Wednesday 27 November 2019

Acrostic Poem



Good at cooking
Really loving
Amazing and loving
Nice to me
Doing good things
Making coco rice
Along my side.

Makes favorite food
Over flowing with love
Tremendous teacher
Helpful and caring
Extraordinary at cooking
Reliably.

Friday 1 November 2019

All Saint's Day

Today was all saints day. We prayed to all our family members who have died in the past. I prayed for my grandpa who is on my mum's side. He had lead himself to a good life but sadly died     .

Friday 27 September 2019

Felt Monsters

                         
                            The Monsters are coming

Calendar Art




This year 2019 the whole school did calendar art .we drew about the future and the past we also drew about what we have learnt and achieved.We had so much fun drawing and making this calendar art. Hope we have a wonderful year in 2020.

Friday 6 September 2019

Pumanawa

Every Monday, after lunch room six would do an activity for example Yoga, Kitchen Science, Cartooning and Performing Arts. I did cartooning. We learnt how to draw realistically and learnt
some new skills to help improve our art work. We learnt how to do some comic strips and had so much fun. Here are some photos:





Friday 30 August 2019

Procedure Writing





How to Blow a bubble with Bubblegum

By Rosa

I am learning to write a procedural text for our audience to follow.

Materials:
A piece of bubblegum, Hubba Bubba
Mouth
Step 1. Grab a piece of bubble gum ( hubba bubba - grape )
Step 2. Unwrap the chewing gum and put the wrapper in the bin.
Step 3. Place the gum in your mouth, then start chewing.
Step 4. Chew the gum until it is stretchy.
Step 5. Flatten the gum against the roof of your mouth.
Step 6. Place the gum behind your front teeth.
Step 7. Push your tongue through the gum,
Step 8: Stretching the gum over your tongue and make sure there are no holes.
Step 9. Now blow to form a bubble, sealing the bubble with your lips .



Friday 16 August 2019

Mixed Media Artwork





You hold the future in your hands.



In Term 2 our Visual Arts focused was on Mixed Media. We finally finished our pieces of art at the end of the term. We started off by creating two hands, most of us copied our own hands as templates. One hand represents our past and the other hand our future. We used lots of different materials and symbols to make our artwork as well as exploring a range of different techniques with watercolor paint. This is my art work.

Friday 9 August 2019

Room Six Hockey


On Friday we had so much fun with Sport NZ as they came in to teach us hockey. We got to do warm up and drills with the hockey sticks and played against each other in teams. We are already looking forward to next Friday’s session. Here are a couple of pictures:

Mary MaciKillop celebration


Another celebration for Good Shepherd School in Week 3 was the Feast Day of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop. St Mary MacKillop a vital part of Good Shepherd School, this is because she was the founder of the Josephites aka the Brown Joes. The Brown Joes travelled all over Australia and New Zealand helping the poor and those in need. They built schools and that is how we are all students at Good Shepherd School. We celebrated the Feast day by going to a Mass for St Mary of the Cross and also having fun with our buddy class Room 4 as we worked on a St Mary MacKillop art project.




Cook Island Week



Week 3 has been a very busy week with so many celebrations. Good Shepherd School celebrates our multicultural school with our Cook Island Language focus. We looked at the culture through our reading and made fun fact files. We were also lucky to have Alessandra and the cultural leaders teach us a Pure (prayer) to sing.


We learnt Aro’a mai te Atua iaku. See if you can say/sing this pure too.
Aro’a mai te Atua iaku.
Aro’a mai te Atua iaku
I te au mea taku kite nei
Te anuanua kua iti mai ki roto iaku
Aro’a mai te Atua iaku

My God loves me
My God loves me
And all the wonders I see
The rainbow shines through my window
My God loves me

Room Six Prayers

On Monday the 5th of August Room 6 hosted whole school prayers. Our theme was The Gift of Faith. We did a song called ‘Open the Eyes of My Heart’ and Jiwoo, Zara and Maggie made hand actions for us. There were also people who did the prayers of the faithful. Overall prayers was a big success and everyone enjoyed it.  

Here are some pictures of our prayers:



Room Six Assembly


Last week Room 6 performed their assembly. Our main entertainment was a drama circle on occupations. We also displayed our mixed media we made in term 2. Some people also shared about what they put on their art and why. We all had so much fun preparing and presenting our assembly.


