Calendar Art

Good Shepherd Fair

THE MONSTERS ARE COMING!!!

Marae Trip

On Wednesday the 28th of August Good Shepherds School got on four buses and headed off the unitec marae for an unforgettable experience. We were welcomed into the Wharenui (meeting house) where we learnt about some of the carvings and the history of the marae. Then we made our way over to the whare kai for some morning tea. Later we learnt a song and the boys performed a haka. Here are some photos.

How to Make a cup of Tea

By Jemima

I am learning to write a procedural text for our audience to follow

Ingredients:
Tea bag of your choice
Water
Sugar and/or milk (optional)
Cup
Spoon
Kettle

Steps
1. Fill up your kettle with fresh water. Then turn it on.
2. Put one tea bag into a cup and wait for the kettle to boil.
3. Pour the hot water from the kettle into your cup with the tea bag in it.
4. Leave the tea bag sitting in the cup for 2-5 minutes (the longer you leave it in for the stronger the tea will be).
5. Now if you want, you can put in a dash of milk and/or a small spoonful of sugar and make sure to mix well.

Now relax and enjoy your perfect cuppa!

Mixed Media - Visual Art

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 watercolor paint. This is my art work.

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

Feast Of Mary MacKillop

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.