It was a beautiful day to be starting Stations of the Cross. We had a variety of roles , I was Mary, Jesus’ mother. Feeling nervous, all the classes had come together as one, sitting and watching us. The Stations of the Cross was to show the young ones what Jesus went through to save us from our sins. 

It showed that He truly cared for us as well as He loved us. This play was important for everyone to see that we should live a sacramental life. The empathy people must feel. Jesus was in a lot of pain, stumbling, falling by the weight of the cross, being tortured by soldiers. This message was very heartfelt for me. 

During our play it was time for Jesus to be crucified. It was a sad moment for the whole school to see. I went up to Jesus to mourn for all my sorrows, I brought Veronica as support.

At the end of the play, one of my classmates sang, ‘Were you There’.

 It was beautiful and solemn. The whole school was silent walking back to class.

This research for my reading is important for us to know and spread about this deadly and dangerous disease and know exactly what to do and to prevent it. 

Suzanne Aubert

Suzanne Aubert is known as a Religious Sister. Suzanne Aubert was born on 19 of June 1835.When Suzanne was 23-25, her parents had accepted her to become a nun. She sailed to New Zealand to work as a Missionary. 

She taught herself Te reo Maori and worked with Maori Sisters. In 1860, while living in the Hawkes Bay she helped young Maori girls teaching them to read and write. 

On Christmas day, 1885, Suzanne Aubert gave a burnt down Church $1000 to be restored.

In Wellington, 1907, Suzanne Aubert helped the people suffering from sickness and in need of money. Suzanne created and established a Religious order ;The Daughters of Our Lady of our Compassion.  `

Suzanne Aubert died at 91 years old in Wellington in the presence of her sisters.

In December 2016, Pope Francis declared the founder of the Sisters of Compassion Suzanne Aubert ‘Venerable’. This means she is on her way to being canonized as a Saint.

This image is to remind me to live a Just and Holy life. Being a mean person is the worst thing possible and it is a time to reflect on your actions and choice of words.

This backpack has all the items that I need. They are all important to me and it’s useful for many things. One of the items that are in my bag is glasses. They are very useful when I can’t see something or someone from afar. I have my bible with me because I feel like it gives me protection. I have food and water to keep me healthy and hydrated.

The backpack is the most useful of them all. It carries all my belongings and items stored that could be life saving. I show gratitude for everything that I have earned or things that I have received as a gift.

In the Morning, The Principal had informed us that we would leave with her as well as my partner for the Manaiakalani Film Festival. I was going to be talking in front of many schools and I was nervous on our way there. When we arrived, we walked into a Movie Theatre with my partner and sat in the front seats so that we could be closer to the stage. I was nervous along with my partner hoping we wouldn’t make any mistakes. When we went up to the stage, we were given microphones. 

We said our speech confidently and we were so happy that it was over and held hands with joy in us. We watched other short films from other schools and listened to their speeches. It was so amazing to watch. Some other films had humor and some were caring for the environment. It was such an amazing experience and I would do my speech all over again if I had to.

We made our school proud and I felt like I was appreciated for my hard work to represent our school. We carried on with our work in class and enjoyed the rest of my day. 

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In the Morning, everyone was waiting in the canopy for the bell to ring. Those who arrived early had sat patiently for everyone to arrive. Some people unfortunately didn’t come because they were misbehaved or there were too many players. When the bell rang, our Sports Coordinator had informed us to sort out our teams and that he would call out everyone’s name. We were filled with excitement and made our way to the gate to walk to Our Tournament. The moment we arrived, we saw other schools setting up for the tournament. Our Sports Coordinator had informed us that we were up for our first game. 

We all felt nervous and happy at the same time. When we went to Our field, we had waited for the other team we were competing with to arrive. We all saw the team heading towards us. We were afraid of how big they looked compared to us. We kept Our faith in us and picked our six players to go out in the field. 

There was a big horn that had gone out. The referee had told us we finished, we had counted the points that we had compared to what the other team had. We realised we won and we all jumped with joy in our hearts because we were so lucky of how we were one point more than the other team. Meaning we were so lucky for our last goal.

After all the rounds of winning and losing, We sat on the mat we had spread out and ate some food before we were going to head out back to our school. We walked, tired and exhausted. Everyone was so hot because of the sun shining on our face like it was targeting us. When we arrived back at the gate, it was locked. We waited outside since the bell was going to ring very soon. 

During school, My Friends and I were focusing on our school work until the bell rang. We assumed it was lunch but it was unusual that it took a long time to stop ringing. We were unaware that it was a lock down drill awareness and rang back into class. All my Classmates hid under tables and bean bags. We all knew that it was a drill but kept quiet. When our Teacher said it was now remaining safe, we stood up relieved and had a little stretch before going back to our school work.

The lock down drill awareness is important for children to practice because Lock down drills like this, could happen out of nowhere. But you would know what to do when you practice things like this which is really important.