Passport

These few weeks we have been doing passports. Passports are these activities we do to get 200 points and so far I have 110 points. And there are about 28 activities to choose from and 6 topics. And from each category line there points to earn 10 points, 20 points, 30 points 40 points, and 50 points. are,Verbal/Talking,Visual, Doing History and Culture, Knowledge and Music. The rules of the passport are
. You must attempt to get 200 points 
. You must choose at least 1 activity from each category along the side. 
.  Teachers can deduct points if work is not completed to high enough standard. 
. Bonus points will be given out to students who have worked well. 

Spud Gun

The past few weeks we have been doing science. Our science subject was on Spud Guns. Spud Guns are a type of potato gun using straws and square sticks to pop the potato out of the straw.  We also did one about on forceps that was fun. The Spud Guns didn't even work I was sad😢. The materials we used were four different types of straws from McDonald's, Starbucks, these weak plastic straws that were easily breaking, and thick paper straws that worked well but they would get soggy. So we also tried peeling the potato's but even that didn't work. But when Mrs Drummond tried it in her own time and worked. think it didn't work because some people were using the pointy side of the square stick. 

Walking with an Anzac

Today we learned some about Anzac. Nathaniel and I got a poster and a piece clothing. The poster was about a the last dinner for the 40 soldiers. The cloth was a Hallensteins brand clothing it belonged to Harold a NZ soldier. The war was at 3pm 5th August 1914 in Gallipoli it started on April 1915 - December 1915. 100,000 New Zealanders soldiers served overseas in the war, 41,000 were wounded or fell ill 18,000 died and funny enough 5 soldiers were soldiers. Recruits had to be 162.5 cm tall less than 77kgs  and physically fit minimum age of 20 years old. Dental health was poor that a separate Dental corp was formed. 

Athletics Day

Today we went to Three Kings Reserve in a bus but it was horrible! I thought I was going to eat the competition, but I sprained my foot really badly on my first race. I missed out on most of the activities at athletics because of this incident. I was also supposed to run on the relays for my house Cowley. My friends were there to help me out and a very kind lady helped me when I was hurt. She gave me a pair of crutches that are from our local hospital. I had fun sitting down talking to my friend's Ethan and Nathaniel who are very kind man. Then I came back in my Principal's car. 

Travelwise

Today we went a Travelwise  celebration it was fun. The people that went to this amazing celebration was Otis I, Lucy, Nathaniel, Ethan and me Frankie was supposed to come but she had to go to the dentist to get her braces in. We did challenges like toss the the wheel, treasure hunts and more. This painting was from a exercise bike that has this spinning platform where you put a coloured piece of paper I choose red paper with white paint, blue paint and red paint it came out really cool. It was Captain Americas shield but paper. I had so much fun😝 we got free ice cream it was very delicious. We also won free pizza we will be having pizza on this Thursday 6th  December. The five  pizza flavors we choose were Hawaiian, Pepperoni, Beef & Onion, plain cheese and Italian Beef and Sausage oh I can't wait.

My comic strip

Today we did comic strips with Mr Drummond and Mrs Drummond. This is my comic. It is about a merman named Andrew and he is trying to keep his title of being king of the sea by fighting a shark but sadly he loses the fight. Mr Drummond said I was an amazing artist and I should keep up drawing so well. I felt really proud. I like drawing in my free time.

All Saint's Day And All Soul's Day

This is my page for All Souls day/All Saint's day and a written message that it is hard to see and a drawing in memory of my Grandpa from my mum's side. He was a funny caring grandparent but he has past away we had his unveiling 3 years ago it was in Botswana in Africa. My Grandma from my mum's side is still alive but very sick. We pray for her at home all the time. But my grand parents from my dad's side have past away we still pray for them. My grandma from my dad's side died a week before we got to Africa for a visit her funeral was the day we arrived. For All Souls Day we had a mass father asked us a few questions like who is Jesus's grandparents were Saint Anne and Heli and another question was who is our Australian NZ Saint and the answer was saint Mary Mackillop. The mass was great. I can't wait for the graduation mass cause I am a year six so I will be performing a dance with the other year sixes. 

bike safety course

Today we did a bike safety course the people from Bigfoot. It was really fun. We did some 3 hand signals: for turning left, turning right and stop. And there were 4 safety checks. 
1. Checking if your bikes wheel levers were in place and weren't going to undo themselves while riding. We check with our 2 fingers, the index finger an our middle finger flicking the levers to make sure they weren't going to come out. 
2. Always check that your reflector is facing backwards and make sure you have one you go on a bike ride at night. 
3. Check if your brakes are working using the fingers that you used for your levers and and when you roll your bike forwards pull you left brake to stop your front wheel and roll your bike backwards and pull your right brake to stop the back wheel. 
4. Check your tyres if they are pumped with your palms. 
And all that takes up to 13 seconds before you go to school or a bike ride. And don't forget to wear your helmet cause it is the law.

