Room 16 2021

  Welcome to Week 5 February 28, 2021 Kia Ora Whanau, We hope you have had a great weekend! whether you've been getting out on an adventure with the family, taking time to relax, or are rushed off your feet, brace yourself for another busy week ahead! Unfortunately, we are now in Level 2 again, please see the procedures below. Last week, the students had a fantastic time swimming with Henk, getting their green ticks on Maths Whizz, and becoming more familiar with classroom routines. It was awesome to see our Year 6 Leaders recognised during the Commissioning Ceremony, which I’m sure was inspiring to our Year 4’s. Level 2 procedures - Pedestrian gates unlocked at 8.15am. Parents are encouraged to drop off students at gates. If adults come on-site they will be photographed for contact and movement register. - Gates will be unlocked at 8:30am and then again at 2:45pm. - Parents coming onsite will be photographed for contact and movement register - Any parents coming to school outsid

 The children have all been set up with their Chromebooks now and signed up to the various learning programmes and sites we use to augment book and group work. The children are choosing a variety of places that are on offer around the classroom in which to complete their work. 

  Week 4 Notices -  February 20, 2021 Bonjour everyone. I trust you have had a lovely weekend, we have truly been blessed with fabulous weather. It sure was a topsy turvy week with the country changing lockdown levels. We were so relieved to be at Level 2 and to still be able to work alongside our learners. It is a nice feeling knowing that we are now down to Level 1. Ash Wednesday was celebrated with a beautiful Liturgy in our school hall last week. We got to meet our new parish priest Fr Thomas. No doubt he is going to deliver the Gospel to us in an engaging and meaningful way. Our students have made a promise during Lent to try and give up some kind of treat such as ice cream or chocolate. It would be interesting to see how strong their willpower is. Watch this space. We also had our beginning of the year mass in the church celebrating our new families. It was lovely to see some parents come to mass. What's on this week:  There is swimming every day this week. Please make sure y

 The first four lucky children went catfishing this morning at Ohinemutu. While we didn't catch any catfish we counted and returned a large number of Cockabullies and Mosquito Fish, a few Goldfish and one Koura. A very excitable time was had by all.

  Week 3 Notices -  February 13, 2021 Talofa everyone,  We sure did have a fabulous first few days back at school. I have good feeling that we are going to have a great year! Thank you for your contributions towards our fundraiser for Apanui School. Please keep them in our prayers and pray that our Heavenly Father will be with the Apanui School community during this challenging time. Our Inter School Tug of War was a success. Congratulations to Mill Hill House for your win. Everyone had a wonderful time. Library:  Our Class library day is Thursday at 12:00. S wimming:  We've had a lot of questions being asked about when swimming starts. This will start next week in  week 4 . What's on this week: Monday: Cricket Wednesday: Ash Wednesday Liturgy 9am in the church Thursday: Singing Practice / Library Friday: School Mass at 9am in the church. All are welcome. If you wanted to have a discussion about Ash Wednesday with your children at home, here is a good video to help. We hope you

 Two notices: 1. There will be a mufti day this Friday to raise money for Apanui School. The theme will be House Colours to match the Golden Time school Tug of War we will have afterwards. 2. We are having trouble setting up some children's google accounts on their Chromebooks as parental controls are blocking our setup and asking us for the parent code. Could parents please disable this in settings, if you have the parental controls on for home Chromebook use.

These are some photos of Room 16s first day of school for 2021. First photos are at the School Powhiri and Waitangi Liturgy in the hall where 2 lucky children got to sign for the whole class. We had an awesome day getting to know each other and even getting a bit of time to do our first Science Learning for the year. Room 16 having lunch and listening to Storyline Online and listening to Mr Bach read a story.  

Bonjour and welcome We are all ready for our first day of school and I am so excited to be able to see each of our students smiling faces tomorrow. It is a short week, which is a great way to ease our children back into school mode without too much of a shock to the system. It was an absolute pleasure meeting one on one with parents and caregivers last week and chatting with you about your child. Thank you all for taking some time out of your very busy schedules to come and meet with us.  Just a few week reminders for the week: No swimming this week, Middle School will be swimming on even weeks starting in Week 4 Tuesday: Powhiri and Waitangi Liturgy at 10:15am.  Friday: Golden Time Interschool House Competition Tug of War The Diocese Commissioning Mass is on Thursday 18th February at 6.00pm in Tauranga Don't forget your sunhat. Our sun is pretty strong this summer so we need to be extra careful. If you have any questions, do send me an email and I will get back to you as soon as I

  Welcome back from the holidays.  I hope you have all had a lovely rest and enjoyed having fun and family time.  I am looking forward to meeting everyone over the next two days as we begin our learning journey together.  Thank you for making appointment times so promptly. My name is David Bach and I have been teaching at St. Mary's for 15 years, the last 9 years in the Middle School.  After many years of teaching, I still love coming to school each day and seeing the smiles when progress is made (no matter how big or small) or when something new is achieved.  I am a very positive person and believe that relationships are the foundation for learning.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns.  I am normally in my classroom from 7:30 am to 3:30pm, but can stay later if a parent needs to see me. My email address is:  davidb@stmarysrotorua.school.nz  I am also willing to give my phone number to parents so you can text me or call for urgent matters. Stationery Studen