials for construction.

Have a great week,

Sue, Julie and Kate

Water Safety Photos - Fun at the Pool!

Week 3, Term 4

Hi everyone,

Well, what a wonderful day we had for the fair yesterday!  Thank you all for your support and help with this event.  Over $14000 was raised, with $2000 of this being the children's art auction! Art pieces can now be paid for at the office and collected.

This week, we are heading to Pioneer Park at 11.35 to perform our kapahaka at the lunchtime concert. Children will take their lunch with them. We would love to have some parents walk with us to, and from, the park.

On Thursday at 1.00pm, Room 2 children will be walking to the cemetery for a liturgy as it is All Soul's Day.  Once again, we would love some parents to accompany us.  Room 1 will not be going as they have swimming.

Three more weeks of swimming on Tuesdays and Thursdays for Room 1.  A big thank you to those parents who are helping out with transport and at the pool. We had a major mix-up with boy's shirts on Thursday.  PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL ITEMS OF CLOTHING ARE NAMED.  At the moment, we have a spare T-shirt with the name Cam Reid on it, another unnamed T-shirt, and Billy is missing a T-shirt with Love or Cockburn written on it.

Have a great week,

Sue, Julie and Kate

Week 2 Term 4

Hi everyone

This term Sue is working four days a week and Kate Donaldson will be working on Fridays.  Early Explorers has changed to Thursday morning.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is our school Athletics Day at Molyneux Park.
Events will run from 9.30am to 2:45pm.
Children are to wear
• school sports uniform with track suits or track pants and school jersey
• Sunhats, sun block, a warm jacket
They need to bring plenty to eat and drink
All children are to be at the park by 9:15 and meet their class teacher.
Bus children - please let your teacher know if they are travelling to and from school so we can get them to the park and back. Children can be collected from Molyneux Park at 2.45pm or they will be walked back to school.
Room 1 children have swimming at 2.00pm, so they need to bring their togs to Molyneux Park.  We will walk to the pool.  If possible, please collect your child from the pool by 2.45.  If you are unable to do this, please email Sue at suewright@stgerards.school.nz
As all staff will be running events, we need to have a couple of parents to lead the 5 & 6 year olds round the rotations on the day, this role can be shared – please let Mrs Beilby know if you are able to assist with this.
The Athletic Sports timetable will be on the window in the foyer to enable parents to plan ahead, if attendance can only be for a short time. Let’s hope for great weather and a day of supported competition.

Remember, the fair is this Sunday 29th October.
White elephant
Please keep those bits and pieces coming in.
Sweets
Sweet making will take place next Thursday at the Dunstan kitchen starting at 6.30. If you are able to help please contact Julie Flannery 0275314097. If you have trays that can be used for the sweet making please drop these to the office before Thursday or take them with you. Please make sure they are named so they can be returned.
FunZone
We are after 1 or 2 people who could sell funzone tickets. The fun zone are activities like: water slide, hair and nails, archery etc. The tickets are used instead of money at these stalls. If you could help out please let Donna ( 027337 8856) or Trina know asap
Chocolate Wheel
Thank you to Julie Flannery for offering to lead the chocolate wheel and those who can help her. We are still after a few others to ensure we sell all the tickets for our donated goods.
Keep those bottles & raffle items coming in to the boxes in the foyer.  Room 1 and 2's box is for something sweet.

Silent Art Auction
Also, your child's art is displayed on the walls of the Room 1 and 2 corridor.  The children have done an amazing job of this and is you would like to purchase a piece of art, you can bid on the art works in the foyer.  The proceeds of this are going towards the fair.

Sunhats
All children must have sunhats at school this term.  They can be purchased at the school office for $18.99.  All children should be in summer uniform by now.  It is also important for children to be wearing their sunhats at Action Stations, as many of them are outside during this time.  Please sunblock your child before school of the forecast is for a hot day.

Wednesday Mass at 9.00am is led this week by Room 4, and Rooms 1, 2 and 7 are leading Friday assembly.  Please join us if you can.

Have a great week,

Sue, Julie and Kate

Welcome back to term 4.
We hope that everyone had a great holiday. Mrs Wright had a very special birthday in the holidays and now is very old.
This term children are aloud to bring scooters to school. This means they can use these on the courts at play and lunch time. Children need to make sure these come inside at the end of the day.
School Sun hats need to be at school and worn this term.

Have a great week.

Julie, Sue and Kate

Important Dates coming up:
*Athletics rotations in the afternoon: Monday 16^th, Tuesday 17^th and Thursday 19^th October. Please come in PE gear on those days.
*Labour Day – 23^rd October, School Closed.*Tuesday 24^th October: St. Gerard’s Athletics Sports Day.*Sunday 29^th October: School Fair 10 am – 2 pm.

Week 10 - Whats happening!!!!!

Wow week 10 and the last week of term 3!! Where did that go???

This week we have heaps happening.

Have a great week and a super duper holiday.

*Monday Athletics rotations in the afternoon. Sports uniform

*Tuesday 26^th – Wednesday 27^th September: Class Speech Eisteddfods.

*Wednesday Parish Mass led by Room 5 at 9.00am is in the Church.

*Wednesday 27^th September: Athletics Rotations in the afternoon.

*WOW Night: 5-7 pm Wednesday 27^th September. Celebrating our whole school’s learning.

*Thursday 28^th September: Māori Cultural Performance at 1.45 pm in the Church.

*Eisteddfod Assembly: Friday 1.30 pm, 29^th September. Last day of term.

Julie and Sue