Week 9 Term 2

Hi everyone

Thank you to those parents who brought their children along to school Mass yesterday to support Dakotah making his Baptism.  A big congratulations to Dakotah! The children were very interested in watching the Baptisms, as for some it was the first time they had ever seen anyone being baptised. Was also great to welcome new families and children to our school.






Also, thank you for your support for Wig Wednesday, where we raised over $200 towards child cancer.

Please note we currently have head lice in Room 2.  Please check your child's hair and treat if necessary. 



What's Coming Up?

Ice-skating on Tuesday and Thursday - please remember helmets and gloves.

This Thursday 28 June is our cultural assembly organised by some senior pupils where we celebrate all the different cultures in our school.  Room 2 is performing a Cook Island dance taught to us by Kiri Mulholland. Please come along and support this assembly if you are free. NO PMP this week.

Please make sure that your child has a poem ready to present to the class for our school Eisteddfod. If you can not find a poem, they can choose one from their poetry book. We will probably be listening to these either later in the week or next Monday or Tuesday.

Next Monday and Tuesday I will be away watching my Daughter Ella sing as part of the Dunstanza senior girls choir at the Sydney Opera house. Mrs Laidlaw will be in Room 2 for these days.

The Poetry Marking Schedule

Introduction  5
Say the name of your poem
Say the name of the poet
Say why you chose the poem

Presentation 10
Say your poem with expression
Make eye contact with the audience
Try not to rush
Look like you are enjoying sharing your favourite poem

Preparation 5
Know your poem off by heart
Choose a poem that the Year 2 audience will like 

Voice 5
Use a loud voice so that we can all hear

Have a great week, 
Julie

Week 8

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. It was great to see a little bit of sun!

What's Coming Up?

Thursday 21 June is our first day of ice skating. Children will need jackets, hats, waterproof pants if possible, gloves or mittens and a helmet. If you are free, please come to help as we always need parents to help with getting ice-skates on and off. Our other sessions are Tuesday 26 June, Thursday 28 June, Tuesday 3 July and Thursday 5 July. We  will be at the ice rink at 10.45 and off ice at 12pm.

The Matariki breakfast that was to be this Friday 22 June has been postponed to Week 1, Term 3 as Matariki is not visible in Central Otago at the moment but hopefully will be then.

This Wednesday is a paid union meeting for Teachers. If possible children are to picked up at 1.15pm. If your child will be at school please let me know. Wednesday is also Wig Wednesday for child cancer- please bring a gold coin.

Next Thursday 28th June is our school cultural assembly.  

I also need more helpers on a Thursday afternoon for our PMP programme, this is from 2.05pm till 2.55. If you can help please write your name on the timetable on the classroom door.

This Sunday is a school Mass on Sunday, children are to wear their school uniform and sit with their class. Children new to the Room 2 will receive a bible from the PTA and families are asked to come forward with the children. If you cant make it please let me know.

Next Wednesday 27 June is our school cultural assembly.  

The children will be presenting their Eisteddfod poem to the class next week.  Please help your child to choose a poem (it can be one from their poetry book), and start practising it soon. I have included the marking schedule:Introduction  5
Say the name of your poem
Say the name of the poet
Say why you chose the poem

Presentation 10
Say your poem with expression
Make eye contact with the audience
Try not to rush
Look like you are enjoying sharing your favourite poem

Preparation 5
Know your poem off by heart
Choose a poem that the Year 2 audience will like 

Voice 5
Use a loud voice so that we can all hear

Also, we currently have head lice in Room 2.  Please check your child's hair thoroughly and treat if necessary.

Week 7 Term 2

Hi

I hope everyone had a super weekend!! Was great to see some of you at hockey today. The children seem to be really enjoying it and getting better. This week there is hockey again in Alexandra at 1pm.

Children need to get a poem ready to present to the class in week 9. If you could pop this into their homework books this week. Any problems or questions about this please come and see me. This is part of our Eisteddfod programme, in the next two terms it will be a song and a speech.

I really need more helpers for the PMP programme on  a Thursday afternoon. The roster is on Room 1 classroom door and I need 3 helpers for each week.

This week we are well into our new classroom routines. We have 2 set groups for writing and maths we encourage you to talk to your child about their learning. The children can talk in learnish!!!

Every child has a goal  and they are able to talk about their goal please ask your child what their personal goal is!!

This week on Tuesday Mrs Eastwood is off to Wellington to the catholic convention. This means that Mrs Roberts will be in Room 2 in the afternoons.

Have a great week

Julie

Week 6

Hi

Well I hope that everyone has been able to keep warm!!! I must admit it takes me about 2 hours to warm up after any sort of outside activity!!! This weather is fine for July not so keen on it for June!!
The good news is we might get snow this week, now that would be fun!! FINGERS CROSSED.

This week we have a few changes in the Room 2 timetable for the rest of the year.
Neroli Laidlaw will be teaching with me in Room 1 and 2 from 9am until 11.15am. In this time children will be in 2 groups and complete writing, sounds with Neroli and Maths and printing with me. After play children will start the action stations and reading programme this will go into the afternoon. I would like to start the PMP programme on a Thursday afternoon from 2.10pm-2.55pm, starting next week. If you are able to help with this programme please pop your name on the roster on Room 1's door. I will need 3 parents each week to help support and run this programme.
Any questions about this please come and see me.

Monday -we start our fire wise programme with a guest speaker.

Wednesday-School Mass at 9am- all welcome

Thursday- I will be in Dunedin at a course

Friday- Assembly at 2.10pm in the hall-all welcome

Have a great week


Julie

Poem as a dance video