Fair Go Ad Awards 2014

The Fair Go Schools Ad Awards were on TVOne and Room 11's ad was in the FINALS!



This year schools had to "mash-up" two things to make a new product. Room 11 mashed up Burgers & Chips to make Burps! Here is their entry.

Fair Go Ad Award 2014

Every year Fair Go have an ad award and Room 11 are going to enter.



This year the theme is to combine two things to make some thing new and Room 11 has decided to do burger and chips which  makes Burps! There is going to be a mad scientist, kids eating burps, sound effects and camera people.

We don't have much time so we hope we will get it done and send it in on time.

Puppy Love in Room 11

Whaea Lynda has a new puppy called Miso.

 

Miso has a little white chin. She has got little brown eyebrows.
Miso also has lots of pink accessories even a pigs ear to chew on.

The School Disco

On the 18th of September there will be a disco at Victory Primary School in the school hall. The theme will be Pajama Party. It will probably be 2 dollars.

I hope I go.

The Dance Group

This is the dance group. They are practicing the song Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams . The dance looks really fun to do.

They could preform it at assembly but the odds are 50-50. So next time you go to assembly there is a chance that you will see the dance group dance.

Fifi Colston

Fifi Colston came to Victory Primary School and showed the students how to make things out of recycling. She showed five classes the things that she made out of cups, tin foil, recycled bottles, paper and she showed them her books and the really cool costumes that where in her books.

She has written or illustrated some really cool books: Verity's Truth, Wearable Wonders, The Red Poppy, and many more.

Matua Scott

This is Matua Scott. He is our new caretaker. He started in the middle of term 2.
 He cleans, looks after the toilets and the grounds. Matua Scott said he loves his job.

Salmon in the Library

Like last year Mr Science brought in some salmon  into the library. Two people from Room 11 are looking after them by testing and cleaning the water and feeding them.

Almost every Thursday two new people get trained to test and feed them. First they started off as little red ball's then fish that did not look like salmon and they had a red sack. The sack had food in it for them.

Next they turn into thing's that look more like salmon with faint black stripes. Now they look even more like salmon with darker stripes. They look sliver shiny and much better with the stripes.

by Megan

Dragon Fruit

A while ago Room 11 tasted dragon fruit. When it still had its skin on it looked like a pineapple but red. When it was cut open it looked like a egg but a egg that is slimy and white with little black dot's! I think it did not taste like much but some people thought it did. 



 It come's from Vietnam and the plant is related to the cactus.

Tree Planting

The senior syndicate got their boots muddy when they went tree planting. It was really fun and there was no way to keep yourself clean. Once they did what felt like 50 plants they had some morning tea.

After that they planted another 50 more. Just after they did the second lot of plants they got to have lunch. For lunch they had New Zealand hot dogs.

Finally they went back to school just as lunch ended and were very very tired.

By Andrew

SPCA fundraiser

On the 25 of August Rosa, Saran and Sarita are doing a cupcake fundraiser for the SPCA. All the money raised goes to the SPCA.



The flavors of the cupcakes are  lemon, chocolate, red velvet and vanilla.

The cupcakes are three dollars each and are bought at Victory Primary School.

By Sarita and Rosa

School Welcomes new Principal

The Victory Journalists made a short video of the powhiri held for Victory Primary School's new Principal, Helen Taylor-Young.

Everyone gets wet!

Top Team was an awesome day last term. It was exciting. Tha Mi thought the game where Ms O'leary was teacher was the best. She got really wet and cold but Ms O'leary said she had to stay. It was too cold she couldn't even stand up.

 


Some of the other games were Stop the leak, Stack the blocks, Pass the ring and The Caterpillar.

Victory in Japan

This week a Japanese film crew are filming at Victory Primary School. They are making a documentary about how Kiwis look after the environment.



They have been filming in the Bilingual Unit and they interviewed Ariana and Eita. They asked what they did with their recycling at home and if they knew any Japanese films. They went into the recycling shed and they thought it was smelly but it was just the milk cartons!

Wild Tomato

Victory journalist Saran appeared in this month's edition of Wild Tomato, a magazine showcasing Nelson.



The photo was taken at the Nelson wharf. The photo shoot took half a day. Saran found walking on the wharf a little bit scary. Saran had the opportunity to be in the magazine because her mum works for Wild Tomato.

Room 3 Museum Trip Video

Victory Primary School students visited the Nelson Museum to learn about living things. Victory Journalists Megan and Maximus went along too...

The Duffy Show

On Wednesday 2 April the Duffy Show came to Victory Primary School.

It was about Duffy's uncle. He was a rugby player and he did not read books so Duffy and his friend Rosie tried to get him to read. Most kids liked the show because it was really funny.

At the end some kids got to ask questions. One of the questions was how long had they been acting. Two of the actors started acting when they where about seven and the other one said he had been acting since he was really little.

 By Megan

Fundraising Fun!

The seniors are fundraising to get funds for sports activities that are available at Victory Primary.



We get to choose from...

MUFTI - you get to wear your own choice of clothes instead of uniform.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE - you get a tasty sausage wrapped in bread and covered in tomato sauce.

FACE PAINTING - you get to choose from fearsome tigers to beautiful butterflies.

WHEELS - dare devils get to race at high speeds across jumps.

JUICY/ICE BLOCKS - you get an ice cold treat to tingle your taste buds.

The students think this day is ka pai!

