Mary MacKillop Feast Day

Today was Mary MacKillop's Feast Day.  We had mass this morning and did some activities with Room Three.  Everyone buddied up and each made a Mary MacKillop craft and a Mary MacKillop poster.  This is what my craft looks like looks like.

Cook Island Maori Week

This week is Cook Island Māori week.  We have done a lot of activities and learnt the sign of the cross in Cook Island Māori.  Some of the activities we did was myths, facts worksheets and more.  The myth that we learnt about was Ina and the shark. The Myth is about Ina and Tinirau. The myth is about why sharks have a bump on their head. This week has been great so far.  Here is what our Cook Island wall looks like.

Ra Whanau Suzanne Aubert

In room 6 we have been celebrating Suzanne Aubert’s birthday by making flowers for the theme, “Always choose the little flower of hope.”

Suzanne looked after sick people, people with disabilities, children whose families couldn’t care for them, and the elderly. The work she started continues to this day in places like Wellington’s Compassion Soup Kitchen.

Suzanne left her home in France and came to Aotearoa to support the Maori people. She honoured the Maori people, their tikanga, reo and rongoa. Suzanne loved God and always thought about what he wanted her to do, not what she wanted, even when that wasn’t easy.

To My Mother

My Handprint

Here is my handprint, Five fingers in all. Outside the are short, but the middle is tall. You will find them on windows, you can find them on the wall, they will leave a big mess for something so small. One day I will grow and leave them no more, my handprints will be missed, of that I am sure. So here is one now, that you can't wipe away. My present to you this Mothers Day.