Cherry Blossom Cup Cakes

Just as the month of September comes to an end, the cherry tree that we look at from our classroom back door has finally come into blossom. It reminds us once more of the wonder of creation and the beauty of the season of spring. As an end of term celebration we decorated cup cakes with cherry blossom designs.  It was lots of fun and they tasted delicious.

Good Shepherd Calendars 2014

September marks the beginning of spring and the promise of summer days to come. This year we have used daffodils as the theme for the Room 2 calendars. We looked at a vase of bright yellow daffodils with frilly orange centres and did lots of drawings. Next we made a coloured sketch as our plan. We drew our ideas onto the calendar paper with vivid pen and painted our pictures with yellow, orange, green and blue dye. We hope our families will buy lots of calendars and cards. They make great  Christmas gifts!

God Created - People Make

In Room 2 this week we have been learning to identify living things that God creates and non-living things that people make. We brainstormed ideas about all the things God created and how people use his gifts to make things. For example God created trees and people make houses out of wood.  We found lots of pictures and divided them into groups of things God created and people make. Now we have displayed them in our classroom. We thank God, Te Atua, for all His precious gifts and we promise to take care of everything that he has given us.

"For you love all things that exist,and detest none of the things that you have made..."   Wisdom 11:24