Term One Sport Skills

Vanessa balancing the tennis ball.

Alex bouncing the tennis ball on the racket

                   Coach Coolie giving instructions

                                 

Testing our hockey dribbling skills with Coach Nick
'Good match'
Running to be the first to get the ball, RUN!

 



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Kea's Amazing Artwork 

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Our desk placemats are based on the art of Sarah C an artist based in Mangawhai Heads, Northland, New Zealand. We loved the 'Kiwi' summertime look and feel of her paintings and wanted to bring this into our classroom so we could enjoy summer all year long in Kea Class!
First we chose a painting that we liked then did a small draft copy in pencil. Then we moved onto our bigger 'good' copy. We spent a lot of time drawing and then painting and we tried not to do an exact copy. We added and deleted things, used different colours and just tried to make them look a little different to the originals.
We love them! They really brighten up the classroom and look amazing!
If you would like to see some Sarah C artwork, click on the link below.
http://www.sarahcdesign.co.nz/index.html

Reminder!

Tomorrow (Friday) is Purple Cake Day. Remember to wear something purple and bring a gold coin donation.
Also, Librarian applications are due to Mrs Bryant TOMORROW (Friday)

Student Council Blog

Our Student Council have a blog for you to access and read and comment on.
Please remember that if you have any issues/ideas for the council to address, then you need to see our class Council member, Dylan, who will be glad to take these to the next council meeting.
A permanent link to the blog will be on 'Our Favourite Blogs' on our class blog 'Home' page.
http://studentcouncilstpauls.blogspot.co.nz/

School Website

Click the link below to check out our brand new school website!
http://www.stpauls-richmond.school.nz

Swimming

Swimming at The Aquatic Centre Please leave comments below rather than on the end of the video. Thank you!

Financial Literacy

Learning about the IRD

On Friday we had a visitor from the ASB Bank come and talk with us about how to be smart with our money.
We learnt about why different jobs pay different wages and how much it costs to live. We found out about paying taxes and what happens to the money.
Then we were given a budget and, in our groups, had to plan a trip to Hawaii. We had to decide if we wanted to pay with cash or credit card and if we wanted insurance or not. 
It was interesting to hear what people decided to do.
It was fun and a great way for us to learn about money and how to budget.

Kea Class Student Council Representative 2013

Congratulations to Dylan who has been voted in as our class representative on the 2013 Student Council.

Dylan presented a well thought out speech and will be a great addition to the Council.

Well done to the other Kea students who also put themselves forward for election.

It's great to see so many of you wanting to be leaders in our school.