Ben Browne the author visits St Marys

The whole school went to the hall and Ben Browne came to talk to us. He told us about writing books and stories. We found out that he likes to read books and to write them. His wife is an illustrator and she draws the pictures for his books. He didn't like reading until he was 9 and he read a book called Tom Sawyer.
He read us some books and Pia held the book and turned the pages to show us the pictures.

Cross Country Training

Today we were training for the cross country. We ran around the field and Liam was the leader. We are training for the cross country so we can get fitter and it will be easier. When we were running my shoe fell off.

By Pia

Fish and Chips

Today we went to Porky's Fish and Chip shop and got some chips. We all sat at the tables and ate our chips but we didn't have fish. After we finished our chips we walked down to the park. At the park we played on the playground. On the way home we had a race to the grandstand and then we walked back to school.

Hockey on St Patrick's Day

Today we got to learn some hockey skills. We learnt how to hold the stick properly and how to dribble and trap the ball.

Safe Walking

On Thursday Constable Jos and Constable Teri showed us how to walk safe across the road. We learnt how to walk across the pedestrian crossing properly. We went around the block of the school. When we were crossing to go around the block back to school there wasn't a pedestrian crossing. When we got back we talked about the road rules.

Tractor Trek for Cancer Kids

We walked down to the beach to see all of the tractors come past. A police car with his lights on was first and then a fire engine followed by all of the tractors.

The student of the week was Jacob and he got to sit on a tractor and they started it up. Jacob said it felt real good. After that we all sat in the tractor.

Children's Day

On Friday we dressed up in our house colours and then we paraded around the court. After that we played games. Some of the games were Sponge races, Musical Islands, an obstacle course, baton relay and a balloon race.

After lunch we went to the pool for a free swim. It was fun and some people went on the inflatable slide.