Athletics Day

On Tuesday 3 December all the schools from around the district went to Saxton Field to compete in annual inter-school athletics tournament.



People from Hampton Street, St Josephs, Nelson Central, Clifton Terrace and of course Victory Primary competed in long distance running, sprints, long jump, shot-put and other events. After a long and tiring 800m race JR won it for Victory! “I felt tired but great” he said proudly.

Lewis and Jackson also did fabulously, winning 3 out of 5 sprints.

By Charle

Our Fair Go ad

Room 11's Fair Go ad on Youtube:

Fair Go finalists

The Fair Go finalists have been posted on Facebook.

Joseph Parker inspires students

Last month Joseph Parker came to our school and talked about what he does. Joseph Parker is a champion heavyweight boxer.
 
 First he wakes up at 5:00 in the morning and goes for a run for one hour. Then he comes back home to have breakfast. He has porridge. Then he goes to sleep and wakes up at 10:30 am.

Then he gets ready to train for 1 hour 30 minutes minimum or 2 hours maximum. Then he goes home and has lunch which is a healthy and substantial lunch. After lunch he has another sleep. He said he loves sleep and sleep is very good.

When he wakes up again he trains even more. Then he goes home and eats dinner. He trains 3 times a day and 6 times a week. Sunday is his day off. It's the day where he can go to the movies and do what he wants but he is still not allowed to eat junk food. He still has to eat a healthy and substantial lunch 24/7.

Victory School Fair Go Finalists!

Room 11's entry has made the finals of the 2013 Fair Go Ad Awards. The finalists will be shown and the winners announced on Fair Go at 7:30 on Wednesday, 6 November on TV1.

Science Fair Presentation

"And the winner is Room 11 from Victory Primary School."

Last week Room 11 went to a presentation for the Cawthron Science and Technology Fair. They won the Whole Class award for Years 2-6. They also won the Botanical Technology award.

For winning the Whole Class award they got $150 and for winning the Botanical Technology award they got $50. So altogether they got $200 in prize money. They won all the awards they were entered in.

By Sam

Kate De Goldi: 'What books she likes'

The other day New Zealand author, Kate De Goldi, came to Victory Primary School. Some of the journalists were lucky enough to interview her.

Her favourite writers include Australian author Ursula Dubosarsky, English author Geraldine McCaughrean and Canadian writer Alice Munro who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Sam

Kate De Goldi's tips for authors

When we talked to Kate De Goldi recently she said the most important thing to do if you want to become a author is you have to be a reader.

"If you aim to be a good author you have to be a good reader. That's how you learn everything you need to know about becoming an author."

By CJ

Kate De Goldi visits Victory

On Thursday morning the New Zealand author Kate De Goldi came to Victory Primary School to talk about being a writer. She talked to the juniors, middles and seniors, all of whom asked great questions.

When I asked what she thought of e-books she replied: "I think that E-books are great for traveling and they slip into your bag really easily, but I much prefer the feel of a nice book and the texture of the pages."

By Freya                              

Science Fair 2013

On the 23rd of September a Science Fair was taking place in the Stoke Hall. Heaps of kids entered the Nelson Cawthron Science and Technology Fair.



Room 11 from Victory Primary School entered with an amazing entry called Food for the Future. The representatives from Room 11 were Sam, Kyan, Chayenne, Deja and Iris.

Here are a couple comments from the judge's about Room 11's entry: Great presentation. Well done to your teacher for being so inspiring and industrious! Here's another: Clearly a lot of exciting learning has been happening in Room 11 at Victory! A very interesting process, with a lot of scientific understanding demonstrated by our two presenters. Soon Victory School will be feeding all of their school community. :)

The judges will announce the winner on the 15 of October.


By Sam

Library Upgrade

Victory library has been getting a upgrade. Now you can use the fast-find on the other computers, not just on the library's main computer. You can also use the library iPad to read books. The library has also got a TV. The cool thing about this is that you can connect the iPad to the TV. Anything you do on the iPad shows up on the TV.
By Kyan

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat

On Sunday evening last week the senior syndicate went to the play 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat' at the Theatre Royal. We all thought that the play was really good and that the singing sounded lovely and strong. Victory were given free tickets to the show. After the play we all went back stage and looked at the scenery and in the orchestra pit. I hope that Victory gets more free tickets to more good shows!
By Charlie

Students give it a Fair Go

Have you ever heard of the Fair Go Ad Awards? If you haven't heard of it, it's a competition where kids make an ad about something unfair. For example Willow, Charlie, Chayenne and CJ made an ad about it not being fair when you have no friends.

CJ was the person with no friends and Chayenne was a little fairy that popped up on her hand and said "To make a friend you have to be a friend." And then she disappears.

Then CJ asks Willow if she wants to play basketball. And they become friends.

They filmed their ad on Matua Craig's iPhone. They used a time-lapse app and a green screen for the special effects.

By Freya

Victory kids dig deep

A few days ago Victory Primary School went tree planting in the Emano Street reserve. All the senior classes walked up Emano Street and met two men from NELMAC who showed us were to dig.

All of us started to dig holes but the ground was really hard so some people had trouble digging. I managed to dig seven holes. Our class planted 152 trees!



  
By Charlie

Victory mooovs

Victory kids love the milk that has been coming to Victory Primary. They think its good to have some milk when they are working so hard. Last term the seniors were the testers. They made sure that the milk is good for the rest of the Victory School. We were even given milk bins for the empty boxes.

