Must Do Learning Task completion

Many people have been well organised and have now completed there Must Do learning tasks. A reminder that these are to be a mixture of school work and homework. If students have not completed these then they will have work to be completed tonight and handed in tomorrow. Here's a list of the Must Do learning tasks with some instructions:

Beatitudes poster - Poster Task instructions

Poetry Writing - Mid Summer's eve - Poetry Writing instructions

Spelling testing & tasks

Maths - Stats group follow up activities - These have been completed in groups in class.

Maths - Number Knowledge Sheets Students have these glued in their maths books
(or Think Tanks depending on which group you're in).

Reading Group activities - Glued in Reading books, or one group is reading Novels independently and preparing to share Book Letters.

Action Stations name labels

In future I will endeavour to post these on the blog earlier.

Happy working and learning!

Mr Yeoman

Old Shirts Required - For painting

Hi everyone. If you have any old shirts at home that could be donated to Room 1 to help us protect our school uniforms while we're painted that would be greatly appreciated. Please send any along with your child.
Thanks

Mr Yeoman

Notices and Homework for this week.

Hi everyone, welcome to Week 4 of the term. Let's make it a great week for everyone. Read on for this week's notices and homework.

Tues 26th Feb
-House meetings to organise swimming sports. Leaders be prepared! 2:30pm

Wed 27th Feb
-I.C.T. with Mrs Flannery 11:40am-2:55pm

Thurs 28th Feb
-School swimming sports all morning. Go straight to the pool at the beginning of the day.
-All Must Do learning tasks to be completed. Plan well!

Fri 1st March
-Technology at The Terrace. Please bring along all the things you need.

Homework

-Current Events for those on our roster this week. We look forward to your presentations.
-Spelling. Testing each night for everyone.
-Reading. Everyone now has a novel they are reading and I expect that you'll be reading for at least 20mins each night.
-Must Do learning tasks are due by Thursday afternoon. Please be well organised and ensure you are completing these to your best standard and on time! Please ask for help early if you are not sure of anything required. Make the most of workshops between now and then and use your self directed learning time wisely.

Have a great week team!

Mr Yeoman

Notices for this week

Hi everyone. Welcome back for another week, and already into the third week of term. Here's some important notices for the week ahead.

Tues 19th Feb
-Swimming. Please bring togs, towel and goggles (if you own some)

Wed 20th Feb
-Leadership speeches for Cultural, Special Character, Enviro, and Student Council president.

Thurs 21st Feb
-Leadership speeches for Kapa Haka leaders (Male and Female) and House Leaders.
-Kapa Haka practice

Fri 22nd Feb
-Room 6 are leading assembly, all welcome to join us!

Students in Rm 1 are aware there first round of Must Do tasks were due today, so many of you have ended up taking tasks home to complete and hand in before school on Tuesday. We will get better at this as our routines become more familiar. A new round of Must Do learning tasks will be set up over the next two days and these will be posted here so everyone is clear on what is expected.

Enjoy your week, work hard, enjoy your learning!

Mr Yeoman

Swimming - Official notice for all classes. (adding to previous post)

Tuesday 19th Swimming Practice Day

Children in Rooms 3, 4, 6 and 7 are to be dropped at the pool by 8:55am. Please do not go into the pool, wait for your teacher. If you are coming to school by bus and need to be taken to the pool, let your classroom teacher know by Monday, so that transport can be arranged.

• Rooms 7, 3 & 4 will return to school by bus at 11:10.
• Room 6 will swim from 9:00 - 9:40 and will walk back school with Mrs Laidlaw and parents. Please let Mrs Laidlaw know if you are able to assist with supervision at the pool an/or can walk back to school with the class.
• Room 5 will walk to and from the pool. They swim from 9:40 - 10:20.
• Rooms 1/2 will walk and swim 10:20 - 11am.

As we are lucky enough to have all 6 lanes in the main pool for this 2 hour block, all classes will need extra parents to assist with supervision, so that we can make the best use of this. Rooms 7, 3 and 4 would welcome any parents willing to get into the water  with the children, and to assist with dressing afterwards.

School Swimming Sports

Thank you to the 5 people who have offered help as timekeepers on this day. We are looking for 18, so if you haven’t already made contact we look forward to your help.

chrisbeilby@stgerards.school.nz

Swimming - help needed Tues 19th Feb

Hi everyone. Next Tuesday 19th Feb Room 1 will be swimming from 10:20am-11:00am. We have access to all 6 lanes, therefore all 37 students can swim at the same time. We will need parent supervision to allow this to happen. Please contact Mr Yeoman by email if you are able to help with this.
Thanks!

Week Two - Notices and Homework

Kia ora everyone. Thanks for a good first week back. Here are some important notices and dates for the week ahead.

