Saturday, 14 March 2015
Mathletics Reminder
Reminder that Mathletics will be reset tomorrow night. If you have not yet scored your 1000 points for the week, you have another 24 hours to do so. Congratulations to the Einstein group - you are the only group to have all group members on at least a Bronze Certificate this week. Ka mau te wehi mahi- awesome job! Also, congratulations to Jake who earned a Gold Certificate last week for 20 weeks of 1000 points (only the second person in our syndicate to achieve this so far, 2014-2015).
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Week 6 Update
Kia ora koutou!
PCT
This Friday, eight Year 7/8 students will be participating in the Police Competency Test (PCT) held at English Park, St Albans. Team 1 is made up of: Lauren, Holly R., Torian and Jake W. Term 2 consists of: Amelia, Alice, Louis and Louie. Students were selected by Mr P due to their athleticism and results in previous athletic events. We wish them the best of luck! Our St Martins whānau is behind you all the way!! Here is the link to last years event photos http://stmartinsyear78.blogspot.co.nz/2014/03/police-competency-test-photos.html
Zone and Canterbury Swimming
We have a number of Room 18/19 students who will be representing our school at Zone swimming next Wednesday - Lauren, Rosie, Chloe, Lily S., Molly, Holly C., Holly R., Paris T., Giles, Max Cr., Jake and Jonas. Good luck guys! We look forward to hearing of your successes!
School Duathlon
On Tuesday 24th March, we will be having our school duathlon at Hansen Park. A notice was sent home a few days ago. :)
The individual events will run from 9-11am and then the team event will kick off around 11:30am. This year, all students are required to participate in either the individual or team event... and in some cases, students have elected to participate in both - ka mau te wehi (awesome!)
Individual Event: 2km Run, 9km Bike, 1km Run
Team Event (3 people): 3km Run, 4km Bike, 1km Run
Mr P and I are so pleased with the number of students who have put their name forward for the individual event. This demonstrates that we have such a positive 'CAN DO' culture in Room 18 and 19! It's shaping up to be another hotly contested Class Eagle challenge! Further to this, there are House points on offer.
ICAS Exams
A notice was provided to students who are interested in participating in the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS). More information about these exams can be found at: https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/icas/subjects/ These are non-compulsory exams and there is a fee attached to each exam. In the past, students from our school have featured well. Distinction and High Distinction awards are presented at whole school assemblies.
Home Learning
A reminder to students to keep focused when it comes to the Home Learning goals that they set themselves at the beginning of the year. There is just over 3 weeks left of the term, so it's a good time to evaluate what has been achieved so far, and what needs to be completed before the end of the term. Remember, Home Learning completion leads to Success Award eligibility. And, of course, please speak with your class teacher if you'd like to negotiate tasks and task completion. Congratulations to Nina who received a Sports badge for completing 3 physical challenges earlier this term. We also have some other students who will be receiving badges at this Friday's syndicate assembly for completing Home Learning challenges.
** Parents, please check with your child if they have any work to complete from class that day. In Room 18/19, we ask that students complete Maths and Reading at home if it is not completed at school. Today, we had roughly 12 students who had not completed their reading activities ready for marking (and/or had left it at home). Thanks for your support with this!
Technology
Please make sure that your child is at school and signed in before 8:30am. It's important that students have signed in and that they line up on the basketball court (sitting down) straight after the 8:30am bell. We need the bus to leave at 8:40am so that students can be in class at their respective technology centres for a 9:00am start.
Remember, any questions please pop us a line at nickyp@stmartins.school.nz or jaradp@stmartins.school.nz. We love to hear from you!
PCT
This Friday, eight Year 7/8 students will be participating in the Police Competency Test (PCT) held at English Park, St Albans. Team 1 is made up of: Lauren, Holly R., Torian and Jake W. Term 2 consists of: Amelia, Alice, Louis and Louie. Students were selected by Mr P due to their athleticism and results in previous athletic events. We wish them the best of luck! Our St Martins whānau is behind you all the way!! Here is the link to last years event photos http://stmartinsyear78.blogspot.co.nz/2014/03/police-competency-test-photos.html
Zone and Canterbury Swimming
We have a number of Room 18/19 students who will be representing our school at Zone swimming next Wednesday - Lauren, Rosie, Chloe, Lily S., Molly, Holly C., Holly R., Paris T., Giles, Max Cr., Jake and Jonas. Good luck guys! We look forward to hearing of your successes!
School Duathlon
On Tuesday 24th March, we will be having our school duathlon at Hansen Park. A notice was sent home a few days ago. :)
The individual events will run from 9-11am and then the team event will kick off around 11:30am. This year, all students are required to participate in either the individual or team event... and in some cases, students have elected to participate in both - ka mau te wehi (awesome!)
