SPS Tug Of War 2014

On Monday 10th of November the whole of St Patrick's School the last day of their Athletics Day and this is what my Recount is going to be based on. This is my Recount.

“I can’t believe it, it’s tug of war today” I said to myself. Today was the final day to know who won this year’s Athletics.

Each class from 1 - 8 gathered together in front of Room’s 4 and 5. We heard the teachers say “The first team competing first will be Kauri and Rata. Mostly everybody their were shouting and screaming “Let’s go kauri, let’s go” the rest were saying “Way to go Rata, way to go”. As soon as we heard the whistle, the two teams were pulling with all their might to win, Kauri pulled with all their might, Rata pulled with all their might but Kauri just kept pulling and pulling, and then we heard the whistle blow once more... “Kauri wins” everybody stood up cheering for joy. “Okay next up Totara and Rimu”. Once more everybody screamed from the top of their lungs. The whistle blew and the two teams pulled with all their might, first it’ll go left, then right, then left again and...... “Rimu Wins”. As soon as I heard the whistle blow I jumped up with excitement and started running around crazily.

Finally, I have settled down. “Now, we have Totara and Rata’s turn to make sure of 3rd and 4th”. Everybody leaping up one by one shouting out “Go Rata, no Go Totara” it felt like I was stuck in the middle, I didn’t know who to cheer for. The whistle blew as the two teams started pulling for a 3rd place. Everybody else was screaming “Come on Rata, Come on Totara” I didn’t know who to cheer for so I cheered for both teams like the others. I can hear my friends screaming Go Rata, Go Rata. Rata pulled and pulled but then the whistle blew and they became 4th.

After all the screaming and shouting everybody gathered in front of Room 5 and 4 to announce the winners of this years Athletics day. Darrelle, Agnes and I packed up the equipment from the field and took them to where they belong. As we were coming out we heard shouting and we thought Rimu came 3rd but We came 4th. We heard Mrs Bullot announce first place, “Now coming in first place........... TOTARA!! Everybody stood up with excitement (especially Totara) screaming for joy and clapping, I think I saw Soana run up to Destiny to pick her up and spin her around like crazy.   I was a little bit down that we came 4th but at the same time I had fun and I can’t wait for 2015.

Saint Patrick's Day 2014

Children were racing as fast as they could to see what their teacher had planned for the school. Teachers were all wearing scarves, shirts, hats, skirts that were green.

Monday 17th March 2014 was a very special day for the children of St. Patrick’s. It was St.Patricks Day.It is celebrated every 17th of March. This is the day when teachers from Saint Patrick’s School in Panmure, Auckland, come up with really cool activities for students to participate in.

The morning began with a celebration of faith. The whole school went to church and led Mass which included the singing of songs that celebrated the gifts and talents of Saint Patrick.Many people from the parish community joined us for Mass. The introduction was read by one of the Year 6 students.She told a brief story about Saint Patrick including how he was kidnapped and made a slave in Ireland.

Preparation for Mass the previous day, involved the decoration of tall, green coloured cardboard hats.  Onto these were glued words that represented the qualities of Saint Patrick himself.  Just before communion , a student from each of the six classes carried a hat to place on the step just below the altar.

The students were put into 6 teams after morning tea and went class by class playing or doing what the teacher had came up with. Room 1 did bowling, room 2 were putting in virtues on to a shamrock, room 4 was fishing letter and spelling words out, room 5, rainbow with a pot of gold, room 6, colouring in a shamrock, room 8, making leprechaun bookmarks. Groups were awarded points by the teacher.    

At the end the winning team was the Donegals. After we got told the points we all got rewarded with ice blocks from our principle. The bell rang and we all did St. Patrick’s special prayer then we had our lunch. St. Patrick’s  day wasn’t all about winning, it was about trying our best and having fun. I look forward for next year.

My Fabulous Invitation

We are learning to communicate with other people. I know that I have learnt this lesson when I can create an invitation to someone about the occasion. This is an invitation about Mission Day which I will given to my parents and see what their response is.