Term 3 2013

It's going to be a busy and exciting term.   Our classroom is transforming into a new and increasingly exciting learning environment. Our individual desks are disappearing! 'Tables' of various shapes, sizes and colours are appearing. 

 Exciting times however, are not limited to the transformation of our class because in just over 7 weeks it will be time for our annual Cultural Festival. This is always both challenging and exciting. Learning music and movement and combining these for a live audience is a real challenge, one that we all just love. For our year 8 students, this will be their last Cultural Festival at St Pat's. For our five year old's it will be their first time to experience the Lights, Camera and Action!

 This term our sports code is Badminton. We are going to have an inter-school football tournament in a few weeks and this afternoon we had a Duffy Show which was very entertaining and enjoyed by everyone.  

 It's all on at St Patrick's School. Follow us and see the excitement unfold.

The Roll of a Mediator

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Family Time

On Easter Weekend my family went to the Easter  show at the ASB showgrounds. When we arrived, we paid for parking and then paid again to enter the show itself.  Fortunately, we had some free tickets that covered the entry cost for my siblings and myself.  

Our first stop was the animal farm.  The animals were housed in a huge building that had a entrance that allowed people to exit into a barn yard.   Here we saw pigs, ducks, cows, sheep, goats, and also some small, fluffy, yellow ducklings.  We also had the opportunity  to pat and feed the animals. One of the sheep followed my little brother Lasike.  He  got scared and jumped on my back and started screaming like a little girl.   Both my dad and my sister Lupe, started laughing and taking pictures. Click, click, click went the camera.  I felt the eyes of all the people around staring at me!   My temperature rose and I could feel my face turning red, I was so embarrassed. I was so relieved when we left the barn yard and Lasike finally jumped off my back and ran towards carnival rides.

We each had 5 tokens  to use on the rides of our choice.  We lined up for our turn on the huge slide.  Each person had to sit on a red sack to go down the slide to prevent friction burns.  When I was  going down the slide, it was as if I was falling forward - it was a long way down.

Following the rides we decided to have lunch and a little break. Fifteen minutes later I took  my brother to the flying fox. Each person using the flying fox, had to put on safety gear and listen carefully to the instructions to make sure no one was hurt.  I waited and watched at the finishing point for my brother.  I heard him before I saw him, his high pitched squeal made me shiver.

It was a great day and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family.

The Azonto Crew by Reitz

The movie that I mostly recommend is 'Azonto"  by Tamaki College

'Azonto' is a movie that features kids running around the city dancing with lots of amazing talents. This movie plays a song called 'Azonto', it was very catchy and it got me hooked as a fish! All of them were wearing white masks, black pants and black shirt. This movie encourages people to dance and entertain  viewers.These kids can enter a dance competition!I can't wait to watch Tamaki College next movie. 

"Today my life begins" by Monique

"Today My Life Begins" is an awesome movie because the background is interesting. They really did a great job on this movie. I think the students had fun because of their cool dance movements.  I like how they lip sync the song. I also had fun watching the movie because of their costumes. They also chose the right song. Manaiakalani Film Festival is great because it let the students from different schools show their talents.

I recommend...by Angel

I recommend this video because, the effects, animating,and acting was good. Their lip syncing is realistic that I thought they were actually singing the song. Great choice of music too. It was good how they express their emotion to the song which fits in.

"Honesty is the best policy" by Maria

I would  recommend 'Busted' from Room 7 at Tamaki Primary school. This movie features a boy who is dishonest with his mother about money. After receiving lunch money, he uses it to buy lollies from the shop and then tells his teacher that he has no lunch. Later on, his mother finds out from the principal that he has been buying lollies. After the mother has a good talk to her son he promises not to lie again. When he gets home and he's actually telling the truth, his mother doesn't believe him. The movie teaches us an essential lesson that lying is not good and  'honesty is the best policy!'