Sunday, 24 May 2015
Netball
The St Josephs Gold play netball in the weekend against Vally. We won 26 - 25. We all play so well, it was a great game.
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
St Peter In Holy Week
Peter was one from Jesus’s disciples. His name was Simon until Jesus changed it to Peter which means rock. Peter was the first Pope but he wasn't always good. when the guards came to take Jesus away they asked Peter if he knew Jesus. Peter was scared for his life so Peter denied he knew Jesus 3 times.
Peter wasn’t very resilient when he denied Jesus. A life lesson you can learn from Peter is to be resilient and not be scared and believe in Jesus that he will save us. I think that Peter should have said that he knew Jesus, but it would be hard because he could die.
By: Maddison
Thursday, 12 March 2015
QUICK WRITE
I stumble down the long dusty path, watching the wind blow the remainders of what once was a town full of life. I took a few more painful steps, the memories came flooding back. I remember playing in that playground, swimming in that pool. I felt sad for a moment. But I knew I had to get out of this place. This scary place, this horrible place. Before it returned.
By: Maddison
By: Maddison
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
UPDATE
Hi everyone, its 2015 and school been back for 2 weeks now. Its really fun in our new leadership roles in the school. If you want to see the role we got you can see the St Josephs new blog chick on the lick at the bottom.
We also are working in our hub a lot and in our learning groups, the main thing we are focusing on is learning to learn. The year 8s each lead a learning group with three to four year 7s and 6s in it.
We are also doing swimming 3 to 4 times a week which is fun but tiring. I'm looking forward to swimming sports in week 4 or 5 and the year 8 leadership retreat next week.
So I would like to wish everyone a fun 2015 bye for now
http://stjosephslearningandnews.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/5-yr-8-student-leaders-for-2015.html
We also are working in our hub a lot and in our learning groups, the main thing we are focusing on is learning to learn. The year 8s each lead a learning group with three to four year 7s and 6s in it.
We are also doing swimming 3 to 4 times a week which is fun but tiring. I'm looking forward to swimming sports in week 4 or 5 and the year 8 leadership retreat next week.
So I would like to wish everyone a fun 2015 bye for now
http://stjosephslearningandnews.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/5-yr-8-student-leaders-for-2015.html
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Mischief and Mayhem book review
MISCHIEF AND
MAYHEM
30 NEW ZEALAND STORIES
Edited By: Barbara Else
Illustrations By:
Philip Webb
This
book has mischief.
This
book has mayhem.
This
book has 30 weird and wonderful New Zealand stories.
Mischief
and Mayhem is an entertaining book of 30 short stories written by different New
Zealand authors.
The main idea of the book is to make you laugh. One of my favourite
stories in this book is
‘The Worlds Worst Jersey’
by Rachel Hayward.
The
story is about a boy whose great aunt sent him a hand knitted jersey for his
birthday. The aunt had knitted it for him and he didn’t really like it very
much. Then he finds out that his great aunt is coming to stay with his family.
So his mum makes him wear the jersey to surprise his great aunt. He decides to
hide the jersey, several different times. However his brother tells on him.
What will happen next? To find out you will just have to read the book.
I
liked this book because all the stories are different and if you don’t like a
story you can move on to the next story or quickly read it anyway. However a
disadvantage of this book is when you are reading this book and then you stop
(to go to sleep) and then pick it up the next night there is no excitement or
anticipation of what is going to happen next because they are all short stories
and you are able to finish each story before you go to sleep. But over all I
thought this book was really good because of all the different stories.
I think the message of
the book was to entertain and get the reader to laugh at normal everyday Kiwi
things. It is a book written by New Zealand authors and it is teaching us the
New Zealand way of life and to always try and have fun.
By: Maddison
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Nenana to Nome
Nenana to Nome
Eighty nine years ago, the town of Nome in Alaska was struck with a terrible bacterial disease called Diphtheria. Sled dogs teams had to relay medicine from Nenana to Nome.
Eighty nine years ago, the town of Nome in Alaska was struck with a terrible bacterial disease called Diphtheria. Sled dogs teams had to relay medicine from Nenana to Nome.
