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 (:

Free Verse Poetry

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 :)

Map Work for Week 5, Term 3

Ok choose a country that of your ancestors came from. Write and interesting fact about it. You might want to list all the countries your ancestors have come from.

Find three towns or cities in New Zealand that start with the letter 'E'. List them all here and write an interesting fact about one of them.

Netball

Sorry I didn't get photos of all the girls. Hopefully I will be able to some more photos tomorrow from Kristina and Mrs Olivier :)

Map Work for Week 4, Term 3

Think of a place in the world that you would be nervous to visit. In the comment box below write that country down and why you would be uncomfortable visiting it. Give us an interesting fact about it. Don't forget to add your New Zealand towns also along with the interesting information about one of them. Missed you all today :(

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!

Mouse Commercial

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 :)

Weekend Sport Report

Comment below to let us know how you got on with your sport this weekend.

Our Artwork

All Whites

It was great to see so many people supporting the All Whites today by wearing white to school! Here's hoping they do well tonight.

Photo from:http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/fifa-world-cup/all-whites/3816878/All-Whites-greatest-results-keep-coming#share

Zumba

Today Michelle from BodyWorx Gym in Hokitika came to talk to us about careers in the fitness industry. While she was here she took us through a few Zumba songs and moves. We also got to make up some of our own.

What did you learn about the fitness industry today?

The Crunchie Challenge

Room 5JP and 5CO pupils have the chance to earn a Crunchie bar. Get a family member or friend from overseas to post a comment that tells us something interesting, asks us a question or makes a statement about something we have on our site as well as mentioning the student they know from our classes and tell us which country they are from and the student they know will get a crunchie bar.

We want comments!!!

Students can earn some Pebbles if their parents comment on our site!

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 :)

Year 7 & 8 Camp

At the beginning of Term 2 we went to Hanmer Springs for our school camp.

Please describe:

- the most challenging thing you did and why it was challenging for you

or

- the thing that surprised you the most and why it surprised you.

Vincent Van Gogh

Please place a comment below that says:
- how you feel when you watch the slide show and listen to Don McLean sing Starry, Starry Night
OR
- something interesting you have learned about Vincent Van Gogh

MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR FIRST NAME UNDER YOUR COMMENT (AND YOUR LAST INITIAL IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS THE SAME FIRST NAME AS YOU)

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