Colour Poems

Earlier this term we wrote colour poems. We talked about our favourite colours and how they made us feel and what that colour made us think about.
Please read and enjoy!!!

Sanjay

Grey is the colour of a dug up fossil.

Grey is the colour of the raining sky.

Grey is the colour of concrete.

Elia

Blue is the colour of the pretty sea.

Blue is a blueberry.

Blue is the colour of the pretty sky.

Blue is the colour of some balloons.

Carissa

Yellow is the sun and a sunflower.

The yellow tables in our classroom.

Luka’s water bottle is yellow too.

Luka

Gold is the colour of sparkling treasure.

Gold is a cool colour.

I love Gold.

Meredith

Yellow makes me feel like the sun.

Yellow makes me feel like gluing something.

Yellow makes me feel like playing in the summer.

Seini

Red is the first colour of the rainbow.

Red is the colour of an apple.

Red is a bright colour.

Red is a colour of a book bag.

Seihara

Yellow is the top of a cockatoo’s feathers

Yellow is the colour of a volcano.

Yellow is the colour of the sun.

Xavier P.

Green is the colour of a rapture’s eyes

Green is the colour of the Good Shepherd pen.

Green is the colour of dominisrex.

Green is the colour of grass.

Alana

Red makes me feel like Sheppard.

Red makes me feel like a santa hat.

Red makes me feel like fire.

But it makes me feel like I am burnt.

Matila

Yellow is the colour of a bird.

Yellow is coloured paper.

Yellow is a coloured chair.

Yellow is a colour of a drink bottle.

Aidan H.

Yellow makes me feel that I am a minion.

Yellow makes me feel that I am a banana.

Yellow makes me feel that I am the sun.

Yellow makes me feel that I am in the Australian team.

But it’s sad when it’s a broken egg.

Imogen

Purple is the colour of purple flowers.

Purple is the colour of Faith’s school bag.

Purple is the colour of purple paper.

Peter

Red makes me feel like a fire ball.

Red makes me feel like a red bouncy ball.

Red makes me feel like a fire dragon.

Red makes me feel that I’m in a fire engine but sad when my head is on fire!

Liam

Yellow makes me feel free.

Yellow makes me feel good.

Yellow makes me feel like the first day of spring.

Yellow makes me feel like being in Cowley.

Kevin

Black is the colour of Good Shepherd socks and shoes.

Black is the colour of the night.

Black is the colour of my hair.

Black is the colour of the All Blacks uniform.

Black is the colour of a monster.

Soeun

Blue is the colour of a blueberry.

Blue is the colour of a flower.

Blue is the colour of coloured paper.

Blue is the colour of a starry night.

Annika

Yellow makes me feel like floating through the sun.

Yellow makes me feel warm.

Yellow makes me feel as happy as a bird chirping.

Yellow makes me feel as free as a butterfly.

Yellow makes me feel like floating through the air.

Yellow makes me feel like sunshine.

But it’s sad when the sun isn’t shining.

Po’oi

Black is for the All Blacks

Black is for paper.

Black is for hair.

Black is a colour of a tee-shirt.

Rishmikaa

Pink is a crayon.

Pink is a felt pen.

Pink is a rose.

Pink is a paint colour.

Faith

Purple makes me feel like my school bag.

Purple makes me feel like a flower.

Purple makes me feel like a purple tee-shirt.

Purple makes me feel like a pair of pants.

Robin

Green is a plant.

Green is paper.

Green is a leaf.

Green is a block.

Rosa

Purple is very pretty.

Purple makes me feel free as a bird.

Purple makes me feel super happy.

Purple is the colour of a card.

Purple is the colour of a hat.

Aiden P.

Black makes me feel like an All Black.

Black makes me feel like it will be a bad day.

Black makes me feel like it’s night.

Some robots are black.

Term 4

Hi everybody,
We are in week 6 already, this term is just flying by!!! Room 3 did brilliantly at our school athletics day. All the children really enjoyed the event and participated with great enthusiasm and determination. The school fair was a great event and it was fantastic to see everybody there enjoying themselves. Next week in week 7 Sheridan are having a scooter course with Constable Jude. On Friday children can bring in their scooter and helmet for a practical session. The children in Room 3 are designing and creating christmas wrapping paper at the moment. We are going to donate a small present and wrap it using our paper. Then we will donate the present to children in need. Please come in and see our designs!!!  We are also busy practising for the Christmas Show!!! Very exciting times ahead.

Welcome Back!!!

Hi everbody,
Welcome back to Term 4!!! I hope you all had a brilliant holiday and had some relaxing family time together. This term is super busy and will definitely fly by. We are starting to prepare for our school athletics day, which is in week 4 on Wednesday 4 November. Sheridan will be participating in an athletics rotation on a Wednesday afternoon, practising running, long jump and throwing. We are also starting to prepare for our Christmas concert, which will be a fantastic show. The fair is on Saturday 7 November and thank you for all your contributions so far. We are really looking forward to the fair!!! Our topic for this term is Social Sciences - How Can I Contribute? Sheridan Syndicate are looking at Christmas Rituals and Customs in Different Cultures. We are tying this in with local charities and how people can struggle at this festive time of year. We will be looking at ways we can help and contribute with our time, money and gifts. Please come in and see the terrific art work that is on display in Room 3. We did some painting at the end of last term. We did koru designs, depicting our families and whanau.

