Aroha | Holy Cross School Papatoetoe

Year One Scripture Cup

14 September 2017 · by Miss Barnes

On Wednesday morning all the year ones gathered in the library for our Scripture cup. Mr Young was the judge. Ten children in total competed from Harnui and the Aroha Syndicate. All our classes have been focusing on scripture readings as part of our reading programme this week. Everyone read well and we were all proud of the effort and achievement of those who chose to participate in the Scripture cup.

Aroha Syndicate Mass

4 September 2017 · by Miss Barnes

Celebrating our shared faith is important in the Aroha Syndicate. On Friday we went to mass together. Praying and singing songs about God is a key part of our religious Education programme.

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Aroha Police Cars!

27 August 2017 · by Miss Barnes

The Aroha Syndicate have had a very exciting week. We were lucky enough to have Constable Dimetrius from the Police come and talk to us, and we were also able to see and sit inside the police car. Some of us were able to press the siren button and talk on the radio. We learnt about police cars and what makes them so important in helping the Police do their job to keep us all safe.

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Aroha Police Dogs!

27 August 2017 · by Mrs Roberts

Wow – what a busy week the Aroha Syndicate have had! As well as a visit from one of our local Police Officers, Constable Dimitrious, we also got to meet some other Police Officers with very special jobs. They are part of the dog unit and we got to meet them and one of their dogs – Case. We learnt why Police dogs are so special and the kinds of things they do to help the Police.

Then one of the Police Officers put on a padded sleeve and pretended to be run away from the Case. It was amazing how fast Case chased him down and used his 42 sharp teeth to grab onto the sleeve. Case didn’t let go!!!

After all this excitement, we all took a turn to say hello to Case.

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Aroha Police Visit!

23 August 2017 · by Mrs Roberts

Yesterday was a super exciting day for the Aroha Syndicate because the Police came to visit.
Constable Dimitrious showed us the tools he needs to do his job. He let some lucky children try on a police vest and hat too. He talked about how he trained to be a police officer and the different special jobs police officers can do.

Room 4a Road Safety

14 August 2017 · by Mrs Roberts

Over the last two weeks we have been learning about the fantastic job our School Road Patrollers do to keep us safe. We have also been learning how to keep safe next to and on the road. On Thursday we were lucky to have two of the fantastic school Road Patrollers talk about their job and show us what they do.

We walked out to the road and watched the ladies get their special tools for their job, the stop signs, along the way. We waited on the footpath to keep safe.

They then put their signs into the stands and waited for a gap in the traffic to put their signs out.

When they had put their signs out we waited for the magic words: ‘Cross now!’ to tell us it was safe for us to cross the road. We then practised crossing the road safely.

Thank you to all the School Road Patrollers – you do a fantastic job keeping everyone safe on their journeys to and from school!