Manadrin and Brazil

Ni Hao! On Fridays we have Mandarin lessons. And our teacher Ms Li teaches us about the Chinese culture and about the amazing language. I like Mandarin cause it is fun to learn a new language every Friday. We learnt that the Great Wall has been around for many years and was used to keep people from other parts of China to stop coming and trespassing we also learnt a song the number song the greeting song I like the songs especially the greeting song we will be performing that on Friday And we learnt how to write our names in pin yin. If you don't know what pin yin is, it the style of writing they do in China. 


But sadly we are stopping this Friday and starting our other languages for cultural week I got Brazilian. Did you know that 3,000 fish species live in the Brazilian rain forest and 2.5 million of insects live also in the Brazilian rain forest. And now we are learning a dance called Zumba dancing it is a dance they do in Brazil for the carnival. And we will be starting Mandarin next term oh I can not wait. 

Cross

This is my cross. Today i finished my cross. It took about 6 weeks till I finished. At the start I thought it was going to look like a disaster. The things that we put on our cross was to do something with God's creation or the school. The symbols i put was the yin and yang cause it symbolizes the chinese culture in our school. I also did two flags - the NZ flag and the Botswana flag because I am from Botswana and I was born in NZ. I also put a sun cause Good Shepherd is the light of my world. And I had a heart and grass to show the love of the Good Shepherd school field. And last but not lest are the arrows on the top of the cross symbolize all the patterns we have in our lovely earth. 

Digital Fluency

For digital fluency Ethan, Nathaniel and I did a play about cyber bullying we did it without any practice. I was the dad Ethan was my son and Nathaniel was a professional con man and stranger. His character's name was uncle Jake. First we did an act about what you should not do and after what you should do. The crowd thought it was funny and we also thought the play was funny cause we had to do it without any lines and talked from scratch.

Mass

In the morning we went to morning mass. It was fun to learn more about God and Jesus and to listen to the message from the Bible about Jesus filling the net to feed everyone after a few days without fish. And the net was so full they called the people from the other side of the sea to help cause the net was starting to tear and needed the people to use their net for more support. 

During the Eucharist we had the people who haven't taken their first holy communion just put their arm across the chest. Then Father Bernard said some words for us to go in peace.

Speeches

Earlier in term 3 we had speeches. It was exhilarating. My topic was on Why Kids Should Get Out More. I didn't get into the semi finals or finals, but happily my best friend Nathaniel got into semi finals and finals and came 2nd place. Ethan and I were really proud of him and I bet his parents were also really proud and happy for him. Elijah came 1st and he is representing the school for Eden/Albert sometime this month (September).

Mini BB fair

On Thursday the 30th of August was the MINI BB FAIR. The meaning of BB is books and baking. Basically the good baking only cost 50 cents or 2$. I got so much baking I felt like I had to throw up and Ethan looked like he was having a sugar rush. I enjoyed the fair because they had so much baking's and books. The baking was like I was in heaven and I know it would be worth it to die for. The chairperson and the Secretary and the PTA helpers were giving out the books and baking. There was one lovely lady who gave me a extra cookie for free and I really appreciated what she did. 

Animal Classification

Animal Classification 

Today we learned about how animals are classified into groups. Animals are either vertebrates (which means they have a spine) 
or invertebrates (which don't have have a spine). 


invertebrates are animals like jellyfish, crabs, insects and octopus. 


Vertebrates are put into five groups. They are mammals birds reptiles, fish and amphibians. mammals have fur or hair and give birth to live young. Birds have feathers and lay hard eggs. Reptiles are cold - blooded and lay soft eggs. Amphibians breathe through their skin and need to keep their skin moist. Fish breathe through gills and fins.  

5 examples of each type:  

Mammals: 

Birds: 

Reptiles: 

Fish: 

Amphibians: newt, frog, toad, salamander, caecillian 

Ina And The Shark

 This is my slide about Ina And The Shark. It is a Cook Island myth. We studied it because we are learning more about Pacific Island cultures, languages and myths. 
To learn more about this myth, watch the slide and enjoy.

