Term 3 Newsletter

Room 2 Newsletter Term3 2014

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome back to another school term. It is nice to know that we will have more daylight to enjoy as the term progresses.

A lot of the children managed to avoid sicknesses last term, so hopefully they can stay well this term and enjoy all the fun activities that are planned.

Our theme this term is Communication. We thought it would be fun to look at how we communicate through The Arts. We will be observing our changing city scape and using drama, dance and music to express what we see and understand. A trip to the Art Box in the city is planned, as well as a visit to the Linwood Library on Friday,1^st August. We are lucky to have this trip paid for by the school.

The Health topic this term is the excellent “Keeping Ourselves Safe” programme. Watch out for more about this in the school newsletter.

There will be lots of opportunities for a variety of writing and oral language exercises. We will be exploring the narrative genre in particular. Later in the term Room 1 and 2 will have our annual Poetry Recital competition. This is a great confidence booster for the children. More information on this will follow closer to the event.

Kiwi Sport will continue this term and Room 1 and 2 will also be having the 2 regular PMP sessions each week. It is wonderful to see the confidence and skills that have been developed in the children who have been doing this programme since we first introduced it in 2012. It is certainly very worthwhile. The children love it and we are all grateful to the generous parents who volunteer to make this possible.

This term starts with our St Anne’s Feast Day celebration on Friday to which you are all invited (see school newsletter). The term ends with the Mission Fair. In our RE programme we will be covering the Church strand and also be introducing the Sacrament strand when we will learn more about our baptism. We will also be acknowledging Social Justice Week.

Don’t forget to check out our class blog : stannes102.blogspot.co.nz. and feel free to  register as a follower and post comments. You are also welcome to email photos of special events or visitors that the children might like to share. Room2@stannes.co.nz

Children who celebrate their birthday or half birthday will be receiving their reports this term. This will be followed up by an interview.

Thanks for all your support.

Marian