Q came home with Georgie for a very busy Halloween weekend.

First he went to Jellie park to watch Georgie have her swimming lesson. Then they went to Millie W's house for dinner and a Room 5 girls catch up before they went to the school halloween disco.

On Saturday they played in the tent in the back yard and on Sunday Q went trick or treating with Georgie and Charlie.

After all the weekend activities Q and Georgie were very tired so had a big sleep to get ready for school again on Monday

Annabelle and Q's photos

Q came home with Annabelle for her 6th birthday. He tried to unwrap her presents and eat her dinner. Q came for a walk through Hagley Park during Labour weekend and had fun on the log over the river. Annabelle threw Q onto the riverbank and then she fell into the river......lucky Q wasn't with her!!!!

Spines

Today we found out that:

There are 13 bones in a spine - Milly W

If it was one big bone in your spine it would not bend the same - Oscar

You have lots of small bones in your spine to help us bend - Thomas P

When you are a baby you have 300 bones in your body - Lily

Giraffes have the same amount of neck bones as we do - Bailey

In our spine we have little bones that help us bend and babies do not have any teeth- Will R

Babies have gaps between their skull bones when they are born - Will J

When you go numb its just your muscles going to sleep - Corrin

The bones in our spine are not joined together -Eric

Babies have more bones than adults - George

We got some people to bend over so we could feel the spine move - Milly S

If you put your fists together this is how bog your brain is - Mac

If the spinal column got injured at the bottom then you could not move your legs, but if it got injured at the top, then you could not move anything from the neck down - Ryan

Newsletter Week 2

Newsletter Week 2

Wow, what a busy first week back, with Fendalton Friends Commonwealth Games, a Junior Team trip to the Ngaio Marsh theatre and lots of amazing learning in our classrooms.

Blog Pages

Check out our blog page for events that have happened, the children’s feedback, news and information and much much more. This is a great place for you to see what has been happening at fendalton and our classrooms, and to add comments. Newsletters and information will be added here so please check it regularly. The class address is www.fendalton.school.nz/5. If you would like to log in and make a comment click sign in and use the username room5@fendalton.school.nz, Password: fosroom5. Our newsletters will go online here, so keep checking for lots of exciting news.

Commonwealth Games

This was a great success. The children had smiles on their faces all day and had a fantastic time. They all got to try something new and everyone gave it all a go, which was great to see. Thankyou to all the parents who came along to support their child. Results, information and pictures can be found on the school website.

Swimming

This term we will be visiting Wharenui for our class swimming lessons. The children will be grouped according to ability and will be taught skills depending on this level. This is a great opportunity for all children, even if they do lessons outside school, the classes with help to develop their swimming at all levels. The classes will be run by qualified instructors and will have lots of support and encouragement. Transport of the children will be confirmed later so please continue to check the newsletters.

Your child will need to bring swimming togs, towel, goggles and hat if needed every swimming session and these will ALL need to be named.

Swimming dates: AMEND FOR YOUR CLASS

Tuesday 26^th Oct – Friday 29^th Oct

Time: 2:00 – 2:30

Monday 1^st Nov - Tuesday 2^nd Nov

Time: 2:00 – 2:30

Thursday 4^th Nov – Friday 5^th Nov

Time: 2:00 – 2:30

Cathedral singing

This year we are lucky to be invited to sing in the Cathedral in the town centre. Children will travel with their classes to sing Christmas songs and donate a gift. Information about this, and asking for parent help on the busses with come home shortly. This is an amazing event, and a lovely way for the children to sing and celebrate the end of a year. If you are unable to help but would still like to come and hear the singing, you can go to the cathedral yourself.

Date: Thursday 16^th December 1:45 – 2:15

Upcoming events

Monday 25^th October – Labour Day (school closed)

Friday 29^th October - School Disco

Thursday 2^nd Dec - Run Jump Throw – Athletics Day.

This Weeks Reflection - Week 1

This week we have had a very exciting week back at school.

These are some of the things we have enjoyed

Millie W - " I enjoyed the puppet so because when the chicken got out of the cage, he bit the farmer on the bottom and he fell over."

Eric - " I liked the Commonwealth games day, because we got to do lots of things."

Lily - "I enjoyed the play, I like how the hens ran away" "I liked how the sheep locked the farmer in the cage. "

Millie S - " I liked it when we went on the bus ride to see the farm animals, because we thought the gate would not open."

Ben - "It was fun at Commonwealth games, because we got to play hockey and do running."

Corin - " I liked all the stuff that we learnt this week"

Mac - "I liked to have a challenge at the Commonwealth games."

Bella - "I liked it when the sheep's baby got eaten in the play"

Annabelle - " I liked it when the farmer wiggled his bottom at us"

This week we have been learning about:

- Inside our bodies, with Toby.

- About the Commonwealth Games

- we have learnt about our skeleton and why we have one.

- How to use hockey sticks and a ball

- We learnt with how to keep healthy - we did a brainstorm of what we know.

- If you didn't have bones in your body you would be flat like a beanbag

- I learnt how to throw in bowling

We also looked at using our goals in writing and lots of number work.

Term 4 reminders - What is happening next term.

Just a few reminders about next term.

Student-Led Conferences

As we have had to move the conferences a new booking sheet will go home at the start of term 4. These conferences will be held on November 17th.

Summer Uniform

The students start wearing their Summer school uniform at the beginning of term 4. Please remember that this is the start of our sun smart focus for the term. This means hats need to be worn and, ideally, sunscreen should be applied to skin in the mornings, (We have more if needed at school). By the end of week 2, all students MUST be in summer uniform and it is from then we enforce the no hat, no play rule. More information can be found on the school website.

You may wish your child to wear another hat to and from school.

Swimming

We will be attending Swimming lessons at Wharenui pools from 26th October - 5th November. More information to follow, please check newsletters and your child's homelearning books.

HomeLearning Books

Please remember to check your child's Homelearning/Communictaion book. I will reguarlly put information in here.

Upcoming events

Fendalton Friends Commonwealth Games Day -11am - 3pm (14th October)

Performance - The Farm at the end of the Road October 13th - Junior Classes to watch

Student -Led Conferences - November 17th and 18th

School Disco - 29th October