Ice Skating

On Wednesday 7th of December, all the senior children of St Anne's went Ice Skating.
It was lots of fun and everyone improved their skills.
We wish it could have been a bit longer and that we can do it again sometime.
Room 4

St Anne's Athletics Day

On Thursday the 24th of Novemeber, St Anne's School held their Athletics Day.
It was a sunny and hot day. First all children did 60m sprints. This was fun.
Then the juniors did their own Athletics activities and the seniors did, high jump, long jump, discus and shot put. Everyone enjoyed it and did their best.

East Zones Athletics Championship

On the 15 of November 2011 16 schools gathered to compete in the South East Zones Athletics Championship. About 1000 people competing in the events. The events were high jump, long jump, shot put, discus, sprints, relay and distance.

We Competed at Hansen park in Opawa. During the sprints lots of people were cheering for their friends! While we were cheering the people doing the sprints, the school beside us started to copy us. There were lots of schools

There were lots of other schools such as Redcliff’s , Sumner , Woolston , Bromley and many more schools taking part.

The people who were cheering mostly cheered for people taking  part in the 1000 metre run. People from our school occasionally cheered for

The person who was currently last place because they felt sorry for the person! Lots of people were asking Mr Mc Innes questions about what time they would do their next event! Heaps of people had to wait for their turn to do an event. It was a very long day away from school. A few people from our school made it to centrals! At the end of the day everyone felt happy and proud of their scores! J Thank you for reading!

                                          By: Kupi Mavaega!:) , Freya YoungJ and Jack Swain.

Touch Rugby

St Anne's has three Touch Rugby teams for Term 4.
At this stage they are all unbeaten!!!

Tai Tapu Pet Day

Disco

                                                      Senior Disco

On Friday the 28^th of October at 7.30 The St Anne’s Senior disco was held. It was a fantastic event with good music, lots to buy and lots of cool games. Heaps of people came which made it  fun.

Mission Centre Opening

Planting Flowers

Planting Flowers

On Tuesday the 25^th of October St Anne’s School walked down to the old nugget factory which was damaged in the February Earthquake and was later pulled down.

When we got down there we met a man called Andrew who told us what we would be doing. He gave each person a spice shaker with sawdust and wild flower seeds in it and we found our own area and sprinkled the seeds.

We then went and got into pairs and got an old sack and filled it with mushroom compost and sprinkled this over the seeds.

We hope it grows into a beautiful place where people can go and enjoy.

Planting Seeds

Flower Power

I hope it grows nice and big!

Compost Time

Term 4 Newsletter

Dear Parents/Caregivers of Room 4 Students,

Welcome back to another exciting term, I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break.

This letter is just to let you know a little about what will be happening in Term Four.

Homework, spelling and tables will begin this week and will be the same as it was last term.  Please sign your child’s notebook and reading log to show they are completing these at home.

Our Health topic for Term Four is ‘Change’ - looking at topics including body change, growth, fitting in and social relationships. We will have a learning experience in relation to this during the term, more information will follow about this.

St Anne’s will be entering a team in the South East Zone Athletic Championship which will be held on Tuesday the 15^th of November. selection for this will occur in the first three weeks of term. We will also have a school athletics day on Thursday 24^th November more information will be in the school newsletter.

Topics this term include fractions and decimals and geometry for Maths, athletics and small ball skills for P.E, reports and instructions for Writing, and communion of saints for R.E.

Please check that your child still has all stationery needed in Room 4 including a red pen, ruler, pencils, colouring pencils, eraser etc.

This newsletter will be on our class ‘Blog’ and ‘Wiki’ sites with examples of some children’s work and a number of educational sites go to stannes104.wikispaces.com   or  http://stannes104.blogspot.com

I hope this answers some of your questions. If you have any other queries please feel free to contact me at school for an appointment or e-mail at ryan@stannes.co.nz

I look forward a very productive and successful term with your child.

Yours sincerely,

Ryan McInnes.

Mission Fair

A fantastic day with lots of fun had.

Solar Ovens

Last week, Room 4 carried out an experiment about Solar Ovens. This is how we made Solar Ovens: with a pizza box, gladwrap, tinfoil, black paper, scissors and glue or tape. First we had to write our plan down on how we guessed how it would work. we then got into groups of 3. Then we put the box together with all the materials provided. Next we put the ovens in the sun so that the bread could cook. When it was cooking some of the ovens got blown over and the bread fell out and the stick fell over and the flap closed. At two thirty we went outside to get the bread to see if it was cooked, unluckily only one side of the bread was cooked and the other side was still as plain as normal bread. We then put our ovens inside and cut the bread into three even pieces for each of the three people in the group. We had a choice to put either jam, apricot jam, marmite or nothing. In the end we all enjoyed the bread/toast and thought that solar ovens were a good idea.

