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
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 6th. A holiday
already! We’ll be spending much of the first two weeks learning more about the
treaty.
Meet the teacher evening: Tuesday 12th 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 13th Feb.
School family mass & picnic: Is happening on Sunday 24th
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 11-14th 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
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Chess
sets, or other good indoor games and activities
-
Pot
plants or shrubs that could survive well indoors
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Outdoor
furniture for our verandah space
Thank you. Have a great week and onward
into 2019!
Ngā mihinui!
Mr Yeoman
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