Tuesday 19 February 2019

GSS Charism



Year 5 and 6: 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.


Piece of the Puzzle



Year 5 and 6: 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.”

Leardership role


This year I am proud to take on the role of Journalist . I look forward to this role because: I like writing, reading and photography. I picked this role because I wanted to write interesting things for people, I love entertaining lots of people, I like making them laugh, put up and interesting piece of writing and making them happy. Those are the reasons I wanted to be Journalist.


Year 6 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: Dingy activities and rock climbing

Mihimihi



Mihimihi 

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

Tēnā koutou katoa, (greetings to you all)
No Aotearoa ahau (where you from/Aotearoa*)
Ko Puketapapa tōku maunga (mountain)
Ko  Manukau Harbour tōku moana (ocean)
Kei Tamaki Makaurau tōku kāinga ināianei. (I now live)
Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura (school / Good Shepherd School*) Mihimihi


Ko  Russell tōku whānau (family)
Ko  Matthew Russell tōku pāpā (father)
No England ia
Ko Laura Squires tōku māmā (mother)
No England ia
Ko  Henry Russell tōku ingoa (your name)
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.
                                                                             (Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greetings to us, and greetings to us all)