Here at last!!

Yes, the new school year is about to start, and I am busy getting everything sorted.  I am a little sad that my sleep-ins are numbered, and I’m going to miss spending my days with our 2 dogs, but I am also excited at coming back to school and having some fun there!

This year our theme is “Curiousity and Creativity”, so I am expecting that we get really curious and creative – and have lots of fun in the process.  We will be starting the term being curious and creative about the Treaty of Waitangi, and will be visited by Harold and the Life Ed caravan in week 5 (The parent session is 2pm on Tuesday 28th Feb).

The swimming sports are on the 7th and 8th of March, depending on whether the children are in the competitive or participation event.

We are also participating in a new sporting endeavour this year, with Sport BOP – the Go4it programme.  In term 1 this means someone from Sport BOP will be visiting once a week with the ‘hit it’ programme, for the last 4 weeks of the term.

As you can see, it will be a busy term with lots to keep everyone on their toes!  Please feel free to come in and see me at any time if you wish, or ring/email.

Happy Christmas

The year has finished, and the children left school in a really positive mood, looking forward to their holidays and anticipating their changed role next year.  We finished on a lovely note, with some fun and games happening as well as the serious business of classroom moving.  Room 3 is now situated in the old room 2, which is now in room 3 and last years room 4 is room 1 and vice versa.

I have posted the stationery list onto the website, it will be really helpful if the children can arrive at school with their stationery on day 1.

I hope you all have a wonderful festive season, See you next year.

West Cluster Athletics

I’ve just got the results for the West Cluster event on Wednesday 30th. The following children from Kaimai will be representing KRSA

Hope – Cricket ball throw, long jump, high jump.
Sonya – long jump, 60m, 100m
Tessa – 60m, 800m
Amber – Cricket ball throw, soft shot, quoits, 100m
Ben O – 60m, 100m, long jump.
Brad – 100m
Cassidy – 100m, 800m

Well done all of you, these are some great results!

Year 4 welcome day.

The year 5′s and myself had a lovely day on Thursday welcoming the year 4′s for a taster of room 3 life.  Each year 4 student worked with a year 5 student to create a ‘glogster’ of their choosing.  I have set up a glogster page where they are linked, you can reach it from the bookmarks at the top of this page or through this link here.  If you can’t view them because of privacy issues, and you would like to, let me know.

The term is moving on!

Well, we were really pleased to get 2nd place in the competition, amidst some tough competition – we would have prefered 1st I think but as I say, the competition was a very high standard. Our girls had a great night, hanging out with Kimberley Crossman, who was delightful in her role as MC.

We have a really busy time for the rest of the term, athletics on the 30th, our school trip on the 13th December. I will be sending a notice home during the next week, organising transport and parental involvement.

NEWS FLASH

Well, great news today, although our digital manipulations were not successful at going through to the next level, the movie “Apple Surprise” has made it through to the final of the Made awards. A really big congratulations to Tessa, Tegan and Shyanne for their hard work.

Congratulations to students in room 1 who did make through to the final with their digital manipulations.