Week 7 (4-8 September)

Welcome to Week 7 :)

School Photos 
This Wednesday 6 September is school photo day. Please send children to school with their red polo shirts of possible please. Sibling photos can be booked via the school website.

Reading Book returns
We would love any volunteers to help out once a week to put our reading books away in the book room. This involves sorting the books into piles of the same colour levels and then returning them to the individual boxes in the reading room. We are happy to show you what to do if you are interested and can spare half an hour during the week.

Handwriting
We are focusing on handwriting this term and are really working hard on getting children to form the lower case letters correctly, starting in the correct place and making each letter as one fluid motion.
Many of our letters start the same way.
For example c, o, a, d, g, q all start with 'open mouth' which is a 'c' shape.
n, m, h, r and b, all begin with either a short or a tall stick, then a tunnel (or half a tunnel for 'r')
i, l, t, j, k, all begin with a short or a tall stick.

Practising lower case letters at home would be most beneficial to the children as once they are confident with forming letters correctly, it takes the cognitive load off when writing ideas and spelling words, as their energy then goes into the writing rather than the handwriting. A few minutes once a week to write out the lower case alphabet is a great way to practise letter formations, particularly when done regularly. We are also focusing on using correct pencil grip.

The Big Event
Don't forget to purchase your tickets for the Big Event as it is coming up fast on the 15th September! You can buy these from the office at $25 a ticket which includes supper.

Lunch Clubs
Monday: French Club and Chess Club (all levels welcome)
Tuesday: Craft Club
Thursday: Art Club

Library Books
Please return these before Friday to our class library containers.

Poetry Folders
These go in our green baskets in the Room 19 end when they come back to school please.

Spelling
It is great to see children showing great progress in learning their words each week. Ka pai to those remembering to bring their books on a Thursday for testing, and getting new words for the following week.

Lost Property
Our lost property box at the hall is overflowing especially with a pile of winter jackets and jerseys. If your child has mislaid theirs, please pop in and have a look (in the foyer of the school hall).

Have a great week :)