Term+2+2010

We are now at the new Timaru Christian School site on Quarry Road! We have been busy setting up our new classroom and are almost finished. Our theme for this term is 'Rags to Riches'. We have been looking at stories of people who have come from trying circumstances to make a positive difference in their own life and the lives of others. Also we have been learning all about what it means to be spiritually poor or rich. We have had lots of thought provoking discussions. We are also learning about how to view ourselves in a positive way, to learn to see ourselves as God sees us. This has been great for our own self esteem but we have also had lots of opportunities to encourage each other the truths that we think about one another. During literacy we have been learning how to write an autobiography and a biography. First we started with autobiographies (you can read Caleb's on the feedback page), then we moved onto biographies. One of the people that we studied was Mother Teresa. She was an amazing woman who knew what it meant to be God's hands and feet and show His love to others no matter who they were. //"// //It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters//". //"I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God".// (Mother Teresa) (Photos of the term to follow)