• Tech Forms - Please return them to Mr Yeoman before Frriday's first technology session.

• Health & Contact forms - Please return these either to Mr Yeoman or the the office asap

• Wanted - Another call out for board games, couches, cushions, bean bags and pot plants! 

DATES:

Tues 12th Feb
-ICT session with Mrs Flannery
-Meet the Teacher evening. Picnic from 5:30pm, 6pm whole school gathering, 7:15pm Rm 1 and 2 gathering.

Wed 13th Feb
-9am School Mass. All are welcome to join us.
-2pm Public Library visit. Please ensure you have a library card and are ready to issue books. This is a key part of our reading program in Year 7 and 8.

Thurs 14th Feb
-1pm Church Choir. First gathering for those keen people.

Fri 15th Feb
-Technology at the Terrace. Remember closed shoes, hair ties, sunhats and lunch.

HOMEWORK

1.) Many of you will be preparing speeches for leadership positions. For Special Character, Cultural and Enviro leaders you will be giving speeches next Tuesday 19th Feb. House leaders will give speeches later that week. Completion and practice of these speeches is therefore a major part of this week's homework.

2.) Letter to Mr Yeoman. Year 7s and Year 8s have different letter writing tasks they are required to complete. If you do not get this completed to your best standard in class time then it will become homework.

Let's make it a great week for everyone.

Ngā mihi

Mr Yeoman

Haere Mai. Welcome Back! Notices for Week One.

Welcome to the new-look Room 1-2       2019

Kia ora everyone and welcome to Room 1-2 for 2019. As with every new year 2019 comes with a huge number of opportunities and challenges, I really look forward to working with you all - learning, playing, singing, laughing, sharing, relaxing, exploring, creating, growing, contributing and working hard! Below are some things coming up and some expectations within Room 6.

Class culture

Together over the first days and weeks of school we’ll be completing some activities and discussions that will help us develop our expectations. Once we have all agreed to these expectations these will be shared with parents.

Blog

All classes at St Gerards have a blog that is linked from the school website. This will be routinely updated weekly (usually by Monday afternoon) with homework tasks, notices and upcoming events. There may be other notices placed on the blog during the week also.

Self management and Homework expectation

Now that students are in Year 7-8 we expect them to be becoming increasingly self-motivated, well organized, and disciplined. Room 6 is run using a ‘Must Dos’ and ‘Can Dos’ system, where every two weeks we organize work & learning tasks for the next two week period. Students will then attend small group ‘workshops’ relevant to their learning, and will be expected to complete all their relevant tasks on time. There will be some set homework, as well as ensuring that all ‘Must Dos’ are completed to a high standard. This system might be new to Year 7 students and we will be working hard (particularly throughout Term 1) to ensure students understand the expectation, are developing the necessary personal skills to work in this way, and to ensure that students feel well supported. Students will be given a diary to help with their personal organization and will be expected to use this each week to plan.

Library Cards

We will regularly visit the public library and students will be expected to use this great public resource to extend their reading and to help them in any inquiry work they’re doing. Everyone will need to have their own library card, and I will notify when this needs to be at school. If you don’t have a library card please organize this immediately as we will be visiting the library very soon.

Contact

Feel free to contact me. Contact by email is best ollieyeoman@stgerards.school.nz

Dates coming up:

Technology: Begins at the Terrace next Friday Feb 15th and will be happening every second Friday for Year 7-8s. We will continue to attend tech on the even weeks throughout Term 1 (Week 2, 4, 6, 8, 10). Please bring covered shoes and long hair tied back.

Waitangi Day: Observed on Wednesday Feb 6^th. A holiday already! We’ll be spending much of the first two weeks learning more about the treaty.

Meet the teacher evening: Tuesday 12^th February. We will be having a picnic dinner at 5:30pm, followed by classroom meetings beginning at 6:15pm.

Wednesday Masses: Please feel welcome to join us every second Wed 9am in the church, beginning Wed 13^th Feb.

School family mass & picnic: Is happening on Sunday 24^th February.

Public Library Visits: These will happen regularly so please organize a library card immediately if you don’t have one already.

School camp: We have made an alteration to the plan for Year 7-8 camp this year. Instead of a Term 1 camp in Bannockburn, we will be holding a Term 2 camp at Tautuku from 11-14^th June. More details will follow closer to this time.

Wanted!

Having moved into the lovely and large double classroom space of Room 1-2 we have a wonderful opportunity to make this an extra special environment to spend our days. If you have any of the following items in good condition that you could part with please make contact:

-       A couch, bean bags, or cushions

-       Chess sets, or other good indoor games and activities

-       Pot plants or shrubs that could survive well indoors

-       Outdoor furniture for our verandah space

Thank you. Have a great week and onward into 2019!

Ngā mihinui!

Mr Yeoman