Monday 23 October 2017

Week 2

Patrick Panda - This term the junior school is learning about symbols.  We will be looking at the use of symbols and what information they give us.  To help us learn more about symbols, our class travel buddy, Patrick Panda, will be going home with a different child in our class each night.  Patrick has recently visited Egypt and is curious about the symbols he has seen there.  If Patrick comes to your house, please help him find some symbols around your home that he can share with the class.  Nicely ask Mum or Dad to write in Patrick’s journal, explaining why the symbols are important.


Patrick spent the day with me on Saturday at Mount Maunganui.  We had fun searching for symbols around the Mount.



SunhatsSunhats are compulsory this term.  From this week on, if a child doesn’t have a sunhat, they will need to sit in the shade by the office steps.  I must say that I’m pretty impressed with the way the children in Room 9 have been looking after their belongings so far.  Keep it up 😊

SwimmingWe will be swimming this week.  Yay.  I know the children have been looking forward to going to the pool.  We are fortunate that our pool is heated to lovely 30 degrees.  Our usual swimming time is 2:00.  On Wednesday we will be swimming at 12:00 so that we are able to spend the afternoon with our pre-school visitors.

A note from Mr Macmillan Next weekend we are have a working bee at our school. We have a number of jobs on our list ranging from handy-man jobs, spreading cushionfall under the senior playground, maintenance on the senior playground, replacing rotten palings on our boundary fences, repairing the tops of our garden plots, putting up the shade cloth 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 for an hour or two.

Teacher aideWe are very fortunate to have Courtney in our room Monday - Thursday from 8:45 – 10:30 to support with literacy.  Courtney is completing her teacher training this year.

P.T.A. Sausage SizzleEach Friday children are able to order a sausage as well as a juicy.  Orders are taken in the classroom on Friday morning. Sausages with bread and sauce are $1.50.  Juices are also $1.50

See you all tomorrow.  I am looking forward to another fun filled week.

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