Goodbye Good Shepherd School.

This is me on the left when i was a year 1 when I first started school and the right picture is me now.

Choir

During this year the Good Shepherd School choir had a lot of practices for the Kids 4 Kids concert. It was on the 13 Tuesday November at the Vodafone event center. Eva and Miracle got a solo for the concert, Eva was a cowgirl and sang love in a fowl house. Miracle sang something so strong. It was fun, entertaining and enjoyable.

Room 6 Prayer's

Week 5 and 6 were busy for Room 6 we presented our assembly in week 5 and had whole school prayers on Monday, Week 6. Our theme for prayers was community, compassion, and discipleship. This was inspired as we approach Christmas and start to think about others and those who are in need of help. Our Reading was 1 John 3:16-18, we also presented a song that we put lyrical dances moves to our song was: So will I, by Hill song. This is the song: So will I.

Athletics

The harder the battle the sweeter the victory!

All of Good Shepherd School piled into buses as we headed to Three Kings Fields for the annual Athletics Day event. We had been training for weeks and we were ready to take on our peers and to compete for a placing. The events were running, long jump, high jump, discus and shot put. My favorite event was discuss and shot put.  

Assembly

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

Week 5 was non stop for Room 6 with athletics, kapa haka and irish dancing. But it was also our final assembly for the year, and for some of us our final assembly at Good Shepherd School. This was the perfect time for us to share some of our talents and learning. We had been focusing on New Zealand music through our passport tasks so it was only fitting to pick a kiwi classic; Six Months in a Leaky Boat by Split Enz (written in 1982). We sung along to the words and put some of groovy moves together to create a dance. Throughout the year one of our favorite activities was reading Chris Gurney’s books during book week. Chris has written so many wonderful and humorous traditional tales with a kiwi voice. We absolutely adore her books, so for our assembly we presented a Readers Theater: Trev and the Kauri Tree.

My Saint Slide

Kapa Haka

Next week Saturday Good shepherd school is going to Rocket Park to perform our cultural Maori performances. We will be performing a haka, songs * Te Aroha, Harirua and Good Shepherd School Maori song!

Communion of Saint

In Religious Education we have been learning about the three group connected together, Heaven, Purgatory and  Earth! We were separated in groups then was taped in groups. after that we were all taped together. Our teacher told us that we are saint. Living and lifeless!

My Choir Solo

In Choir a few weeks ago I went to audition for a singing solo. I was really nervous and excited at the same time but eventually I got the solo with my partner Eva. On Tuesday 13 November 2018 we are going to the choir at Vodafone Events Center!

Introduction Criteria

In Writing, we have been learning to write a persuasive piece of writing.

We have co-constructed our success criteria together.

Here is our Introduction Criteria check list!

Bigfoot Adventure Biking

On Wednesday we had the Bigfoot adventure people come and teach us how to ride our bikes, laws about riding bikes and to learn bike skills. 

Chinese Head Parts

In Mandarin we have been learning the parts of  our upper body ( head ).We had to say it in Mandarin and had quizzes, it was fun!

Chinese Language Week

这是中国语言周。

It is Chinese Language Week

My favorite book

Title: Baby sitters club: Claudia and mean Janine 

This is my favorite book because it is very funny and full of girly drama!

Hangi

This is my explanation of what a hangi is so that people understand what is is.

Religious Education

In Religious Education we are learning about God and the main idea s that 'God is always faithful.'  When we turn away from God, God would always be waiting for you to come back to him!

My Kiwi information report

By Miracle Lemana
I am learning to inform my audience through an information report

What bird is flightless, small, brown, fuzzy and is native to Aotearoa, New Zealand? Yes, it is the extraordinary kiwi bird. Did you know that kiwis actually have a great memory, and are capable of learning quickly. Studies have shown kiwis can remember negative experiences for up to five years, which can help them stay alert in the wild. There are different important things about Kiwis that we need to know in order to help them to survive. To understand the kiwi we can look at the physical and behavioral adaptations, their diet, and also what are the common predators.

