Cross Country Training

Last week we started training for the Rod Dixon Marathon and the school Cross Country.

Every day we set off around the school to complete our one km per day target. We then come back into the classroom for a well earned, refreshing, home-made lemonade and then we record our results on the class running log.

Today we got the pom poms out for our cheerleaders!

Go boys!

What's New Pussycat?

For Friday news Katie's 'Na' brought her new cat into our class. Its breed is Burmese and her name is Phoebe.  Phoebe came from Wellington and Katie got Phoebe from the airport last Friday.Phoebe is grey,white and very small. Katie's Na let Phoebe walk around the class room and we all got to pat her.

By Lucas and Sean

Phoebe enjoyed her visit

She was very curious and seemed very relaxed

Saint Paul's Gala

On Saturday we had our Saint Pauls school Gala, We shared a stall with Kotuku and we did homemade popcorn, lemonade and candy floss. They were delicious, tasty and yummy. 

We also did singing with Kotuku and Kea. We sang Drag me Down, Kia Kaha Tuatara, Express Your Self and Road Trip. 

Some students also performed a couple of Jump Jam routines.

The gala was awesome.

By Quintin and Luke.

Middle Syndicate singing group

Kereru Jump Jammers

Our lemonade stand

Our candy floss was super popular!

Holy Week Story

On Holy Thursday Kereru Class presented the story of Holy Week to the rest of the school.

It was a huge responsibility and the students rose to the occasion.
They were reverent, mature and very respectful.
Ms Hampson was super proud!

Jesus enters Jerusalem like a King

The Last Supper

Jesus prays alone

Jesus is crucified

Jesus is buried and rises from the dead

Jesus talks to his followers

Easter Treats!

BIG thanks go to Katie and Katie's 'Na' Elizabeth for putting these lovely Easter treats together for the students in Kereru Class.

We are very lucky to have such kind people in our school!

Holy Week in Two Minutes

Next week is Holy Week. 
Holy Week is the week before Easter and the final week of Lent. 
Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday and ends with Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday. 

St Patricks Day

Saint Patrick

Today is St Patrick's Day and we have been learning all about his life and some St Patrick's day traditions.

We learnt that St Patrick's name was Maewyn Succat. He was kidnapped when he was 16 and he became a slave in Ireland for 6 years.

He became a priest and travel around Ireland telling people about God.

By Amelia & Katie

Irish Dancers

Some Irish dancers came to perform their jig dances. Even the seagulls started cheering because the Irish dancers were so good.

By Amelia and Katie 

Irish dancers came to perform.

A sweet St Patrick's Day treat.

Weetbix Tryathlon

In the weekend the Weetbix Tryathlon took place. Lucas, Reuben, Nyah, Jasmine, Hope and Luke from Kereru Class all participated.

The events were; swimming in the sea, biking in Tahuna and running to the finish line.

When we crossed the finish line we got water poured on us and got medals from Irene van Dyke and Dillon Boucher. We also got an apple, free Weetbix Go samples and a photo with our award. 

Over the past 23 years there have been over 250,000 kids take part in the Tryathlon. In 2016 we had over 1700 kids in the Nelson one.

Click on the link to see a video:    Weetbix Tryathlon Nelson 2016

By Luke And Nyah.