Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 8

Remember to bring your P.E Gear to school every day this week.

Monday: Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Concert Practice (middle block)

Wednesday: Ms McQuade & Music w/Mr Philipps

                        Concert Practice

Thursday: Shared Prayer/Thank you Liturgy

Friday: News Groups

                Have a fabulous week!

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 7

A reminder that swimming lessons starts this week! Bring your togs, towel and goggles.

Kereru Class will be swimming each day at 1.45pm

Here is what else is happening this week 😊

Monday: Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Ms McQuade & Music w/Mr Philipps

                  Team Singing

                  Sport w/Kotuku

Wednesday: Primary Inter-school Athletics

Thursday: 

Friday: News Groups

               

Have a fantastic week!

Athletics Day

Athletics Day: Wednesday!

Wednesday is our school athletics day. Remember to come to school in your PE gear. 

You may wear track pants as it can still be a bit cool in the morning. 

Here is a reminder of what else you will need:

-Sneakers (Must be worn on the track. No bare feet)
-School Hat
-Sunscreen
-Drink bottle (water)
-Lunch and snacks
-School Polar fleece or Jersey
-Wet weather gear (raincoat)
When: Wednesday 20 November 
Where: Saxton Track
          Parents, families and friends are welcome to come along and enjoy the day!

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 6

Here is what's happening this week 😊

Monday: Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Team Singing

                  Sport w/Kotuku 

Wednesday: Ms Hampson away today 

                       School Athletics Day @ Saxton

Thursday: Shared Prayer

Friday: News Groups

               Sign Language

             Have a fantastic week!

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 5

Welcome to Week 5!

Remember to bring your PE gear (and hats!)

Monday: Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Ms McQuade/Mr Phillips

                  Team Singing

                  Sport w/Kotuku 

Wednesday: Powhiri @ Church

Thursday: Blue Mufti Day: Bring a gold coin. Diabetes awareness fundraiser.

                    Sausage Sizzzle Lunch-order forms given out last week!

Friday: Ms Hampson away in the afternoon

              News Groups

              Sign Language

Enjoy your week 😁

Touch Rugby Tournament

The tournament is on this Thursday (all day)

Here is a list of things you will need to remember:

• Your PE Gear! Top and shorts
• School hat (for when you are not playing a game)
• Water bottle (we will have a filling station in the area where you are playing)
• $2 for the sausage sizzle, $1 juicies and baking from 50c-$2
• Sunscreen (we will have some available)
• Track pants (optional)
• You may only play in bare feet or sneakers

                                        Play hard but fair and have a fantastic day!

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 2

Welcome to Week 2!

We will be working on our outdoor space from Mon-Wed so remember to bring an old t-shirt or top to wear for painting and planting.

We also have touch rugby training every day so bring your PE gear (and hats!)

Monday: Touch Rugby Practice

                  Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Ms McQuade/Mr Phillips

                  Team Singing

                  Sport w/Kotuku 

Wednesday: Touch Rugby Practice

Thursday: Touch Rugby Tournament (all day)

Friday: Teacher Only Day

Enjoy your week 😁

Make a Space!

At last the months of planning, discussions and design presentations have progressed to hands on hard work. 

Things got started on Tuesday with a fun trip to Bunnings.  Once we had purchased all the supplies we began the water blasting.  This has made a huge difference to our decks and fences, and everyone loved having a go at this very satisfying task. 

The gardens were also cleared, pavers brought in and the undercoat has started to be applied. 

It has been fantastic to see the engagement and enthusiasm in all the children. They are working so well as a team and the final result will give them a huge sense of pride in their outdoor learning areas.  

It's Term 4!

Welcome back! 

I hope you all enjoyed a fun, restful break and are ready for a busy Term 4!

Here is a list of important events happening this term

* Make a Space Project: Week 1, Friday 18 October, 1pm-7pm

* Camp Fundraiser Bingo Night: Week 1, Friday 18 October, 6.30pm

* Top of the South Touch Rugby Tournament: Week 2, Thursday 24 October

* Teacher Only Day: Week 2, Friday 25 October

* Labour Day Holiday: Week 3, Monday 28 October

* Year 5/6 School Camp: Week 3 Tuesday 29 October-Friday 1 November

* School Powhiri: Week 5, Monday 11 November, 1.30pm

* Chinese Students Visit: Week 5/6, Mon 11 November-Friday 22 November

* School Athletics Day @ Saxton: Week 6, Wednesday 20 November

* Swimming Week: Week 7, 25-29 November

* Thank you Liturgy: Week 8, Friday 6 December, 10.00am

* End of Year Reports: Week 9, Friday 13 December

* Last Day of School/End of Year Mass: Week 10, Tuesday 17 December, 11.30am

Have an amazing last term of the year!

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 10

Finally! It's the last week of term! 😁

You will have a couple of extra touch rugby sessions this week in preparation for the tournament early next term so remember your PE gear every day.

Here is a rundown of what's on this week

Monday: Tennis Coaching (10-10.30)

                 Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Rugby League Team @ Competition

                  Ms McQuade & Music w/Mr Philipps

                  Year 4-6 Singing

                  Sport w/Kotuku

Wednesday: Choir
Thursday: Last Day of Term 3!

                    News Groups

                    Shared Prayer

Friday: Teacher Only Day 

Enjoy your last week of term!

