puzzle

this is our class puzzle we are all working on hope we can finish

our caritas

this is our class box going to caritas

Christmas

this is my art for Christmas card

graduation mass

we,the year 6 class of 2018 danced to this song for our graduation.It  will be so hard to leave good shepherd.

bugs

Snap, crack, pop that's the sound of a bug being eaten. When people think of eating bugs they think “plaaaaa” but approximately 80% of people who tried them actually liked them. I believe that everyone should cook with insects. I wonder if you are part of that 80 percent. Most people are put off eating bugs because of their looks, but all that matters is what they taste like. Imagine when the first person ate a pig, people were probably screwing up their face, but they are actually full of iron and protein and so are bugs. If you have a craving for sweet food well you better read the next paragraph.




I bet you like lollipops and chocolate, but your parents always say that they are too sugary and you can't eat them. Well now your parents will agree with you, with insects. There are scorpion lollipops, mealworms fries, chocolate covered crickets and much more. They are extremely delicious and you can add them to your everyday snacks. Not only is eating with insects a tasty fun treat but it is also a very healthy option.



Beef, pork and lamb are all very high in protein, but if you're looking for something a bit more healthier and higher in protein then It should not be an apple a day keeps the doctor away but in my opinion, a bug a day keeps the doctor away! Did you know eggs have around the same amount of protein as a bug? But the best thing is they are lower in calories which means you can eat as much as you like without putting on weight. If you like cooking from places all around the world like Spain, India and Thailand you will definitely like bugs.




Sweet, sour, tangy, bitter and dry these are all flavors from different places around the world. Cake, tacos and caramel, these yummy foods can be made better for you by adding a nutritious bug. Take a trip to France for some grasshopper cake or to Mexico for wax worm tacos and carmel cricket cheesecake from London.


In conclusion, there are many reasons to cook with insects. As you can see insects are a great way to eat on the go and they are very tasty treats. Not only are these insects delicious but they are also a healthy option that you can snack on. Well, if you happen to stop in at Mexico and have some wax worm tacos. Eating insects will allow you to travel around the world each night as you taste exotic dishes from all around the world. This is why I strongly recommend that you cook with insects, enjoy and bug appetite.

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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.

athlitics

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

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 Kauai Tree.

 

kapa haka

Mana, power and pride would be a few words to describe the feeling as the Good Shepherd School Kapa Haka group took the stage. During the weekend a large group of year 5 and 6 students took to the stage to perform at the Eden Albert Cultural Festival. There were a few nerves before we started but once we were underway the excitement of performing kicked in. We felt proud as a team to perform for so many people. Kia Kaha! The highlight of Kapa Haka for me was the getting a large candy floss as big as 2 of my heads

math

This is a hard math question that I solved. Can you solve it

st simon

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.

Reading

Reading achievement. I have finished my book. It was so funny and interesting.

Writing

In writing we have been learning to write persuasive piece. We co constructed a success criteria

Art

This is my tile art in a tile

Topic

This is a passport. This time we are doing it on music.

Religious Education

Kia Kaha

This is our waka for Kia Kaha. On our waka it says our class is a special place to be.

Last week Good Shepherd School celebrated all the different cultures that we celebrated with a cultural  week with a  cultural quiz

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 alll 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 gott 41 M&M’s each! We have put our information on a poster.

mini bb fair

Today we had the Mini BB Fair. We sold books and baking. The school are raising money for a mural on the green, ugly power box. They raised $750! Everyone had an amazing time buying books and baking

social justice

Last week it was social justice week we watched a video about a disability square and did a sheet about it

The Problem Solving Challenge

This Year a whole bunch of Different students did the problem solving test, including me.
It was hard but it was good to take the challenge and complete the test in only 30 minutes!

hangi

in Room 6, we were doing Maori and we had to make a presentation on how to make a hangi.

mandarin

诺亚亚历山大·德·罗斯

Noah Alexander D'rose

this is my name in mandarin we learnt  mandarin this term.and a Chinese group came in.

bird poster

In Reading, we were reading all about birds and their different beaks, feet and tails and they are all different sizes, we got to mix up different beaks,feet and tails to make a bird of our own!

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click on every slide

crosses

In Room 6, we painted crosses that are going on our tennis courts, we learnt how to flat block and the crosses are supposed to have a Religious meaning that can be seen easily.

kiwi story

The Kiwi


Noah D’Rose


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

What is a bird that is roughly the size of a chicken, fluffy and and can't fly even though it has wings? Yes, the kiwi. This extraordinary bird can run up to 26 km per hour, that's as fast as the average human. Many people think that the South Island Brown kiwi is the only type of kiwi that exists, but there are actually five different types of Kiwi, The North Island Kiwi, Little Spotted Kiwi, the Great Spotted Kiwi and the Okarito kiwi. All kiwi are flightless birds that are related to some very large flightless birds such as the Emu, Moa and Ostrich. However one giant difference is that the kiwi still remains the size of a chicken. The kiwi is actually quite unique as it is the only bird that has its nostrils located on the end of its beak. The nostrils not only help it breathe but also makes it easier to drink and feed.


Diet
Slam, whack, bam that's the sound of a kiwi killing its lunch. This bird fishes but it gets the most bizarre things from its habitat. They live by streams and rivers so they can catch freshwater crayfish, tuna and salmon. They don't need to drink any water because they eat worms and worms make up 85% of their water. The kiwi bird can live in many habitats like in forest, dunes and more!


