week 6 term 3 2022

This week's adventures...

Monday: Dance with Mrs Trask.
             Library 

Tuesday: Fluro Golf 

Wednesday: online chess

Thursday: Taupo Chess

Friday: Room 14s assembly!!!!

            Rotorua Chess

We have finally learned our dance from walking on stage to walking off stage - it's been a lot of work. The next few weeks we will be polishing our performance. A video of our dance has been shared with the kids in our term 3 photos folder so that they can practice at home. However, most of the kids really want to keep it as a surprise for you. If your child locks themselves in their room and won't come out but you can hear Blue Suede Shoes - all is well. Just a month until showtime!

This week we are going to perform our poems for the class. Mrs T, Miss M and Mrs K will be acting as judges. We will be looking for clear, expressive voices, nice rhythm and a touch of personality to hook the audience. It is not a play so we don't need big exaggerated actions. We will continue to work on these at school but if you could give your kids a chance to practice in front of you, that will make things much calmer. Thanks.

We have a number of kids involved in the fluro golf tournament and chess competitions this week.  I'm sure that they will have an absolute blast and do us proud. 

This Friday Room 14 finally gets to lead an assembly.  We have a couple of very important jobs to do during the assembly (can't tell you what they are yet - it's a secret) and we have been craving the spotlight for months. We will be spending quite a bit of time prepping for our starring roles but kids may want to practice these lines at home, too.  You are welcome to join us, if you are able - Friday 2:05pm.

We are still wearing masks in class. I know some of the kids are over it. Trying to teach in a mask is not my idea of fun either BUT if doing something as simple as wearing a mask helps to keep our beautiful St Mary's whanau safe then that's what we're doing. I have spares on my table and the kids are welcome to grab one when they need it. However, I seem to have gone through about 120 masks so far this term. It's much easier to monitor whose mask is whose when they all look different - if your child still has their own masks at home can you please remind them to pack them each day. The budget and the environment thank you.

We are celebrating Grandparents Day on Friday 28th October at 9.00 am. This usually involves a lovely mass and a fun day. Grandparents and Grandfriends are invited to join us for this special day so you might want to give a little notice.

Helpful tech hints to keep your Chromebook running smoothly

- charge your device every night (power cords at school are a nightmare!)

- clear cache and cookies every now and then

- close all windows and shut down your device every week

- don't install extensions and apps (they slow down the device and cause issues)

- keep chrome updated

Spring starts this week!  

Wahoo!