Christmas Craft

This year for Christmas, we are doing Christmas Craft in Room 6! Christmas Craft is when we make Christmas themed crafts. I am doing a mini Pine Cone Christmas Tree! It should look like this:

Memory Puzzle

In room 6 we have been doing our Memory Puzzles. It is a project where we personalize our on puzzle so that we can remember our year in room 6. Here is an example of the finished project:

Christmas cards

In Room Six, we have been making Christmas cards. On the front we used oil pastels and blended them to make a background. We then drew a Christmas Tree silhouette. The message inside says: "Dear Mum & Dad,
Merry Christmas! Thank you for always being there for me. May you enjoy Christmas till your hearts are content, and may you never be too old to search the skies for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve!"

Graduation

Last night 30 year sixes, (including two, who unfortunately, were absent) had their graduation ceremony.  And guess what, I am a year six! That means, that I am a 2018 graduate!

 

Algebra

In math we have been learning algebra. Algebra is when there is a number, replaced by a symbol in a math expression. For example:

χ= 33
2+χ=

2+33=35

Eating Edible Bugs

I am learning to persuade my audience using persuasive writing and emotive words. 

By Maxine

Just imagine, hearing the satisfying crunch of chocolate covered crickets, the chocolatey coating melting away, revealing a scrumptious, healthy cricket! I strongly recommend, that you should start cooking with bugs, today! Usually, when someone hears of eating bugs, they think it’s disgusting, and simply trying to be polite, they just nod their heads and say, “Oh, that’s, nice.” But quietly convey to themself, “Eww! Disgusting!” But I assure you, you will like bugs, as have all your friends and companions, anyway you never know you don’t like something till you try it. Fun Fact! Did you know that 80% of all people who have tried bugs actually like them? There are many benefits to eating bugs, for example, bugs are healthy, you can cook creatively, and they are even better for the environment!

We all want a healthy choice of meals and often go to last resort (the veggies) which brings the family to those ear-shattering whines. But, what if you changed it up a bit, gave them a surprise? Consider bugs for your next healthy choice! Bugs give you a healthy, balanced diet with a good amount of fat and protein! All the vital amounts your body needs. Bugs contain a lot of nutrients and will add all the good stuff too your daily meals. They contain a lot of vitamins and are a healthy option, however, you have to cook them first, but don’t worry yourself, there are lots of creative ways to prepare bugs from cultures all over the world.

Have you run out of dinner ideas? Want to try something new? Want to get creative with a dinner from cultures all around the world? Well my recommendation is that you try bugs, today! With bugs you can cook creatively with cultures from China, Australia, Ireland, and more! Plus they are easy to cook and you can have them any time you want. Bug recipes include, scorpion lollipops, mealworm fries, green ants, and Grasshopper Cakes, these are all recipes from around the world that are easy to cook. Better yet, bugs are not just healthy and can be cooked with creatively, but they are better for the environment too!

Do you want to help save the world? Well of course you do so why not try a bug today!? Bugs are better for the environment in many ways, for example, bugs produce less greenhouse gasses than cows and other protein sources do. Bugs are just like your everyday healthy meals but are better for the environment. They don’t pollute the air, like cows, and sheep, with their greenhouse gasses which have caused a huge problem with our Ozone Layer. Instead they produce a lot less greenhouse gasses, which don’t pollute the environment at all! If we all start eating bugs, we will have less cows, sheep and pigs and that means less pollution in our environment! In my opinion, more bug eating, equals less pollution!

In conclusion, there are so many good reasons why you should eat insects. Insects are a great way to be healthy, cook creatively, and guess what. You help save the world at the same time! Did you know that 80% of all people who tried bugs like them! So I guarantee that you will like bugs as have all your friends and peers. Eating bugs is a great way to introduce different recipes from around the world to the family. I strongly recommend that you cook with bugs for three main reasons. One, bugs are super healthy; two, you can cook creatively; three, you can help save the world. Remember, you never know if you don’t like something till you try it!

Room 6's Prayers

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 it said,"This is how we know what love is, Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to do the same for our brothers and sisters. If one has material pssesion and sees a brother or sister in need, but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person. Dear Children, let us not love with words and speech, but with actions and truth."  We also presented a song that we put lyrical dances moves to our song was: So will I.

Room 6's 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 favourite activities was reading Chris Gurney’s books during book week. Chris has written so many wonderful and humourous traditional tales with a kiwi voice. We absolutely adore her books, so for our assembly we presented a Readers Theatre: Trev and the Kauri Tree. My favourite part of the assembly was the dance . The name of the music was called "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" written by "Split Enz" in 1982.

