Week 10 term 1 (class newsletter)

WEEK 10 TERM 1   4^th – 9^th April 2011

Parent Teacher Interviews.  Thank you very much for taking the time to come in and see me.  I appreciate your honesty, support and commitment to your children. 

Transport

Please keep the Prep Possum emails coming in  tcumming@bne.catholic.edu.au

Happy Birthday

Nino 2^nd April Biar 3^rd April, Jemima 3^rd April Tahu 6^th April

Religion

This week we look at Thursday of Holy Week.

We remember : The Washing of the feet

Jesus poured water into a bowl and then knelt in front of each of the twelve disciples, washing their feet and drying them with His towel. Jesus told them "Now that I, your Lord, have washed your feet, you should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example, that you may learn that all of your are equal, that the master is not greater than His servant, and kindly toward each other."

We remember : The Last Supper

Jesus and His disciples were reclining at their Passover meal. Jesus blessed the matzoh bread and broke it, saying to them "Take this and eat it, for this is My body." Then He blessed the wine and passed around His cup. "Drink this, for this is my blood." “Do this is memory of me.”

Help in the classroom

Thank you very much for kind offers to help in the classroom.  It is wonderful!

These times are best for helping

Monday 9-10am   or    11.30-1.30pm

Tuesday 9-10am (Motor program)  or 11.30-1pm

Wednesday 9-10.30

Thursday 9-10am(Motor) or 11.30-1.30pm 

Friday 9-10

If you plan on coming in.  Please tell me when you will be coming so that we can plan to have another adult in the room or we can let you know if the program has changed.

Talk Time (Show and tell)

MONDAY – Billy, Biar, Jemima B., Joshua, Theresa

TUESDAY – Finn, Annaliese, Oscar, Caelen, Callum

WEDNESDAY –Clancy, Finley, Nino, Henry, Jemima O

THURSDAY – Keira, Adam, Daniel, Darcy, Bronte,

FRIDAY – Hannah, Georgina, Tahu, Will, Harvey.

Perceptual Motor

Thank you for your ongoing help with this program. This couldn’t be done without your help.  Special thanks to Emma, Angela and Angela, David, Vaughn, Toni, Nick, Sangeet, Amanda, Janine, and Alison.

Maths

This week we are looking at numbers 4

Here is the rhyme to remember it.

. Down and across and down some more, that’s the way we make a four

Here are a couple of good websites to check out.

·  http://www.copacabanap.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart_Maths_s1_Number.html

·  http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/GingerMen%20v2.swf

·  https://staffportal.bne.catholic.edu.au/OWA/redir.aspx?C=c059afe5734341308dc1aac60aa97f67&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ngfl-cymru.org.uk%2fvtc%2fstory_of_4%2feng%2fIntroduction%2fdefault.htm

Alphabet

This week we continue to focus on the capital and little letter of Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm and Nn.

·  http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alphabet.htm

·  http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/alphabet_poster_US.swf

·  http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/mouse_house_US.swf

·  http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f

Assembly

Prep will be presenting Assembly – please come and watch us.

Awards will be given to; Darcy Ralph, Finley, Joshua, Harvey

Please help us to find

Overdue library Books from St Sebastian’s

Diso Sailors

Sir Joshua and the Unprofessional Dragon

Hippo Solves a Mystery

Harry and the Dinosaurs  at the Museum

Andy’s Secret Weapon

Wuradi

Lunch Time

To address some of our lunch concerns, we are now eating our lunch 10min before all the other classes.  This is in our new outdoor area with Prep A.  This way we can careful monitor that children are having enough time to eat, ARE eating and no one else will disturb them.  This seems to be working well.