Week 3 Term 4

MONDAY 29TH OCTOBER.

TUESDAY 30TH OCTOBER

WEDNESDAY 31ST OCTOBER.

8.45am Rosary - led by Senior School

THURSDAY 1ST NOVEMBER..

!0.00am All Saints/All Souls’ Liturgy. Hall

2.05pm  Kapa Haka - Ahurei kids only

FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER.

11.00am Pasifika Practice

12 Noon Choir in the hall

Assembly led by Room 2

SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER.

Working Bee

We are having a working bee at our school. We have a number of jobs on our list ranging from handy-man jobs, maintenance on the playgrounds, putting together an aviary, painting the boundary fence on Ranolf St, building a frame around the sandpit, painting the container, constructing a fence bordering the library grounds, painting Kakano’s playhouse, clearing the hall gutters (we have hired a scissor lift) and I am sure there will be plenty more jobs to do. Come along and meet other parents, enjoy a morning tea and a delicious lunch. Children are welcome also. For catering purposes please let the office know if you can assist, even if it is just for an hour or two.

All Saints and Holy Souls

 All Saints Day is the day that we honour all of God's saints, even those who have not been canonized by the Church. It is a family day of celebration — we celebrate the memory of our family members and friends who have gone to meet God.  We rejoice that they have reached Heaven and pray for their happiness and for their help.  

9th November Friday-Week 4: Grandparents/Friends Day

Lot's of excitement - have you sent your invitations, yet?

Summer poems by Room 6

Summer, summer it's the life.
You eat ice cream as soft as snow.
It's so yum you know.
On the beach crabs cradle on the sand.
I see surfers on the waves.
Cool I say because they are cool.

By Alana

Summer of waves making loud noises
umbrellas up while people bathing under them
melting ice cream on my chin
Mum yelling on the beach
eating roasted marshmallows
rabbits bouncing around
fun on the playground
umbrellas for shade
nice people to meet

By Isobella

sweet sun
hot boiling sun
burning sun
soft sand
boiling

by conner


Sun shines bright the sky
use me to brighten you up
Mum the sun is going down
morning bright summer day
every day the summer is here
right at morning summer is up to go to the beach

by Alana

Summer
hot sun
eating ice cream
yum
burning hot, sandy

By Tamba

So sun is coming
under an umbrella
mmm ice block
mmm ice cream
everyone loves sun
run under the water
By Peyton

Summers hot
unlikely we're going to the beach
My brother is hot
Me and my dog are hot
Eeek ears are burning hot as fire
Runs into the water sand is hot.

By James M

Sun
under
mat
mermaid
Edward

By Edward

sunshine, sunshine so beautiful
under a shady umbrella
mmm, yummy, yummy ice cream
make sure you have sun screen
Imagine you bit a shark
relaxing day to day

By Aidan

Summer is very hot
Under a tree licking ice cream
Mmm you lick the ice cream off your lips
Mum says put some sun screen on
By Hugh

Summer is hot and its nice 
You can go on a boat
all of the beautiful birds
you can make an amazing garden
and you can get a scrumptious ice cream
when you go to the beach you get that nice warm feeling
BY Rory

Summers cool like ice cream
ice cream at the beach 
sand is hot, so hot I need some ice cream
the hotness is soo hot I need some ice cream and that's why I love summer
because there's ice cream I love ice cream

By Kaya

Summer is the best time of year
unbelievable it is summer
I love summer
mmm ice cream I love ice cream
mmm ice blocks they are yummy
eeee water is splashing on me
run a wave is coming after me
Sam

Ice cream you scream in my hand
you melted in my hand
I am mad and sad
so I am buying another one of you
Ice cream you scream in my hand
you too melted in my hand
so no more ice cream for me today

By Devpriya 

Summer is the most amazing day ever
to the kids and the mum's and dads
because we go to the beach and the garden grows
ice cream melts and we get hot
we need sun block and a sun hat
when we don't get sun burnt and yummy ice blocks to keep us cool

By Margaret

sharks eat people
summer is a hot day
go to the beach
the water is hot

By Oliver

Summer is a hot day
under shade keep you warm
Please mum can i have an ice cream
might be it may be hot in the sun
everybody likes summer
rain go away on a sunny day

By Makahae

Summer's boiling hot
under umbrellas
my face is melting
my brother and I having fun
exciting summer
roasted

By leonardo

flowers
pretty nice
old soft young
pretty alive
petals

by Camryn


Summer is a time to have fun
under an umbrella to cool off
me and my friends waiting for the ice cream van
my brother and me waiting for the pool to warm up

by Madeleine

Sumer, summer
salty sea
all that sand in between my feet
I play in the water
I also splash 
it is so soft
By Eunice

Summer is fun
undercover everyone
my face is really hot
my legs are turning red
everybody is hot
red is on my cheek

By Brooklyn

Sun is shining on you and me
use your light to dry me
my friends and me are eating ice cream
my ice cream melts onto my hand
everyone is happy
roses smell nice
by Hannah

Learning the Our Father

Today we were continuing our prayers from the Rosary. To learn it in a different way we watched a video on how to sign the Our Father. Everyone tried really hard hard to follow signing it. Fabulous job Room 6. Another way to learn the Our Father was each person saying two words at a time and going around the circle saying it without making any mistakes. It took a while to get all the way round but it was fun! 

Week 2 Term 4

ENROLMENT FOR THE SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME

At St Mary’s Catholic Church 7.00 pm, Thursday 25th October.

There will be a briefing on the Sacramental Programme, dates will be given and fees of $20.00 are required to be paid.

For children who are not baptised in Rotorua, please bring a baptismal certificate. The children are required to be 8 years old by the 1st November 2018.  Children who are not baptised or who are baptised in another Christian faith and would like to become Catholic are required to book an appointment with Fr Eamon through the Parish office to discuss options.

Heads Up:  9th November Friday-Week 4:  Grandparents/Friends Day

Swimming This Week 

Bring your togs everyday

WEEK 2 TERM 4, 2018.

MONDAY 22ND OCTOBER.

Labour Day.

TUESDAY 23RD OCTOBER

WEDNESDAY 24TH OCTOBER.

8.45am Rosary Junior School

3.00-3.45 Library open

THURSDAY 25TH OCTOBER.

8.45am School Singing

2.05pm  Kapa Haka

FRIDAY 26TH OCTOBER.

11.00am No Pasifika Practice

Assembly. Room 7

Swimming this week

We have swimming this week.

Please bring your togs everyday.

Turtle Safe Poem

This week we have been thinking what to do in an emergency if there was an earthquake. Our poem this week was about ‘Turtle Safe.’ We reminded ourselves again about drop, cover and hold.

Lexia

We have been analysing Lexia data and have discovered that some of our kids are working at levels that are too hard or too easy for them.  Lexia is not a competition and it is not a race to the end.  It is a programme that supports classroom learning and allows the kids to practice familiar skills as well as learn new ones.  

Best learning occurs when we find our Goldilocks level - JUST RIGHT.  Many of our kids will have their Lexia reset, this week, to allow them to repeat the placement test.  This should put them at their 'just right' level.  We are discussing this with the kids so that they know what is happening and why - we don't want them to freak out! 

It's probably a good time to remind you that Lexia should be largely independent. A little help and encouragement is wonderful but please don't do the thinking for them.  They're clever little cookies - they know how to do the work AND they know how to get you to do the work for them.  If you suspect that you might have done a little bit more 'helping' than was really necessary, please let us know.  

Karen, Lorna and Bernie