Week 10!

 A big thank you to Mrs. Hunter, Mrs Dunkley and Mrs Bishop who held the fort last week while Mrs D looked after her lovely family and Mrs T was on a course. All three of these lovely ladies said that the Year 4 team were absolutely gorgeous and really kind and welcoming. Thank you Room 12 and 14 - we are so proud of you.

Congratulations to Zique who became a big sister to the newest member of her family. Congratulations to our AquaBot team has become the New Zealand Champs. Macklyn Smart, Jo Gentle and Sean Keeling won the regionals last year and last weekend won the N.Z. Championship well-done boys.

Congratulations also go to Mac, Elijah, Vedik and Braxton. These four boys all won our Wonder awards last week. They are four very curious and creative learners - keep it up boys. This week we are going to combine all our values and are looking for someone who shows all four values.

C.(Courage) R.(Respect) E.(Excellence)W.(Wonder)

This Weeks Learning

Literacy: Report writing - we are going to have a real focus on sentence structure and the introduction of paragraphs.

Numeracy: We are continuing to build our knowledge of place value. with a focus on rounding numbers. You can help out at home will asking your tamariki to round. Remember that 5 is the magic number when rounding to the nearest 10 and 50 when rounding to the nearest 100 and 500 when rounding to the nearest 1000.

Religious Education: WALT demonstrates an understanding of Palm Sunday as an event in Holy Week and recalls the symbols and rituals which remind us of Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem. 

WALT -That Holy Week is the most important week in Jesus’ life and it is also the most important week for his followers to remember and celebrate.

No Swimming until week 11.

Mon: Library

Tues:

Wed:

Thurs: Thursday at 10 am is the Stations of the Cross.

Fri: Roller skating at lunchtime,

     Golden Time House Tug of War  Your child can bring clothes in house colours to wear for this event.