Room 6 Puzzle

We all are a piece of the Room 6 puzzle, this is a 1000 piece puzzle we did at the end of the year.

The New Zealand Hits Of The Century!

This is a CD Cover I did for NZ Music Month. Its not just a cover, it also has a track list and an actual burnt CD inside!

Room 6 Maths Favourite Drinks

Logo Symmetry

In Maths we are learning symmetry. So we made up brands and designed logos for them. At least 2 of these logos need a line of symmetry. These are my designs for the brands Sweeties, Dudes, and Gadgets.
Hope you enjoy!

Christmas Art

Over Term 4 we have been making Christmas cards. We first had to draw a Christmas tree on scrap paper. Later this tree was put on the card. We used pastels, art pencils, masking tape. Here is my card and an ornament I made for my Parents. P.S, Ripping the masking tape off is satisfying

New Zealand Music Month Advertisement

This is an advertisement I made for New Zealand Music Month. It took me a nearly a month to make. Hope you enjoy.

The Crowded House

Eating Edible Insects

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

Let me set the scene. It’s a regular Tuesday night, the whole family is sitting around the table. You look at your plate, AND FOR THE 22ND TIME THIS MONTH YOUR FAMILY IS EATING MEATBALLS! It seems that you have lost ideas for your cooking, am I right? Well, I think I have a solution for You! Yes you! With the red striped shirt yes! Have you ever thought of eating bugs? I believe that everyone should try that every now and then! Wait, don’t click off just yet! Did you know that 98% of people that TRIED bugs actually liked them? Surprised? From tasty treats, to nutrition, to efficiency and SAVING THE PLANET! I will be telling you reasons why you should start eating bugs.




Lesson one, Do NOT judge a bug by its cover, just because for your whole entire life you’ve despised them as some sort of “mischievous” creature that only serves as an annoyance, doesn’t mean that all of a sudden they’re not edible! Did you know that there are many delicious recipes around the world on cooking bugs? Yes, eating bugs is 100% a thing. It’s called Entomophagy. From Mealworm fries, to chocolate covered crickets and they are all delicious, other HUMAN BEINGS are eating them on a daily basis, so why not join in? I still don’t think you are brave enough to convince your family to be eating worms every night, I still think you would stick to meatballs, BUT. What if I tell you that bugs are delicious…

And healthy?!




That’s right! Bugs actually have the same amount of protein as an egg, or a chicken! Cockroaches and crickets are one of the healthiest bugs you can eat and beetles are the most frequent. The good thing is that bugs create a lot less greenhouse gases as a cow, and needs a lot less land to raise. Healthy and full of protein, and SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT? Have I convinced you yet? I mean, it would still make sense if the thought of eating a bug is still stirring your stomach. But remember, that there are many recipes around the world, that make bugs taste like your takeaway french fries you have every Sunday!




There are truckloads of delicious insect recipes from all around the world so you won’t get tired with the same old recipe every night! From ginger cricket cookies, carrot buffalo worm soup, to mealworm fries and caramel cricket cheesecake! Lets pause real quick, Have you realised something? They are all regular foods, but their names have an insect in them? Yes, that is what you would expect when eating bugs. they sound nice, right? And according to 80% of the people who tried it, they TASTE amazing as well. Is your stomach still stirring? Or is it grumbling for less meatballs!


As you can see, there are many reasons why you should eat bugs! From tasty treats and recipes, to protein and healthiness, to saving the environment! Now you can see why I STRONGLY recommend, cooking with insects.

Gadgets

This is another logo for a made up brand called "Gadgets"

Logo Symmetry

In Maths strand we have been learning symmetry in geometry. For our learning we have created logos that has at least 1 line of symmetry. This is my logo for a made up brand called "Dudes".

Graduation Page

From Year 1 To Year 6, we have grown so much, learned so much, and we are basically a totally different person from 6 years ago.

This is the graduation page of the 2018 Yearbook, look at how much I've grown!

"Instructions end in the schoolroom, but education ends with life" - Frederick W. Robertson

Prayer Quote.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. - Mark 11:24

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, we also presented a song that we put lyrical dances moves to our song was: So will I, by Hillsong. This is the song: So will I

Our 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.

Saints: Religious Education

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.

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.

Mandarin

Mandarin is back at GSS! For a brand new term. WE are learning about the body parts. Here are the body parts we have learnt so far.
Hair- Tou fa
Eyes- Yangjing
Nose- Bizi
Face- lian
Mouth- zui

My Shield

In room 6 we all made shields. On this shield we listed why we are unique as an individual and why room 6 is unique as a whole. This is my shield.

