Room 15 2021

Bonjour to all Parents and Caregivers, Firstly we would like to thank all parents and caregivers for the wonderful work they have been doing with homeschooling their children during the level 4 covid-19 lockdown. We hope you have had no problems accessing the learning on the Middle School Kahikatea site. Remember that all the information regarding home learning can be found on the class blog from either this week or last week. If you have any concerns or questions do not hesitate to contact me at sophiebowie@stmarysrotorua.school.nz . We realise that many parents will be working from home and that time to help children with their learning may be limited. The learning posted on the site is intended to be independent work for the children as much as possible. Please encourage your child to do as much work as is feasible given the lockdown realities in your household bubble. You will be well aware now that we will be moving from Alert Level 4 to 3 and this takes effect from midnight on Tu

Kia ora whānau and tamariki, Firstly, thank you in advance for taking the time to read this blog post carefully. We have tried to simplify our online learning this time around. If you have any questions after reading this blog, please feel free to send an email to me at sophiebowie@stmarysrotorua.school.nz Secondly, it is really important that you all received the email from me yesterday. Thank you to those who responded. I did have some parent email addresses bounce back, so if you did not receive the email, please contact me on the above email address and I will send it to you.  As most of you will already know, we are having our first class Google Meet tomorrow morning from 10-10:45am and will continue this at the same time for the days we are in lockdown. Your children have all been sent the invitation for this via Gmail. Please remember that s tudents are not to create their own Google Meets or chat threads. They can use the chat feature in a Google Meet only in a meet created by

  Bula Vinaka everyone.  We were so blessed to have such beautiful weather for this weekend. Although windy, seeing the sun out is uplifting for our spirits. This morning, at our 10am mass, we had a lovely turnout of students coming to celebrate the Assumption of Mary. There was a procession shortly after mass where we walked with some parishioners around the block. It was a heartwarming experience. Last week we celebrated Mary Mackillop Day with mass and fun school activities. The children had such a great time learning about the person who established our school. Below are some photos of the afternoon tabloid sports Our children have just started learning about how to recite a poem for our annual Kahikatea Poetry Competition. Please encourage your child to learn their poem by memory. Classroom competitions start in week 5. We will be looking for expression in our students' voices, the use of gestures/ actions as they read, and trying to gain the attention of their audience throug

Kia ora, It's hard to believe that we are entering into Week three and the start of August. The daffodils have started to bloom, which means longer days and warmer weather to come.  Last Friday, the middle school students were part of the Novena to Our Lady Mary, in preparation for the Feast of the ‘Assumption of Mother Mary into heaven’ on 15th August.  The kids were amazing! they read and sang beautifully. The assembly we hosted afterwards went brilliantly! The students worked so hard and were very excited to perform The Rock Warriors for the school. Thank you to the parents and whānau who were able to come along and watch! If you missed it, check out the link below! NB: Only those with the link can view the video. It is not public on Youtube.  Rock Warriors Video Thank you for attending the 3 way conferences. The conferences are always a good time for parents to hear what their children have done and hear what the goals are for the next little while. Please if you were unable to

Kia orana (MAY YOU LIVE A LONG AND FULFILLING LIFE) It is  Cook Island Language Week  this week. Our Pasifika group have given us a class challenge -  to learn a prayer they gave us and then to stand up and say it in front of the school at singing time on Thursday before we go out to lunch. Things on this week:  3-way conferences Three-Way Student/Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Tuesday 3rd August from 3.10 to 6.00 pm and Wednesday 4th August 3.10 - 6.00 pm. You need to go to  www.schoolinterviews.co.nz  and enter the event code aemzc. The time allowed for each conference is 10 minutes. Please be considerate of the teacher (who needs to keep to the appointment schedule) and other parents who have made bookings. If you feel you need more time for discussion, please organise another time to meet with the teacher. The purpose of the conference is so parents/student/teacher can co-construct a literacy goal, maths goal and a values/key competency goal. Reports were sent home wi