Enviro

Enviro group garden request.

Wheelbarrows: This Wed July 1st we are shifting a whole bunch of soil. If you have a wheelbarrow we could borrow for the day could you please let Mr Yeoman know. Any parent help during Wed lunchtime would be very welcome.

Pots: We need a range of pots for planting seedlings in. A range of sizes and materials would be fine. If you have any spare could they pleased be dropped into Room 6 anytime. We will begin planting seedings in Term 3.

Building materials: We want to build a mini hot-house to raise our seedlings and are looking for materials to do this. The hot house will be aprox 1000mm x 600mm x 600mm. We are particularly looking for timber to frame the hot house and plastic to cover it.

Thanks

Enviro group garden request.

Wheelbarrows: This Wed July 1st we are shifting a whole bunch of soil. If you have a wheelbarrow we could borrow for the day could you please let Mr Yeoman know. Any parent help during Wed lunchtime would be very welcome.

Pots: We need a range of pots for planting seedlings in. A range of sizes and materials would be fine. If you have any spare could they pleased be dropped into Room 6 anytime. We will begin planting seedings in Term 3.

Building materials: We want to build a mini hot-house to raise our seedlings and are looking for materials to do this. The hot house will be aprox 1000mm x 600mm x 600mm. We are particularly looking for timber to frame the hot house and plastic to cover it.

Thanks!

Mufti Day and Bake Sale Wed 1st July

Mufti day: St Gerards are taking part in the Caritas Mufti Mania appeal. Funds raised will go to support two Catholic schools, Takwa Praimary and St John's Dala in the Solomon Island. All funds will go towards school resources including books, bibles, stationery and sport equipment. Please bring a gold coin.

Bake Sale: Room 6 have leftovers from the Central Otago schools mini ball tournament last Wednesday. These will be sold at lunchtime on Wednesday and funds raised go towards Room 6 Cromwell camp in Term 4.

-50c home baking (includes cookies, brownie, squares)

Homework Term Two Week Nine (June 15-19)

Task One: Spelling

We have spelling happening again this week. In class we have done your ‘tooling’. 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: 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.

Task Four: Poetry

We now have one week until our class Eisteddfod poetry recital will be taking place. Last week you chose your poem. This week you need to be practicing and learning your poem. You will also need to research and write your introduction. This needs to be completed by Friday and you will need to be prepared to present next Monday June 22^nd.

Task Five: Writing

You need to find a piece of music that makes you feel a certain emotion, find it on youtube and be ready to present it to the class. This will be used to help us in our writing. Your music might make you feel happy, sad, angry, relaxed, excited, nervous...

Have fun getting creative!

Mr Yeoman

Camp Fundraising

Room 6's camp is booked in for Term 4. We are planning to stay three nights at the Cromwell Top 10 holiday park. More details will follow but for now we are aware some families will want to begin fundraising. A small group of parents is needed to organise and plan the fundraising. If you are interested in fundraising for camp or would be in a position to help with organising fundraising please make contact by email or phone as soon as possible. Thanks!

ollieyeoman@stgerards.school.nz

Homework Term Two Week Eight (June 8-12)

Task One: Spelling

We have spelling happening again this week. In class we have done your ‘tooling’. 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: 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. On Friday in class we will be completing our personal reading review and sharing in our reading groups as we did in class two weeks ago. If you’re still reading the same book that is fine, you can update your group on what’s happened since you last met.

Task Four: Poetry Eisteddfod

We have two weeks until our class Eisteddfod poetry recital will be taking place. Now is the time to be choosing your poem. As you look for a poem remember the guidelines that we’ve talked about in class and keep the assessment criteria in mind. You need to have a copy of your chosen poem glued into your homework book by the end of this week. Next week (Week 9) will be for practicing and the following week (Week 10) we will have our class Eisteddfods. The school Eisteddfods will be in Week 11.

Work completion: Maths mapping task

If you’ve not handed in your maths mapping task that must be completed in your own time and handed to Mr Yeoman by Friday at the latest.

I look forward to hearing your poems! Have a good week!

Mr Yeoman

Homework Term Two Week Seven (June 2-5)

I hope everyone’s had a great long weekend and ready to get back into the second half of the term.

Task One: Spelling

We have spelling happening again 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: 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. Every second Friday, when you’re not at Tech, we will be completing our personal reading review and sharing in our reading groups as we did in class last Friday.

Task Four: Poetry

Find a poem that you particularly like by a New Zeland poet. Either copy it into your book or print it and glue it in. Write a paragraph explaining why you chose this poem and what you especially like about it. Do some research on the poet, find a picture of them, think about the kinds of things that might be important to find out as we discussed in class. Be prepared to report back.