Term 1 Week 10
Principal's Message
Assembly
Last Friday we held an assembly, ably led by three of our senior students. Each teacher gave out Mercy Values certificates to those children they have spotted being good models over the past three weeks since the last assembly.
Congratulations to Manu and Eion who received excellence certificates for their efforts in their literacy learning. Miss Wilson gave Imara a social justice certificate and one for compassion to Niva. In Room 4, Jacob gained a hospitality certificate for helping a new student settle into school and Joan one for excellence in her attitude to class work.
Ms Parsons also gave Manu a Bronze Award for having read 50 books at home. Manu read to his parents, his siblings his cat and his toys - ka pai Manu! Watch out for the silver award at 100 books.
Mr Small also presented Superhero level certificates for knowing times table and division facts at speed. The children work through diffrerent levels of times tables an d hen challenge a superhero to beat them and progress to the next level.
Intemediate Stall
Thank you for supporting our intermediate students on Friday by purchasing items from their stall. Altogether they raised $233 towards their camp in Term 4.
Easter Play
This Wednesday at 2.15pm the children will be performing an Easter play. This will be made up of the learning each class has done with Mrs Harper during their Wednesday drama lessons. Please join us if you can.
Lisa
Faith News
Wednesday Mass
Please come and join Room 2 for Mass this Wednesday morning at 9am in Room 3.
Parish Newsletter
This week’s Parish newsletter is available here
Vision Testing Yr 7's - Wed 9 April
Health New Zealand, Te Whatu Ora provides a vision screening programme for all Year 7 students, and any other children not seen at their pre school health check up.
- Vision – pupils will be advised of results at the time of screening. If further assessment is recommended you will be notified by mail.
- Children who wear glasses and/or are under professional care and have regular checks will not require a vision check from our service.
Non-consent – please notify your school if you do not want your child being screened.
Birthday Wishes
Special birthday wishes to Eion who will turn 6 durring the school holidays. We hope you have a wonderful, fun filled birthday.
Absences
If your child is sick or unable to attend school for all or part of the day, please either send a notification via the school app (skool loop), email the school office on office@stbernards.school.nz or phone 3899377 by 9.00 a.m. so that your child's absence can be accounted for.
Children who are late need to report to the office in case they have been marked absent by the teacher who takes the roll first thing in the morning.
If an absence is planned for a special reason, a note or telephone call to the school in advance is appreciated. In cases of prolonged absence, e.g. a family trip, a written note is required.
Room 1 Learning
Room 1's focus last week for our whole class phonics ( letter/sound/spelling pattern) learning was the sound 'sh'. We played a listening game where the children had to identify where they heard the 'sh' sound in a word, at the beginning, middle or end. We created a chart of words that start or have the 'sh' sound in them and practised writing them, and then at the end of the week a challenge to see how many 'sh' words we could use in a sentence!
Room 2 Learning
Room 2 has been working on something pretty special...
We are writing letters to Joy Cowley, New Zealand's renowned children's author!
Last year we read three novels by Joy Cowley: Bow Down Shadrach, Gladly Here I Come, and Chicken Feathers. The class are also very familiar with her famous books Greedy Cat, and Mrs. Wishy Washy.
As part of our letter writing unit, we have been learning to address envelopes, write postcards, and formal letters. The class have become very excited to put their learning into real use, by writing their very own letters to one of their favourite authors, Joy Cowley. We searched and searchedJoy Cowley's postal address and have found that she is now living in a retirement village in Dunedin. The class have written thank you letters and creative stories and are excited to practice their envelope addressing.
Kai pai Room 2, what a great way to finish our writing unit this term!
Room 4 Learning
Insect Research
This term, Room 4 researched a variety of insects, including a Venezuelan poodle moth, red admiral butterfly, Asian giant hornet, sunset moth, monarch butterfly, and ants. The children found lots of interesting information and facts about their insects, including their appearance, life cycles, habitats, diets and predators.
Here are facts about some of the insects they researched:
Alna:
The Venezuelan poodle moth has a fluffy abdomen, thorax and head. It is a really soft, fluffy insect and has hair everywhere except on its giant wings.
Riley:
Asian giant hornets came from South East Asia - China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Laos. Some Asian giant hornets came to some parts of Europe, specifically countries like Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy. Asian giant hornets build their nests in trees, buildings, and in some garages and sheds.
Joan:
AsSunset moth has only four stages in its lifecycle. First, female moths lay eggs on a leaf. Within a week the eggs hatch into tiny caterpillars. Sometime after this, the caterpillars turn into cocoons (pupa). When the cocoon is ready, a beautiful sunset moth will hatch. Now it's ready to see the outside world!
Inigo:
The red admiral butterfly eats rotting fruit, flower nectar and bird droppings. They have a varied diet because they are herbivores. This helps them to reproduce and create new butterflies. The predators of the red admiral butterfly are bats, birds, wasps, spiders and other large insects.
Abe:
Monarch butterflies were originally found in North America. In New Zealand, monarch butterflies are found near urban and suburban gardens, parks, and coastal areas. Monarchs are often found in grasslands, roadsides, and gardens, near where there are milkweed and flowering plants. Sometimes they live in wetlands and even deserts.
Cosima:
My information report is about ants. Ants are one of the few insects related to bees and wasps. Ants are quite small, but they can carry things more than twenty times their body weight! Ants are found in every continent except for Antarctica. There are different types of ants, which all have different qualities.
Public Notices
Job Vacancy
St Catherine’s College, a high-performing Catholic school located in Kilbirnie, is looking for a Personal Assistant to support the Principal in managing daily administrative and operational tasks. This is a pivotal role that requires exceptional communication skills, discretion and the ability to multitask in a dynamic educational environment.
The full advert along with the application form and job description can be found on the St Catherine's College website.
Applications close on Friday 2 May at noon.
For more information please contact:
Julie Richards
Children's Manager
0212959026
