20 June
Board of Trustees
Congratulations
to Megan Roulston who was re-elected as Board chairperson at Tuesdays meeting.
LCN ( Learning & Change
Network)
I
am writing this newsletter from a sodden Christchurch as we wait and see if our
flight home will go ahead or be cancelled again. Mrs Buxton and I attended the
Regional LCN meeting, which was very worthwhile, but unfortunately high winds
in Invercargill meant all flights into Invercargill yesterday were cancelled.
At
the meeting the ministry facilitators outlined the next steps for us to
undertake with our staff , children and parent communities. This involves
analysing all the data we currently have as well as asking more questions about
our beliefs and perceptions of writing.
At
the last Board meeting I put forward some hunches I had about our writing
programmes. Some I will list below ( please be aware they are only my opinion
and not yet based on fact)
1. We as a school have not
done a great job in fully explaining the writing process we use to our parents.
There are 9 separate criteria we use across the 3 curriculum levels – Audience
Purpose, Planning, Structure Organisation, Language, Punctuation, Spelling,
Editing, Proofreading & Layout. Our task is to show you examples of each
stage so we can be looking at the same things at the same times.
2.
Form vs.
Content. Often our discussions with parents revolve around spelling and
tidiness especially when looking at writing drafts. As an example in case I
find it easier to write things down on paper rather than directly onto a word
document. This is usually untidy and with spelling or grammatical errors, but
an excellent way to get all my ideas down and very easy to edit and re-write.
(I am also eternally grateful that the only other person who can read it is Mrs
Forbes) We often have a conflict situation when parents see draft work that
isn’t tidy or spelt correctly. Teachers may be looking for quality of the
writing at that stage, parents are looking at presentation. While we have high
expectations for any published work, that is only the end of the entire process
and some children enjoy writing for writing sake far more than they do editing
and proofreading. Also for some of our children the hardest part is the act of
getting what’s in their heads onto paper (or ipad, computer etc.)
I
will be running some parent information sessions about this and other finding
over the next couple of weeks.
Production requests ~ Can
you help?
Room
6 is looking for a small platform for their production item. It needs to be sturdy enough for one student
to stand on and preferably have 3 or 4 steps.
If you can help with this, please email Mrs Buxton, rbuxton@shsinv.school.nz or ring and
leave a message at the office.
Aerobics Festival ~ Very well done to all the
girls who took part in the Aerobics festival on Sunday. You all did an amazing
job and we were very pleased to see your performances at assembly on Monday.
Once again a big thanks to staff and parents who contributed to making this
such a success. A special thanks to Miss Holland for your
work with our teams. And another huge
thanks to Pita Pit.
Week 7 ~ In the words of
Pope Francis...
Crossing
the threshold of faith demands striving for freedom and peaceful coexistence
even though everyone around us is faltering, in the certainty that the Lord is
asking us to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with our God
(Micah 6:8).
Aimee Brookland ~ Well done to Aimee
Brookland and her tap trio who have made it through to the 2nd round
of New Zealand’s Got Talent. This will take place in the school holidays in
Dunedin. Good luck girls
Room 9
Camp Fundraiser - Mini Market- Tomorrow
Children from Room 9 will
be having a mini market, where they will be selling goodies. This is after
school tomorrow and is a fundraiser for their school camp. There will be lots
of goodies, including spiders, toffee apples, baking, toys, hair accessories,
Mr Whippy and more. So please bring your spare change and help support the Year
6 camp fundraiser.
Entertainment Books – Only 6 left so get in
quick!!!
Altar Servers
Saturday 22nd June 7.00 pm Isabella & Mackenzie Wild
Sunday 23rd June 10.30 am Piper
Adams & Bridie Kinney
Children’s Liturgy Maria
Baynes
Calling all
past and present parishioners of St Joseph’s Parish and pupils of St Joseph’s
School, Queenstown
We invite you to help Celebrate…
150 years of St Joseph’s Church
130 years of St Joseph’s School
On Friday 20th
to Sunday 22 September.To register your interest contact stjosephsqt.celebration@gmail.com
or phone 03 442 8224.
Class Happenings ~ What has been going on in
Room 7?
At the beginning of the term
Zane’s Dad bought in 42 eggs to incubate.
The next day we walked into
the room and there was a stench!! Mrs T-K looked at the eggs in the incubator
and GROSS did it stink!!
Temperature
You should never trust the thermometer that comes with
the incubator, always check it. You never know your incubator could go off by
five degrees. We had to make sure the incubator was always warm. It could have
meant life or DEATH!!!
At night we put a thick towel over the top to keep it
warm overnight while the heaters weren’t going.
Ventilation (oxygen)
Ventilation was very important during the process.
While the embryo was in development, oxygen entered
the egg through the shell.
Humidity
The average chicken has thousands of pores running
through the shell allowing the embryo to exchange oxygen, carbon dioxide and
water. Soon after the egg is laid, a small air bubble or “air cell” forms in
the big end of the egg. The chick can drown if the air cell is too small.
Every night we have to check the trays at the bottom
of the egg to make sure they have warm water in them to keep the humidity right
for the eggs. By Jasmine
Unfortuntaley due to the thunder and lightning storm most of
our chickens died.
This week we have borrowed some one day old chickens to look
after, they are very cute!! You are more
than welcome to come in to room 7 for a visit.
Sacred Heart Ski Trip 2013 (Children Year
5&6)
Please register your child's interest below for a
planned ski trip this year on a Friday in early September. $115 child / adult.
We require 10 skiing parent helpers approx for the trip to go ahead.
Please return slip to school office by next Wednesday 26th.
Sacred
Heart Ski Trip 2013 (Children Year 5&6)
My child is interested in
participating in the ski trip next term. Name:_____________________ Room____
I am able to ski and am
available to help.
Name:_______________________________
posted by Sacred Heart School @ 9:08 AM
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