The Daily Gossip

For the past five weeks in code club, we have been making a magazine. My favourite part was making the link to videos, and they actually work! My magazine was called "The Daily Gossip" This is my magazine:

Unfortunately, code club has come to an end, but hope that it will still be here for year 5s and 6s next year.

Saint Cecilia

Our focus this term in Religious Education was the Communion of Saints. We learnt about the three parts of the Communion of Saints and how we are all connected. The Communion of Saints is bonded through prayer, baptism and the Eucharist.

As part of our studies we researched and created a slide show that explored a live of a Saint.

Who Kidnapped The Witch?

In math a witch  has been kidnapped and we had to use clues to find out who did it, where she is, and what tool was used. It turns out that it was Ghost Man, in the costume shop, with the handcuffs.

Athleics

Every year, Good Shepherd has athletics. We all participate in a few sports, shot put, long jump, high jump, discus, and relay, but my favourite one was discus, because it ended up being a real challenge for me. 

Communion Of Saints

All Saints Day is on the 1st of November. In Religious Education, we have been learning about how Heaven, Purgatory and the Living are all bounded together as one. To resemble this we created weaved mats and were bound together in three groups. Here are some photos to give you and idea of just what we did.

This is the three groups

This is my woven mat

Success 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 Bike Riding

This week we had a bike riding session. It was really fun. Since I can't ride  bike I learnt and got up too pedaling!

Shields

In Room 6 we have been making shields. On our shields we wrote how we were unique. This is my shield:

Mandarin

In Mandarin we have been learning body parts. Here is an example:
Nose=Bizi

Our Class Waka

In Room 6 we made a Class Waka. On each paddle there is a word that is a personality trait to make a team to push along the Waka.

A Joke

Q: Why did the picture go to jail?
A: It was framed!

IKAN

Every term we have an IKAN test for math where we take a test and try to move up a stage. We each have a symbol known only by us and my symbol is in stage 7 which is my stage at the moment.

Crosses

In Room 6 we have been painting crosses that are going on the tennis courts, we learnt how to flat block and the crosses are supposed to have a religious meaning that is easy to be noticed

The Hangi

Common Multiples And Factors

The Year Book Writing Challenge

At Good Shepherd, our three journalists ( Gina, Elijah and James ) have organized a writing challenge where the winners were selected from each class room and the winner for Room 6 was ME! Every class had a different topic to write about and  Room 6 had mystical creature. I wrote about the kelpie, a highly feared water demon said to dwell in big bodies of water throughout Scotland and Ireland. Here is my winning piece of writing:

The Kelpie
An Irish, and Scottish mythological creature, the kelpie lives in big bodies of water throughout Scotland and Ireland. Kelpie means : Water Horse because this highly feared water demon can take various shapes, however, the kelpie usually takes form of a horse with bulrushes for the mane. It used to always take this form but ever since it has been found out, it has been taking a discrete number of disguises. The few victims who have escaped this almost certain doom have gone out yelling which first brought the existence of the kelpie. The kelpie feasts on human flesh and after luring the innocent, and dazed onto its back it will dive straight down into the depths of its watery home where it is said to devour the doomed rider, carelessly letting the carcasses float to the surface. It can lure the unwilling in a number of ways while one of its favorites is singing, almost like a siren. The world's largest kelpie lives in Lake Loch Ness and is known as The Loch Ness Monster. Its favourite form is that of a sea serpent. There is one known way to overcome the kelpie which is putting a bridal over the kelpie’s head, if however so unfortunately the kelpie already has a bridal, you must first cut of the already placed bridal. Kelpies cannot go through entryways The kelpie has been proven, in many ways to be real but researchers are still looking for vivid evidence, reassuring people that there is no such thing as the so called kelpie, making it a living myth.

The Kiwi Bird

I am learning to inform my audience through an information report.

The Apteryx, native to New Zealand, is a genius, but Apteryx is only its scientific name, can you guess what the New Zealand residents call it? If you guessed the Kiwi then you are absolutely correct and this is not just the name of a fruit, this is also the name of the one, the only New Zealand Kiwi bird! The Kiwi is native to New Zealand and belongs to the class Aves, its family name is Apterygidae. The Kiwi generally has a very long beak with its nostrils at the end. Another feature is that the kiwi has little wings and cannot fly so it is vulnerable to predators. Did you know that there are 5 types of kiwi bird? The most common kiwi is the North Island Brown Kiwi, other types are Okarito Kiwi, Southern Island Brown Kiwi, The Great Spotted Kiwi and The Little Spotted Kiwi. All Kiwis have a range of skills that are essential for it to survive. The native bird must have a balanced diet and a habitat that provides all its food. Its living area must also provide a place for the Kiwi to perform its natural habits. Every animal one cell or a million must eat food and the kiwi, has a range of foods to eat.

