Black Seeds

Algebra

A=3
B=5
C=6

These are are a few of the questions and 

how to work them out.

A+5=                          4B

A=3                            B=5

3+5=8                         4x5=20

That is how you solve these ones

Persuasive writing

Eating Insect
I am learning to persuade my audience using persuasive writing and emotive words
By Caleb

Do you ever wonder what other foods you can eat other than your daily breakfast? But now we have a suggestion, bugs. When most people hear about this they say yuck, eww or gross but did you know 90% of the people that try insects actually like the taste? I will tell you how these bugs are tasty, healthy and how you can be creative with insect recipes from all over the world. Everyone should cook with insects.

We all have a sweet tooth in our diet so why not try bugs like, chocolate covered crickets, mealworm fries and chirp cookies that will taste amazing. People love to have these bugs and sometimes your mum might even sneakily, cheekily put mealworm fries, chirp cookies or chocolate covered crickets in your lunchbox. You will think these are just ordinary foods but when you try them you will gobble them all up and you won’t even notice it was bugs. People think bugs are just tasty but they are much more, they are also really healthy.

Do you need protein, vitamins, calcium and iron? Well then you should have bugs, did you know that bugs can give you 36 grams of protein. That's more protein than eating 500 grams of meat. Bugs also do not emit greenhouse gasses which means you can eat as many as you want without harming the earth, wow! People eat lots of bugs but people have taken the next level for bugs because they are so delicious. People can get creative with cooking and try these bugs with different things.

All your favourite foods like chocolate cakes and donuts, these are things you love to eat so why not eat bugs with them? Insects can make those things healthier. You could roast them, fry them, and even poach them. There are lots of ways to cook with insects from around the world. People get creative with bugs and try new things so why won’t you? Come and try a caramel cricket cheesecake today!

As you can see there are many reasons why you should try bugs. Eating bugs aren't just tasty but they are really healthy and at the same time you can travel around the world to taste the bugs and all the different formulas of cooking with bugs. Bugs are also a nice snack to have between breakfast, dinner, and lunch. In my opinion everybody should try bugs now!

Kapa Haka

Mana, power and pride would be a few words to describe the feeling as the Good Shepherd School Kapa Haka group took the stage. During the weekend a large group of year 5 and 6 students took to the stage to perform at the Eden Albert Cultural Festival. There were a few nerves before we started but once we were underway the excitement of performing kicked in. We felt proud as a team to perform for so many people. Kia Kaha! The highlight of Kapa Haka for me was when the girls were jumping on the corner in the bouncy castle it deflated because you weren't supposed to jump in the corner.

Prayers

Week 5 and 6 were busy for Room 6 we presented our assembly in week 5 and had whole school prayers on Monday, Week 6. Our theme for prayers was community, compassion, and discipleship. This was inspired as we approach christmas and start to think about others and those who are in need of help. Our Reading was 1 John 3:16-18, we also presented a song that we put lyrical dances moves to our song was: So will I, by Hillsong. This is the song: So will I

Athletics

The harder the battle the sweeter the victory!
All of Good Shepherd School piled into buses as we headed to Three Kings Fields for the annual Athletics Day event. We had been training for weeks and we were ready to take on our peers and to compete for a placing. The events were running, long jump, high jump, discus and shot put. My favourite event was shot put.

Assembly

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

Week 5 was non stop for Room 6 with athletics, kapa haka and irish dancing. But it was also our final assembly for the year, and for some of us our final assembly at Good Shepherd School. This was the perfect time for us to share some of our talents and learning. We had been focusing on New Zealand music through our passport tasks so it was only fitting to pick a kiwi classic; Six Months in a Leaky Boat by Split Enz (written in 1982). We sung along to the words and put some of groovy moves together to create a dance. Throughout the year one of our favourite activities was reading Chris Gurney’s books during book week. Chris has written so many wonderful and humourous traditional tales with a kiwi voice. We absolutely adore her books, so for our assembly we presented a Readers Theatre: Trev and the Kauri Tree.

St Anthony Of Padua

Our focus this term in Religious Education was the Communion of Saints. We learnt about the three parts of the Communion of Saints and how we are all connected. The Communion of Saints is bonded through prayer, baptism and the Eucharist.

Mandarin Term 4

For Mandarin term 4 we were learned about our body parts like Bizi.

Bizi-nose

Yanjing-eyes

Toufa-hair

erduo-Ear

zui-Mouth

Lian-face

Bike Safety

This is BIGFOOT ADVENTURES they help you learn the

correct way to ride your bike. They teach you the

4 safety checks and illegal requirements to ride on

the road. 

Communion Of Saints

This is when our teacher split us into 3 groups

the living, purgatory and heaven which the

living prays for  purgatory and heaven, 

purgatory gets ready for heaven,

and heaven prays for both purgatory

and the living.

Year 5 Retreat

When we were at our year 5 Retreat we took this photo

just before we left and we all had a great

time their.