Room 4's Liturgy at the Assembly - November 23, 2012

Room 4 did a wonderful liturgy this morning at the 9 AM school assembly. We were asked to perform again when there were more than 20 teachers and principals who visited our school. We felt very happy that we were given very positive and pleasing feedback.

Here is a video of our fantastic liturgy.

Well done, Room 4! What an awesome class!

Keeping Ourselves Safe - Why should I tell?

This was our last session with Constable Kate. We had to work in pairs or three's and write down situations that may happen.
Here are a few of the issues:
- I'm walking down the road on my way to school and someone's following me.
- Someone asks me to give them my address.
- I'm on the internet and someone aasked me to show them a picture of myself.

These are a few scary instances of the many that could happen in our everyday life. We talked about the issues that came up and discussed ways to get help from people we could rely on.









Constable Kate discussed with us what we should do when these issues happen... WE SHOULD TELL someone we trust.









The second hands-on activity we had was on Getting Help-Te Whiwhi Awhina. The following were the questions asked about the picture we were given in each group:
What do you think is happening here?
What do you think the child or children should do?
Do you think they should report this incident? Why or why not?
Is there an adult that they can get help from straight away? If so,
who?
Who else might they get help and support from later on?
What could they do if the people they told didn't help?

























Constable Kate gave suggestions with our activities. She emphasized to keep on asking for help. If the first trusted adult was not able to help us then we hadto continue asking to help from another adult until something was done to help us.


We had such fruitful and relevant lessons with Constable Kate. Again thanks a lot Constable Kate!

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Constable Kate was with us twice during the second week of the term to teach us on practical and relevant ways to keep safe.











We formed into groups and decided which are the most dangerous situations and least dangerous we encounter in our lives.














These are examples of situations we had to work on in a group.







Star is a meaningful acronym for us. We know what to do if we are in situations which we are not happy about. S means stop, T is think, A means to act and R is report.







Different cartoon stories were given to each group. We had to identify each cartoon story. Is it a bribe, a trick or a secret?














We did a brainstorm on the different equipment we have on cyberspace - the digital technology. We recognized the dangers these things have when they are not used appropriately.




We are grateful to Constable Kate for the valuable lessons she gave us on how to keep ourselves safe.

Fabric and Sewing

We're always looking forward to our sewing session. We learned how to sew hemming stiches which is handy to know. Here are the examples of love-hearts as our last project. Two pieces of materials were cut in heart shapes using the pinking scissors. They were sewn together with running stitches about one centimeter from the edge around the heart. We left an opening and put stuffing inside then sew the ribbon to hold it and close by sewing completely. Our love-hearts really look colourful. We can use them as a pin cushion or as decoration in our room.



























































Most of us wanted to make another one but we ran out of time. perhaps we have to see a cushion next time.