Religious Education Celebrations in Term 3

In Term 3 we have had some special celebrations including The feast days of St Mary MacKillop on the 8th of August and the Assumption of Mary into heaven on 15th of August. We also had a special Mass and lunch on Grandparents Day. Our R.E. strand this term has been the Sacrament/ Hakarameta. We learnt about the creation and how we are all connected to God. These are some of our photos.

The Holy Spirit - Te Wairua Tapu

In Religious Education we have been learning about 

The Holy Spirit - Te Wairua Tapu. To help us understand who the Holy Spirit is and how the Holy Spirit works in us, we talked about symbols of the Holy Spirit like water, wind and fire and we read Bible stories about the Holy Spirit. Here are some photos of our activities.

An Easter Rhyme...

Learning about Holy Week and Easter in Room 2

Palm Sunday is at the beginning of Holy Week. We learnt that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. His followers waved palms as he went past. We acted out the story and made a mural with ourselves waving palms.

On Wednesday we made hot cross buns. We kneaded the dough, put a cross on the top and cooked them. We ate them while they were still hot.

Holy Thursday is the last day of lent. We learnt about what happened at the Last Supper. We made a mural and placed ourselves at the table as Jesus' supper guests.

On Good Friday Jesus died on the cross. He was buried in a tomb and a big stone was rolled across the entrance. When his friends went to visit the tomb on Easter Sunday they found that Jesus had risen from the dead. We made a mural with ourselves as friends of Jesus on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday.

Jesus - Our Cultural Identity

In our last lesson of the Jesus Strand, we all wrote the word 'Jesus' in block letters, coloured it in with felt tips and stuck it in our books. Then we looked at the way 'Jesus' is written in the languages of all the cultures in our class. We  wrote Jesus again in all the other languages and put them on a big cross to hang up in our room. When it is Holy Week we can look at the cross and remember that Jesus died to save us all.

St Patricks Day - 17th March

Every year on the 17th of March we celebrate St Patricks Day. This year we had a liturgy in the hall followed by a display of Irish dancing. When we got to class we made a hat for ourselves with a picture of a shamrock and St Patrick on it. We watched a powerpoint that taught us all about the life of St Patrick. It even said that people believe that St Patrick got rid of all the snakes in Ireland. After morning break Mrs Fala invited us to decorate green cupcakes with Room 1. They were delicious. We went onto the field to do Irish dancing and then all got a green snake lolly. Thank you to Mrs Fala for helping to make it such a memorable day.

Jesus Calls Us to Follow Him

In lesson 10 of the Jesus Strand, we read the Bible story about Jesus asking the apostles to follow him. He said that he was going to make them 'fishers of men.' We all chose the name of an apostle and made a headband with their name on it. Next we made a mural of Jesus calling us to follow him. We drew a picture of ourselves for the mural with a speech bubble saying 'Yes Jesus.' Jesus wants us to be his friends and helpers too, just like the apostles.

Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day

Room 1 & 2 observed Pancake Day by making pancakes. We found out that long ago people used to use up their butter, eggs and sugar on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins. We had to read the recipe and follow the instructions to make the pancakes. Everyone had a turn of mixing the batter and flipping a pancake. We ate them with butter and maple syrup. They were delicious!