Literacy Quiz Team

Last Monday ten people represented St Martins School at the 2015 Lit Quiz. There were two teams with four in each and two reserves. One team came 17th and the other 27th out of sixty four teams. Ruairi and Cora from Room 13 were the only Year 6 students in the team.  Congratulations to the teams for an excellent effort.

Room 13 Poetry writing

Today we wrote poems about birds and what it might be like  for them in the Vanauatu cyclone.
Here are some sample lines showing the clever use of words people have used.

Explosions of wind - Brendon

The waves leaped over the sand - Avah

Nests are shredded by merciless spinning cylinders - Cora

Wind starts to shut the cloud windows - Maddison 

Birds hunker down in an underground cave - Lucy

Birds were being shredded apart like rag dolls - John

The bodies of paralyzed birds - Eliya

Suddenly the wind accelerated, grounding trees one by one - Ruairi

They rummage through the ominous black clouds for edibles - Reeya

Debris soared through the air decimating nests into trillions - Lewis

Inquiry Share

A reminder that on Wednesday next week (1 March) Y 5&6 will be sharing our inquiry findings on Our Place in the Pacific. Children are encouraged to wear Pacific Island costume as part of the mufti day fundraising for Vanuatu.

Sasa presentations are 

Rm 11  11.45;   Rm 12.  11.55  Rm 13 12.00 

We also invite you to share lunch with you child and parent vs child games of tennis, volleyball and cricket after.

We look forward seeing you. Just come up stairs and cruise!

Summer Sports Tournament

Today the Y 5&6 syndicate participated in a tournament at Hansens Park and at school. The students selected a sport of their choice and then we're put into teams. The students have enjoyed learning the basic game skills of volleyball, touch rugby, cricket, softball and tennis. A big thank you to goes to Sport Canterbury for their help with running the skills sessions and tournament.

photos of the tennis at school.

 

duathlon

On Tuesday the year 5-8s participated in the annual school duathlon. The students entered in teams and individual events. Results to follow, once confirmed.  It turned out to be a great day weather wise and the children participated enthusiastically.  It was cool to see everyone take part. Congratulations to those who completed the individual event especially, as it was a tough race, 2 km run,4 km bike and 1 km run to the finish. everyone should be very proud of themselves.

Rehua Marae

Two videos from the Marae.

Room 11, 12, 13 Visit to the Marae

The visit to the Rehua Marae was very successful with children learning a lot about Māori culture and the Marae itself. We learnt about the Wharenui and the different parts of it. At the end we did poi and had an introduction to rākau.

 Hongi wth the kaumata

 Our seniors from St Martins who helped with the activities

 Our kaumata, Henare Edwards

 Waiting in the Wharenui

 Having lunch in the Wharekai

 Houses for the kaumata on the Marae

 Tahu Pōtiki at the top of the Wharenui

 The ringringa and waewae of the Wharenui

 The eye of the Wharenui

 Tukutuku panels

Getting ready for the poi

 Singing Tutiro Mai

Checking out the carvings

Jenna Wins Gold

Recently at the Canterbury Athletics Championships ,Jenna won  gold medal for being placed first overall. She came first in 60 m and 100m sprints and 3rd in the long jump.

Trying on Hatesa's lava lava

Hatesa's Visit

Hatesa, a friend of John's family, came to speak to our team about Samoan life.  She had some very interesting information to tell us.  A big thanks to Hatesa for bringing along mats, fans, lavalavas, and Siapo cloth. Thanks a heap John for helping to organise this.

Dress up time.

 Grace wearing her lavalava with John's mum, Jo and Poppy in the background.

 Hatesa putting a lavalava on Connor

 Jenna and Ella with the Siapo cloth

 Siapo Cloth

 Connor, wearing the lavalava the way boys do in Samoa.

 Olivia wearing a shell necklace, males wear necklaces made of seed pods and plant material

 Monte with his lavalava and woven fan.

 Mats. Some are used for ceremonies and others for day to day use.

 Hatesa out-fitting John. Below is John with his lavalava.

Room 12

Our super helpful teacher aide, Linda

Room 13 2015

Weetbix Tryathlon

This weekend many children from St Martins School participated in the tryathlon. Great effort everyone. It is so good to see children out there getting involved in the tryathlon.
Photo is of Team St Martins School.  Can you spot anyone from our Year 5/6 team?

Super Stars

We're not sure who the super stars are but we think they are Sally and Lara. What do you think?
They were fortunate to get some skill training from the Crusaders on Monday night. They said it was great fun!

Japanese School

Lewis  goes to Japanese School every Saturday afternoon. This week he won an award for the best book review, written in Japanese, for his age group. This is awarded once a year. Congratulations Lewis. We are very proud of you.

Up date on Ruby's tennis

On Sunday Ruby played her Town versus Country games. She won her singles 1-4, 4-2, 7-2 (tie breaker) and her mixed doubles. Congratulations Ruby!