Religious Education: Forms of Prayer

What are forms of prayers that you know?:	Examples of Prayer:
Reading the bible. Saying the traditional prayers. Sitting in silence. Listening to music quietly. Singing songs. Listening to the Homily. Saying a prayer to God. Going to Mass.	Reading the gospel/scriptures. Our Father, Hail Mary Listening to “who am I” Singing the Gloria, Mo Maria. Thank you God for blessing me today...

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Reflection: Winter Learning Journey

During the last week, I have been participating in the Winter Learning Journey Programme. Today was the last day and it was honestly such a good experience! It was something to keep me still learning during the holidays and was also so fun. My highlight activity was Day 6, Activity 2. Which was when we got to choose one person to represent New Zealand at the Olympics. I say this because it made me realise how thankful I am to be able to call myself a Kiwi. I am very thankful to have participated in this programme, and not just for the competition. I would like to say a big thanks to Rachel Williamson for letting me participate, cheers!

Winter Learning Journey: Day 7, Activity 2

Activity 2: It is very expensive for each of the Paralympic athletes to fly from New Zealand to Rio de Janeiro to compete.  Most athletes have to fundraise in order to make the money that they need to go on the big trip. Recently, Harvey Norman announced that they will be helping to raise funds for the New Zealand Paralympic team. What could you do to help raise funds to support our amazing Paralympic athletes? On your blog, list 2 different ways in which you, your family or friends could raise money to support the athletes.

We can fundraise by doing a big run, and each kilometre we do we can raise money. This would be really fun and good for me and my friends. Then with my family we can make food and sell it and the money that we fundraise can go towards the Paralympic Athletes.

Winter Learning Journey: Day 7, Activity 1

Activity 1: At the first ever Paralympic Games in Rome, the athletes competed in eight sports. Cycling was one of them. For the cycling event, two people compete together as a team – one of the people has a disability and the other does not. Here is a picture of a para-cycling team from New Zealand:

At the moment the most famous para-cycling team in New Zealand is comprised of two female athletes – Emma Foy and Laura Thompson. Emma is blind but Laura is not. Together they work as an amazing team. Imagine that you were asked to compete in a tandem cycling event and you had to choose one person to compete with. Who would it be? On your blog, tell us who you would compete with and why. If it was me, I would choose my son, Aronui because he’s pretty fast and very funny. He would make me laugh as we biked along and would be very supportive and encouraging! I know that I could trust him to be a good teammate. Who would you choose?

If it was me then it would be my Dad. This is because I completely trust my Dad and he is very sporty. I also know that I would have a great time because he is very funny and supportive.

Winter Learning Journey: Day 6, Activity 3 (Bonus)

Bonus: Imagine that you are sitting in the crowd at the opening ceremonies for the Rio Olympics this August. The ceremony has just started and all of the Olympic athletes are parading around the stadium in their uniforms when all of a sudden…

In your blog, write an ending to this short story. It should be approximately 10-20 sentences long.

A mountain of fireworks blasted into the air. Then I heard the sound of Music from the middle on the stadium and at the same time saw people dancing onto the stadium insync. Everyone saw the beautiful dancers, dancing together and smiling like the sun. There were so many colours that it looked like a rainbow. I wish that I had 10 more pairs of eyes, so that I could see everything that was going on. I found myself shouting and clapping as loud as I could. I then saw different mascots coming out from the sides of the stadium and start to dance as well. There were Lions, Elephants, even Zebras but the most beautiful mascots were the birds. The Olympic Athletes paraded around the stadium all formed as one, even though they were from different countries, in that moment they were all one. Then it ended with a blast of fireworks and music.