Room 4 Newsletter Term 2

St Anne’s Catholic School

____________________Woolston______________________

Monday 23^rd April 2012

Dear Parents/Caregivers of Room 4 Students,

Welcome back to another exciting term, I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break.

This letter is just to let you know a little about what will be happening in Term Two.

Spelling, tables and reading log will begin this week and will be the same as it was last term.  Please sign your child’s notebook and reading log to show they are completing these at home.

Our Inquiry Topic for Term Two is ‘Earth under pressure’ looking at sustainability and  making a change in our School and Community.

Religious Education we will look at the Holy Spirit and God.

Mathematics is Addition and Subtraction and Statistics.

English is Report writing.

Thursday sport at Hagley Park starts this term and more specific information will be sent out about this.

Please check that your child still has all stationery needed in Room 4 including a red pen, ruler, pencils, eraser etc.

All dates and times of events and activities this term will follow in the School Newsletter.

I hope this answers some of your questions. If you have any other queries please feel free to contact me at school for an appointment or e-mail at ryan@stannes.co.nz

I look forward a very productive and successful term with your child.

Please check out our class blog: http://stannes104.blogspot.co.nz

Yours sincerely,

Ryan McInnes

That We Might Live

Cross Country 2012

Today we went down to Woolston Park to run the St Anne's Cross Country.
Everyone did really well and it was very successful.
Room 4

Camp 2012

Camp at Waipara.

On Tuesday the 13^th of March 2012 St Anne’s year 7 and 8’s went to Waipara Boys Brigade Camp.

First we explored the camp and unpacked next we had some free time and tried out all the activities.

After lunch we completed an orienteering course down on the lower field it was fun.

After dinner we played ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’ and spotlight and some of us watched Gnomeo and Juliet.

 Day two we started with a run and then after breakfast we went to Ruth and Keith’s farm and did a long walk and had lots of life lessons from Mr C.

In the afternoon we went on the water slide it was great.

At night we did Wearable arts and spotlight again.

 Thursday was another run and then we broke into three groups and did air-rifles, flying fox and confidence course. At night it was party time and games.

Friday was a big clean and home.

Thanks to all that helped and made it the best campJ

Swimming Term 1

This term we are swimming at Pioneer Pool. It is lots of fun and were are learning lots.

Room 5 Techi-Team

This year Mr McInnes and Mrs Parker are taking a small group of gifted students to teach them about computers and technology.

Steeple Removed from St Anne's Church

Steeple removed from St Anne’s Church.

On Monday the 20^th of February, some Engineers came to our community church to takedown the steeple.

First of all, the crane and cherry picker arrived throughout the day. Then the Engineer’s came with a concrete cutter to cut the four legs but the concrete legs were reinforced with so much steel, they could not cut.

So they brought in some jackhammers and more concrete saws and it took them all week to cut through the legs.

Finally On Friday at 12pm the steeple was ready to move.

The massive crane lifted up the cross and gently placed it on its side next to the church.

Now watch the video.