acrostic poem

Sunny                                                                       
uv  rays

Melting ice blocks

Making sand castles

Everyone enjoying hot summers day

        

  Relaxing   

                                                                                             

Year Five Retreat 2019

On October 31 2019 the year Fives visited the st francis Retreat centre at the start we did some prayers and got  light candles  we prayed about people in our life
we learnt how to work together we peared up in teams of 6 and did a treasure hunt in teams of people we do not really work with.

calendar art 2020

Fair 2019 Room six monsters

                                        THE Monsters Are COMING 

The Marae Visit

In week six the whole school went on a trip to a Marae we travelled by bus. We were greeted by Whaia Jess when we entered the Marae. It was covered in beautiful carvings. They taught us a song and played a fun game with us, then we went out for some morning tea and we got some time to play. The year 5 and 6 boys did a haka. I liked going the Marae. Here are some pictures:

procedure writing

Mixed Media - Visual Arts

You hold the future in your hands.

In Term 2 our Visual Arts focused was on Mixed Media. We finally finished our pieces of art at the end of the term. We started off by creating two hands, most of us copied our own hands as templates. One hand represents our past and the other hand our future. We used lots of different materials and symbols to make our artwork as well as exploring a range of different techniques with water color paint. This is my art work.

Cook Island week

Week 3 has been a very busy week with so many celebrations. Good Shepherd School celebrates our multicultural school with our Cook Island Language focus. We looked at the culture through our reading and made fun fact files. We were also lucky to have Alessandra and the cultural leaders teach us a Pure (prayer) to sing.




We learnt Aro’a mai te Atua iaku. See if you can say/sing this pure too.




Aro’a mai te Atua iaku.

Aro’a mai te Atua iaku

I te au mea taku kite nei

Te anuanua kua iti mai ki roto iaku

Aro’a mai te Atua iaku




My God loves me

My God loves me

And all the wonders I see

The rainbow shines through my window



My God loves me

St Mary Mackillop feast

Another celebration for Good Shepherd School in Week 3 was the Feast Day of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop. St Mary MacKillop a vital part of Good Shepherd School, this is because she was the founder of the Josephites aka the Brown Joes. The Brown Joes travelled all over Australia and New Zealand helping the poor and those in need. They built schools and that is how we are all students at Good Shepherd School. We celebrated the Feast day by going to a Mass for St Mary of the Cross and also having fun with our buddy class Room 4 as we worked on a St Mary MacKillop Art project.

Hockey

On Friday we had so much fun with Sport NZ as they came in to teach us hockey. We got to do warm up and drills with the hockey sticks and played against each other in teams. We are already looking forward to next Friday’s session. Here are a couple of pictures:

Room Sixes Assembly

Last week Room 6 performed their assembly. Our main entertainment was a drama circle on occupations. We also displayed our mixed media we made in term 2. Some people also shared about what they put on their art and why. We all had so much fun preparing and presenting our assembly.




Here are some pictures of our assembly:

Whole school Prayers

On Monday the 5th of August Room 6 hosted whole school prayers. Our theme was The Gift of Faith. We did a song called ‘Open the Eyes of My Heart’ and Jiwoo, Zara and Maggie made hand actions for us. There were also people who did the prayers of the faithful. Overall prayers was a big success and everyone enjoyed it.




Here are some pictures of our prayers:

R.E Posters

This week we where learning about the Famous people in the early Church Commuities We we did a poster my group did it about Lydia here is a fact about her she sold purple dye and she was very wealthy.  here is a photo our groups poster

GSS Book Week 2019

Room 6 was hungry for books during our book week. We had a whole week celebrating all things books. We had author visits from Stu Duval and James Russell. Stu presented workshops on storytelling, cartooning and writing. James shared his books and told us stories. We did lots of cool book week activities in class like making dust jacket covers, wanted posters, bookmarks and story cubes. Finally our favourite day arrived, Friday. We got to dress up as our favourite characters and partake in the literacy treasure hunt. Overall book week is a fantastic week every year. Room 6 LOVES BOOK WEEK!