Tabloid Sports Day!

What a great day we had today! The sun was shining down on us for tabloid Sports Day 🌞

The students dressed up in their house colours and rotated through a variety of fun events such as; gumboot throwing, egg & spoon races, sandpit dig and lots of other fun games.

Well done to all of Kereru students for their fair play and positive attitude!

We had a few prizes awarded to Kereru students for sportsmanship and best dressed.

Congratulations to-

Abi: Best dressed for Antioch House

Flynn: Best dressed for Corinth House

Emma: Best dressed AND Sportsmanship award for Tarsus House

Jesse: Sportsmanship Award for Antioch House

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 9

Here's What's On This Week

Monday: Ms Hampson with Rock da House Choir 
                 Tennis Skills
                  Fitness w/Bryone
                  Yr 5/6 Camp Meeting for Parents 5.30-6.00pm

Tuesday: Year 4-6 Singing (11-11.30)

                  Sport w/Kotuku (11.30-12.30)
Wednesday: Choir

Thursday: Tabloid Sports Morning: Come to school in house colours.
                     Shared Prayer

Friday: News Groups
               Rugby League with Don

Have a fantastic week everyone!

Kereru Star of the Week!

BIG congratulation to Hunter who is our star of the week for week 8.

Hunter is willing to give everything a go and has a great 'keep on keeping on' attitude.

Well done Hunter!

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 8

It's a busy week for sports this week! Remember to bring your P.E Gear to school on Monday!

Winter Tournament is on Tuesday. Check separate post for details.

Monday: Homework Check

                  Tennis Coaching

                  Football Coaching

                  Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Winter Tournament

Wednesday: Ms McQuade & Music w/Mr Philipps

                       Choir

Thursday: Shared Prayer

Friday: News Groups

              Sign Language

              Rugby Coaching

Winter Tournament

On Tuesday you have Winter Tournament over at Henley. 

Remember to come to school in your P.E gear. It is an 'all day' event so bring the following:

• Water
• Snacks and lunch
• Warm clothing (track pants and your school polar fleece-no hoodies)
• Raincoat (in case of showers or rain)
• Shin pads, mouth guards, boots (if needed)
• A competitive but fair and friendly attitude 😊

Most games will start at 10.00 a.m

It's going to be a great day. Have fun!

    

 

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 7

Here is what's happening this week 😊

Monday: Tennis Coaching (10-10.30)

                 Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Ms McQuade & Music w/Mr Philipps

                  Year 4-6 Mass @Church (11.30-12.30)

Wednesday: Choir
                        Football with Diarmuid (between 11-12.30)

Thursday: School Photos

                    Shared Prayer

Friday: News Groups

               Sign Language

               Rugby League with Don

Have a fantastic week!

STEM in Kereru Class

Last week Mr B from Lower Moutere School brought some equipment into Kereru Class for us to explore and see what out fabulously imaginative and inventive minds would come up with. 

It was also great fun!

We explored robotics as well as construction.

Thanks Mr B!

I liked the Flexo the most because it was like flexible lego.

by Flynn

The Flexo was really fun because you could make things like a trampoline which you can't do with lego.

by Juliet

The robots were fun how we got to move them around. With the Flexo we could make a lot more stuff than lego.

by Katarina

It was interesting finding out what we could programme the robots to do.

by Ruby-Jean

Caution! Brains At Work!

Kereru Class visited the Life Education Truck and learnt all about how our brains work and how it helps us with other parts of our body. 

I learnt that cats have a bigger cerebellum than us which is why they have a lot better balance than humans.

by Jesse

I learnt that the brain gives messages to the rest of the body and controls how we move.

by Jakob

It was really interesting to learn that the brain fluid is as much as there is in one lemon!

by Ruby-Jean

Kereru's World Famous (at St Pauls) Book Day!

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 6

It's Book Week!

Remind everyone you know to come and have a look at the book fair! 

Open everyday before and after school!

Monday: Speeches due back today

                 Fitness w/Bryone (12.00-12.30)

                  Life Education(afternoon)

Tuesday: Year 4-6 Singing (11-11.30)

                  Sport w/Kotuku (11.30-12.30)

Wednesday: Football Skills

                        Choir
Thursday: Shared Prayer

Friday: Kereru Book Day
              Book Week Parade
              Sign Language

Have a great week!

Keeping Up With Kereru: Week 5

We are halfway through the term already!!

Monday: Fitness w/Bryone

Tuesday: Year 4-6 Singing (11-11.30)

                  Sport w/Kotuku (11.30-12.30)

Wednesday: Ms McQuade & Music w/Mr Philipps

                        Football Skills (11.30-12.00)

Thursday: Shared Prayer

Friday: News Groups

              Life Education 

              Sign Language

              Have a great week!

Speeches

As discussed in class, over the next two weeks you will write your speech on one of the following topics;

Tomorrow

The person I most admire

Holidays

William

Footsteps

Speeches are to be between 2.5 - 3.5 minutes in length.

Ms Hampson will give you a copy of the ‘The Speech Burger’ to help with your planning.

Your speech must be ready by Monday 26th August when we will have our class competition. The inter-school competition will be held on 11 September

See Ms Hampson if you would like some feedback on your speech before class presentations.