Thursday, 31 March 2016
Week 10 weekly newsletter
Room 6 Newsletter Term 1 Week 10
Swimming
The school
pool is now closed for the summer. There will be no more swimming this term.
Swimming lessons at Lloyd Elsmore pools will start on Monday May 9 (the second
week of Term 2). There will be more information on this soon.
Wheels Day
While the
Seniors are at camp, the Juniors and middle School will have a wheels day. This
is planned for Tuesday April 12, after lunch (the last week of the term). More
information to come.
BYOD (bring your own device)
We plan to
start allowing the children to bring their own devices to school, for those who
wish to take up this option. This will start at the beginning of Term 2. A
letter will come home on Monday, which everyone has to sign as it
relates to digital citizenship when using any devices. A second letter will
come home the following week. This also needs to be signed and returned to
school before the children can bring and use their own devices.
Trip &
Activity Fee
On Thursday
May 5 (the first week back after the holidays) the Middle School are going
on a trip to the Botanic Gardens. We will need parent helpers. A notice will
come home next week. At least $30 of the activity fee needs to be paid by
Tuesday May 3.
PTA Clothing
Sale
Please bring your preloved clothes to the office before and after school
for the PTA Clothing sale. The sale is Saturday 9th April 10.30am-4pm in the
school hall. All items will be $2. There is a pre-sale on Friday 8th April
3.30-4.30pm for $10 entry where you have the chance to have first choice.
Uniforms
All Year 3s and 4s will need a sports uniform after the holidays.
If you are buying new shoes please make sure they are all black and
suitable for sports.
Girls and dresses
As a modesty measure, could girls who wear dresses please wear black
shorts/bike pants under their dresses. These should not show when the girls are
walking or standing.
Opera
TV3’s NewsHub was at recording at the Opera Performance on Wednesday.
They are planning to run an item on the news over the weekend.
Also, check out Room 4 on the front page of the Eastern Courier, as they
practise a lockdown emergency.
This
week
April
3-8:
Sunday
Daylight
Savings ends
Monday
Library
Bake Sale
Lunchtime Chess
Open Day
Tuesday
Planning Day
for Middle School teachers (relievers in Rooms 4, 5 and 6)
Wednesday
Thursday
School Assembly
(certificates from last time will be given out)
Friday
Bring back
Reading Logs
Ice blocks
Coming
Up
Friday April
15 - School closes for 2
weeks of holiday
Kind regards
April Hobby
Thursday, 24 March 2016
weekly newsletter week 9
Room 6
Newsletter Term 1 Week 9
It has been another busy week in Room 6 this week, with meeting our new student
teacher and with Easter this weekend.
Hope you are all ready for a nice long weekend!
Student Teacher
From next week, Miss Poto will
be taking groups for Reading
and Maths and will be slowly taking whole class lessons. Some of your children will get the chance to
work with her during these sessions.
Reading Homework
If for some reason your child does not have a reader as expected,
they can read from a book on Sunshine Online. You could also read to them that
night and talk about any words they don’t understand, ask them questions, ask
them to talk about part of the story with justification for their views or
retell the story in their own words.
Username: howick
Password: howick
Easter
Just a reminder that school is closed on Tuesday the 29th
of March.
Opera
On Wednesday 30th
March, the NZ Opera in Schools Tour is coming to HPS! This is a fantastic
opportunity for the children to experience something new. The cost will
be approximately $5 and will come out of the Activity Fee.
The show will start at
1.30 and go for 45 minutes, with a 10 minute question time at the end.
The Opera is called The Elixir of Love. It is in English and has been
designed especially for school children.
Mathletics
Homework
It is great to hear how exicted the children are about how many
points they are earning on Mathletics each night. We also run a fortnightly competition within
the school for the class with the most points overall.
PTA Clothing Sale
Please bring your preloved
clothes to the office before and after school for the PTA Clothing sale. The
sale is Saturday 9th April 10.30am-4pm in the school hall. All items will be
$2. There is a pre-sale on Friday 8th April 3.30-4.30pm for $10 entry where you
have the chance to have first choice.
Term 2 Uniforms
All Year 3s and 4s will need
a sports uniform.
If you are buying new shoes
please make sure they are all black and suitable for sports.
This week
March 21-
24:
Monday
School closed
Tuesday
School closed
Wednesday
No Class
Swimming
Opera
Thursday
Class Swimming
Coming Up
Friday April 1
March anniversary children bring home their report folders
Please return these as soon as you finished with them.
Please return any February ones now.
Sunday April 3 - Daylight Saving ends
Friday April 15 - School closes for 2 weeks of holiday
Thursday May 5 - Middle School Trip to the Botanic
Gardens. We will need parent helpers. A notice will come home soon. Activity
Fee payments need to be up to date.
