Middle School Triathlon

Today all the year 4, 5 and 6 children participated in our annual middle school triathlon. The children had been training since the beginning of the year. They all gave their best today and worked hard to complete the event. Well done everyone on a fantastic effort. 

Thank you to all family members and friends who were able to attend to support the children.

Candidate Teachers @ St Mary's School

This year we have 5 Candidate Teachers from the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) working at our school. The children are enjoying having the teachers in our classes. They are at our school for 2 days each week.

Today they spent part of the afternoon working with children from rooms 4 & 5 in groups to do some PE. This was an opportunity for them to get to know the students. They will have follow up lessons with the same children for the next few weeks.

Cricket Training

St Mary's School is very fortunate to have Mr Walters come to school to coach our cricket teams. Here is Mr Walters in room 4 teaching the team about positions when playing cricket.

Thank you for your time and effort Mr Walters. I know the team get a lot from it.

Ash Wednesday Liturgy

Today the St Mary's School community gathered together in our school chapel for the 

Ash Wednesday liturgy.  

Today is the beginning of Lent.  

The students in room 4 are learning that Lent is a time for renewal and spiritual growth.

Deacon Nathaniel leads the Ash Wednesday liturgy.

One student from each class reads a Prayer of the Faithful.

Burning of the Ashes Liturgy

Today we held our Burning of the Ashes Liturgy as we prepare for the beginning of Lent.

Tomorrow Deacon Nathaniel will lead a Liturgy for Ash Wednesday at school.

The liturgy is led by our school leaders.

The students respectfully listen to the liturgy.

Mrs Haronga lights the palms.

The ashes will be used in our Ash Wednesday ceremony tomorrow,

Working in Groups

There is a lot to learn about a new classroom at the beginning of the year. We have been talking about how to work in a learning group well. During Religious Education we worked in groups to brainstorm ideas about a person's prayer journey through their life. We worked well together and came up with some good ideas.  Then we shared these ideas in class.

The students worked in groups to decide on this list when they work in a group together.  These are very  important rules to think about when working in a group learning situation.

This is the room 4 class treaty.  The students worked in groups to decide which rules should be in their class treaty.

Art in Action

The students are settling into room 4 very well. 

At the start of the year we often draw a self portrait to display in our classroom. We have been using ideas from the famous artist Picasso to draw our self portrait this year. 

We started today and will work on finishing them tomorrow. Here are some photos of students' work. I am looking forward to seeing their finished work.

A great start Elliot.

I like the rainbow effect Alyx.

Very creative Sione.

Great detail Riley.

Interesting additions Isaac.