Kickstart Breakfast

24 August, 2018 

Kickstart Breakfast 

Today at St. Bernadette's, we had Tracey Fleming (Relationship Manager) from Kickstart Breakfast and John (Sanitarium Manager) visit our Breakfast Club to see how things were going. We have Breakfast Club running on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at school in Room 7. This is an opportunity for children to have breakfast before school to engage their brains, and it is also a social time where children can converse with other students and adults.

In the photo we can see (aside from Tracey and John), Mr Norman (Principal of St. Bernadette's), Mrs Barnes (volunteers) who help out at Breakfast Club and Karin from Mana Ake. 

Here are some comments from children in Room 8 about the Breakfast Club:

"I like the food that they make".

"I like the way Breakfast Club provides food for children who haven't eaten breakfast at home".

"I like the way the Staff who volunteer in Breakfast Club are so welcoming to everyone".

"At Breakfast Club, I like the way the Volunteers are very polite and it is fun to talk to them".

"I like the way we get to choose what we would like to eat".

Tongan Language (Sister Monika)

Tongan Language

At the start of this year, the Year 6 students have been learning Tongan language with Sister Monika.
This takes place when the Year 7 students are at Technology.
Sister Monika has helped us learn some phrases in Tongan and also to respond to phrases spoken in the Tongan language.

Other activities we have been doing include : 
- Worksheets translating English to Tongan
- Prayers, songs and dances e.g  Te Iwi e and Si'i lolo
   
Recently we have begun to learn other languages e.g Te Reo and Samoan.
We would like to thank Sister Monika for preparing the worksheets and tasks for us.

Red and Black day

Red and Black Day! Friday 27 July, 2018

Last week at St. Bernadette's School we had a Red and Black day to support the Crusaders in the Super Rugby Finals. Room 8 made up a song to the tune of the New Zealand National Anthem to show their support for the Crusaders. The Crusaders heard the song and sent back a thank you for our class.

Here is the song

Giving back to the Community

Giving back to the Community

Recently we had the privilege to create puzzle pieces saying welcome in different languages. Some of these languages were: Samoan, Chinese, Filipino, Fijian, English, Tongan, Maori, Indian Punjabi, and Cook Island. We had to do a base coat and then another coat of paint and then we created the words and painted over the puzzle pieces with black. We had to make sure that you could not see the pencil underneath it or we had to do another layer (Term 2). Then when it was all dry our caretaker Henk took them to 126 on the Corner to put up in the hall. After the holidays we went down to 126 on the Corner to go see what they looked like all together (Term 3). The puzzle pieces were in order of the rainbow. The Community were there to celebrate the new look to the hall. They complemented us on the puzzle pieces and said that they looked really good.

Responsibility

Responsibility

Responsibility is our focus for Term 3. 
Responsibility means being reliable and trustworthy. 

Responsibility is one of our C.E.R.R values. We have four C.E.R.R values Compassion, Excellence , Responsibility and Respect. 

We have learnt not only to say what the C.E.R.R. values are about, but to put them into action. One way we are working on showing Responsibility in Term 3 in our classroom is having H.O.L (Hubs of Learning). These Hubs are Liturgical Leaders, Corridor Inspector, P.A. (personal assistant) for our Teacher, Health Team, Class Blog and Whiteboard manager, whereby it is our job to set up rosters and to help things run smoothly in our classroom.

Another way to show Responsibility is by taking responsibility for our own learning and showing excellence in our work.