Week 8 Term 4

 Our Tryathlon/ Swimming sports are on Thursday at the Aquatic centre. Here is a link to the Form for parents to complete before the day.  More information is at the bottom of this post. 

Last week a letter was sent home with students regarding the use of social media and being responsible online users. There is a return slip attached which needs to be returned to school to acknowledge that it has been discussed at home. Our school's stance (and mine) is that our students are too young to have social media accounts, most platforms state that the minimum age is 13 years of age.  I have more copies of the letter in class if it didn't make it home. 

Monday

Goldentime (movie and snacks) as it couldn't happen last Friday. 

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Tryathlon/ Swimming sports

Friday

Sausage sizzle

Tryathlon/ Swimming sports THURSDAY 8th December 2022

- The swimming sports will be combined with the Triathlon and will be held at the Rotorua Aquatic Centre on Tarewa Road in Rotorua.
- Years 4 – 6 students need to be dropped off at the Aquatic Centre on the day to meet their teacher by 8:45 am.
- Swimming sports will finish at approximately 2:30 pm.
-Children may come to swimming sports in their house colours, they may wear their togs under their clothes.

-If your child is taking part in the triathlon -Run/Bike/Swim-they will need to have you transport their bike to the Aquatic Centre.

-Alternatively your child can take part in the duathlon which is a Run/Swim

Transport:
-Children need to be collected from the Aquatic Centre by 3:00pm at the latest.
-If your child attends After School Care or they usually catch the bus home they will be picked up from the Aquatic Centre at 2:30 pm.
-If you are unable to drop off or pick up your child from the Aquatic Centre please email Lorna Dobson lornad@stmarysrotorua.school.nz

Children will need:
togs & towels, bike, sunhat, sunblock, warm clothes, morning tea, lunch & a water bottle.

Should the event need to be cancelled this information will put on our website by 7:30am and a notification sent via Facebook, Educa and the school phone app.

Whanau support will be needed on the day to help especially in the pool. Some of our children are reluctant swimmers and your help would be greatly appreciated.
Please contact Lorna Dobson lornad@stmarysrotorua.school.nz

Swimming fun

 We are continuing to swim in our pool. Today we were working on a very important skill, perfecting our handstands. 

Week 7 Term 4

 I am sure you have heard all about camp from your child. It was fantastic, everyone had lots of fun and had a go at the many activities on offer.  Thank you to all the parents who traveled to camp and helped it run smoothly.

This week:

Monday

Swimming

Tuesday

Swimming

Wednesday

Swimming

Disco (see poster below)

Thursday

Swimming

Library - bring books to exchange

Friday

Swimming

Sausage sizzle

Coming Up:

Swimming sports December 8

Swimming

 We have started swimming and it is great to see everyone having fun in the pool. 

Swimming and cooking

It is great to see so many students enjoying our swimming lessons in the pool. The improvement is clear to see, having time with Henk Greupink has made a big difference.  

Today Mr G and a group of students cooked some of the vegetables that were harvested from our gardens. All of the class got to have a little taste. 

Waffle Wednesday with Grandma Gail, combined some cooking maths, writing instructions and eating.

Week 10 Notices

We are swimming this week

 While we still have some friends away from school it is great to have most of our class regularly at school. Please pray for our friends who are either sick or isolating, it can be difficult to be away from friends for long periods. 

Monday

Swimming

Tuesday

Swimming

Wednesday

Swimming

Thursday

Library - bring books to exchange. 

Swimming

Friday

Swimming

Washing of the Feet Liturgy

House Tug o war competition. Bring House colours to change into. 

Alex and Nico cooking the sausages, there were a few well-cooked ones;-)

Week 8 Term 1 Notices

 We are swimming all week. 

All students should have a novel to be reading throughout each week. This enables students to read more complex stories over a number of days. Our Library day is Thursday. 

Our pest traps are out around the school with footprint cards so we can gather some data before the trapping begins. We'll post some data soon. 

Monday

Swimming

Tuesday

Swimming

Wednesday

Swimming

Thursday

Swimming

Library - bring books to exchange. 

Friday

Swimming

Sausage sizzle

Annunciation Liturgy (in class, no visitors sorry)

James and Tamba cooking the sausages on Friday. 

Noah's swimming medal haul

 Noah shared a number of his medals from his latest swimming cmpetition. 

Tino pai Noah!

Week 5 Term 1

Our class is now settled into learning routines, we will be focusing on setting learning goals and developing independent learning strategies.  All students should be reading at home a minimum of Monday - Thursday. I strongly encourage parents to take an interest in student reading at home. 

A few reminders:

• All students need to bring their own mask. 
• Water bottles are encouraged. 
• Chromebooks need to be charged - no cords are allowed in class. 
• Please return the camp notices that were sent home on Friday as soon as possible. 
• We are still planning on having our Swimming Sports for our Yr 4 to 6 students. The date is Thursday 10th March. Please click on the link below to ensure we have the correct details for all our students. Swimming Sports Form

This week

Monday

Swimming

Tuesday

Swimming

Golf (some students only)

Visiting Father Thomas in the Church. 

Wednesday

Swimming

Ash Wednesday Liturgy (in class) and the beginning of Lent. 

Thursday

Golf (some students only)

Library - bring books to exchange. 

Friday

Sausage sizzle

Covid-19 information

What you need to do

• You and your whānau should watch for symptoms

• If any develop, get tested immediately

• Then, stay at home until you receive the result

 

Symptoms of COVID-19

·   A new or worsening cough

·   Sneezing and runny nose

• A fever

• Temporary loss of smell or altered sense of taste

• Sore throat

• Shortness of breath

Less common symptoms include diarrhoea, headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, malaise, chest pain, abdominal pain, joint pain, or confusion/irritability.

Parents need to be reading the COVID updates that are sent out regularly.

Rico and Noah helping Viv cook all the sausages. 

Swimming with Henk

 We have started our swimming lessons with Henk, from Orange Swim School.  All the students are enjoying swimming in our great little pool. 

Week 3 Term 1

 Hopefully the weather improves a bit this week so it's nicer to be outside. 

An update regarding our Covid procedures in class. 

We are following health guidelines and wearing masks inside and taking regular breaks outside. All the classroom windows are open at all times and the fans are on. We all sanitise our hands when entering and leaving the class and desks are cleaned twice a day. Our School Mass will hopefully be held outdoors on Friday, no parents can attend sorry. 

We are swimming this week.  Bring togs and towel each day. 

Please make sure Chromebooks are charged overnight, no cords will be used in class and students who don't bring their device will just go without for the day. This will not impact their learning but may teach a little lesson. 

The school library will be open from Week 4, students will bring up to 3 books home each week. 

Remember sausage sizzle on Friday. 

Mrs Kusabs will be in R4 on Tuesday, students will be working on an art project.

Swimming Sports

Swimming Sports 2022

We will be holding our annual Swimming Sports 2022 on Thursday 10th March. This year only Year 4-6 students will be attending. Please click on the link below to ensure we have the correct details for all our students.

  Swimming  Sports Form