Year 8 Leaver's Supper and Dance

Village Pools

Fun day At Village Pools on PhotoPeach

First swim in school pool

Today we had the first swim in the school pool. It was a lot warmer this time because we have a new cover.

Tuesday in Wellington

Maths

Here in Room 3 we are in the middle of the Measurement strand. This strand includes Length and Area, Weight and Capacity and Time and Temperature.

Free Writing

Tall, jagged peaks climbed upwards, towards the sky that stretched out in all directions, high above. In the valley below sat a huge creature, encased in a cloud of dust. A huge sheet of lava stretched out in front of it, bordered by tall cliffs. Waterfalls of molten lava oozed down the cliff face. The creature was gargantuan, as tall as a 50 storey building. It had eyes as cold as ice, even though a fire burned within its belly. Long spikes jutted outwards from its jaw and long horns sprouted out of the back of its head. It had a long neck that was thick and tubular in shape that joined the head to its body. Huge wings sprouted from the creature’s shoulders, big and strong enough to carry the dragon’s enormous weight through the air. It stood on two colossal back legs and ended in a pair of long, clawed feet. A long, powerful tail was attached to the back of the creature, used for smashing and sweeping things out of the way. The underside of the dragon was covered in thick impenetrable scales. The dragon was a colossus. Jacob

​I entered the hut. Straw surrounded me and the sea side view caught my eye at first sight. The island gave me a warm  welcome feel; the friendly locals and the tropical paradise made me feel at home. I unpacked and made my way to the shore of the island. I had sunscreen all over me and I was wearing loose clothing that gave me a sense of relaxation. Colours surrounded me: the crystal clear blues of the ocean, the golden colours of the sand, greens of the bushes and palms trees - but most of all the traditional colored clothing of the locals. The scent of the foods around the island filled the air and my stomach involuntarily gave a rumble. The laughs and traditional music caught my ears attention. After such a beautiful day, I thought to myself, what a day in paradise.

Caden

Free Writing on a Friday

Distorted and geometrically they sat. Connected cubes of well planned perfection. Pilled building upon building onto the base of concrete cubes. In other words, bricks. Glass panes reach over all angles. Reflecting patterns adding to the effect. Like mosaics on a super scale, slats of yellow wood mould their way around an intriguing feature. What this feature is is entirely up to your imagination. A man or maybe a cross, it comes across differently in each perspective. Through the centre, streams a spotlight of sun, making a point of focus for this masterpiece.

Alexandria

 I ran free on the empty shore with nothing but but a bunch of balloons in my hands trying to escape and float up to party with the clouds. The waves calmly crashed onto the sand, bringing along driftwood and seaweed. As I danced and pranced and leaped high into the air,I didn’t care if people saw me because I was free to be myself. I could do what I wanted and when I wanted with none telling me no.

Amy

The cream colour is finished their castle construction

Amy, Alexandria and Jyothis (the cream coloured team) are first to finish their castle construction. It was a team effort and took a lot of cutting and glueing. Have a look at photos. Doesn't it look great?!

Castle Construction

This term our Inquiry has been about different types of architecture. Yesterday we split into groups and started creating castles out of card. We had to measure the pieces correctly and cut them out.  We had to use problem solving skills for making sure they were the same size, battlements needed to be included and the placements of tabs.  

Rosary

This is month of the Rosary.  We created our own class set of Rosary Beads.

Sport

Reading Groups

We have been trying a new system of reading this term. 

This is the Nelson literacy Directions box and it has a rage of books like e.g Visual Arts In Focus and Social Media: News or not? 

 

Hastings City Art Gallery

Frisbee with Grant

Every Monday Grant comes to St. Mary's School to teach us how to use a frisbee and how to control it. Last week we played games. Grant said that if the frisbee is straight it is going to go straight and if it is not it is going to go all over the place. All of us are very grateful that Grant is coming in every Monday

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Our intermediate open evening

Our Intermediate Open Evening was a great success. We thank all Parents and Year 6 Students who attended the evening. We had great comments from the parents with students from other primary schools. Thanks to all students for their hard work and the way they presented the classrooms.

TAC'S Hockey

The Intermediate Department is having an Open Evening to showcase all of the awesome experiences that students get to participate in. Come and join us.

The Commonwealth Games Day at St Mary's

                                 

On Tuesday the St Mary's School Council organised a commonwealth games day. 20 pre organised teams competed in 5 events including stilts, scoops, soccer/hockey skills, tennis ball shot putt and sprints. The teams where all countries people may not have heard of to encourage them to find out more. It was a great success and everybody had a lot of fun. In the morning they got together and made flags for the country they were representing and in the afternoon they competed in the events. There was also a small opening ceremony where the Queen declared the event officially open.

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The Hastings Art Gallery

Last term we went to the Hastings art gallery to look at the artwork by Reuben Paterson.

 

The Kiwi Kids Quiz

Every morning we get to explore Kiwi kids news. It tells us about about current events national and international. There is a section on odd stuff that people do. Every Friday we do a Quiz in our house groups and the pressure is on. Room 3 isn't good at whispering!

These are just some of the questions. Do you know the answer?

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MTG-Museum, Theatre, Gallery

TACs Soccer

Last Wednesday we travelled by bus to Woodford House and all students participated in TACs (Town and country) soccer. We had a great day competing against other schools. Our mixed A Team were winners in their division. 

Bupa Baton Relay 2014

These are some of our year 7&8 students participating in the Bupa Baton Relay 2014 supporting our Bupa Rehab. (people with head injuries.) To achieve their purpose of longer, healthier, happier lives.  

Welcome Back Everyone!

Our Main inquiry for Term 3 2014 is SCIENCE!

In our reading program we can now access journals and connected books on our chromebooks.  Toru reading group was looking at leaves using descriptive language for their observations.  They have used the microscope, magnifying glasses and like scientists in the first century AD, using rounded glass jars filled with water to magnify an object  Students were able to see a collection of images of magnified things, after they had read their article

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Ripper Rugby 10's Tournament

Polyhedra(3D shapes)

For maths homework students were told to make polyhedras or 3D shapes. They also had to say  how many angles, vertices and faces it has.

These are some of the shapes we made...

Dodecahedron color

Tetrahedron

Cube

Octahedron

Icosahedron

Truncated tetrahedron

Truncated icosahedron

Square pyramid 

Octgonagal pyramid

Triangular pyramid 

Truncated triangular pyramid 

Small triambic icosahedron  

Cone

As well as some boxes we made using the instructions we were given at the art gallery.

Barefoot Sevens and TACS volleyball

    

In the Senior end, we have been busy with Barefoot 7's, Curtain Raiser for St.Johns College. Our Senior team has also participated in a TACS volleyball tournament. All students played very well in each of the sporting events.