Rippa Rugby Tournament

On the 4th of April two teams of Year 5 and 6 students participated in the Tamaki Cluster Rippa Rugby Tournament at Mt Wellington War Memorial Reserve. This was our first time being involved with this sport and quite a challenge for our children.

Although we didn't win all our games, our children thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and learned a lot about teamwork, sportsmanship and supporting each other.

Our heartfelt thanks to our coach Hamish Fraser from Marist Rugby Club, the expert referees from Pro Sport Auckland and Megan Grayson of Auckland Rugby for such a wonderful opportunity.

Next up...KI O RAHI.

Census At Schools Time.

This past Monday morning Room 7 filled in a survey about themselves, their lives and opinions across a wide range of topics. The survey results were entered into the Census At Schools database.

Yesha has shared on her blog more details about her experience.

Big Plans To Help Us Improve Our Writing.

This week Room 7 have learned a new way to plan, edit and craft our writing. We like to call it "St. Patrick's School Writing Process". Each student used their presentation skills to create Digital Learning Objects to help us remember each of the steps.

Click here to see what Aleenah has to say about the Writing Process.

Using Drama To Check On Our Learning

In Religious Education we have been learning about God's call to Abraham and Sarah. The class decided to create a short skit in stations to demonstrate their understandings of what they have learned. Here's a quick video of their performance.

How Does Maths Occur In Our Everyday Lives?

This past week our class have been identifying the many ways that Maths and Maths language feature in our lives. Take a look at these examples from our Maths Wall.

Reading: Week 1 2019

This week we read the first chapter of The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. In this chapter we learned a lot about what the Iron Man was like because the author describes him very well. He said the Iron Man was as tall as a house, his head was shaped like a dustbin and was as big as a bedroom so we know he is very big. We enjoyed the way the chapter introduced the character and want to read more because there are so many questions we need answered now. Things like where he came from, what he is doing here, who made him and more Overall we really like this book.

Tuhi Mai, Tuhi Atu.