Welcome back to Term 4

Welcome back to the final term for the year! We hope you have all had a relaxing holiday.

Once again we have much exciting learning organised for the term. A special welcome back to Zara who was away in Wanaka during Term 3.

Our English programme will focus on information research skills, non-fiction texts, sentence structure and punctuation. The maths classes will be looking at fractions and revising the strategies we have learned so far this year. 

This week El Grego is visiting the school to present a show and on Thursday we are involved in the national shakeup. This will be an opportunity to practise our earthquake drills.

The Life Education caravan is coming to the school in weeks three and four to give us health lessons.

In week five we are going to Rapaki Marae where we will be welcomed and we will learn about protocol. A note will be coming home this week about the marae visit as we will need parent help for transport.

Later in the term the Year 3 and 4 team is having their athletics day and near the end of the term we will be having our annual end of year outing.

Keep an eye on the blog and website for more details.

CSM Band Concert

Yesterday we had a nice walk down to Van Asch/Redcliffs for an awesome concert given by the Training and Concert bands. They played a variety of tunes including Firework, Mission Impossible and many more. We were so impressed with the standard of performance!! 

Hair styles for Monday morning, Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, Thursday night

Production notice:
Can you please do the following styles for your child (as best you can) BEFORE they come to school Monday morning, and for all the production performances next week. RATS need to be at school at 5:30pm for the evening performances, all others can arrive just before 5:45 please. This is to ensure all costuming is complete in time for us to make our appearance. Many many thanks to Jenny and her team for an outstanding job on costuming, hair styling creations, make-up planning etc.

Jump Rope For Heart

Today we all had a great time rotating around different skipping activities. Our skipping has improved dramatically! 

Year 3/4 Performance Notice

Wednesday 12^th August

Dear Parents/Caregivers in the Year 3/4 team,

Our whole school production “Twisted: A Magical Mix of Fairytales” is coming up. The Year 3/4 team are performing The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

For our performance to have the right look we are asking if you could please make a donation of $2 which will go towards costuming, staging and make-up. Please return this to your classroom teacher by next Tuesday 18^th August.

Also could you please look at the following list and if you have anything suitable you would be happy to give or lend we would appreciate it being brought in to school by next Tuesday also.

1. THINGS THAT YOU WOULD OTHERWISE THROW OUT 

(i.e. We won’t be giving them back)

·      Plain t-shirts (NO writing or pictures) Colours: black, white, brown or grey...they can range in size from a little bit small through to baggy.

·      Damaged thick dark tights or pantyhose (the more opaque the better) – These can be adult or kid sized.

·      Damaged dark leggings, or jeans.

·      ANY SIZED Old grey, brown or black jerseys, scarves, cardigans, beanies or socks (doesn’t matter how many holes they have)

·      Fake fur stuff

·      Kids sized old trainers / converse boots / boots – the shabbier the better

·      Any sized old belts, dressing gown ties, and pieces of rope (at least 1m long), skipping ropes

·      Any ‘had it’ tulle skirts that are not wanted any longer

·      Old pillows and pillow slips

·      Old stretched hair bands

PLEASE TURN OVER…

2. THINGS THAT YOU’RE HAPPY TO LET US USE FOR REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES (i.e. the next 6 weeks)...or let us keep permanently. We will look after them as best we can but please no precious stuff.

If you want them back: PLEASE NAME CLEARLY WITH YOUR CHILD’S NAME & ROOM NUMBER (They will not necessarily be allocated to your child).

NOTE: All the following should be in “dirty” colours – i.e. no bright or neon colours.

·      Any sized long-sleeved or short-sleeved T-shirts, or Tank-tops, Vests.

·      Sleeping bags or blankets.

·      Tea-towels and aprons

·      Any sized jerseys, scarves, cardigans, beanies or socks

·      Leggings or thermal leggings (boys or girls)

·      Baggy shorts or trousers

·      Belts – any size, please name on back

·      Hoodies, sleeveless jackets

·      Skirts, Dresses (no prints or brandnames)

Also if you are willing and able to help with costume preparation (no experience necessary) could you please contact Jenny Cunningham on circleworksdesign@gmail.com as soon as possible. Jenny is coordinating the costumes for our performance.

Kind regards,

Robyn, Andrea, Rachel and Andrew

Last Friday's Book Parade Dress-ups!