Lukas Poetry

couplets

Christmas is a great time of year,

And santa loves to drink beer. 

My favorite colour is red 

And I love to go to bed

On the first day of christmas I went to go and see

But there were no presents underneath the Christmas tree

triplets

Room 6 is a very noisy class

We love to eat a lot of grass

And smash glass

Respond as hi 

Or you might die

So make sure you know you will cry

Senses

Birthdays are so fun 

When you taste some chocolate buns 

Balloons go pop as I hear

 my mum screaming MOP!

As I taste the Cake I thought I still love steak,

And finally I see.. PRESENTS yay!!!

QUATRAINS

Hello my name is mario man

With lots of cooking pans 

Flying in the sky 

As the pans said bye

I loved that flying pan

so did mario man

Hi i'm the clown in your basement  

it's that bad you might need a replacement

I walked up the stairs

Also don't forget i killed three bears

any way im off so i sent you a letter i'll see you again

Plus I was hungry so I ate your hen

CINQUAIN 

christmas

It's Christmas time 

So fun to fun

Presents 

Trees

Eating turkey

Every single…day

Easter

so many eggs

So fun to eat chocolate 

Bunnies

Funny 

Baskets ready to fill to the top 

Awesome!

Diamante

 Grandma

old ,tiny,  

Friendly, caring, very nice,

Tall,walking stick

Grandad

Summer 

Hot, sunny

Burning,tanning,getting cold

Cold,freezing

Winter

calendar art 2020

This is my calendar art 2020

Gss Fair Monsters

                                                        MONSTERS ARE COMING!

Marae Visit

Wednesday 28th of August 2019 was the Marae visit.
we went on bus and we got welcomed into the Marae then we
went inside to talk.
we ate food. We had biscuits,fruit,and milo and preformed the Haka. It was so amazing here is a video of the Haka.

Mixed Media Visual Arts

Title: Mixed Media - Visual Arts

Label: Visual Arts, Mixed Media, Past and present, hands

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.

nz hockey

On Friday we had so much fun with Sport NZ as they came in to teach us hockey. We got to do warm up and drills with the hockey sticks and played against each other in teams. We are already looking forward to next Friday’s session. Here is a picture:

St Mary Mckilliop

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.  

Cook Islands

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 

Whole School Prayers

On Monday the 5th of August Room 6 hosted whole school prayers. Our theme was The Gift of Faith.
We did a song called ‘Open the Eyes of My Heart’ and Jiwoo, Zara and Maggie made hand actions
for us. There were also people who did the prayers of the faithful. Overall prayers was a big success
and everyone enjoyed it.  

Here are some pictures of our prayers:

room 6 assembly

Last week Room 6 performed their assembly. Our main
entertainment was a drama circle on occupations. We also
displayed our mixed media we made in term 2. Some people
also shared about what they put on their art and why. We all
had so much fun preparing and presenting our assembly.

Here are some pictures of our assembly:

HOW THE WATER CYCLE WORKS

HOW THE WATER CYCLE WORKS

I am learning to inform my audience through an explanation

By Luka

When you drink water do you ever stop and think that water you drink each day maybe over a million years old or even from the other side of the world? Or it could even be water that the first caveman drank? Well that is all because of the water cycle... All the water on earth today every drop is all the water there has ever been on the planet. Did you know 97 percent of the earth's water is salt water leaving 3 percent as fresh water but only 1 percent of the freshwater is actually drinkable. The water cycle is so easy to understand even a five year old can understand. There are three main stages of the water cycle, precipitation, evaporation and condensation. Each stage has an important part to play in the water cycle it starts off with percipation.

Precipitation is the process where rain, sleet, hail or snow falls to the ground. When it falls it can be seen as a solid or a liquid. When the liquid or solid falls it would normally fall in lakes, streams, oceans and harbours. So after condensation when the clouds fill up then it falls and that's the process of precipitation. Once water has fallen and reaches the ground and it is then the next process of evaporation starts.

Evaporation is the next step after precipitation. Once the water has fallen to the ground you may think where does all that water go, where does that puddle on the ground go? Well that is when evaporation comes in. Evaporation is when a heat source is added to a liquid heating it up turning it into a gas. The water cycle uses the sun as a heat source. When the sun heats up the water on earth it changes the liquid into a gas called water vapor. The water vapours rise up as they get hotter, before collecting in the sky. An everyday example of this is a kettle boiling. The steam that comes out of the kettle will eventually turn into water vapour, a gas. The water vapour will rise and then began the process of condensation.

