Greedy Cat

This week we read Greedy Cat is Hungry, by Joy Cowley. We drew Greedy Cat and painted him orange with a roller. Next we added fur by scratching into the wet paint with the end of a wooden paint brush. This technique is a called sgraffito. We wrote stories about Greedy Cat. Come and read them in our cloak bay.

Portraits

In Term 1 Room 2 made collage portraits of what we want to be in the future. We looked at self portraits by New Zealand painter, Rita Angus. First we drew our head and shoulders onto paper, cut it out and chose a background colour to stick it onto. We added facial features, hair and clothes. We showed our finished work to the class and talked about what we want to be. Come and check out our portraits in Room 2.

Easter Rhyme

During lent Room 2 learnt this poem and used it in our prayers each day to help us remember what happened at Easter. We made art work to go with the words.

Can you say the Easter Rhyme to your family?

Holy Week

Holy Week is a very important time for us to learn about how Jesus spent his last week on earth before he died.
The week started with Palm Sunday when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and people waved palms at him. On Holy Thursday Jesus invited his friends to have a meal with him. It was the Last Supper. The next day, on Good Friday, Jesus died on the cross and was buried in a tomb. What a wonderful surprise his friends got on Easter Sunday when they found that Jesus had risen from the dead.

Can you tell your family the stories of Holy Week when you look at our photos and murals?

Jesus is Alive!- Alleluia!

Hot Cross Buns

On Tuesday of Holy Week we made Hot Cross Buns. Tracey D'Rose came in to help us. We all kneaded some dough and made a bun. Then we put a cross on the top. The cross on the buns reminds us that Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday. We cooked the buns and ate them. They were delicious! Thank you for helping us Tracey.

Sheridan Swimming Carnival

On Monday 21st of March Room 1 and 2 showed their families what they have been learning in their swimming programme. We had two groups, the Sharks and the Dolphins. We enjoyed showing all the water skills we have learnt and we were very proud of our progress.

17th March 2016 - Saint Patrick's Day

On the 17th of March we celebrated St Patrick's Day at Good Shepherd School. St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. He went to Ireland and taught the people about God. We made green hats and danced to Irish music. Aisling and her mummy made us green cupcakes. We also ate green snake lollies because we found out, so it is said, that St Patrick got rid of all the snakes from Ireland.