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:

St Mary Mackillop Feast day

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 traveled 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.

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.

Cook Island Language 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

Assembly Term 3

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.

Water Cycle

How the Water Cycle Works.
I am learning to inform my audience through an explanation

By Aidan
What liquid has been on earth since the dinosaurs roamed and every human needs to survive? Yes, water. Did you know that three quarters of the earth is covered in water and from all that water 97 percent is salt water. That leaves only 3 percent of our water to be freshwater and only 1 percent is actually drinkable. But the water we have now, is the only water we have ever had. How is that possible, you may ask, well that’s because of the water cycle. The water cycle has three main stages. Evaporation, condensation and precipitation. These three stages make the water cycle possible and keep us alive. The first step of this of this interesting cycle is evaporation.

Evaporation is the first step of the water cycle. After it rains there are water puddles on the ground and water has fallen into lakes and streams. But after some time the puddles are gone and the ground is dry again. This is because the heat from the sun has heated the water, turning the water into steam and eventually into water vapor. Water vapor is the water from the ground, lakes and the ocean evaporating into the air. If you look at a boiling kettle you will be able to see the water turning into water vapor. At this moment, the atoms in the water get crazy and move super fast. This is because of the heat in the kettle boiling the water. When you see the water vapor disappearing it means that it is turning into gas. This is an example of evaporation. When the water rises, it leads us into condensation.

The process of condensation is when the gas forms together and makes clouds. The water vapor get cooler in the atmosphere and the vapor start turning into tiny water droplets again. The droplets reconnect and appear in the form of clouds. It's like when you take a hot shower. The vapor rising and water droplets collecting on the ceiling. When condensation happens, the gas in the clouds are cooling down. Then the water starts turning into a liquid again. The clouds then lead us into precipitation.

The third step of this interesting cycle is precipitation. When the gas cools down in the clouds the water changes back into a liquid, producing rains. Other possible forms of precipitation are snow, sleet and hail. If you get a see thru cup with boiling water and glad wrap with some ice on top you just might see rain in the cup. This is a good example of precipitation. When it rains the soil and streams collects the water which makes groundwater.

This is a complex but very easy cycle to understand. It starts when the water heats up through evaporation and forms clouds which lead to condensation and precipitation. If one of the stages are removed, there would be no water for us to drink and to use for our plants. Without water we would be in a lot of trouble. So it is important to not waste our water.

R.E Spreading the Good News

On Friday the 21st of June room six looked at the journey of Paul in R.E. He did three missions to spread the word about Jesus. At the end of his third journey he was arrested in Jerusalem and was taken to Rome.