Condensation is when the water vapours collect together as little water droplets as they began to cool down. When the temperature in slows down the gas forcing the water droplets to reconnect. An example we can see is on a hot day when the water vapour in the air connect with a cold can of coke. The temperature drops making the water vapours connect making droplets on the outside of the can, this is condensation. In the water cycle condensation happens with water vapour that has cooled down in the sky, as they cool down they form clouds. The cloud will be fill of little water droplets, once the cloud gets too heavy it goes all the way back to precipitation.

And finally at the end of the water cycle, the next step is well everything because after the last stage of the cycle it repeats itself over and over again. This is how the water cycle recycles all the water that ever was on earth. We need to keep our water flowing in the water cycle or else there will be no life on earth. Water is a key part to the survival on earth.

GSS Book Week 2019

Authors, Illustrators, Books, Book Week, Parade, Event, 2019

Room 6 was hungry for books during our book week.
We had a whole week celebrating all things books.
We had author visits from Stu Duval and James Russell.
Stu presented workshops on storytelling, cartooning and writing.
 James shared his books and told us stories.
We did lots of cool book week activities in class
like making dust jacket covers, wanted posters,
bookmarks and story cubes. Finally our favorite day arrived, Friday.
We got to dress up as our favorite characters and partake in the literacy
treasure hunt.  Overall book week is a fantastic week every year. Room 6 LOVES BOOK WEEK!

Here are some photos from our time:  

                                                                      

my book week character was...

Water Care

Water, water everywhere! On Friday of week 6, we were lucky to have Sally from Watercare come
to teach us more about the water.  We did a drama activity and experiments. Firstly we examined
the process that water goes through to become drinkable water in our households.  Our drama was
based on the process that the water goes through to be cleaned. We were the water going through
each stage. We had so much fun as we ventured around the school.  Once we learnt how water is
cleaned we then had to try and clean the dirty water ourselves. We had to create a filter system in
partners. We had to do four different tests for our experiments.  We experimented with a range of
filters to try and test which filter system was the best.

Cross Country

Good Shepherd School had been busy training for cross country this term and finally the day arrived. In week 6 we all arrived at school in our running gear and had our house colors painted onto us. We were eager and ready to go and win house point. Overall the race was long and required a lot of stamina, but we were prepared. Here are some pictures from our races.

Football Zones

Tuesday the 21st of may 2019 we went to the foot ball zones, we won 0 games we tied 2 and lost 3 sadly we came 2 to last in our pool, but it was very fun an enjoyable to play. we played many schools.

Water Cycle Experiment

This week we were doing science experiments around the water cycle.  We created our own water cycle in a bag.   We predicted what would happen...

Holy Spirit Triangles

Yesterday we made Holy Spirit triangles. On the sides it said faith, hope, love and of course the title Baptism and the Holy Spirit. Here are some photos of my triangle.

My Wheel

This week we have been creating a R.E wheel for Easter. How it works is you turn the pink paper and there are four parts, each part has a theme, the front of it has a picture of the risen Christ. The title of this work is the Season of Easter.

Thomas Edison Growth Mindset

This term we have been learning about a famous person and i was chosen to learn about thomas edison he centurnley was not a quitter. He was quoted as saying i haven't failed i've just found ten thousand ways that won't work thomas edison was a great inventor i made a crafty thing on thomas edison there's a photo of thomas edison in the front with his name and lots of information on the back. this is a picture of my craft of thomas edison.
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That's my craft/research of thomas edison

Up Up And Away-Dr Seuss

This my hot air balloon that we created to how that our goals are going to take us up to new heights.

Growth Mindset-Goal Bunting

Each student  in room 6 has made a bunting  triangle to show our  Growth Mindset goal and motto that we want to work on. come check them out!

Jesus Strand-Religious Education

during term 1 we have been learning about Jesus the Son of God. this is my 3d cube on how Jesus showed us that God loved us all as his children, we are all blessed with the gifts of faith,hope,and love

St Joseph's Day Tabloid Sport

Tuesday 19th March was St Joseph’s Day Feast Day. The whole school attended mass to celebrate the leadership Saint Joseph showed. Saint Joseph is also special to our school because Saint MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph were inspired by Saint Joseph. Saint Joseph is also the foster father of Jesus. The following day, the whole school came together to celebrate with fun tabloid sports in our houses. We all got to play so many fun and exciting games. Thank you to our leaders who prepared this.

