School production costumes

Our main lead parts have been organising their costumes this week. For all others in Room 6 please arrange a costume that makes you look like you're from bible times (eg tunics, cloaks,  etc).
If necessary you could visit the Musical society on Russell Street. They have their opening hours on the door but are open sometime around, Wed 11:30-1:30 and Sat 10:30-12:30

Please be getting this organised over the holidays

Mufti day

A reminder to everyone that we have mufti day this Friday Sept 23rd. Please bring a gold coin. Cheers!

Round the clock race

We are hoping to have a couple of kids teams in the Round the Clock Race on Friday night as a part of The Blossom Festival Celebrations.  This is the best race in the world if you ask me and a unique opportunity for all to take part in a world class race!

For all parents interested in helping out with managing a school team - please could you let me know! This really only involves about an hour of your time!

Alternatively why not enter the race yourselves!!!

For all interested children there will be a meeting at school and a note sent home - please return this asap to confirm your child can enter and if you can help assist with a team. Thanks!

Final Week of Term

Well done all of you on a wonderful Term 3. It's been very busy and full of different things. I hope you've all enjoyed it, learnt lots, and done some good thinking. We won't have any formal homework this week but here are some things to remember for this final week of term:

-Eisteddfod Singing = Will be happening in class on Mon and Tues. Be prepared. The school Eisteddfod assembly will be on Thurs at 1pm.

-Musical practices are happening this week, each day from 10:30-12:45. Keep practicing!

-Swimming on Tues morning as usual, 9am.

-Athletics on Monday and Wed afternoon, 2.10 -2.50pm. Bring your PE gear if you want to.

-River monitoring group will be out from 11:30am until 3:00pm with Mr Hogue.

-Technology at The Terrace on Friday 23rd September.

-Literature Circles Reading Groups all meeting on Thurs. You may need to do some of your own reading and activities at home as well as at school as we have a busy week ahead.

Public Library Books need returned

Hi again Room 6. We won't be having another public library visit this term but your books will be due next Tues Sept 27th (during the holidays!) if you issued them during our last visit. Please make sure you avoid overdue fines, return or renew your books.
Cheers!

Sticks 'n' Stones Link

Hi Room 6 Sticks and Stones students. Here is the link from Karla after today's meeting:


http://tinyurl.com/StGQT3

Good on you all getting in to this!!

Cardboard City - Helpers Needed!!

At this stage we have very few parent volunteers to stay over on Thursday night at school for Cardboard City. Please get in touch with Mr Yeoman asap via txt or email if you are able to help. If we do not have more parents available to sleep over we will have to cancel this event sadly. Thanks!

027 277 8466     ollieyeoman@stgerards.school.nz

Homework Term 3 Week 8

Task one: Eisteddfod Singing

-Please continue to practice your Eisteddfod singing and if necessary organize your instruments, backing singers or backing music.

-Our class Eisteddfods will be on Monday 19^th Sept and Tues 20^th Sept. You MUST be ready!

Task Two: Te Reo Karakia

Only two people out of the whole class learnt this off by heart last week. You will all be expected to attempt to recite it to the class on Thursday and/or Friday. Keep practicing!

Task Three: Prayer/Karakia à Charlie & Tyron.

This week prayer will be focusing on Social Justice Week

Remember to get creative with this and bring some things from home to add to our display and Prayer/Karakia activities.

·       The prayer display must include:

1.) A bible   2.) Candles 3.) Appropriate prayer cloth 4.) A Crucifix or cross.

·       Prayer time must include a different form of prayer each day. Examples might be:

-Thankyou prayers – Prayers for the world – Hope prayers – Meditation – Compliments – Singing – Prayers with pictures – Our Father –Hail Mary – Rosary – Scripture – Poems –Other readings

·       On top of these things you can be creative and have fun leading us!

