Room 12 2022

 We have swimming Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday(swimming sports) and Friday. Please bring your togs and towel.

 Wow, what a great response of volunteers for our mystery trip on the 5th. Unfortunately, we are unable to afford to take everyone. Parents that are driving have been notified today.  Kids will need to be at school no later than 8:45 as we will be leaving the school then. Kids will be able to wear mufti and will need togs or a change of clothes and towel that is all labeled, please (this includes undies). We will need a backpack with the following sunscreen, hats, morning tea, lunch, water bottle, togs or change of clothes and towel. You will not need any form of device. Plan: Leave school no later than 9am Arrive at first check-in and complete the challenges with the team (car driver) leader,  eat morning tea. 11:30 travel to the second destination and eat lunch. 2:00 gather up into cars and be ready to return to school by 2:15. Kids that are on the bus and after school care will be back in time. Regards, Mrs. D, & Mrs T

 

  TERM 4 DATES. Friday 21st October. Year 4 Mass , Colour Run at school 1.30 pm Tuesday 25th October.  Athletics Sports for Yr 4 to 6 students at Rotorua Stadium Friday 28th October. Grandparents/Grandfriends Mass 9.30am  Friday11th November. Kahui Ako Ahurei at JPC. Junior and Senior  Kapa Haka performing 21st -25th November.  Camps in Taupo for Totara students ( 5 & 6) Tuesday 6th December Junior Tryathlon 11.00 am Year 0 to 3 at school Thursday 8th December Tryathlon/Swimming Sports for Years 4 to 6 at Aquatic Centre Monday 12th December End of year Mass. 9.00 am Tuesday 13th December Big Day In (Y6)  Wednesday 14th December Prizegiving - 9:30-11:30  Thursday 15th December Missioning - 11-12:00 Thursday 15th December Last Day of the term

 

Bonjour Whānau ,  I have safely arrived in Canada and spent the most wonderful day with my family at my family farm.  A huge thank you to Mrs. Trask who has taken on Room 12 for the last week of this term. Please if you have any questions you can contact her on janet@stmarysrotorua.school.nz Huge thank you to all the parents, grandparents and Aunties who were able to come and celebrate our Matariki breakfast and look at the children's work. It was lovely for the children to showcase their learning and  make some really lucky people a coffee. Monday - Please bring your Library books to exchange so that you have new ones for the holidays. I am already half way through my book. Let’s make it two pizza parties in a row and aim for 100% again. Mrs Trask will send home the holiday reading sheet but you can also write down on a piece of paper.    Wednesday is the principals morning tea for a couple of kids from each class.  Have a wonderful break and we...

 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

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Huge thank you to everyone for coming in and meeting with me. If you were unable to make those times please flick me a quick email and we can set up another meeting time. School photos are Monday, May16th, our time is 10:10 which is great as it's pre-morning tea. Please make sure boys have woolen jerseys on and girls in skivvy and tunic with long hair tied back.  A notice will be coming home tomorrow with the information about ordering. Thanks, Mrs. Dinniss

 Ki Ora, It was wonderful to see all of you over the past few days. If you were unable to come and meet please email me and we can set up another time to chat. jilld@stmarysrotorua.school.nz Library will be on a Monday starting week 3, children will be asked to take out two books one for home reading and one for at school. Swimming will start in week 5. The gates will be open from 8:30 - 8:45 for drop off. The only gate open after 8:45 will be the Carnot St. gate, this includes during the day. If your child has a sibling in Kakano we will be asking you to pick up at 2:50 this year. Bus students and after-school care will leave then also. Everyone else will be at 3pm. If you are unable to pick up your student on a regular basis at these times I highly recommend Mary-Annes before/after-school programme, there is contact information in the newletter. Students are not supervised after or before school times. All students will need to wear a mask in class, when we are outside they are n...

  Welcome Back! I am very excited to be coming back in 2022, to Room 12. I hope you have all had a great break and are ready to get back into school. A little background into myself for those of you that don't know me. I was born and raised in Alberta Canada. I have been living in New Zealand for 16 years. My three boys and I have been calling Rotorua home for the past 7 years. I love to camp, play all sports and spend time with my boys on our farm. I am looking forward to all the adventures that 2022 will bring. I am a firm believer in reading at home, for the most part, this is the only ask I will have for my students in the form of homework. Reading at home can look different for each person. You could have someone read a book to you, you can listen to audiobooks, read online/device or read to someone else. The recommendation is for 20mins each day. With our very busy lives, this is often not achievable but it is the goal I would like everyone to strive for. A reading log went h...