St Joseph's School - Senior Hub 1

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Year 5 Class Trip 2016

Oamaru, New Zealand

Forrester Gallery

Steampunk Playground

Lookout Point - Walk

https://youtu.be/BXdY-zkJlis

Thursday, 8 December 2016

Day 3 - Cooking Challenge

More Baking...We promise to eat our veges tonight!

Thank you Mrs Souness and Mrs Keno for helping us today :)

Day 2 - Cooking Challenge

Another amazing job! Well done to our second group and thank you to Mr Cartlidge (Arthur's Grandfather), for coming in and helping us to make these beautiful and delicious cupcakes :)

Monday, 5 December 2016

Day 1 - Cooking Challenge

Day 1 - Cooking Challenge

Well done to both groups who cooked today! You have set the standard for the rest of the groups this week. Amazing food and so delicious! Thank you Mrs Souness and Mr Davies for helping us today :)

The aim of this Competition/Achievement Objectives & Curriculum Areas:

Health & P.E - Safety Management:

• Identify risks and their causes and describe safe practices to manage these.

• Identify and carry out best practice for personal hygiene. (Science)

• Team Building & Teamwork Required.

Mathematics - Measurement:

• Use linear scales and whole numbers of metric units for weight, temperature, and time.

• Measure with fractions in mind. (Adding Fractions).

Technology - Planning for practice:

• Undertake planning and organise materials and ingredients required for the baking challenge.

• Evaluate and critique own group/groups baking skills, teamwork, presentation etc.

Literacy:

• Read and follow instructions. (Comprehension Skills).

Passion Inquiry Term 4 2016

Thank you to all the Parents, Grandparents and Friends for coming into class to see our Inquiry Presentation in Week 7. Here is a YouTube clip with all the photos I took over the week :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RdhABtBtLQ&feature=youtu.be

Friday, 11 November 2016

I was really impressed with the Year 5&6 Cricket B Team. They all showed a great level of skill, determination, sportsmanship and leadership on and off the field. Congratulations on getting in the final match and coming second place :)

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Opo’s Story

We are really PROUD of Paolo in Year 5!

He has come a long way with his writing and his schooling. Paolo has been working really hard on this story and now we see why! What an amazing and emotional piece of writing. Congratulations on all of your wonderful hard work!

I have been told by his mother that Paolo is currently writing a book at home and is on chapter 13!!!

I think we have an author in the making here :-)

Opo’s Story

In the beautiful oceans there was a female dolphin that gave birth to a beautiful little dolphin named Opo. Opo loves to play, hide and hunt for stuff in the ocean, until one day when Opo was swimming with her mother - a big boat was above them, a net came and Opo’s mother pushed her out of her way, so Opo wouldn’t get caught by the net. The net caught her like a prison, then a harpoon came and shot her in the back.

Opo was crying; so she swam far away. The water was turning red, all of Opo’s joyful memories became a sad terrifying nightmare.

She was swimming for two days and two nights, until Opo reached an island.

It was a peaceful morning, the sun was rising so bright, the wind was quiet, the water was quiet as well (just a little bit). Opo was afraid because she had the feeling that the boat was following her and that it would chop her into meat for sale, (don’t worry the boat wasn’t following her).

Opo went to the island and not thinking about the boat that killed her mother. In the island there was a harbour - at the harbour there was a beach, and at the beach there were kids playing and mums were watching them play. It reminded Opo of her and her mother playing, Opo was depressed and jealous at the same time.

Opo looked to her right, nobody was there except there was one 9-year-old girl, she had loooong blonde hair, she had yellow eyes, she was wearing a pale white dress, white as paper and one more thing; she was wearing a dolphin necklace. She looked at Opo like she wants to eat her but she wouldn’t do that to a beautiful dolphin. Then she said to Opo “Hi my name is Kelly, don’t worry I’m not chopping you into thousands of pieces of meat for dinner, I am just trying to feed you some food”, she throws the food and Opo jumps out the water and catches the food in mid-air.

Kelly was surprised, “wow that’s sooooo cool, I wanna be friends with you!”

A dolphin friends with a female child. Sounds like making friendship.

“Kelly let’s go or you’ll be left behind, hurry up!” her dad called for her to come back. Her house is 600 meters away from the beach.

“Goodbye Opo, we will be friends forever and forever. Bye!” She ran up the stairs and walked home with her father.

Opo was really happy that she made a new friend. Kelly came back the next day to play with Opo the dolphin, every day Kelly and Opo meet with each other. They play, eat and talk to each other at the same place.

10 years went by quite quickly. Kelly and Opo grew up. They both are in a dolphin seaworld where there's dolphins jumping, going through hoops and stuff.

In Opo´s head; his mother is cheering for Opo and telling her to do her best and always saying to think before she does her performance in front of many people.

Opo will never forget her mother, Opo still think of her mother, that died when she was a baby. Everytime she thinks of her mother; Opo will always love her mother.

The End

By Paolo Mordeno