St Mary Mackillop

St Mary Mackillop
Today is Mary Mackillop's feast day. So the whole school went to mass to celebrate. We got asked 3 questions and answered them.

1. Who is Mary Mackillop?
Mary MacKillop is a saint she was born in Melbourne. She was best known for her activities in South Australia.

2.What did Mary Mackillop do? 
Mary MacKillop's first job was as a clerk when she was 14, she then worked as a governess looking after her cousins and farm children, and teaching them lessons. She loved children and later on she became a teacher.   

3. How did she become a saint?
In June 1995 Mary Mackillop was beatified by Pope John Paul II. An Australian woman had terminal cancer and it disappeared after she called upon Mary MacKillop in prayer. Pope Benedict recognized Mary Mackillop as a saint.

Removing Backgrounds

In Room 1 we are learning to use remove backgrounds. I enjoyed doing the pose. I found placing everything in the right place quite hard.

5 Facts About bees

This week in Room 1 we have been learning about bees. I enjoyed finding facts about bees and putting them in my own words. Next time I will create more space.

Autumn

We are learning to use descriptive words. 

I enjoyed writing about autumn because there were lots of things to describe.

I found it trying to describe the sky.

Outside, waving colourful leaves fluttered to the ground. Wet silky grass danced on top of the muddy dirt. The windy noisy sky howled. The soft sun tried to shine through the white clouds. 

Bottle Rocket

In Room 1 we have been doing a science fair project. 

In my group we have been learning about bottle rockets. 

I enjoyed it because when we launched it, 

it flew into the sky. 

I found the discussion kind of hard because there were so many things to put in it.         

St Joseph

In Room 1 we have been learning about saints. I have been learning about St Joseph. I enjoyed learning about him because he is well known and a good person.

St Joseph was born in Bethlehem and lived until Jesus was 26 years old which would have made him around 60 years old at the time of his death. It is not known how he died except that he died in Nazareth, Israel. St Joseph was described as a Carpenter. He married Mary then he found out that she was already pregnant.He wanted to divorce her but back then if anybody found out Mary would be killed. An Angel came to Joseph and told him that Marys child was the son of God and was made by the Holy Spirit so Joseph keep Mary as his wife and became Jesus’s foster father. St Joseph was made a protector of the Catholic Church. He was described as putting everybody's needs first before his own, and always thinking of others.                         

    

Profile

Hello my name is Aliyah. I live with my mum and dad and my two brothers. I have two dogs and one cat. I go to St Mary's School in Gisborne, New Zealand.

I am good at mathematics. I like to do BMX, soccer and hockey. I like to do PE and running. My favourite subject is mathematics. My favourite food is strawberries. My challenge this year is to sit by someone who I am not going to talk to.

I am looking forward to making more friends and to get better at soccer.