Here are some photos from our time:




My book week character was:

                                                 

                                     

WaterCare

Water, water everywhere! On Friday of week 6, we were lucky to have Sally from Water care come to teach us more about the water. We did a drama activity and experiments. Firstly we examined the process that water goes through to become drinkable water in our households. Our drama was based on The process that the water goes through to be cleaned. We were the water going through each stage. We had so much fun as we ventured around the school. Once we learnt how water is cleaned we then had to try and clean the dirty water ourselves. We had to create a filter system in partners. We had to do four different tests for our experiments. We experimented with a range of filters to try and test which filter system was the best.

Cross Country 2019

Good Shepherd School had been busy training for cross country this term and finally the day arrived. In week 6 we all arrived at school in our running gear and had our house colours painted onto us. We were eager and ready to go and win house points. Overall the race was long and required a lot of stamina, but we were prepared. Here are some pictures from our races.

Samoan Language Week

This week was Samoan language week we had a lot of fun in room six watching cultural hub videos and learning all about the animal names and body parts. Did you know there is only 17 letters in the Samoan alphabet? We also did a scavenger hunt in the classroom to find out some more cool facts. We had three leaders come up and teach us how we can have a conversation and count in Samoan here is a photo of my work. I was one of the leaders and I really enjoyed it.

Mandarin Lesson - Family Titles.

This week on Wednesday we learnt about the family names in Mandarin. We also learnt a song to help us remember the names. Some of us got to go up the front and label the family members in this photo here. I am enjoying the mandarin classes.

Periodic Table

Last week we had the visitors to introduce Science week - Science in a Van.  This week we continued with science week.  We have been learning about the periodic table  we have  done some research here is a photo of my work . 

Easter Celebration

After the school holidays we came back to Easter celebration.  One of the crafts we made was a split wheel that shared four parts of Easter.  This is a picture of my wheel.

Up up and away Dr seuss

This hot air balloon that we created to show that our goals are going to take us up to new heights.

Growth mindset goal bunting

Each student in room 6  has made bunting  triangle to show our Growth mindset  goal  and motto  that  we want  to work on. come on and check them out .

Jesus strand Religious Education

During term 1 we have been learning about Jesus the Son of God . This is my cube on how Jesus showed  us that God loved us all as children we are all blessed with gifts of faith ,hope and love

Saint Joseph's Day Tabloid Sports

Tuesday 19th March was St Joseph’s Day Feast Day. The whole school attended mass to celebrate the leadership Saint Joseph showed. Saint Joseph is also special to our school because Saint MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph were inspired by Saint Joseph. Saint Joseph is also the foster father of Jesus. The following day, the whole school came together to celebrate with fun tabloid sports in our houses. We all got to play so many fun and exciting games. Thank you to our leaders who prepared this.

My Accident Story

A not so very Merry Christmas
February 2019
By Remy
I am learning to entertain my audience through a recount



Mmm, that is the sound that echoed through our bach as my whole family was eating christmas cake. We were just eating the cake like normal people would do, until my daredevil brother decided to run of. Splat… was the next sound that interrupted all of us eating our cake. My brother had somehow run into the corner of a wall, slicing his head open to the BONE!.




All you could hear was the sound of his scream, I was sure he wouldn't have any air left in his lungs as the screams sent shivers down my spine. The blood was pouring out of his head, this was not a pretty sight. Then all of a sudden there was deathly silence, soon to be filled with the sound of sirens. The bright big red and blue lights flashing against the walls through the windows, before disappearing off into the distance.




My brother had been taken to a place no one wants to go to … the HOSPITAL. When my brother had ran into the wall he had split his head open three layers, first was the skin, then the tissue and the last bit was right to the bone. He was very lucky he didn't damage the bone. To put this mess back together my brother had to get sixteen stitches, which also meant he also got sixteen lollipops.




Francesco came back to the bach after midnight, everyone had been waiting for the poor little thing to come home. When he arrived he looked a bit different, he had a new accessory covering his forehead. The next day he was back to his normal self but he was still a bit cautious, especially when running. I think he might of learnt a lesson and he still has a great big scar on his head to this day to remind him.