Pumpkin head goes to school

Pumpkin head!!!! Wake up time for school!!!! Bang crash (luka and sanjay hitting pumpkin head with pillows) wake upppp!!!!said luka and sanjay Owwwwwwwww!!!! Man do i need to wake up said pumpkin head yes you’ve got school
And your starting a new school because you’ve graduated you old school said sanjay but i don’t want to Owwwwwww man WAKE UP!!!
Owowowowow why???? Hey me and luka are going to show you what the new school looks like. Nonononono fine!
This is what the school looks like






Byeee (pumpkinhead went to school)

Right let's renovate our house said luka Okay so like we're gonna surprise pumpkinhead
Said sanjay why said sanjay i don't know anyway let's just do it… well it's not really gonna be a surprise if it's not wrapped up in paper well come on let's do this…



That looks epic! Said sanjay and it's on a mountain yah…
But since we also changed houses we live far away from our old house so pumpkinhead cant find us ow well it's not a big deal said sanjay.

3:00…
Rmmm (bus drove to our old house) hey luka and sanjay that was the best day ever- WHAT! Where are you guys
Back at our new house…
Wow it relaxing without pumpkin head ahh said sanjay



Arh i don't know sanjay i'm gonna pick him up with the chopper WHAT! Nah no need enjoy this while we can luka… yeah your right sanjay i guess i'll pick him up in another 3 hours or never i'll think about it it depends how relaxing it is oh yeah this is the life...

(next minute) hey guys! Owww no! Can i join you (jumps into the pool and splashes us so bad.
Oh you here to spoil the fun eh said sanjay no im making it better said pumpkin head oh man.
(next hour) hey guys! Oh man!!! it's a big party now ERR
THAT'S IT! Said luka i'll give this party house



It's got a pool the size of a bug! Said pumpkin heads friends so what! You can have it said sanjay well it's that our nothing said luka
NOTHING! Fine we'll go

When they left…

Oh yeah this is the life
(next minute) hey guys oh no! Not AGAIN!! GET OUT OF OUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Booooooom (door being slammed shut) PUMPKIN HEAD WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ??
Oh man said luka YEAH WE WERE GOING TO INVITE YOU HERE!!! NOT YOUR FRIENDS HERE!!
Right luka arhh yeah sure err ... said luka (6 hours ago ) yeah well pick him up in 3 hour
Got that right sanjay said luka. Umm yeah we were we are totally not fibbing said sanjay okkay said pumpkin head.


The end

Pumpkin heads graduation… apparently

Creek creek boom boom boom
(pumpkin head running down the stairs)
Of our house… recap of what happened last night…
Sanjay someone's at the door open it (a big complaint) (half an hour later)... 12 at night fine sanjay i'll open it... oh no who is it luka who do you think it is sanjay i don't know a booger monster. haha nice one sanjay

Arh whos at the door (me opening the door)



Haha! as luka threw tomatoes at pumpkin head and laughing Come here sanjay look at this pile of dump WHAT! Said sanjay… oh look it's PUMPKIN HEAD!! What are you doing here said luka please oh please let me in you’re
House im cold hey go to your house pumpkin head but it's blown up owwwwww (acting normal)
(luka and sanjay blow his house up)
(we thought it was just a shed in a junkyard)



Later…

We let him in…

Can you be quiet pumpkin head we
Were trying to sleep a! I can't hear you
the volume of the tv too loud.
(pumpkin head play video games)
12:00 in the morning yeeeeee pumpkin head running down the stairs
oh sanjay what time is it 12:00 in the morning WHAT! Said luka.