Waka

In The classroom we all made a character and put it on our class waka. This is what it looks like.

Paper Weavings

In school we learnt how to make paper weavings. This is my weaving about All Saint's Day and All Souls Day.

Problem Solving Challenge

I participated in the problem solving challenge.I really boosted my confidence and growth mindset.I really enjoyed doing it.

Code Club

For the past seven weeks, 20 people from year five and six have joined the code club. Joining this club was very fun. We learned how to code and made apps and games using the softwares scratch, and html.  My favourite part of code club was when we were allowed to make any project on scratch. I decided to make a game and many other kids in the club played it. This was my favourite because of seeing peoples reactions when they reached the last level. No one has beat it yet!

This is week is the last code club session for this term, I hope we have it again next term!

 

    

Cultural Week

This Week, the cultural leaders kindly ran classes teaching about other cultures. From Indian to Filipino. I was in the filipino class, and we learnt a dance to perform on Friday, the cultural assembly. We also made a Filipino dessert called Yema. It was sweet and different compared to other desserts that we usually eat.

In Conclusion, Cultural week was really fun, and I learnt a lot about the Philippines!

The Traditional Maori Hangi

For the past few weeks we have been learning how to make a hangi. After researching and watching videos as a class, we all split into our own groups and made a presentation showing our learning. Some people made dioramas, some made posters, some even made a lego set! This is our groups presentation, in the form of a slideshow.

My Ransom Note

This week during code club we learnt to code an old-school ransom note using trinket. This is mine.

My Cross Artwork

In Room 6 we started making crosses. These crosses will be on display all around Good Shepherd School. We sketched up too 3 samples on a paper, then painted the artwork on the real cross. This is my artwork.

The Flameagle!

In Reading/ Science we made our own birds. We had to make sure why we chose the beak, tail, feet, color and habitat.This is my bird called the Flameagle!

My Calendar Art

Every year, all the classes start working on an artwork which gets printed onto a calendar. Parents buy it and the money goes to the school. This is my artwork for this year, I hope you like it!

🌳The Kiwi🌲

Did you know that there is a flightless bird that lives on the isolated country of New Zealand? If you answered the kiwi, you are correct! The kiwi is one of the rarest birds that are native to New Zealand. With its unusual sized beak to its tiny little wings, the kiwi is a pretty unique bird compared to others In the world. People think there are only 1 kiwi bird, but there are actually 5 different types of the kiwi! From the great spotted kiwi, the north island brown kiwi, the southern brown kiwi, the little spotted kiwi and the okarito kiwi. The kiwi’s speed can be matched with a regular human, and they are a relative to other birds like the ostrich, moa and emu. Those little kiwi birds need many things to survive, and a healthy diet is one of them.

Diet
Kiwis live in diverse habitats, so they’re diet stretches from mountains to rainforests.
Most of their diet includes invertebrates. One of the kiwis favourites is the native worm, which can grow up to 50 centimetres. Fortunately, New Zealand, the country they live in, is FULL of worms. The fluffy brown birds diet also includes berries, seeds and leaves.
Kiwis get water mostly out of their food, for example, 85% of the earthworm is water. This means kiwis can live in drier places. When a kiwi does need to drink water, it dips they’re whole beak into the water, puts its head back up and glugs down the water through its throat. They have their diet sorted, but they need a home that has enough of these foods to keep them healthy.

Habitat
A habitat is a natural environment for an animal to live in. Many creatures have one home, one habitat which is suitable for the animal. But the kiwi is a bit different. The kiwi is adaptable, so they can live in a huge range of habitats, from the forests to the rough farmland. Although, the kiwi usually prefers a dark, damp area because they are nocturnal. Kiwis are very shy and very territorial in nature. They attack others to protect their territory, or “patch” with their razor sharp claws. Before people came to New Zealand, the country was only 5% grassland. Now, more that 38% is full of grassland and pastures, and that is not a suitable habitat for the kiwi. Due to the fact that the kiwi can’t fly, the habitat is really important if they want to survive because the little bird is very vulnerable to the many predators out there in the wild, hunting for the small, chicken sized creature.

Predators
The kiwis population used to be in the millions. Now when the English came, they brought Cats, Dogs, Ferrets, Stoats, and more. Now, every week an average of 27 kiwis are killed by the other animals, hunting for food. The main culprits for the death of the kiwis are the Stoats and the Cats. They take a heavy toll on little birds during the first 3 months of their life.

