Our partner class SCHOOL KIT metaphors and similes and a "fun facts about themselves" activity sheet

Room 5 joined the SCHOOL KIT event where classes were partnered up throughout New Zealand and completed a set of postcards which created the poster "EVERY PERSON IS A NEW DOOR TO A DIFFERENT WORLD".

Our partner class/school was Room 2, a year 4/5 class at Enner Glynn School in Nelson.

We had fun putting their postcards together to create the colourful poster they had made with their metaphor postcards.

Hip Hop with Jess - Creating our own dance moves

Term 1 Hip Hop with Kiwi Sport
We have had a great time learning Hip Hop with Jess. She made it look so easy!

This is one group getting some help fine tuning their moves.

This is one of the dancers Haiku poetry about Hip Hop

Our Lenten Promises

Room 5 have been working on their Lenten promises for Lent and created posters to show their sacrifices and promises to do a Kind Act each day of Lent. They have been blogging their Kind Acts each day.

Below is a slide show of some of the Lenten Promise Posters created by the students.

Kawa of Care

Most of the students in Room 5 have had their netbooks since 2017. We talked about reminding us of how we care for our netbooks and made some posters with important points to remember.

These are some of Room 5's tips for caring for their/your netbooks.

(No teacher input, students remembered on their own and shared their tips with the 4 new Year 4 students - proud teacher!)

Lady of Fatima statue visit

 

St Pius X school was blessed by the visit of the Lady of Fatima statue. The whole school had a liturgy honouring and praising our Lady of Fatima, the mother Mary.

Room 5 posed in front of the statue and then wrote a recount of their personal experience of the event.

This is the recount of one of the students, Patience Maketesa.

Meet the mother Mary

I was very excited to see the statue and the sisters. The sisters were all wearing a dark blue and the statue was wearing white.

As we were saying the rosary my voice got tired and I lost my breath I couldn't talk or say the prayers as much because the prayers were so long!

When I came up close to see mother Mary I thought she was beautiful. Her cheeks were as pink as a rose, her crown was as bright as the sun and her clothing as white as a dove.

I think that Mother Mary looks real because her skin looks very smooth.

At the end each class took a photo with the statue with our rosaries and prayer cards. That was my favourite part of the visit.

That was a very fun experience meeting they Fatima statue, I hope I get to see her soon.

If you are interested in finding out more you can click on the extract below to read further about the tour of the statue and how it was organised.

"On January 11, Pope Francis blessed six statues of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and conferred upon them the title of “International Centennial Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Fatima.” Each of these pilgrim images have since been sent from the Eternal City to a continent, where their pilgrimage will be focused."