Week 5 Term 4

 Week 5 already!! Remember this is a four day week. 

Teacher Only Day-this Friday

Just a reminder that Friday 13th November is a Teacher Only Day. There will be no school on this day. If you need to enrol your child in the Glenholme After School Care, please contact Mary-Ann Roling on 021 215599. She will be running this at St Mary’s. Thank you for your support with this.

Kakano 3 are swimming this week 

Kakano 3 has the first swimming slot of the day. Make sure you are at school well before 8:45 so you can enjoy all of your swimming time. 

Kakano 3 remember to bring your togs, towel and a bag to put them in each day.

Please, make sure you bring a water bottle to school.  Our brains need good hydration to function properly. Remember to bring your hats to school each day too so you can run around and play in the sunshine. 

Religious Education

This week we are continuing with our God strand. We are learning about the talents God has given us. The children will be sharing their talents with each other. We are really looking forward to learning some new skills and ideas.

Mathematics

This week we are looking at solving a range of problems. We will be using the vocabulary related to position and orientation for a range of activities.

Literacy

We are learning to be independent readers and writers. We have lots of great skills and knowledge that help us to find and self correct independently.

Another round of testing continues this week for our kakano 1-3 tamariki. It will continue for the next couple of weeks as each child is tested individually. We will endeavour to keep our normal programmes running as smoothly as possible during this time.

This week…

Kakano 3 are swimming everyday this week

Monday 

Tuesday 

• Dance practice for production

• Kakano 2 = library

Wednesday - Gymnastics at lunchtime

• Kakano 1 = library

Thursday 

• Kakano 3 = library 

Friday

TEACHER ONLY DAY

Looking Ahead

Some important dates for this term:

Friday 13th November Teacher Only Day

Sunday 29th November Weetbix Tryathlon

Tuesday 8th School Production

Wednesday 9th November School Production

Monday 12th December: School Tryathlon

Friday 11th December  End of Year Mass

Tuesday 15th December: School Prizegiving

Wednesday 16th December: Missioning and last day of term

Thursday 17th December: Teacher Only Day

Here's a wee clip of a swimming challenge we had in our last swimming week. 

We had to try to push the board flat on the pool floor but we we're allowed to stand on it.

It looks a little ridiculous but we were learning to blow bubbles through our noses, find our feet in deep water and when we'd been knocked around, holding our breath, kicking, duck diving...

There's even some science in here with floating and sinking.  

There is method in Mrs T's madness (usually). 

Ok - so it doesn't always go smoothly.  Luckily, the Kakano 3 kids are made of tough stuff, eh Carlos?