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