Wednesday, 12 February 2020

What a busy week

What a wonderful week we are having in Kakano.  The teachers are
so proud of how well the children have settled into school life.  All
children are arriving at school remembering to do their morning jobs
and are happy to say “Goodbye” to Mum and Dad.


Morning Jobs:
Please remember parents it is important for the children to carry
their own school bags, mark their roll and put their Bookbag
in the right box on their own.  It is great to see our tamariki
becoming more independent each day.  


Brain Breaks:
Each morning at around 10 am we have a “Brain Break” to recharge
our batteries.  During this time the children are able to select one
piece of fruit from their lunch box to eat.  Please make sure your
child has fruit in their lunchbox that they can eat for their
“Brain Break”.  The children also have the option of drinking chilled
milk provided by the school.


Reading Logs:
Thank you to all those who have returned their reading logs. 
These all need to be back tomorrow. The Reading Log Draw
will be happening this Friday at assembly.  It would be great to
have all children from Kakano return their logs.


Kakano kids hard at work:
Lots of children have been creating with the Lego.  We have had
boat builders, rocket engineers as well as architects hard at work
this week.


The Mo-Blo is always fun to play with.  We have been using our
measuring skills to see who can build the longest Mo-Blo vehicle.


The “Family Room” is a great spot to hang out and use your
imagination. We have been talking, negotiating and working together
to create our own imagined worlds.  We have even been using the
vacuum cleaner to keep our space clean and tidy.


We love to read!  It is great to relax and read on our own or read
with a buddy, where we can talk about the awesome things we see
in a book.



We are so lucky to have an amazing outdoor area we can play in! 
The sandpit is a great place to play, dig and create with our friends. 
The water has been lots of fun to play in on these hot days, we love
to pour and mix the different colours and experiment with objects
that float and sink.

Sunday, 9 February 2020

Welcome to week 2!

We all had a wonderful first day of school, it was so great to have all our children excited and eager to start the 2020 school year.


Stationery:
Thank you to the parents and whanau who sent their child’s
school stationery to school on Friday. 
We will be using the new books this week, it would be
much appreciated if all children could please have their books at school.


Reading Log Draw:
Please, please, please remember to bring back your
reading log before Thursday. There is a copy on the school website,
if you need it, but any piece of paper will do. 
You can record books your child has read, books you have read
to your child, recipes, instructions, brochures from places you visited...
We would love to get 100% returned.

Uniform:
It is still incredibly hot!  It is very important for ALL children
to have a sunhat.  If your child does not have a sunhat then
they will not be able to play outside.  St Mary’s school sunhats
can be purchased from the school uniform shop or from The
Warehouse.  A reminder to make sure all school uniform is clearly
named, this includes sandals and sunhats!


What’s on this week:
Wednesday 6pm - Hamilton Diocese Commisioning Mass.  Please
see invite below. It would be great to have some children from our
class present at this special welcoming Mass for all staff from
Catholic schools.


Friday - Golden Time Tug of War in our House groups
(we will let your child know which House group they belong to this week).

Enjoy the rest of your day and make the most of this
beautiful summer weather.  I look forward to seeing you
all tomorrow morning.

See you all tomorrow
Lorraine

Thursday, 6 February 2020

Welcome to 2020

I am super excited to be teaching your wonderful children and am looking forward to our first day tomorrow.

Thank you to all the families who took the time to attend our “start of year interviews”. It was great seeing everyone. If you have any other questions please feel free to email me lorrainet@stmarysrotorua.school.nz

Tomorrow for the first day of school we will be doing some art, playing games and enjoying spending time together with all our school friends. In the morning the children can find their name and choose a locker. Please remember their school hat and make sure all the children’s belongings are named.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Waitangi Day and I can’t  wait to see everyone’s beautiful smiling faces.

Lorraine Thomson

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