Practise your Touch Typing here

Click on this link. You will need to sign in, but I suggest that you use your OLA username and password to keep things simple.

Poems

Use this link, to make a cool diamante poem!
Use this link to make a cool Shape Poem!

Geometry Activity

We have been learning about shapes. Here is a fun activity to practise using language like face, edge and vertices to describe 3D shapes.

Marae Visit

Eco Fun Day

"Today it was OLA’s Eco-fun day. Students from the Shepherd team did fun activities. There was a game called gumboot toss where you had throw a gumboot or a shoe as far as possible, I really enjoyed the game. If you had won the gumboot toss  you got a gold or black bean to plant."

Hannah S

“I really enjoyed Eco Day. My favourite event was Rob the nest. We were the ferrets stealing the kiwi eggs. We thought of this little plan: what if we put the tennis ball under the cone? Unluckily our team's plan was busted by Saul. Benedict house won with 6 balls twice. Our team tried getting there yellow ball but it was like they were attracted to it. We took it and they took it back. In the end we didn’t win but I still got a magic bean. [Bean with spray paint]”

Ashton

Instructions:

This is how you play: Well  you are put into your house colour teams. Next you wait for someone to say go. When they do you have to run and try to find beans that are hidden in the sand. If you find six beans first, you get to keep a magic bean.  

The Story

I dug deep into the sand. “ Where are those beans?!?” I yelled. Finally I pulled out a bean. “ Bullseye!” I said. Again, I dug through the sand  keeping a close eye on anything beany looking. Suddenly, I saw a bean sticking out of the soft, warm sand. “ I’ve got it! I’ve got it!” yelled a girl running for the orange bean. ‘ There’s no time to wait!’ I thought. I quickly dived for the bean. Seven beans! I had won!                

By Jack and Ruby

"At O.L.A on Wednesday we had an eco fun day, our favourite  activity was the bee and spoon challenge. We had to collect pieces of paper (flowers) for honey. If the parents were there it would be even more fun."

Charlie and Ashton

Balloon Badminton

"When it was time to grab a balloon Emily and I rushed to the front and grabbed the best coloured balloon, and of course it was blue. We did the first few activities and then it was time to get the rackets. It was obvious that this was my thing even though nobody actually trusted me with a racket."

Hannah E

Last Day of Swimming

"The last day of swimming was fun day.That day was my favourite. We had fun on the raft, making a whirlpool, jumping in the pool and using the life jackets. But poor Hannah E couldn‘t do swimming because she had a accident."

Abi

       

       

Swimming

RE Pelletier Links

Use these to help find information on Pelletier:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=869
http://sistersofthegoodshepherd.com/our-history/our-mother-foundress/
http://sistersofthegoodshepherd.com/

Maths Times Tables

Here is a good site with lots of ways to practise your times tables!
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/multiplication.html

Gardening Link

Click here to grow plants... it is an American website so the temperature is in fahrenheit (we use Celcius) and it uses inches (one inch is 2 and a half centimetres).

Feast day

A special thanks to the PTA volunteers who cooked up the yummy sausages on our Feast Day.

Hockey

From next week, 1st March we will be having our PE on a Tuesday instead, as Canterbury Hockey will be here doing skills sessions with the Year 1 to 6 children. This will continue until Easter. Our normal PE day will then recommence on April 6th.

Meet the Teacher Notes

Here are the notes that we have covered during Meet the Teacher night on February 18th.

2016 Theme

2016 is The Year of Mercy