WE HARDLY HAD ANY SLEEP!!! PUMPKIN HEAD

I need to go to work said luka you got a job? Said sanjay

Really sanjay you know that i work at countdown. Oh yeah well what for breakfast… jelly! Said pumpkin head hey pumpkin head what video game did you play Said sanjay (sarcasm) bye sanjay i'm going to work look after pumpkinhead and take him to his graduation WHAT! Luka why me just DO IT! Fine… (before i was about to speak)
Yes i'll take him for a walk said sanjay hey pumpkin head what a walk?!!!
Byeeee (luka was gone… okay finally said pumpkinhead hey your not going anywhere we put the lead on his green stork…(sanjay putting a lead on pumpkin head)

aww man. Lets go to the graduation pumpkinhead
Oh boy that's gonna be an investment said pumpkinhead… (when we got there)
hey look its pumpkin dog said pumpkin heads friends oww take me of this lead!!!! Said pumpkinhead. Shut your mouth!!!! said sanjay and stop moaning too. owww and STOP SAYING OWW! Owww said pumpkin head shut ya mouth! Owww.
Oh man?!!!!!!!!! said sanjay.

Now pumpkin head put your hat on…



Owwwwwwwwwwwww!
SHUT your trap!!!!!!
(Everyone looked)
Man this is the weirdest graduation and… your just a year 1 anyway said sanjay. Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwww i’m a year 13!!!!!!!!!!! Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww man said pumpkin head

Later… when pumpkinhead is on the stage and sanjay is in the sets halalu a hallelu do do do (song) rmmm rmmm luka turn up bang bang

Everyone goes Aww he's so bad he's a damn boy!! (luka sits next to sanjay)

(on the stage)...

I am pleased to say pumpkinhead you've passed to being graduated high school said luka silence (no one claps) no one likes pumpkin head said sanjay your right said luka we may now here the speech of honor by pumpkinhead boo boo boo boo (people disliking pumpkin head)speech time...
Okay ummmm errr i thank you for umm err uh being a...umm err a great school he he he umm err hi ish guys ish he he umm umm er
Have a good day ish err umm er hi again sourtove umm er it's been a umm great year err yeah hehe umm ererer umm bye SAY SOMETHING PUMPKIN HEAD !!!!!!!! BOO BOO BOO BOO!!!! Said the crowd…
(pumpkin heads speech) Haha said sanjay and luka ha ha ha ha ha ha boooooooooooooo splat boo splat plop (people throwing tomatoes at pumpkin head)
Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwww


After the graduation…

Walking to the farrie…

Outside…

Owwwww said pumpkinhead
Hey pumpkinhead nice speech weirdo said all the girls haha.
Hey your dumb said all the cool kid shove smack pow (kids smacking and shoving pumpkin head) hey you kids get off him and get lost! Said luka.
Are we sure we trust him? Said sanjay yeah sourtove said sanjay
Back at home...
Right let's go to bed and go to school tomorrow…
Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
But i thought i graduated said pumpkinhead yeah but only from one school… owwwwww.

THE END

My Accident Story

The Hole in my Knee
February 2019
By Luka
I am learning to entertain my audience through a recount.

Have you ever had a hole in your knee with lots of blood spilling out everywhere and you screaming like someone died? Well that is exactly what happened to me. I was about 5 years old at the time and had a love of skateboarding and I thought it would be a good idea to do something pretty dangerous. Looking back now I know it was not and will never be a good idea.

It was a very normal Sunday at my Grandad’s house, my brother, my friends and I were playing around. We were having fun just skateboarding then my friend said, “Let's build a big ramp.” I yelled back agreeing with him, “Yeah! Let's do it.” I mean I could of said no but I was to excited, and come on what better way to entertain yourself then have a massive ramp to skate on.

However it sounded like a lot of fun but when we started building the ramp it actually was rather boring! Hours later in the evening it was finally ready… The ramp was built I thought it was the best thing I was ever going to do in my life. I was so focused, positioning myself at the top of the ramp, taking a big breath in, in my head the thought, “Let’s do this.” I yelled out to those at the bottom, “Here we go, 5,4,3,2,1 GO! Yeah! It was so fun until I pushed it too much… I wanted to do a flip. My brother and friends yelled out NO, as if they could stop me. Waving their arms back and forth, I waved back and lost control of the skateboard...

Aaahhh!!! I fell off the skateboard, trapping my foot under the ramp, hitting my knee hard onto the ground. Looking down, blood everywhere, a giant hole in my knee, people screaming at the sight. My mum and dad hearing the scream both came rushing out of my Grandad’s house. Picking me up, they rushed me to the car and we left so fast that we even went through orange / red light as we raced to home.

When we got home, my dad wrapped my knee in white bandages. It was really hard for me to sleep that night, and the following days to come. I think I have learnt my lesson from taking on a giant skateboard ramp.