What Christmas Means to me

 We wrote to the Gisborne Herald for a competition for children to writes 2 or more sentences about what Christmas means to them.

We wrote how its about when Jesus was born and how its better to give than receive.

What Christmas Means to Me…

Christmas is the celebration of Jesus Christ the Son of God when he was born on the 25th of December around 4 BC.  God sent Jesus down, His only son so he could teach everybody that by loving one another here on earth you would have eternal life in heaven with God forever and ever. Christmas also is a time for giving. When you get presents on Christmas, sure you get new things! But you get an even better feeling inside when you give presents. When I give my family presents I think of how happy it makes them. Merry Christmas!

Catalina 

St Mary’s School

Catalina's Goal Setting Term 1 Update

 We updated our goals from Term 1 in Term 4.

I have achieved my Religious, Social, and Learning disposition goals. I need to work on my academic goal which using maths in everyday life.

Ice Candles

 Yesterday we made ice candles. You can make ice candles too. 

All you need is:

Old candles that you don't need to use anymore.

Ice

Empty cardboard milk cartons

Oil

Tall candle

Firstly, we cut open the top of the milk cartons. Next we rubbed oil all over inside of it so it would be easy to get the candle out.

Secondly, we placed the tall candle in the middle of the milk carton. Around it we filled it up with ice.

Next we poured melted wax into our milk carton. Then we waited overnight for the wax to dry.

Lastly, we ripped the carton around the candle and the  melted ice poured out of the crevases and holes.

Tips

*Make sure you rub the oil all around the carton.

*Double check you have enough wax to make the candle.

Room 1s November Student Reflection Newsletter

 Here is my Room 1s November Student Reflection Newsletter.

I found it easy to do the November selfies because I just needed to find a photo from November.

I found it tricky to find a math word problem.