First Week Highlights

On Monday we welcomed our new principal Mr Wichman. Our amazing kapahaka group welcomed Mr Wichman with a lovely powhiri. Everyone sang I Sing to Mary, Haere Mai and He Honare. Our old principal was there and he handed over the school bell.

On Tuesday Group 1 did an experiment for the class. They had to see if a scrunched up piece of paper would fall to the ground first or a normal flat piece of paper would get there first.

On Wednesday we were4 practicing our song Grandparents Day for singing to all the grandparents who were coming to school on Friday for our St Anne's feast day assembly.

On Thursday Room 4 and 5 went to the library and there were two people from Christchurch City Libraries there. One of the librarians was wearing blue and white spotted pyjamas.Their names were Zac and Saskia. They read snippets from New Zealand Book Award finalists and we guessed which book it was from and the winners got a 3D bookmark if they were correct. Then we came back to class and watched Group 2 do a paper ripping experiment.

On Friday we had the St Anne's feast day and also the grandparents day concert and Room 5 sang their song.It was a really lovely song one grandma said. A while later we got iceblocks from Mr Wichman and some people from Room 5 got orange piggy banks as well.

It has been a very busy week for us.

By Ashlyn and Chloe

A TERM OF EXCITING LEARNING AND FUN WE SHALL REMEMBER FOR LONG!

Dear Parents/Caregivers
I am flying up to London tomorrow night at 8.30pm  and will be away for six weeks .Thank you for your support throughout this term. The students are just delightful and I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching them this first half of the year and they are a credit to you – progress has been very pleasing as you will see in their Mid-Year reports. I shall arrange interviews with you in Week 5.

During my  holiday  I shall be visiting London(where I will go to watch WIMBLEDON), Ireland and some other parts of Europe.I shall be with my son and daughter-in-law who are living there.
In my absence, Mrs Grant will be teaching in my class for the first 4 weeks -the students know her and I am certain that she will do a great job helping them to learn.
Mrs Grant will also take the Music Festival choir since all choir members are from Room 5.You will be given the opportunity to buy the tickets early in Term 3.Mrs Nicholson will organise this through the school office.

I shall miss Macarius and wish him all the best at his new school. 

The term is planned and I shall give you the details when I get back.
Have a pleasant, warm holiday and once again –THANK YOU!
God Bless
Grace.

LEARNING FROM OUR PAST SHAPES OUR FUTURE AT CANTERBURY MUSEUM ON TUESDAY JUNE 30

Thanks to the Christchurch City Council and David,Naps and Kay our parents  who helped to make this excursion possible. special thanks to Ms Grice too.

FIRST SETTLERS

Anthony introduced early settlers talking about the Charlotte Jane and how it was the 1^st ship to sail to NZ. on 2^nd of September and arrived in early December. We played a game about survival on ship. On the ship there were approximately hundreds of people who were working class who slept in small places whereas upper class families lived in cabin 3mby 3meters equal to a  bathroom.

Dressed up!

Clothing differences between rich and poor was big There was a working class and  upper class. Cane was used to give strap to those who  wrote with left hand and were naughty at school.Left hand people were regarded as sinister people. On the ship there were approximately hundreds of people who were working class who slept in small places whereas upper class. Families lived in cabin 3mby 3meters equal to bathroom.

WhunnDaa,Macarius,Ben James Benjamin

 

THE MUMMY

When Anthony showed us the Egyptian  stone, He showed us the Mummy.  There were two groups that went with Anthony and it was my group.  Anthony  told us that a person has to be mummified first to become a mummy and told us that a mummy was an  important person in Egypt. The mummy’s  name was TABIOSA. Her height was 147cm high. Some of us are  taller than her . After he was done talking about the mummy we went around the place and looked at the mummy’s face and the mummy’s x-ray.. All of us had a great time.

Written by Tina,Ema,Kavalla,Ashlyn,Amy, Micayla

 

 Hieroglyphic Writing

 

After morning tea we looked at Mummy and Hieroglyphic words. We had to change our name into stamps with pictures on it. Once you were finished you wrote your name. We only chose  the ones that was about our name. We took the away the vowels because there are none in the Egyptian language. We  liked Hieroglyphics  because it did not make sense in English and they looked funny.

By Chloe,Samoa,Ruby,Elizabeth,Anna,and Joyce

We all went outside to the botanical gardens for morning tea. Later we learned about mummy’s .For lunch we went back to the Botanical Gardens. Later we  played hind and seek with Noella’s dad, Davie. We also played What’s The Time Mr Wolf which was fun .A great day!

 

 

 

 

AGE CONCERN VISITORS COME TO ST ANNE'S

At half past ten we walked over to the hall for a meeting with the Age Concern people. The Young Vinnies provided them with morning tea. First we sang a song to welcome them. Next we walked around and talked to them.

I met a lady named Lois. She is 80 years old and she was talking about how things were when she was my age. In those days children were strapped if they did wrong at school. We learned that exercise and healthy eating is important for a good long life.

After our mingling the elderly visitors had some biscuits some Young Vinnies had brought.
Amelia thanked them for coming and we sang another song at the end.
We look forward to another visit from them next term.                               

Joyce and R5 Young Vinnies.