We have to give a big thanks to Rm 14. They hand out the milk to all of the classes and check the milk bins for rubbish. Now the middles and the little ones are getting milk. They seem to enjoy it too.
By Kyan

Fruit in Schools

We are very lucky at Victory Primary School because we get a free bucket of fruit every afternoon. We always get different kinds of fruit each day, like apples, oranges, pineapples, bananas and kiwifruit. The most popular fruit that we get is apples. Fruit is really good for you because it has vitamin A, vitamin B and vitamin C.

By CJ and Chayenne.

Helmet Ad Results

Last term Room 11 from Victory Primary School entered a helmet ad competition. Sadly they didn't win, Avalon Intermediate from Gisborne won. The title for their ad was: No helmet no Brain. Avalon Intermediate got 165 votes and 947 views. Victory Primary got 99 votes and 220 views. By Sam

Aquaponics Update

Room 11 are building an aquaponics system for the science fair. They want to win and get some good prizes. Its up and running but now they are working on the mini version to take to the science fair. Before Room 11 go to the science fair they have to win at school. Room 11's teacher said the school science fair will be a walk in the park.

By Sam

Mr Brown Is Back

Last Friday Victory students were pleased to see that principal Mr Brown is back at Victory Primary School after a year and a half away.
What they weren't so pleased to find out was that acting principal Mrs Taylor would be stepping down so Victory students and staff decided to throw her a special surprise assembly and give her a big card.
 
by Lewis

Kids make safety ad

This term Room 11 have been filming an advertisement to encourage kids to wear helmets on scooters, skateboards, rollerblades and bikes. The video had to be in by the 28 of June. They got it in successfully. You can watch the film here. The theme is ‘No Helmet. No Brain!’ so kids need to show why they should wear a helmet.

By Sam

Author David Hill visits Victory

New Zealand author David Hill came to Victory Primary School to talk about what it is like to be an author. David told the Victory journalists that his favourite author was Nelson’s very own Maurice Gee.

David also read us some of his own work including a short story about a truck, a bridge and a really good swimmer. David said that he has just published a new book called Sinking. Sinking is about a boy and a crazy old man he sees on the way to swimming training.

New librarian joins staff

Victory Primary School has a new librarian. Her name is Kathy Graham but the students call her Whaea Kathy.

Whaea Kathy likes all kinds of books. "I love flicking through the new picture books. Especially when they arrive all shiny and new," she said. "I also love to revisit old favourites again and again. I never tire of a good story. One of my favourite authors is Michael Morpurgo. He writes brilliantly. I can't wait to share his stories with students."

Whaea Kathy is excited about David Hill visiting Victory Primary School. "Its a wonderful opportunity for everyone to see and hear a famous new Zealand author, ask him questions and find out what inspires his writing." she said.

Year 6 student, Kyan said " I think the new librarian is lovely and will be a wonderful help to the school".

By Sam

New iPads

This term the Juniors are getting new iPads to learn on.

Miss Rapley said,"The main thing the  kids will be doing is touchscreen writing."     

Room 11 will also get one for their class. But they will be used for learning only, so no games.

By Charlie                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Art Walk

For Matariki the Victory Community Centre has organized an art walk. The walk visits various art works by different artists. There are many murals including the one on the side of the Victory School Whare that some Victory Primary School students painted with the help of Lou Darcy and some collage and intermediate students.
You can pick up art walk maps from the Victory Community Centre. On them you can answer a few questions as you walk around Victory finding the different art works.

Aquaponics update

This week Room 11 updated their aquaponics unit by adding foam blocks to the upper part of the I.B.C. The blocks soak up the water and help the plants grow. They also added a solar panel to power the pumping system.      

Room 13's Science Project

Room 13's Science Fair project is germs and germ killers. They are growing bacteria and then they are going to put small paper discs into the bacteria that have been soaked in natural germ killers such as vinegar, honey, curry powder and cinnamon. They have already estimated what natural  germ killer they think will kill the bacteria. Then they will put the small paper disks that have been soaked in the natural germ killers  into the petri dishes that have the bacteria in them and see what germ killers work the best.
By Freya                                         

Matariki

This term the Victory community are doing the annual Matariki walk up the Railway Reserve. At the top there will be fire dancing and drums. The students of Victory Primary School will be making lanterns like they always do and I'm sure they will be good.

By Sam

David Hill Comes To School

On Friday the 21st of June world famous author David Hill will be coming to Victory Primary School.

David Hill is author of such books as See Ya Simon, Comes Naturally,  My Brothers War and many many more. Sam, a student at Victory said, "I think it is awesome because I'm reading My Brothers War and I want to ask him questions."

David Hill's newest book My Brothers War is a finalist at the New Zealand Post Book Awards this year.

Helmet Advertisment

"Cats in hats kids in lids", Craig explains to Room 11. Room 11 are coming up with an advertisement for convincing kids to wear their helmets, when they scooter/skateboard. they've been working hard so lets hope they do well!

By Sam

Room 11 Science Fair Project

This year Room 11 are making an Aquaponics unit for the science fair. Their aquaponics unit is an I.B.C (a big plastic container) cut in half, the top half will grow plants, the bottom half will be water. In the water there are fish. The fish waste gets pumped through a system of pipes and feed the plants.

By Charlie

Inter-class soccer

"Goal," Mr Sullivan yells. This term Mr Sullivan is running an inter-class soccer tournament for the seniors. On Monday it was a battle between Room 11 and Room13. It was a nail-biter. Room 11 inched past winning 3-2.

On Wednesday its a clash between Room 12 and Room 14. The games are held on the back field at lunchtime every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

By Sam

Our First Post 2013

We are the Victory Journalists for 2013.