Kapa Haka and Olympic Assembly

A great warm up for the Cultural Festival for the Kapa haka and an interesting talk from Cathy Baker about the Olympics.

Technology

Monday Technology has been an a highlight this year.

Term 1 and 2 we learnt cooking and plastics and now in Term 3 and 4 we are working on woodwork and fabrics.
Room 4

Art Gallery follow up lesson

Art Gallery follow up lesson

On Thursday 2 August Susie from the Christchurch Art Gallery took a lesson related to the Art works we saw in town. We looked at pictures of the works and brainstormed ideas about how to decorate our Waka. Next we folded and glued the Waka and started drawing symbols that told a story about ourselves. Lastly we coloured and decorated the Waka.

Room 4

Grandparents Day

On Friday during the Grandparents Assembly Room 4 played the ukulele.

Christchurch Art Gallery Visit

On Wednesday 25th Room 4 travelled to the NG Gallery to view Michael Parekowhai's exhibition.
We really enjoyed the piano playing and seeing the massive bronze bulls.

Room 4

Term 3 Newsletter

Monday 16th August 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 Three.

 Homework this term will be slightly different with the inclusion of learning timetables. Each Monday 10 spelling words and 12 basic facts will come home in their notebook to learn. They also must complete a Reading Log which will also come home on a Monday. Please sign your child’s notebook and Reading Log to show they are completing these at home.

Topic	Communication -
Writing	This term we are looking at discussions which will lead into writing and presenting speeches and Narrative writing.
Maths	Multiplication and Division, Algebra.
R.E	Church and Sacrament.
P.E	Thursday Sport, Winter tournament, Fitness skills, invasion games.

 Please check that your child still has all stationery needed in Room 4. There were lots of issues last term relating to children not having what they needed to learn. Essential stationery is 5 pencils, an eraser, a red and blue pen, ruler, pencil sharpener, glue stick and colouring pencils.

 I hope you received your children’s Report at the end of last term please bring it along to interviews.

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

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

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

 Yours sincerely,

Ryan McInnes

Drum Fun

On Tuesday 19th June Rhythm Interactive came to St Anne's to perform to the school.
We all got a drum to play and it was great fun.
We had to copy drumming patterns and repeat lots of beats.
There will now be a free drumming workshop for year 7 and 8 children who are interested for 6 weeks.

Room 4