Thursday, May 5, 2016

Term 2 Newsletter



Term 2- Junior Syndicate Newsletter

Swimming Thanks
Our swimming programme at the Tawa School Pool was awesome. Small groups and good instructors meant that the children made great progress. Thank you to all who were able to help us.

Topic “ Outer Space”
This term we will be learning about our Solar System and how life on Earth depends on the Sun

TRIP TO CARTER OBSERVATORY ’Space Place’ 26/5 We will be leaving school at 9.15am and travelling by bus. Children will need to bring their lunch, drink and a jacket. We will also be travelling on the Cable Car and walking through the Botanical Gardens.


Seesaw/ Reading Eggs, Rooms 1&2/Mathletics, Room 3
Thank you for using these at home. We already see the benefits for our children.  If you have any questions contact your class teacher.
naomi.johnson@sfxtawa.school.nz


RE– Weeks 1-5 We will be learning about the Holy Spirit and Pentecost and then because this is the special Year of Mercy for our church, we will be learning about Mercy:  How Jesus showed Mercy and how we live Mercy.
Library visits:  Our classes visit the local library, once a term, on a Tuesday. Please return any of these books to the Tawa Library.   

PE-We are currently training for our cross country which will be held on Friday 20 May. Come along and support us! Children will need to bring their sports shoes for this event.
On Thursdays, Weeks 1-4 we will have soccer training.

Big Air Gym: Mondays, Weeks 5-10
1st session 30/5 Girls will need to wear shorts under their
tunics.
Arts Interchange
This term on Fridays at 11.30am, our Junior Syndicate will be participating in a Space themed Arts unit.
Art will be in Room 1
Drama in Room 2
Music in Room 3

 Our term values are  Respect :Weeks 1-5
                                   Mercy: Weeks 6-10


 Dress ups
We are currently updating our dress up clothes, if you have any suitable preloved clothes, donations would be gratefully received
 


Gods Blessings
Marie Andrewartha
Naomi Johnson
Faencha Nicholls

    




This week we are learning about the letter Qq

http://viewpure.com/IDQpggePaak?ref=bkmk

The children love singing this shape song!

http://viewpure.com/mAE79M9lCbg?ref=bkmk

Shapes In Our Classroom

Shapes in our classroom on PhotoPeach

Friday, April 8, 2016

Monday, March 28, 2016



Our Butterfly Stories
I like the butterfly wings. Riley
The butterfly is my friend. William
Me and Dawn are looking at the Chrysalis. The caterpillars are in the chrysalis. Kenta
Butterfly, fly away butterfly. Look at the butterfly. Isla
The butterflies are in the air. Cadence
The butterfly waits for her eggs to hatch.  MacKenzie
The butterfly is my friend.  Olli
I am going to the butterflies.  Grace
I like the butterfly flying.  Leah
The butterfly is my friend.  Ashley
The caterpillar is eating the leaf. It is going to be a fat caterpillar!   Dawn
I saw a butterfly flying around. Thomas
The butterfly flies away.  Eldrich
I see a caterpillar it was crawling on the swan plant.  Benjo
The butterfly is turning into a chrysalis.  Vane

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

We are learning about the letter Hh

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Stations of the Cross           presented by our children
Bring your children along to -The Stations of the Cross
On- Friday 26th Feb:  7pm           At- Our Lady of Fatima Church, Tawa.
            contact Marie Andrewartha 2328904       
 







     


IMPORTANT: Change of Date
Our Junior Rooms 1, 2 & 3 class liturgy will now be on
Monday 14th March, 11.15am at Our Lady of Fatima Church. We look forward to seeing you there.

Seesaw is a new app that we are going to be using to share what you child is learning at school. When you receive the information sheet about this app please follow the sign up instructions. It will be wonderful to share your child’s work, with you as it is happening in the classroom!