My Mihimihi

Mihimihi 

Luka

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

Tēnā koutou katoa, (greetings to you all)

Nō Aotearoa ahau (where you are from / Aotearoa*)

Ko Maungawhau 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*) 

Ko Hale tōku whānau (family name)

Ko Aotearoa tōku pāpā (father)

No Wales (Father is from, share diverse backgrounds)

Ko Gina Hale tōku māmā (mother, ask if maiden or family name) 

No Aotearoa ia (Mother is from, share diverse backgrounds)

Ko Luka Hale tōku ingoa (your name)

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa. 

(Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greeting to us all). 

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.”

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. Another new fact I learnt was the sisters were called the brown joeys.

 

year 6 leadership role

This year I am proud to take on the role of special character. I look forward to this role because its got lots of fun stuff like handing out awards.

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: giant paddle boarding and mountain biking

here is a picture of me at camp.

Research question

28/08/18

Research question
The research is for… the inquiry questions
And some questions about the huia

What are ……?

What do they look like?

Where do they live?

How do they behave?

answers:


What are huias? They are birds

What do they look like? They are black birds with a bit of white on their

 tail and a bit of yellow under their chin.

Where do they live? Mostly in forests in the north island.

How do huias behave? Their scared birds.



Facts about huias:

Did you know that the huias feather cost 8,000 nz money that means 3,800 pounds.
Did you know that the bird huia extended on the 28th december 1907.

Why people need to swim between the 🚩flags🚩

Each day more and more people are swimming out of the flags which is very bad for them. This issue also affects thousands of human lives. I believe we need to make a difference right now and make sure to swim between the flags.

My reason is that we should swim between the flags so you will not get stuck in rips. Lots and lots of people are dying because of them not swimming between the flags and they are also not following the rules and drowning. The lifeguards are always there to save you and look out for rips and lots more dangers, but they find it difficult to help you if you don’t follow the rules.

Rips are like big currents and bad tides, which are very bad to swim in. Rips can cause really bad incidents and much more dangers.

But don't worry about a thing because the lifeguards are always there to put the flags where it is safe to swim in and are also looking out for rips too.