Last term we read a book about a refugee boy called Ahmet. The book was called The Boy at the Back of the Class. It made us curious to find out more about the refugee crisis and especially what New Zealand does about it. You may have read about this on our previous individual blogs.
After researching facts, we brainstormed ways New Zealand could improve its response to the needs of the refugees. Then everyone wrote individual letters to our Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern.
She replied!
In R.E. we are learning about the Sacraments - Hākarameta. Sacraments are a time in which we encounter Christ in a special way. They make the invisible, visible.
Sacraments are ways God is with us in our lives. God does not want to be distant from the people he creates and loves so much. Each time a Sacrament is celebrated, God is present among his people.
There are 7 Sacraments in the Catholic Church: Baptism, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Eucharist, Marriage, Holy Orders and Anointing of the Sick.
This week we have been talking about the Sacraments of Initiation. These Sacraments welcome you into church. We talked about the symbols and rituals of these Sacraments and then created our own Google Slide to show our understanding.
Here is a sneak preview of what you will find on our individual blogs...
Tomorrow is the Assumption of Mary. When the apostles heard that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was going to be taken from this world, they gathered at her house and kept watch with her.
After she died, Mary was buried in a tomb. When the apostles opened the tomb again, her body was gone. Jesus had come with his angels and taken her up to heaven as the beginning and image of the Church coming to perfection, and a sign of sure hope and comfort to God’s people.
Why would God take Mary’s body and soul into heaven?
Mary is special to God: she said “Yes” to becoming the mother of Jesus. God also wanted to show us that one day, all of us will share in the bodily resurrection of Jesus. Mary is the first person in the Church to experience the resurrection in its fullness.
You will not find this story in the Bible. However, the story has been retold and handed down through the generations by people retelling it to their whānau, as well as reading stories about it.
We have been working with Mrs Torrie in our Cybersmart lessons on Quality Blog Posts. Last week we turned our Faith posters into a GIF. This week we expanded our ideas in our blog post so that the reader got more of an understanding about Faith and also the digital skills we used. We wanted our blog post to sound more like talking instead of a few short sentences.
Here is Selina's work. After reading it do you have more idea of Faith and what it means? You could let Selina know by commenting on her blog here.
This week and last week our class have been learning how to make a GIF. We used Tall Tweets to make our GIFs. We had to use the Classic one. I really liked how it worked out really great, and it looks great too.
