Class Newsletter Term 4, Week 10

Hi Everyone,

I hope you have had a great weekend. Each child in the classroom picked a Mystery Santa this week.  On Wednesday, they will need to bring a small gift (maximum $5) to give to their buddy.

• Please make sure your child puts sunblock on before coming to school and also has some in their bag to put on at lunch time because they are out in the hot afternoon sun for a very long time.

Here are the details for the upcoming week:

Monday 14th Dec
- Korean teachers visiting Room 3 for two days
- Senior School fish and chip lunch
- Sport
- Library

Tuesday 15th Dec
- Prize Giving 9:00am (all welcome to attend and if your child is getting a special award you would have been notified)
- Year 6 Graduation Party 5:00 - 7:45pm (letter will be sent out on Monday 7th December)

Wednesday 16th December
- Celebration Mufti Day (raising money for Auckland City Mission)
- Mystery Santa gift swap 

Thursday 17th December
- Last day of school for 2015 (school closes at 12:30pm)
- Totara Whanau mufti (no cost)
- Year 5 children will spend some time with their 2016 teacher and classmates
- School reports will be coming home in an envelope.  A copy of their report stays at school and is put in their Reporting Folder and passed onto their 2016 class teacher. 

All Year 6 children will bring their Reporting File home with them

School starts on Tuesday 2nd February 2016

Class Newsletter Term 4, Week 9

Hi Everyone,

I hope you have had a fantastic weekend.  Next week will be the second to last week of the year.  There are many events happening including Prize Giving and the Year 6 Graduation, so please keep an eye out for my emails and the notices your child is bringing home so you stay in the loop.  

• Drink bottles are quite important at this time of the year and the children are finding that having a drink bottle with them at their desk keeps them easily hydrated throughout the day.
• Check at home for overdue library books.  I will send an email home to the families this applies to.
• Bring a two plastic bags in on Monday to help carry art and books home near the end of the week.
• Please make sure your child puts sunblock on before coming to school and also has some in their bag to put on at lunch time because they are out in the hot afternoon sun for a very long time.

Here are the details for the upcoming week:

Monday
- Sport (bring sports gear)
- Library

Tuesday
- Rainbows End trip - wear mufti including a hat and sensible footwear (not jandals), wear sunblock and bring lunch

Wednesday
- Parent Helpers Morning Tea - if you have been a parent helper this year, you should have received an invite to this Thankyou Morning Tea. This is our way of thanking you for all your support on trips, events and other jobs you have helped out with as this makes a big difference!
- Room 3 big clean up (desks, tables etc)
- Mandarin (last one)
- Choir (rehearsing for Prize Giving)

- All art will be coming home in a plastic bag

Thursday
- School Assembly 2:15pm (last one)
- All books will be coming home in a plastic bag.  Their stationery will stay at school until next week

Friday
- Sport (bring sports gear)
- Mr Oliphant 11:00 - 3:00pm
- School reports will be coming home in an envelope.  A copy of their report stays at school and is put in their Reporting Folder and passed onto their 2016 class teacher. 
All Year 6 children will bring their Reporting File home with them


Information for Week 10
Tuesday 15th Dec
- Prize Giving 9:00am (all welcome to attend and if your child is getting a special award you would have been notified)
- Year 6 Graduation Party 5:00 - 7:45pm (letter will be sent out on Monday 7th December)

Wednesday 16th December
- Celebration Mufti Day (raising money for Auckland City Mission)

Thursday 17th December
- Last day of school for 2015 (school closes at 12:30pm)
- Winning whanau mufti (no cost)
- Year 5 children will spend some time with their 2016 teacher and classmates


Dates for 2016
- School starts on Tuesday 2nd February

Sailing #3

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Sailing photos #1

Sailing on PhotoPeach

Class Newsletter Term 4, Week 8

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend despite this incredibly muggy weather that we are not used to yet.  We are quickly arriving at the end of the school year.  There are lots of events coming up in the next few weeks, so please keep an eye out for my emails and the notices your child is bringing home so you stay in the loop.

The sun is out in full force now (even on the overcast days) and there are arms, legs and faces getting burnt.  Before your child comes to school, make sure they put some sunblock on and then have some in their bag that they can reapply before going outside for lunch as they are out in the sun for an hour.  In the afternoons, we are often doing sport too, so it's a total of 2 hours they are out and exposed.

If you are able to supply some sunblock for Room 3 to use it would be greatly appreciated as we need to be looking after ourselves in the sun.

Here are the details for the upcoming week:

Monday
- Sport (bring sports gear)
- Sailing trip for Arial, Aaron, Isobel, Yvonne, Annalise and Jasmine (be at school before 8:30am)

Tuesday
- Sailing trip for the remaining Room 3 children.  Please arrive at school before 8:30am in school uniform.  In your bag, have togs, towel, mufti clothes, sunblock and towel.
- Sport (bring sports gear)

Wednesday
- Year 5 Choir trip (Golden Age 10:00 - 12:00pm)

Thursday
- Mandarin
- Team Assembly 2:15pm

Friday
- Homework due (last one for the year)
- Sport (bring sports gear)
- Family Fun Night 6:00 - 8:00pm (please email me if your child can help with the face painting stall for 15 or 30 minutes.  This stall will be run by Senior students)

Dancing Talent

Here is the class up on stage at the Bible Assembly this morning

Voices of Angels

Such beautiful singing and wonderful talented children we have in our Choir.

Congratulations on your performance last night in the Auckland Town Hall, APPA Choir.  You brought happiness, smiles and lots of joy to your audience.

You are stars!

Class Newsletter Term 4, Week 7

Hi Everyone,

I hope your weekend has been great.  All library books are due in by Thursday at the latest.  Susie, the Librarian, needs them all returned so she can do an accurate stocktake.  Please help your child find overdue books as there are many children in Room 3 in the position.
We are doing sport every Monday, Tuesday and Friday.  Please make sure your child has their gear in their bag during the week, otherwise they will be missing out.

Here are the details for the upcoming week:

Monday
- Sport (bring sports gear)

Tuesday
- APPA Choir Dress Rehearsal (arrive at 8:15am, bus leaves at 8:30am, meet Miss Lister at Room 5)
- Sport (bring sports gear)

Wednesday
- Wacky Wednesday Mufti $2
- APPA Choir Performance (arrive at Auckland Town Hall at 6:45pm and meet Miss Lister and Miss Kilduff)

Thursday
- School Assembly 2:15pm

Friday
- Homework due
- Bible in Schools Assembly
- Sport (bring sports gear)

If i had a pet dragon

If i had a pet dragon i would...


Firstly i would find out if it was friendly. If it was i would keep it for sure,but if it was wild i would go straight to the SPCA,cause i don't want a flying, wild, biting, dangerous, fire breathing dragon in my room! Also i would have no idea what to feed it! Lettuce, spinach or broccoli?But before i would do any of that i would first give it a name! It's hard to tell whether it's a girl or a boy, but i would just go with girl!


Secondly, i would have to wash it everyday in the sink! YUCK! I would also keep it in a box or a cage or something away from my soft toys! But the dragon would be quite a disturbance! How would i do my homework?? When i have free time i would paint it Aqua and Violet, but if it didn't like that i would teach it how to bake brownies and cook lasgna!


Lastly, i would think how did this dragon get here? There must be a Mother i would think.Then all of a sudden, out of the blue a Mother dragon would crash into my room, take her baby and leave me all alone! So i would never keep a dragon again!

But if i did the Mother would come crashing in again! And that's why i would NOT keep a dragon!