Term 3, Week 1

Welcome back to a new term in Room 3! I hope that you all had a wonderful break over the holidays and continued your learning at home and abroad :) 

We are beginning the new term with two very intense weeks where our focus will be on learning new water safety and swimming skills at the ASB Aquatic Centre. As advised last term, Room 3 children will leave Birchwood School by bus at 12.10pm to be in the water at the pools at 12.30pm. We will begin with a half hour session in the wave pool (while Room 1 and 2 children have their lessons), followed by a half hour lesson in the training pool. Parents are very welcome to meet us at the pools and to watch us in the water. We also appreciate your help when getting changed afterwards (especially when managing our identical uniform or thermal items!). A further reminder to families, please ensure that all clothing items are very clearly named, and please remind your child to keep all items in their named swim bag. Please also check your child’s clothing when they come home each night and return any swapped clothing to school J These two weeks are a real test of the children’s independent motor and organisational skills, and while it is essential that all children take personal responsibility for their own property, regular home checks for “lost” property keep uniform costs low for everybody.

Please note also that Room 3 will be sharing in Assembly this week (Friday at 2.30pm). You are very welcome to come along and watch us star in our K-Pop dance music video!

Wishing you all a fabulous first week back in Room 3. Please remember to bring your book bag and homework book to school each day, as our reading, writing and maths (and homework!) programmes will continue alongside our busy swimming regime :)