Habitat
We all enjoy our own personal space or in other words our habitat. A habitat is a place where a living or a non living thing lives to survive. Kiwis are great adapters, they can live from forest to farmland, sand dunes and snowy places.They like to live by streams so they can fish. They like to make borrows as there home but they have to be careful for many predators are lurking around.

Predators
Almost everything has a predator and this is no except for the kiwi. There are many threats and dangers that the kiwi has to face each and every day. A long time ago New Zealand actually had over 12 million kiwis but that changed as predators have been introduced to New Zealand. Such predators that stalk and hunt the kiwi are pigs, stoats, rats, cats, dogs and possums. This leaving the flightless bird on the forest floor open to these threats. There are now fewer than 100,000 kiwis left in New Zealand.





As you can see the kiwi is extremely precious to New Zealand, it is our native bird that can only be found in New Zealand. We need to learn and study about the kiwi in order for us to understand the diet needs of a kiwi, what the kiwi needs in order to live and breed within their habitat and to ensure it is safe from its predators. If one of these are missing then the kiwi would not survive. Without its diet it would starve, without its habitat it would get eaten and without its predators this bird would not be challenged and it would not evolve and adapt. The kiwi bird is our nation icon, we need to protect the kiwi so it is round for future generations because it is our treasure.

cultural week

Last week Good Shepherd School celebrated all the different cultures that we celebrated with a cultural celebration assembly that was held last Friday. The cultures were: Korean, Spanish, Brazilian, Filipino, French, Japanese, Indian and German

the 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. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment.

Grandparent

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, okulele and Irish Dancing. That was a joyful day that we would always remember. We are blessed to have such special people in our lives.

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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…

maori proverbs

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.

vertebrates

In room six we have been learning to classify an animal .scientists classify plants an animals into groups in order to easily identify, sort and name them.
classify=sort there are many different ways to group living organisms.one way is according to how they use their food for energy. you can classify animals into to main groups vertebrates and invertebrates
all verterbrates have ....
skeleton inside their body
musles that help them move
blood moves through tubes
lungs or gills for breathig

Inverterbrates
90% of all animals are Inverterbrates tend to be small because they have no backbone many live in the ocean because it helps support their weight some have a hard covering or shell on their outside of their bodies for protection.

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Just imagine a sunny winters day at the wharf about to launch your boat, well that's what happens to me twice a month .When i go fishing we always come back with something to eat but in the future that might not happen because of pollution.this animals are amazing but there probably won't be alive much longer.

1.grey nurse shark.when we saw this amazing creature it was in pauanui.we were fishing and then my dad spotted a massive shark coming to the surface. While i was hoping it would go away and not come back my sister was screaming so loud you could probably hear it from miles away. But then the shark came back and we had a spare fish so we through it to him so he gently grabbed the fish in his mouth and swam away. That day when we went home our poppa was there and told him about the shark and he told me that it was one of the most gentle sharks
Ever.


2.stingray
This we also saw in pauanui we were at slipper island and me my brother and two of our friends were on the biscuit in water that was about 1 meter and a stingray elegantly smam just under us it was scary and amazing at the same time.



3. Kingfish
When i caught this We were in Auckland and there were full size king fish 75cm swimming at the surface so i got my hand line out and waited and waited intl bang i had a king fish on my line so i pulled it up and got a photo i was so happy but it was the only one undersized it would of been a mean feed.



4. Gurned we were late night fishing in auckland and the sun was going down for the whole time we were catching snapper and we were getting a bit bored so dad said lines up were going so we did but mum had a gurned that was sitting at the bottom and she pulled it up and we had fish for diner.


5.sea lion i used to think that there were no sea lions in the ocean but on may 19th that all changed i saw a sea lion in the water eating a john dory which is a marine fish that looks like a soldier from its colors. It was a very amazing animal to see in the ocean it was just chucking the fish when bam it hit the side of the boat





6. Barracuda most of you probably think that the barracuda only stay down at the bottom of the ocean but they don't. i was fishing and we didn’t catch anything at all intal my poppa caught a massive barracuda that was the reason that we were not catching any fish because fish are scared of barracudas.





7. Leather jacket no it is not some old leather jacket floating in the water it is a fish with a spike on its head and leathery skin.most sea birds will love eating one of these but us humans it won’t be very nice.





These are some great memories and when im older i will hope i can get a boat to go fishing i hope you will get to see these amazing sites that i saw.

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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.

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.

Book Week #lit quiz

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 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

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.   

Royal Jelly

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.

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

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 maths 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

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happy birthday suzanne alburet

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.

Lights, Camera, Action

Lights, Camera, Action




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 words) 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.

To My Mum

Hand print 

Here is my hand print,

five fingers and all, 

outside they are short,

but the middle is tall,

you will find them on 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 mother's day.

religious education

religious education

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,in glory to his Father in heaven

  we used crafts

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.

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

Inspirational Heros

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 person is Abraham Lincoln

Come visit Room 6 to check out my flip presentation of Abraham Lincoln. 

Statistics

In Room 6 maths class  we have been doing statistical investigations. First we learnt about stem and leaf graphs and 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