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My Confirmation

I did my confirmation last Sunday and it was fun because we got a present after we got the holy spirit in us. We also got a special lunch out of church  with sponsors and mums or dads and the special lunch and presents were my favorite. 

I’m sure that everyone’s favorite part was a special lunch out of church with their sponsors and mums or dads and the presents. I did the one of the prayers of the faithfuls, Mark did the welcome reading, Markus did the second reading and Alice did the first reading. The presents I got were a cross that was made with real wood that you can hang up from Joseph and the second present I got was from one of my sponsors named Jannie. She gave me a nerf gun and it had really good accuracy. It also had attachments for the gun and the attachments were a scope and a bullet holder which can hold three bullets. My saint was Teresa of Avila. I chose her because she did little deeds.

Joseph’s favourite part of church was collecting the money and he got a lot. He went to karori park cafe to celebrate his confirmation and he got a hot chocolate with a chocolate fish and he put in the chocolate fish in the hot chocolate and soaked it and then ate it, also he got chicken nuggets. His saint was James because it is similar to his name. Really confirmation is about getting the Holy Spirit inside you and being like your saint and having the gifts and fruits of the spirit. We also need to be confirmed and confirmation makes us get confirmed.

When you’ve done all the sacraments you are obviously confirmed. 

By Jaden

Tamariki Potiki went to Otari Wilton’s Bush on Wednesday. Enjoy the video!

Some children went to Makara Beach for a language experience. They had the opportunity to eat fish and chips on the beach, fly a kite, explore the rock pools, pick up litter, build rock towers and create messages with driftwood on the beach. Here is a video where the children share their experiences.

Thank you, Vanessa, for sharing this wonderful writing with us. fencing sounds like a lot of fun!

Year 7 student Annabelle, has written about her recent dance competition. Congratulations Annabelle!!

Check out our newspaper report written by Lina and Ollie about Western Zones athletics!

Last week a mysterious box appeared in Teina. Before we opened it, everyone had to write a letter to the teachers to persuade them that we could all open it. We looked at persuasive techniques and tried to include these in our writing so we were extra persuasive! Eventually we did get to open the box and inside was an invitation for a class party in week 5! Wahoo!

Dear Miss Macgregor,

I definitely believe that the teachers including you should give us permission to open the mystery box. 

Firstly, everyone in the entire class wants to know what’s in the mystery box. It could be some new library books for us to read, or maybe it could be a letter from Santa. It might be something for the whole class and you Miss Macgregor or it could be our lucky book club stuff.

Secondly, I promise that I will do the best writing, reading and maths I can ever do. I won’t forget any mistakes that I left in my writing. I will try to get all the answers right in my maths and in reading I will read all the words correctly in the book that I was reading. 

Thirdly, if you let one of us have permission I will clean both entire classrooms since you gave us permission to open the mystery box. Both of the classrooms are going to be clean, tidy and spotless. Miss Macgregor do you want the classrooms tidy?

This is why you should give us permission to open the mystery box. Do you want to know what’s in the mystery box Miss Macgregor? 

From Jayden. 

Tamariki Potiki have been busy bees with Measuring, Planting, Technology, and learning about St Teresa and her life.

For the PE we are working on our hitting and striking skills.

Enjoy the kids in action!

Congratulations to our Busy Bees – Serene, Sarah, Tim and Evelyn. Thank you for following the school rules and being Caring, Respectful, Safe and your best!