St.Patricks day

                                       St.Patrick’s day

                                   

plan:

Who:The school of St.patrick’s school.

What:St.patrick’s day where the school does some games or activities.

When:March 17th 2014.

Where:St.Patrick’s school Auckland New Zealand.

why:It was St.Patrick’s day.

It was a cool breezy day and everyone was rushing through every classroom trying to finish the activities for St.Patrick’s day.

It was the 17th of march 2014 where the  children of St.Patrick’s school started walking to the church because it was St.Patrick’s day.Mass started with a very good introduction of our bishop St.Patrick and carried on with our father saying some things about St.Patrick’s day.

After Mass we all walked back down to school and it was morning tea time the sun was burning hot but that didn't stop the kids from running around.When the bell rang the whole school came together and we all got into groups.The first class we went to was room 4.We had to fish out letters and make new words.Next was room 5  we walked in and saw little rainbows with a cup at the end.Misses Richardson told us what we had to do all we did was cutting out a rainbow picture and then gluing it on to a cut out cardboard.Then we added cotton balls and a cup at the end.

It was then room 6 all we had to do was paint a cardboard shamrock I painted my with purple red yellow and blue.Then we went to my class room 8 where we made leprechaun bookmarks with glitter and art work.It was then off to room 1 it was fun in there  because we got to play bowling it was boys vs girls the boys won but that didn't matter because it was all about having fun.The last class we went to was room 2  all we did was trace out a clover and then put in words that connect to St.Patrick’s day like faith hope and more inspiring words.After we finished the activities the teachers and our principal treated us to an ice-block and then they announced who won the activities and the winner was Tipperary's  my team came 4th equal but I knew the whole day was fun for all of us.

The whole day was fun for my first 2 months at St.Patrick’s school and I can’t wait for what we are going to do next year.

                                       

The peace foundation.

We have been learning about the cool school programme linked to the Peace Foundation as part of our training to be leaders of our schools.

The Peace Foundation.

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This foundation links directly to the “Cool School’s programme”.

This programme specifically targets a range of social skills aimed at empowering students.

These skills promote assertive behaviours to resolve conflict.

Mediators help people with problems.Mediators aren't judges they don’t take sides.

Mediators are active listeners.

Active Listening.

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Active listening involves eye contact.

Mediators do not take sides.

Have i got the skills that will make a good mediator.

3  kinds of listening

Active listening.

Me too listening

Not listening

Responses to conflict.

Ko te Ratu o te poutu-te-rangi o tenei ra.

As part of the Mediation training we are learning about the characteristics of behaviour when dealing with conflict.

Responses to conflict

people act differently when they are involved in conflict.

TURTLE

Characteristics of a turtle

• Denial
• Avoidance
• Withdrawal

TEDDY BEAR

Characteristics of a teddy bear.

• Suppression
• Accommodating
• Acts as though nothing is the matter.
• Put up with it for the sake of peaceful.
• Stays cheerful but refuses to talk about the problem
• Often feels cross with him/herself afterwards.

     Lose-Win situation

SHARK

Characteristics of a shark

• Aggressive control
• Situation
• Win-Lose
• Set out to prove another person wrong.
• Refuse to take no for an answer
• Outsmart them
• Lay lawn down

FOX

 

Characteristics

• Compromising
• Win some-Lose some
• Do what’s fair
• Divide equally
• Avoid clash of wills
• Makes concessions to keep a friendship

OWL

      Characteristics

• Co-operative
• Problem solving
• Situation:Win win
• I want to win but i want you to win too
• I will state my needs and listen to yours
• Brainstorm ideas to solve a problem
• Make concessions to keep a friendship
• Negotiate a mutually acceptable solution

Sophia gets bullied.

PLAN:

Who:Sophia,Isabella,Vinnie

What:Sophia keeps on getting bullied by Vinnie the school bully and Isabella talked to her so she can feel better.

When:Term 2 for two weeks.

Where:Sophia’s school.

Why: Vinnie thought Sophia was weird.

Sophia Roberts is a little girl who is very small for her age and she gets bullied because of. her size. Here is a story about a little girl making a BIG difference.

When Sophia first joined her new school in New Zealand, everyone was so welcoming but one boy wasn't. His name was Vinnie and he was known as the  school bully.  He targeted Sophia because she was born with dwarfism and Vinnie thought it was funny to make fun of how little she was that was.

Sophia was walking home and Vinnie caught up to her then started saying hey Lil girl,You look like a little ant.That made Sophia sad but Isabella the head girl saw what was going on and said,” Stop bullying Sophia!” after hearing this then Vinnie ran away.Isabella asked Sophia if she was OK  Sophia said thank you.The next day Sophia got asked to come to the principals office when she got there Sophia got asked if she was being bullied by Vinnie Sophia said yes.

It was lunch time and Vinnie came up to Sophia and said I am sorry for calling you names I just thought that you looked funny.Sophia said thank you for saying sorry but you can’t do this any more because it is mean to people who live with my condition.Then Vinnie said I know I won’t do it ever again even it is only funny to me,Then they shook hands and went separate ways.Isabella came to eat lunch with Sophia and Sophia said thank you for sticking up for me it really helped me now Vinnie won’t bully me any more.

This story is all about people treating other people the way you want to be treated so don’t be mean to people and you could be nice instead of mean.

Feelings Recount.

Feelings.

Everybody around the world has different ways to express  their feelings and emotions.

One of these feelings is called anger.Ways people express their feelings for this emotion include, saying bad words,hitting people or smashing things around them. These actions are all referred to as the body language.But when you say bad words  it is called  inappropriate.

When people show happiness they start jumping up and down or they have a big smile on their face and often also want to high five everyone.So you can see the difference between anger and happiness.

The signs of scariness are screaming  in a loud voice.Unable to speak,you might even lock yourself up in a room if you are that scared.

But when you are sad the facial expressions are tears coming down your face rolling yourself up in a ball or not wanting to talk to anyone around you.

So now you can see how many people around the world can express their feelings in many different ways.

PMI chart of the Fencible Chart.

We have been learning about the Fencibles who came to live in Panmure along time ago.

Many of the Retired Soldiers were Irish Catholics.  When they came they brought with them all the belongings they could and their also their families.

Recently I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to visit the Fencible Stone Cottage in Panmure.  

Following our visit I complete the PMI below, highlighting key aspects of that visit.

Plus What are some of the good things about living in this cottage?	Minus What are some of the not so good things about living in the cottage?	Interesting What did you find interesting about the cottage?
You get to see how people lived back in the days. It can help you with your strength. You can learn a lot there instead of searching it up on the internet. You can get away from electricity. You can learn how to keep tidy in there. Wasn't much space for people to enter. I liked the garden.	The staircase was too small and you had to keep on ducking your head when you went up and down. Not an actual bathroom there. You had to do more work without electricity. There is little space. You can’t have much people over.	I saw some really pretty pictures. You can see how they dressed. You could see some really cool paintings. They built the cottage from scratch.