Lunchtime Writing Club

In Room 18 at St Martins School

We met a boy who was a fool

He was far too polite

Tried to teach us to write

So we chucked him right into the pool.

But his chances of death were rather slim

For we soon discovered that he could swim

And he couldn't have died

For the water had dried

So the odds were quite good for him.

By Louie H (Room 23)

Congratulations Leila

Room 19's Leila Dunlop placed 3rd in the New Zealand under 13 girls cross country championships.

Māori quiz

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/12305139/Maori-language-week-quiz-the-basics

Blog Challenge: 20 Scholar Dollars will be awarded to each student who completes the above quiz and then emails Mrs P with the results.

Skip-a-thon preparations

Today we went out to practise for the skip-a-thon even though it's in week 10 . We started by doing normal skipping rope jumps, then we tried cross loop skipping, thirdly we did backwards skipping (it was really hard), fourthly we tried backwards cross loop skipping (it was getting really tricky now), then we did multi person skipping (two people holding each end and two jumping in the middle) and lastly we did multi person double rope skipping which is the most coolest of all of the patterns we tried. Here are some photos to satisfy you.

Alex and Alice doing multi person skipping

Alex going solo😱

Kelley strutting his stuff (awesome)😮

Max doing his "like a boss" routine😎

Mia is trying really hard 

Lauren attempting the multi person double rope skipping technic (INTENSE)❗️

Amelia flying like an angel attempting multi person skipping:)

Baxter showing off his skipping skills instead of his soccer ones😎

Dom doing his signature " flying move" 

Max's 2nd round of awesomeness (oh yea😎😎😎😎😎)

From student bloggers Sam C and Nathan

Māori Language Week

Room 18 and 19 are taking up the challenge to learn a new kupu (word) and rerenga kōrero (phrase) each wiki (week) for the rest of the year. 

The list of kupu and rerenga kōrero for each week can be find at the following website (with MP3 sound files): 

http://kupu.maori.nz/kupu-o-te-wiki-2015

Each week, I will post the kupu and rerenga kōrero for the week on the blog. 

Week beginning 27th July 2015

Ngā Rerenga Kōrero         English                            Kupu           English

Haramai, e te tau!             Come here darling!          e te tau        darling

Haramai, e hine!               Come here, my girl!

Haramai, e tama!              Come here, my boy!

Water polo - The Water Breakers

Look at what these clever kids were up to last night.  They had a fabulous win over St Margaret's College at Jellie Park, 20-0.  Well done St Martins Water Breakers!!!

Room 18😀 and 19😱 Maths

Room 18 Maths

Jonas the smarty pants working on a question.

Rm19 working on making all the numbers to twenty out of four fours.

Questions for $15 Scholar Dollars

1.  12-45 ➗ 2 ✖️ 3=

2. On page 34 of your student diary, what date and month is Monday? 

3. At school, what is written on the surfboard in the middle area?

Email your answers to Mrs P. (email address is in your student diary)

Brought to you by student bloggers - Lachlan and Dominic