Newsletter 15 November 2010

TEAM 2 NEWS – Week 6 – 15 November 2010
Dear Parents
What an amazing weekend of beautiful weather! We hope you had a wonderful time enjoying the sunshine. This is such a busy time of year for everyone and school is pretty hectic at the moment. The children are loving their swimming lessons at Wharenui, they are also starting to prepare for our Run Jump Throw Day (Junior Athletics), they are learning Christmas Carols in preparation for our Cathedral visit in December and are preparing for their Student Led Conference this week. Phew!
Some News…
After 15 years at Fendalton School, I (Kirsty) have finally decided to move on. I have won a position teaching New Entrants at Cashmere Primary School in 2011. Two of my children go to Cashmere Primary (my eldest will start High School next year), and it will be so much easier for me to be at the same school as them. Instead of sending my children off in one direction, while I head off in another other each morning, we will be able to go to school together! It has been a really hard decision for me to make as I have loved working at Fendalton – the children are gorgeous, the parents so supportive and the staff are fantastic. And of course Paulette is just amazing to work with and I’ll really miss her. So I am a bit sad about it, but excited at the same time.
What’s coming up…
Week 6
Student Led Conferences - Wednesday 17th November and Thursday 18th November.
This week we will be holding Student Led Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday. Your child should have brought home a timetable last week so that you know which day your conference will be on. If you didn’t receive a timetable, please check the timetable in the classroom, or ask Kirsty or Paulette. The Student-Led Conferences are run by the children - with some guidance from us! The children will share with you what they are doing in class at present and will show you work that they did when they first started school. Please celebrate the progress your child has made. The children will also share their Learning Report with you. The Learning Report is a portfolio containing assessments and comments about pupil progress and samples of your child’s work. Learning Reports have replaced the formal school report that used to be sent home at the end of the year. You will be able to take the Learning Reports home at the end of the conference. Please take it home for the week and then return it to school. The Learning Reports will continue to be added to throughout your child’s time at Fendalton School, so it is important that it is returned to school in Week 7. The Student-Led Conference is a celebration of your child’s learning in a relaxed setting. Several families will be present at the same time. It is not a formal Parent-Teacher interview. Please make sure your child comes to the conference! And please ensure that he/she is wearing school uniform. We look forward to seeing you there!

Swimming
This is our last week of swimming at Wharenui. Please ensure your child has their swimming gear at school every day this week. Many thanks to our parent helpers who have been assisting with this.
The school pool is now officially open. We won’t use it while we are still attending lessons at Wharenui, however we will begin using it (if the weather is good) from next week, onwards. Our swimming days will be Mon, Tues, Wed, and Thurs. Please send along swimming gear on these days and ensure that ALL school clothes (and undies!) are named. Many thanks

Week 7
Orchestra Demo Concert Friday 26 November - The school orchestra will demonstrate all the instruments that will be available to learn next year. Should you wish your child to learn an instrument, a form will go home following this concert for you to fill in for next year's tuition.


Week 8
Junior Athletics Day - Run, Jump Throw day, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Thursday 2nd December. This is the Junior version of Athletics Day and the focus is on participation rather than competition. This is only for the Junior School and parents are welcome to come and watch and then share lunch with them afterwards. Sport uniforms to be worn on this day. (Postponement day is the 6th December)

Read, Feed, Speed Day – Friday 3rd December - This is a day for the Dads to come in and have some fun with their children. They will come to the classrooms and read with their children, then share in a sausage sizzle and then partake in some physical activity on the fields. It really is the most wonderful day and we encourage all fathers or other significant males to attend if possible.

National Standards Reports – National Standards Reports go home Friday 3 December.

Week 10
Cathedral Visit - Thursday 16th December 1:30 -2:30. Come and listen to the lovely singing voices of the Junior Team as they sing Christmas Carols at the Christchurch Cathedral.

Final School Assembly - Friday 17 December – Last day of school. This is a shortened school day and most parents attend the final assembly at 9:30, and then leave with their children after the assembly has finished 10:30 (approximately).

That’s all for now, but expect more things to follow as we continue with this busy term!