Tongan Language Week

Last week was Tongan Language Week and on Thursday children were invited to come to school in their traditional Tongan clothes. This was to showcase their culture and special customs.
Thank you to Lei'ataua and Rosa for dressing up in their cultural clothes and to Seini for supporting Tongan Language Week.

Room 3 Writing

Last week in Room 3 we wrote a character description about a staff member at Good Shepherd School. We had to describe what they looked like, their interests, their personality and why we chose them. We had to give clues, so the rest of the class could guess who we were writing about.
Who are these children writing about?????

Faith
This teacher is kind and caring.  I was in her classroom last year. She has long, black hair.  She is on duty on Wednesday and Friday.  She is not married.  I chose her because she is nice.

Peter
This teacher is in a classroom, that is higher than 3.  He does duty, because he works at Good Shepherd School.  He laughs sometimes.  He has black hair and he likes wearing clothes and travelling around the world.  He is very helpful and also caring.  He says he is good.  He is in the eighth room.  I saw him at lunchtime.  This teacher has a lot of children in his classroom.

Meredith
My teacher has fair, short hair.  My teacher is in a lower classroom than 9.  She likes wearing dresses.  She is friendly to me.  She knows my name.  I chose this teacher because I like her.

The Assumption

Last week we completed a lesson on the Assumption in Room 3. We learnt about Mary being taken up to heaven. The Assumption is celebrated on 15 August. In class we looked at major events during Mary's life and we acted out these events in groups. Please take a look at the photos below:

Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus

Jesus on the cross

Mary with Jesus on the cross

Mary with the disciples

Jesus with the disciples

Character Descriptions

Last week in Room 3 we wrote a character description about a good friend.  We described what they looked like, in detail, what they liked to do and their favourite things. Here are a few pieces of writing.

Rishmikaa
My sister's name is Kharsha and her favourite colour is purple. She is my friend and I love her. She is my best friend and she loves me. We play kitties on Saturday and Sunday. My sister's favourite sweets are toffees and lollipops and she is four years old. Her favourite fruit are apples and her favourite game is paper, scissors, rock.

Carissa
My friend is Elia and she has brown hair. I love playing with Elia. Elia's favourite sweet is lollipops and Elia is five. Elia likes to play basketball.

Po'oi
Xavier P is nice and cool. He is a nice guy and helpful. He's always good and helpful. He spikes his hair up. He sits nicely on the floor. Coca-Cola sour strips and cold apples are his favourite food.

Science - What's the Matter?

This term our science topic is What's the Matter? - From One State to Another
We have been focussing on the following vocabulary - solid, liquid, gas, freeze, melt, evaporate, boil and heat.
We have been conducting experiments using ice and water. Also we mixed different solids with a variety of liquids and observed what happened. We were looking to see if the solids dissolved or not.
Last week we looked at popcorn and what happens when heat is added to the solid.
This is what we found out:
Popcorn kernels are a solid that contain starch and moisture.
When you heat the kernels, a change of state occurs which is a physical change. The popping of corn is actually a small explosion, which occurs when the pressure inside the popcorn kernel gets to great, from the heat and explodes. The popcorn is still a solid, but it has changed form.
Here are a few photos from our experiment.  We also got to eat the popcorn at the end!!!!

Book Week 2015

Last week was Book Week at Good Shepherd School. We had a fantastic week in Room 3 and really enjoyed all the reading and book related activities. We loved the performance called Worlds Apart and visiting the bookfair. In our classroom we read a lot of books about castles, dragons, knights and princesses!!! Mrs McLeod loved hearing about all the favourite books that children brought in from home. In Room 3 we loved the mystery book box!!!! Check out the photos from the character parade from Friday. Can you guess who the children are dressed up as?

Samoan Language Week

Last week we celebrated Samoan Language Week in Room 3. In our classroom we have Matila, Annika, Rosa and Xavier T, who are our experts and leaders in everything Samoan!!!

We were lucky enough to have Xavier and Annika’s mum come into Room 3 and teach us all about Samoan culture, food and language. We even got to taste some yummy treats, including banana chips and coconut bread!!!!

Seleta, Xavier’s mum, taught us the sign of the cross in Samoan and a food blessing that they use in their family. She also showed us a kava bowl and a tapa cloth, from Samoa.

Sign of the Cross: (Practise this at home)

I le Suafa o le Tama

Ma le Alo

Ma le Agaga Pa'ia

Amene

Food Blessing:

Fa'afetai Iesu

Foai mai meai

Tausi ai matou le fanau

Amene

In class, we practiced counting to ten in Samoan and we learnt some greetings as well. We also learnt a sasa dance!!!!

Here is Seleta talking to the class: