home

= =

**Heart Jam**
====Heart Jam was on last Friday. There were 59,000 children participating in over 200 schools nationwide! We had a fundraising mufti day for Heart Children NZ, and everyone pulled out anything and everything red. It was fantastic! Well done!====

**Oral language presentations**
====We are now well into our major Oral Language unit. The students are doing an amazing job!! Please continue to assist your child by helping them to choose an item, practice presenting it, and generally being prepared for their presentation day each week.====

**Poetry Competition**
====Keep looking around for a GREAT poem! Try and make it a little bit challenging with lots of expressive words. You need to learn these off by heart (if you can), so keep up the excellent practice at home!====

**Winter needs**
====As we rapidly approach winter, we have some new class needs that have arisen. Room 19 now take off their shoes and leave them at the front door to avoid too much mud and dirt being dragged through the classroom. If anyone has the skills and resources to build us a shoe holder, please let me know! Also, wet lunchtimes are becoming more and more frequent at the moment. If you have any old games at home that we could use during wet lunchtimes that would be fantastic!====

**Managing Self Goals**
====In Term 1 we set goals regarding our own learning. We have re-evaluated these and set new goals for Term 2. Some of these include keeping our work area tidy, listening carefully to instructions and being prepared for every lesson. Talk to your child about their goal and how they plan to achieve it.====

= = = =