Kind regards
Kirsty and Paulette

The King is Stuck With the Dragon by Eunseo

The king is siav woos the gagn haw do we sav the king the jagn is f id and the gadn is iwing to cii the king we haf too sav the giv teh tow id gags the king is sic upthfeu



The king is stuck up with the dragon. How do we save the king?
The dragon was trying to kill the King. We have to save the King !
We need to send the two dragons a message. By Eunseo

The Escaping Gingerbread Man -By Abby

The Gingerbread Man ran away from the bakery woman and he ran out of the house. A fox saw the gingergbread man and he tried to take him over the river. The gingerbread man kicked the fox on the face! So he ran behind the bush and the fox couldn't get the Gingerbread Man. By Abby

My Magic Backpack

Published writing

I have a magical backpack and it has an animal on it. It gives me favourite things that I want to have.
By Eunseo

My Good Sunhat

I lik .my snhat.it is goad. I mad it.

I like my sunhat. It is good. I made it.
By Bing Da

My Fancy Sunhat

i made a fns sun hat at of kad crd bod. It is grat.

I made a fancy sunhat out of cardboard. It is great!
By Toby

Themachbag

The magk bag mad a dog and The magk bag mad a part and it flid me up to the klas.

machcool Pinpc sbrcol bag.

I have a machool Pink sparcl bag it Can givfs me a cat and givfs me a dog it can givfs me anefin.
By Haayley

my machucall bag

my maqjucall bag is green and blow weth a bet ov qold it geve me a dog
By Ben B

Amazing Writers in Room 2

I am very impressed to see how hard the children work in Room 2 with writing busy stories. How can the teacher, Mrs Brownlie understand everything! Thank you for your wonderful job. You are all amazing. From Mila Senosain (Hayley's Mum)

The Scary Troll

I like the troll. He is scary and I am scared of him. He has a big head and big eyes like a ball. He lives under a bridge. By Liam

SCARY TROLL by Reilly

I Saw a troll,she was scary i was scare she roer I run away from her she chase me .

I saw a troll. She was scary. I was scared. She roared so I ran away from her. She chased me. By Reilly

The Short Hairy Troll by Ruby

The troll lives under the bridge in a big house. It eats squirrels. He is short and hairy and he looks like a bird because he has a beak.
By Ruby

the ogre it fiting me because i dote like ogre. it has a spey hedi it has spey pmis. he is green.


The ogre is frightening me becuse I don't like ogres. It has a square head. It has square arms. He is green.

OGRE

The ogre is sreu. and hey lis to etpot pwol and heu hsnofrno and heu is sruy heu is rnu.

The ogre is scary. He likes to eat people and he has no friends. He is scary. He is not nice.

Swimming Parent Help

Thank you all the parents who have offered their time to be a parent Helper to Wharenui Pool during weeks 5 and 6. See the timetable below for your day. If you are unable to assist us on a rostered day, please contact us at school so we can try to arrange another parent. Please be at school by 12.30pm as this is when we will be leaving for the pool.

We still need parents for Monday 8th November, Monday 15th November and Wednesday 17th November. Let us know if you can assist on one of these days.

Many thanks
Paulette and Kirsty

Week 5
Monday 8th November Angela House Katrina Dyne
Tuesday 9th November Jaehee Hwangbo Melanie Cammock- Elliot Susan Bone
Thursday 11th November Angela House Melanie Cammock- Elliot Katrina Dyne

Week 6
Monday 15th November Angela House Katrina Dyne
Tuesday 16th November Melanie Cammock- Elliot Susan Bone Angela House
Wednesday 17th November Angela House Katrina Dyne
Thursday 18th November Lyle Vevey Angela House Katrina Dyne
Friday 19th November Lyle Vevey Katrina McLeod Lee Barrett

The Ben Ten Truck.

My Wacky Writing Today!
On Saturday I went to the mucit weth my nan and Emma. I went in the car. By Ben B

Trick or Treating

Unassisted Wacky Writing today.
I Wat Chca chen With Bryce With My Brodrs fanss. We had soow MaCh fan. We Love Chca chen. I GOT lotS ov LOLESS AND I WAS THE FRSS WAN ONNA THE DORA. IT was fan. I was gsaST AP ASS cat WMAN it was fan I LOVE it and my brdrs too.
By Hayley
I went trick or treating with Bryce and with my brother's friends. We had so much fun. We love trick or treating. I got lots of lollies and I was the first one on the door. It was fun. I was dressed up as cat woman. It was fun. I love it and my brother too.