All St day

In class we have been learning about saints. We had to choose a saint to study. I choose St Barbara because I don't know much about her. I learnt lots of new facts on St Barbara like her dad killed her because she loved God, she was known for being beautiful and that she was born in Turkey. It was lots of fun learning about St Barbara.

Love

Today we decorated a word from God's promise. We had many different options such as family, love, promise and so on. I chose love. The reason I chose love was because God loves us and his promise to us shows love. This is my word I decorated.

Religious Education

Today in Religious Education we did a play about Sarah and Abraham. The story is that Abraham and Sarah want a child however they think they are to old to have a children. One day God tells them to move to a different town. They are shocked to here this news but decide that they should listen to God. Soon later three strange looking men approach them and tell Sarah and Abraham that they will come back once Sarah has had a child. Sarah overhears from the tent and laughs. One of the angels says to them "why is Sarah laughing is anything impossible for God" That then is when they realized that these men are special messengers from God. A few months later God gives them a child and they name him Issac. The three angels return and Sarah and Abraham live happily with their son Issac. This is a photo of the play we performed.

Grandparents Mass

Today we had Grandparents Mass. In the morning the grandparents and students of Good Shepherd School went to a mass. It was a lovely start to the day. After Grandparents Mass, everyone was invited for refreshments. There was a lot of lovely homemade baking, sandwiches and pastries. Once we finished our refreshments we were allowed to show our grandparents our learning and things around our classroom. For the rest of lunch we played until the bell rang then we all gathered on the turf for some performances such as kapa haka, Irish dancing, ukulele group, folk dancing and  choir. It was very enjoyable to see all the talents we have at Good Shepherd. After the performances the students went back to class for the rest of the day. What a great way to end the week with our grandparents.

Hauora

 Today we learnt about Hauora. We learnt about ways we could get help and ways we could help if someone was embarrassed or hurt. Ways people could get hurt are socially, physically, emotionally, spiritually. We had to do a hand suggesting five people we could get help from. Some people we can get help from are family members, teachers, or even your friends.

Sacrament

This term in R.E we are learning about sacraments. The sacraments are certain things you can do to  follow God and show your love him. It could be Reconciliation, the Eucharist or something else.

Saving Work

Saving work is what people do and say that helps restore people's dignity. Saving work is an example of helping others when they are down, embarrassed or not feeling well. This is an example of saving work.
I will show Jesus's saving work by helping others when they are upset.

The Holy Spirit

In R.E we learnt about the symbols of the Holy Spirit. There are seven symbols. The symbols are the cloud, fire, the oil, wind, dove, finger of god and the water. This is my page about oil and Fire.  My favourite symbol is the fire because at Pentecost a flame appeared as a symbol of the Holy Spirit and the disciples began speaking in different languages.  I see this as a image of bring different cultures together and so the flame becomes a symbol of the Holy Spirit bringing cultures together for me.

Learning about Jesus

In religious education we learnt about how Jesus is important to us. We were also learning about how the bread and wine are symbols of Jesus.