Swimming Sports

Swimming Sports

Room 6 had a wonderful day at swimming sports. When we all went to the turf we split up into our houses. Thank you Sharyn and parents for helping us with the non competitive swimming and competitive. Also thank you parents for coming along and supporting your children. Good shepherd students thank the teachers very warmly, as every year as they set up and prepare this event for us. I’m sure that every student enjoyed the event. I saw everyone compete with my own eyes and they all did well. The people who lost don’t have to be sad because they should be grateful they got a swim in the warm weather also because there’s always time and effort to improve.

My Mihimihi

Mihimihi 

Liam

I am learning to: introduce myself and others, and respond to introductions using my personal information

Tēnā koutou katoa,

Nō Ngati Ahitereiria ahau

Ko Maungawhau tōku maunga

Ko Waitematā Harbour tōku moana

Ko Yarra river tōku awa

Kei Tāmaki Makaurau tōku kāinga ināianei

Ko Te Hapara pai tōku kura

Ko Bowles tōku whānau 

Ko Ronan Bowles tōku pāpā

No Jersey ia

Ko Justine Clifford-Bowles tōku māmā

No Christchurch ia

Ko Liam Bowles tōku ingoa

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

Year 6 Leadership Role

This year I am proud to take on the role of PE/PA. I look forward to this role because it is looking after sports equipment and helping kids with sports.

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. 

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 that the Josephites nickname was the Brown Joes.

Year 6 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 Giant paddle boarding and abseiling.