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

My Mihimhi

Ko Mt Roskill te maunga

Ko Mission bay  toku awa

Ko ploynise toku waka

KoTofu toku iwi

Ko good shepherd  toku marae

No Tonga ahau

Kie New Zealand toku kainga inaianei

Ko good shepherd school toku kuri

Ko Pongi  Fuli Titi  and Morena toku whanau

Ko Fuli toku matua

Ko Pongi toku whaea

Ko Rosa toku ingoa

By Rosa

My trip to Tonga

                 My Trip to Tonga

On 23 December my family and I went on a

airplane to Tonga.

We had mini tv’s to watch while we were flying to Tonga. A few hours later we were there. When I stepped outside, it was hotter than ever.

The next day we went to the beach.  The water was so warm and clear that I could see loads of blue fish in the

Sea. After that we had a picnic with  coconut, mango,

chips and fanta. This was the best day yet.

                

      

My self portrait and my poem

My Self-portrait and My Poem

I drew myself in my self-portrait and write a poem to describe me by writing a poem  about me and what

I like to do.