St Martins School

Join in with our first ever St Martins School Rogaine on Friday 13th September!

Rogaine is a fun, navigation-based event that can be as competitive or as relaxed as you want it to be.

Registration is 4.30 - 5.15pm
Start time is between 5-5.30pm and the course will take 1 hour.
It is a rolling start, meaning not everyone has to begin at the same time.

Teams will start from the St Martins School hall and explore from there for up to an hour. The map will cater to all ages and abilities. More details will be explained on the day.

We have three groups:
⭐️ Years 0-6 - teams of up to 4 children (you could add 5 if you really want, but 4 is recommended). One parent must accompany all teams up to year 6.
⭐️ Years 7-8 - individual or teams of 2-4.
⭐️ Parents/Adults/Ex-St Martins students - individual.

All teams must have a working mobile phone with them whilst on the course.

We'll have burgers for sale at the school, and the hall will be open for the duration of the event.
There will be experienced Rogainers in the hall helping everyone understand the maps and how to do it, and First Aiders (just in case...)

$5 for each person on the course (supervising parents are free). Please pay :
St Martins School PTA
12-3147-0420521-00
'Rogaine' and your team name or child's name in the reference field.
Entries will not be accepted until payment is received.

Entry Form Link https://tinyurl.com/2u4ndx5a

All proceeds will go towards the new playground.

Big thanks to the Peninsula and Plains Orienteering + Rogaining club for providing the expertise, equipment and maps to help make this event happen. If you love the event and want to do more Orienteering or Rogaining, have a look at their website: https://papo.org.nz/

The Year 5/6 Spurs Basketball are enjoying the basketball season.

A few of the monster music drumming performances from last week....

Thanks for supporting our ākonga with a fabulous book week. We finished off with book displays. Lots of conversations and stories throughout the week. Thanks to Marie and the Literacy Team for organising all the events. A few photos from across the school to end the week....

Congratulations to the children participating in strum, strike, blow.

In the weekend Alice competed in the South Island Ice Skating Championships. She placed an impressive 2nd.

Our top year 7/8 teams took on the teachers and the Board of Trustees in our first ever Cantamaths competition - 10 questions over 25 minutes.

In third place we had one of our teacher teams, second place went to our Year 7 team.

Congratulations to our BOT team who won this years competition!

Getting ready for strum, strike, blow 2024. Good luck to the SMS tamariki.

Congratulations duathlon top 3

The National School's Hip Hop Competition (NSHHC) is a nationwide competition that allows school age children to compete for regional and national titles. Three teams (two year 7/8 and one year 5/6 team) represented St Martins School at the competition last weekend and performed incredibly well in front of a large audience. Congratulations to MODE, FUSION and SLAY SISTERS for all of your hard work, and well done to MODE for qualifying for regionals in Queenstown placing FIRST in their category!

Today, selected Year 5/6 and 7/8 students participated in the Te Mana Raupō Maths Championship to celebrate the beginning of Maths Week! Students answered CantaMath styled questions whilst competing against other schools in our area. Well done to the two Year 7/8 teams that came 3rd equal- Ka pai hoki koe!

Congratulations to our EPro8 teams who competed at Russley this week in the interschool competition. The Year 7/8 team 'Screwed Up' placed 1st and will move through to the next round, along with the Year 5/6 team 'Who Knows'. Well done teams!
Special thanks to Tamara Saxon for supporting the teams and leading this special programme at our school.

Primary Sports Canterbury Hip Hop Competition

Year 7/8 Mode = 1st place in Open
Year 7/8 Fusion = 3rd place in Novice
Year 5/6 Slay Sisters = 1st place

We wish them luck as they now move onto Hip Hop Unite regionals in the hope of qualifying for nationals.

Special thanks to Leah, Felicity, Evelyn and Hannah for coaching the teams, and Briana Weaver and Amy Kenel for coordinating the hip hop teams this year.

