BOT training

Always a good idea with a new BOT to try and learn as mauch as we can.

Here the Catholic School's Office were taking our  BOT and others from different Catholic Schools through some training around Property, Catholic Special Character and Personal aspect to the role.

3 way conferences Term 3

3 way conferences

St Dominic’s Catholic Primary School

Who’s learning is it?

Child

• •         Develop and extend their ability to talk about their learning
• •         Develop their relationship with their parents in regards their learning and learning journey.
• •         Assess their own learning and support their development of setting goals
• •         A sense of next learning steps

Parents

• •         Actively and meaningfully support their child's learning
• •         Understand more fully what their child is learning and the progress they are making.
• •         Help their child set positive learning goals
• •         To enjoy positive discussions about their child.

Teachers

• •         A genuine partnership with child and parent
• •         Able to talk to both parties at same time and thus get buy in from parents
• •         Openly discuss barriers that the parents/child might be having at home in regards learning at school
• •         Makes child take ownership for their learning.

First day back Term 3

What a day it was with all the children enjoying being back with their friends.Not too tears were shed by the parents however.

Children love it!

All the children's uniforms were excellent today with not one child wearing anything non regulation. Thank you for this parents.

Term 3 has many interesting aspects to it.

 We have made a decision to make the term 3 a really CREATIVE one with teachers planning and delivering exciting and engaging lessons based on the themes of study.

For the first 4 weeks we have learning based around the Olympics games. We then have a week of reading challenges as this is our annual Book Week.

Following this, all classes will be looking at the word Growth and what this looks like in regards Plants.

We have also planned our annual speech competition as well as a Talent Showcase organsied by our senior students.

For Te reo the classes will be focusing on Kai/Food and at the end of the term we have a whole school hangi and umu going down here at school.

In the last week also we have our second attempt at a pet morning where all children who wish can bring in their animals and share them in the classes and then as a whole school.

We look forward to seeing you around the school taking part in all these activities.

End of term Prayer

At the end of this school term we

give thanks to God:

For all the teaching and learning

that have taken place in our school,

both in and out of the classroom,

For the talents and gifts that have

been shared and the challenges that

have been faced

For the burdens that have been

lifted and the hurts that have been

healed

For the respect and care that have

been given.

We give thanks for the friendships

that have just begun and for those

that have grown.

For the faith that has been lived in

our daily struggles,

We give thanks for the community

that we are and we ask you Lord -

Bless our students as they take a break

: may your Spirit inspire

Our parents with calmness over the next two weeks.

may we return renewed and refreshed

to continue our journey together .

We make this prayer through Christ

our Lord. Amen

ESOL learners

Marae Trip PP vid

ESOL students playing their own games.

Maori life thanks Room12

Staff meeting term 3

Inquiry unit- creating a classroom pet.

Well done.