Week 6 - Yes Already it is Week 6!!

Hi everyone...

Halfway through the term, and well done to everyone who has worked hard over the last fortnight to get their timeline finished - I am really proud at the effort that many have put in and cant wait to see them all.

A reminder that Parent/Teacher/Pupil Goal Setting Meetings are this Thursday (school finishes at 12.30pm). Please make an appointment.

Also ROUND THE VINES is this Sunday (15th) and I will let senior students who are asked to help just what they are doing by Tuesday.

Also - congrats and good luck to all those in the swimming sports this coming Wednesday - Try your hardest...

Question One: Why were sparrows introduced to New Zealand?

a)    To remind English settlers of home

b)    To provide food for cats

c)    To eat crop-destroying insects

d)    To provide feathers for hats

Question Two: What is causing heated arguments in Wanganui?

a)    A proposal to open a casino on Victoria Avenue

b)    A proposal to build a monorail to Palmerston North

c)    A proposal to pull out of New Zealand’s Top Town competition

d)    A proposal to add the letter ‘h’ to the name of the city

Question Three: During the Academy Awards, what happens to winners who talk for more than 45 seconds?

a)    Their Oscars get thrown in the rubbish

b)    They receive a standing ovation

c)    They are not invited back next year

d)    Their words get drowned out by music

Question Four: Where did Napoleon meet his ‘Waterloo’?

a)    ABBA

b)    Waterloo

c)    Trafalgar

d)    Gate Pa

Question Five: Why did the townspeople of Hamelin hire the Pied Piper?

a)   To baby-sit the town’s children

b)   To rid the town of its rats

c)   To make it rain on the town’s barren crops

d)   To bring music and joy to a weary people

Question Six:  Why couldn’t New Zealand golfer Danny Lee keep the prize money for winning a tournament in Australia last week?

a)    Danny is an amateur golfer

b)    Danny is under 21 years of age

c)    Danny forgot to tee off at the 18^th hole

d)    Danny missed the prize-giving

Question Seven: A lawyer who specialises in representing accident victims is called..?

a)    a gold digger 

b)    a witch doctor

c)    an ambulance chaser

d)    an early worm

Question Eight: What was the outcome of the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis match in 1973?

a)   The woman won

b)   The man won

c)   The match ended in a draw

d)   The game was called off after protestors ran on to the court

Question Nine: Which of the following creatures is actually a fish?

a)    Jellyfish

b)    Starfish

c)    Silverfish

d)    Dogfish

Question Ten: Half of half of half a pizza is..?

a)    half a pizza

b)    a quarter of a pizza

c)    one-eighth of a pizza

d)    too much pizza for anyone to eat