SWIMMING TIMES FOR ROOM 21

Room 21 will be swimming at the following times for the next five weeks while the instructors are at school. The children will have 2 lessons per week with the instructors and two weeks with me.

Monday - no swimming
Tuesday - 11.25am
Wednesday - 9am
Thursday - 11.55am
Friday - 11.25am

Puriri Pupuhi Nui (Puriri Big Splash) will be held on Wednesday 4 April. More info will be sent home closer to the date.

Kia ora and Welcome to Room 21's blog for 2018

Hi everyone and welcome to our new blog for 2018. We have had a wonderful start to the year and our classroom is starting to take shape. In week 1 we learned a lot about each other and we began developing our class rules. We have also been practicing our class routines for the beginning of the day.

Reminders for this week:

• Homework was given out on Mondays and it is due on Fridays. Homework includes Reading and Maths practise.
• Swimming starts tomorrow. Please send along togs and towels every day until the end of term.
• Please send along your child's stationery asap so we can start using our books.
• School starts at 8.55am. 

I recommend checking our blog each Monday for any news or work samples the children have done.

Have a great week!

Maria Mudgway

mmudgway@owairaka.school.nz 

Week 6 UPDATE

Hi all!
1.This week the only homework the class will get will be reading. The children will be given a reader each night so please listen to them read, read to them or just talk about what they have read.
I have their home learning books but they have their reading logs.
2. An important notice came home today about the upcoming beach trip. Please fill in the form and return it asap so your child can take part in this trip.
3. Don't forget the Eden/Albert Cultural Festival is this Saturday.
Have a great week!
Mrs M

Hard At Work

We are over halfway through the term and you will be pleased to know that we are still hard at work. There are still quite a few events before the end of this year so please keep watching for notices in your child's schoolbag.

Dates to watch for include:

25 November - Eden/Albert Cultural Festival

30 November - Family Fun Night

1 December - Community Garden Trip. Keisomani, James & Luca's parents are coming                               with us

5 December - Beach Ed Trip 

12 December - Helpers morning tea

13 December - Reports come home

15 December - Prizegiving Assembly. 

                         Last Day of School

ICAS Exam Results

Three of our classmates participated in the ICAS Exams this year. 

Congratulations to them all! 

Lucas: Maths - Participation

Lillia: Spelling - Credit; Reading - Distinction

Alodia: Spelling - Credit; Maths - Distinction

Green Day

We had loads of weeding to do around the fale today. It was also a great opportunity to look a little more closely at the swan plants and chrysali.

Thanks to Jess and Kate who helped us while we worked. Some of us felt like it was being in a village in Samoa 😁

Green Week Slides

This week was our last Green Week for 2017. Our focus for the week was to learn about insects, where they live and what they eat. On Thursday the class buddied up and made slides of our learning for the Green Day assembly. Vinnie & Jerico's slide represented the class but the quality of work from everyone was wonderful. 
I have left them as they were shared with me so there are a few spelling mistakes and punctuation problems. Can you spot them?