Sunday, August 9, 2009

Newsletter Term Three Week 4

Hi and welcome to Week Four for Term 3

Wow, what a week last week! A number of you have commented to me on the stunning Wearable Arts from the Senior team and our wonderful input. I was so proud of Team 7 and it is one of those experiences that the children will never forget. Our children did so well as models, in our dance, in the Kapahaka group, final song and also Ben as the Taxi driver. Thanks to all of you who helped with our art, with dropping off and picking up and also for coming along to see the show.

This week we say farewell to Mr Mak (Justin Makinson) and the students will really miss him. He has been tremendous and we wish him all the best for the remainder of his training and his eventual teaching career. The children are looking forward to having him as their PE teacher when they are at High school!

Well done to Sam and Moss who were members of our winning A Hockey team at the West Zone Winter Tournament last week. They will compete at the Centrals Winter Tournament on Thursday 3 September at Hagley Park.

This week we are going to see author Andy Griffiths speak on Wednesday afternoon. We need one parent to accompany us. We will leave school at 12.30pm and return before 3.00pm.

Week Three
It was all about Wearable Arts and the West Zone Winter Sports tournament that we all took part in. We had another badminton lesson, visited the library and read more of our Andy Griffiths' serial book, wrote about and reflected on the Wearable Arts and did some printmaking with Mrs Coats.

Week Four
This week we will have more Oral/Visual presentations and catch up on some we missed from last week. We move into Multiplication/Division in the Room 7 maths' class, write and practice a mihi (Maori speech of welcome) and have our final two Badminton lessons. We will take the school assembly on Friday with our buddy class and sing a song about NZ heroes.

Notices
A few dates:
  • Andy Griffiths' Author Visit - Wednesday 12 August
  • CBHS Sports Lessons 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27 August
  • PSC Centrals Winter Tournament: Thursday 3 September
  • School Photos: Monday 8 September
  • Student Led Conferences 2.30-5.00pm Wednesday 9 September, 2.30-7.00pm Thursday 10 September (School closed at 2.00pm both those days)
  • CC Team to Nelson 23-25 September
Happy Birthday in August:
16th: Moss
28th: Sam
Class Captain: Rachel
Class Secretary: Jacob
7 min. Champions:ask Mr Mac

1 comment:

Marie and Brad said...

wow, the Wearable Arts show was fantastic! We loved all the costumes, the dancing and the funny story that tied it all together. Well done to everyone on their great efforts, particularly to Jacob and Ben for their coffin car!!
Marie and Brad