Learning a Samoan Bible Verse

As part of our White Sunday topic, we all learnt a Bible quote in Samoan - Many thanks to Mata our tutor.

Champions of 2014

Room 5 end of 2014 on PhotoPeach

Jamie's Goose!!

Science - Popcorn

This week we mixed vinegar and baking soda- it created Carbon Dioxide. The Carbon dioxide created bubbles- the bubbles made the popcorn float up to the top of the water mixture- when the bubbles burst on the surface the popcorn sunk again. It was very mesmerising- Photos:

Healthy Hands

Public Health nurse Rebecca came to visit us as part of our healthy hands unit. Wash your hands - before eating, after touching animals...

Logan the biker!!

Logan gained a first placing for Bay of Plenty Motorcross.

World Famous in Rotorua

Well done Girls for getting in the paper.

Fear Factor

Mary Art Competition

Globalisation shared lunch

Also check out the 'our cultures' tab to hear short recordings of the students presentations.


Cultural lunch on PhotoPeach

Calendar Art for viewing to order

fruit and vegetable creations

Photo's from the Ipads

St Mary MacKillop Games on PhotoPeach Tapa on PhotoPeach Vege Soup on PhotoPeach

5 a day – Edible art competition
Rules:
Create a piece of edible art using a minimum of 5 pieces of fruit and vegetables.
Everything on your plate must be edible. You can include up to 2 pieces of food that are not fruit or veges.
Your piece of art must be created at school – it cannot be made at home and brought into school.
Winners:
The Health Promoting team will come around the classes at 12.00 on Thursday 14th August to judge the art. There
will be a prize for the best piece of artwork in the Junior, Middle and Senior classes

Congratulations

Congratulations to Riley Parkinson who has a new baby brother born on the 9th - Maghias, and to Lina Stahlhut who has two new little brothers- Simon and David. Please keep them in your prayers.

Athletics from term 2

Getting ready for term 3

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Fifa World Cup

Well done Germany - a great victory. I am sure the Stahlhut family are still celebrating - (not too much or babies will come early!) Wow Mrs Rush wins the prize - I am sure it will be a fantastic prize!!

Happy Holidays- Fifa World Cup update

Hope you are all having a fantastic holiday. One more World cup game. Georgia (Argentina) and I (Germany) are still in it, Coming in 3rd and 4th yet to play off Kassidy (Netherlands) and Noah (Brazil) GO GERMANY - I think the prize will now be really great!!

Room 5 Trip to Whakawerawera and Te Wairoa

Kites

Room 5 Kites on PhotoPeach

Fifa World Cup room 5

Fifa World Cup support on PhotoPeach

Newspaper Stars

 Annaliese at hockey - Daily Post June 16

Gian and whanau - Daily Post June 16













Sophie Bye - spotted in the Herald 13 April 2014
In Cambridge to see Prince William and Princess Kate.

Student Led Conferences

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For those interested in buying Chromebooks

Chromebooks can be purchased from a range of sources but are often not on display in retail stores.

The Noel Leeming Rotorua store will have a special reopening time this Wednesday 11 June, 6.30-7.30pm, for St Mary’s Middle School families interested in seeing or purchasing a Chromebook. If you have friends who want to purchase one it is fine to invite them along too. 

The store does not usually have Chromebooks out on display as they are stocked for sale to education institutions. On Wednesday evening Noel Leemings will have a number of different models of Chromebooks on display - the  Acer Touch Screen Chromebook, Samsung Chromebook and Hewlett Packard 14 inch Chromebook.  We do not mind what model Chromebook parents purchase. We were expecting to have a flier from Noel Leemings early last week to distribute to parents outlining some of the specs of the different models Noel Leeming can supply. We hope we will have this, which also details pricing, to send home on Monday.

There is another model of Chromebook (very robust and can survive being dropped) that Noel Leeming have been trying to access for us - but unfortunately it has gone end of line and the new model is currently not yet available. Those interested might prefer to wait for the new Lenovo Chromebook.

All the models have different end of life dates. You can read more about end of life and what it means on the following link http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/eol.html Although you may not be aware of it, many devices have end of life dates. This doesn’t mean they won’t work after this date  - but the end of life date indicates that the Chromebook will support automatic updates up until at least the end of life date.

There will be a number of Noel Leeming staff available on Wednesday evening  - including their Central North Island Senior Commercial Manager. Anne Cato and Lynley Schofield will also attend in case you have any questions you wish to ask them about the Chromebooks. We have not seen the Acer Touch Screen model but have used the Samsung and HP Chromebooks.

Cyclone Computers, are also able to offer our parents an option to purchase a Hewlett Packard Chromebook package online.  We will provide you with the login details for their online shop, accessed from their website, https://www.cyclone.co.nz/ as soon as they make this available to us.

Students in the Middle School who have a Chromebook are now allowed to bring it to school if their parents allow them to. There is a Chromebook User Agreement, available from the class teacher, which needs to be signed and returned to the class teacher, before we will put the device on the school network. If you have any questions please feel free to see or email Anne Cato annec@stmarys.rotorua.school.nz

Pentecost

Amazing Firemen

Well done to my nephew Simon completing the Sky Tower challenge to raise funds for NZ Leukemia.

Golden time structures

Enjoy; Marshmellow Structures on PhotoPeach

ANZAC scones

ANZAC Scones on PhotoPeach

Coutning in Maori

Jetplanes maths group today learnt to count to 20 in Maori.

Maths champion Whizzperts

Holy Week in Two Minutes

Engaged Learners

Important Notice

AN INVITATION TO PARENTS OF YEAR 3 AND YEAR 4 CHILDREN 

 

Open Classroom – for parents to see children using Google Apps to assist them 

with their learning – Wed 9th April and Thurs 10th April at 11.30-12.30 in Room 14. 

For those unable to come during the day, we will run a parent information meeting at 

7-7.45pm on Thursday 10th April in Room 14, where we will showcase some of the work that students have been doing using Google Apps for their learning

 

From Lynley Schofield - Team leader

Ruma Rima Marae

Awesome work class will look great - a great follow up to your waka's.

Recognising greatness

Well done, Brian, Isla and Abigayle for receiving a principal award in recognition of your excellent classroom work.
An extra well done to Olivia who was awarded the principal shield award for excellence in all she does and says.  (photo to come!)

Room 5 assembly powerpoint

Caritas Challenge - What's it all about?

Being like Christ to others

Rice Lunch

Rice Lunch on PhotoPeach

Kick It today

Kick It - Rugby Leauge on PhotoPeach

Kick it week 7

What is EB

Excellent Behaviour and Bee-attitude

Beeattitude of week - Kassidy, being kind to others

Students who have completed their first Behaviour Card - This is a fantastic achievement of doing the right thing, helping others, high standard of work, being joyful and having excellent behaviour.  Well done  Abigayle, Jaime, Lina,and Augie.

Fantastic Students week 6

Well done to Tadhg, Gian, Callum for receiving Principal Awards today.

Today's fun with the fountain

Bubbles in the fountain on PhotoPeach

Swimming Sports today

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Swimming Sports today

Swimming Sports on PhotoPeach

Boat videos

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Boats

After reading Tim, Ted and the pirates we started to make our little boats to race in the pool. Using wax crayons to seal the paper.  We trialed one in the pool and look forward to racing them. We may have to borrow Mr Bechams leaf blower to get the wind going!!