River Monitoring - Parent help still required

Hi everyone. We are still in need of a parent helper to work alongside Mr Hogue with the River Monitoring trip next Wednesday June 6th, 9:30am - 3pm. Students attending the trip this time are:

1.     Cody

2.     Rafe

3.     Jessica

4.     Mia

5.     Imojen

6.     Millie

7.     Libby

If you're able to help for the day please email me asap. If nobody is available Mr Hogue may be able to travel around the catchment with a smaller group of students, or we may postpone the trip until a later date.

Thanks for your help!

Mr Yeoman

Rippa Rugby Tournament

Central Otago Rippa Rugby Tournament

Molyneux Park

What: Central Otago Rippa Rugby tournament

When: Thurs 21^st June. 9am – 2:30pm (first games begin at 9:30am)

Where: Molyneux Park

Who: Yr 3-8 students who have chosen to take part. We have two year 7-8 teams entered:

St Gerards Thunder =

Charis, Hannah, Jade, Kayla, Patrick, Harry, Owen, Cody, Lucas

St Gerards Scorchers =

Amber, Grainne, Mayce, Millie, Rafferty, Mika, Rafe, Jacob, Thomas

Bring: PE uniform. School tracksuit. Warm clothes. Lunch and drink. Money if you want to buy food from the canteen.

Registration: All players are required to register with the Rugby union. Please click on the link below and fill out the registration form. It is important you let Mr Yeoman know once you’ve completed this.

Registration Link

Parent Helpers: We will need 1-2 parent helpers per team. You don’t need to be a Rippa expert, you just need to help manage reserves & subbing, and help students to be at the right place at the right time. Please contact me asap if you are available to help.

Thanks!

Mr Yeoman

Interesting Maths!!

Hi everyone. We've been enjoying some interesting maths this week from youcubed.org. Today we did a really cool activity using Pascal's triangle. We also watched a great film that showed some incredible patterns that occur in nature. Check it out here

Youcubed week of inspirational maths

Scroll down to Day 4 for the Pascal's triangle activity

Enjoy!

Week 5 & 6 Notices and Dates

Apologies for over looking this! We're half way through the week already, here's some details on what's coming up and what tasks students are working on.

Dates & Notices:

Thursday 31 May
-Science experiments...please bring jars with lids if you said that you would.

Friday 1st June
-Technology at Terrace

Monday 4th June
-Queen's Birthday weekend holiday

Wed 6th June
-River Monitoring Trip (we are still needing a parent helper if this trip is to go ahead!)

Must Do Tasks happening at present:

-Personal Reading.
1.) Please make sure you read at least up to the pages you have committed to, read further if you can!
2.) You need to complete a book letter by the end of Week 6. I expect the standard to be higher than in Term 1. Make sure you attend a workshop as you write this, and as always refer to the ideas page that you have in the front of your reading activities book.
3.) Update your Reading Logbook. I will be collecting these in next week.

-Famous Failures biographies.
Read your information sheet. Complete further research. Prepare your presentation. Click here to see the further details and expectations we discussed in class.

-Poetry & Short Story writing.
Please continue to work on your chosen type of writing. Submit your work to me for feedback as you go.

-Spelling & Word Activities
We are on list 25 this week and list 26 during Week 6. Please complete your activity, mark it, see me for any questions or clarifications. You must also be testing words each night if you had words to learn after your test on Monday morning.

-Science
Please bring jars on Thurs if you said you would. After our experiment you will be completing a simple write up using the format that we share in class.

-Maths
1.)You each have a Problem Challenge to work on.
2.) We are doing the 'Inspirational Week of Maths' from you.cubed.org and extra deep-thinking maths problems on display in Room 6.
--> Think deeply and slowly when doing these tasks, they will be difficult, they may make you uncomfortable, they may take some time! That is the whole point - perseverance and deep thinking!

Enjoy!

Mr Yeoman

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Water monitoring Trip - June 6th - Parent helper needed for small group

Hi Parents

The students in Room 6 have been continuing with our Manuherikia Catchment Water Monitoring program this year. The class has been broken into four groups, your child is part of the group who will be doing the next round of data collection around the main tributaries of the catchment on Wed June 6th. Below are some details. We are looking for one parent to help Mr Hogue on the day, transporting students and overseeing their safety. If you can help on this day please contact me as soon as possible. Cheers!

·      What - In 2018 Room 6 are continuing working on our long term science project, monitoring water quality around the ManuherikiaRiver catchment.

·      When – Wed 6th June. 9am-3pm.

·      Where – Meet at school. Travel all around the Manuherikia catchment, including Chatto Ck, Thompsons Ck, Lauder Ck, Dunstan Ck, Ida Burn and Manor Burn

·      What to bring & wear – Wear mufti. Warm clothes, rain jacket, beanie, sunhat, gumboots or old shoes, sunscreen, lunch, water bottle and any medications.(Optional: camera - you are responsible for this!)

·      Team members on this trip – Cody, Rafe, Jessica, Mia, Imojen, Millie, Libby

·      Adults supervising this trip -  Mr Hogue and one parent.

I look forward to hearing from you if you can help!

Thanks

Ollie

Dates, notices, homework for this coming week

Hi everyone. I hope you've all had a nice weekend and looking forward to the week ahead. As always, some interesting things going on. Your Must Dos need to be all completed by this Friday, so please make sure you're organised and doing your best!