Kind regards
April Hobby
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Building with the Maths equipment
We have been busy during Golden time/free time, building different things. Some are schools with control panels, some are giant playgrounds or soccer stadiums or just the old fashioned towers.
Saturday, 19 March 2016
Room 6 weekly newsletter for week 8
Room 6 Newsletter Term 1 Week 8
Thank you to those parents who were able to attend the three way conferences this week. I really enjoyed meeting you all and sharing the successes of your children. For those parents who were unable to attend, if you would like to arrange a meeting please email me and we can arrange one.
Student Teacher
Starting Monday next week, we will be having a student teacher with us until the end of the term. Her name is Jaydene Poto (Miss Poto). The children have meet her and are excited to get to know her.
Reading Homework
If for some reason your child does not have a reader as expected, they can read from a book on Sunshine Online. You could also read to them that night and talk about any words they don’t understand, ask them questions, ask them to talk about part of the story with justification for their views or retell the story in their own words.
Username: howick
Password: howick
Easter
Just a reminder that it is Easter next week. School will be closed from Friday 25th of March until Tuesday 29th of March.
PTA Clothing Sale
Please bring your preloved clothes to the office before and after school for the PTA Clothing sale. The sale is Saturday 9th April 10.30am-4pm in the school hall. All items will be $2. There is a pre-sale on Friday 8th April 3.30-4.30pm for $10 entry where you have the chance to have first choice.
Mathletics Homework
It is great to hear how excited the children are about how many points they are earning on Mathletics each night. We also run a fortnightly competition within the school for the class with the most points overall.
This week
March 21- 24:
Monday
Student teacher starting – Jaydene Poto
Maori and Pasifika parent consultation evening
Contact the office for more information if needed
World Downs Syndrome Fundraising
Mufti and Funky Socks
Gold coin
More information on the notices page of the room 6 blog.
Tuesday
Class Swimming
Library
Wednesday
No Class Swimming
Thursday
Class Swimming
2.15: School Assembly
Friday
Good Friday - No school
Coming Up
Easter (see above)
Friday April 1
March anniversary children bring home their report folders
Please return these as soon as you finished with them.
Sunday April 3 - Daylight Saving ends
Friday April 15 - School closes for 2 weeks of holidayThursday, 10 March 2016
Weekly newsletter for week 7
Room 6 Newsletter Term 1
Week 7
Conferences
Just a reminder that regular classes finish at 12.30 on
Thursday.
If your supervision arrangement for Thursday changes please
email me (or phone the school office if it changes on Thursday).
If you have not yet booked a time to meet me yet, there are
still times available
The school code is ust2q
A copy of the letter is uplaoded to the
class blog.
Mathletics Homework
As part of the homework programme, we encourage students to
spend approximately 3 x 20 minutes on Mathletics during the course of the week.
Tips and Pointers:
The ? button on the right-hand side will go through an
activity step by step. This will help explain how to complete an activity if
you’re stuck.
The speaker symbol indicates that if you click on the words,
the computer will read them aloud.
Students should complete each activity twice. Each time there
will be new questions. This will help develop mastery of the concept.
Points are allocated when an entire activity is completed.
1000 points are needed to gain a bronze certificate.
Mathletics is also part of the classroom programme.
If you have any questions, please email either Katherine or
Judy and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Swimming
The pool should be open again next week. Let’s hope there is
no more vandalism.
Room 6 will not be swimming on Wednesdays anymore. Just
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Road Patrol
Granny Mary, who very kindly gives up her time to supervise
the crossing before and after school every day, is away for the next two weeks.
If you are available to supervise road patrol, even for one
morning or afternoon during the next two weeks, it would be much appreciated.
Mornings: 8.25 - 8.50 approximately
Afternoons: 2.55 - 3.15 (12.25 - 12.45 on Thursday)
approximately
Email me if you are able to help.
Library
Our class library days are on Tuesday. Please make sure your child returns their
library books on this day as they are unable to get any new books until they
have been returned. If they would like
to reissue the book because they are not finished this is also fine, they need
to bring it on Tuesday to reissue it.
This week
March 14 - 18:
Tuesday
Class Swimming
Library
3.15: Parent, Child, Teacher Conferences
Wednesday
No Class Swimming
Thursday
Class swimming
12.30: Parent, Child, Teacher Conferences
Friday
Bible
Kung Fu, Art, Dance classes
Ice blocks for sale $1
Return Reading Logs (Put in the box before school)
Coming Up
Monday March 21
World Downs Syndrome Day Fundraiser
Wear
odd socks for gold coin donation.
Monday March 21
Maori and Pasifika Families’ consultation evening
Personal
invitations have been sent out. If you didn’t get an invitation and would like
to attend, please let me know.
Friday March 25 to Tuesday March 29
The
school will be closed over this Easter holiday. Note that schools are
also closed on the Tuesday of Easter.
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