The kiwi bird is roughly the size of a chicken, with the female kiwi being larger in size compared to the male kiwi. The physical adaptation of a kiwi is that it often in shades of brown this helps to camouflage the kiwi within its habitat. It has 13 brown flightless feathers on their wings, these wings are not strong enough to allow the kiwi to fly. The is related to other flightless birds like the emu, ostrich and moa. Unlike any other bird the kiwi has a long pointy beak with nostrils on the tip. This is very unusual for many birds to have nostrils at the end of it’s beck. This physical adaptation allows for the kiwi to use its sense of smell over their eyesight, as the kiwi is rather blind so they rely on their sense of smell. Especially as the kiwi is nocturnal and hunts for food at night.

Kiwis are omnivores so that means that they eat both meat and plants. The kiwi bird likes to eat many things like invertebrates and berries. Their favorite snack to munch on are earthworms. Luckily New Zealand is rich with a variety of worms. The earthworm is also one of the main sources of water for the kiwi as the earthworm is 85% water. This allows for the kiwi not to have a habitat that isn’t necessary located close to water. However if they are close to a body of water the kiwi bird can eat some a range of food from the water including crayfish/koura, eels and tuna. While the kiwi is hunting, the predators can also be lurking for kiwis in the dark forest.

A predator is a living thing that hunts another living thing. The kiwi bird has many predators like the cats, stoats, dogs, ferrets and possums. These predators are usually hard on the adult kiwi as they are flightless and their habitats are located on the ground in areas that are easy to reach for such predators. The kiwi adult is a target, as well as the young and the eggs. In order for the kiwi to survive and stay our national treasure we need to provide safe habitats were kiwis are able to have their needs meet.

As you can see the kiwi is a unique bird, that has many physical and behavioral adaptations. The kiwi is a native treasure to New Zealand that needs to survive for our future generations. We must have an understanding of the adaptations, the diet and the predators to make sure that the kiwi continues to stay alive.

Chinese name!

This morning we had a lesson with Ms Li and we learned how to greet one another and count to 10 in Mandarin. We also went to google translate and translated our name into Chinese. This is my name in Chinese...
Milakeer
米拉克尔

My writing competition entry!

Nuckelavee

The Nuckelavee was a creature of abject terror, and spoken of with bated breath until comparatively recent times. Although many folklore creatures had a binary nature, the Nuckelavee was a creature of pure evil. It is a human man attached to a skeleton horse of hell. According to the old Legends, who lived in constant fear of the Nuckelavee, only the power of the Mither o' the Sea kept the beast away! The Legends say that this mythological creature used to be a kind hearted man with his horse. Then one day he went to war and they both died leaving trailed blood on the mountain of Justice. Did you know that the nuckelavee has no skin. Black blood is visible through his veins! The Nuckelavee name is also known as the devil of the sea.





But don’t let the nuckelavee scare you tonight it is only a made up creature.

My Animal Adaption Poster

This is my poster about my creative bird. Its name is Camo-green and it likes to eat invertebrates like ants and beetles using their pointy beak. It has long legs to run away from predators. This is my bird.

School cross

In room 6 we have been painting our crosses for the fence. We first had to draft our design on a piece of paper 3 or 4 times. Then we did our final copy with colors. Here is how it turned out...

Science Experiment on beaks

Pointed beak, flat beak and pelican beak are all the types of beaks we used for this discovery.But these things are also known as forceps, tongs and cups. First we learnt about the meanings of the words we need to know like, aim. Aim means trying to achieve something in the experiment we were trying to see what shape beak is the best for picking up food. And we learnt what will we change( the equipment), What we will measure ( the amount of food) and how we will keep it a fair test. The way we can make it a fair test by having a nice steady surface, by having the same person doing each type of food also by having the same amount of time of 30 seconds. We had an amazing time experimenting with rice, peppercorns, gummy worms and skittles and after we got to eat Lollies.

