Holy Thursday mass

On Thursday night my whole family went to mass. My brother was serving and I was getting one of my feet washed because the Gospel was about the last supper and Jesus washing his disciples feet so twelve people were getting their feet washed.So after the Gospel and the homily we were getting our feet washed.


I was the eighth person to get my foot washed.Father Tien washed my foot and then dried my feet and kissed my foot. Father Tien washed my foot in a bowl up the front just by the alter while he was washing my foot I had to sit on a chair. After that I had to go back to my seat and wait while the others were getting their feet washed.


It felt a bit different having Father Tien wash my foot so it made me wonder how the disciples felt when they had their feet washed by Jesus.How do you think the disciples felt?

Going to Lyttelton and trams

On Wednesday Madison her Grandpa and I walked to the bus stop on Kensington Ave we rode to the bus exchange then caught another bus to Lyttelton and got ice creams. I got a banana chocolate chip ice cream Madison got a boysenberry ice cream and her Grandpa got a orange chocolate chip ice cream. My one was delicious.


 We took our ice creams to the park and played there. After we had finished we went to the library at Lyttelton to see when the bus arrived.  Madison's Grandpa said we could look at some of the books there then we had to go. We walked down the steep road to the bus stop. We looked down and saw a huge ship leaving. We could also  see the bus coming up the hill to get us. We went through the big tunnel to get back to the bus exchange.



From the bus exchange we walked to the Hoytes to get something to eat for lunch we were busy deciding if we wanted pizza or sushi but we chose pizza. I chose a pizza called mamamia Madison chose to make her own and her Grandpa decided to get a hawaiian pizza. After a while our pizzas came out of the oven we sat down and gobbled them down they were fabulous pizzas.

After we had our Pizzas we went to the Trams and had a look around the city. We saw the Avon river and the broken down cathedral and the new library. We had a really fun time. My favourite part was going to Lyttelton and having the ice creams.

If you had a journey like this, what part do you think you would like the best? 

Awesome facts about South sudan

here is my south sudan information report that we had to do I hope you enjoy.
South sudan
South sudan is a violent place. South sudan has been through many civil wars. Read to find out more about south sudan.


    south sudan is in south africa. South sudan is the newest country in South africa. People coming from what is now Egypt began to settle in the area about 1,000 years ago.In south sudan there is a rainy season and a dry season.In south sudan there is more than 16,00 children as young as 8 years old forced to be  soldiers in south sudan that is against the law !.There are lots of cities around south sudan some people call it a locked in citie.                   


   South sudan has very little food so other countries need to help our south sudan friends and give them more food more water and more money.They are a very poor country but they are very rich with oil.200,000 people live in poc camps sixty one percent of them that live in poc camps are children. Those camps had mostly 70 percent of people but now  there is no longer that much people in the pocs only about 30 percent but that is still a lot of people.If they see someone they know at the camps they would ask if they know about their own houses. Most of their houses are made out of mud.New zealand's mud is much different than south sudan's mud.

South sudan civil war South sudan has been through a lot  of civil wars with north sudan. .People in South sudan have left their homes because it was not safe where they were living so they had to move to a cop camp .When South sudan was in war north sudan kept stelling all their animals like goats donkeys and


South sudan schools In south sudan's school you have decks and there's five people to a desk. But in New zealand we have tables and one to a seat. After eight years of primary school very few students go to high school. Lots of people go to high school round 10 to 12 years of primary school.

I hope you learned about south sudan New zealand is much lucker than South sudan so do not complain that you are not lucky there's always someone more worse than you.

Would you rather be in New zealand or South Sudan?

The best games with Benjamin, Lily f,Zach,Jasper and Hayun,

PBL - Term 1

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about kindness and the big question was: How can we build community through our actions?

First, we explored some collaborative activities and discussed how we could include kindness and build a sense of community through our actions at camp. Next, we were organised into groups where we had to unpack the above question. In our groups we considered how we could spread community and kindness through our entire school community. We decided that we would offer something that was free and would make others happy.

We created an action plan and had to write a couple of things we should do and then we kind of had a little vote. Some of the games for the seniors were going to be hockey, touch rugby, Netball,Tee ball and dodge ball.

Reflection:
For our final product, our group did a treasure hunt for the juniors as well as, a game of Netball and touch rugby.

How did our action build a sense of community in the school? We got to know more people and spend time with them.

I contributed by helping to write the clues, and then hiding them, then all of the helpers were put with two Juniors so they did not get lost.

I think the PBL might impact on others, by getting to meet other people in the school, who aren't in your hub.

What I learned about working with others, was that we needed to do our little bit and that not just one person does everything as that is not fear. We all worked well as a group and had fun with the Juniors and the seniors.

Awesome facts about Turtles and Tortoises

In writing we have been learning to write information reports this is one that I had to do by myself.

Turtles and Tortoises

 Turtles belong to a group of reptiles called Testudines which includes Turtles Tortoises and Terrapins.  Some Turtles can run to about 3 to four miles an hour.Tortoises aren't that fast they are slow like snails  (but not as slow). All types of turtles have different shells. Read to find out more about Turtles and Tortoises.

Did you know that turtles and tortoises do not hear much things.Turtles only seem to respond to however they are mating with they only really respond our talk if they have hatched eggs. Tortoises owners always recognize their tortoises just like dog owners always know were their dog is hiding.


Some tortoises can go without eating for about 30 years!..Finger bites from tortoises can really hurt even know they don’t have teeth. Many tortoises can bite with their strong beaks. Tortoises and turtles hibernate (which means they go to sleep like lots of other animals).

Turtles have lived for two million years long that is  a very very long  time. Tortoises could probably live longer than turtles. Tortoises have humongous shells they are way bigger than turtles.Did you know that if Tortoises or turtles are scared they go into their shells.

 I think that turtles and Tortoises will not become Extinct for a long time. Do you think that Tortoises and Turtles will get Extinct when and how?