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

Manaiakalani Programme and the learning pedagogy of Learn, Create, Share

Learn, Create, Share is in full swing at New Brighton Catholic School. Read below to find what is happening in our Year 4 and 7-8 Pilot programme.

Since the beginning of 2018 our Year 4 (Room 4) and Year 7-8 (Room 1) students have been involved in the Manaiakalani Programme and the learning pedagogy of Learn, Create, Share.

Students are working with Mark Maddren, a Manaiakalani Outreach Facilitator who visits every Wednesday to work in both classrooms. Students are learning how to look after and use their device, with tools and tips, to get the most out of them. Mark is sharing with them ways to be creative on their Chromebooks (Room 1) or ipads (Room 4) eg making animations and blog profiles.

Each child in Year 7-8 now has their own individual blog. Please make sure you have subscribed to this your child's blog so you can be part of the learning that is shared (you can do this by providing them with your email address or by visiting their blog at home and including your email address as a subscriber).

Mark is providing professional development to all New Brighton Catholic School Staff as the Learn, Create, Share pedagogy will roll out across all year levels over the next 3 years.

What is Learn, Create, Share?

Learn- learners learn about a particular topic

Create- create interesting products to show their learning,

Share- share these products using a variety of methods. eg Individual Blogs

Click here to find out more.

Mark is working through the CyberSmart programme (see below) ensuring our students are continually making smart choices when online.

Manaiakalani CyberSmart Programme- click here

Our students have looked at the difference between sharing their information privately or publicly, how they are seen online and the importance of creating a positive online profile.

As students are only in the early stages of their individual blogs, they will shortly learn how to give constructive feedback when commenting on others' students blog posts.

Sharing our learning:

Room 1 Class Blog- click here  Room 1 individual student blogs- click here

A guide for parents on how to comment on their child's blog

Manaiakalani Parent Questionnaire 2018

As part of The Manaiakalani Programme, Woolf Fisher Research Centre (our research partner) surveys all key stakeholders to add to the big picture research around our learners’ progress and achievement. This year, parents of learners in pilot 1:1 classes are invited to fill in the survey containing questions about their child’s learning, using The Manaiakalani Programme learning process, called Learn Create Share. We are interested in gathering your thoughts about your child, along with your thoughts about their experience so far with The Manaiakalani Programme. 

If you are a parent of a child in Year 7-8 please fill in this quick survey. Click here. Thank you for completing this.

Should you have any further queries about Learn, Create, Share or what learning is happening within the hubs, please contact Ms Daines or feel free to email me at bernrad@nbc.school.nz

Thank you for taking the time to read this important information and complete the survey for the programme, it is greatly appreciated.

Anzac Gallate

On Tuesday, Anzac Gallate the head boy of Cashmere High came to talk to the Year 7 & 8 learners as part of the Sir Peter Blake Young Leaders Dream Team, (which is also associated with the Sir Peter Blake Trust). Anzac told to us about all the opportunities he’s had and chances to make a difference. One of the many cool things he has done was going to the Kermadec Islands on the HMNZS Canterbury ship, to help with marine research. It was very inspiring and eye opening to hear what he has done for his school along with the Sustainability Council such as reducing energy consumption by 30%! Monitoring health of local rivers, and planted many native trees around the school. In 2016 the group won the International Zayed Future Energy Award, which included $100,000 USD which went towards 100 solar panels, a wind turbine and piezoelectric titles. This was a great chance for our class to see what can happen when you put a bit of effort into your goals and use a growth mindset.

Saskia 

Year 8

Science Trip

Last Thursday Year 7 & 8 learners went to Catholic Cathedral College for a science lesson afternoon. We were all thrilled and ready to have an amazing time. At CCC we met the science teacher Mr Wardrop. The first science project that we saw was when the teacher broke a glass tube and put it in some vegetable oil and it all joined back together, this was because the reflection of sunlight was different in air compared to in oil. We also completed lots of amazing experiments that involved dry ice. We looked at static electricity and learned that charges can be both negative and positive. Finally at the end we used a vandergraph that made Jessica’s, Grace’s and Jasmine’s hair go crazy and stand up because of the positive charge. Overall we had an awesome time and learnt a lot. Thank you so much CCC for teaching and letting us view science at your school.

Rosie

Year 7

Passwords

Mr Mark Madden from Manaiakalani comes to Room 1 every Wednesday from 10.00am-10.50am (and Room 4 from 9-9.50am)  to teach us more about the Manaiakalani model of ‘Learn, Create, Share’. 

This week when he came in he taught us about passwords, good ones and bad ones. An example of a bad password is, (your name)123 or 123456 or a birthday. He taught us how to make a good password, like taking the first letters of your favourite quotes or songs and changing some of the letters into different symbols. One of my ideas was, ?MniG? (?My name is Grace?). 

What are you going to do to make your passwords safe?

Grace 

Yr 7