Week 9

Hello I hope you have had a lovely weekend! We had a lovely Humble Rice Lunch last Wednesday. Thank you for your donations and support. The children were able to experience what it would be like to be in the shoes of a child who'd consider this kind of meal a luxury. 
We had some sad news on Friday. A special little girl, Tara Chapman, who was diagnosed with a tumor in her brain, passed away. We had been praying for her over the last couple of months and asking God to be with her during her time of struggle. Please keep her family in your prayers. Her funeral is on Monday at 11am in the church.

Here's what's happening this week. 

Wednesday: Library and Pass It. Don't forget your PE gear.

Friday: MUFTI DAY! PLEASE BRING IN A GOLD COIN DONATION.Young Vinnies will be making a coin trail with the gold coins collected from mufti day and our Humble Rice Lunch. All proceeds will go to the Solomon Islands.
Home Learning is Due!

Secret Task: 2 points for those children who can retell the parable of the yeast.

I spent most of Sunday in Hamilton watching my children in a soccer tournament. Congratulations to all those student who represented St Mary's. You all played so well! But a long day it was!

Lerning about st Joseph.

Our class has been Learning about Saint Joseph  we have been singing and doing fun stuff.we have done these cupboards to show people that he's the patron saint of workers.

New Voice Message

Who is this I wonder?

Video sent from Miki

Poor Miki has been sick and unable to come to school, but he has made us a video on 3d shapes he has found around the house! Ka Pai Miki.

Week 8

Kia Ora wonderful people. I hope you enjoyed your weekend. We had a lovely St Joseph's Mass last Friday and our very own Charlotte had an important role as the Principal for the day. This week I will be encouraging students to add a post/s to our blog on their own using an ipad. Look out to see if it is your child making the post. 
There is quite a lot going on this week. It is also our swimming week so don't forget your togs and towel. 
This week the whole school will be involved in a Caritas Fundraiser raising money for those in the Solomon Islands. Middle school will be having a " Humble Rice" Lunch on Wednesday. Are there any rice cookers we can borrow for this? Any help will be much appreciated.

Monday: Music presentation in hall at 9am. We will not swim on this day as we will be watching the presentation.
Humble Rice Lunch for Seniors

Tuesday: Annunciation Liturgy at 10am. All are welcome.

Wednesday: Library. Humble Rice Lunch for middles. Please bring a gold coin donation, a plate/ cup for your rice to go into and a spoon to eat with. 

Thursday: Junior Athletics from 11 to 12.30

Friday: Golden Time. Assembly

Principal of the day

Charlotte was so lucky to experience what is was like to be the principal of the day! She came into our class and checked our modelling books! You have made a wonderful principal Charlotte .

Mosaic art

We have been learning  how to make a mosaic . We used hot colours like red , yellow, orange.

The pictures that we had to use were hot pictures like sun's,volcanos and fires.

Guess who??

Click here for the mystery person

Lost Property

Does anyone own these? They have been in the class for a while. They are good quality storage containers!!

KIck It

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Our first voice message.

See if you can figure out who sent us this cool message.

click here to listen to the message. Who do you think it was!


And secret message number 2

click here 

New gadget added

I don't know how well this will work, and it may not work too well on a tablet, perhaps it is better on a laptop. Our new gadget is called " Speakpipe"

Click on the righthand side of the page ( send voicemail)  and follow the steps. The recording will be emailed to me and I will add it to the blog.
Try to disguise your voice and as a class we will try to guess who you are!

Week 7

Kia Ora tamariki ma. What a wet wet weekend we had! Good weather to keep my eye rested! You're probably wondering "What is happening with your eye Mrs W?"
It is definitely on the mend. When I saw the eye doctor on Friday he took out the plaster( special contact lens) that was over the scratch and he has advised me that...I take the rest of the year off work!! No no no... I'm just kidding...Lots of drops to stop it from getting dry. I'm hoping this will be the last time I have off work.
Enough about me, here is what's on this week. We will be learning about St Joseph this week as we celebrate St Joseph's Day on Friday.

Wednesday: Kick It ( Please bring in your PE gear) and library.
Friday: St Joseph's Mass. Golden Time: Movie. 
Don't forget Home Learning Books and Home Reading is due on Friday too.

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Shopping Day

Shopping day on PhotoPeach

New Tabs

Please check out our new tab for Reading. Also check out the Spelling tab to find what spelling group you are in and what your list is this week! If the words are too easy, do the next colour in the list! There's nothing wrong with challenging yourself! Good Luck!

Week 6

Namaste everybody. I will be in class this week, I am still having eye problems but it is not as bad as I had before. I will be seeing a specialist again after school on Monday.I am crossing my fingers that I won't be having any more problems with my eye.

We are swimming this week. Swimming sports is on Thursday. Children will need to be dropped off and picked up from the Aquatic Centre by 8.45. Students may come in their house colours or in mufti. I advise plenty of sunblock, a sunhat and fluids to drink. This will be my first time at these swimming sports. Apologies in advance if I am unable to answer any questions regarding this.
Friday will be our first chance to spend our points gained in class. Try your very very best to earn more points everyone!

Wednesday: Library
Thursday: Swimming Sports Day at the Aquatic Centre.
Friday: Spending points. Golden Time. Assembly.

Song of the Week: What does the Fox Say?

Ash Wednesday

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Handwriting Time

Here are some pictures of children completing activities during handwriting time.

 Group Yellow practising their keyboard skills.

 Another group learning how to rule lines correctly with a ruler.

 Children copying from the Interactive White Board.

Children using the printing cards.

Week 5

Guten tag everybody! Thank you to all those parents who helped out at the Gala. It was definitely a success. The children could not stop talking about the helicopter and the lollies that came from the sky.
This week we will be getting ourselves ready for the season of Lent. Please check out the slideshow below, it will go into a little of bit detail about " Shrove Tuesday" and why we have it before Ash Wednesday. Pancakes are being sold on Tuesday and orders will be taken on Monday. If you would like to order please bring in $1 per pancake. Late orders will be accepted on Tuesday morning. Here's what's happening this week.

Monday: Pancake Orders. Leaders Commissioning.
Tuesday: Pancakes received. Promise Ceremony at 10am in the hall.
Wednesday: Ash Wednesday Liturgy at 10am in the church.
Friday: Golden Time and Assembly. Home Learning is due.

At the end of week 6, we will have our first " Prize Shop". So try to work extra had this week everybody to earn points! The more you have, the more you can buy.




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St Mary's week 5 liturgies from drstess