Reflect on the past...

Hello and welcome back! this part of the year is a time to reflect on the past six weeks for it is nearly christmas! That came around quickly! check out this website below.
http://www.xmasclock.com/ 

So many great things has happened this year. We have had the speeches wicth wer almightly nerve racking but also lots of fun. meeting new friends and orgunising Ngatotos house carols have been super fun too.

I am very excited for high school but i also can't wait for christmas. See you all next week! 

speeches.

Hello and welcome back,
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we are doing our speeches. I feel that I am very well prepared. I haven't learnt it of by heart but I have made my queue cards. we practised our speeches last week and my buddy told me to work on my, eye contact and not reading so much of my queue cards.
our system on doing the speeches is everyone in the class says it to each other and then the teachers choose the top 2 of each age group and then they do the intermediate judging . then the people who got threw get judged by proper judges.


Earthquake
I hope that everyone is safe and their houses have survived. here is a link to keep track of the earthquakes: https://www.geonet.org.nz/


have a great time, and see you next week.

book week reveiw

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Last week we had book week. On Friday I dressed up as Vicki Wilson from 'For the love of horses'. A visiting author came to see all the students of St Benedict's. She explained about her new picture book, 'The tortoise and the solider' she explained how she went to go and meet the star of the book and it was so cool to listen to. Fifi Colston was the lovely authors name.

I made a new book cover for 'The lion the witch and the wardrobe'. it was the style of the Narnia lamp.

 the week was one of the best weeks at school!!

See you next time.



It is book week!

Hello and welcome back,
This week is book week.  have read some really great books this term such as The book of pearl by Timothee De Fombelle, Harry Potter by J.K Rowling and Fox Craft by Inbali Iserles.

My favourite book when I was little was:
Princess Dress.

I have a number of really good authors that I am reading at the moment so it is very hard to pick a favourite. I enjoy Sally Gardner, Stacy Gregg, J.K Rowling and much more. They have really good detail in their stories and every word feels like they were chosen really carefully and put in a spot were they would be really strong.

My favourite book (and that I think people will enjoy) is Fox Craft by Inbali Iserles is a book that people who enjoy warriors will really like. It is a book about a fox cub  his family after disaster strikes the once happy family. She has to learn ancient magic to be able to protect herself from the bad foxes that are close on her trail.

Time management skills

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Time.  Time is the most important thing to be able to complete your tasks.  I can manage my time really well and I can finish all my tasks at school. Sometimes I do take home some but only up to two tasks. I feel like I am trying to learn all that I can at school. People talking a lot  makes it really hard to work and peace and quiet means that I can complete a lot of tasks. If I just block out the sound and become a part of my work then I can also complete a lot.
see you next time!!

Dances

Our production is called 'Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies

For the production, the year 7's and 8's are learning dances. A lady from Footsteps is coming to teach us on Friday. It has been really fun so far.
The first dance we learned is called Robbin Hood. It has really cool moves and has some hard ones that needs most of your concentration!
The second dance is called no money. it is really fun also.
It is a real shame because I will not be here for the production. Me and my family will be over seas.

see you next time!

did you know?

Hello and welcome back.


do you have a goldfish?


This week I was looking at the Dogo news website, and I found out that if you had a pet fish it could reconise you in a crowd of people. The study was done by the University of Queensland in Australia. The study has been a big suprise to the comunity.
Did you know that we have eyes on the side of our head above the nose and mouth witch gives us the obility to reconise different faces - same as the golfish. Dogs, cats... etc have to smell to reconise their master.

have a fantastic week,
And see you next time!!