Cultural Week

Last week Good Shepherd School celebrated all the different cultures that we celebrated with a cultural celebration assembly that was held last friday. The cultures were: Korean, Spanish, Brazilian, Filipino, French, Japanese, Indian and German

Production

Lights, Camera, Action!

Last week Good Shepherd School performed, ‘Zip Zip Zap Avenue’. We packed the school hall with our family and friends as the rain fell. Most of GSS students were in the holding classrooms covered in make-up and sitting in our toy costumes.

Zip Zip Zap Avenue is a about a Toy Shop that comes alive once one of the main characters, the Shopkeeper closed up the shop and turned off the light. The toys would then come alive when all the people were asleep, like the the families that visited the toyshop looking for the perfect gifts. This certain night at the toyshop the celebration was for Buzz the Bee, he had left the shelf of the toy shop and all his friends came out to celebrate him with dances. The main toy friends were Thing 1, Thing 2, Tiki, Spiderman, Cabbage Patch Doll, Woody, Strawberry Shortcake, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. The main characters introduced the classes as they came in as their selected toy and danced for buzz.

The first dance was the boys and girls of Room 3 and 4 who were transformers, this was a great and powerful way to start the show. Room 5 then twirled onto the stage as Barbie and Ken dancing to Barbie girl. Things got a little spooky as the trolls of Room 7 came out in the middle of the night to the song Thriller. We weren’t too scared for long as the fairies in Room 3 and 4 came out dancing away in their gorgeous fair dresses. And just when you thought things couldn’t get any cuter the teddy bears from Room 1 and 2 went on their teddy bear picnic. Room 8 then showed us what teamwork is with their awesome lego outfit and very cool song … Everything is awesome! Next up were the Kiwi toy, with great costumes for the kiwi birds and the wonderful performance of the Poi Dancers. And finally it was our turn, Room 6 spun onto the stage as Rubix Cubes dancing to You Spin Me Right Around.

It was a fantastic experience for us all, we learnt a lot about performing and all the work that goes on in the background. We was a wonderful opportunity and it wouldn’t of been possible without the support of everyone working together just like the lego blocks.

 

 

Afia Mai to Samoan language Week.

The cultural leaders opened the week with their national costume and dance.

In room 6 we have been exploring the Samoan Cultural with general facts. We searched for our fact card around the room and collected information for our Jigsaw Reading Hunt.

Next our Samoan experts in class gave us a lesson on greetings and phrases in Samoan.

Then we moved onto counting to ten in Samoan for math before finishing our math session with a clapping game in Samoan.

Selo - zero

Tasi - one

Lua - two

Tolu - three

Fa - four

Lima - five

Ono - six

Fitu - seven

Valu - eight

Iva - Nine

Sefulu - ten

Light's, camera action

Room 6 presented their learning of not being a bystander  at their assembly on friday week 3. In week 3 all schools around New Zealand made  a stand by wearing pink. PINK stood for peaceful, Inclusive, Noble and Kind. Our assembly was a success and we all had fun.

To My Mother

My handprint

Here is my handprint

Five fingers in all,

Outside they are short,

But the middle is tall.

You will find them on the windows,

You will find them on the wall,

They will make a big mess

For something so small.

One day I will grow,

And leave them no more,

My handprints will be missed,

Of that, I am sure.

So this is one now,

That you can't wipe away,

So that's my presant for you,

This mother's day.