We enjoyed watching the studio being moved onto the Sister's property.
Sunday 21 February 2016
Saturday 6 February 2016
Wednesday 3 February 2016
Newsletter
Room 2 Newsletter Term 1 2016
Dear
Parents,
It’s
great to be back after the summer break. A big welcome to you all, especially
the new students and their families.
This
term we will be looking at the Woolston/Ferrymead area and discovering what it
was like in the past, how we find it now and what we can do to ensure our local
environment is in good condition for the future. The creek, river and estuary
will be our main focus. We are planning a trip to the estuary later in the
term.
We
will also be supporting the Whaka Inaka programme by observing and discussing
the data that the senior classes collect and learning what scientists are doing
to improve the whitebait population. The hay bales you may have seen on the
riverbank is part of this programme.
We
are excited about our visit to the Art Gallery and the Margaret Mahy Playground
on Friday. In the meantime, we are enjoying reading Margaret Mahy books. She
was a wonderful narrative writer and narrative writing is our genre focus this
term.
Kiwi
Sport resumes in Week 3 and we will have a swimming block before Easter.
Ash
Wednesday is early again this year. You are all very welcome to join us at the
Parish/school mass next Wednesday (10th) at 9.05 am. We have been
talking about why we pray and the students have had some amazing responses to
this.
After
Ash Wednesday we will begin the Lenten Caritas programme. The country it
focuses on this year is Cambodia and the many challenges that country and its people
face. This year is The Jubilee Year of Mercy so themes from this will run
through our class programme and will help us understand what “living our faith
through actions” (our new school motto) means.
Our
Arts focus for this term is visual art. We will be exploring line and colour.
You
will be able to keep up with all the action in Room 2 through our blog (www.stannes102.blogspot.co.nz). We welcome comments.
I am also happy to be emailed (marian@stannes.co.nz) if that is a
convenient way of communicating with me. Feel free to send photos of anything
special you child would like to share with us.
Finally,
you are always welcome to visit the classroom before or after school. Come and
look at your child’s learning book or read the latest story.
Thank
you for all your support.
Marian
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