Swimming Sports

Room 6  had a wonderful day at swimming sports.  When we all went to the turf we split up into our houses. Thank you Sharyn and parents for helping us with the non competitive swimming and competitive. Also thank you parents for coming along and supporting your children. Good shepherd students  thank the teachers very warmly, as every year as they set up and prepare this event for us. I’m sure that every student enjoyed the event. I saw everyone compete with my own eyes and they all did well. The people who lost don’t have to be sad because they should be grateful they got a swim in the warm weather also because there’s always time and effort to improve.   

Shrove Tuesday

Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday. We all had a great day in room 6. The festivities started with the burning of the ashes on the turf. This was a new and exciting experience that not many of us had seen before.

Later on during Religious Education we learnt more about Shrove Tuesday and Lent. People used to get rid of all their luxury items such as flour, sugar, butter, eggs and milk by making pancakes. We were even able to enjoy some pancakes of our own. We all thought it was a great start to lent and we are looking forward to the lenten season as we prepare for the death and resurrection of Jesus. We are the season of Lent and it is a time of preparation.

Ash Wednsday

Today was Ash Wednesday. We went to church and sang some hymns, got the ashes on our foreheads, sung happy birthday to a little girl starting school on her birthday! We then went up and got a blessing.


We did make an attempt to keep our ashes on our foreheads, but that was a fail due to swimming and itching it off. We had a good day and hope everyone else did to.

Shine Week

A sea of orange flood Good Shepherd School on Friday the 8th of March. This week was shine week. We raise money to help people whose lives are affected domestic violence. In support we all wore orange clothes and brought a gold coin donation to help the charity. Here are some pictures:

Room Six Charism

Room Six Charism

Did you know the reason Good Shepherd School named their syndicates Connolly and Sheridan? Connolly and Sheridan were the names of the first two sisters that worked at Good Shepherd School when it opened. That is just one of the fun facts we learnt this week when we explored the charism of our school. The charism of our school is the flavour of our school, it is what makes us Good Shepherd School. Over the week we looked at the history of the school and unpacked the visual Image of the Good Shepherd Cross with the values, scripture, feast days and the St Mary MacKillop sayings. We unpacked the values and why we have those values. In groups we identified what each value looked, sounded and felt like before making up definitions.

Room Six: Piece of the Puzzle

Piece of the puzzle

In Room 6 we are all a piece of the puzzle. There are 29 students and we each complete our puzzle. Without one of us we would not be Room 6. During the second week of school (once the year 6 were back from camp) we spent time learning about each other and completing our piece of the puzzle. We learnt that we are all different and unique made in the image of God. But we also learnt that sometimes people need a little helping hand to make learning fair. Check out our pieces of the puzzle in Room 6 Foyer to learn more about each of us.

“It’s always the small pieces that make the big picture.”

My Mihimihi

  Mihimihi 

Remy

I am learning to: introduce myself and others, and respond to introductions using my personal information

Tēnā koutou katoa, (greetings to you all)

Nō Aotearoa ahua (where you are from / Aotearoa*)

Ko Owairaka tōku maunga (Mountain)

Ko Waitemata Harbour tōku moana (ocean)

Kei Tamaki Makaurau tōku kāinga ināianei (I now live)

Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura (school / Good Shepherd School*)

Ko Kastelan tōku whānau (family name)

Ko Mark Kastelan tōku pāpā (father)

No Croatia Samoa ia (Father is from, share diverse backgrounds)

Ko Kimberly Vettori tōku māmā (mother, ask if maiden or family name)

No Italy Irish ia (Mother is from, share diverse backgrounds)

Ko Remy Kastelan tōku ingoa (your name)

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

(Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greeting to us all).

 

Treaty of Waitangi Factual Posters

During week 1 we were learning about the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand's founding document. The name is taken from the place in the Bay of Islands where it was first signed, on 6 February 1840. New Zealand recognise this special day with a public holiday. The Treaty of Waitangi is an important agreement that was signed by representatives of the British Crown and Māori in 1840. The purpose of the Treaty was to enable the British settlers and the Māori people to live together in New Zealand under a common set of laws or agreements.

Here is a picture of our factual posters:

Treaty of Waitangi Art

After learning about the Treaty of

Waitangi, the year 5s took inspiration from the Maori culture and their learning to capture some of the designs.  This is my Maori pastel art: