Term 3 Week 1

Welcome back to school for Term 3. It was great see everyone today. Sounds like a lot of people paid a visit to the snow over the holidays.

Several Room 6 people were involved in competitions during the holidays.
Congratulations to:

Portia who came second in a rhythmic gymnastics competition.

Savanna won a bronze medal at the Christchurch Dance Competitions for her National Dance.

Leon played in a soccer competition and came fourth.

This term the Mercy Value is Respect. We discussed what Respect looks like, sounds like and feels like. We will write a definition of Respect to display so we can work to show respect in all we do this term.

Notes for Week 1:

Wednesday: Please bring PE gear to change into. We continue with the weekly Year 6 collaboration.
Thursday: Winter Sport. Please bring PE gear to change into. 

Friday: We will attend 9am Mass. Room 6 will be responsible for leading the prayers and taking up the offertory. Please be at school before 8:45am so that we can complete the roll and be seated in church before 9am.

Our Topic or the term is Healthy Eating. Please save your supermarket flyers/junk mail as we will be using this later in the term.

Term 2 Last Day

This afternoon Room 6 lead the school assembly. What an amazing job they did! the role plays were entertaining and gave us ideas of how we can show excellence and help our families during the holidays. Thank you to those who were able to join us for this.

Congratulations to William and John who received certificates.

We are sad to farewell William and Theresse who are moving. Thank you for being great classmates. We wish you all the best as you settle into your new schools in Term 3.

Thank you for your support this term. Have a restful and relaxing holiday.

Gold Mathletics

Congratulations to Rad who has gained a Gold Mathletics certificate. 

This is an awesome achievement. Ka wani ke, Rad!

First Aid Recounts

Here's some recounts about our First Aid day with Stacey and Fi.

Stacey asked us what we knew about first aid. Then she asked us if we knew where Red Cross comes from. After that Fi showed us a movie about Red Cross and we learnt a lot from that video.
Next up we learnt about DRSABC. We even tried first aid with our buddy. It was really fun testing it out with our buddy. Alexis

On Tuesday we learnt about first aid. Fi and Stacey introduced themselves to us. Fi taught us about the Red Cross. We watched a video about Henry Durant who started the Red Cross..
Then Stacey taught us about first aid. First she talked about DRSABC and we learnt what that stands for. Next she talked about what can poison us. We also learnt about broken bones, choking, fainting and many more things that we might need to use first aid for. Stacey gave us a card and we got into a group. One person read the card and we acted it out in front of the class. John

On Tuesday we had a visit from Stacey and Fi from the Red Cross New Zealand. They showed us a video about Henry Durant who created the Red Cross because he wanted to take care of his people. The red cross represents the Swiss flag. EJ

First Aid

Today Stacey and Fi from Red Cross came to talk to us. Fi showed us a video about Red Cross. We learnt where and when Red Cross was established and some of the things Red Cross does. Then Stacey taught us First Aid. We learnt to use DRSABC when we come across an accident or other emergency. This is for Dangers - check for dangers before trying to help anyone; Response - check if the person can hear and respond; Send for help; Airway - is the person breathing; Bleeding - is there any bleeding; Circulation - stop any bleeding.
We discussed how to place an unconscious person and then had a turn at putting a buddy into the stable side position. We also discussed what to do if someone is choking, has been poisoned, burnt, broken a bone or is bleeding. We took turns to put a bandage on a buddy.
After lunch we were given a scenario to act out. It was a great day and we all learnt a lot of new skills.
Stacey challenged us to find out where our First Aid kit is at home.

Weekend News

 Emily M had her dance performance on Sunday.

Portia competed in a Rhythmic Gymnastic competition. She was placed 5th overall. Ka pai.







Leon was named 'Player of the Day' after his soccer game.
Ka pai.




Looking ahead to the last week of Term 2:
Tuesday: Red Cross First Aid
Wednesday: PE in the afternoon - please bring PE uniform to change into
Thursday: Shared lunch - please bring some food to share
Thursday: Winter Sport - please bring PE uniform to change into
Friday: Mufti Mania run by the Young Vinnies. Please bring a gold coin to support Nawi Catholic Primary School in Fiji so they can buy books and pay for electricity. There will also be a movie, Despicable Me, shown by the Student Council.