 

Mini BB Fair

On the 30th of August the school councilors prepared a mini BB ( Books and Baking ) to raise money for the power box outside our school. We raised $754 from all that hard work.

M and M challenge.

Last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we did the M&M challenge. The class got into groups with one leader in each group. Miss Down gave us some M&M’s and we had to count how many we had and next figured how much M&M’s our group had. After we found out how many M&M’s we all had many people realized that some people had a very small amount of M&M’s while others had about 50. The next thing we did was counting how much of red we had then blue then yellow until we had finished all the colors we had. When we did everything Miss Down told us to share all the M&M’s equally with our group and everyone in the class got 41 M&M’s each! We have put our information on a poster.

Grandparents Day

On Friday 24th August 2018 we celebrated Grandparents Mass with our grandparents, family/whanau and the whole school. We first went to mass to celebrate with Father  Bernard Kyle, who blessed our dear Grandparent with a blessing and we sung a special song to them. When mass was finished our PTA team prepared a treat for us. There was lots of sweet and coffee/tea to sip on. By the time the that all the food was finished it was then time to perform some dances for our audience. The groups that performed were the Sheridan Kapa Haka, Choir, Tap dancing, Ukulele and Irish Dancing. That was a joyful day that we would always remember. We are blessed to have such special people in our lives. 

Online Profile

In our digital lessons we have been learning what is private and public information. We have created a personal profile for our blogs using this new knowledge. On our blogs there are people we know, and people we don’t know, who can view our profiles. We decided to share personal information that we wanted to share about ourselves. Making sure we didn’t share information that was not for public use.

St Mary Mackillop's Feast Day.

Yesterday was the feast day of Saint Mary Mackillop. We started our day attending our parish mass to celebrate her feast day as a whole community. All the students came back from mass to continue the celebrations by joining our buddy class. Room 4 and 6 together came together to work on paper dolls of ourselves. We know St Mary of the Cross always supported and helped all the children in need. We made a large St Mary MacKillop and we placed all out paper dolls of ourselves around her. Then we were all very lucky to receive a free sausage sizzle from the PTA to continue the celebrations at lunch. In the afternoon we then got to go and play a range of fun games with our buddy class. This was such a fun day working along each other but most of all having fun. Happy Saint Mary MacKillop Feast Day.

Whakatauki

In Maori we have been learning about a Whakatauki

A Whakataui is a proverb, what is truly valued in the Maori Culture.
The Whakataui that we have been learning about is if we all shared then no one would go without.
We would be able to provide for all that come to us.
There are also Proverbs in the Bible that encourage us to share.
Read these proverbs : Proverbs 19:17; 22:9; 31:20.

Jesus also showed us the teachings of God when he feed the multitudes of people with the fish and the loaves. Read more about this in the Gospel of John: 6 or the Gospel of
Matthew: 14.

Evolution verdibrates

In room six we have been learning to classify animals.

Scientists classify animals and plants into groups in order to easily identify, sort, and name them!

Classify=Sort

There are many different ways to group living things. 

Classifying Animals

You can classify animals into two main groups.

Vertebrate or Invertebrates.

All vertebrates have...

*Covering of skin that protects them.

*Skeleton inside their body.

*Muscles that helps them move.

*Blood that moves through tubes.

*Lungs or gills for breathing.

Invertebrates

* 90% of all animals are invertebrates.

* Tend to be small because they do not have a backbone.

* Many live in the ocean because the water helps supports their weight.

* Some have a hard covering or shell on the outside of their bodies for protection.

( e.g. Insects, spiders, crabs, snails, clams. )

Private and Public Imformation

Production

Lights, Camera, Action!

Last week Good Shepherd School performed, ‘Zip Zip Zap Avenue’. We packed the school hall with our family and friends as the rain fell. Most of GSS students were in                                                         the holding classrooms covered

                                               in make-up and sitting in our toy costumes.

