Religious Education

We are learning to analyse and interpret messages and synthesize key ideas.

A virtuous person

A virtuous person is… A person who has a character made-up of virtues valued as good.

One who tries to respect and go back to God.

One who makes a habit of sharing is good.

One who acts like God is a person who is full of faith and love.

One who respects the commandments of God and lives by it.

One who promotes the word of God is a follower of God.

One who resists the temptations of the devil is a person who has a strong faith.

One who works for God is a true believer of him.

One who practices to be like God is good.

One who overcomes the devil is a person that truly believes in God.

One who makes choices which are good is a person who is has a strong faith in God.

One who tries to develop a strong relationship of God is a person who is trying to gets God's trust back.

One who grows in tapu, mana and pono.

One who can be strong in faith.

One who restores the gospel is a person of God.

One who lives by God.

People who influence me in my life

We are learning to identify people around us influence us as we grow.

You should check the estuary!

We are learning to identify and discuss the main ideas in what we read

Re-read the text and consider the main idea and actions and then think about the consequences.

What is the main idea?

The main idea is to tell people that we need to check the health conditions of the estuary. One way to check the estuary is to count the shellfish every 3 years.

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Every three years some volunteers go to beaches or rivers to count a number of cockles.	They check the soil that is going through the stream drain to see if it is killing the estuary.	If there is a lower amount of cockles that are bad and if there are a lot that is good.

 Explanation about an Estuary Health check

An estuary health check is when people that volunteer to go to beaches, streams or rivers to count how many cockles there are.

The volunteers have instructions to know what they have to do. In the instructions, they know that if there are a lot of cockles that is a good thing and if there are less it is bad.

Cockles are killed by the soil. The soil travels through the stream drains and it goes to the estuary. Also, there are more houses near the beaches and streams so there is more pollution. The pollution can take over the earth and it will destroy everything in it.

Estuaries are important parts of our environment. They provide food, shelter, fish, sea creatures like crabs and lugworms.

Plan

Estuary Health check

1. What is it?

2.actions that people do.

2.problems that kill the cockles.

4.dangers

What is an estuary health check?

An estuary health check is when people goes to streams or rivers to go and count cockles to see if they are good or bad. To know how the cockles are good or bad they have to count how many there are.  If there is a lot of cockles that is good and if there are less that is a bad thing because that tells us that the river or stream is polluted.

How can people help with the estuary?

People like you and me can help the estuary by stop littering. You can volunteer for counting the cockles. Another idea is to stop making more houses or it will have to take the space of the estuary when there is no more space lift.

Rainbow Fish

We are learning to analysed the difference that occurred happening in the rainbow fish story and liked these to virtues and values.

Holy Week

Holy Week

What is Holy Week?

Holy week is when Jesus was crucified on the cross. Jesus went walking around with a big heavy cross on his shoulder. We was carrying it all the way to Calvary where he was going to die.

When did it begin?

The last week of lent and on palm Sunday.

Setting:

Jerusalem, People praising Jesus, putting their clothes on the ground for Jesus to walk on, Sunday,  People getting palms off the trees and putting it on the ground, sunny, they welcomed Jesus.

Mood

It begins in happiness, excitement, grateful for him to be there.

Who didn't welcome Jesus?

The people that was not welcoming Jesus was soldiers, They were Jews.

What is Palm Sunday?

Jesus rode on a donkey that was a sign of humility. Is the final Sunday of Lent. Branches is meaning of peace which the people welcomed Jesus and they through it to him.

What happens after palm Sunday?

He had the last supper and Joudes said that he was not one of Jesus followers and he went to p. He prayed in the garden on holy Wednesday where the soldiers came and took them.

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WALT: identify how Christian celebrates Holy Week.

Holy week is a sacred and solemn week for Christians. Through their liturgical celebrations - people walk with Jesus in each of his events that he suffered during his final week on earth. These liturgies grow us together to Christ. We are grown as Te Whanau A Te Karaiti into these events (Stations of the Cross) as if each one of us was actually there.  By being part of the activity of the Station of the Cross we are sharing the part of the life and the love that Jesus gave us at that time.

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Holy Thursday

Jesus and his friends gathered together to that we know that was the ''Last Supper'' Jesus gives himself to all those who were gather at the last supper and his friends he tells him ''Do this in memory of me.'' He gives his love - aroha in service by the washing of the feet. He tells them to follow this example of love and service - manmanaakitagia.

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Good Friday

Jesus gives his life in love on the cross. He give Mother Mary to John as his mother. He forgives all those who sinned against him. He reconciles them with God (Jesus is asking God to forgive them for what they had done) and he gives the gift of passing through death to life with God.

Luiz and the Pink Dolphin

We are learning how to identify and discuss the main ideas in what we read.