In Cambodia

Hey guys. This place is a real eye opener. The people are so happy and friendly but the place is so dirty and run down. The palace and temples are very rich looking though. It is such a contrast.

I have a question for you to ponder and I would like your thoughts.

Is the money that tourists like me spend in this country (which helps keep poorer people in work) out weighed by exposing people to things, and a way of life, that is out of their reach right now? And if and when that way of life is possible will it ruin what is good about a country like this?

You might want to do some Googling to see if you can get some images and facts about what it is like here in Phonm Phehn (check my spelling... I've gone blank while typing this!) Cambodia. We are only spending one more day here then we are going to go and look at some more remote places.

I hope you are having a good break :)

In Singapore

Hey guys I'm at Singapore airport. Had to sleep on these giant beanbags we found in the terminal last night. Was quite cool really. I wanted to log on here so that (hopefully) Singapore might show up on our map!

I hope you are all having a good start to your holidays. Keep us all informed about what you have been up to :)

Task for the holidays

1. Write on the writers wiki
2. Continue with the earthquake task you are still working on at the end of term
3. Comment on the holiday blog
4. Sporting people let us know what you are doing.

Trips away and adventures at home

If you go away or stay at home let us know some of the highlights of your holidays. I expect everyone to comment on this post sometime during the holidays.

School Holiday Sports

Please let us know how you get on with your sports over the holidays. Eilish B, Alex and Mickey are off to Australia for netball, Paddy and Kyle are on their way to Wellington as I type this for league, Michael D is off to Kaiapoi for league, Benjamin is going to be a mascot for West Coast Girls B hockey team in Ashburton, Mattison is going to Auckland for hockey and Chelsea is going to Invercargill for hockey. Grace M is going to be taking equestrian lessons in Nelson. Alex is performing ballet and barefoot dancing at the Regent Theatre. Check out the newspaper to see when the dancing is on and go along and support Alex if you can.

Good luck to everyone that is competing over the holidays. Please keep us informed.

How NZ was made

You might find this interesting and you could find some information that you want to add to your earthquake work.

Finally the Netball Photos from the big win!

Our netball champions!

Food Technology

Please tell us about these photos. Write about what you made and how you made it. I'm very interested in how you made the sushi.

Weekend Sport and Activity Report 28 -29 August

Share your sports results here. I watched Ben and Alec represent the Coast against Buller in the pouring rain today. Here are some pics of them :)

Maru the Stunt Cat

Just because we all need a laugh :)

Earthquake Study

We are going to be studying earthquakes for the rest of the term and into next term.

You will all need to request membership to a new Wiki to do this unit of work. Please check out our links on the left of our blog page. Follow the link and request membership.

Everyone in Room 5JP must do this :)

I hope you all had a fantastic day at school.

Netball

Congratulations to our fantastic netball team for winning the ASB Netball Trophy this year. We are soooooo proud of all you!. Please comment on some of the highlights of the game. Once I get the camera back I'll post some photos for us all to see.

On 7th of September 2010, Saint Patricks 'A' team travelled up to Westport to compete in the ASB Bank Primary Netball Challenge. We left the school at about 8:45 and arrived at the Solid Energy indoor stadium at 10:45. Captain Eilish got us all ready for the warm ups. After stretching and warming our muscles we had a quick game of half court. Finally the other team arrived and we started the game.
Our 1st game against Westport North. The positions were: Carla-GS, Tay-GA, Briana-C, Eilish.R-WD, Bridget-WD, Eilish.B-GD, Breesha-GK,Alexandra-WA, Brittany-WA, Kristina-GK. Everyone had a court time on both games. We won 18-14. Close game!

Our second game we played against Westland High school. They won last year so we thought we were going to lose. But by surprise we won! (25-12) By this time we were all so tired and worn out, but we kept going and giving all our effort. We kept trying and trying.

We are all so proud of EVERYONES performance. Great thanks to Sall & Helen, the awesomest coaches ever & also a thanks to the parents that took the time off work to take us up to Westport.

Fingers crossed for the girls next year (:

The Earthquake

Hey guys get those writers notebooks out and write down the feelings and thoughts you had when you felt the earthquake or after you heard about it.