Here are some pictures of our assembly:

Wednesday 3 July 2019

Egg Sitting

Last week we all did a project about how good at egg sitting we are.We had to babysit an egg to see if we could look after it and try not to break it.We made a home for it a bed and other stuffWe would take or eggs to daycare every school day just as if they were real chidren.But we had rules we were not alowed to boil the eggs and leave the eggs alone.

Tuesday 2 July 2019

The love of Bees


This week on Thursday we went to a project called for the love of bees.We learnt about what flowers and bees like and don't.We also learnt how bee hives are created and why we should not kill bee.We went by car in groups of three and four.








Friday 21 June 2019

Re Poster

This week we did a poster about famous people in the early church communities. Me, Remy and Maggie did Lydia. Lydia sold purple dye and Lydia wasn't her real name.



Here is a photo of our poster:













Friday 24 May 2019

My Netball Game

This term in week three we had our netball game. Before the game started we did some warm ups like running arounnd the court several times until the game started.  We lost to the other team they were more experienced than us and they were quite challenging. We got only two goals they got 7.    
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Friday 17 May 2019

Pink Shirt Day

Today is pink shirt day. The whole school had to wear pink clothes to stand up against bullying.  At Good Shepherd School we support bully free week.  Today I wore a pink top and a pink jaket with track pants.


Scienece

This term we've been fouusing on the water cycle and so we decided to do a littel experiment.
We got someone to blow a ballon half way and push on it lightly passing it around for everyone to 
have a turn.After that we blew a baloon a bit bigger but we didin't tie the knot we put the ballon in the water then let go.

Friday 29 March 2019

Up, Up and Away -Dr Seuss

This is my hot air balloon that we created
to show that our goals are gonig to take up
to new heights.

Growth Mindset - Goal Bunting


Each student in room 6 has made a bunting triangles
to show ur growthmindset goal and motto that we want
to work on.come and check them out




Jesus Strand-Religous Education







During term one we have been earning about Jesus
the Son of God .This is my cube on how Jesus showed us that God loved us all
as his children.We are all blessed with gifts of faith,hope and love.


Friday 22 March 2019

St Joseph's




Tuesday 19th March was St Joseph’s Day Feast Day. The whole school attended mass to celebrate the leadership Saint Joseph showed. Saint Joseph is also special to our school because Saint MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph were inspired by Saint Joseph. Saint Joseph is also the foster father of Jesus. The following day, the whole school came together to celebrate with fun tabloid sports in our houses. We all got to play so many fun and exciting games. Thank you to our leaders who prepared this.







Friday 15 March 2019

My Accident Story



The Daredevil

February 2019

By Rosa


I am learning to entertain my audience through a recount.

Me, Rosa as a three year old was the daredevil of the family, always trying to find new ways of getting into trouble. However there was my older brother Titi, the good child that would always get to do things I wasn’t allowed to do. My mum would say always say, “It is because Titi is older!” But this average afternoon was where I took my chance and where the adventure began.


I clutched my fingers around the bars of the gate as if I was in jail, watching my perfect brother going down the hill on his flash bike. He was allowed outside of the prison, while I was trapped inside the gates. I would ride my plastic motorbike on my flat pathway seeing the view of my brother zooming past me down the hill having the best time of his life while I was suffering in a cage and having no fun at all. This happened every time we rode our bikes.


Today was a regular day of bike riding my mum as always was supervising me and my brother as he went down the hill and I went up and down the flat path until… ring, ring the phone rang. There at that moment, my mum opened the gate rushing to get the phone forgetting to close the gate behind her. I knew that this was my moment to shine.

I got my motorbike ready looking side to side then I walked through the gate of the prison and rushed up the hill with my motorbike. Finally I was on top of the hill, “Brum, brum!” getting the engines ready. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 … blast off, at this point I was trying to put my foot on the ground to push but I keep going faster and faster I could see my brother rushing towards me, and mum joining in the panic.


I was having the best time of my life screaming with excitement with that wind blowing on my face … but on the other hand mum was screaming and waving at me. I thought it

was strange so I took my hands of the handle bars and did a huge wave back to mum, “Hi Mum.” Then my bike started shaking going left and right before I went straight into a brick wall. BAM! I smashed my head on the brick wall screaming with pain as blood rushed from my forehead. Mum called the ambulance.


The ambulance took me to the hospital and gave me five stitches in my forehead, I had concussion so I couldn't sleep because if I did my brain would have shut down. I still have that scar today and decided from that point on I would only ride my motorbike inside the prison gates.

