We wrote Acrostic poems this week. We all wrote great poems using phrases and words to do with Winter.
Jack wrote this amazing poem.

Catholic Schools Day- 22nd May

 

We celebrated Catholic Schools day with a Mass at 9.30am with Our Lady of the Snows School from Methven.

After play we walked down to St Vincent de Paul with the food and clothing items that had been donated by the families in the Junior Syndicate.

 

We loved being able to give to St Vincent de Paul. It feels great to help others in  need.

 

 

 

Rona and the Moon

 

We retold the story of Rona and the Moon .

We made a sensational job.

Kaimana was the Narrator ( he told the story)  and the rest of the class acted out the different scenes.

 

We made tiki to wear around our necks and and Mrs Prendergast came and painted moko on our faces. This helped us to be believable as the character of Rona.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr and Mrs Rushton spoke to us about their voluntary work with St Vincent de Paul.

 

They help  people because God said he wants us to love and care for others. 

 

 

They help by giving food, clothing , blankets, vouchers for nappies and baby milk to people who do not have enough money. 

 

They are Generous and compassionate people.

 

 

 

 

Sheryl Stivens came and spoke to us about her love for Mother Earth.

 

She works hard to help keep our Earth healthy by....

 

recycling

 

reducing waste in our rubbish dumps

 

helping other people understand the importance of looking after our planet.

 

going to other places in the world to learn more about caring for our environment.

 

 

Sheryl Stivens is a local hero because she teaches Ashburton people to care for Mother Earth too!!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr keely - Our local S.P.C.A inspector

 

 

Mr keely came and spoke to us about his job as an inspector.

He is a VOLUNTEER.

 

He enjoys his job because he cares for animals although he feels sad when people mistreat animals.

 

He is a compassionate, generous man.

 

 

     OUR HERO- The volunteer fire fighter.

Our local volunteer fire fighter Mr Wakelin came and talked to us about his job as a fire men.

This is what some of us wrote after his visit.

Are firemen heroes?
Yes , because they take up their time for others. They have to work 24 hours and 7 days a week. They have to go into dangerous situations.
If they can't open your door they will kick it open.

Lucy

Are firemen heroes?

Yes, because firemen persevere by trying to blow the fire out and they are heroes because they help people that are in serious danger. They even show the virtues to everyone in the whole wide world and they volunteer.
When they can't get through the door they get an axe or a sledge hammer or they go through the windows and they can kick down the doors.

Denise Mae

                                 Walk the Pacific

We had a fabulous day "walking the pacific" and raising money for all the people in the Pacific region who are less fortunate than us.

 

              We dressed up in island clothes.

 

       Ran around the track as fast as we could!!

 

 

          Ate island food to keep up our energy.

 

 

        Had a great time with our family groups!

 

 

 

 And hopefully raised lots of money for Caritas.

 

 

 

 

 

 



A local Hero

We had our local hero, Jeremy, come and talk to us about his voluntary work as an ambulance officer.

Jeremy gives up his own time to work an eight hour shift at night!!!

He loves his job because he enjoys helping people.

 

Jeremy shows these virtues

 

 

Compassion    Hope    Respect

 

Generosity

The ambulance service could not operate without the 

generous help of people like Jeremy.

 

 

 

A local hero

We had our local vet, Nina, come in and speak to us about her job.
We discovered that to do her job she shows all of these wonderful virtues.

Compassion,     Perseverance,   Respect,      Generosity. 

 

 

Making unleavened bread.

We made unleavened bread as part of our RE lesson.
This is because we are learning about the Eucharist and the importance of bread in our lives.
We discovered that unleavened bread was the bread that Jesus and his disciples would have eaten at The Last Supper.
We remember the words that Jesus said at The Last Supper

"Take this, this is my body which has been given up for you."

 



Jackie Bristow

What a wonderful experience we had when Jackie Bristow came to school to sing with us all.

Many of us went to the Event Centre that night to perform and be part of Jackie's concert.

We were super stars that night!!!