My Accident Story

February 2019

By Jemima 

I am learning to entertain my audience through a recount.

Have you ever felt you were breaking the speed limit but you were just riding on a wooden toy in your hallway? Well about eight years ago I had a horrible accident involving the most harmless thing you could think of! A little wooden busy bee with wheels.

At the crack of dawn, two year old me thought it would be a very wise idea to get out my favourite toy and ride it up and down the hallway. In my speedy pyjamas I climbed aboard and built up speed on my bee. I felt the wind brushing through my hair, my feet lifting off the ground, what a great feeling it was!

Then there came a sudden crash! I filled the house with a massive cry. I was now on the ground, and my bee beside me. As I lifted myself off the floor I could see the blood pouring out, I felt around my face and could feel a massive spilt in my chin. 

Mum ran in shouting out things like, “What happened?” and, “Oh my!” Then just as all good parents would do, my mum got me in the car as I braced myself for the tragic day ahead! Hours later we were still in A+E as my chin would not stop bleeding. As soon after it did stop bleeding I was seen by the doctors and they were able to paste it up. 

I was very lucky to not need stitches but to this day I am very cautious when it comes to small wooden toys with wheels! Overall this was not the best day!

My Mihimihi

Mihimihi 

Jemima

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

Tēnā koutou katoa, 

Nō Aotearoa ahau 

Ko Maungawhau tōku maunga

Ko Waitemata Harbour tōku moana 

Kei Tamaki Makaurau tōku kāinga ināianei 

Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura 

Ko Lipscombe tōku whānau 

Ko Anthony Lipscombe tōku pāpā 

No Aotearoa ia 

Ko Francesca Lipscombe tōku māmā 

No Ngati Ingarangi ia

Ko Jemima Lipscombe tōku ingoa 

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā Kātou katoa. 

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. Another new fact I learnt was that the sisters of st Joesph are also called the Josephites and the brown Joes.

 

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.” 

Leadership role

This year I am proud to take on the role of Journalist. I look forward to this role because I love to write. It is an exciting opportunity and I can't wait to take on the job this year!!

Year Six Camp

While the rest of the school was sleeping, enjoying their last day of the school holidays the year six were awake grabbing the last of their essential camp items. Stuffing the cars full of luggage we hit the road making our way up to MERC, Long Bay Beach for the annual Year 6 Leadership Camp. It was a fun, busy and hot week with lots of activities and things to do. There was so much to do with out amazing instructors and helpers, activities like paddle boarding, archery, abseiling, kayaking, rock climbing, giants ladder, stack’em and the list goes on. After the camp day we had plenty to do at night with the camp mass, school council voting, the talent quest and even a spooky game of spot light.

My two favourite activities were rock climbing and orienteering.