Keeping fit

This year one of our student targets is to increase students awareness of physical health and well being. As part of this target, all children will be signed up to the School Fitness test. Hopefully the report each child will receive at the end of the year from this will help evaluate health and fitness and identify ways to promote a healthier lifestyle.

Year 5/6 camp

Amazing to think it was a beautiful day in the sun when I got to Kaikoura to join the Y5/6 camp on Thursday. Christchurch was still under water recovering from the floods, and the children in Kaikoura had a day full of kayaking, rocky shore study, recycling plant visit and an amazing boat trip to see dolphins, albatross and even a shark (so the story goes). Many thanks to the amazing parent helpers: Simon, Tim, Jools, Victor, Wendy and Tania who were fantastic support for Miss Dargan and the children. I'm sure everyone will sleep well tonight!

Location:Kaikoura

Swimming sports

Well done to all the enthusiastic swimmers at the swimming sports yesterday. The determination and perseverance displayed by the participants was fantastic to see and the parents/ Yr 8 students race was very entertaining- as always.

Thank you Mr Pettigrew for cleaning up our playground today. You are a man of many talents.

Location:Cleaning up the school

Welcome to the 2014 school year

It's great to have the all the children back and focussed on their work. Remember Meet the teacher tomorrow evening, February 12 at 6pm. We are starting the evening with a presentation from Sue Graham all about Mathematics and your child. A great presentation- full of lots of ways you can support your child's learning.

Our School Project

St Patrick’s school has now been registered in Our School Project, a daily trivia quiz that donates approximately 20 cents per day to the school, for every person who completes the quiz. We would appreciate your help in this fundraising venture so we can provide more learning resources for the children of St Patrick’s. Please share this with your work colleagues – a fun challenge to see who knows the most trivia.
By the time we have our next quiz night there will be a real competition!

http://www.ourschoolproject.org

Parenting Teens

I recommend this evening to all parents. Nathan Mikaere- Wallis is an informative and well educated speaker with a wealth of knowledge to share.