Homework Term Two Week Five (May 18-22)

Task One: Spelling

You should each have your list of words for this week. In class we have done your ‘tooling’. If you need to repeat this at home to be confident with your words for this week then please do. Test your words every night and be ready for a spelling test at the end of the week.

Task Two: Current Events

If you are on Current Events any time this week (see the timetable on the board in Rm6) please be prepared, complete the tasks outlined in the Current Events scrapbook and return the book to school the next day ready to discuss with the class.

Task Three: Maths

You have been given a worksheet similar to last week’s tasks. The aim is to practice the learning we have done in our ‘Geometry: Transformations, Position & Oritentation’ lessons. Once again please ASK if you are unsure of anything. Glue this sheet into your homework book and we will mark and discuss it as a class.

Task Four: Reading

Please take your reading book home every night and read for at least 20 mins each night. Be sure to have your book at school each day also.

Have a good week!

Mr Yeoman

HOCKEY

On Wednesday we have our school hockey tournament as part of our small sticks in schools.
We will be leaving for the park at 12.45pm and having our lunch down there. You are welcome to join us for lunch and walk down with us or meet us there.
The hockey will start at 1.15pm. We will return to school at 2.55pm.
Children are to wear sports gear with house colour tee shirt please.
If children have mouth guards please bring these. Shin pads can be worn and if your child does not have any please pack some newspaper in there bags as this makes perfect shin pads.
If the weather is no good and we have to postpone it will be on Facebook.
Thanks

Homework Term Two Week Four (May 11-15)

Task One: Spelling

You should each have your list of words for this week. In class we have done your ‘tooling’. If you need to repeat this at home to be confident with your words for this week then please do. Test your words every night and be ready for a spelling test at the end of the week.

Task Two: Current Events

If you are on Current Events any time this week (see the timetable on the board in Rm6) please be prepared, complete the tasks outlined in the Current Events scrapbook and return the book to school the next day ready to discuss with the class.

Task Three: Maths

We have now completed the ‘Transformations’ section of our Geometry unit. Please complete the activity sheet you’ve been given in class. We have covered all you need to know to complete these activities so think carefully about what you’ve been learning over the last three weeks. Glue this sheet into your homework book.

Task Four: Reading

Please take your reading book home every night and read for at least 20 mins each night. Be sure to have your book at school each day also.

Enjoy your week

Mr Yeoman

Homework Term Two Week Three (May 4-8)

Task One: Spelling

You should each have your list of words for this week. In class we have done your ‘tooling’. If you need to repeat this at home to be confident with your words for this week then please do. Test your words every night and be ready for a spelling test next Monday seeing as we have Tech this Friday.

Task Two: Current Events

If you are on Current Events any time this week (see the timetable on the board in Rm6) please be prepared, complete the tasks outlined in the Current Events scrapbook and return the book to school the next day ready to discuss with the class.

Reading and activity:

Please take your reading book home every night and read for at least 20 mins each night. Complete the questions that we’ve put in your homework book to help you improve your INFERRING skills (‘reading between the lines’). Be ready to share your ideas/answers to these questions with the class at the end of the week.

Let’s put in another good effort!

Thanks!

Mr Yeoman

ENVIRO

St Gerard's School

Organic Garden Foraging List

The enviro group dug four garden plots last week. We are meeting again this Wednesday 6^th May to begin developing the soil. We are needing lots of goodies to add to the soil, if anyone can provide any of the following please bring them along to school at 1245pm on Wednesday or please contact Mr Yeoman (ollieyeoman@stgerards.school.nz)

Always think or ask – is this foraging item straight from nature???  GOOD for our garden

OR

Has it been treated with a chemical or had medicine added??? NOT SUITABLE

          For the Garden                                                

          Ash from fire (make sure it is no longer hot or even warm!!)                

          Horse Poo (but can't have been wormed recently)

          Chicken Poo

          Seaweed

          Lupin leaves

          Yarrow leaves

          Comfrey leaves

          Mulch

          Peastraw

          Lleaves (slightly rotted so they won't blow away)

          For the Compost Bins

⁃                      old carpet to cover the top of the bins

⁃                      old bricks to keep the above on

⁃                      old paint tins at least 5L, to make compost teas (cleaned up of paint)

⁃                      crushed shells

⁃                      sawdust (but not with oil in it from chainsaw)

⁃                      vegetable scraps

⁃                      nettle (no seeds and use gloves to pick as it will give you a nasty rash – grows wild)

⁃                      dandelion leaves

⁃                      clover

⁃                      Chickweed

⁃                      plantain

          Extras

⁃                      Big plastic bags (to collect leaves and other things, also to rot things down faster)

⁃                      Any gardening tools no longer wanted at home