Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Monday, 10 December 2018
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Athletics
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 favourite event was
Friday, 16 November 2018
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.
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"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
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. focus
Friday, 9 November 2018
Friday, 26 October 2018
Kia Kaha
We have been learning about Kia Kaha and ourselves and how we are special here is our class waka ....
All saints/souls day
In R.E we have been learning about all souls day and all saints day and we have made a cloak out of paper and it has some facts on there have a look.....
Friday, 19 October 2018
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
kiwis
I am learning to inform my audience through an information report
Do you know what the closest and oldest living thing to a emu is? If you guessed a kiwi you are right. The kiwi is relative of the emu, moa and ostrich, these are flightless birds as well. However the kiwi is the smallest flightless and is only about the size of a chicken. The female kiwi is generally also larger than the male kiwi. The female is larger because she has to hold and lay the egg, the size of the egg is about the same size as an ostrich egg. The kiwi is also an important icon and bird to New Zealand because the kiwi is native to New Zealand and quite often New Zealanders are called kiwis. The kiwi is endangered and it is our job as New Zealanders to protect and help their chances of survival. To do this we need to understand their diet, there habitat and their predators. We need to do more to help these animals to survive.
Diet:
Kiwis eat a range of different types of food, they eat both plant and animals for energy. For instance the kiwi likes to snack on grubs, berries, leaves, and even freshwater crayfish. The kiwi is nocturnal, this means they sleep through the day and come out at night to go and source their food. They kiwi doesn’t need much water to survive because they collect a lot of water from the food they eat. An example of this is the earthworm, as the earthworm is made up of 85 % water. When the kiwi does require a little extra water it will dip its beak and tilt its head up to garle back the water. In order for the kiwi to get food it needs to have a safe habitat.
Habitat
Do you know what the closest and oldest living thing to a emu is? If you guessed a kiwi you are right. The kiwi is relative of the emu, moa and ostrich, these are flightless birds as well. However the kiwi is the smallest flightless and is only about the size of a chicken. The female kiwi is generally also larger than the male kiwi. The female is larger because she has to hold and lay the egg, the size of the egg is about the same size as an ostrich egg. The kiwi is also an important icon and bird to New Zealand because the kiwi is native to New Zealand and quite often New Zealanders are called kiwis. The kiwi is endangered and it is our job as New Zealanders to protect and help their chances of survival. To do this we need to understand their diet, there habitat and their predators. We need to do more to help these animals to survive.
Diet:
Kiwis eat a range of different types of food, they eat both plant and animals for energy. For instance the kiwi likes to snack on grubs, berries, leaves, and even freshwater crayfish. The kiwi is nocturnal, this means they sleep through the day and come out at night to go and source their food. They kiwi doesn’t need much water to survive because they collect a lot of water from the food they eat. An example of this is the earthworm, as the earthworm is made up of 85 % water. When the kiwi does require a little extra water it will dip its beak and tilt its head up to garle back the water. In order for the kiwi to get food it needs to have a safe habitat.
Habitat
Home sweet home, we all enjoy our home comforts and the kiwi is no different. A habitat is a place where all the needs of an animal are meet. The kiwi needs to have a place where it hide during the day and sleep, yet come out at night and find a range of food. The kiwi habitat also need to be dark and damp as they prefer to have the coverage from trees etc to protect them from the weather of the day. Kiwis are rather adaptable to environments and live in lots of different places such as farm lands, forests, sand dunes and even lower snowy mountains. They create burrows so they can nest and sleep safely during the day.
Predators
The kiwi has many predators because they cannot fly and are located on the ground. This make it easy for attacks from predators and makes the kiwi vulnerable. The predators of the kiwi are stoats, rats, cats, dogs and wild pigs. These animals came to New Zealand via boats when the british came. These predators don’t just attack the kiwi but some of them are out to kill and eat the eggs of kiwi. This is endangering the number of kiwis in New Zealand we must help to provide safe environments for the kiwi.
As you see the kiwi is important to New Zealand because they are a national treasure and are symbolic to our country. The kiwi is endangered and it is our job to protect them. We need to know about their diet, habitat and the range of predators. If we understand this then we can help to keep them alive. The kiwi is a unique and amazing animal that New Zealand needs to protect them.
Predators
The kiwi has many predators because they cannot fly and are located on the ground. This make it easy for attacks from predators and makes the kiwi vulnerable. The predators of the kiwi are stoats, rats, cats, dogs and wild pigs. These animals came to New Zealand via boats when the british came. These predators don’t just attack the kiwi but some of them are out to kill and eat the eggs of kiwi. This is endangering the number of kiwis in New Zealand we must help to provide safe environments for the kiwi.
As you see the kiwi is important to New Zealand because they are a national treasure and are symbolic to our country. The kiwi is endangered and it is our job to protect them. We need to know about their diet, habitat and the range of predators. If we understand this then we can help to keep them alive. The kiwi is a unique and amazing animal that New Zealand needs to protect them.
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