WE HAVE BEEN WRITING EXPLANATIONS THIS TERM AND AMY AND EMA WERE KEEN TO PUBLISHH THEIRS ONLINE!

            DOES CHOCOLATE GROW ON TREES?

Believe it or not chocolate does grow on trees.

Chocolate grows on the cacao tree close to the equator. Cacao pods have a very sweet mush in them that is called the pulp. All the pulp is thrown away just the beans are kept. The beans get dried just in the sun.

The dried beans get sent to a factory. The beans are roasted in hot drums that make’s the taste and smell of the chocolate. The beans don’t burn because they spin really fast.

Next the beans are crushed into a gooey mess. After that the rest of the ingredients are added to make the chocolate.

White chocolate has more cocoa butter. Dark chocolate has more cocoa which makes it bitterer. Milk chocolate has both in it.

Last of all the chocolate gets wrapped and sent to shops to get sold People then  go to buy chocolate from different shops.      

By Amy.

CLEANING THE FRONT SHELVES                          

Every day five minutes   before the bell rings I go up to the front of the class and clean the front shelves

First Micayla and I put the rubbish in the bin.Then we put books and paper back in their places on the shelf. After that we find all whiteboard pens and put them back in the container.

Next we ask Mrs Reddy if it looks good enough. If she is not happy we do more work and if she is we sit down and wait for further instructions. It feels good to keep our room tidy.
Last of all I clean up around my group and sit down. Soon it’s time for prayers.
The bell rings and I am ready to go home -  happy to come back to a clean room the following day to learn in.

By Ema McLaughlin
 

FAREWELL MISS COLEMAN - THURSDAY 25 JUNE

Dear Diary,
It was Miss Coleman’s last assembly.Room One led it . We heard about Mary and  were shown symbols that can help us to think about Mary. Room 1 also acted out the story about when the angel went to Mary to tell her she was having a baby - Jesus. They said prayers of the faithful and the response was “Help us each day”.

 After the assembly some students from Room 5 and 6 said thank you to Miss Coleman. Miss French gave her a gift voucher. Room 5 gave Miss Colman a card and a piece of artwork.

We wish Miss Coleman all the very best!

By Samoaotearoa

Dear Diary,

This morning at 9:00 clock it was Room 1’s assembly about Mary. It was also Miss Coleman's  last assembly.
First there was a welcome .Next Room 1 said some prayers. Then they brought some items up and sang a song called” O Queen Of All”.

At the end, students from Room 5 and 6 said thank you to Miss Coleman. Our class gave her a card about all  the moments that we had spent time with her.
Miss Coleman said “This looks lovely, thanks”. May Miss Coleman have a wonderful future!                                      
 By Tina

   

 

Dear Dairy

This morning it was Room1’s assembly. First they started with the reading.  After thatthey sang a song and lastly they finished with the sign of the cross in English. It was all about MARY.

Laverton ,Elisah, Samoatearoa, Elizabeth and Ruby told  us about the wonderful work Miss Coleman did for us. ROOM 5 gave Miss Coleman a big pink card so she can remember us all .

Miss Coleman is leaving us and I will miss her.

BY TJ

 

 

THE SOLDIERS AND US!

RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS EXPERIENCE!

By Anna,Chloe,Elizabeth,Kavalla and Micayla.

The rifles can shoot up to a distance of 300 metres. You use the rifle in a case of an ambush situation. To use the rifle correctly you rest it on your shoulder. You look through the telescope at your target and the red dot aims where you want to shoot. A safety rule is do not stand in front of a gun. The rifle folds up to a smaller size. The bullets are kept in a camouflaged coloured container.
The machine gun has a telescope to aim with, it can shoot up to 1000 metres in distance. Machine guns are heavier then rifles so you need to lie down to use them. Machine guns are more powerful than a rifle and depending on the situation are given out if they are needed.

Handling guns is a new experience for us and we realize that they need to be handled carefully and you need training to use them safely and effectively.     

Chainsaws, Axes and Equipment EXPERIENCE!

 

By Samoa,Tina,Ruby,Joyce,Ema  and Noella

 

There was a big storm in the West Coast and the soldiers needed to clear the trees that had fallen down. They told us that they used chainsaws to cut down trees to use for building houses and bridges. The axes were used to cut off the branches. They showed us a heavy jackhammer that they used to cut concrete. They used telescoped ladders to climb up really high. They used a battering ram to get into the houses so they could see how much damage was in there.

METAL DETECTORS EXPERIENCE

 The metal detector activity and the four soldiers told us that they use metal detectors to search for land mines. When they find land mines the safely set off the mines from a far distance so nobody get hurt. Our challenge was to find bolts that were attached to ration food using a metal detector and all of us found a prize whether we found one or not.. I learned that metal detector can save lives.

BY Marquees, Charlie, Tj, Braydon, Salu, Benjamin

 

TENT / BACKPACKS EXPERIENCE!

By WhunnDaa, James, Leroy, Chris, Ben, Macarius, Levi

Our group had to go to the Tents / Backpacks area where a soldier named “Matt” was waiting for us. First he told us everything about what they used the Tents and backpacks for. Their backpacks were very heavy about 50kgs.They had tents that were 2m long and 50cm wide.They also they had night sticks that they keep on at night so they know if danger is near.