Congratuations to our Year 7/8 Boys A basketball team who won the zone tournament and have qualified for the Canterbury Tournament.
Special thanks to Jarad Pateman for coaching the two St Martins teams on the day.

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This coming Tuesday the 30th of July we are holding a sausage sizzle. This is to support our Year 7 student, Andrew McKinley who has been selected in the New Zealand baseball team that will travel to the United States in August.

Sausages will be $2 each.

Just bring your money to school on Tuesday. Sausages will be sold at lunchtime on the lower courts near the sport shed.

We will have a gluten free option available.

Many thanks,

Lovely afternoon of sharing about simple machines in the Y3/4 team. Lots of wonderful creations with the support of whanau.

Come along to our movie night on Sunday 11th August.
The movie is It Ends With Us (romance / drama)
$27 including a drink, secure your tickets here:

https://shorturl.at/nsaKa

Congratulations to our winner of the Madagascar colouring competition!

Last Friday, we had seven very talented public speakers and three artists represent our school at the Speaking for the Planet event.

Loriann, Ethan, Luiza and Zoe all bravely took on the Spoken Word Poetry category - attending writing and performance workshops in the weeks leading up to the event.

Kiran, Harper and Archie attended speech writing and performance workshops, and delivered powerful speeches with a message linked to the Global Sustainability Goals.

Scarlett, Isla and Alice all created stunning pieces of visual art for the competition, with strong messages about sustainability and the future.

Our students absolutely nailed it and we couldn’t be prouder!

Spoken Word Poetry
Year 7 - Ethan (1st place), Luiza (2nd place) and Loriann (highly commended)
Year 8 - Zoe (2nd place)

Speeches
Year 8 - Archie (highly commended)

Visual Arts
Year 7 - Alice (2nd place), Isla and Scarlett (highly commended)

Congratulations to everyone who participated and put themselves out there! Our young people have an important message to share!

Congratulations to our top three teams in today’s Yr5-6 EPRO8 internal event. A special thanks to Ms Saxon for providing our Year 5-8 students with such rich learning experiences!

Now for the interschool competition… Watch this space!

A big congratulations to László who competed in the Canterbury Primary School Boccia Championships on Monday 10th June and came second!

It was a super close competition with only one point separating first and second place. We are proud to hear of his high level of sportsman-like behaviour (clapping for his competitor’s and thanking the referees etc).

Ka mau te wehi László! You are awesome!

To see more photos, please visit the ParaFed Canterbury’s page https://www.facebook.com/ParaFedCanterbury. (Photo credit is: l.exton_photography).

Congratulations to all of the children competing in the EPro8 challenge this morning. It was a close competition to get the top 3 year 7/8 teams. Every team was exceptional and demonstrated our school values so well.

Lip Sync 2024

We have several live auctions (as well as silent auctions, raffles and prizes) at our Bingo night on Saturday 15th June including the 'Principal for a Day at St Martins School. Your child can run school for a day. Longer breaks, ice blocks for everyone, award tokens, lunch out with a friend and the leadership team, the options are nearly endless… some rules apply though!

Bring yourself or come with friends, no teams required. $30 per person, includes a drink and supper. Definitely an R18 event with live and silent auctions, raffles and lots of humour, be prepared to be entertained. Tickets must be purchased in advance, no door sales https://shorturl.at/d4uVc

Rose was one of the winners of the "What's Cool About Your School / Community" cabinet competition run by the CCC Graffiti Programme.

Students from SMS were invited by the council to share what they loved about our community.

Rose's design was chosen for its environmental message and clear connection to our local environment in St Martins.

Rose spent her long weekend drafting and painting her incredible design onto a One.NZ cabinet on Centaurus Road. Doesn't it look amazing!

Mahi Nui, Rose on your beautiful artwork.

Today we held the teacher vs student dodgeball tournament. Teachers started strong, taking the first match convincingly. In game two, students brought in some new players and responded strongly to take out the second game. The third and final game was a tough match, but ultimately the teachers prevailed. Well done teachers!