Duffy Assembly

On Tuesday Keith Tonkin came to Victory Primary School for a Duffy assembly. He read one chapter of his book Avaiki Tautau – Homeland Beneath the Stars.


He is a non-fiction children/young adult writer.

Making Chapati

Arjun, Sanjay, Salom and Darcy made Chapati, a Nepalese food.



Chapati is normally made in a wrap but since this is the Nepalese version we made it like this. In the photo there is a different version which is another kind that Sanjay brought to school. It was super spicy!

Kids learn slam poetry at Victory

Today Te Kahu Rolleston, a slam poet, came to Victory Primary School. We had to write a poem and some people had to read their poem to the whole school. It was kind of breath taking.



Slam poetry is poetry you say out loud to an audience. It is meant to rhyme. Darcy wrote a poem about biking.

It goes like this:

Use your bike 
Use it like this 
Bike it thru the streets of Nelson 
Bike it up mountains 
Fly like the wind 
Bike thru the city 
Bike thru the land 
Bike thru sand 
Towards the horizon 

Poem by Darcy

Story by Ethan

Trolley Derby

Last Saturday was the Mike Pero Trolley Derby. Heaps of trolleys entered and 1 or 2 were from our school.



Gryphon, who was in the race, said, "It's nerve-racking, very exiting and dangerous. I had to be very careful down the hill with my steering or I might do a flip." Gryphon's tips are stay to the side of the road or you will hit the pot holes. The website for the Trolley Derby is here.

Victory leaders

Victory leaders are librarians, sport leaders, the guys with Mr Science (sorry I don't know what they're called). Anyway Enviro group, (my friend is in that), lunches and Journalists (I'm one!), so yeah, hope you like!

 
This is a photo of the library leaders.

By Maire

Slam poet to visit Victory

Te Kahu Rolleston will be visiting Victory Primary School in March.

Riverside Swimming Lessons

The seniors and middles at Victory Primary School have been going to Riverside pool for swimming lessons. Ethan Hughes who went swimming said, "We only had 3 short lessons, but it was useful".

The kids learnt survival skills as well. These were useful and exiting. They got put in 3 groups. The first group got to practise lengths and the second group got to practise basic supervised swimming. The last group did learning-to-swim.

By Darcy

Weetbix tryathlon

Ethan H is trying the Weetbix tryathlon for the first time this weekend. He is very nervous because it's his first time and he is nervous because there is going to be lots of people. Here is the link.



Please have fun if you are doing it. By Ethan P and Ethan H

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.