Friendship Circle 7th March

When we went to Friendship circle on 7 March we sang some songs to the old people. We sang “Don’t sit under the Apple Tree” and “Haere Mai Everything is Ka Pai” and “If I were a Butterfly”. Belinda asked us some jokes. They were really funny and we tried to guess them.  We showed them our little house that we had made and some people had paintings about World Peace Day.   They liked looking at our work and watching our songs. When we finished they gave us a biscuit and a drink.

by Kyla Howe

First Aid Course

This year on 14/2/18 at first aid course we were practicing with bandages if someone got hurt. We had slings on and we looked like mummies. We were in the library. It took us like 4 hours. We did some role-play and it was fun. In one of the role-plays we were in a bus crash and everyone was injured. We had booklets to help us. Why did we go? Because we learnt to help people. What did we do? We wrote stuff in our booklets. Who was there? 

The year 4, 5 and 6s had to think what we were. I was the injured knee and the other people didn’t know what I was. I showed them my card and it said “bleeding knee”. At the end we said goodbye and we all got a little certificate. 

School Camp 5 - 7 Dec 2017

   School Camp 5-7 Dec 2017

Last year’s camp we went to Otamarakau and slept in a tent/marae. The best thing, for me, about the camp was that it was right next to a beach and a train track.

 At the beach there were kayaks that some people paddled in. There was a really deep bit in the water where you could jump in. At night we roasted marshmallows and burnt our faces looking at the fire.

 We drove to Kiwifruit Country and met a dog called Tilly. We went in a giant kiwi fruit cart and looked around at all the kiwifruit trees. Our guide was telling us all about the trees.

On the last day of camp, we planted trees next to the river bank. We got a shovel and dug up holes. We said good bye to the camp and drove off. When I thought we were going home we went to a lake and did a treasure hunt for things.

Then we drove back to school and went home, exhausted but happy.

By Patrick and Lochie.

Visiting Kiwifruit Country.

                   Campfire and toasting marshmallows

Planting karaka trees along the riverbank

                           Camp Otamarakau 2018 - done!

Christmas Choir 30 November - 3 December

Christmas Choir 2017

From November 30 – 3 December 2017, St Joseph School choir performed at the Anglican Church Christmas choir show. We sang songs like “If I were a Butterfly”, “Fill Every Valley Up” and “This Little Boy” sung by Sophia Martelli and Esther James. These two performed a duet with the rest of the school singing the chorus of “This Little Boy. It was a lot of fun. We all practised for about a month and 5 weeks it took us 2-3 weeks to decide which songs we would sing. It took about 4-5 weeks for Sophia and Esther to practise their duet. After the last performance at the church, we had ice blocks and lollies.

World Milk Day

WORLD MILK DAY! Thanks Fonterra the kids love having their free milk in schools every day! #milkmoostache

Little Garden Seedlings

Planting our seeds from the New World little garden promotion. Thanks To New a World for the donation! 👍They'll be great for our community garden.

Keep NZ Beautiful

Collecting rubbish around the school, roadside and Centennial Drive for Clean up NZ week! 
This year we only collected 2/3 of a bag and most of that was from Centennial Drive. We must be doing a good job at keeping our school clean!