Thursday 21 February 2019

Swimming Sports



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 Sharon 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.  
 

Tuesday 19 February 2019

My Mihimihi

Mihimihi

Sarah

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

Tēnā koutou katoa,

Nō Ireland ahau

Ko Owairaka tōku maunga

Ko Waitemata Harbour tōku moana

Kei Tāmaki Makaurau tōku kāinga ināianei

Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura

Ko Forbes tōku whānau

Ko Trevor Forbes tōku pāpā

No Kaikohe, Aotearoa ia

Ko Martina Horkan tōku māmā

No Mayo, Ireland ia

Ko Sarah Forbes tōku ingoa

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā kātou katoa.




Friday 8 February 2019

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 The sisters of Saint Joseph were also known as the Josephites or their nickname the Brown Joeys as they always wore brown clothes.

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 Leadership Role



This year I am proud to take on the role of Secretary.  I look forward to this role because I have always wanted to be on the school council and now I am one of the leaders of the school council. I ran for school council rep in year 4 and 5 but did not succeed. I am also looking forward to working with Otis, the chairperson and Peter, the vice chairperson to make the school the best it can be. Overall I am really looking forward to being secretary of the school council for 2019.

Year 6 Leadership 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 abseiling and archery.