My Christmas wish list:


May everyone feel love and joy.

May all addicts learn to give up.

May every orphan share Christmas with a family.

May all countries live in peace.

May all animals be treated well.

May all races understand each other.

May those who are hungry have plenty of food.

May all students have safe holidays.

By Jacqui-Lyn Welch

A Christmas Prayer

This Christmas, I pray
For all people to feel peace,
For every child to be happy,
For every individual to feel unique,
For all man kind to shine like the star
That shone over Jesus Christ.

I pray
For every person to be equal
No matter what their race is.
For all humans to unite,
For all living souls to feel wanted,
For every spirit to be safe.

Finally ,I pray
For all living creatures to feel loved
And for everyone to rejoice and remember
The birth of Jesus Christ at this special time

Amen

A Christmas Prayer

This Christmas, I pray
for peace and love,
for hope and joy,

for happiness and friends,

And all things that come with the joy of Christmas time.

I pray that all living creatures
have the families and friends
that make up the best
Christmas one person can have.

I pray that, as hard as it may be,
that all people everywhere
remember what Christmas is really all about;
not just the joy of toys and presents,
but the thought that Jesus,
the one true God,
was born on this very special day.


Amen

Year 7 in Action

This year, Year 7s have had a very action packed year filled with lots of activities. Some of these activities include Athletic Sports, The Production and the dreaded Assessment Week. Another major milestone in Term 4 was the visit from St Mark's Church School. This school is our brother school in Wellington. We had a number of activities with them including a choir workshop, a debate, netball, hockey and soccer games. Now moving on to Athletics Sports. There were a number of events that we could choose to take part in. Some of these events include high-jump, long-jump, softball throw, long distance running and sprints. Overall Year 7 has been very active this year, both academically and sporting-wise.

Term 1 highlights

In Term 1 the Year 7 class experienced a lot of things including a visit to Science Alive to talk about light and our eyes, making calendars and land yachts in Technology at Christchurch East School, the Year 7 and 8 Swim Week and most importantly the Year 7 and 8 Camp. The week long camp was held at Wainui Park. We stayed in Wainui Heights on the east side. On the Monday after a two hour bus ride we did a three hour hike up hills, through mud, and over rocks and there were no toilets! It doesn't sound very appealing but it was really fun. From Tuesday to Thursday we did a range of activities which included abseiling, kayaking, hugh ropes, coasteering and UHF radios. It was a very enjoyable last camp before the Northern Tour which we will do next year.