Youth Town

Well done Mac😄😎😆

PMP

    Check out the St Anne’s Facebook page this week 

for cool photos of us at PMP.

St Anne's Feast Day

Yesterday it was St Anne's Feast Day. We had the best day. We dressed up in green and red because St Anne wore red and green. Some children had red and green food in their lunchbox. Red is the colour for love and green is the colour for rebirth.

Newsletter

Room 2 Newsletter Term 3 2017

Dear Parents,

We are halfway through the year already! I hope you were able to enjoy some of the many activities that were available for children in the holidays. I am looking forward to hearing about what they got up to.

Here is what this term is going to look like:

Topic: Healthy Eating and Living

Sexuality. There will be more information about this in a future newsletter.

RE: Finishing Sacrament strand about our baptism

Jesus :Jesus showed his love in Different Ways.

Then we will begin the Church strand ;Gathering , Celebrating, Living God’s Presence.

Information about these strands and supporting prayers will be in the Prayer bag  so look out for these. This term each child will take home the RE book to share with you also.

English: Writing and oral language- Persuasive texts and topics

       Oral language: Poetry recitation - More about this later.

       Better Start. This is a programme that supports reading, writing and spelling. Most of the class will be

       involved in this. A weekly newsletter will come home which will provide more information. Look for this

       today.

The Arts: Music and Kapahaka

PE:      Youth Town and PMP.  We are always looking for support with the PMP programme. I am sure your child

        will be able to tell you how much they enjoy it.

I apologise for the lack of posts on our blog last term. The aim is to have regular postings this term. Check it out: stannes102.blogspot.co.nz

Thank you for all your support.

Marian

PIC COLLAGE

We are learning to make pic collage projects to share our learning.

Zak's Baptism

On Sunday Zak was baptised with his sister and other children form St Anne's. Thanks for telling us all about it Zak😄

Youth Town Champs

Congratulations Lolah and Alex

Caritas

 Today Michael came to talk to us about what Caritas does to help people in need. He read us a story about a little girl from Kiribati.

St Patrick's Day Assembly

Happy St Patrick's Day

Boat Day

Boat Day - Kizoa Movie - Video - Slideshow Maker

Happy Birthday Lolah

Thanks for the treats!

Welcome Anthony

Can you find Anthony? 

We are helping him celebrate his birthday.

Term 1, 2017 Newsletter

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome back to a new school year. It is great to see all the students so enthusiastic about being back, and also hearing all their news.

We have a new student in our class this year. Anthony Oliveira has moved here from Blenheim. His parents are Brazilian so he speaks Portuguese. That will be a new language and culture for us to learn about. Please make him and his parents welcome.

The whole school will be embracing the theme “Just Water” in terms 1 and 2.  We chose this because the Caritas Lenten Unit this year is about the effects of climate change in the Pacific. As we are trying to be a more environmentally- friendly school, and because we live so close to water, it seems a good opportunity to explore the far-reaching effects water has on all aspects of our life.

Rooms 1,2 and 3 had a very successful study on the Estuary last year so this year we are going to visit  our local beach at Sumner and discover more about that habitat. We have a trip planned for this Friday the 10th February, weather permitting. We will be leaving school at 9 am and returning at 1pm. I apologise for the late notice about this trip. Your child needs to bring along $5 to cover the cost of the bus. Some have paid already! Beach life is part of being a Kiwi so we will also learn about beach safety.

The writing genre this term is descriptions and The Arts is visual art with a focus on drawing. We have a different sports provider this year and we look forward to alternate Monday morning lessons with Youthtown. Kiwi Can will be back every Friday. We are so lucky to have these outside agencies provide their expertise.

The 1st Term is always a busy week for Religious Studies. The overall strand this term is “Our Gracious God” and then the Holy Spirit strand. We will be doing the Caritas Lenten unit as usual, as well as Lent and Easter. You are most welcome to come to our Wednesday morning class mass. Check out the newsletter for the dates and for our assembly.

Please feel free to email me photos of fun activities your child might want to share. Email is also a good way of communicating with me as I do check it before or after school. marian@stannes.co.nz

The class blog is another way of finding out what we have been up to as well as the school Facebook page. The website is a good way to access both if you haven’t “saved” it already.

If your child has long hair I would encourage you  to tie it back as tightly as possible. Every year we have a battle with lice and tied back hair definitely lessens the chance of having to deal with this problem.

For future reference, if there are days you would be available to accompany us on school trips, can you please let me know.(Email if that suits.) All trips exclude pre-schoolers. We love to take the students on excursions but lack of parent help can sometimes be an obstacle.

Please feel free to come into the classroom before or after school and see your child’s work. They love showing what they have done.

Thank you for your support.

Marian