Week 3 Info

1. Please send your child to school with their togs every day. The Swimstation coaches started today.

2. Our Open Afternoon / Evening is tomorrow. Our classroom will be open for you to view from 3.45pm until 4.15pm. Please bring your child so they can give you a guided tour. Check today's newsletter for more details.

3. Thanks to everyone who has sent back notices for the Howick Village Trip or the parent help notice for Puriri EOTC. At present we have too many parent helpers for Howick Village and not enough for Wednesday of the EOTC. Keep sending those notes back.

Kindness Kids

On Monday we learned ways of being kind to others.

Congratulations To Our Stars

Congratulations to everyone who read over the holiday break and recorded your reading!! Fairy Judy visited us on Thursday and presented certificates to our class. Next holidays we are hoping for 100% of our class reading.

Puriri Team held our first assembly for the year today. Congratulations to Deacon and Sophia who received certificates and books for being caught being good.

SWIMMING HAS STARTED

It's fantastic to see so many of our class bringing their togs. Ka mau te wehi!!

We have swimming most days so it's a good idea to bring togs every day ⭐⭐

ARE YOU READY?

It was wonderful to see everyone today! 
This morning the children noticed that the teachers were dressed as explorers and there were vintage cars in the carpark. This was all part of the provocation for our theme for this year - "Whakatoomene:explore or discover." Pop in and read our thoughts and wonderings wall display.

Not my usual attire 😀

This car was made in 1960.

This Ford was very popular, especially the horn.

Some of the cars were similar but were made by different companies.

Not all the vehicles were cars.

Why are the headlights on this car taped over?

  This term everyone needs to bring a hat, water bottle and healthy lunch.

We will also be swimming most days so please check that your child's togs are in their bag each day. If your child is not swimming please send along a note.
Please remember to name clothes so they can be returned to your child. I recommend using the Vivid marker in the stationery pack to name clothes and stationery.

Home Learning consists of mainly reading each night. The best way to improve our reading is by reading. All the children will bring a book home tomorrow. All other home learning will be optional because many of the children have after school commitments. 

Help wanted - If you have time to help out in class e.g. maintaining our garden with a group of children, returning books to the book room, listening to readers, sharing a talent you have, etc we would appreciate your help. 
We also have a maker's space for the children to create and make. If you have small cardboard boxes, tubes, construction tools eg hammers, nails & small wood offcuts we can have, please send them along.

The first school newsletter went home today. Please check the school website or the app if you did not get a hardcopy today. Stationery lists were also sent home today.

Have a great week!!

Maria
mmudgway@owairaka.school.nz

OUR 2020 ADVENTURE STARTS HERE

Welcome to everyone new to Room 21's blog space for 2020. We are a Year 4 class of 28 children and we invite you to follow our blog throughout this year to read about our discoveries.