Young Vinnies 28th of March.

Young Vinnies is a fun group that the year 5s and 6s at St. Joseph's School gets to do. We have activities like plays and baking. This year the Young Vinnies sang “Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree”, “Hippity, Hoppity, Flippity, Floppity, Funny Bunny” and “Little Einstein” theme song (but we forgot to do that one).  Ryan was a bunny, Patrick was an evil brown bunny, Joe was a pink bird, Tyler was a blue bird and I was a red bird. We did it at Pohlen Hospital on 28^th March. After the songs we gave them Easter eggs and cards with jokes.

 I have a joke for you.

Jack; I found a duckway last night. ‘

Joe; what’s a duckway.

Jack; oh about two kilos.

St Joseph's Day 19th March

On Monday 19^th of March the whole school went to Te Aroha to celebrate St Joseph’s day with Morrinsville, Waihi, Paeroa and Te Aroha. At the start of the day everyone went to church for mass and Father JeLo showed us a picture of St Joseph sleeping. After that we did a bunch of activities like soccer, 4 square and an obstacle course. But before that we had lunch. Some people got to order lunch which they enjoyed. After that we went back to school – and everyone felt exhausted from all the fun activities that we did.

   

 

School Swimming Sports 15.3.18

                                        

                          School Swimming Sports 15/3/18

We walked across to the town pools and most of the parents were there so we started.  The little kids started and they went across the pool. Then the middle swimmers went 2^nd. Then the big swimmers went last. It was a big long day when everyone got out of the pool their arms were tied.

Interschool Swimming Sports 23/3/18

In the Interschool Swimming Sports, the first race was the 50 meter.  The tent we sat under was the Firth Primary’s. They were so generous to let us share. The food was so nice. There was home baking, burgers and sausages but the races were fast and fun. When the races got called we had to go to the white tent and wait for our races. I was so proud of my achievement.  

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.