Week 8

 Week 8 

Welcome to Week 8 - It is going to be a busy couple of weeks so please ask questions or check this blog if you are unsure!]

Assembly

This week Kakano 4 is on assembly, so we welcome any parents who want to join us. Assembly starts at 2:05pm on Friday.

 

Peter Pan production:

Please ensure your child has brought along any costume requirements to their classroom teacher ASAP!

Peter Pan is shaping up well and we have had a huge uptake of ticket sales with Tuesday’s Matinee the only show that has seats available. Students are very excited! 

 

Letters to Santa!

Christmas decorations are going up as we are now close to December and Mr MacMillan invites children to write to Santa Claus again this year and for those children who write a letter, they will get a reply from him. There is a Santa letterbox in each class and Santa’s letterboxes in the student foyer. The boxes in the student and main foyers are the official mailboxes. Santa is going to choose his favourite letter each day and the writer will receive a Santa snow globe!!

 

Advent Liturgy:

On Tuesday 2/12/20 we have our Advent Liturgy at 12.15pm in the church.  Parents and whanau are welcome to attend. 

 

Student Celebration Conferences:

More information to follow: - A special blog post will go out later in the week concerning this. 

 

Library:

Last week was the last week to return books and to get out a maximum of 6-8 books to take home for the school holidays. These will be expected to be returned to your child’s new class next year once school starts back. Please make a list of the up to 8 book titles your child brings home and try to keep them in a safe place. Any lost of missing books will be added to your school fees account next year. 

 

Reading books:

Week 8 is the last week that reading books will be sent home for homework as week 9 and 10 are very busy and we also need to do stocktake on all these readers. We will still be completing reading with your children at school during week 9 and 10, only books wont come home. Please get into the habit of reading with your child or get them to help you read a simple book over the holiday break to help their reading continue over the long summer break. 

 

 

Sausage sizzle and juicies - $1.50 each on Friday. 

 

School Magazine:

We are publishing a school magazine again this year, and this will be available during the last week of this term. At this stage there were only to be 100 magazines printed. It will be a great memento of 2020. Orders are taken now at the school office with the cost for the magazine being $10.00. Get in quick! 

 

For Blogs Peter Pan Production Rehearsal (MAIN CAST ONLY!)

Peter Pan Production Rehearsal Main Cast Saturday the 5th December 1:00pm- 4:00pm, the school hall.  Required: Harmony Choir Mains Lost boys Mermaids Fairy Dancers Sea Creatures Pirates Backstage & Props Crew Narrators Tribes People Your child has already received a notice last week about this. Students are to bring snacks and water. All students are to be promptly collected at the conclusion of the day at 4:00pm from the school hall. If your child cannot make this rehearsal please email me to let me know. Thanks to those who have already. bernieh@stmarysrotorua.school.nz Regards, Production Team 2020 Lorette Tiedt, Jane Trask, Mary Kusabs, Lorraine Thomson, Jill Dinniss, Michelle McIntyre, Glenda Pedley, Chris and Sheila Manlunas, Bernie Hall.

 

 

Upcoming:

Monday 30th November Kapa Haka group at Ahurei

Tuesday 1st December Principal’s Morning Tea

Tuesday 8th December School Production

Wednesday 9th December School Production

Monday 12th December: School Tryathlon

Friday 11th December  End of Year Mass

Tuesday 15th December: School Prizegiving

Wednesday 16th December: Missioning and last day of term

Thursday 17th December: Teacher Only Day

Week 7 was jam packed and we just love seeing what our Kakano students create and imagine in their play! 

 

Have a great week -

Kakano teachers 

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Week 7

 What a lovely few weeks we have been having with the weather. The children are enjoying lots of outside play.  Please remember to pack a school sunhat each day we have the rule in term 4 and 1 “No Hat, No Play”.  Also it is a good idea to pack a drink bottle with water each day. 

 

No Swimming this week. Middle school has a swimming program running.

 

Tickets for the Peter Pan show go on sale this week.  We are performing on Wednesday 9th December.   Our children will do the matinee and evening show.  Please remember to bring in your child’s clothes for their dance.  They need a plain brown, green, grey, black t-shirt and shorts. If they can be placed in a named bag and given to the classroom teacher. Thank you to those who have already sent theirs in.

 

Important dates

Tuesday 8th School Production

Wednesday 9th November School production

Monday 12th December: School Tryathlon

Friday 11th December  End of Year Mass

Tuesday 15th December: School Prizegiving

Wednesday 16th December: Missioning and last day of term

Thursday 17th December: Teacher Only Day

Another busy week in Kakano last week

 

 

Enjoy your Sunday.

