Football skills

Today the children had football training with Miles, Steve and Jim from the Napier City Rovers. They had a lot of fun practising shills in dribbling. We are looking forward to their second visit next week.

Religious Education - The Sacrament Strand

We have been learning about how people of the Old Testament offered sacrifices of worship to God. We are also developing an understanding how Jesus sacrificed his life to God on the cross out of love for God and all people. To help us understand the sacrifices people made to God in the New Testament, we got into groups and acted it out.

Speak Easy

Public speaking …

The idea of talking in front of a group of people is enough to make any of us nervous.

This week we were fortunate to have Marcelle from Australia visit our school to talk to children in year 4-8 about how to be a better public speaker.

She gave the students lots of helpful tips and advice. This will come in handy next term when we have to write and present a speech to our class.

We brainstormed keywords and main ideas after listening to Marcelle so we could
remember what tips she gave us.

We wrote these in our Writer's Notebook.

St Mary's School Fields of Remembrance

St. Mary's School held a Fields of Remembrance Liturgy on Tuesday 28 April.  Our Field of Remembrance contained thirty crosses that represented some of the soldiers from our local region who died in World War 1. A backdrop containing poppies from the students at St. Mary's was the backdrop for the ceremony.

 Caden Mouat-Harvey, our Head Boy, was responsible for the readings. Students representing years 4-8 read a Prayer of the Faithful. 

Sergeant Nick Hawke addressed the school and visitors about the significance of ANZAC.  He also answered questions about his role in the Air Force.

Marcello Ziglioli played the Last Post on his trumpet.  Two junior students lay wreaths by our Fields of Remembrance sign and crosses at school.

Our Special Visitor from Linton Army Camp

St Mary's School were fortunate to have Nicole, a driver and soldier in the New Zealand Armed Forces, come to visit on Friday 24 April. Nicole talked to us about some of her experiences in the Armed Forces and of course about ANZAC Day. She had come all the way from Linton to our school especially.

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Special Family Connections to ANZAC and Gallipoli

As part of our study about ANZAC and Gallipoli, Lachlan brought in photos, a 100 year old watch and war medals that had belonged to his family.  He shared  special information and stories about them.  We are grateful to his Grandmother Mary who allowed him to bring them in to share with the class.

Easter Liturgy and Celebrations

Today the year 8 students presented the Easter Liturgy to the whole school. 

This reinactment helped the students to understand what they have been learning about during Holy Week this week.

The class winners of the Religious Education award for term 1 were presented with their certificates. 

Congratulations to Neila Story from room 4 who won our class certificate.

Here are 12 year 6 students who were trained to become PALS. They will be rostered during the term to organise games for the Junior children at lunch time. 

This training also included some leadership training. 

Well done. The school will benefit from your skills.

The cricket players are presented with their certificates. 

They have been well supported by parents. 

A big thank you to Mr John Walters who has been coaching several teams. His coaching and involvement has been a huge support to the boys.