Welcome to Hoiho's Class blog at St Paul's School in Richmond, Nelson. We are an enthusiastic group of Year 7 and 8 students who love learning. Our teacher is Ms Dodd. Enjoy sharing our journey. We welcome your comments.
Book Fair begins this week - encourage your family to come along and support our fair. There are lots of fantastic books and novelty items to purchase!
Mufti Day is on Wednesday - Dress up in our Kiwiana Country theme!
Competitions - enter one or more of the following competitions during the week.
Mystery Object
What do you think it is? Enter the draw at the Book Fair. Entries close Thursday 3.30pm
Colouring in Competition
3 age groups - pick up an entry form from your teacher.
Seniors
Middles
Juniors
Leave your entry in the competitions box at the book fair. Entries close on Friday at morning tea time and will be displayed in the senior roost.
Design a bookmark
Design a bookmark using materials of your choice. Your bookmark should show a Kiwiana theme. Bookmarks should be placed in the competition box at the Book Fair they will judged on Friday morning.
What is your favourite New Zealand written book?
Do you have a New Zealand book that you love?
Complete the ‘Recommend a book page. Prizes will be awarded for the best recommendations at Junior, Middle and Senior level. Ask your teacher for an entry form and leave them in the competition box at the Book Fair. Entries will judged on Friday morning.
Gumboot Throwing Competition.
Meet at the coned area on the field, register and throw the gumboot. One throw only!
It is time to start preparing for this years speech competition. Start gathering some ideas about the topic you are most interested in, I'm intrigued about the weirdest words! We will spend some time in class this week reviewing speech writing and techniques for presenting an effective speech.
The topics are
1. My list of 7 wonders of the world today
2. What would we do without electricity
3.The weirdest words in the language…how to say them and how to use them!
4. The beginners guide to using a smart phone: How to teach your Granny
It’s the last week of Term 2, wow the year is moving super fast! If you are interested in being part of the Year 7 and 8 quiz team this year please come to a meeting in Hoiho at lunchtime, Monday.
Academic Quiz Intermediates is the greatest quiz for Top of the South Intermediate students and you can be part of it.
Get a team of six of the most amazing brains you know, fabricate a fantastic name, and register here to enter.
The cost is $30 per team and the prizes are amazing! Co-ordinate your costumes, decorate your table and rock up to win
Overall theme is..... World Cultures
Research the categories:
Art- Italian Artists
Science-New Zealand Biodiversity
SuperQuiz-Fun Facts on Cultures
Health-American Diet
NZ Sign Language
History-TTPA and Brexit
Music of Indigenous People
Mathematics-Famous Codes
As part of Maori Language Week we are having a Matariki sharing time with Kea class on Thursday. Please ensure that your Maori God art and observational drawings are complete and ready to present. If you are in the Manu Taratahi group this should be ready to fly and the 2 play groups ready to perform.
This year's theme for Maori Language Week is akina to reo, or behind you all the way, which aims for Maori language to be used as a way to support, motivate and encourage people, whether it be on the sporting sidelines or in other pursuits. Some phrases to try:
Lots of fun activities are planned this week, Mass on Tuesday and House Sports on Thursday - remember to come dressed in your colours.
Paul was born at Tarsus in Cilicia (Turkey) lived around the time of Jesus but never met Him. Paul was first called Saul. As a young man, he was a very bright student of the Hebrew religion. He was a Pharisee and a tent-maker by trade.
He hated the Christians. When he grew older he tortured and harassed the followers of Jesus. He even helped at the stoning of St. Stephen the martyr.
In the Bible's Acts of the Apostles, we read about Saul's amazing conversion (chapters 9, 22, 26). What happened?
One day, Paul was on his way to the city of Damascus to hunt down more Christians. Suddenly, a great light shone all around him and he was knocked to the ground. He was struck blind; and he heard a voice say, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
Saul answered, "Who are you, Sir?" And the voice said, "I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting." Saul was shocked and confused. After a few seconds, he asked, "What do you want me to do?" Jesus told him to continue on to Damascus and there he would be told what to do.
At that moment, through the power of God, Saul received the gift to believe in Jesus. Weak and trembling, he reached out for help and his companions led him into Damascus. The light had blinded him temporarily. Now that he was blind he could really "see" the truth.
And Jesus had come personally to meet him, to invite him to conversion. Saul became a great lover of Jesus. He was baptized and changed his name to Paul to show that he was a changed person. Now he thought only of helping everyone know and love Jesus, the Savior.
We know Saul by his Roman name of Paul. He is called "the apostle." He traveled all over the world, preaching the Good News and led so many people to Jesus. He worked and suffered.
His enemies tried to kill him several times but nothing could stop him. When he was old and tired, he was once again put in prison and sentenced to die. Still St. Paul was happy to suffer and even die for Christ.
This great apostle wrote wonderful letters to the Christians. They are in the Bible. These letters, called epistles, are read often during the Liturgy of the Word at Mass.
10 Interesting Facts about St. Paul
Paul was from the Roman city of Tarsus, located in what is today southern Turkey. (Acts of the Apostles 21:39)
Paul was not physically impressive, nor was he a very good speaker. (1 Corinthians 2:1 and 2 Corinthians 10:10; 11:6)
Paul had a sister and a nephew. (Acts of the Apostles 23:16)
Paul was educated in Jerusalem under the famous Jewish teacher Gamaliel. (Acts of the Apostles 22:3)
Paul was a Pharisee (Acts of the Apostles 26:5) and a tentmaker. (Acts of the Apostles 18:3)
Paul was a Roman citizen from a wealthy family. (Acts of the Apostles 22:25–28)
Paul participated in the stoning of Stephen, the first Christian martyr. (Acts of the Apostles 7:58)
Paul was the most prominent apostle in the early Church because he was so effective at forming Christian communities.
Although Paul wrote the most books of the New Testament, Luke, who only wrote two books, still gets the prize for writing more words than any other writer in the New Testament.
Paul’s conversion is among the most well-known.
After reading and watching the you tube link - take the quiz below let me know how you get on!
