Room 17 2021

 Kia ora parents and whānau, congratulations on making it to the last week of term!  It has been a whirlwind of a term with lockdown and everyone has done a tremendous job getting to the end happily and safely. Thank you again for giving our students supportive and loving homes, the adjustment made to school was made a lot easier thanks to that.  Things on this week:  Monday - Principals Morning Tea. Congratulations to those students who were chosen! Tuesday - STEAM EXTRAVAGANZA  Wednesday - Catholic Schools Day, Room 17 library Thursday - Girls 7's Tournament at St Marys and St Vincent De Paul Liturgy  Friday - Golden Time.  Important messages from Mr Macmillan and Mrs Cato: Last week all Year 0-5 students should have brought home a letter inviting parents to provide some information for consideration re the 2022 class placement of their child. A copy of the letter and form is  here . Please note if you have more than one child at school we want ...

Tena Koutou everyone and welcome to our second to last week of school. Our first full week at school was spent with activities celebrating Maori Language week and learning through play. It is so good to see the kids giving it a try and taking part in the different activities and being creative.  As we are still at Level 2 we are still encouraging that our kids sanitize before they come into class. Please ensure they bring in a drink bottle as water fountains are still out of bounds. Thank you very much for your support in this. Last Friday, some kids came with some fabulous wigs to wear for the day. The school managed to fundraise $580 to go towards the Cancer Society. What a fabulous effort. What's happening this week: Wednesday: Library Friday: Golden Time It is so lovely to see the sun out today. Let's cross our fingers that this weather continues for the rest of the week. Have an awesome week everyone. Here  is the Week 8 Virtual Assembly.  Kahikatea Team.  Here ...

12/09/2021 Tena Koutou, We’ve been back at school for two days and things have seemed to go quite smoothly. Thank you all for helping us make the transition back to school. Children seemed to be very excited with their return to school and back to some normality for them. Just a quick reminder that children are to take all rubbish home in their lunches and that chromebooks need to be charged. The children have been good with hand sanitizing and washing down of surfaces. This week is Maori Language Week: " Kia kaha te Reo Māori " - Make the Māori language strong. We will be doing some fun activities around Maori language.  The Virtual Assembly for this week if you didn't see it is  Here  .  Our library is on Wednesday, please remind your child to bring back their books.  Friday is ‘Wig Day’ please bring a wig and a gold coin donation all proceeds go towards Kids Cancer. If your child is interested in any sport please enroll them to ensure they get on a team. Kia ...

  Good morning to everyone on another lovely sunny day. Happy Fathers Day to all our dads, we hope you have a special day in your bubble. It's hard to believe that almost three weeks ago we went into lockdown.  A big thank you to all of our families for the support you are giving your children with their Home Learning Programmes during this time.  It has been a big learning curve for many of us and certainly a time of building resilience.  I feel so blessed to work in such a supportive and caring community. The Prime Minister announces late Monday afternoon what the next plan is.  Fingers crossed we move to Level 2 soon. This week we will continue with the Home Learning online. We have our daily meetings on Google Meet at 10am. The children and us teachers have been enjoying connecting and doing some fun activities. For Room 17's meeting tomorrow, come dressed in black or rugby gear (hope the All Blacks win their game tonight!). On Tuesday we will do our "Wh...

  Bonjour to all Parents and Caregivers, Firstly we would like to thank all parents and caregivers for the wonderful work they have been doing with homeschooling their children during the level 4 covid-19 lockdown. We hope you have had no problems accessing the learning on the Middle School Kahikatea site. Remember that all the information regarding home learning can be found on the class blog from either this week or last week. If you have any concerns or questions do not hesitate to contact me. We realise that many parents will be working from home and that time to help children with their learning may be limited. The learning posted on the site is intended to be independent work for the children as much as possible. Please encourage your child to do as much work as is feasible given the lockdown realities in your household bubble. You will be well aware now that we will be moving from Alert Level 4 to 3 and this takes effect from midnight on Tuesday 31st August. The school is pr...

  Kia ora whānau and tamariki, Firstly, thank you in advance for taking the time to read this blog post carefully. We have tried to simplify our online learning this time around. If you have any questions after reading this blog, please feel free to send an email to me at  lorettet@stmarysrotorua.school.nz Secondly, it is really important that you all received the email from me earlier on today. Thank you to those who responded.  If you did not receive the email, please contact me on the above email address and I will send it to you.  As most of you will already know, we are having our first class Google Meet tomorrow morning from 10-10:45am and will continue this at the same time for the days we are in lockdown. Your children have all been sent the invitation for this via Gmail. Please remember that s tudents are not to create their own Google Meets or chat threads. They can use the chat feature in a Google Meet only in a meet created by the teacher for learni...

  Notices Week 4 Term 3 -  August 15, 2021  Bula Vinaka everyone. We were so blessed to have such beautiful weather for this weekend. Although windy, seeing the sun out is uplifting for our spirits. This morning at our 10am mass we had a lovely turnout of students coming to celebrate the Assumption of Mary. There was a procession shortly after mass where we walked with some parishioners around the block. It was a heartwarming experience. Last week we celebrated Mary Mackillop Day with mass and fun school activities. The children had such a great time learning about the person who established our school. Below are some photos of the afternoon tabloid sports. Our children have just started learning about how to recite a poem for our annual Kahikatea Poetry Competition. Please encourage your child to learn their poem by memory. Classroom competitions start in week 5. We will be looking for, expression in our students' voices, the use of gestures/ actions as they read, and tr...

  WEEK 3 TERM 3 2021 Kia ora, It's hard to believe that we are entering into Week three and the start of August. The daffodils outside R12 have started to bloom, which means longer days and warmer weather to come. Today is the  Feast Day of Mary MacKillop and we will be celebrating this on Friday.  Last Friday middle school were part of the Novena to Our Lady, in preparation for the Feast of the ‘Assumption of Mother Mary into heaven’ on 15th August the kids were amazing, they read and sang beautifully  Next Sunday, the parish has a Māori Miha (Māori Mass) at 10.00 am followed by a procession carrying the statue of Mother Mary around the Church and our school. All students from the schools are invited to join the procession with their parents at 11.00 am in front of St Mary’s Church. Staff are also invited to be part of this. There is a shared lunch after the procession that everyone is invited to and families are asked to bring a plate to share.  Thank you for ...