The Case Of Carmen Sandiego

This week room 1 was robbed by Carmen Sandiego now we are spies. I have made a slide show of the spy code of ethics. I enjoyed making these slides. I found it challenging to spell some words.

Saint Mary MacKillop

Saint Mary MacKillop
This Thursday my school went to mass. It was saint Mary MacKillop's feast day. At mass our principal answered these 3 questions. Now I will answer them in my own way.

Who is Mary MacKillop?
St Mary MacKillop's name is Mary Helen MacKillop.
She was born on the 15th of January 1842. Her parents were born in Scotland but she was born in Melbourne Australia. She was an Australian nun.

What did Mary MacKillop do?
St Mary's first job was as a clerk at age 14. then she worked as a governess for her cousins. She taught her cousins as well as other farm children. She loved them and later on she became a teacher.

How did she become a saint?
In February 2010 and Australian Woman shared a testimony that after praying to Mary MacKillop her

cancer was healed and that October Mary MacKillop became a saint. 

Saint Patrick

In room 1 we have been learning about saints, what I enjoyed was finding out new things about saints. What I found challenging was writing it in my own words.

Born: 385 AD, Britannia
Died: 431 AD, Saul, United Kingdom
Feast: 17 March (Saint Patrick's Day)
Full name: Maewyn Succat
Nationality: Roman

Saint Patrick has a special day called Saint Patrick’s day. It is on the 17 March, a day Irish people like to celebrate.

How he became a saint

His real name is Maewyn Succat and he took on the name when he became a priest.
When he was a teenager he was kidnapped by pirates and sold to slavery in Ireland to herd sheep.

In the 6 years he was in captivity, he learned to speak fluently in Irish and he turned to God in prayer. He escaped after having a dream sent from God in which he was told to leave Ireland by going to the coast where he would find a ship waiting to sail to Britain.

He is believed to have met up with his parents in Wales before travelling to France where he became a priest and bishop. Saint Patrick was sent another dream in which the people of Ireland were calling out to him to come and walk with them again.  He was set the task of teaching Christianity to the Irish. He travelled throughout Ireland, preaching the Gospel. He and his disciples preached and converted thousands and began building churches all over the country.

By Timiah

Winter

In room 1 we have been learning about painting pictures in peoples, minds. I hope you see a picture too.

Outside wild, ice cold waves raged along the shore. Frozen grass crunched  beneath my feet. Gray sky still and silent waited for company. Faraway frosty trees looked like toys. 

Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei taonga

Nau mai, haere mai!

Welcome to my blog for learning.

I look forward to sharing my learning with my school,

my whānau and friends everywhere.