4 August

Dear Parents

Welcome back to Term 3. A special welcome to Robbie Humm & Ben Bryan.

Also to Kay Teviotdale who will be teaching in Room 2 on Fridays, and our two new teacher aides, Paula Hoskin & Jacqui O’Connor.

We are looking forward to another busy term with our Hangi next week and the Bike Safety Fun day the week after, to start the term off. This is all leading up to the start of the World Cup in September.

The holiday times have been changed this year to cater for the World Cup, especially in regards to traffic congestion in Auckland. This means that Term 4 will only be for 6/7 weeks.

Good luck to Georgea Newell, Caelan O’Connor and Ella Richardson who are representing All Saints in the year 5 Southland Netball tournament this Tuesday.

Our prayers are with the McKenzie and Hibbs-Fearn families this week.

Term Events

ERO 8 – 11 Aug

Southland Netball 9 Aug

Hangi 10 Aug

ASB Financial Literacy 10/11 Aug

School Photos 15 Aug

Bikewise Fun Day 16 Aug

Poly Festival 18/19 Aug

Assumption Mass 19 Aug

ERO / Special Character Visits

Next week Russell Wallace & Jeanette Ruri from the Education Review Office will be carrying out a review at school.

Week 4 we welcome Paul Ferris from the Special Character Review Office, who will be here for 2 days.

Newsletter Cover

The time has come again to renew the sponsors on our newsletter cover.

If you were interested in advertising in our weekly edition, please contact Christine.

Bikewise Fun Day

This has been re-scheduled to Tuesday 16^th August. A note has gone home with all Year 4 children.

School Photos – These will be taken on Monday 15^th August. Please fill out the slip at the end of this newsletter if you would like family photos taken.

Scholastic Bookclub - offer 5 closes on Friday 12^th August.

Basketball starts again next month on a Tuesday for Y3 – 6 pupils. If your child is interested in playing, please fill out the slip and return to the office by Monday. The cost is $35 each, which must be paid with entry.

Verdon School Open Day Sunday 7 August 1.30 – 3.30pm

Achievements

Tanesha Tagomoa-Kaa who has made the finals in the NZEI ‘School is Cool’ colouring competition. The winner will be announced on Monday 15 August. Good Luck!

Eli Winders who got 1^st in a competition in the Eye Paper.

Also Eli has been selected for the Southland U38 Rugby team.

Abby Humm who represented Southland in the South Island Basketball Premiership in Nelson.

Sam Sherriff who was 2^nd in a colouring competition at the Library.

Alex Wright who made the Under 11 Southland Soccer team.

Room 7 Class Happenings

Welcome back to Term 3.

This week we focused on adding language features into our writing. Some of the language features we have focused on are: similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, direct speech, descriptive language and contractions.

Our task was to write about a highlight in our holiday and include at least two language features. Later, after proofreading with a partner, we highlighted the language features and shared with the class.

Here are a few examples. I wonder if you can name what language features was used in each of the following:

I went to the swimming pool. Splash, splash, splash! I went on a big rocket ship. It was very long. McKenzie

In the holidays it snowed like heaven…… When I went outside it was cold as an ice rink. …….. When I went inside by the way, I took my kitten and dog outside, they went nuts! Monique

….I got a little yellow helicopter which is only supposed to fly inside. Antony

… The pavlova cake tasted crunchy and gooey. Bridie

…Our team gets to see the giant stags playing. …I am a lock, and in one part of the game I was sprinting and one of the guys smashed me as hard as he could.

William

‘I had the best time ever,” I said to Jessica. Natalya

This week we have been investigating grams and discovering just how light 1 gram is (a paperclip is about 1 gram).

At home this week we want you to find objects that when combined have a mass of 100 grams. Put them in the ziplock bag and bring them to school to put in our 100 gram display.

Dates to remember:

Hangi- Wednesday August 10

Year 4- Bikewise Fun Day, Tuesday August 16

Altar Servers

Saturday 6^th August 7.00 pm Reuben Brown

Sunday 7^th August 10.30 am Emma Harrington & Abby Humm

Children’s Liturgy Jacqui O’Connor

PTA ~ This term we have a few dates to put in your diary, something for the parents, the children and our families. Please put these dates on your calendars and more information on each event will be advised closer to the dates.

· Sat 20th August – Music Quiz Night (Flyer was sent home on Wednesday)

· Thu 22^nd September – School Disco

· Sun 2^nd October – School Family Car Trial

Next meeting has been moved to Monday 15^th August – 7.30pm in the staff room. Everyone welcome, great way to meet new people, become involved in helping the school community socialise and have fun together and for those who want to, help with the fundraising for the extras the school needs to help educate our children.

MUSIC QUIZ - Sacred Heart PTA are holding a MUSIC QUIZ for parents and staff in the school hall on Saturday 20 August, 7pm. You can register your team of up to 4 people at the office. Two from each team must be parents, caregivers or staff from Sacred Heart.

This is not a fundraiser, just a chance for adults to have some fun, but there will be prizes so come and have a great night out. BYO drinks and a plate for supper.

$10 per team and there’s a prize for the best team name.

2^nd Hand Uniform Sale - We are having a second hand uniform sale on Wednesday 10^th August @ 2.30 pm. If you have anything you would like to donate or for us to sell on your behalf, please take to the office with a note. Or you can contact Amanda 215-7663. Your PTA

HANGI ~ We are having a powhiri and hangi as part of the Senior Syndicate Inquiry Unit on Wednesday the 10^th of August 2011. As customary we wish to extend an invitation to the wider school whanau and community to be part of this. The powhiri will begin at 12.30pm. We ask you to wait in front of the hall. You will then be formally welcomed with a powhiri. This will be followed by the lifting of the hangi, about 1pm outside Room 1.

On Monday the 8^th of August each family will receive a tinfoil plate/s for your whanau to put your own hangi food in. Types of food suitable for putting in a hangi are:

Meat (chicken, beef, lamb)

Vegetables: potato, kumara, pumpkin, carrot

You will need to have the vegetables peeled. Then put tinfoil around the top. This needs to be returned to school on Tuesday morning. Please write your child’s name and room number on top with a permanent marker. Drop these off to the Room 9 children in the hall on your arrival at school.

Family Photos

Yes we would like a family photo taken please.

I will be bringing in …… pre-school children.

Signed: ………………………………………………………………………….

Basketball

Yes my child …………………………… Yr …. would like to play Basketball

I have enclosed $35

Signed: ……………………………………………………….