Week 1, Term 2

Welcome back everyone!

We hope you all had a lovely holiday and that the children are refreshed and ready to start the new term.

We say goodbye to Jack, Lilli and Boston who are very excited about moving into Room 7, and Room 2 welcomes Angelina into the class.

This term Kate will be teaching Room 2 on Mondays and Tuesdays, and Bridget will be teaching the rest of the week. (Julie is acting principal for the term).

Room 2 has swimming on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next five weeks. (Room 1 will have swimming in the fourth term). On Tuesday, the children leave school by bus at 1.15 and their lesson is at 2.00pm. They will then return to school by bus.  On Thursday, they leave by bus at 12.15, and their lesson is at 1.00pm. They will take their lunch to the pool on Thursday.  If the girls are choosing to wear their winter uniform, please ensure they wear trackpants on swimming days as it is too hard to get tights and kilts on and off.  Also, please have all clothing named.

This week we are beginning Action Stations from 10.15 - 12.45 daily.  This incorporates more play-based learning into the classroom programme. During this time, the teachers will be working with small reading and writing groups. Some children may be bringing home browsing books this week instead of new reading books while we get the programme up and running.

PMP (the Perceptual Motor Programme) will be on Friday mornings at 9.15. This is a programme St Gerards has run for several years, which aims to develop the child's perceptions and understandings of himself or herself in relation to her/his world, through movement/motor experiences.  If you are free to give up an hour of your time on Friday, this would be really appreciated as we need 2 parents each week to make this feasible. It involves setting up and taking down the equipment, (there are instructions to follow) and taking a small group on an activity, (there is a card for each activity with pictures and instructions). There will be a roster put up on the Room 1 door so please add your name to it if possible.

Also, if you have any of the following items, please send these along to school: wool, any craft items that you have spare, old cards etc. On a regular basis, we will be needing items for construction eg, egg cartons, yoghurt pottles, containers, plastic bottles and lids, small boxes, cardboard etc.

Have a good week,

Sue, Bridget and Kate

Week 11, Term 1

Hi everyone,

Hope you had a lovely weekend and made the most of the beautiful autumn weather.

Tomorrow and Tuesday the children are sharing their prayers to Room 1 and 2, and two or three children will be chosen to share their prayers at our Eisteddfod assembly in the church this Thursday at 1.30pm.

The parish and school Holy Week Mass will be held this Wednesday at 9.00am. Room 7 is leading the Mass, with Room 4 leading the Stations of the Cross, and you are very welcome to attend.

School is closed this Friday for Good Friday.  We hope you all have a happy and safe Easter and holidays.

Julie, Sue, Bridget and Kate

Week 10, Term 1

Hi everyone,

Remember Teacher's Only Day this Friday 7 April, so there is no school.

This week our letter of the week is Pp.  Feel free to bring along some items that start with Pp for the Pp table..

Next Monday or Tuesday, children are presenting their prayers to the classroom.  Please choose a short prayer for your child to say to the class (it is easier if they know it off by heart rather than try to read it.) If you are stuck for a prayer or have any questions, please talk to one of us this week. We have some prayers we can photocopy for you.  Two or three children will be chosen to present their prayer next Thursday 13 April, at the Eisteddfod assembly.

Please remember to sign your child's Poetry Book in the weekend, as this is the weekend reading.

Also, is there any parent out there who would be able to fix our playhouse for us?  The door doesn't shut properly and we would like to have a lock put on it.

Have a great week,

Sue, Julie, Bridget and Kate