Task Four: Reading

Please spend at least 20 minutes each night reading your book. Remember to also bring your book to school every day to read. People involved in Literature Circles groups make sure you are ready for your group meeting

Notices & Dates

-River Safe swimming this Tues morning and every Tues morning this term. Please remember t-shirt and shorts, togs and towel, and goggles if you have them. Meet at the pool 9am.

-Musical practices this week…be organized and ready!

-Polyfest on Wednesday in Dunedin for the Kapa Haka group.

-Cardboard city on Thurs night. Please return your forms asap so we know which parents can help!

-Room 5 & 6 leading Mass on Friday, all are welcome to join us.

Mr Yeoman

Cardboard City

Thurs Sept 15 – Fri Sept 16

St Gerard’s School

7pm – 3pm

Dear Parents

Next week Room 6 students will be taking part in the annual St Gerards ‘Cardboard City’as a part of Social Justice week. Cardboard City is an opportunity for the children to experience a small taste of some of the real-life conditions other children their age  around the world face on a daily basis.  Hopefully it will help them to gain a greater thankfulness for the things we have – a warm bed to sleep in and good food to eat. We also hope it will encourage in them a greater generosity.

The children will come to school on Thursday night at 700pm having had dinner already. They will sleep outside the school library/staffroom area in cardboard boxes, will have a simple porridge breakfast and rice meal for lunch. No other food or snacks are to be brought.

As with everything we do we will need parents to stay the night.  No you do not need to sleep in a cardboard box (but it would be great if you choose to!), a tent or a bedroll on the floor inside would be fine. Parents do not need to stay at school during the day on Friday but I would appreciate help with parents cooking the rice for lunch. 

On Friday all cardboard boxes must be taken home.

The children will need to bring:

Cardboard box big enough to sleep in

Bedroll, warm sleeping bag, pillow

Warm clothes, woollen hat

Toilet bag – toothbrush, toothpaste, face cloth, hairbrush

Bowl, spoon and cup

Torch

NO electronics and NO cell phones

Any medication your child is on in a named bag handed to me please.

Thanks for your support

Mr Yeoman

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I give …………………………. permission to stay overnight at St Gerard’s on Thurs 15th – Fri 16 th and participate in Cardboard City.

I am able to stay the night :  Yes/No

I am able to provide some cooked rice for lunch on Friday:  Yes/No

Homework Term 3 Week 7

Task one: Eisteddfod Singing

You now have a copy of the marking schedule for our Eisteddfod this term – singing. This year I am happy for you to have backing support of some kind (music track, friend support singing, someone playing an instrument etc) but you must be organized early. Look carefully at how you are being judged as you work on your song. Choose your song wisely, keep it simple and easy to sing. Pick something ‘catchy’!

Task Two: Te Reo Karakia

You each now have a copy of our Karakia for meal times. Please memorise this…nice ones for people who can recite it accurately in front of the class by the end of the week!

Task Three: Prayer/Karakia à Kahn and Michael

Remember to get creative with this and bring some things from home to add to our display and Prayer/Karakia activities.

·       The prayer display must include:

1.) A bible   2.) Candles 3.) Appropriate prayer cloth 4.) A Crucifix or cross.

·       Prayer time must include a different form of prayer each day. Examples might be:

-Thankyou prayers – Prayers for the world – Hope prayers – Meditation – Compliments – Singing – Prayers with pictures – Our Father –Hail Mary – Rosary – Scripture – Poems –Other readings

·       On top of these things you can be creative and have fun leading us!

Task Four: Reading

Please spend at least 20 minutes each night reading your book. Remember to also bring your book to school every day to read.

Notices & Dates

-River Safe swimming this Tues morning and every Tues morning this term. Please remember t-shirt and shorts, togs and towel, and goggles if you have them. Meet at the pool 9am.

-Public library session this Tues afternoon Sept 6^th. Remember library card and books.

-Musical practices this week…be organized and ready!

-Dare program continues this week with Mr Milford.

-Wed afternoon off school for teachers union meeting.

-Tech on Friday

Tino pai!

Mr Yeoman