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Beginning of Lent

Last week we marked the beginning of the Season of Lent by attending Ash Wednesday Mass. Lent is a very important period in the Catholic Calendar, and the next 40 days is a time to pray, help others, give generously, and perhaps "give up" something as we reflect on how we can become closer to God, as we lead up to Easter.

Prior to Ash Wednesday, Kea, Ruru and Kakariki classes observed the tradition of Shrove Tuesday by making pancakes in class. Shrove Tuesday originated as a day when Catholics around the world would traditionally use up ingredients, such as eggs and milk, that they would be "giving up" during Lent.

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Pīwakawaka Summer Safety 2023

Summertime is a joy for kids and whanau across the country, however, warmer weather encourages us to seek outdoor activities and enjoy the best New Zealand has to offer. With this in mind the Pīwakawaka children have been very busy learning how to stay safe in the sun and around water this Summer. Here are a few reminders to be mindful of as the Summer approaches.

WATER SAFETY
As we near to the end of our extremely important annual swimming lessons at Swimtastic, the children have been learning how to stay safe when in a swimming pool. We have been talking about the importance of staying safe around water. The children know that they must never swim without an adult present, they have learned how to safely enter and exit the water. The lovely team at Swimtastic have been teaching your children water familiarisation, water confidence, how to blow bubbles underwater, lie on their backs and float and to swim safely.

SUN SAFETY
This term we have talked a lot about how to stay safe in the sun and at the beach. Remember, the first line of defence against the risk of sunburn is staying out of the sun and/or covering up. Try to plan activities for early or late in the day to avoid midday exposure. It is recommended to use shade wherever possible if you are outdoors in the heat of the day. Hats and cool long-sleeved tops keep the beating sun off vulnerable faces, necks, and arms when exposure is intermittent.
We learned the four important things to remember:
SLIP- on a long-sleeved top
SLOP- on the sunscreen
SLAP- on a hat
WRAP- on sunglasses

BEACH SAFETY
Choose a beach displaying red and yellow patrol flags, and swim between them so, there is an active lifeguard patrol available at all times.
Be aware of the conditions at the beach. Waves, wind, and tides can affect swimming conditions, and the better you understand these, the more you’ll be able to keep your family safe.
A strong current of water running out to sea is called a rip, and poses a real danger to swimmers. Teach older children what to do if they get caught in a rip. Don’t panic, don’t try to swim against it, but let the rip carry you until the current subsides. Then, swim parallel to the beach until well clear of the rip and, finally, swim back to shore.

STAY HYDRATED!

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2023 Kakariki All Saints

In contrast to the scares and spooks of Halloween, our school embraced the good, the true and the beautiful in their celebration of All Saints Day.  Kakariki Class learned about some inspiring Catholic saints leading up to our dress up day in order to grow their knowledge of the multitude of saintly friends happy to help us from heaven.  Our All Saints Day celebrations tied in nicely with our Communion of Saints strand, where we learn about the big, Catholic family we are part of: Church Suffering (the holy souls in purgatory), the Church Triumphant (the saints in heaven) and the Church Militant (that's us!).  The effort parents and children went to was most impressive and the clever details and props used by children in their costumes showed that lots of learning had taken place.  We had a variety of saints costumes in our class and some saintly behaviour as well.  Thank you for getting into the spirit of the day and I hope we continue learning more about our heavenly friends.

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2023 Kākāpō Writing

Kākāpō spent 6 weeks learning all about the narrative genre of writing.  We spent a long time planning and developing the plot and characters of our stories.  Working in pairs or on our own, once we had drafted our story, we edited them and published them onto Google Classroom.  After this we illustrated the story.
We enjoyed making this class book so much and Mrs Williamson has agreed to have this on show in the library soon!

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2023 Wekas forgiveness and healing

In Religious Education, we have been talking about how people experience forgiveness and healing when they have hurt or been hurt.

We have discussed situations which cause hurt to people and how we can avoid this and why it is important to forgive and be forgiven.

We have discussed how when we show forgiveness and grace to others we help them to restore their tapu (self-dignity) and in doing this we can grow in holiness.

The best ways to grow in holiness are to fill our hearts with the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

The Weka children had heaps of fun planting their own sunflower seeds.  We discussed the best way to look after their plant and what it

will need to grow.  This was likened to ourselves.  How can we grow in holiness and flourish with beautiful hearts?

We hope that you enjoy our pictures and work, and we look forward to seeing our sunflowers reach the highest heights!

Happy growing!

Love,

The Wekas

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2023 Takahē Writing

Celebrating Father’s Day - past, present, absent and future Dad’s.

Takahēs Taniwha inspired images that the children created - with their own personalized message to honour and celebrate their special Dad!

 

Why My Dad is Awesome by Henry Roberts

 

Why My Dad is Awesome by Luna Sierra Vanegas

 

Why My Dad is Awesome by Charlotte Coxhead

 

Why My Dad is Awesome by Jacob Parker

 

Father's Day by Jacob Parkinson

 

 

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2023 Tūī ASSUMPTION

On August 15th, the feast of Mary's Assumption was celebrated.  As part of Tūī's learning, they created collage pictures to show that Mary, both body and soul, was assumed into heaven.  They ensured that they selected blue fabric for Mary's cloak to represent the divinity she carried; a sacred and valuable colour.  The glitter represents the twelve stars that surround Mary's head.

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2023 KIWI HUB Persuasive Writing

This term Kiwi Hub has been working on persuading others as a part of our speeches. We have learnt about hooking our audience in and gaining their attention through using persuasive devices such as rhetorical questions, emotive language, rule of three and repetition, show don't tell. We have some examples of our sizzling starts for our speeches about Guardianship. We hope you enjoy our sizzling starts and we are looking forward to finishing writing and sharing our speeches with the Year 5 and 6s all about Guardianship.

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2023 RURU ART

“O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee.”

Sacred Heart, also called Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is celebrated on the Friday of the third week after Pentecost, devotion includes acts of consecration and honour given to the image of the Sacred Heart.

The Sacred Heart of Jesus shows us God's love and mercy. In fact, that love, and mercy is so intense that the symbol of the sacred heart is a human heart encircled with a crown of thorns, crowned with a cross, and radiating flames: this is how much Christ loves us.

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2023 Pukeko Matariki Kites

Let’s fly a kite.

The Pukeko children listened to the story The Seven Kites of Matariki. Following this beautiful story, we made Matariki kites out of natural materials. Kite making and flying them teaches children about science and weather patterns while  developing hand and eye coordination, kinesthetic awareness and gross motor skills. Above all flying a kite is fun and the sky is the limit.

Horo Matariki

Happy Matariki

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Principal: Liz Hennessy
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