Tuesday 19 February 2019

My Mihimihi



 Mihimihi 
Vaiola

I am learning to: introduce 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 Owairaka tōku maunga (Mountain)

Ko Waitematā Harbour tōku moana (Ocean)

Kei Tāmaki Makaurau tōku kāinga ināianei (I now live)

Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura (school / Good Shepherd School*)

Ko Kautoke tōku whānau (family name)

Ko Allan Kautoke tōku pāpā (father)

No NZ born Tongan ia (Father is from, share diverse backgrounds)

Ko Mele Kautoke tōku māmā (mother, ask if maiden or family name)

No NZ born Tongan ia (Mother is from, share diverse backgrounds)

Ko Vaiola Kautoke tōku ingoa (your name)

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

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



Friday 8 February 2019

Year six camp


Year six 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 absailing and giant paddle boarding




                             












Room 6 Charism




Room 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 Joes also because of their brown outfits.












Room 6's piece of the puzzle



Room 6's 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.”Here is a picture of our factual posters:



                                     

Leadership



Leadership





This year I am proud to take on the role of cultural leader. I look forward to this role because I get to learn different cultures and teach them to the school and I get to share the experience of being a cultural leader. I am also looking forward to co-operate with the other cultural leaders by helping them, supporting them and also helping them organise.