Friday 22 May 2015

Random Acts of Kindness

Wow, what a week this has been.

Shay made the front page of the Taranaki Daily News with his RAK and all St. John Bosco students have been taking up this RAK challenge and boy I am impressed!

Today the children who had completed their homework shared with the class about their Random Act of Kindness (some children had completed more than one!)

As well as this room 2 completed their own random act of kindness. This morning we went to mass at Our Lady Help of Christians. Following mass the children gave out roses and fudge to the parishioners (and some hugs were given out too). The children shared how this made them feel kind and happy. When we returned to the classroom we gave each other compliments and told each other what we like about them.

So, a very sad week as we said goodbye to Gabby. However, I am really proud of the SJB children - let's keep this up and continue Gabby's legacy :) What was a very sad week has been  made easier with the generous acts of kindness. 

"Change the world by doing one random act of kindness at a time"

Remember an act of kindness can be as small as a smile or a hug :) it doesn't have to cost money.

Xox

Miss Allen


Monday 18 May 2015

Homework this week... With a twist!

For homework This week room 2 will focus on doing random acts of kindness in memory of Gabby Devine. If you have any ideas for a whole class "random act of kindness" please let me know.


Thanks heaps,

Cat

Sunday 17 May 2015

Our Angel Gabby

A message from Sarah, Gabby's Mum:

It is with extreme sadness in our hearts that we let you know that our precious angel Gabby gained her angel wings yesterday morning peacefully in our arms. We are utterly heartbroken but determined that Gabby's legacy through Starlit HOPE will continue just as she would wish. She also had a wish that the New Plymouth Childrens Ward have 8am to 5pm cover for a play specialist and we are honoured to continue to peruse this for Gabby. I am so extremely proud of Gabby, behind that big smile was a girl that for the last 9 months has battled terminal bone cancer while still trying to bring happiness and joy to other Cancer kids and family. Her dad and I remember in amazement the many times she would take her morphine tablet and head up to the Childrens Ward to spread her love through her random acts of kindness.
We love you to the moon and back Gabby. We know you are happy in heaven finally free of pain and we are sure you are up there spreading your joy and laughter. We will never forget you as you will live on in the legacy you leave behind. Love Mum, Dad and Paddy xxx



Monday 11 May 2015

s, saucy Sausages!

Today we cooked Sausages! We are learning about the sound 's' and 'sp' 

We are learning to... identify describing words and come up with a speech bubble.


Speech Bubble - it means someone is talking
Some Describing words we came up with were - popping, hissing, sizzling, burning, hot, steaming, crackling
























Tuesday 5 May 2015

p,p,p,p,p,Popcorn!

This week we continue to learn about p - Pippy pig and adjectives (describing words) We use adjectives to make our stories more interesting. For those who need a challenge you can work on the sound sh... come up with as many words as you can that have this sound at the beginning OR in the middle of the word!!!

p song on youtube

Please spend lots of time ensuring that your child knows the SOUND that the letter makes. Talk with them about some other words that start like that sound.




This week on Tuesday we have a science teacher from the University of Waikato. She will be teaching a lesson in Room 2 about 'change'. Fingers crossed for some cool science experiments!


KAPA HAKA

Kapa Haka begins this week on Monday afternoon. We will have a performance group who go every week and then juniors have a session with her every odd Monday afternoon and Seniors every even afternoon.


Have a lovely week!
Cat