Zip Zip Zap Avenue is a about a Toy Shop that comes alive once one of the main characters, the Shopkeeper closed up the shop and turned off the light. The toys would then come alive when all the people were asleep, like the the families that visited the toy shop looking for the perfect gifts. This certain night at the toy shop the celebration was for Buzz the Bee, he had left the shelf of the toy shop and all his friends came out to celebrate him with dances. The main toy friends were Thing 1, Thing 2, Tiki, Spider man, Cabbage Patch Doll, Woody, Strawberry Shortcake, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. The main characters introduced the classes as they came in as their selected toy and danced for buzz.

The first dance was the boys and girls of Room 3 and 4 who were transformers, this was a great and powerful way to start the show. Room 5 then twirled onto the stage as Barbie and Ken dancing to Barbie girl. Things got a little spooky as the trolls of Room 7 came out in the middle of the night to the song Thriller. We weren’t too scared for long as the fairies in Room 3 and 4 came out dancing away in their gorgeous fair dresses. And just when you thought things couldn’t get any cuter the teddy bears from Room 1 and 2 went on their teddy bear picnic. Room 8 then showed us what teamwork is with their awesome Lego outfit and very cool song … Everything is awesome! Next up were the Kiwi toy, with great costumes for the kiwi birds and the wonderful performance of the Poi Dancers. And finally it was our turn, Room 6 spun onto the stage as Rubix Cubes dancing to You Spin Me Right Around.

It was a fantastic experience for us all, we learnt a lot about performing and all the work that goes on in the background. We was a wonderful opportunity and it wouldn’t of been possible without the support of everyone working together just like the lego blocks.

Figurative Language

Idiom, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, similes and personification. These are all language features which we call figurative language. In reading we have been learning about these language features and how authors used them in their writing to make their work engaging and add interest for their audience. We made posters either with paper pencils or flowers with examples and definitions of the language feature.Here is our figurative language poster.

Science Roadshow

Last week on Thursday the year 5 and 6 students of Good Shepherd School went to Edendale Primary School to experience the Science Roadshow! We learnt so much about ice and fire, the human body and other things that are related to science. We enjoyed watching the hosts do fascinating experiments like dropping an 8 ball into the metal stick with a hoop attached to it, before they dipped it into the liquid nitrogen the ball could thread through the hoop, 

                       but after they dipped the stick into the liquid nitrogen the ball couldn’t fit!

We had a lot of fun, and recommend that everyone goes to the Science Roadshow if they get a chance.

Book Week

It's week 8 and it is the bookworms favourite week of the year! Book week! A lot of things happened this week. The library was jam packed full of books and other cool stuff like pencils and rubbers, authors and poets were visiting the school, the book parade was on Friday where we                                                        were able to show off our costumes of our                                                                 favourite book character!

Monday we were in groups competing against one another as we did a literacy quiz! There were 30 questions and three topics. Each question we got right earned us a point! And, we all had to pick a topic where we DOUBLED our points.

The next day Tasman Flinn visited the school. We all sat in the hall and sat on the chairs while she showed us her poems and talked about poetry.

Then on Thursday, all of us year 5 and 6s went to Room 2 so we could see Chris Gurney. She talked about her books and how to make a book. And she picked a few volunteers to act out a play, based off her own book called “Cindy And The Lost Jandal” (Miss Down’s favourite book).

Then on Friday, we all dressed up in our favourite book characters, and finished off the week with the book parade! Where we showed off our amazing costumes on the stage.

We all had so much fun during book week. Thank God for books!

Seed Crackers

In Room Six we have been learning about how we can stay healthy and have a well balanced diet. For a healthy class treat we made seed crackers.