By Jack.S and laverton

Hooked On Cricket

On the 29^th September Julio, Jack S, Rhian, Kupi, Cheska, Tatiana, Nadine and Quinten went to Hagley Park and played Hooked on cricket for our school. First  we got on the bus that was full of children. Secondly, we had to get Waltham school then Woolston and heaps more. Next, we went to Hagley  Park and we played Cricket against Aranui and we lost against them because they were a great team. The next game we played against Phillipstown and we lost again. Then we had some morning tea. We had apples, bananas and biscuits. Then we played our last game and we won. We had a sausage with bread and sauce.  After we went back to school.

The Team was: Cheska, Kupi, Quinten, Jack S, Tatiana, Nadine, Rhain and Julio.

First Holy Communion

On Sunday the 2nd of October we had our First Holy Communion.

We all had to get up early to get dressed in white. Then everyone started to arrive from our school and some kids  from different schools. We counted but there was only ten children, one girl was missing!!!  We kept looking at the door then the girl arrived. Our Mums and Dads took lots photos of us. Finally we went into church when we went in we felt like we were famous because everyone was taking photos of us. When we went up to the Priest we felt that God was with us. After Mass we went in to the hall to celebrate, there was a big feast we felt so special. We really enjoyed our day. We would like to thank our parents and every one who helped

First Communicants Indi, Amelia, Mimi, Jeremy, Finn and Faith.

Rugby Fun Day

Rugby World Cup

Hooked on Cricket Year 4 and 5.

Catholic Sports Tournament

Kahurangi Theatre group

On Wednesday 24th August Kahurangi Theatre Group performed at St Anne's School. They were fantasitc to watch with lots of dancing, humour and Maori culture. Room 4

Term 3 Newsletter

Monday 1st August 2011

Dear Parents/Caregivers of Room 4 Students,

Welcome back to another exciting term, I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break.

This letter is just to let you know a little about what will be happening in Term Three.

Homework will begin this week and will be the same as it was last term. A number of children are not completing all three tasks! They need to learn 10 spelling words and 12 basic facts, Monday-Friday which will come home on a Monday in their notebook. They also must complete a Reading Log which will also come home on a Monday. Please sign your child’s notebook and Reading Log to show they are completing these at home.

Topic ‘Energy’ – It is a science and technology focus on energy sources, such as wind, solar, tidal, hydro, coal etc. Looking at exploring renewable and sustainable energy sources.
Writing this term we are looking at poetry and discussions which will lead into writing and presenting speeches.
Maths Multiplication and Division, Algebra.
R.E Church and Sacrament.
P.E Winter tournament skills, invasion games.

Please check that your child still has all stationery needed in Room 4. There were lots of issues last term relating to children not having what they needed to learn. Essential stationery is 5 pencils, an eraser, a red and blue pen, ruler, pencil sharpener, glue stick and colouring pencils.

I hope you received your children’s Report at the end of last term please bring it along to interviews which occur next week on the 9th and 10th of August.

All dates and times of events and activities this term will follow in the school newsletter.

I hope this answers some of your questions. If you have any other queries please feel free to contact me at school for an appointment or e-mail at ryan@stannes.co.nz


I look forward a very productive and successful term with your child.

Yours sincerely,

Ryan McInnes.

Citizenship Day Ceremony.

On Tuesday 12^th July Room 4 and 5 presented a Citizenship Day Ceremony.

There were lots of cultural items such as, Highland Dancing, Samoan songs, Irish Dancing, Prayers in Maori and from the Philippines, Recorder and musical instrument playing and lots more.

This was followed by a wonderful shared afternoon tea.   

By Room 4

Skate Day

Cross Country Zones

Room 4

South East Zones Cross Country.

On Thursday 9^th June 14 athletes represented St. Anne’s at the South East Zone competition.

After 9 school training sessions the children were fit and ready to go.

With a record amount of competitors this year the St Anne’s children did well with standout performances by Jackson Younman 8^th in the 10 year boys , Tyler Mounty 15^th in the 9 year boys ,  Zac Timms 16^thin the 11 year boys,   Melissa Burgess 21^st in the 10 year girls and  Nadine Booster 24^th in the 9 year girls.

A big thanks to all the parents that helped with transport and support on the day.