In Nome the winter lasts for seven months. Nome, Alaska is on the other side of the world to New Zealand so summer in Nome is winter in New Zealand. In early November the Bering sea (which is off the coast of Nome) will be frozen over. The average high temperature for summer in Nome is seven degrees and average low temperature is three degrees. "That's really cold."
In Nome the terrible disease diphtheria struck the people of Nome in 1925. The town had run out of medicine and without the medicine the people would die. So the town relayed the medicine from Neana to Nome using teams of sled dogs to save the people. Port Safety was the last leg of the race and one of the harder legs to race.
A sled dog team is made up of a lead dog or dogs, swing dogs, team dogs and wheel dogs. Every dog would want to be a lead dog. One famous lead dog is called Balto. He lead the last leg of the race from Port Safety to Nome. Balto's master was named Gunnar Kaasen. He had the job to tell the dogs what to do.
Balto is a hero. He is a Siberian Husky who was born in Nome 1919 and died on March the 14th 1933. When Balto died he was not buried. Unlike most dogs, Balto was stuffed and put on display in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in America.When Balto died he was fourteen. That's ninety eight in dogs years. "That's really old" Balto is named after the explorer Samuel Balto or his full name Samuel Johannesen Balto.
I suppose you're wondering what diphtheria is. Well diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial disease that effects swallowing and breathing. Diphtheria mostly hit in the 1900s to about the 1950s. Not very many people get diphtheria in our day because most people are vaccinated against it. The name diphtheria comes from the Greek language. If you get diphtheria, the doctors will know because you will have gray slime down the back of your throat.
The story of Balto became very famous and in 1995 it was released as a movie. In the movie Balto is half wolf half dog and no one liked him. There was a dog named Steel and he was the lead dog and everyone thought he was amazing and him and his friends were very mean to Balto. The movie is a very good cartoon movie. In the movie Balto falls in love with a dog called Jenna. Jenna's owner Rosie got sick with diphtheria and Balto is determined to save Rosie from dying.
I hope you have learnt something about the Neana to Nome sled dog race to save the people of Nome or about where the movie Balto originated from. I hope you enjoyed my report on the Neana to Nome sled dog race. The last great race on Earth to save the people of Nome, Alaska.
By Maddison :)
In Nome the terrible disease diphtheria struck the people of Nome in 1925. The town had run out of medicine and without the medicine the people would die. So the town relayed the medicine from Neana to Nome using teams of sled dogs to save the people. Port Safety was the last leg of the race and one of the harder legs to race.
A sled dog team is made up of a lead dog or dogs, swing dogs, team dogs and wheel dogs. Every dog would want to be a lead dog. One famous lead dog is called Balto. He lead the last leg of the race from Port Safety to Nome. Balto's master was named Gunnar Kaasen. He had the job to tell the dogs what to do.
Balto is a hero. He is a Siberian Husky who was born in Nome 1919 and died on March the 14th 1933. When Balto died he was not buried. Unlike most dogs, Balto was stuffed and put on display in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in America.When Balto died he was fourteen. That's ninety eight in dogs years. "That's really old" Balto is named after the explorer Samuel Balto or his full name Samuel Johannesen Balto.
I suppose you're wondering what diphtheria is. Well diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial disease that effects swallowing and breathing. Diphtheria mostly hit in the 1900s to about the 1950s. Not very many people get diphtheria in our day because most people are vaccinated against it. The name diphtheria comes from the Greek language. If you get diphtheria, the doctors will know because you will have gray slime down the back of your throat.
The story of Balto became very famous and in 1995 it was released as a movie. In the movie Balto is half wolf half dog and no one liked him. There was a dog named Steel and he was the lead dog and everyone thought he was amazing and him and his friends were very mean to Balto. The movie is a very good cartoon movie. In the movie Balto falls in love with a dog called Jenna. Jenna's owner Rosie got sick with diphtheria and Balto is determined to save Rosie from dying.
I hope you have learnt something about the Neana to Nome sled dog race to save the people of Nome or about where the movie Balto originated from. I hope you enjoyed my report on the Neana to Nome sled dog race. The last great race on Earth to save the people of Nome, Alaska.
By Maddison :)
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