Friday 8 March 2019

Ash Wednesday 2019


Ash Wednesday


Today was Ash Wednesday. We went to church and sang some hymns, got the ashes on our foreheads, sung happy birthday to a little girl starting school on her birthday! We then went up and got a blessing.


We did make an attempt to keep our ashes on our foreheads, but that was a fail due to swimming and itching it off. We had a good day and hope everyone season of Lent and it is a time of preparation


This year I am focusing on : My lent promise




Shine Week




Shine week. We raise money to help people whose lives are affected domestic violence. In support we all wore orange clothes and brought a gold coin donation to help the charity. Here are some pictures

Shrove Tuesday





Shrove Tuesday

Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday. We all had a great day in room 6. The festivities started with the burning of the ashes on the turf. This was a new and exciting experience that not many of us had seen before.



Later on during Religious Education we learnt more about Shrove Tuesday and Lent. People used to get rid of all their luxury items such as flour, sugar, butter, eggs and milk by making pancakes. We were even able to enjoy some pancakes of our own. We all thought it was a great start to lent and we are looking forward to the lenten season as we prepare for the death and resurrection of Jesus. We are the season of Lent and it is a time of preparation.


Swimming Sports

Room 6 had a wonderful day at swimming sports. When we all went to the turf we split up into our houses. Thank you Sharyn and parents for helping us with the non competitive swimming and competitive. Also thank you parents for coming along and supporting your children. Good shepherd students thank the teachers very warmly, as every year as they set up and prepare this event for us. I’m sure that every student enjoyed the event. I saw everyone compete with my own eyes and they all did well. The people who lost don’t have to be sad because they should be grateful they got a swim in the warm weather also because there’s always time and effort to improve.

Tuesday 19 February 2019

Rosa's Mihimihi



Mihimihi 

Rosa

I am learning to: introduce myself and others, and respond to introductions using my personal information 




Tēnā koutou katoa, (greetings to you all)

Ko Puketapapa tōku maunga (mountain)

Ko Waitemata Harbour tōku moana (ocean)

Nō Tonga and Samoa ahau (where you are from)

Kei Tamaki tōku kāinga ināianei. (I now live)

Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura (school / Good Shepherd School*) 

Ko Fuli tōku whānau (family)

Ko Fuli Fuli tōku pāpā (father)

Ko Pongi Fuli tōku māmā (mother)

Ko Rosa Fuli tōku ingoa (your name)

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa. 

(Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greeting to us all). 



Friday 8 February 2019

Good Shepherd Charism


Did you know the reason Good Shepherd School named their syndicates Connolly and Sheridan? Connolly and Sheridan were the names of the first two sisters that worked at Good Shepherd School when it opened. That is just one of the fun facts we learnt this week when we explored the charism of our school. The charism of our school is the flavour of our school, it is what makes us Good Shepherd School. Over the week we looked at the history of the school and unpacked the visual Image of the Good Shepherd Cross with the values, scripture, feast days and the St Mary MacKillop sayings. We unpacked the values and why we have those values. In groups we identified what each value looked, sounded and felt like before making up definitions. Another new fact I learnt was the sisters were called the Brown Joes also because of their brown outfits.



Room Six Piece Of The Puzzle






In Room 6 we are all a piece of the puzzle. There are 29 students and we each complete our puzzle. Without one of us we would not be Room 6. During the second week of school (once the year 6 were back from camp) we spent time learning about each other and completing our piece of the puzzle. We learnt that we are all different and unique made in the image of God. But we also learnt that sometimes people need a little helping hand to make learning fair. Check out our pieces of the puzzle in Room 6 Foyer to learn more about each of us.

“It’s always the small pieces that make the big picture.”


2019 Leadership








This year I am proud to take on the role of Evironmental leader . I look forward to this role because I have the chance to help the travelwise, wast wise and gardening club. I'll try

be a good leader for Good Shepherd School this year 2019.

Year Six Camp - Leadership



While the rest of the school was sleeping, enjoying their last day of the school holidays the year six were awake grabbing the last of their essential camp items. Stuffing the cars full of luggage we hit the road making our way up to MERC, Long Bay Beach for the annual Year 6 Leadership Camp. It was a fun, busy and hot week with lots of activities and things to do. There was so much to do with out amazing instructors and helpers, activities like paddle boarding, archery, abseiling, kayaking, rock climbing, giants ladder, stack’em and the list goes on. After the camp day we had plenty to do at night with the camp mass, school council voting, the talent quest and even a spooky game of spot light.

My two favourite activities were: Raft Building and the Giants ladder