Nau Mai, Haere Mai and welcome back to school for Term 4 2021. We hope you have all had a wonderful break in your bubbles and are ready for a busy and exciting term of learning!



Please note that we are continuing with learning from home starting on Monday October 18.

See the Learning From Home Timetable for Week 1 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rJZ-WHjwfnn_o8z_I5FW2Lg5ujSSldyTBR0BPweGets/edit

Please also access the LC4 Google Site - https://sites.google.com/sanctamariaprimary.school.nz/lc4-2021/learning-from-home?authuser=0



Here is our learning focus for Term 4:

We are focusing on the learning concept of Change.

We will know and understand that:

Change is part of our past, present, and future and we are called to respond as followers of Christ.

Questions to explore and prompt inquiry:

• What is change?

• How does our faith influence our response to change?

Here are some of the learning areas we shall cover during Term Four:

Religious Education: Traditional and Devotional Prayer, All Saints and All Souls, Advent, Christmas

Mathematics: Numeracy (all domains), Geometry (position and orientation), Statistical Investigations

Literacy: Structured Literacy, Reading comprehension, Narrative writing, Poetic Writing

Health & Physical Education: Athletics, Ki o Rahi, Fitness

Digital Technology: Computational Thinking, Designing digital outcomes

Te Reo Maori: Waiata

Arts: Sculpture, Drama

We are looking forward to working in partnership with you to help your child grow in faith, skills, and knowledge.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact one of the teachers.

Room 8 Mr Cawley: jpc@sanctamariaprimary.school.nz

Room 9 Mrs Ruki: girliec@sanctamariaprimary.school.nz

Room 10 Miss Keogh: ashleighk@sanctamariaprimary.school.nz and Mary Reardon maryr@sanctamariaprimary.school.nz