Diet

Every animal must have something to eat for survival. So the big question is, what does the Kiwi eat? From invertebrates to leaves these birds eat a wide range of food. Kiwis are omnivores which means they eat both meat and plants. They eat things like berries seeds and some leaves but their favourites are juicy earthworms and grubs, they are also known to eat some amphibians! The Kiwi bird gets most of its water from the food it eats like earthworms, that are 85% water, but when the Kiwi really does need to drink it is through its beak, up with the water into the beak and is glugged down. And of course the Kiwi must have a habitat that provides such food.

Habitat

The kiwi bird must have a habitat that provides everything it needs or, well, at least food, water and a safe place to hide. So where does the kiwi bird live? In the jungle. No there aren't any in New Zealand. Maybe on Mt Ruapehu? Definitely not! Maybe the kiwi lives on the forest floor. Yes! That's right! The kiwi does live on the forest floor! The kiwi is a nocturnal animal, which means it sleeps in the day and is awake at night! Its shaded home makes a perfect environment for the kiwi. But the kiwi habitat has requirements like food, water, shelter, and a big enough area to allow it to perform its natural habits.

Natural Habits 

The kiwi has a range of natural habits that may seem surprising. You probably thought the kiwi was gentle right? Wrong, with strong powerful claws and speed as fast as a man, the kiwi bird is actually very aggressive! The kiwi has a range of habits like running, fighting and of course mating. The kiwi can run fast and has a natural habit of staying away from humans as they are not social birds. Kiwi calls are loud and the males is more high pitched than the females who produces a more low and ruff call. But all this running fighting and calling attracts predators.

Threats

Two hundred years ago, millions of kiwi thrived through the New Zealand forests but now, with the reign of predators the kiwi has a population of fewer than 100,000 left in the wild. Predators vary in different shapes and sizes from the big dog to the small but very powerful rat. Things like dogs, cats, rats, possums, and stoats are all major threats to the kiwi leaving them endangered, and in conversations. The kiwi has a musty smell that attracts predators and because they are so endangered the have to be protected.

Overall the kiwi is an amazing New Zealand treasure that should kept in the world today. It is an endangered bird with few living in the wild. The kiwi bird has been put in conversations. It is native and very important to our ecosystem, so we must save it.

Ransom Note

In code club, we have been coding ransom letters. We coded a letter through trinket to create this note. Here is my note.

Cultural Week

This week was Cultural Week. In Cultural Week we have been going off to different classes and learning a language of our choice. There were 9 cultures and they were: Italian, Brazilian, Filipino, Korean, French, Indian, Spanish, German, and Japanese.  I was in French. At the end of the week we had a big assembly.

Chess

Today we went to a chess competition. I was in team 1. We came 3rd with 8.5 points overall, I scored 3.5 points for the team. I think this was a great experience and I would defiantly like to go again! 

The Tropical Nectar Sipper

In room 6, for reading we have been learning about adaptations. We have created unique birds to suit an environment of our own.  We selected a few parts and created our birds. My bird is called The Tropical Nectar Sipper. My parts are: Woodpecker head, Hummingbird beak, Fantail tail, and Woodpecker feet. This bird lives in the tropical rain forest. Its diet is made up of 90% nectar from tropical flowers and 10% of ants.

Weather

Science Experiment

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. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment.

M&Ms 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 Mass

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, folk 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.

Personal 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. 

Here is our mural…

Whakatauki

In Maori we have been learning about a Whakatauki. A Whakatauki is a proverb, what is truly valued in the Maori Culture. The Whakatauki 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 Vertebrates

In Room 6 we have been learning to classify animals scientists classify animals and plants into groups in order to easily classify identity, sort and name them.

Classify=Sort There are many ways to group organisms

You can classify animals into in two main groups



All Vertebrates have

• Covering of skin that protects them
• Skeleton inside their body
• Muscles that help them move
• Blood moves through tubes
• Lungs or gills for breathing

Invertebrates

• 90% of all animals are invertebrates
• Invertebrates tend to be small because they do not have a backbone
• any live in the ocean because the water helps support their weight
• Some have a hard shell or covering on the outside for protection- Insects, spiders, crabs, snails, clams

Private and Public

Lights, Camera, Action!

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 toyshop looking for the perfect gifts. This certain night at the toyshop 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, Spiderman, 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.

The Science Road Show

The Science Road Show

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

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

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
½tsp 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.

Check out our blogs for family favourites or healthy recipes we searched.

The Royal Jelly Show

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.