Here is our recipe

Ingredients:
½ cup Sunflower seeds
½ cup Pumpkin seeds
¼ cup Sesame seeds
¼ cup Poppy seeds
¼ cup Linseed/flaxseed seeds
¼ cup chia seeds
½ tsp sea salt
1 cup water
1 sprinkle of flaky sea salt, to sprinkle

Directions:
Heat oven to 170C. Place all the seeds and the salt in a bowl, pour in water and mix to combine. Leave for 15 minutes for the chia and flax seeds to soften and bind everything together. Tip out onto a baking paper-lined oven tray and spread out as thin as possible (around 4mm thick) and sprinkle with some flaky sea salt. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the tray from the oven and slice into crackers, then return to the oven to cook for another 20-30 minutes until crisp and golden. Remove to a rack to cool then store in an airtight container. Now your crackers are ready to eat.

On the last week of school we are going to be having a Healthy Food Party - Veggie Con on Monday the 2nd July, everybody will bring healthy food for us to eat as a shared lunch.

The royal jelly

On Tuesday 29 of May the whole of Good Shepherd gathered in the hall to watch a show called “The Royal Jelly”. It gave us a lot of facts about bees and was really funny. Also three students were lucky enough to participate in the show answering questions from the “mayor”. Over all the show was fun and interesting and we all learned a lot.

Miracle's frozen yogurt recipe

Miracle's Frozen Yogurt

Veggie Con 2018

Ingredients:

Fruits ( As many as you want)

Yogurts

When you finish putting these ingredients in cupcake liners then you have to freeze it for at least 8 hours or over night. 

A well balanced diet!

During our health inquiry we have been learning about a well balanced diet. We created a definition using a solo define map. Here is our definition:

A balanced diet is eating the right types of food that gives your body the nutrients to function correctly. To get proper nutrition from your diet you need to eat a healthy diet that contains the proper proportions of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. You need to eat a well balanced diet to maintain good health and to help you feel your best.

We also have learnt about the food pyramid, proportions, and the eat well plate.

Here is a picture of my food pyramid which includes the food groups and servings sizes. You must eat a balance of all food groups to maintain good health.

Afio mai Samoa language week!

The cultural leaders opened the week with their national costume and dance.

Next our Samoan experts in class gave us a lesson on greetings and phrases in Samoan. 

      

Then we moved onto counting to ten in Samoan for math before finishing our math session with a clapping game in Samoan.

Selo-zero

Tasi-one

Lua-two 

Tolu-three

Fa-four

Lima-five

Ono-six

Fitu-seven

Valu-eight

Iva-Nine

Sefulu-ten

Happy Birthday Suzanne Aubert

In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aulbert's birthday by making flowers for the theme, “Always choose the little flower of hope.”

Suzanne looked after sick people, people with disabilities, children whose families couldn’t care for them, and the elderly. The work she started continues to this day in places like Wellington’s Compassion Soup Kitchen.

Suzanne left her home in France and came to Aotearoa to support the Maori people. She honoured the Maori people, their tikanga, reo and rongoa. Suzanne loved God and always thought about what he wanted her to do, not what she wanted, even when that wasn’t easy.

Sea Turtles

Do you know which animal is a reptile and has a shell on it’s back? If you answered sea turtle then your right! Did you know that sea turtles can live for a century There are seven known sea turtle species from around the world, and the biggest specie is the Leather-back. The life cycle of a sea turtle has three main parts, eggs, babies and adulthood. First is the egg stage.

The female sea turtle digs a hole at a beach or in lower dunes. Then it lays about 110 eggs and covers then with left over sands. It may take 6 weeks for the baby turtles to hatch. After 6 weeks not all sea turtles hatch but 90 of them may survive. They squirm out of the sand and race to the waters.

While they are trying to race to the waters they can be stopped by many predators like seagulls, crabs and raccoons. 50% might make it to the waters but then they find a new group of predators in the sea like fish and sharks. Usually they would swim under a bunch of seaweed then they grow and grow until they’re adults.

Now that they are adults they have new predators like big sharks and big whales. After a few years the sea turtles will be able to mate and start the whole cycle again.

