Term 1 Week 5!!

HI Everyone!! 
 

We welcome 3 new students into the Class this week - they have come from Christchurch and are joining us for a while. Thoughts are with everyone who has family and friends in CHCH.

RED and BLACK day tomorrow - bring a donation to the CHCH Earthquake!!! 

Super swimming sports and many thanks to those parents who helped out with lessons and on the swimming sports day. 

 This week we are beginning our own statistical investigation - prepare to be surveyed!! We are also looking at a famous person and their qualities / skills / values and attributes that helped make them famous. 

Our Kiwi Kwiz is going great - brain teaser this week -

‘I have six colours and billions of different looks’.



Mathletics is all up and running, every girl should have brought home a parent letter where you can REGISTER and check on progress. I have assigned everyone 2/3 tasks they must complete (on statistics) before they can unlock games.  Please do 20 mins a night minimum this week on mathletics if possible. it is WORLD MATHS DAY on 1 March and for the entire week there are many games to play and try to score points with. 

The RIB-IT folder will come home this week - please sign for February and make a comment about how their reading is going at home. Hopefully girls are spending time 20 mins reading in bed at night or at some other time.

The Tri Nations Trophy!!

The World Cuo - Soon to add NZ name on the engraving!!

Last week we had a Lit Quiz - questions all about books. I am putting together 2 tems to travel to Dunedin on Friday 25 March to compete in the Regional Lit Quiz. More details will follow for those students selected.

 Keep up the great work with the uniform looking smart girls  - reminder about regulation polar fleece!

We have had Sue in talking about pubertal issues and also to the Y8's about the HPV Vaccine. Please read the info and return form - ASAP - Thursday at the latest!.

The Honours Board this Week!!

Week 4!

Last week we had a great ime at the Life Education caravan. We learnt about our bodies and the functions of the major organs, good nutrition - fuelling our bodies and finally about making decisions and what influences these decisions.

"If we are old enough to make a decision we are old enough to accept the consequences - good or bad"

Please encourage the girls to tell you about the influences, where they can go to get information so they can make informed decisions.

This week we have a visit from the health nurse going over 'issues and questions" the girls' may have - she will also cover information about the Y8 HPV vaccination.

Wednesday - Swim Sports!!! We will be walking up to the pool at 10.00ish and the children will be dismissed from there at approx 2:45. Discuss with your child what they are to do - walk, get picked up, bike etc...  If anyone has to return for a bus please let me know and we will arrange it. 

Please try and wear some house colours - Cameron - Yellow, Blyth - Blue, Hopper -Red, Wright - green. 

Our science investigation topic is Ginger Beer - The girls will work in small groups to make the 'best' ginger beer. They will also have to design labels and packaging to market their product.

The girls are working hard on their basic facts - 3x and 4x have been the focus - now we will consolidate our 2x and 5x this week. Please do some spontaneous 'quizzing' on all we have covered.

A request for magazines for collage work please. Last week the year 7's worked on a piece of art based on Henri Matisse.

A great thanks to all those students who have their morning program and homework ready - it is really interesting and we are learning lots! 

Next week - Walk and Wheels - A  competition for everyone to try and walk and/or wheel to school. Even if you catch a bus - walk / bike to the bus stop as this counts!!!  We want to win the class competition - so get it organised!!!

 

Term 1 Week 3

Last week we had a focus on the 3x tables – great results Many girls have made it into the 20 sec club!!– Keep working hard – 4x here we come!!

Leadership training for all Y8’s on Tuesday – therefore the Y8’s will swim at 9:00 -9:30 tomorrow. Please be early for the bus leaves at 8:45 (bus pupils Y8’s we will wait if you cannot arrange anything else.)
Y7’s will go at the time of 11:00 – 11:30.
Swimming back to usual time for Wed and Thurs.

Looking forward to seeing you at the Meet the Teacher Tuesday 5:30 or 6:00.

A callout please for old magazines for collage work.

The Peer Mediators have had their training, the PE shed roster is done and it is great to see so many girls volunteering to help out their school community – super citizens!!

A reminder for the Technology fee to be paid at the office.

On the Honours board is Tayla – U Rock, Asia for a great attitude, Courtney for being self managing and Shannon for relating well to others. Congratulations!!

T1 Week 2

  Dear Parents, Caregivers and Students -

What a fantastic first week—a huge thanks to everyone for having such a great attitude to learning. There is a great atmosphere and all girls are ready and willing to learn.

Last week we enjoyed learning softball skills and hopefully a few girls have gone on to join the school teams. Registration due in Monday 7 Feb!!

We have swimming this week—Tues, Wed, Thurs 9.30-10.00. Thanks very much to the parents who have volunteered to help out!

Please mark on the calendar—Meet the Teacher next Tuesday—First session 5:30 (new time) and next at 6:00.

Our oral language programme starts this week—the children all have their roster of times and activities.

The main focus is on speaking clearly and confidently within a range of contexts.

We have started a focus on improving our reading comprehension, word and language skills. We are using ‘Reading Box’ and have individualised cards.

Our class novel is “The Hobbit”  - very topical. This has great descriptive writing examples and is a perfect lead in to our own narrative (creative) writing.

The baby photos were really  cute and a great ice breaker to our own personal qualities and attributes. We will be using these to help determine “Who is Alex?”