Chinese

Chinese lessons

This week we have started having Chinese lessons!

Check out highlights of our first lesson.

First Holy Communion

First Holy Communion

Congratulations to all those students who made their First Holy Communion.

Thanks to everyone who helped them prepare and also to those who came to help them celebrate!

Hui Awards Week 5

Joel, Oscar, Saffron, Rosy, Lucy, Jacob, Liam 

Awesome work!

Tigers in the jungle

Tigers in the jungle

As part of our PBL we have been studying endangered animals, 

so some of the year threes have created these awesome tigers.

Firstly we painted two pieces of paper  - one red and one green. 

Then we used pastels to draw our tigers and created leaves.

Then we collaged our parts together 

to create our tigers in the jungle!

Don't they look great!!!

The Treasure Hunt

Treasure Hunt Show

Today the children enjoyed a show called Treasure Hunt by Perform Education. This was part of Book Week 2019 which celebrates the best New Zealand Children's books of 2019. The message was to look after the environment by working together. 

Orana Park

Orana Park

The children enjoyed a great trip to Orana Park this week as part of their Project Based learning on Animals. While at the park the children were given a tour by the zoo teachers and learned a lot about the many animals at the park. There was a particular emphasis on endangered and vulnerable animals in the world and what we can do to help stop this.
A big thanks to all our parent helpers as we would not be able to do this without them.
Several people took photos on the day  Click here to view the folder. 

Bullying Free Week

This week is Bullying Free Week.
At St Francis we have a focus of #bekind for 2019 and so today our whanau groups met and our Year 8 Special Character Leaders organised activities about treating each other kindly.
Around the school we have statements to help us remember how to treat each other.