The big dig

The Big Dig

The St Gerards Enviro group has been planning towards developing an organic vegetable garden. We’ve visited other gardens, shared our ideas and been given advice from other gardeners. The time has now arrived to turn the first soil! We will be digging the garden beds this coming week and we would love to see anyone who is keen and able to help us out.

Where: Meet at the garden, behind the PE shed.

When: 1245pm Wednesday 29^th April

What to bring: Spades, shovels, gloves…any spares would be appreciated also.

We’d love to see you there and will be thankful for any help we can get!

Thanks

The Enviro group

Student-Parent-Teacher conference bookings

A reminder that this Tuesday and Wednesday (April 21&22) are our conferences with students, parents and teachers. Students will have a chance to share some of their learning from Term one with parents, as well as sharing some of their next steps and goals. Parents will also be able to discuss with Mr Yeoman and ask any questions they might have. If you have not already booked your conference time there's still plenty of spots available and booking can be done quickly online.

1. Go to www.schoolinterviews.co.nz

2. Enter code: T4T4C

3. Follow through the rest of the steps as directed online.

If you have trouble booking or can't make any of the times available please feel free to get in contact and we can make another time.
Email : ollieyeoman@stgerards.school.nz

Thanks.

Welcome back! Term Two Begins!

Welcome back from your holidays. I hope everyone’s had a fantastic break! I’m looking forward to Term Two and hope you are also. We have ANZAC day this Saturday so this week your homework is based around that.

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.

Main Task: ANZAC project

This week in your homework book please complete the following small tasks as we prepare for ANZAC day on Saturday.

1.     Soldier Diary. Imagine you are going to war, write three diary entries. Think carefully and do some research to make this as genuine as possible.

o   First- Pre war as you depart from New Zealand.

o   Second – During the war, this could be Gallipoli, the Somme, Egypt or somewhere else that you research that Kiwis were involved.

o   Third – As you return to New Zealand.

2.     Imagine your best friend or brother has gone to war and you are still in New Zealand. Using your imagination write them a short letter from home, think carefully about what someone in this position at this time might be writing.

3.     Imagine you are organizing a community fundraiser for the soldiers. Design a simple poster advertising your event, remember this is the 1910’s, make it look genuine.

4.     Write briefly about what ANZAC day means to you now.

Notices:

-Student Lead Conferences this Tues and Wed, April 21-22 in Room 6.

-Technology this Friday 24^th April at The Terrace.

-ANZAC holiday next Monday 27^th April.

Enjoy your first week back into it!

Mr Yeoman