Bishop Barry Jones

Grace and her inquiry team members have written a blog post about the late Bishop Barry Jones. She has done this as part of her R.E. inquiry into past bishops of Christchurch.

Enjoy reading and remember to leave a comment!

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2019

Bishop Barry Jones

Bishop Barry Jones of Christchurch May 2007 - February 2016

Barry Jones was the 9th Bishop of the Christchurch Diocese. He was born in September 1941 in Rangiora, New Zealand and was educated at St Josephs Convent Primary and St Bedes College.  He studied for the priesthood at Holy Name Seminary Christchurch and at Holy Cross Seminary College, Mosgiel. 

        He was ordained a priest by Bishop Ashby on 4 July 1966, aged 24. He was a priest for 40 years before he was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch on 28 June 2006, and consecrated on 4 October 2006. He was succeeded to the position of the Bishop of Christchurch by John Cunneen on the 4th May 2007. He died of a heart attack on the 13th February 2016 at the age of 74. He was buried in the Bromley Cemetery on 19 February 2016. 

Jesse's Facts on Sleep

Check out some of these great facts that Jesse has found about sleep:

sleep

Different hours of sleep :)))))))

Newborns (0-3 months): Sleep range is 14-17 hours 

Infants (4-11 months): Sleep range is 12-15 hours 

Toddlers (1-2 years): Sleep range is 11-14 hours

Preschoolers (3-5): Sleep range is 10-13 hours 

School age children (6-13): Sleep range is 9-11 hours 

Teenagers (14-17): Sleep range is 8-10 hours 

Younger adults (18-25): Sleep range is 7-9 hours

Adults (26-64): Sleep range is 7-9 hours

Older adults (65+): Sleep range is 7-8 hours

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Ms Han's Journey

Ms Han's Trip home to Korea

Our Korean teacher Ms Han recently returned from Korea after a month's holiday. We had a look at the places she had visited and then students picked a place that interested them to create their own DLO (Digital Learning Object) on. Kata has created a slideshow on the Seoul Tower in Namsan Mountatin. Enjoy her slideshow and remember to leave a 'Positive, Thoughtful, Helpful' comment to inspire us!

How to find a percentage of a quantity

I have made a screencastify about how to find a percentage of a quantity. I hope you enjoy and learn something new. There are more ways to find a percentage, see my next instalment to find out more. Remember leave a comment

St. Johns In Schools

This week Paula from ASB St. John in schools came to teach the senior syndicate (Years 4-8) a range of important pieces of information around helping others in times of need. In Room 1 we learnt how to treat broken bones, sprains, cuts, burns and asthma attacks. We also participated in an exciting activity where we were put into groups and wrote down every single item we would take on a tramping adventure. Then, we were given scenarios like falling into the water, tripping on rocks and hypothermia. In the end, we were told if our group survived or not and surprisingly only one group out of four survived! Thank you so much Paula for this wonderful session, we were very grateful to learn all this just before camp! How timely.

Anna Balogh
Year 8

Room 1, Term 1 Newsletter

Here's our Term 1 newsletter, have a read to see what we are getting up to this term. Please check the school newsletter for events that will be added throughout the term.

The Rosary

WALT: Understand more about the Rosary

October is the Month of Mary and so as we are a Catholic School we have been praying the Rosary in our school. You may not have heard of the Rosary or know much about it, this blog post will hopefully inform you about the Rosary.

Who created it?

The Rosary was given to St. Dominic in a vision of blessed Virgin Mary.

When did it start?

Less than clear and subject to debate among scholars. The use of knotted prayer ropes in Christianity goes back to the 3rd and early 4th century.

Where did it originate?

The history is vast but prayer bead are believed to have originated in India in 8th Century BC.

Why did it originate?

In the Middle Ages people started praying the Our Father and the Hail Mary with prayer beads. The practice of meditation during prayers of the Hail Mary was attributed to Dominic of Prussia.

What do the Rosary Beads mean?

The beads count the prayers as they are said aloud or in the mind. There are 50 beads, with 5 decades (see beside).

The Mysteries

There are twenty mysteries in the Rosary. They are split into 4 groups of five: The Joyful Mysteries (on Monday and Saturday), Luminous Mysteries (Thursday), Sorrowful Mysteries (Tuesday and Friday) and Glorious Mysteries (Wednesday and Sunday). However, in our class we only pray on mystery a day and only do a decade, otherwise it would take us 35 minutes or more to pray.

If you would like to find out more visit this website below.

https://www.rosarycenter.org/homepage-2/rosary/how-to-pray-the-rosary/

Made by, Jasmine, Jackson, Malachi, Elijah, Mr Adams