2013 - First Day Back Reflections

Each day we spend time reflecting on our learning and experiences. Today's starter was


I felt great about ....

being back at school - Ella
our new classroom - James
doing lots of new stuff - Lily
having lots of fun - Neo
meeting new friends - Matt
being in a different classroom - Coco
having a good day - Thomas K
seeing all my friends - Holly
playing with all my friends again - Brooke N


Bliss the Bilby also whispered to me that she thought she was going to be very happy being with all of you this year.

Stationery

Labelling Your School Books

We are really looking forward to you coming back to school next week!

If you are wondering what all of those books are for and how you should label them, use the list below to help you. Book coverings like duraseal are handy to help make your child's books more identifiable and harder wearing, but this is not essential.

Scrapbooks (4)

Maths

Topic

Home Learning

Reading

JWB (6)

Writing – Diary

Writing – Genre

Handwriting

Word Exploration

Two spare books for later in the year

1A5 (2)

Poetry

Observational Drawing

The children will be using their own equipment so please name all stationery, glue sticks and writing utensils.

Children may use a pencil case if they wish, but they will also be making a pencil/pen holder in the first two weeks. 

Welcome to 2013 in Room 19

I hope everyone has been enjoying their holidays and will have lots of experiences to share when we start back on Monday the 4th of February.

There are a couple of things you might like to start collecting for us;

• clean, empty tin cans with the lids and labels removed - baked beans or tinned fruit sizes are perfect
• clean newspapers
• flattened, empty Weetbix/Cornflakes packets - or others of similar size and card thickness
• a photo of yourself as a baby in a named envelope please (these will be displayed for a couple of weeks then returned)

It was lovely to see Amelia, Alannah and Noah when they popped into the classroom this week and I am looking forward to seeing all your smiling faces again. We are going to have a great year together!

Mrs D & Sid

Mallowpuff Puddings - Yum!

Thank you to all the families for your great support this year. It has been a pleasure to get to know you all. Have a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing holiday.

Thank you PTA for the ice blocks! You rock!

Fundraising for School of St Judes

Thank you to everyone who donated money on our mufti day for St Judes. We raised $319.20! Well done. We have been fortunate to have had support from other communities around the world recently and it is wonderful to be able to "pass it forward" by helping others.

Here are some photos of Room 19 on the Bouncy Castle.

Highlights of 2012

The bouncy castle yesterday - Lachie
Tingatinga art - Kane
Cross country - Angus
Cricket at lunchtime - Fynn
Making popcorn - Jordyn
The Monster Fair - Marina
African Masks - Niamh B
Beach Ed at South Brighton - Ethan
African Huts - Aliya
Fly swatter maths - Zoe
Massai figures - Swastik
STA games day - Luca
Christmas Thinkers Booklet - Jamie
Athletics Day - Niamh M
Lucky book club - Nicole
Jellie Park - Libby
Calendar Art - Chloe
Christmas Trees - Jada-Lee
The Lorax - Charlotte
African Faces - Olly
Sushi - Beau
The Key writing - Olivia
Subway - Josh
Sports figures - Quillan

Fun Day Fursday!

Just a reminder that tomorrow we have the bouncy castle and mufti day. Please bring a gold coin donation (or more if you wish) to donate to The School of St Jude in Tanzania. See the link below to find out more about what this school is achieving for some of the poorest children in Africa.

http://www.schoolofstjude.org/