Christmas Discovery with our Buddies

Last part of Beethoven's 9th Symphony

More of Mozart's Requiem

Miss Hewett's First Concert

New Maths Games

Check out the updated games for practising your Fractions!

Go to the Maths Zone!  

Something to think about...

Complex Division Spilts

Part Whole Division How To Part 1

Goodbye Jacob

We were all very sad to say goodbye to Jacob on Friday.  He was an important part of our class team.

We wish Jacob and his family all the best for their move to Auckland. 

Keep in touch Jacob!

Worm Progress

We put a pumpkin in the worm farm to keep them busy over the school holidays. Check out how much they loved it!

Wolves and Biodiversity

Check out this awesome video which shows what happened to the biodiversity in Yellowstone National Park when they reintroduced Wolves that had been missing from their ecosystem for 70 years.  

Upon their reintroduction, the park completely transformed. The populations of many other species increased, as did the health of the park, overall. While wolves are often considered to be harmful species, they can actually transform the world around them. They greatly increased the biodiversity in this treasured ecosystem.

Anti Bullying

Check out this wonderful website set up by a NZ school girl. http://livefortomorrow.co.nz/onevoice/ Think about some the questions and leave your thoughts here. What an inspiration you are Nikita!

Setting up our worm farm with Regan

What steps did we take to set up the farm? What do we need to do to look after our worms?  What do they like in their home?

The Worm Man Visits!

What did you learn about worms and what a farm worm needs?  What are the good things we can put in our worm farm?

AMAZING CHOIR SINGS SAMOAN ANTHEMS...BUT THEY NOT SAMOANS!

Post by Jojo Hypehitters.

SOMETHING TO PONDER ON...BRIDGING CULTURES...

‪#‎SAMOANS‬ ‪#‎WESTLAKEGIRLS‬/BOYS ‪#‎SCHOOLCHOIR‬

Year 7 Memoirs

Don't forget to check out the Year 8 Memoirs on the camp blog!

Please add a post to our wallwisher...

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Social Justice Week

During Social Justice Week we have been discussing the social issues we face in New Zealand and issues we might face everyday in our class/school/home.  We have really been considering the things that effect a person so they do not have an equal opportunity in life.  We have thought about the ways in which we can be the 'Body of Christ', what we can do to make a difference and how we can use our words and actions to make a positive change for people effected by social issues.       

The term 'social justice' implies fairness and mutual obligation in society: that we are responsible for one another, and that we should ensure that all have equal chances to succeed in life.

The Caritas focus during this week is on Catholic social teaching, which provides us with key ethical principles through which we can interpret social issues around us and take action to seek justice. Seven of the principles are: human dignity; solidarity; subsidiarity; stewardship; common good; participation; and preferential option for the poor. See http://caritas.org.nz/resources/cst for videos to explain and give examples of each of these.

We were really motivated by the following images.  They made us think about what we would take a stand about.

Check out our images and please leave us your reactions.


These images also really shocked us and made us consider the hurtful names we might use for others.
http://www.upworthy.com/before-we-use-certain-words-we-should-all-look-at-these-pictures-they-might-make-us-think-twice?c=ufb1 

Year 7 Activity Day

Cross Country

Awesome effort on Friday!  Well done for all the hard work during training and for pushing to do your best on the final run!

Ready for Cross Country!

Camp Blog

Check out http://stpatsy8camp.blogspot.co.nz/ to follow the journey of the Year 8's while we are on camp.

St Pat's Gold Netball Team

Well done for a fantastic season girls!  You have played hard and improved so much as a team.  Congratulations on getting 3rd in our grade!  

Alf the Robotics Man comes to visit!

What did you learn about Curiosty, the Mars robot?

Would you like to explore space? Why or why not?

Going to Mars is only a one way trip at this stage....would you still want to go?

Why did we invent Velcro? 

What is the blue band? Why is it important? What might happen if it goes away?

Why is it so hard? Why is it hard to get there?

What happens to man when they go to space?

What is happening to Chad here?

Do you still want to go to space????