See everyone tomorrow.

Week 6

 We are now half way through term 4!!! It has already been a busy term and we look forward to the next few weeks filled with some exciting events. Thank you for the continued support with reading at home it was great to see all of the children’s improvements after a testing week last week.

Please remind your children to bring in their library bags on Friday.

 

 

Production practise is still happening at school. The actual production will be held in Week 9 on the 8th and 9th of December. The children are all very excited and the practises are going great.

 

Check out some of the things we’ve been up to in Kakano this week:

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and we look forward to seeing all of the smiling faces at school tomorrow 😀

Week 5

We have another busy week ahead in Kakano.  We have our dance rehearsal for the show with Mrs Trask on Tuesday and then we have a Teacher Only Day on Friday.  There will be no library time this week for children in Kakano 4, 5, 6 and 7 as we have Teacher Only Day.  There will be swimming this week for children in Kakano 4, 7 and 8.

This week we will be doing a lot of end of year testing with the children.  We aim to keep part of our programme running as normal but children may bring poems or other readers home with them as we will be working with the children individually over the week.  It is an exciting time for everyone as we see the progress the children have made.

 

Friday 13th November. Teacher Only Day. There will be no school on this day. If you need to enrol your child in the Glenholme After School Care for the day, please contact Mary-Ann Roling on 021 215599. She will be running this at St Mary’s. Thank you for your support with this.

 

Reminders for the week:

Monday: 

• Swimming for Kakano 4, 7 and 8

Tuesday: 

• Dance rehearsal with Mrs Trask for all Kakano classes

• Swimming for Kakano 4, 7 and 8

Wednesday:

• Swimming for Kakano 4, 7 and 8

Thursday:

• Swimming for Kakano 4, 7 and 8

• Library for Kakano 8

Friday:

• No school for children - Teacher Only Day

 

One of our provocations over the last week has been a science focus of magnets.  The children have loved exploring what magnets are attracted and not attracted to.

 

 

 Week 4 Notices

Welcome to week 4!

Thank you to the parents and children who helped at the working bee on Saturday. The school looks amazing.

We were all very excited to welcome four new chicks into our Kakano class last week.  Our four new chickens are doing well and have been showered in love since hatching.

Kowhai and Tahi moved into their new home outside last week.  They love scratching around in the dirt looking for bugs and exploring.  It has been great watching the children talk to, and observe the chooks as they play.  Thank you to Mrs Thomson and the children for constructing the new Chicken House, you all make wonderful builders.

 

 

Reminders for week 4

Tuesday:

• Production Dance practice with Mrs Trask

Thursday

• All Souls and All Saints Day Liturgy - 12:15.  All parents and families are welcome to join us as we celebrate this special Catholic feast day

Friday

• Sausage Sizzle ($1.50) and Juicie ($1.50) day

• Library for K4, K5, K6, K7 - please make sure all children have their library books ready to return

 

Parent programme… this is a great opportunity and I highly recommend it.

PTA Meeting: for your diary - next meeting is Wednesday 4 November at 7pm in the school staffroom. Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting.

 

 

FREE PARENTING PROGRAMME AT ST MARY'S ....

 

An internationally renowned, FREE, Parenting Program will be offered at St.Mary’s in Terms 1 and 2 of 2021. It will be presented by Erna Cullen, from the Ministry of Education and Corbus Venter, an Educational Psychologist with a passion for helping young children.

 

It is a 14 week evidence based program that supports parents who have concerns about their child’s conduct. If you feel like you need some help or want to understand your children better, this is a course for you.

 

There will be an information afternoon/evening held on the 5th November in the school library at 2.30pm and again at 5.15pm, for those interested in learning more about the Incredible Years' Parent course. Feel free to come along to find out more and have a chat to the convenors of the course or to sign up.

 

If you would like to register your interest for this course earlier, please email or phone Brigitte Holmes, our Learning Support Coordinator. brigitteh@stmarysrotorua.school.nz  Mobile 0272121206

 

Important dates - add them to your calendar

Friday 13th November. Teacher Only Day. There will be no school on this day.

Thursday 5th November: All Saints/All Souls Day Liturgy

Thursday 5th November: Incredible Years Parents’ meeting 

Friday 13th November Teacher Only Day

Thursday 19th November:  JPC Orientation (afternoon)

Sunday 29th November Weetbix Tryathlon

Tuesday 8th School Production

Wednesday 9th November School production

Monday 12th December: School Tryathlon

Friday 11th December  End of Year Mass

Tuesday 15th December: School Prizegiving

Wednesday 16th December: Missioning and last day of term

Thursday 17th December: Teacher Only Day

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Lorraine