Individual Event: 2km Run, 9km Bike, 1km Run
Team Event (3 people): 3km Run, 4km Bike, 1km Run
Mr P and I are so pleased with the number of students who have put their name forward for the individual event. This demonstrates that we have such a positive 'CAN DO' culture in Room 18 and 19! It's shaping up to be another hotly contested Class Eagle challenge! Further to this, there are House points on offer.
ICAS Exams
A notice was provided to students who are interested in participating in the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS). More information about these exams can be found at: https://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/icas/subjects/ These are non-compulsory exams and there is a fee attached to each exam. In the past, students from our school have featured well. Distinction and High Distinction awards are presented at whole school assemblies.
Home Learning
A reminder to students to keep focused when it comes to the Home Learning goals that they set themselves at the beginning of the year. There is just over 3 weeks left of the term, so it's a good time to evaluate what has been achieved so far, and what needs to be completed before the end of the term. Remember, Home Learning completion leads to Success Award eligibility. And, of course, please speak with your class teacher if you'd like to negotiate tasks and task completion. Congratulations to Nina who received a Sports badge for completing 3 physical challenges earlier this term. We also have some other students who will be receiving badges at this Friday's syndicate assembly for completing Home Learning challenges.
** Parents, please check with your child if they have any work to complete from class that day. In Room 18/19, we ask that students complete Maths and Reading at home if it is not completed at school. Today, we had roughly 12 students who had not completed their reading activities ready for marking (and/or had left it at home). Thanks for your support with this!
Technology
Please make sure that your child is at school and signed in before 8:30am. It's important that students have signed in and that they line up on the basketball court (sitting down) straight after the 8:30am bell. We need the bus to leave at 8:40am so that students can be in class at their respective technology centres for a 9:00am start.
Remember, any questions please pop us a line at nickyp@stmartins.school.nz or jaradp@stmartins.school.nz. We love to hear from you!
Sunday, 8 March 2015
Glentui Camp Photos
More photos at: http://conorboyd.photography/
Friday, 27 February 2015
Anna McNuff - Running the length of NZ
On Monday 23rd February we were lucky to have Anna McNuff (world adventurer) visit our school. She spoke to us about biking through all 50 states of America and the latest challenge that she has set herself - running the length of NZ in 5 months. Students (and teachers) were inspired by her ability to set goals and follow through - a timely reminder of the importance of goal setting and planning ahead.
Follow her journey through NZ:
http://annamcnuff.com/ (look for the Live Tracker page under the Running NZ tab)
Collaborative Canvas
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| Stage 1 of our collaborative canvas. |
Yesterday, Evelyn & Lauren (Room 19 project managers) completed a pencil sketch of the ideas that were proposed by Ella P. and Rosa (Room 18 project managers).
Evelyn, Lauren and Paris D. did a fabulous job drawing the Christchurch city skyline. Sue (one of our beautiful TAs) assisted with the drafting of the Canterbury plains in the foreground and the Alps in the distance.
Next week, each student in Room 18/19 will be given a part of the grid to paint and we'll look at including a bird to represent the fact that we are Soaring High in Year 7/8.
Watch this space!
Room 19's Art Interchange
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| Artist: Oliver, Model: Nathan, Inspiration: Canadian flag |
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| Artist: Kelley, Model: Jacob |
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| Artist: Evelyn, Model: Lauren, Inspiration: Moscow-based photographer Alexander Khokhlov |
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| Artists: Holly R. & Molly, Model: Claudia, Inspiration: Moscow-based photographer Alexander Khokhlov |
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| Artist: Nyah, Model: Isabella, Inspiration: Moscow-based photographer Alexander Khokhlov |
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| Artist: Max N., Model: Sam C., Inspiration: Racing Pig by Daniel Eskridge |
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| Artist: Molly & Claudia, Model: Holly R., Inspiration: Moscow-based photographer Alexander Khokhlov |
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| Artist: Quincy, Model: Aliāz, Inspiration: Slovenia Flag |
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| Artist: Alexander, Model: Cooper, Inspiration: Argentina Flag |
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Extra newspaper - Quiz Teams
Tomorrow we are going to start our first round of weekly quizzes. The questions with either come from the recent Otago Daily Times Extra or an online current events quiz that we have subscribed to. Together, Mr P and I have decided on the following groups:
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Paris D.
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Leila
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Molly
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Paige
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Sam C.
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Rosie
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Evelyn
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Nyah
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Holly R.
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Lauren
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Anu
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Lachlan
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Dominic
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Alexandria
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Amelia
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Quincy
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Ella P.
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Paris T.
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Rosa
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Lily S.
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Jonas
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Chloe
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Alice
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Max Cr.
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Tanaya
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Mia
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Sam D.
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Nina
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Harvey
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Bogdan
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Georgia
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Sebastian
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Giles
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Baxter
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Oliver
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Nathan
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Lily P.
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Maisie
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Holly C.
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Claudia
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Max Co.
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Alexander
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Isabella
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Kelley
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Jacob
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Jake W.
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Max N.
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Cooper
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Torian
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Lydia
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Patricia
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Alijāz
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