A sad, sad day for Greymouth

Hi guys,

I know some of you have been writing poems, and thoughts. If you want to share them on here please feel free to. Remember the wiki as well.

Kia Kaha

Please click on 'Comment' below to read the tributes that have been posted.

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.

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.

Maru the Stunt Cat

Just because we all need a laugh :)

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 (:

Vocabulary work Week 5, Term 3

Find an interesting word from another language. Write the word here and tell us what it means. Don't forget to put it in your writer's journal as well just in case you want to use it in your writing in the future :) Have fun :)

Weekend Sport 7 and 8 August

Please keep us updated with your sports results and let us know what else you have been up to. I might not be able to approve them straight away. I'm off to watch the All Blacks in Chch so not sure if I'll be able to get to a computer but I'll be home Sunday to approve everything!

Week 4 Map Work

Share with us a place in the world that you would like to visit and tell something interesting about it! Three places in NZ that start with the letter 'C' and teach us something about one of those places. :)

Map Work

Sorry I didn't have this ready for you sooner. Please put your map work here!

What have you done over the holidays so far?

Tell us what you have been doing! Share with us how your writing journal is going. Keep in touch!

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Map Work

Use the cluster map or globe on our blog site. Choose a dot. Find out where that dot represents. Mark it on your world map in your homework book. In the comment box below:

- Name the place you have chosen
- Name two towns, cities or landmarks that are close to your chosen place
- Find two facts about your chosen place or one of the places you have identified as being close by
- Think of a question you have about that place and write it in your comment box as well.

Room 5JP Map Work

If you want you can put the information you find about Luxembourg here instead of your homework books! Maybe we can get someone from Luxembourg to add to it as well at the end of the week :)

Queens Birthday

Hey everyone. I hope you have all had a great weekend. I'm sure our basketballers had a great trip and played their best. What interesting things have you done over the weekend? If you are a bit bored with this awful weather you could explore some of the links on the right hand side of our page. Enjoy the rest of the weekend :)

Getting started

Hello Room 5CO and Room 5JP!

Welcome to our blog site!

To get us started I would like you to simply open up our blog site sometime during the week and say hello and put your name. Remember to only use your first name and your last initial (if there is someone else in these two classes with the same first name).

Remember some important internet safety rules when using this site (and others):

• never give your full name
• never give your phone number, address or email details
• don't mention where you will be at a particular time
• don't put any of that information on the net about anyone else
• think carefully if you respond to anyone else's comments because they can't hear your tone of voice to determine if you are joking or serious
• it is ok to have a debate with someone if you don't agree with their ideas but do it in a friendly manner
• do not call people names or put them down