Welcome to Room 7. I’m Emma O’Leary and I’m looking forward to a full-on, fun year of learning with your child. Outlined below is some information that I hope will help your child settle into school.
Timetable
The school day begins at 9 a.m. It is important your child is given time before the bell to settle in to the class, unpack their book bag, etc, and have time to interact with others in the class. School finishes at 3pm.
Book bags
Book bags need to come to school every day. It is our school policy that all reading and library books go home in book bags - no book bag, no books. They will also bring their poetry books and notices home in book bags. It is a good idea to check book bags for notices regularly.
Reading
It is expected that reading will be done daily at home. This is really important as it reinforces what we are doing in class each day. We aim to have a reading book each day Monday through to Thursday. Sign off in the reading notebook and feel free to add any notes or communications to me in this notebook as well.
Poetry Books
We will focus on a poem each week, and this will come home on Fridays in the Poetry Book. Please share and enjoy the poems over the weekend and then return the Poetry Book in the book bag on Mondays.
Library
We go to the school library on Thursdays. Children are allowed to get two picture books out and they may keep them for up to two weeks. When they have finished with their books they can go into our class library box ready to be returned.
Parent Helpers
I would like to have parent helpers for our Library session that is every Thursday afternoon from 2:15 - 2:55 I will also need some parent help putting reading books away which can be done on any day of the week at a time that suits. If either of these jobs appeals to you please let me know.
I hope that this information is useful for you. I am available for brief chats, before and after school. If you would like to talk in more detail, we can make a time to meet, or if you wish to contact me via email you can reach me at emmaoleary@redwood.school.nz.
Regards,
Emma O'Leary
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