The Sacraments

This is my R.E tittle page for Sacrament.There are 7 Sacraments in the church: They are Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing the sick, Holy orders and Marriage. 

Drama

This is a video of our drama lesson. It was about Hansel and the Witch. Ben was Hansel and I was the Witch. But very very funny. Each group could change bits of the story.

 

Science Road Show

On Wednesday was the science road show at Edendale School it was epic. It was about ice and fire and temperature. There were a lot of other schools that came. There were heaps of gadgets ,they were very cool and impressive. I hope we can go again to the Science Road Show this year but on a different topic. 

My country poster

This is my country poster for my reading topic it was on South Africa. Everyone in the classroom had to do a country poster. Some other kids did their's on America , Argentina and Mexico and more.

Book week

Book week was the bomb. Ethan,Nathaniel & I dressed up as the 3  Musketeers. Ethan was Athos Nathaniel was Arimas And I was Apothos. Our catch phrase was all for one and one for all! At 2 pm the hall to show of our costumes. When we were on stage we were supposed to say our catch phrase but we forgot and Ethan and Nathaniel blamed it on me even though I didn't do anything. 

Holy Communion

On Sunday the 1st, some kids had their first Holy Communion. I bet all the kids that had the time of the their life. It was amazing to see the smiles on their faces. The whole school came along to the mass. The school sang some songs and were readings about the last supper Jesus turned the water into wine the food was very nice.

R.E video

We did a video on the tax collector from the bible. Zacchaeus and we acted the bible story out. It was very fun. Otis T was Jesus and Ethan and Nathaniel were the people Zacchaeus took the money from.
We did this as part of learning about Jesus and how he helped others.

Production

At Good Shepherd School we had a school production. It was called the Toy Shop on Zip Zap Avenue. It was so much fun! We were celebrating Buzz the Bee leaving the toy shop. It was a very big thing to G.S.S. 

All classes had to perform a dance. Our class, Room 5, had danced to the song Barbie Girl. We were Kens and Barbies. I was a Ken. Everyone had to dress up as a type of Barbie or Ken, so I was a Michael Jackson Ken.

Suzanne Aubert's Birthday

On 19th of June it was Suzanne Aubert's birthday and we colored some flowers to celebrate. Suzanne Aubert is a very special lady to NZ. She was the first person in NZ to be considered for sainthood. Suzanne Aubert is not a saint yet but in the process of becoming one. 

Cross Country

On Tuesday it was cross country. It was horrible! We had to run two and a half laps and it was pain, so much pain, I felt like I was being tortured. I placed 8th out of 13 people. Ethan and Nathaniel were right behind me. Some people in Sheppard told Ethan to pass me but even though I was tired I sprinted to the finish line. When I passed the finish line I was poofed out so when I coughed I nearly vomited. I felt like I lost 5 kg!

Holy Spirit work

 

In class for Religious Education we have been learning about the Holy Spirit and how Jesus ascended to heaven here is my title page.

Roll and Answer

Today in maths we played a game called Roll an Answer. It tests the skills we have learned this year like rounding, place value, addition and subtraction. My group did a board about size of numbers.

How does a Roomba work

A Roomba is a robotic vacuum cleaner that means it can clean a room by itself. The Roomba was introduced in September 2002. Roomba's have sensors to help them navigate and guide them around the room. Roomba's can clean under the couch,on the carpet and hard floors. The Roomba can clean for 1-2 hrs but after weekly for a year or 2 you can find the battery power dipping low as 30-40 mins that won’t be able to clean a room. You're probably wondering where you can get this marvelous robot. You can get them at Harvey Norman, bed bath and beyond, Noel Leeming and Dick smith. They cost around $500 - $900 some even cost $1,000 cause the new ones have to be connected wifi and might come with remotes depending on the type Roomba. Hope you learned something about the Roomba.

The Four Gospels

Here is the poster that my group and I creating about the four gospels from the bible - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.  We were sharing our knowledge of what the gospels are about.

All About Me

Hi, my name is Jayden my friends call me Jay and my family call me Jay Jay. My favourite subject is P.E. and during my free time I play on my devices. When mum cooks butter chicken I smell it in the air and I come running to the dinner table. The best and cutest pet in the world is a Husky dog which are by far the coolest dog. My dream vacation is L.A to meet my favourite YouTuber Jake Paul and to get an acting career or to be a celebrity. I go to Good Shepherd School I am 10 yrs and by May 23 I will be 11.