Week Four, Term 1

The highlight of this week has to be Purple Cake Day on Tuesday. Not only were we celebrating our own lives but raising money to help those children less fortunate than ourselves. Our love and aroha was focussed on the children and families in Christchurch and Haiti who has suffered many losses.
The Nelson Central School Purple Cake Day Choir entertained us with 3 magical songs. This was followed by eating delicious purple cupcakes and having our hands and faces painted. A special thank you to all the adults who helped to make this day so memorable.

We had the pleasure of meeting Andrew and Sam this week form the Nelson Rugby League. We had a wonderful time 'working out' with these guys!

Next week...
Our sounds will be u, l, f, b.
Our words will be see/come or where/there
During maths we will be counting backwards.
If you are wondering why there has been no library book come home this week it is because we have changed our library slot to a Friday. This fits better with our timetable.
I am so pleased with the way the children are reading. At this early stage we are looking for one to one matching, i.e. pointing to each word as they read. You can help by encouraging your child to 'bounce' their finger along the words. You could also ask them to find various common words such as, the, here, I, am, is, etc. Ensure you give lots of positive encouragement..even just for trying.
Next Monday Emer joins Renwick 3 which means we are full! All new entrant children arriving at Nelson Central will now be joining Room 12A or Room 10.
Have a happy and safe week.