Hangi

In Room 6 we have been learning about hangi. Me and my friends made a slide show about what a hangi is. Here is my slide show

Cultural Week

Last week Good Shepherd School had cultural week. My class was room 1 and we did Italian. We learnt the fruits vegetables and animals. On Wednesday we had lasagna. On Friday Good Shepherd did an Assembly and all the cultures did a performance. I Love cultural week.

   

The Kiwi Bird

By Lucy 

I am learning to inform my audience by using an information report

Do you know what the national animal of New Zealand is? Yes, it is the kiwi bird. Kiwis are little flightless birds that are native to New Zealand. Kiwis have wings and were meant to fly, however with their little wings they aren’t able to fly or even lift their bodies. The kiwi is about the size of a chicken . It can grow up to 50 to 60 centimeters long. There are five different species of kiwis the North Island Brown Kiwi, Southern Brown Kiwi, Little Spotted Kiwi, Great Spotted Kiwi and the Okarito Kiwi. Did you know that there used to be 12 Million kiwis in New Zealand but now there are less than 100,000. This is because predators sadly keep killing them.

PREDATORS:

The kiwi bird has many predators like dogs, cats, rats, ferrets and weasels. These animals hunt the kiwis and eat the kiwi eggs. But not only is it animals that are killing the kiwis it’s also humans!.Humans impact on the environment that in turns impacts on the kiwi and their survival. It’s very easy for predators to eat them because they can’t fly. The good news is there are people that are working to build kiwi shelters so they can be safe from predators and have a place to hide and live.
HABITAT:

Kiwis are found throughout New Zealand. In rough farmland, exotic plantation, sand dunes, snowy tussocks and scrub. Kiwis can live in dry places like Kapiti Island. They have created kiwi shelters for them to be safe from predators, and make sure they survive. Other things are included in the kiwi shelters like food and water.

DIET:

Kiwis have a pretty different diet to us humans. But because kiwis live in diverse habitats, from mountain slopes to exotic pine forests. It is difficult to define a typical kiwi diet. Kiwis are omnivores so they eat fungi and frogs. They also eat freshwater crayfish and koura. All of the kiwis eat berries, leaves and seeds. Kiwis get most of their water from their food. Juicy earthworms are 85% water. But because there nocturnal they don’t get to hot so the don’t need much fresh water.

The kiwi bird will become extinct if we keep impacting on where they live, allowing predators to stalk them and eventually will slowly die out of New Zealand. Kiwis are amazing animals and we need to keep them alive. We can keep the kiwi bird alive for longer by making sure they have the right habitat, away from predators and having the right diet. Kiwi are one of New Zealand's icon so we MUST keep them safe.

Calendar Art

In room 6 we have been doing calendar . Calendar art is were you draw a picture and it gets put on a calendar. You can also get made in to a dairy of a notepad. My picture is of me and my friends playing netball. I had lots of fun of fun doing my calendar Art I can't wait until next year to do it again.

My Calendar Art

Mandarin

Ni Hao at good shepherd school we have been learning mandarin. It has been taught by ms Li who is Chinese. she is an amazing teacher and is great at speaking Mandarin.we have learnt how to have a conversation with people, some song's and how to count to ten. Xiexie Mr Li. Zai jian

Mermadis

You might think that a mermaid is a beautiful mythical creature with all of it’s pretty features. But underneath in the deep blue sea they are the meanest creature in the ocean. They are even meaner than sharks stingrays and the killer whale. They were even born mean! all the mermaids grandparents and great grandparents were mean too. Do you know what they do? Well they sing out until someone comes and the mermaids say “come out of your boat human” and once they come out they gobble them down and they are never to be seen again. Mermaids have teeth that are as sharp as a knife. You might think that I’m lying with their long wavy hair,shimmery scales and smooth skin. But underneath their soul they are horrible creature. So next time you are in the ocean watch out for the mean mermaids. Because they eat humans!.

My Bird

In reading we have been learning about animal adaptations and we created our own bird and named them . My bird's name is Deno

Crosses

At Good Shepherd School we have done crosses for the fence. We have do patterns and picture's to do with God here is mine.

Temperature

In room 6 we have been learning about temperature . We have made slide show's. To show the temperature's in different country's and a city in New Zealand. I chose Iran and Turanga.

Social Justice Week

This week is social justice week and we watch a video about being fair no matter who you are or what you look like. We watch the video and did a worksheet to put in Religious Education book.

Grandparents Mass

On Friday 24th August 2018 we celebrated Grandparents Mass with our grandparents, family/whanau and the whole school. We first went to mass to celebrate with Father Bernard Kyle, who blessed our dear Grandparent with a blessing and we sung a special song to them. When mass was finished our PTA team prepared a treat for us. There was lots of sweet and coffee/tea to sip on. By the time the that all the food was finished it was then time to perform some dances for our audience. The groups that performed were the Sheridan Kapa Haka, Choir, Tap dancing, Ukulele and Irish Dancing. That was a joyful day that we would always remember. We are blessed to have such special people in our lives.

Beaks Science Experiment

Pointed beak, flat beak and pelican beak are all the types of beaks we used for this discovery.But these things are also known as forceps, tongs and cups. First we learnt about the meanings of the words we need to know like, aim. Aim means trying to achieve something in the experiment we were trying to see what shape beak is the best for picking up food. And we learnt what will we change( the equipment), What we will measure ( the amount of food) and how we will keep it a fair test. The way we can make it a fair test by having a nice steady surface, by having the same person doing each type of food also by having the same amount of time of 30 seconds. We had an amazing time experimenting with rice, peppercorns, gummy worms and skittles and after we got to eat LOLLIES. Thank you Miss Down for this amazing experiment.