Dogs, ferrets, and pigs hunt for the adult kiwis and eggs. This is bad because these are the breeding birds, and without them there will be no eggs or chicks to keep the population stable. Other animals like the hedgehog and the weasel, don’t kill the kiwi, but compete for the same food as them, and are also prey for the same predators as the kiwi, keeping them filled and keeping their numbers high. Although, when the predators are heavily controlled by humans, the kiwi’s egg rate rises by 50-60%.

Conclusion
As you can see, the kiwi is an endangered icon to New Zealand, and is vital to the culture. If we want to save it, we must know the diet is maintained and balanced, and a habitat where the kiwi is safe from predators. The kiwi is a great icon to New Zealand, and we must do what we can so we won’t let that go.

The Excita-Bill 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

The M&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 realised 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 colours 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.

My First Scratch Game.

This is my first game I have created. Its called Ghost busters and I made it on this website called "Scratch" It's not the best but I still hope you enjoy!

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.

My 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.

Factors & Multiples

In school we have been learning about factors and multiples in maths. This is my presentation of my learning.

St Mary MacKillop 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 Vertebrate

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

Classify = SORT

There are many different ways to group living things. 

You can classify animals into two main groups. Vertebrates OR Invertebrates.

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!
• Tend to be small because they do not have a backbone.
• Many live in the ocean because the water helps support their weight
• Some have a hard covering or shell on the outside of their bodies for protection - Insects, spiders, crabs, snails, clams.

Private and Public Information

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.

Our School 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 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 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 o

n Friday where we were able to show off our costumes of our favourite book character!

Monday saw us 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.  

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

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.

Egg Muffin Cup Recipe

Ingredients - 

          4 Whole eggs
        4 Egg whites
        2 cups of chopped spinach
        2 cups of diced onions
        1 cup of shredded cheese
        Salt and pepper

        
Steps - 

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Grease the muffin tin with olive oil, or spray with non stick oil spray.
3. Mix all the eggs in a large bowl, add salt and pepper to taste.
4. Mix the onions, spinach and cheese together and put in each muffin tin.
5. Add egg mixture half way up to each muffin tin.
6. Bake for 20 minutes, or until cooked. 
7. Serve immediately or put it on a cooling rack and store them in the fridge!

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 nutritions 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 eatwell 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

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.

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

Life Cycle Of The Sea Turtle

I am learning to: inform my audience through explanation writing.
Once upon a time there was an animal, who lived along with the dinosaurs and is still alive today. That animal is a sea turtle! They are species that date back to 65 million years ago, but sadly, six of the seven sea turtle species are currently endangered. The sea turtles life cycle has three main stages, the egg stage, the childhood stage, and the adulthood stage. Lets focus on where it all starts, the egg stage.

The mother sea turtle lays around 100 eggs in a hole she dug on the top of the beach. Out of all the eggs, 20% will never hatch, however, the 80% that do hatch make their way up and see the first glimpses of the outside world.

They quickly face the challenges of being a young sea turtle by being attacked by crabs, seagulls, racoons and other beach predators as they make their way to the ocean. After feeling the waves smash into them they enter a whole new world. They still have a lot of predators to face in the ocean such as dolphins, other fish and even birds as they come up to the water for air when the birds are looking for something to eat. The sea turtles usually would settle under a patch of floating seaweed, avoiding things that can eat them, and finding things they can eat themselves. These years are called the lost years, because scientists do not usually know where the little turtles are. The turtles that survive the childhood stage grow and grow into a big adult sea turtle.

Now those baby sea turtles smaller than the palm of your hand, grow up to 6 feet. These adult sea turtles are lucky, only 20% of sea turtles make it to the adulthood stage! They also do not have much predators now, only having to worry about the big fish, like tiger sharks and killer whales. The remaining adults head to the shore and mate, and the whole cycle repeats again.



Over the years humans have interfered with the ocean and overwhelmed the turtles. As just said only about 20% make it to adulthood and mate, and 6 of the 7 species are endangered. So in conclusion, the sea turtle life cycle from the egg stage, to the adulthood stage, is pretty challenging. Just like any life cycle. But the sea turtles have overcome MANY changes in the time they have been here. Maybe they will be able to overcome the change WE made? We will just have to figure out.

Happy Birthday Suzzane 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.

Our Assembly

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, 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 words.) The question "Kei te aha ia?" which means what is S/he doing. Ia is the pronoun for both he and she. 
We have matched verbs up, filled in crosswords and played Simon says.

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 Father in Heaven. We used crafts to show how Jesus went body and soul to Heaven.