Week 1 Term 2

Holidays are over and it is back to school tomorrow.  I hope everyone has had a great holiday and that you are all safe and sound.

Well done Patrick for putting up a post on your blog over the holidays. Great to see you have been to Auckland.

The Challenge is on- Can we all do it?   Did we all do it? -  Read, Read, Read!

Don't forget to bring your Reading logs to school- filled in- even the books that were read to you can be included. If you have lost your page, write what you have read on a piece of paper. Remember the great prize- a Chromebook or an Ipod. The real prize is improving your reading, literacy and comprehension.   I would love to have everyone bring back their form.

Make sure your Chromebooks are nice and charged for tomorrow.

This week
Tuesday - Resurrection Liturgy- 10 am
Wednesday - Library

Remembrance Garden- Crosses and Poppies

We have some exciting things planned for the Middle School to complete our learning about Anzac Day.  We have the Remembrance Crosses to construct, and Mr Macmillan has organised an extra special activity for us so that as a school we can pay tribute to all the soldiers who served to protect us all.   Mrs Keen is coming to work with us to create some Mosaic Poppies, to form part of the St Mary's Remembrance Garden.

She will be coming Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We are still sorting out the details, but would love some parent help. If you think you may be able to assist us please let me know. I will confirm what day our class is going to be involved.

Anzac Biscuits

Also I would like to cook some Anzac biscuits this week. I think the other classes may have already cooked some last term, but I thought we would cook ours this week to coincide with Anzac Day on Saturday.  Again if there is any parent that would like to come in and help a group- or groups of students to cook some Anzac biscuits please let me know.  We have an oven in our middle room so it is nice and handy.

Anzac Day

This Saturday is ANZAC day and in the past the school has attended the parade and Civic
Memorial Service. This ANZAC is a special one so Mr Macmillan would like to invite all of our children to participate. The parade starts at 9.00am from the Lakefront Memorial and the children will walk as a school to the Rotorua Energy Events Centre commencing at 9.30am. The service normally lasts for an hour 1/4 to hour and a 1/2. If children and parents want to be involved in this, they need to meet Mr Macmillan at 8.30am at Lakefront Memorial.

Golden Time

We have decided that this term the Middle Team-  are going to be working together during Golden Time. This means that you will be able to do things with your friends in other classes as well as in your own class. We have organised some challenges and other things to do. I am sure you will love it.