Lights, Camera, Action- Assembly

Room 6 presented their learning about not being a bystander at their assembly on Friday week 3. In week 3 all school around New Zealand made a stand by wearing pink. PINK stood for Peaceful, Inclusive, Noble and Kind. Our assembly was a success and we all had fun.

Maori Verbs

In room 6 we have been learning verbs in Maori (action verbs.)
The question is "kei te aha ia?" which means what S/he doing.
Ia is the pronoun for both he and she.
We have matched verbs up, filled in crosswords
and played Simon says.

Mother's Day Poem.

A mother like you,
I just want you to know that you mean the world to me,
 only a heart as dear as yours would give so unselfishly.
The many things you've done all the times that you've been there,
helps me know deep down inside how much you really care.
Even though I might not say I appreciate all you do,
Richly blessed is how I feel
Having a mother just like you.

The Ascension of the Lord

In RE we learnt about the Ascension of Jesus. At Galilee Jesus told his disciples to take his Gospel to the whole world. He promised to send the Holy Spirit to be with us always and then he returned, in glory to his Farther in Heaven. We used crafts to show how Jesus went body and soul to Heaven.

City Rail Link Art

As part of an art class with Miss Down we created images that will be displayed in the country’s busiest rail station, once it opens to the public in 2023/2024.

This images will be used and turned in a ceramic tile and display within the station.

Inspirational Heroes

My person is Rosa Parks

During reading we have been researching people who have faced challenges and have stood up for what they believed in. They have either been a voice for those that don’t have one or are a person who never gave up when facing challenges.

My Pepeha

During this term Room 6 has been learning how to write a Pepeha. A Pepeha is a Maori introduction that establishes your identity and heritage. We learned how to say our Pepeha and then we said it in front of the class and then we used screencastify to video it.This is my Pepeha.

Tena Koutou Katoa 

No Ngati Hamoa ahau 

Ko Three Kings Reserve te maunga

Ko Scout Ave tōku kainga inaianei 

Ko Te Hapara pai te kura 

Ko Uiti tōku pāpā

No Ngati Hamoa ia 

Ko Lusia tōku māmā

No Ngati Hamoa ia 

Ko Miracle tōku ingoa 

Cyber Safety

 Room 6 has been learning about Cyber Safety, we have learnt a lot about being a digital citizen. 
Here are three key rules that I think are important: 

1. Be careful of what you post on the internet. All information and images leave a digital footprint.

2. Never share your personal details such as full name, age, address, passwords with any even people who say they know you.

3. Be nice! No one likes a digital bully. Be respectful and be a great digital citizen.

               If you are unsure check with and ADULT! 

The Disgusting Lunch

I am learning to: Inform my audience by sharing an entertainment moment. 

Eww what’s that smell I asked myself as I cover my nose. I was guessing what the smell could be, was it mushroom (vomit sound). As I recognised the smell, wait, wait… NO WAY! I knew that I smelt something fishy!

I ran as fast as I could upstairs to confirm what it could be, fish soup or fish stew. I knew that I was close, it has to be something with fish! When I got upstairs I could see a big pie bowl. I got so disgusted that I didn’t want to look at it. My mum came,“What's for dinner?” she said as she came from her bedroom. “ Fish cakes, that’s for dinner mum” I said.

I tried to go back to my bedroom as soon as possible but it was too late. My dad dragged me to my chair. He got me a plate and told me to get two fish cakes. He knew that I hated them that's why I was first to eat it. They were all staring at me while I picked my two. I was about to overcome my fear of the fish cakes.

But did I do it, NO. I stared at it for a long time, then I looked at my dad and said “ do I have to eat this? ”

Statistics

In Room 6 maths class we have been doing statistical investigations. First we learnt about Stem and Leaf graphs and did fun investigations on sports. We also learnt how to make graphs on Excel. We learnt how to make Pie graphs and different types of Bar graphs. Below are some of the graphs I have made on Excel.

My Growth Mindset

I have created a mindset goal and motto on bunting!