Nelson crew saves 45 after boat founders

On the 11th of August at 4.40am a Korean fishing trawler was fishing for southern whiting on the Chatham Rise, near the Chatham Islands but for some reason the trawler was sinking! So the trawler sent out a "mayday" "mayday" to the closest ship. So the Atlantis came speeding to the rescue and tugged the Korean fishermen from the trawler to safety . Then the 45 sailors had to stay on Atlantis but they didn't get to sleep in cabins and the cook was probably so stressed. But they got them all to safety in Christchurch. The Atlantis crew are our heroes.
Written by Imogen Scholfield

the miss spotty dottys

One day my BFF came for a sleep over but her Mum and Dad didn't realise that she had the chicken pox. So my Mum looked at the spot on her head and said that she had the chicken pox. Our parents decided we could go over to Imo's instead. "It is a secret"they told us and we started screaming our head's off. About an hour later Imogen's Mum ordered pizza. When we were finished our dinner we found out the secret it was instead of Imogen sleeping at my house I went to her house so I got my things ready and left. When we woke the next morning she was covered in spots. Two weeks later I got them too. But Imo got them much worse than me!! written by Eden

On Thursday we are having a day where past student and teachers can come and share their memories with us. Some kids are going to welcome them at the gate. When they come into the hall we are going to sing two of our Kapa Haka songs to welcome them. After that we are going to sing the national anthem for them .We are also going to sing some other songs for them. We are going to show them around the school. We will ask them about what they did at our school. They are getting a cup of tea and scones for afternoon tea.Written by Alex Thompson

A.P.S. vs Hira

Our class had been practicing non stop for the huge game against Hira. In the first half Zykiel was goalkeeper, I played central midfielder. A.P.S. were very unlucky because it was seniors vs juniors.

Zykiel conceded 2 goals. Vincent our defender played as a terrible forward but our real forwards played excellently. The problem for us was their midfield because whenever we got a break they easily tackled us. In the second half Luke played not so well in goal and conceded 3 goals. The

ref called a goal when one of their players kicked the ball, Luke saved it but then they tapped

out of his hands I called out "no goal" but too late he'd already called the goal. In the last minute

of the game Hira took a corner. I accidently lashed my foot out and it skimmed my foot, our

defenders moved away from the ball and it ended up in the back of the net. the final score in our game was 5-0 to Hira. Rowan and I

probably deserved man of the match in our team. Rion would've got man of the match in the

big kids team and they won 1-0. After both of the games I talked to the principal of Hira called Toni.

By Louis

A.P.S through the decades after noon tea

This Thursday some senior citzens who are coming to our school. They are going to come to visit their old school. Some kids are going to stand at the gate and guide the senior citzens in. Then we will all sing the national anthem and then we'll sing two kapa haka songs. We'll guide a senior citzens to most of the places around our school, like the swimming pool, the new kindy, the dental clinic, the classrooms and the Edible Gardens. Then everyone will sit down and we will sit down with the senior citzens and talk. We will ask if they want a cup of tea and anything to eat. We'll ask them questions about what it was like at A.P.S in the past. Some our our visitors will be old pupils and some will be old teachers and some might even be young.

Written by Imogen Scholfield

APS VS HIRA

On Friday Hira School came to our school to have a game of soccer. We walked on the field with confidence and got in our positions. When the Ref blew the whistle they passed a lot but Louis got the ball.He took a run down the field and Rowan came by so Louis passed to Rowan. He only had the goalie to beat so he had a shot but the goalkeeper saved it. In about 6 minutes it was halftime and we had a feed of oranges. After half time I went in goal and the positions changed. When the Ref blew the whistle Rowan did his middle kick. When I got the ball I took a big run and shot but it was a shame that I missed (if I got the ball in the goal it would have made us do a bit better). The final score was 5-0. Hira won. After our game we had sausages and a drink and then walked back to the field and sat on the sideline to watch the big kids play their game. They did very well. I think that Rion was the star player. He did very well in goal. When the big kids finished their game we asked Hira School if they wanted to vs both of our teams but they had to go, so we went back in class. We hope we get invited out there to play sport sometime.

By Luke

Visitor from South Africa

Imogen invited her neighbour who is visiting Nelson from South Africa to join us for a day. Carmen enjoyed it so much she came back for a second day. She is going to live in Angolia in September.We googled Angolia and studied maps to find out about this African country.

Some facts we found out.....

* It has the richest oil fields in the world

*There has been a civil war in Angolia for 27 years.

*Angolia is trying to rebuild after years of war.

*Angolian kids love soccer.

*It is very hot in Angolia.

In the photo we posed with Carmen on the climbing wall and tower.

Auckland Point through the decades

Our school is learning about A.P.S. through the decades and we are inviting people to come to our school and share with us about when they went in the olden days to our school. There will be scones and tea. We will do the haka and sing some songs for the visitors. We will ask the customers questions about when they were at A.P.S. We would like the customers to bring photos for us to see and you can describe whats going on. It is on August the 26th at 1.30pm. by Luke Coleman

Kapa Haka Performanceat Theatre Royal

On Saturday afternoon some of the children went to the Theater Royal for a rehearsal. Matua Madson played his guitar. We sang five songs in Maori. That night it was A.P.S childrens turn an to go on the stage and we sang God of Nations and then four waitia . When we had finished we got changed. We got same lollies and a drink of juice. I really enjoyed it. From Rowan.