Week 3

Hi

Tomorrow is the Mothers Day Cafe!!
It is really important that each child has one person to attend. This could be mother, grandmother, friend. If your child has no one coming please let me know ASAP so I can sort someone.
Please come to the office area at 10.30am.

Monday is Caritas Day. Caritas Aotearoa NZ is an agency that works towards making a real
difference in the lives of people living with poverty or injustice. The Caritas Challenge is an annual event that builds solidarity with the poor. In support of this we are having a ‘Rice Day’ at school.  Children are allowed to have morning tea and will only have rice for lunch.  So no pie warmers tomorrow. Please provide your child with a named bowl and spoon.  If your child is unable to eat rice, please let me know. Sponsorship forms were also sent home and these can be returned to school by May 25th.


Wednesday we have a school house netball tournament. Children wear house colours that are appropriate for playing netball. We will be walking up to the courts after an early lunch. You are welcome to come and watch. This will start at 1pm.

Thursday is pink shirt day information about this is on blog.



Have a great week


Julie

Pink Shirt Day

     Pink Shirt Day

    

On Thursday 17th of May The Sticks n Stones Ambassadors here at St Gerard’s
Primary will be having a Pink Shirt Day, this coincides with NZ Bully Free Week.
Pink Shirt Day is to show our support and stand up to bullying .
It would be awesome if you could dress up in pink to show your support.
There will be Best Dressed prizes for each class and an Overall Winner.
If you would like you can bring a gold coin donation.
The money will be donated to the Mental Health Foundation and Sticks n Stones
to help run programmes here at school.

There will also be a baking competition - we would like this to be student prepared
(as much as possible). The three different categories will be for the pinkest, best
tasting and best presentation.

ROOM 2 and 7 Cafe for Mothers

Children will bring home an invitation today for our Mother's Day Cafe.

This is on Monday at 10.30am in Room 2.

Your child will serve you!!

If you are unable to make it, each child can bring a special lady!! eg a grandma, aunty or friend.

If your child has no one that can attend please let us know ASAP and we will find them someone special. 

week 2 term 2

Hi

This week we have Netball on Monday and Wednesday and children can wear sports uniform.
This term on Tuesdays in Room 2 we have Grandma reading which is from 2pm-3pm and when a group of Grandmas come and hear the children read and read to them and play games.
On Wednesday I will be away in Dunedin with the junior team looking at schools who are using play is the way.
Wednesday is a school mass at 9am all welcome.
Friday is Assembly in the hall at 2.10pm all welcome.
Well done to all our hockey players!! Thanks heaps for amazing parent support it was great today!! Thank you all!

Friday hockey practice after school 3.30-4pm and games this weekend in Cromwell at 1pm- please be ready to go at 12.50pm.

We are learning about sequencing time in Maths and have been working on what we do in a day and in what order. This week we will be looking at time and what happens at different times in the day.
You could talk to your child about this and get them to start thinking about the time it takes to do things!!! To brush teeth??? etc


NZ ski passes

NZSKI are offering Local School Passes this year for the same low price as last year.  $100 for primary aged children (5 years and under are just $20) $165 for secondary school aged children. Passes will be available from the Queenstown Snow Centre from 8^th May, and  there is no deadline for purchase. 

^{(Please let Chrissy know if you wish to purchase this as she has to forward your name to the snow centre to verify you are at a Central Otago school. She will need these names before the 8th May.)}

Have a great week


Julie

Week 1 Term 2

Hi

Looking forward to seeing everyones happy smiling faces tomorrow!!!

Hope everyone had a super holiday and is ready for learning, winter sports and fun times!!
This term we have 4 netball lessons over the next 2 weeks and then a school wide tournament on Monday May 14th in the afternoon at the netball courts. From Wednesday which is our first lesson (we have 2 lessons on one day) then next week on Monday and Wednesday children can wear their sports uniform.

Please bring any boxes for action stations or any thing that could be made into amazing creations!!

This term thanks to Stefan and his family being winners at New World we get an apple a day for each child for the term!! This should sort brainfood if your child likes apples!! Awesome!!!!

This Sunday is the first week of Funsticks hockey on Sunday and will be in Alex at 1pm. Children are welcome to attend practice on Friday from 3.30-4pm.

Have a great week

Take care

Julie

NZ SKI PASSES

NZ ski passes

NZSKI are offering Local School Passes this year for the same low price as last year.  $100 for primary aged children (5 years and under are just $20)$165 for secondary school aged children. Passes will be available from the Queenstown Snow Centre from 8^th May, and  there is no deadline for purchase. Passes DO NOT  need to be purchased before the end the general early bird sale which is April 5^th. 

^{Please let Chrissy know if you wish to purchase this as she has to forward your name to the snow centre to verify you are at a CO school. She will need these names before the 8th May.}

Week 10

I imagine you are all feeling well rested after a nice Easter break. Today I had a close encounter with a red back spider and be fair to say I was not that happy to see her so close to my head!!!!

Eisteddfod - Next week the children will be presenting their Eisteddfod Prayers.  I will give everyone a short prayer tomorrow. If you would like you can pick one yourself. Please have these ready to be presented by Tuesday next week so that we are able to sort those children who will read theirs in front of the school next Thursday.

Goal Setting Interviews - Hopefully you have all slotted yourselves in with a time to see me next week.  These interviews are a nice time for us all to have a chat about your child's learning so far and their next steps at school.

Children are really progressing well with their sight words and this is a credit to the work children are doing at home. Remember 5 ticks and then I check these every Friday.

Please come and talk to me if you have any questions about the prayer reading I am happy to help.

Have a great short week.

Julie