Our Last Day of Swimming

Today was our last day of swimming.  At the end of the lesson, the children enjoyed playing some fun games in the water.

Tissues

At the moment there are many children with sneezes and sniffles.  We are using lots tissues each day.  If you are able to donate a box of tissues for the children to use it would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

Study Ladder

Tomorrow your child will be bringing home a notice about Study Ladder.  Study Ladder is a website where you can access online learning activities for child at home.  This is an optional programme for those who would like additional homework for their child.

Attached to the newsletter will be your child's username and password.  Please keep this in a safe place.

Here is the link to the website:  https://www.studyladder.co.nz

Buzzy & Louis

Buzzy had an exciting weekend with Louis.  He went to a rugby game and joined in with birthday celebrations. Thanks for taking such good care of him, Louis.

Birthday Fun!

Yesterday was Mrs McCulley's birthday.  We had a lovely day together and Mrs McCulley was very spoilt by the sweet children in Room 4.  We celebrated by having ice blocks in the adventure playground.

Library Visit

Unfortunately we will be at the swimming pool tomorrow at the time of our scheduled library visit.  The children are welcome to keep their current library books for another week.  We will be back to the library next Friday when swimming has finished.

College Teachers

Today we had two first year students from the Dunedin College of Education visiting our classroom.  Thank you to Miss Zonneveld and Miss Minehan for helping us with our learning.

Buzzy & Amna

Buzzy had a wonderful time with Amna last weekend.  He learned so much visiting the Zoology Department.  Buzzy is going to be a very clever bee by the end of the year!

Buddy Time

Today our wonderful buddy class Room 9 came to visit us.  We have started to make turtles and we are learning to weave paper.  Watch our blog next week to see our finished paper craft.

Exciting News!

Today when we arrived at school we noticed that the chrysalis had turned black.  Later at reading time, the chrysalis opened and a beautiful Monarch Butterfly came out.  It took quite a long time for its wings to dry then it started flying around our classroom.  Mrs McCulley opened the window and it flew away.  Fly free little butterfly.  Thank you for being in Room 4!

Swimming

Today was our second day of swimming.  We are enjoying our walk in the sunshine and splash in the pool!  Thank you to all the wonderful parents who are helping us.

Swimming Starts Tomorrow

Swimming starts tomorrow (Tuesday 19th February).  The children will need to bring their togs, a towel, a jacket, sensible walking shoes and some extra food in their lunchbox.

Being Responsible in Room 4

Responsibility is character value of the term.  We are trying to be responsible in Room 4 by:

*  looking after our belongings
*  staying focused on our work
*  cleaning up after ourselves

Come and see our colourful responsibility display in our classroom.

Valentine's Day

This week we talked about the people (and pets) we loved and made a cute surprise for a "beary" special person!

Meet the Teacher Evening

Meet the Teacher Evening is tonight.  We will all meet in the hall at 7.15pm then move to the classrooms to find out further information about the classroom programme.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone tonight!

Our Art Gallery Trip

Today we had a fantastic trip to the Art Gallery.  John showed us many different self portraits around the gallery, then we went into the art room and created our own.  Thank you to all the parents who came along to help us!

Me Bags

This weekend your child has brought home their 'Me' bag.  They are going to collect five special things and bring them to school on Monday to share. 

Miss Lewis

This year we have a wonderful third year College of Education/University of Otago student in our classroom.  Her name is Miss Clare Lewis and she will be in our classroom every Tuesday as well as for blocks of time throughout the year.  We are enjoying having Miss Lewis with us!

Lucky Book Club

You are welcome to order any books from our latest Lucky Book Club magazine.  Orders are due by Friday 15th of February.  Please note if you are paying online using the LOOP system, choose Room 4 (even though it currently says the teacher is Kate Chhin!).  I have requested that this is corrected.  Thanks!

Our Class Treaty

This week we have been learning about the 'Treaty of Waitangi'.  We have made our own class treaty and have agreed to follow the rules to make our classroom a safe and happy place.

Our Caterpillar

In Room 4 we have a caterpillar who has been very busy munching on a swan plant.  We are waiting to see what is going to happen next!

Te Reo Māori with Mrs Yeoman

Every Friday morning this term we will be having a session of Te Reo Māori with Mrs Yeoman.  Mrs Yeoman is teaching us lots of new waiata (songs) as well as teaching us how to count, name colours and name body parts and objects in Māori.  Today our teacher helper's Zara and Malia got to wear Mrs Yeoman's special korowai (cloak).

Buzzy & Greta

Greta was the first lucky child in Room 4 to take Buzzy home.  Buzzy had a fantastic weekend.  Thanks for taking such great care of him Greta!  Check out his adventures below:

Constable Gwen Visits Room 4

On Tuesday Constable Gwen visited us to talk about 'Road Safety'.  She explained to us about how important it was to have a booster seat when travelling in the car.  Constable Gwen also talked to us about how to keep safe when walking on the footpath.  Don't forget about those sneaky driveways!  She also had her own pedestrian crossing and we had fun practising crossing the road.

Meet Buzzy

Buzzy is a special bee who lives in Room 4 at George Street Normal School.  Every week he will go on a new adventure with a child in our classroom.  He will go home on Friday night and return to school on Monday morning.  Buzzy's adventures will be recorded in a journal as well as on our class blog.

Notices

Did you know that there is a noticeboard in the corridor just outside Room 4's door?  It has all the latest notices and useful information for you to read.

Birthdays

We have already had two people celebrating their birthdays in the last week!  Happy birthday to Nikita and Louis!  In Room 4, you get to wear a crown and sit on the special birthday chair for the day.  We also sing 'Happy Birthday' in as many languages as we can.