Room 15 2021

Kia ora parents and whānau, congratulations on making it to the last week of term!  It has been a whirlwind of a term with lockdown and everyone has done a tremendous job getting to the end happily and safely. Thank you again for giving our students supportive and loving homes, the adjustment make to school was made a lot easier thanks to that.  In maths this term, we had a focus on geometry and fractions. Here is some translation art that some of our fantastic tamariki has done.  Things on this week:  Monday - Principals Morning Tea. Congratulations to those students who were chosen! Tuesday - STEAM EXTRAVAGANZA and Library.  Wednesday - Catholic Schools Day  Thursday - Girls 7's Tournament at St Marys and St Vincent De Paul Liturgy  Friday - Golden Time.  Important messages from Mr Macmillan and Mrs Cato: Last week all Year 0-5 students should have brought home a letter inviting parents to provide some information for consideration re the 2022 class placement of their child. A co

 Tena koutou, welcome to our second to last week of Term 3! Last week had a strong focus on celebrating Māori Language week. It was fantastic listening to the tamariki giving new te reo a go! For Golden Time, we made catapults from skewers, rubber bands, clay and a plastic spoon. There was a lot of trial and error, but most students managed to make a successful catapult.  As we are still at Level 2 we are still encouraging that our kids sanitise before they come into class. Please ensure they bring in a drink bottle as water fountains are still out of bounds. Thank you very much for your support in this. Last Friday, some kids came with some fabulous wigs to wear for the day. The school managed to fundraise $580 to go towards the Cancer Society. What a fabulous effort. What's happening this week: Tuesday: Library Friday: Golden Time It is so lovely to see the sun out today. Let's cross our fingers that this weather continues for the rest of the week. Have an awesome week everyo

Tena Koutou, We’ve been back at school for two days and things have gone quite smoothly. Thank you all for helping us make the transition back to school. Children were very excited to see their friends and get back to some normality. Just a quick reminder that students are to take all rubbish home in their lunches and chormebooks need to be charged. This week is Maori Language Week: " Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori " - Make the Māori language  strong. We will be doing some fun activities around Maori language this week. Last week we learned how to introduce ourselves in Te Reo. Check out the video we made  here . The Virtual Assembly for this week if you didn't see it is  Here  .  Our library is on Tuesday, please remind your child to bring back their books. Friday is ‘Wig Day’ please bring a wig and a gold coin donation all proceeds go towards Kids Cancer. If your child is interested in any sport, please enrol them to ensure they get on a team. Kia pai to wiki, Sophie Bowie and t

  Good morning to everyone on another lovely sunny day. Happy Fathers Day to all our dads, we hope you have a special day in your bubble. It's hard to believe that almost three weeks ago we went into lockdown.  A big thank you to all of our families for the support you are giving your children with their Home Learning Programmes during this time.  It has been a big learning curve for many of us and certainly a time of building resilience.  I feel so blessed to work in such a supportive and caring community. The Prime Minister announces late Monday afternoon what the next plan is.  Fingers crossed we move to Level 2 soon. This week we will continue with the Home Learning online. We have our daily meetings on Google Meet at 10am. The children and us teachers have been enjoying connecting and doing some fun activities. 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