Holy Week

During Holy Week we have been reflecting on all the events that happened leading up to Easter Sunday. On Holy Thursday Kereru Class led us on a journey around the school where we listened to the Holy Week story - Palm Sunday, the Last Supper, the agony in the garden, the crucifixion and death of Jesus, His resurrection and His promise to be with us until the end of time. Happy Easter!

St Patrick's Day

On the 17th of March, St Patrick's day, Elizabeth brought her Irish dance class to Saint Paul's and gave us a demonstration of Irish Dancing. We thought that Elizabeth gave a great performance because she knew all the steps to the dances, she kept in time with the music and the other dancers,she was really confident and we loved her costume! We enjoyed watching her dance. Well done Elizabeth!

Weetbix Tryathlon

On Sunday 6 March six students from Kea Class competed in the Weetbix Tryathlon at Tahunanui Beach.They all put in their best effort and had a great time. Well done to Kate, Holly, Lia,Caleb, Finn and Scarlet.

Welcome to Kea Class 2016

Sharks!

On Thursday we had a visit from Richard de Hamel from the University of Otago Marine Studies Centre. He came to talk to us about sharks. We had lots of questions. We wanted to know why some books say that sharks are warm blooded and some books say that sharks are cold blooded. He explained to us that sharks are poikilothermic! That means that they change their body temperature to be the same as the water temperature that they are swimming in. He had a fun game where you had to answer a question about sharks and if you got it wrong the sharks head "bit" your hand!! It was fun!

Fun with weaving flax.

As part of our learning about Fabric and Fibre we learnt how to weave flax.

A visit to the marae by Emma and Rayah

As I went into the wharenui I was amazed! I saw lots of tukutuku patterns. I had to sit on the carpet until we had morning tea. When we were ready we listened to all the Maori people's speeches. After some of the speeches we did a waiata. Then we did some more speeches and the student councillors did the hongi.After that we had food in the wharekai. Later on we went outside to get a photo taken. Soon we said our mihi and then we went back to school. By Emma.

As I went into the wharenui I was amazed because of all the patterns and when I first looked up I saw a lot of koru patterns, they looked wonderful! There were thousands of them. When I felt the carvings on the walls the wood felt hard and some patterns were made from weaving. When we sat down a Maori man stood up and made a speech and then the women sang a waiata. It was lovely. Then awhile later we sang our waiata. After that we went into the wharekai and ate a lovely morning tea. After morning tea we went and had our photo taken and then we went back to the wharenui and said our mihi in our groups and then we went on the bus. By Rayah