Matthew retells a story

Edith retells a story

Mary retells a story

More Family Trees

Casey's Last Day

Goodbye Casey!

We will miss you. You have been a wonderful class friend and we will miss your enthusiasm in class.

You have a great interest in caring for animals and we hope you achieve your goal of being a farmer.

We wish you all the best at your new school in Mosgiel.

Noah retells a story

Big Buddy Time

We played hopscotch with our big buddies -room 6 on Friday. It was lots of fun playing old school games.

Kade retells a story

Casey retells a story

Concert with Martin Curtis

On Wednesday Martin Curtis visited our school. The whole school was entertained by a talented NZ singer and song writer. Together we sang songs about New Zealand while learning about NZ's history and the early settlers.

Caleb retells a story

Logan H retells a story

Connie retells a story

Logan K retells a story

Some of our Family Trees

Jaime retells a story

Olivia retells a story

Ollie retells a story!

Barney - I Love You

The Family Song

Happy Mother's Day

Some of our Special Families

Casey as a Beautiful Bride

Casey came to school dressed as Kate Middleton after the royal wedding on Friday night between Prince William and Kate. You look beautiful Casey!

Term 2 Notice

Monday 2^nd May

Dear parent/caregivers

Welcome back for Term 2!

I trust you all had a lovely and relaxing holiday break. I hope you are all keen to get back into normal school routines again for another 11 week term.

Our timetable has slightly changed this term. We will begin the day with:

9am Phonics –cross grouped

Printing

Storywriting

10.30am Interval

Maths – cross grouped

Fitness – whole junior school

Theme/PE

12.30pm Lunch

Reading – cross grouped

Theme/PE

Class Programme

Classroom Blog: Please check out our Room 8 class blog regularly:

http://outram-room8isgreat.blogspot.com/

Our blog contains photos, stories, information, any class news etc. We love comments from parents, friends, and relatives as well.

Maths: This term the focus is on Number Knowledge/Basic Facts and Algebra.

Oral Language: This term we are focusing on ‘reading and retelling a text to an audience’ while speaking clearly and fluently using expression. Your child will choose an instructional text from their daily reading group to practise at home and then bring to school on their presentation day. Your child will first read their story to the class and then retell the story without the use of the book. Pictures will be shown if children require help remembering the events in the story. Please refer below for your child’s presentation day.

Theme: We continue our ‘Connections’ focus for the year. This term we are looking at ‘Family Connections’. Could your child please bring along a family photo for Wednesday that will be used in a wall display? Your photo will be returned at the end of the term.

Thank you

Tania Bellamy

Please highlight your child’s name/date and put on the fridge or a noticeboard. Don’t forget to practice reading and retelling your book.

Date	Oral Language-Read and retell an instructional text to an audience
Tuesday 10th May	Ollie
Wednesday 11th May	Olivia
Thursday 12th May	Jaime
Friday 13th May	Logan
Tuesday 17th May	Connie
Wednesday 18th May	Logan
Thursday 19th May	Caleb
Friday 20th May	Kade
Tuesday 24th May	Noah
Wednesday 25th May	Mary
Thursday 26th May	Edith
Friday 27th May	Matthew
Tuesday 31st May	Anna
Wednesday 1st June	Lily
Thursday 2nd June	Zara
Friday 3rd June	Casey
Tuesday 7th June	Bradley
Wednesday 8th June	Hunter
Thursday 9th June	Ethan
Friday 10th June