The Four Parts of the Mass

 This week in Room 6, we have been learning about Mass. There are four parts of the Mass; the Introductory Rites, the Liturgy of the Word, the Liturgy of the Eucharist and the Concluding Rites. In the Introductory Rites, we sing a welcoming song and do the prayer for forgiveness. In the Liturgy of the Word, we read the bible verses. The bible verses are the Old Testament, the Psalms and the New Testament. In the Liturgy of the Eucharist, you eat the bread and wine. In the Concluding Rites, we sing a song to end the Mass.

Maori Language Week

This week, we have been learning Maori phrases because it was Maori Language Week. We got through four phrases. The first phrase is horoia o ringaringa which ment wash your hands. Some of it is a question. The second phrase is kei te pehea koe which ment how are you. That was a question like I just said. 

Do you know any more phrases in Maori?

Beatitudes Poem

 Today, we have been learning about the Beatitudes. This is my Beatitudes Poem.

Be thankful

Be grateful

Be joyful

Be brave

Be kind

Be friendly

Be respectful

Be positive

Be wise

Be blessed

Be caring

Be happy

Be nice

Be holy

Be welcoming

Be passionate

Be responsibe

Be open

Be compassionate

Behave

Beatitude

Gratitude

 In Room 6, we have been learning about the virtue Gratitude. We had also been told to make a gratitude chart in alphabetical order, make some actions of your own for one of our class songs, making a card for one of your friends you are grateful for or making a list of things you are grateful for. I made a gratitude chart.

I wonder, if tomorrow was what you had thanked God for, what would it be?

Cybersmart Kawa of Care

 This week, we have been learning about Kawa of Care, Cybersmart. Here is a screenshot of some important thing about it.

Matariki Fireworks Night

Last night, I went to the New Brighton Beach to see the Matariki Fireworks. But then, something distracted us during the walk. It was warm and it was bright. Smoke came out of the flames. I could see some delicious foods. It was a Camp Fire BBQ. The Camp Fire caught my attention. We asked the people there if we can join in and they generously let us. I ate some of those type of bread called Dumping. Yum! It was delicious. I even got smoke in my eyes when I was cooking the Dumping. First, we had to grab a Bamboo Stick from the side. Next, the people told me to bring the stick over to a lady. They told me that she would wrap the Dumping dough around the Bamboo stick. Then, we had been told to put the Dumping dough on top of the fire, turning it around and around because if you don't follow the instruction, it will not cook evenly and burn on one side! So what's your choice? My decision was to follow the instruction, better and safer. When it was ready to eat, a guy suggested me to put some strawberry jam on it to make it taste better. I put some jam on my Dumping and it was very delicious indeed. So I made my second Dumping on fire again after I finished my first one. It was something I had never done or tasted before. So I had an amazing night last night watching the fireworks, standing by the camp fire on the beach and cooked some breads for snack last night.

Ferrymead School Trip

 Yesterday, at school, in Room 5 and 6, we had a school trip. We went back to the old times which was 100 years ago. That was in Ferrymead Heritage Park.  Ferrymead Heritage Park is a place where every single thing hadn´t change from the old times and I thought it was so small that it surprised me when I got there. Ferrymead was the place we had for the school trip. I called it an adventure. First, we went on the school bus because you can´t go anywhere out the school without a school bus, can´t you? After that, we got off the bus because we had to split into teams with a parent and we had to walk for a long way through the Ferrymead Heritage Park together. Before we started our long joureny, we went to a place where everybody had to change in the old times uniform. the girls uniform were  beautiful dresses. The boys uniforn didn't really change that much with the look from the old times and now. The boys uniform were a cap, a grey shirt with a pair of knee length long shorts.  We first went to a house to learn to do some houseworks like washing, ironing, sweeping floor, tidying room and washing dishes. After we finished the houseworks, we went to a hardware store to learn how people buy things from shop in the old time. Our third destination was the cookie shop, in there we learnt how to make cookie and saw a big giant oven. We also got a chance to make a cookie for ourselves to take with us later on that day. Our last place to visit was the school, the school in the old time was very different from our school now, very strict with the teacher, annoyed with the ink pens because they are very messy and the ink easily get on your hand, boring because if I chitchat with my friends I would get strapped.  I feel so lucky that I am at New Brighton Catholic School in New Zealand as I am not living in the past.