Cross country

Well, Room 3, you did it! I am so proud of you all!
Everyone gave it a go and tried their best! Wow!

Also, a few in Room 3 got 1st, 2nd and 3rd placings- Wow!
These children will be going to the interschool cross country. Congratulations!

Thank you to all the parents who came to support the children, it was great to see you there!
I have a few photos of children and their siblings too, I will e-mail these on to the respective families.

Cheers,
Joy

House t-shirts

Hi Everyone,

I have asked about what children are wearing on cross country day. Children are welcome to come to school with a t-shirt that is in the colour of their house.

There are school house t-shirts available to purchase that have been designed for the school. These come in all sizes and are $12 each.

Hope this clarifies any questions about house colour shirts.

Kind Regards,
Joy

Cross country

Hi Everyone,

This Thursday, the 15th August, it is cross country day at Matakana School!!!

The cross country event starts at 1:15pm, if you can make it to come and observe the children race you are most welcome!

Just a few reminders for the day:

• Children are encouraged to wear their house t-shirts with the school shorts underneath.
• If you would like to take your child home after cross country, please make sure that the whole event is finished before departing and that you come and let me know when you leave.

We have been doing track runs everyday this year and the children have also been learning about how to pace themselves in a running race, so I know we have some fit children who are eager to race.

These winter games are organized around the actual winter games held in Queenstown. The winter games in Queenstowns' opening ceremony starts at 5:30pm.

Hope to see some of you then!

Cheers, 

Joy Kraan 

100 day celebration

Hi Everyone,

A huge thank you from me and all the children in Room 3 for all the effort and organisation that has gone into making the 100th day celebration a success. Thanks Norm for organising everyone and all the snacks were just amazing!

Below are some photos of the event. I will post more at a later date.

Many Thanks,
Joy

Stationary lists

Hi Everyone,

Just a bit of clarification with the stationary lists. If your child has come home with the 'letters book' highlighted, this should be the little JWBJ books that we use for handwriting. So we don't need another letters book, just a JWBJ book from the office. If your child hasn't got this highlighted then they have enough space left in their existing handwriting book to carry on in there for a little longer.

Regards,
Joy

Fun with science

Hi Everyone,

We are starting a new unit this term, which has a science element to it. It covers force, motion and magnetism. Oooooooh what fun things could we do or make this time?

I have planned for us to make the following things:

• Week 1: balloon propelled car 
• Week 3: Making a magnetic fish game
• Week 4: Making a battery out of lemons

Children will need the following things in the next couple of weeks.

• Lid of a shoe box (for making their fish game)
• 4 lemons (for making their battery)

If children could bring the lemons in either a bag or named that would be really helpful. 

We will be working on this during week 1-5.

Cheers,
Joy

Term 3

Hello Everyone,

I hope that you have all enjoyed the holidays. I know I really enjoyed relaxing an spending time with my fiance and friends. I also spent a lot of time in the holidays looking through wedding magazines and organising my wedding for next year, which has been very exciting!

Term 3 has started and I am am looking forward to spending another 10 weeks with the kids, learning new things.

Reading logs: Today I sent home another copy of the reading logs. Every child received one because some children weren't sure whether they had one or not. If you have received one and are already working on a current reading log, just save it for when your child reaches 50 books and continues on to reach 100 books.

New Reading logs won't be given out this term, so the children have to make sure they keep it in a safe place.

Please send these reading logs to school every day so that I can tick them off. This is not to 'check up on the child', rather, if I notice a child slipping back in their reading or motoring ahead it gives me a good indication as to why this is the case by looking at their record of reading at home.

Homework: I have a homework chart on the wall. Children have Monday and Tuesday to complete homework. Children get a sticker for every week that they do their homework. 10 stickers and the children get an armband as their reward for a great homework record.

Book bags: Please make sure that your child remembers to take their book bag to school everyday. No book bag, no homework.

I look forward to working with all of you this term!

Kind Regards,
Joy Kraan