28 November
Dear Parents
Today
we welcome Kate Oosterbroek to join the children in Room 2.
We
hope she enjoys her time with us at Sacred Heart School.
Congratulations
to Ella Van Eeden who received the Sacrament of the
Eucharist last Sunday.
School Events
for your Calendars:
Monday 4/12 PTA
final meeting at Buster Crabb
Wednesday 4/12 BOT Meeting 6 pm
Friday 6/12 Mufti,
Gold Coin, Jump Rope
Friday
6/12 Canteen – Final Day
Tuesday 10/12 Year 6 Day
Thursday 12/12 End of Year Mass
Reports
go home
Friday 13/12 End of Term 4 @ 12.30 pm
Monday 16/12 BOT 7 pm
Tuesday 28/1 Start of Term 1 2014
PTA ~ PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Buster Crabb 7.30 pm WEDNESDAY 4th
of December. Please note change of date for the next PTA meeting, due to it
clashing with other functions. Hope to see you there and remember to rsvp asap
as numbers are required for seating. Cheers
~ Amanda
Reports & Moderation
At this time of the year
while preparing end of year reports, our staff are also looking at all the
assessment data collected and moderate it to ensure we are consistent across
all our classes. Over the past few years there has been a lot of fluctuation with
results in regards National Standards as they have been continually ‘tweaked”.
This has caused some confusion for parents as an “above” moves to an “at” or an
“at” to a “below” and vice versa.
This has been especially
so for Maths as the curriculum document, the National Standards and the
Numeracy Project don’t quite match up.
Mrs Williams and Mrs
Lieshout have been working on our Math’s delivery programme for next year and
have developed a more robust system to ensure our moderation processes are consistent
with best practice in NZ. This will be fully complemented in 2014.
Jump Rope – Friday 6th December 1.30 pm
Next Friday we will be
having Jump Rope at 1.30 pm. As this is a mufti day, the children will need to
bring suitable footwear for skipping. Parents are welcome.
St. Vincent de Paul Donation
We thank Sr. Maria
Goretti and the St. Vincent de Paul Southland Area for the donation towards
support programs at Sacred Heart School. We are grateful for your support.
McDermott Buses
McDermott’s will finish
transporting our children for the year on Tuesday 10th December.
The Otatara bus will
leave at 12.00 noon on this day but the other buses will go at the normal time.
Parents will need to make alternative travel arrangements for their children
for the rest of that week.
Calendars
These are on display in the junior corridor. Please have orders in
by Monday 2nd December.
Book Amnesty
We have a lot of books
not being returned to school. Can I ask all parents to check at home for books
belonging to us and return them asap, no questions asked. Many thanks.
Lost Glasses
Declan from Room 1 has lost his glasses. We would appreciate you
keeping an eye out for these.
Learn to Swim Programme (3
yrs – adults) 6 – 31 January 2014 $43
Register
@ 2177506 or swimschool@spashpalace.co.nz
FAITH FACT FOR WEEK 7
Sunday 1st December is the first Sunday of
Advent. Advent comes from the Latin word
‘adventus’ which means ‘coming’.
The liturgical readings and prayers place emphasis on the
coming (advent, arrival) of Christ. It
is a period of joyful preparation for the coming of Christ at Christmas (the
Incarnation) and for his Second Coming at the end of time. Create a special prayer space in your home,
perhaps with an Advent Wreath, so that each night you can be drawn away from
the media hype that leads into the celebration of Christmas and drawn into
prayerful preparation for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Altar Servers
Saturday 30 November 7.00
pm
Charlotte Sherriff
Sunday 1 December 10.30
am Jacob
Sullivan & Claire Kinney
Children’s Liturgy Paul
Brooks
Mufti Day for Philippines
Relief Fund ~ Gold Coin Please
Next Friday we will be holding a mufti day to raise
funds for the Philippines relief fund. We will be supporting Caritas – www.caritas.org.nz and the children are asked to bring a gold coin
donation. Many thanks.
Wallacetown Motors are looking for
a forcourt attendant to work Mon – Fri 8.30 – 5.30 pm.
If
interested please contact Geoff 2358429.
Basketball Results:
Flyers
lost 2 – 18 Shooters lost 4 – 18 Slamdunkers lost 8 – 26 Sharks
lost 9 - 12
Touch Results:
Stars
played Waihopai and won 3 – 0. POD was Ben O’Connor.
Ballers
won 9 – 0. POD was Jakobe Paraki.
Sharkes
won 2 – 0. POD was Tyler Pool.
Nativity
Photos
Want a Christmas photo with a difference. Come along
to the Manna Bookshop, 90 Spey Street for a photo at a nativity scene. 10 – 21st
December, 10am till 5pm Tuesday till Friday, 10am – 4pm Saturday $5 and $10
packs, cash only.
We
thank the BNZ for supplying our new school sign.
Room 2 Class Happenings
It has been been
a strange time in Room 2 lately. We arrived to school one day to find
that the toy dinosaurs had somehow come alive in the night and played
havoc in our classroom! We did some research on the computer and found
that it was happening in other places too. It is Dinovember and this means
that toy dinosaurs do some pretty crazy things when we are asleep.
Luckily December is coming very soon, because the children are becoming
very worried about the demolition that the dinosaurs are causing! Here
are our stories about Dinovember.
The dinosaurs
have ripped a big hole in the box. They played on the iPad. I am annoyed
because they messed the classroom up. They ate the brain food. It
is four more sleeps until December. They tipped the jellybeans
over. They put stickers on Mrs Stupples’ chair and her work paper.
They played on the phone. It is Dinovember.
They come alive
at night. By Logan
The dinosaurs
have been naughty. They ate the rubber. It is
Dinovember. I will hate the dinosaurs. They should be locked in
jail. No more dinosaurs. They are naughty. They ate the brain
food. They played on the iPad. By Jack
The dinosaurs had
made a hole in the box. They made a big hole. They played on the iPad and
they played Maths Duel and they made a mess on Mrs Stupples’ desk and they put sellotape
on the pens so they were sellotaped together so they could slide down. It
is Dinovember. That means the dinosaurs are alive. They make a
mess. The dinosaur is a kind of a thing that has escaped away. They
ate brain food. The little one could get out of the box. Jack
sellotaped the little one. It is funny because they make a mess. By
Ruby
Dinosaurs are in
Room 2. I feel crazy today because they are silly dinosaurs today because
they are naughty. They are crazy dinosaurs. By
Lilly H
Dinosaurs are
destroying the world. By Michael
The dinosaurs are
naughty. By Lily T
I am at
school. The dinosaur is naughty. I am angry. By
Grace
I went into Room
2. I saw the dinosaurs. They saw me. The dinosaurs broke the
rubbers.
They are naughty. By
Pippa
The dinosaurs are
messing the class up. They played on the iPad. The dinosaurs are
naughty. I was happy too. We taped the dinosaurs to the Sellotape
holder. By Quin
The dinosaurs had
a little party. They were playing with the phone. When I came back
to school the dinosaur was out of the box. They were playing on the
iPad. They were playing with the puzzles. The dinosaurs are silly. By
Briarlee
The dinosaurs
were using Mrs Stupples’ stickers. They were all over the place on the
Mrs Stupples’ desk and on the chair. They all come alive at night.
Dinovember is when dinosaurs eat things and come alive at night. I feel
crazy about it because the dinosaurs are messy because they tipped over the
jellybeans and they made a mess. Today I was embarrassed because they
tipped stuff over on the table and in the container and it was crazy and silly
today, and they played on the phone. They are naughty dinosaurs when they
play on the phone. By Karly
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