By Renata and Sian Pi

A Word from the Principal

Mrs Taylor is the acting principal until we get a new principal. "The year has started positively with lots of energy and excitement from the teachers and children." said Mrs Taylor. She enjoys that everyday there are different things happening - for example interviewing leaders and finding out about their good ideas.



"I really enjoy being the principal. It makes me happy to see children grow and become more confident," she said. "I think it will be an exciting positive year." Mrs Taylor loves being the principal because she gets to make decisions everyday to help children learn and be independent and make good choices.

Riverside Swimming for Seniors

This year (2014) all of the Victory Primary School students went to the school swimming pool for lessons. The students enjoyed swimming although when it got to the seniors turn it was a little chilly sometimes.



The seniors also went to Riverside Pool. At Riverside pool the students got to learn survival skills using life lifejackets. The students enjoyed putting their skills into practice in deep water.

By Tha Mi, Room 11

Visitor From Overseas

Olive has come to our school from England. She is staying for two weeks. The thing she finds different is the accent. She finds it very hard to understand the "E" in words like ten.



Olive has enjoyed swimming because they do not do it very much in England as it is very, very cold.

By Olive and Sarita

Whaea Cindy (Room 12)

Whaea Cindy and her husband have travelled a lot and they host international students in they're home.

Whaea Cindy enjoys learning about other cultures so Victory School allows her to learn even more about other cultures.

 Whaea Cindy has worked in eight different Primary Schools in New Zealand and around the world. In her spare time she likes exploring the outdoors. She has two pets at home - they are dogs. In her class she has five fish. Last Year she lived on the Kapiti Coast.

Humans vs Wasps

On the 28th of February the middle syndicate went to the beach for a treasure hunt with 12 senior students to help. Everything was going great until someone stepped on a wasp nest, then everyone had to run for safety.



Twenty children got stung by wasps and some were sent to the hospital along with one adult who had a really bad allergic reaction.

Victory students and staff hope that all involved are now well and have recovered from their unexpected adventure!

Swimming at Riverside

Room 11 has been swimming at Riverside Pool.



Some children were diving into the deep end. They had life jackets on. Ms Duncan was teaching the other children to swim.

"It was really, really warm," said Hannah. "I liked diving down to the bottom of the pool and getting things from the bottom."

Mrs Kerry - Room 5

Mrs Kerry loves how everyone at Victory School is so friendly. Her class is terrific so it is fantastic teaching them.



Before Victory School Mrs Kerry taught at Tahunanui School. She loves helping her daughter and looking after her house. She is trying to be better at riding her bike.

Mrs Newlands - Room 17

Mrs Newlands loves how friendly the staff, children and parents are. She said everyone is so supportive. Mrs Newland's class are amazing. She enjoys their beautiful smiles and how happy they are.



Mrs Newlands worked in Brockville School in Dunedin. Mrs Newlands thinks the most interesting thing about Victory Primary School is the culture and diversity. In her spare time she likes to run, take her dog (Lizzy) to the beach and relax. Her favourite things to teach are maths and science.

New Teachers at Victory: Matua Dylan

Matua Dylan is enjoying Victory Primary School. He enjoys how everyone is so happy, helpful and RESPECTFUL. He is really enjoying Room 13.



Before he studied to be a teacher, he was a pupil at Victory School. He enjoys the culture and diversity at Victory Primary School. In his spare time he plays guitar and likes to paint. His favourite thing to teach is Music and P.E. He has one dog named Graci and a cat named Graham. He is from Nelson.

The awesome leadership groups

This term the Year 5 & 6 are taking part in leadership development in groups. The leadership groups are: Sports Leaders, Fundraisers, Journalists, Peer mediators, Librarians and Environmentalists.



In these groups they are starting to learn independence, responsibility and commitment.

Exihibition at the Refinery

Phoenix, Blade, Oliver, Dan, Kelly and Tia walked to the Refinery Artspace by ANZAC Park to see Ben Jackson's solo exhibition.



They looked at lots of pictures with hearts, and pictures of his family members. Phoenix, Blade and Oliver also got to see the blankets, mat and balls that were made out of computer wires.

Phoenix said her favourite thing was Tim's Grandma's tea set.

After they looked at the objects they had to go back to school. On their way they played on the Victory Square playground.

Learning to swim at Victory Primary School

Yay! It's swimming season at Victory Primary School.

    

The juniors are swimming most days in the school pool. They are learning to use their arms and legs and to put their heads under the water.the kids are really enjoying swimming because on hot days they get to go in to the cold water. The juniors have finished swimming lessons and the seniors have started.


By Saran and Hannah

Drums beat at Victory

On Monday 17 February Koffie came to Victory Primary School to teach us about drums. Koffie is from Ghana.



He let the Year 5 and 6 students try and play the drums. There were two types of drums - djembe & kbanlongo. One of the drums has both a girl drum and a boy drum. The girl drum sounds higher than the boy one because the girls voice is higher than the boys. It was lots of fun hearing all of the sounds the drums can make. Ayden loved all of it, he thought it was the best. Kyla and Zara like seeing year 5 and 6 playing the drums but they found it loud. By Megan

STOP! Road patrollers are here to help you cross!

Constable John O'Donovan came to Victory Primary School to teach road patrollers how to do their job.

  We interviewed Rosa and she said it was quite easy and fun to do. Road patrol is a senior job,it's in the morning and after school.They put signs out and they help kids and adults cross Vanguard street safely. By Sarita and Maximus.

Victory Journalists take over the World

This year the Victory Journalists will bring you all the latest news and events happening at Victory Primary School.