Updating our visual mihi

We have been working on updating our visual mihi.  Have a look at what some of our amazing learners have done.  Here is Nicole's:

The Treaty of Waitangi

This week we have been learning and researching about the treaty of Waitangi.  Some of us have presented our learning in assembly and we are all putting our learning on our individual blogs. 

Libby made a slideshow telling us what she has learnt.







Here is a Treaty of Waitangi presentation from Ellis, Pyper and Sophie M:




Ella F and Kahlen:

Week one - The tail end of Cyclone Fehi!

Week one sailed by, it was over before we realised.  We welcomed our new students and did a lot of cybersmart learning.  We are currently creating videos to teach our junior learners about being Cybersmart and safe on the internet.  We will show some of these in Assembly next week.

We had an exciting Thursday, when the remnants of Cyclone Fehi came to Greymouth.  Our School had very limited damage and was able to stay open.  Many children were picked up over the course of the day and a few had trouble getting home because of flooding and storm damage.   We are very thankful that everyone remained safe and unharmed.

Last year some of our amazing year 8 students decided to leave a legacy at Saint Patrick's.  They wrote letters and managed to gain funding for some new furniture for future year 8's to use in Galilee.  In Galilee the year 8's get to sit on the couches and bean bags, this is the privilege they get when they reach their final Primary school year.  These children demonstrated their ability to think of others and act in a selfless manner.  What a kind and thoughtful act.


A big thank you to Claire, Netana, Phoenix and Ben.  Galilee will look after our new furniture and will remember how hard you worked to get this for us.

2018 Begins

A new year begins, so we have a new site for the year. 

Click on the link to check out Galilee's Gallery 2018.    Galilee's Gallery

Not too long now and we will all be back in the classroom ready to support each other and LEARN!

Arahura Marae visit

Today we were lucky enough to go and visit the Arahura Marae, what a fabulous day!  We learnt all the korero about the wharenui.  We sang a lot of songs and said our mihi and ate some tasty kai.  Wananei!

Muffin Creators Part 2

We got to use the kitchen at  the high school and finally made our muffins. Some turned out great and some a little different. We're going to ice them later this morning.

30 minute wearable art challenge

Today, half of the class was at District athletics.  The rest of us decided to have a bit of fun.  We had a 30 minute wearable art challenge.  We all had access to the same materials and we  had to come up with something imaginative, creative, NZ flavour and it had to have our team name on it.  Check out our creations!