Maxine's Homemade Sushi Recipe

Maxine's Homemade Tuna Mayo Sushi

Veggie Con 2018

Ingredients

• Rice
• Filling of choice
• Cucumber/Avocado
• Seaweed

How to make

1. Put the rice on a quarter of one side of the seaweed
2.  Put the filling on half of the rice
3. Then put the cucumber or avocado on to the other half
4. Next role up the seaweed
5. Chop it up and done!

Well Balanced Diet

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 nutritionts 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. 

Cross Country

Cross Country

It was the Fifth of June. Everyone a bit blue after the end of a long 4 day weekend, and here we are, starting the week off with cross country! Everyone came in their sports uniform. And from the morning up until lunch time, us students were running the Cross Country track.

We raced in year levels, so the year 1's raced with each other and so on. Those young bunches got to only run 1 lap. While us big kids had to run 2 and a half laps! Doesn't seem that much until you add the fact we had to jog all the way up Telford Ave and back twice! It was fun being competitive and racing your friends and other people. Everyone was bursting with positive energy.

Lining up before heading to the track is where the nervousness starts to kick in. We made our way to the netball court and stretched, a bit after that the year 6 girls started running. A few minutes later it was OUR turn to run the track. We all lined up and Mrs Mcleod told us where to go, then after that, we were off. Everyone seemed extremely exhausted at the end, but finishing the race was so relieving.

Congratulations to all the children who came in the top 3 and represented their houses well. And thanks to all the parents who helped motivate and keep us children on track

Afio Mai To Samoan Language Week

Afio Mai to Samoan language Week.

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

In room 6 we have been exploring the Samoan Cultural with general facts. We searched for our fact card around the room and collected information for our Jigsaw Reading Hunt. 

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

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert
In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aubert’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🐢

Sea Turtles🐢
I am learning to write to inform my audience with an explanation.

What is almost terrible when crawling on land but is amazing at swimming in the ocean? Yes, it is none other than, the sea turtle. The sea turtle (chelonioidea) has been around for 150,000 years, aeons, since the time of the jurassic! These types of marine animals are a maraculice, endangered, reptile, which means that they are cold blooded. Their family name is cheloniidae and can be found throughout at least 80 countries! To this day, every adult sea turtle has faced the odds and overcome them, from when they were just an egg.

High on the sandy shores of the exact same she was born in, an adult female sea turtle will crawl up the beach, past the high tide mark and dig a hole to lay her eggs in. The eggs are leathery and about the size of a ping-pong ball. Depending on the weather and type of turtle, it can take up to longer than 70-80 days. Of all the 110-1000 eggs laid approximately 20% will never hatch.

Once hatched the little turtles will squirm up to the surface and desperately race to the sea, but of the 20% hatched about 50% will perish. It may seem like the turtles that made it are lucky but no, they just traded one set of dangers for another. Fish, and many other marine animals are big dangers for baby sea turtles, along with sea birds like gulls as the young turtles come up for air. The little turtles then look for shelter, (possibly some floating seaweed) and try to avoid being seen, or getting harmed harsh weathers, and treacherous currents. Through all these dangers only around 50% will make it to young adulthood.

Eventually the turtles will grow and for one species, the leatherback to the size of a dinner table! Although size can give protection a turtle’s life is always filled with dangers, like sharks, for example, Bull sharks, Tiger sharks, White sharks, and of course the occasional Killer whale (Orca). With this again only around 50% will survive to breeding age.

Finally, the breeding age! Here the sea turtles are old enough to mate and the females then reproduce (lay eggs). The sea turtle has already faced challenges in life and they always will, because of nature selection of predators, and the unnatural human interference (Pollution). 

When the eggs hatch, the little turtles race to the ocean ready to start the cycle once more.

Lights, Camera, Action

Room 6 presented their learning about not being a bystander at their assembly on Friday Week 3. In week 3 all schools around New Zealand made a stand by wearing pink. Pink stood for peaceful, inclusive, nobel and kind .

Our assembly was a success and we all had fun.

Lights, Camera, Action!

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 toyshop looking for the perfect gifts. This certain night at the toyshop 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, Spiderman, 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.

To My Mother

My Hand print

Here is my hand print,

Five fingers in all,

Outside they short,

But the middle is tall.

You will find them on the windows,

You can find them on the wall,

They will make a big mess,

For something so small.

One day I will grow,

And leave them no more,

My hand prints will be missed,

Of that I am sure.

So here is one now,

That you can't wipe away,

My present to you,

This Mothers' Day!

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 whole world. He promised to send the Holy Spirit to be with us always and then he returned, in glory to his Father 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 have created images that will be displayed in the country's busiest rail station, once it opens to the public in 2023/2024. 

These images will be used and turned into a ceramic tile and display within the station.

Inspirational Heroes

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

My person is Malala Yousafzai

Come to room 6 to see my flip presentation of Malala Yousafzai.