Needs vs Wants

This term our integrated learning or topic is on Social Justice. This is difficult for us to understand, so we have started by thinking about our needs and wants. Needs are things that we need to live and wants are things that we can have but are not a must to survive.

When we circled all the things we own that are 'Wants' items, we found that we were quite lucky to have all that we do!

We also talked about why the 6 main 'Needs' identified are important for us to survive.

Pink Shirt Day

Last Friday, St Bernadette's School showed their support for anti-bullying week by having a Pink Shirt Day. Some of us were totally pinked out! In the photos below, we are holding up some pink biscuits that we were able to share. Thank you parents and whānau for helping us to support this important day.

Cybersmart with Miss Morgan

Miss Morgan has been teaching us about being safe when using our digital devices and when sharing things with others online. By looking through Miss Morgan's dog Cooper's blog, we learnt about private and personal information. Private information includes things that we shouldn't share online and personal information includes things that we can share with others.

Singing for our community

Room 3 were invited to the Hornby Day Care Centre for the Elderly to share some of our musical talent. Although we didn't have a lot of time to prepare for this event, we were very excited because of our love for music and singing. The only challenge we faced was picking our favourite songs to sing! 

Here are some short clips of us singing "Better Than The Riches Of This World" and "I Could Sing Of Your Love".

We also had the opportunity to introduce ourselves individually to everyone that we had performed to. The centre has invited us to come back and hear the song that they have been writing together. We look forward to hearing them sing next time!