Birthdays are the best!!

Term 4, week 6

Kia ora Whanau,

We have had another busy week at school. Thank you so much to Mike, Rose, Apina and Jaraam for being whanau help while we went to visit Waitangi Muesum on Thursday. We had fantastic weather, No rain even!!

All the tamariki had a fantastic time and learnt lots about our maori culture.

Santana was turning 6 on November 24th. She was so excited, it was lovely to see how much Santana just loves having a birthday.

Manga and Vicky received their class certificates and Santana received a birthday card from room 8.

Swimming is starting this week. Please remind your child we have swimming now MONDAY, TUESDAY and  THURSDAY

We will be having reporting to whanau regarding their child's reports on Tuesday 4th December 2018 from 3.30

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Birchall and Room 8

I have the best class ever, Room 8 rocks!!!

Term 4, week 5

Kia Ora Whanau

Well only 20 days left of school, I can't hardly believe it!!

For the next 3 Mondays we  have Top Energy swim safe  coming in to educate the tamariki how  we can be water safe around water.  Please remind your child to bring their togs and towel in, so they can participate in this worthwhile programme.

After a busy week as  school, I got this lovely caring note from  Quiara-Lane! 

Tamati and Anania received their weekly class certificates for  having a growth mindset and for completing their 6 year net observation survey 

Room 8 will be starting swimming Monday 26th November. Our swimming days are:
MONDAY, TUESDAY and THURSDAY

Our class trip to Waitangi is next Thursday  22nd November 2018.
Please make sure your child has covered shoes, a drink, healthy lunch. I will send a note home the day before with final reminders!

Have a great weekend.
Mrs Birchall and Room 8

Happy Children = Happy Teacher

Term 4, Week 4

Kia Ora Whanau/Caregivers,

Wow, I can't believe it is the end of week 4 already. WE only have 25 days left of school until we finish the 2018 school year!!    I'm sorry I didn't do a blog post last weekend, I was coming home from Auckland after taking my children Chelsea and Mathew to Sam Smith's concert at Spark Arena!

Our last day of school is Friday 14th December 2018  @ 3pm

We have a lot going on over the next 5 weeks!!

Next week there is NO SCHOOL on Tuesday 13th December- Teachers are  having rolling strikes through out New Zealand over the coming week. Thank you for understanding and providing care for your Tamariki on Tuesday.  I look forward to seeing you all back at school on Wednesday.

Also from next week, we are swimming every Monday.  Tracy from Sport Northland is coming in to educate the tamariki around water safety!

We should be swimming around week 7 when the water gets warmer-  Monday 26th November.

Our SWIMMING days for term 4 will be MONDAY, TUESDAY and THURSDAY!!
Your child will need their togs, towel,  swimming cap- I have one for them, all in a plastic bag please.


Our Trip to Waitangi is  planned  for Thursday 22nd November. Thank you to all the parents  that have offered to support us on the trip. I will get back to the 3-4 parents that  will be coming.

Harlee and Hazel-Lee  holding their weekly class certificates!! I am so proud of these two. They are both very focused and motivated learners

Just thought you might want to see an updated room 8 photo!!  WOW, I have such an amazing class of learners!!  Lucky me being their Teacher!

Have a wonderful weekend, see you at school on Monday.

Mrs Birchall and Room 8