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TERM 1 - February 1 to April 5

 * //We are a class of Year 1 and 2 kids. That means we are 5 and 6 years old. So we have a lot of learning ahead of us! Room 8 will be our home for the year.//
 * //We are quite lucky because we have 2 teachers. Mr Beggs and Mrs Blenkhorn. (They are getting on a bit in years and we think that maybe they run out of energy rather quickly - so, between them, they have to share the work of teaching us.)//
 * //Anyway, we are excited about getting to know each other in Room 8. It is important that we are ready to GO! So, Mum and Dad, read the notices and school newsletters carefully. We have a Home Book which goes home in our Bookbags each day.//
 * //Now that we are into the Term, you can expect Mr Beggs to be teaching on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Mrs Blenkhorn on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.//

It is nearly the end of Term 1. We have been meeting Mr Beggs and Mrs Blenkhorn with our Mums and Dads to talk about how we have done. All of us have new goals to work on. These are stuck in our Home Books. Term 1 has been really great! Here are our //self-management// goals...
 * March 28 **

**TERM 2 - 24 April to 29 June** >
 * We are back at school after a great holiday - what wonderful weather we had!
 * Now the teachers expect us to work real hard - of course we all work hard in Room 8!
 * Coming up this term: Winter sports (hockey for Years 1-4 if we want to join), Visits to Levin Library (our visit 23 May), A big grocery raffle to raise funds, Mid-year reports go home (25 June), Choir Festival 13 June.

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 * TERM 3 - 16 July to 28 September **
 * We are getting through the winter! Thank you Mr Cook for keeping our rooms warm! And thank you Mrs Free for cleaning up our messy room each day!
 * This will be the last term that Miss Hepburn will be our Principal.
 * This term we have Maori Language Week, Harold the Giraffe will be visiting us to teach us about healthy eating. Later in the term we will be having a spectacular Wearable Arts event. The Olympic Games start soon and we wonder what the teachers will be planning for us. Maybe we can plan our own "Room 8 Olympics"

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 * TERM 4 - 10 weeks to go to 18 December - last day at school this year! **
 * Mr Anderson is our Principal to the end of the year.
 * We really need to learn as much as we can before the end of the term.
 * During the term we have cross country running, a visit to the new Levin Library - that will be cool!
 * Some of us have joined school hockey and soccer teams.
 * Mr Beggs and Mrs Blenkhorn will be writing our reports about our learning and behaviour for the year.
 * We will be having some fire safety lessons - "Firewise".
 * Our first Inquiry topic is "Growing Up" - how plants grow and how we grow.