Happenings this week:
-Tues May 22nd = Public Library visit
-Wed May 23rd = Mass, Sing Squad, Music
-Thurs May 24th = Sticks 'n' Stones
-Fr May 25th = Mrs Tehuia-Holmes in Rm 6, Buddy Reading, Assembly, School Disco.

Must Dos to complete this week:

-Maths Weekly Plan tasks focusing on decimals and fractions
-Maths Digital Learning Objects (online from NZ maths) focusing on Addition and Subtraction
-Personal reading book pages
-Curious Minds Reading task (Rising Seas)
-Spelling words and activities (List 23 & 24)
-Writing (a choice of Poetry, Short Story or Opinion Writing) to be drafted, edited, and proofread.
-Inquiring Eyes Film and response activity (Learning about Climate Change)
-RE tasks (Holy Spirit Art)
-Science PAT test

-Some of you will also have Current Events tasks to complete on one night of the week. Please remember that I expect you to spend some homework time to complete these to the best of your ability, and if you have managed to do that early then please spend some time enjoying your novel.

Ngā mihi

Mr Yeoman

RE strand information

Hi everyone. Here is the details of the current strand we're working through in Room 6 in our Religious Education. Hope this is helpful for families to know and be able to discuss together.

Week 3 Notices and Must Dos

Must Dos for this next couple of weeks:

-Maths Weekly Plan tasks focusing on decimals and fractions
-Maths Digital Learning Objects (online from NZ maths) focusing on Addition and Subtraction
-Personal reading book pages
-Curious Minds Reading task (Rising Seas)
-Spelling words and activities
-Writing (a choice of Poetry, Short Story or Opinion Writing) to be drafted, edited, proofread, and published
-Inquiring Eyes Film and response activity (Learning about Climate Change)
-RE tasks
-Science PAT test

Optional
-Book Letter or Book Talk (you must complete two of each of these each term)
-Current Events. People on this week are:
Monday = Mayce, Thomas, Cody
Tuesday = Harry, Lydia, Kayla
Wednesday = Mika, Lucas, Grainne

Enjoy your learning and your working together. Be creative!

Mr Yeoman

Dates this week

Tues 15th
-Mrs Tehuia-Holmes in Room 6 for the morning
-Student Council meeting 1:30pm

Wed 16th
-Enviroschools trip to Queenstown (Jade, Sylvie, Imojen, Lydia and Mr Yeoman)
-School netball tournament

Thurs 17th
-Pink Shirt Day and Baking competition at playtime
-Stats presentations to Mrs Eastwood

Coming up next week...
-School disco on Fri 25th May

ODT Extra! Spelling Quiz - Details and help with transport needed

Hi everyone. I've now entered three teams from St Geards into the ODT Extra! Spelling Quiz for Central Otago. This will take place at Cromwell College on Wed 13th June from 6:30pm-8:00pm. The following people committed to being team members:

1.     Grainne

2.     Charis

3.     Nia

4.     Shannon

5.     Imojen

6.     Libby

7.     Jacob

8.     Mika

9.     Mia

Each team needs three people so we will organise our teams closer to the time. We will need some help with transport on this evening so if you are a parent of one of these students and you can help with transport please contact Mr Yeoman.

Thanks!

Pink shirt day

     Pink Shirt Day

    

On Thursday 17th of May The Sticks n Stones Ambassadors here at St Gerard’s
Primary will be having a Pink Shirt Day, this coincides with NZ Bully Free Week.
Pink Shirt Day is to show our support and stand up to bullying .
It would be awesome if you could dress up in pink to show your support.
There will be Best Dressed prizes for each class and an Overall Winner.
If you would like you can bring a gold coin donation.
The money will be donated to the Mental Health Foundation and Sticks n Stones
to help run programmes here at school.

There will also be a baking competition - we would like this to be student prepared
(as much as possible). The three different categories will be for the pinkest, best
tasting and best presentation.

Must Dos and Homework

Just a brief reminder in case people are wondering about homework. 'Must Do' tasks are to be completed for homework. There is more work there than what can be completed to a good standard in class, therefore students are expected to spend some time each night working on completing these tasks to the best of their ability. I'd expect they might spend about 30mins each night, plus be reading their books each evening.

Enjoy the learning!

Mr Yeoman

River Monitoring - Trip Number Two 8th May 2018

·      What - In 2018 Room 6 are continuing working on our long term science project, monitoring water quality around the Manuherikia River catchment.

·      When – Tues 8th May. 9am-3pm.

·      Where – Meet at school. Travel all around the Manuherikia catchment, including Chatto Ck, Thompsons Ck, Lauder Ck, Dunstan Ck, Ida Burn and Manor Burn

·      What to bring & wear – Wear mufti. Warm clothes, rain jacket, beanie, sunhat, gumboots or old shoes, sunscreen, lunch, water bottle and any medications.(Optional: camera - you are responsible for this!)

·      Team members on this trip – 

1.     Lucas

2.     Thomas

3.     Owen

4.     Jade

5.     Nia

6.     Sylvie

7.     Kayla

·      Adults supervising this trip -  Mr Hogue and Matt Tyrrell