Hunting Seals

Over the last 10 years people have been killing seals for food and clothing especially the pups. The pups are endangered from the hunters killing them. They then skin them and then send the skins to a factory and then being made into nice woolly clothes. The adult seals are being killed mostly for their meat. If this continues the seals will become extinct.

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MS Read-a-thon

This month is the month of the MS Read-a-thon. We will be reading books and raising money for the people with Multiple Sclerosis. We have to get sponsers to donate the money to us. We got two new books from the man that gave us a talk about MS.

Athletics Carnival

At the athletics carnival we did tug-o-war and it was very fun.

Year 3 Asembly

We had an asembly last week.We were in p.js and we did a p.e dance with Miss Cook.

Our Wetlands Excursion

Kinder and Year One went to the Wetlands on a bus. We went to the theatre and Doc talked about what we might see that day. We had morning tea after the theatre. After morning tea we had some activities. The activities were called dipnetting and canoeing. My class went into a classroom where there were microscopes, a TV scope, puppets and tweezers to make a nest. There was a bit of snake skin as well. Morgan and I got cameras.

(A recount by Thomas)

Matthew Poulsen Learning Center Opening

On the 26th May we celebrated because it was the Opening of the Matthew Poulsen Learning Centre. We had a liturgy and some people did some readings. I had to make a speech about what it means to me to be a student a St Patrick's Lochinvar. I talked about learning and I said a little about Matt. The liturgy was very respectful and the chior was great at singing the songs.

Making A Site for Antarctica

In Term 2 we have been learning about Antarctica in HSIE.
So we decided to make a site about Antarctica in our year 5 lab time.
We had to make the Account and then make the site.
We have to put infomation in our own words instead of copying from the internet and taking credit for the work other people have done.
Some of the things we have to write about are:
Discovery
Douglas Mawson
Antarctica Bases
General Issues

Year 5 loved making the Antarctica Site
IT WAS LOTS OF FUN!!!!!!!

Our School Athletics Carnival

The school carnival was great! The whole school cheered like mad. I came third in 2 RACES! Some people even got 5 or 6 ribbons! We did marching as well. Gordon won the marching and Kendal won the whole thing and Paterson won tug-o-war. If you're wondering what team I'm in, I'm in LAWSON !

The New Play Equipment

At our school we have recently got new play equipment

and it is big and colourful.There are heaps of different bits

and pieces on there. There are the monkey bars, the spider

web, the lillypads, the sit up benches, the rock climbing

wall, the tyres wall, the pull up bars, the parallel bars and

much more. Everyone at our school always plays on it and

everyone says it's lots of fun.

super constuctions

Last week, my teacher asked us to build prisms. We set off building!
First, we built a hexagonal prism. Other kids built a cube.

Next we built a triangular prism, pentagonal prism and an octagonal prism.

I love building and can't wait to build again next time.

Fitness and Fun

Students at St Patrick's are enjoying their daily exercise routine with Miss Alyce Cook.

Friendship

At St Patrick's School Lochinvar we are all very good friends. We have lots of fun together and have no particular group. We have our days with other groups but we all know we are friends. There are heaps of girls and boys who like to play with each other and we have heaps and heaps of fun. Sometimes we have our differences but we know we will be friends the next day!!!!!!!!!!

My favourite thing at St Patrick's is our friendship!!!!!!!!!

Fitness is Fun!

We have a new P.E teacher. Her name is Alyce Cook. We do P.E on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and then we have sport on Friday. It is a lot of fun to go out and do PE. She is here full time for the term. Our whole school is getting very active and fit.

Football Posts Are A Winner!

We have fantastic football posts at the bottom playground which make playing footy heaps of fun . You can also play soccer and run on the field. When we do PE, we also use the posts for running and a circuit. Next to the football posts is the sports shed where you can borrow heaps of equipment to really enjoy the footy posts and the rest of the playground.

Our Playground is Tops!

The thing I like most about St. Patrick's is the amount of playing area that we have to play on.

We have a footy field and 2 playgrounds and lots of soft grass to play on. The basketball court is used for many different sports and activities, but mainly handball. The grass in the morning is generally too wet to play on so we use the basketball for handball instead.

science day

On the 24th March, Mitch showed us how to use electricity, hands on. Year 5 saw Mitch create electricity with a lemon, an old 5 cent coin and a nail. It showed how much energy was used. Amber and Bailey were an example of human electricity. Bailey touched Amber's nose and it worked but when Amber touched his pocket, it didn't work. Next Zac and Courtney had a go using static electricity on their heads and it worked on Courtney's hair but not on Zac's. Why! Courtney had hair spray on and Zac's hair was wet. Then he showed us the most powerful magnet in the world and it could hold a bowling ball. WE WERE AFRAID IT WOULD DROP ON US ALL! Then we had to make our own groups and there were different types of power forces around the room. When the show was finished WE WERE AMAZED BY THE POWER AND THE ELECTRICITY WAS IN THE AIR!

Easter Craft

In class we are doing a lot of Easter craft and in maths we have being doing sentences. It isfun.

Cross Country

On Friday, we are having a sports cross country carnival and my friends and I are all running in the same race. I will get very puffed.

