T3 - W1 - Maia, Leo and Ryansun

Welcome back to term 3!

This week we received a very special letter, from the prime minister Jacinda Ardern. We were very lucky to receive this letter. In term two for R.E we were learning about the Messiah. We were also studying about all the different leaders in the world, and we thought Jacinda Ardern was one of them. We thought up of some questions that we wanted to ask her and  she replied back.

How many jobs do you mostly have to do in a day? What are they?

• Cicely

What is your middle name?

• Liam

Dear Jacinda Ardern,

Why don’t children have the right to vote because I think that we should

• Sebastian

Were you shocked when you got the job?

• Adam

Dear Jacinda,

Is it annoying having so many protectors and bodyguards?

• Miranda

Why did you choose the name ‘Labour’ and the colour red?

• Ruby

Why did you want to become Prime minister?

• Bianka

We are very grateful that she replied back to us. 

This term we are doing P.E . Every two weeks we swap to a different sport. The sports are netball, ripper rugby, soccer, hockey and softball. This week we did netball with Mrs Drummond. We practiced the three different types of passes you can do in netball they are lob, chest pass and the bounce pass we also practiced shooting it was so much fun.

This week we also started our Mandarin lessons. We learned where China was on the map and also learned how to say hello

By Leo, Ryansun and Maia

Week 10

Matariki art 

Come and check out our fabulous Matariki art 

We also had an amazing healthy eating celebration shared lunch. Our tummies were full of delicious healthy snacks!

On the last day of Term we had Nick and Fergie come in to teach the year 3's about dog safety. We learned that we always had to ask the owner for permission before touching their dog and also to only touch the dogs back and sides, never the head. We all practiced this on Fergie 

Have a safe and happy holiday everyone!

Scooter course + Drama

Scooter course

On Tuesday we were lucky enough to attend a scooter course at school. We were taught how to properly fit our helmets, how to use our breaks properly, how to give way at a pedestrian crossing or give way sign and also how to check for sneaky driveways 

Drama 

We have been looking at different drama techniques. We have based our work off the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. We have explored expression, body language, soundscapes and other drama techniques. In this picture, we are using our bodies and facial expressions to become the creepy forest that Hansel and Gretel walk through when they are lost. We also made noises doing a haunted house a beach and a rainstorm

By Jackson, Miranda and Aisling 

Week 8

Week 8

In week 8, Good Shepherd School had a lot going on. It was book week and also the week of our school production. 

We took part in so many different book week activities. Have a look at some of our photos...

Buddy reading with room 3&4

Chris Gurney came to visit 

Book character parade 

As well as all of these exciting book week activities, we had our school production.

We did such a great job!

 

Matariki

Matariki

This week we celebrated the beginning of Matariki, the Maori new year. We performed our Matariki macarena at our sports assembly 

Waitī, Waitā, Waipunarangi,

Tupu-ā-nuku, Tupu-ā-rangi, Ururangi e

Koinei ngā tamariki o Matariki
(These are the children of Matariki)

Ngā whetū e pīataata i te rangi e
(The bright stars that shine in the sky)

Ngā whetū e pīataata i te rangi e
(The bright stars that shine in the sky)

Week 6 - Liam, Sienna and William

Cross country 

Week 6 in term 2 was cross country

Before morning tea the year 3's raced. It was so exciting!

After morning tea it was the year 4 race. They had to go down Telford Ave twice times’s.

It was tiring but so fun.

The races went in order from the 0’s to the year 6’s.

Everyone had fun! Some people nearly fell asleep after because they were so tired.

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It was so tiring. Everyone was dying for water.

By Sienna, Liam and William 

Week 5

Wow! What a week!

1. Samoan language week

2. The Royal Jelly show

3. Assembly 

We have been so busy in room 8 over the past two weeks. 

This week we were really lucky to have the Royal Jelly show come to teach us all about the different jobs that bees do. 

Can you believe we wouldn't have chocolate without bees?!?!?! SHOCKING!

They also taught us that bees are under threat and that we have to protect them

This week we also celebrated Samoan language week. We had a group come in for a performance. It was brilliant!

We had our assembly today also, where we shared our NZSL song Paradise and our play 'Have you filled a bucket today?'. 

We had a great time and were SO impressed by the beautiful Queens birthday weekend cake.