Room 12 2022

 Wet, wet, wet!! What a great way to start the week. Today we had library today after our fire drill with Room 14 was great to read with our friends, followed by an unplanned FireDrill.  What a day.

 Here are a few photos from the assembly on Friday.

Hi,  We still need a couple more kids to fill out the cross-county .  Here are our parent helpers and who you are taking. Thank you for volunteering.  Kathrine (carwyn) Tristen Carwyn Terrance Vedik Jason Tori Sophie Justin Addison Kennedy Indie Norah Frazer Elijah Akih Brae Micheal Isla Summer Salote Mateo Adam Levi Louis Bourneton Chris Angelique Zique Arianne Alexa Abbie

  Sunday, 29 May 2022 Week 5 Term 2 2022 Tālofa lava! This week is Samoan language week.  The theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language Week is   Fa’aāuāu le Folauga i le Va’a o Tautai -  Continue the Voyage with Competent Wayfinders of the Ocean .  It's all about the journey of sustaining and maintaining the language and culture and recognises the importance of having the right people and tools to do this. The Ministry for Pacific People has links to all sorts of resources.  HERE  is a link to some everyday words and phrases that you and your  aiga  might like to try this week. Excellent Job on the Assembly on Friday and a huge thank you to the parents that we're able to come along and take part. Congratulations to Kennedy who won the Principals Shield. Cross Country The weather for our cross country isn't looking great so a few extra prayers to Saint Joseph wouldn't go astray. We'll keep you up-to-date - as soon as we know an...

Another week under our belts and for the most part everyone at school, which has been great. We had a fantastic lunch on Mr. Macmillan for 100% reading log returns. Thanks gang for doing the mana and working so hard. We also spear headed pink day which was an amazing success.  We are running assembly this week, if you are able to come that would be great, the reading draw is going to happen so there will plenty of excitement. Pink Shirt Day was a great success - thanks for supporting this. Please keep the antibullying message to the forefront of your students; it is essential that the Pink Shirt Day is not just a one day wonder. We celebrate diversity in all forms and we want our school to be safe, supportive, welcoming and inclusive for everyone.  A reminder that we have Ascension Liturgy in the hall at 10.15 am.  Teacher’s Only Day on the 7th of June and there will be no school on that day for our children. Cross Country 2022 On Thursday 2nd June we will be holding our ...

 Stage 2 This week your child is learning words that end with a ‘silent e’. The letter ‘e’ at the end of the word does not represent a sound, but it makes the vowel closest to it have a long vowel sound. Read through the list with them first. Ask your child to identify the vowel that is saying its letter name because of the ‘silent e’.  Spelling words Stage 2 shade  broke  flame  plate  prize  inside  beside  craze  stripe  while Stage 3 ache  mistake invite  donate  brigade  frustrate  mobile  volume  costume  consume

Congratulations to Terrance and Indie on a wonderful win tonight. How awesome that you guys are playing miniball.

 Today we got to celebrate our 100% reading log return win. Was such a wicked win, our bellies are full of pizza and chips. Thanks Mr. Macmillan.

  Please join R12 on Pink Shirt Day Friday, May 20th, 2022 .  Wear a pink shirt, dress, or shorts, and bring a gold coin donation for the mental health foundation. Be the change and stand up with us to bring awareness around bullying, by standing together and speaking up. 

  WEEK 3 TERM 2 2022 I had a great weekend and hope that you have also been able to have some family time. Thanks to the boys who invited me to come and watch their football.   Please if you haven't yet filled out the cross country form you need to even if your child isn't planning to take part. School photos are scheduled for tomorrow. Please make sure your children are tidy and that hair is tied back. Would you also please check that school jerseys are named so if students need to take off their jerseys they won’t get mixed up.  Structured Literacy Parent Information Meeting.  Are you curious about the new approach to spelling and reading taking place at school? You may have learnt a little about this at your parent conference this week.  Come along and learn about the structured literacy approach, what this means for your child and how you can support their learning at home. Our consultant, Marion Kirby from Learning Matters will give you a brief overvie...

 What a great weekend of sports, the Football boys invited me to come and watch their games. It was their first time on the larger field and it was very exciting. As I manage a group of our boys for rugby and then was able to watch the rest of the kids who play rugby it was very exciting. Looking forward to cheering on the other sports as they startup . If you have a picture or story you would like to share with the class email me and I will put it on.  Congratulations to all the kids, so proud of you all for doing what you love.