ROCK PICUTRES

What a busy day we had today.  Not only was it Wig Wednesday and Grandparents' Day ... we had Isalei's mum and Nanny come in and help us make some rock art!

We had to put little pebbles on our boards to make them into pictures.  Every single one was different and unique.

We can't wait to show them to you at the expo!

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GRANDPARENTS DAY

Today our Grandparents came to school!

It was so great that over 170 Nanas, Poppas, Grandmas, Grandpas, Grandads, Nannys and Koros, came to visit us at school to see what goes on.

Look at these lovely photos of a few of us with our much loved grandparents!

On Grandparents' Day, my Nana came to Riverdale School.  I gave my Nana a tour around the school.

By Liam

I miss my grandparents because they live in a country and it is called Jordan.  I miss them.

By Bana

Thanks for coming xxx

BIRTHDAY BOYS

Birthday season continues in Piako Rua this week - Happy Birthday to William and Beau!

PIAKO RUA REMINDERS

Hi everyone

Just a couple of reminders for the children that we would appreciate you supporting us with.

• Bikes and scooters need to be parked over by the turf where the big kids park theirs as Rachel our Caretaker, uses the space by our classroom as part of her work space for building and painting bits and pieces.
• We are trying to encourage the children to have a piece of fruit or a veggie for healthy snack.  We would prefer that children do not have yoghurt as we have children allergic to dairy and would rather not risk their food coming into contact with dairy products.  We also worry about yoghurt being out of the fridge for so long before healthy snack time.
• Please can you ensure that your child's lunch box is named.  We often have a selection of lunch boxes at the end of the day that no one seems to own 😜
• Spelling homework is coming home this week.  There is a notice in your child's book that explains how this works.  We have sent home simple lists as we really would like the children to get into the habit of doing their spelling homework rather than stressing the children with hard words as we try to get this system up and running.  Testing is done on Friday.  Please make sure that your child forms their letters correctly.  A handwriting guide will be sent home to help them with this.

As always, any questions, please feel free to pop in or send us an email.

Warmest regards

Jo, Sarah and Sharon