A writing STAR.

Ryan is working really hard with his writing - he is explaining what happens at a Gala...

Wednesday STAR

Charlotte is a fantastic reader - we love the way she comes in after lunch and chooses a book that she will enjoy reading, well done, Charlotte......

Two STARS for Tuesday

Gian and Jay were reading about communities and people who help us after they had finished their work this aftenoon - well done...

R.E. Evening

There will be an R.E evening next Tuesday - 5 March at 6.00 p.m., Father Mark and Teresa Rush will be presenting an informative evening for all to share - we encourage all to come..

Monday STAR

Hanaka is reading so beautifully after lunch - I am really proud of her reading skills. Well done...

Week 5

Next week your homework will be under the Homework Tab on our Blog- Mrs Tootill has learnt how to put it there!!
You need to remember to bring Gala items each day - you can check on the school website for what you need to bring.
We are learning about Jesus in  R.E, and we are thinking about how the Last Supper relates to the Eucharist that we celebrate each Sunday at Mass.
Remember to tell your parents each day what you have learnt - we will think about that at the end of each day before we go home..
We will have Kick-it again on Wednesday - please remember to bring your P.E. gear, and also remember to bring a large bottle of water each day and your hat, while it is still so hot, you need lots of protection from the sun.

Friday morning working hard

These people are working really hard on their R.E lesson - we have been talking about Jesus and the Last Supper, and why the Last Supper is related to the Eucharist that we celebrate every Sunday at Mass.

Thursdays STAR

Sesilia is today's STAR- she is always a really thoughtful and caring girl, and she always tries her best with ehverything she does. Fantastic....

Wednesday's STAR

Emma-Louise is reading her book beautifully - doing lots of reading helps to make anyone a better reader...

Tuesday's STAR

Riley has been working really hard all day at everything- I am really proud of him!!!

Today's Maths STAR.

James did fabulously well with his Maths sheet today. he is a star - well done!!!!!!

Week 4

Please remember to bring your togs every day - we will have swimming at 10.00 each day.

We will have Kick-it on Wednesday - you will need to bring your P.E. gear that day.

Our Library Day is Thursday, so bring your Library book on Thursday and if you have a book bag, please bring that as well.

Remember that it is Lent, and you are keeping your promises that you have made -......

We will put Week 4 Homework onto the Blog on Monday afternoon - you will need to take home your homework book on Monday and you will bring it back on Friday for Mrs Tootill to mark....

Room 8 has been working really hard and have got some fabulous work in their books already.

We have been putting our daily STARS on the blog - they are doing exta fabulous work.

Friday STAR

Ceana has done some fantastic writing this morning about her friend coming to St Mary's next week, fantastic

Today's STAR

Jenny completed her spelling this morning in record time!!

Gala

Please remember to bring items for the Gala every day, the list of what you should bring is on the Red sheet that was sent home last week - the children all get housepoints when they bring items for the Gala..

Thursdays STAR

Today Cormac has completed his reading in

record time - Fantastic...

Room 8 doing Kick-it

Today we did some ball skills with Joe and Juan

from Sport Bay of Plenty- remember to tell Mum and Dad what you learnt

Photos of Promise Ceremony

We have had our Promise Ceremony today,

Remember to Keep your promise for the next six weeks till Easter.

Today's Maths Star

William has done some fantastic work in Maths today.

He knew heaps of basic facts - and finished his work in record time - well done William

Parent Interviews

Looking forward to seeing you at the Parent Interviews on Wednesday or Thursday. Visit the school website http://www.stmarysrotorua.school.nz/ ,to make a booking, if you have any problems with the bookings, please come and see the school office and they will help you.

Our Library Day is Thursday and the time is 11.45 a.m., it is a good idea for your child to have a bookbag to protect the books that they bring home.

We will Kick-it on Wednesday at 11.45 a..m, please send your child with their P.E uniform for that session.

This Wednesday is Ash Wendesday, so it is the beginning of Lent, the children have all made a promise today and these will be burnt on Tuesday at 12.00, then on Wednesday we will have a special Liturgy where the children will be blessed with the Ash from the promises (the ashes will be cold!!!)

Welcome to Room 8 2013

Welcome to St Mary’s and Room 8 for 2013.

This term our concept is Communities, and we will be focussing on how humans and other groups (insects, animals) work together and depend on each other. The Concept is integrated throughout many other curriculum areas.

Our Religious Education Programme will be integrated throughout our daily programme; we will be working to maintain the Catholic Character of our school.

This year we are going to do most of our communication with you via our class blog Our blog address is: room8stmarysrotorua.blogspot.com  I will be putting something on each week to keep you up to date with what has been happening and what will be happening in the following week. I will be putting the homework onto the Blog each week. The children will be expected to do their homework into their homework book, and bring that back to me on Fridays so I can mark it. There will also be photos and samples of the children’s work.

We will have swimming this term and children are expected to participate, as swimming is part of the Physical Education programme. Please ensure that your child brings their togs every day in the ‘even weeks’, e.g. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.

All children will need to have their sunhats while they are playing outside during the first term.

I look forward to meeting you at the ‘Meet the Teacher’ evenings on Wednesday 13, or Thursday 14 February.

Yours sincerely,

Heather Tootill

Homework week 3

Read for ten minutes each night with your Mum or Dad. Record in your homework book what you read each night.

Help with making dinner for two nights and write down what you have made, and how you made it.

Go onto Tutpup and do some basic facts addition and subtraction challenges, write down waht you do.

Another photo

Lovely photo

Homework

We will be starting our homework next week, you will need to look at the blog on a Monday when you get home from school, and it will tell you what you need to do for homework for the week. Your homework will be done in your homework book and brought back to school on Friday so Mrs Tootill can mark it.

Welcome to Room 8

We have swimming at 10.00 every day this week, remember to bring your togs each day.