Easter Raffle

We've been doing an Easter raffle. All the people in the SRC are selling Easter Raffle tickets.

Last term, St Patrick's School celebrated Catholic Schools Week . All the classes took it in turns to prepare a liturgy at the morning assembly. I liked all of them but Yr4's was the best.

Today, two ladies from the Maitland Mecury came to Year 4 to talk about justice because our topic this term is justice. Amelia, Saxon, Joshua, Zac, Joseph and I talked with them and told them what we have been learning. Once that was finished they took our photos and left.

We are going to be in the paper next Tuesday.

The New Playground Equipment

Today, the new playground equipment at our school was finished. There is climbing equipment and other fun things to do on it. What good timing for the miserable rain and weather! The students would have been able to play on it today but it rained and was too wet to go out. The students can't wait for the rain to stop!

Year 6 Young Leaders Day

On Wednesday the 25th of March the 4 school leaders went to the Therry Centre for a young leaders day. We had a special guest speaker and her name was Olivia Gollan, gold medal cyclist. We watched the movie, Lion King and we had to pick out the leadership qualities. We would like to thank Mr Treloar for organising the day.

Today, our school's Learning Centre is being used for the first time. It is going to be named the Matthew Poulsen Learning Centre in memory of a much loved student. The opening will be early next term and that's when it will be named after Matt.

Sport Trials

We have alot of people in our school including JONO in his state cricket trials. We have Eliza, Claire and Ashlee in the Polding soccer trials. Our school Cross Country is next week but I'm not sure it will be on because of this heavy rain. Our school athletics carnival is next term. That's all that is happening in out school for sport.

Bloggers at St Pat's

Members of the SRC are going to regularly contribute to a school news blog. Students will have an opportunity to discuss things about the school.

The Worm Farm

In 2009 St. Patrick's School Lochinvar started a worm farm. Every day except for Saturday and Sunday we feed the worms. We don't feed the worms citrus. 1 or 2 classes can feed the worms.

Bushfire appeal

We started to raise money for the bushfire victims. Students and parents raised $1500 at St.Patrick's school. It is important to help others in need.

Year 5 assembly

Last friday year 5 had a assembly on Austrlian landforms. There was Kiani Blow Hole, Wave Rock, Mount Shank and ect. There was 2 readers in each group, 2 people holding a poster that we made and 1 person holding a sin that we made.Then we had to make the Austrlian landform.

New Playground Equipment

The students at St Patrick's are very excited because some new playground equipment will be installed soon. We will be doing lots of swinging on the monkey bars and climbing on ropes, ladders and bridges. This will make our playground even more fun!

SRC Meeting

Today, Mackenzie and I joined some other class representatives in the staff room to discuss some matters about our school. We decided to put up posters on Monday advertising Harmony Day. I like being a member of the SRC because the meetings are fun and we get out of class!!

The kindergarten

In 2009 39 little kindergarten started at St.Patrick School Lochinvar.On the first day all of the kindergarten went into Yr1,yY2,Yr,Yr3,Yr4,Yr5 and Yr6.

Winter Sport Trials

Lately we have been having winter sport trials. The sports are Netball, Soccer and Football. The Netball trials were today and 2 girls from our school made the team, they are Millie and Emme. The Soccer Trials have been moved to next Wednesday because of the rain this Wednesday. I don't know when the football trials are.

St.Patrick's Diocesan Swimming Carnival

On Tuesday the 3rd of February St.Patrick's best swimmers went to Lambton pool to compete in the diocesan swimming carnival. We had Declan Herring, Mathew Pender, Abbey Canbell, Rebecca Roberts and the Senior Girls and Junior Boys Relay. The best part of the day was when Mathew Pender broke Justin Norris' 50m butterfly record. Everyone had a great day and Mathew Pender and Rebecca Roberts made it to Polding.

Sport

Our school does a lot of sport and our students are very good at trying our best. We don't win the Knights knockout or the Reg Kelly Shield but we have a go and do our best which is the most important thing.We have a two people in the summer sport trials that are gong to Lismore in November.We have alot of kids in the winter trials for soccer, rugby Union/League and netball.

Winter Sport Trials

Lately we have had winter sport trials for netball, soccer and football(touch,union and leauge). For netball 2 girls got in, they are Millie and Emme. The Soccer trials have put off till next wednesdaybecause of the rain. I don't know when the football trials are.

Selling the Spinach

This Tuesday, we will be selling bunches of spinach for $1 each. The auction will take place at 2.30 to 3.00 pm at school. The spinach will be coming from our school veggie patches that have been kept well by our students. Please come along and get some spinach.

New Learning Centre

At St Patrick's there is a new library and pod room. There about 30 computers and heaps of books for everyone to use! There are also new tables that can fit about 10 people in each pod. We have encyclopedias, fiction and non fiction books. Yr 3 and Yr 4 moved out of their classrooms to fit the new library. Yr 3 moved to the demountable and Yr 4 moved to the old library so the new library is going to be 2 rooms long!!!

Welcome to St Patrick's School News

Our special blog(short for web log) will be constructed and edited by our Student Representative Council.
We will bring you up-to-date news about what is happening in our school.
We hope you enjoy our first Blog.