Yesterday 10S students delivered their homemade Advent Calendars to Colleen Myers, the Quality Risk Leader at Waitaki Health. The calendars are destined for any children who are confined to a hospital bed over the lead up to Christmas. Makayla Bean, Colleen Myers, Meg Patterson, Latisha Wilson, Lily Ellington, Isaac Braxton, and Rynea Sheehy are seen here at Oamaru Hospital Reception area showing a selection of calendars.
The calendars are made from flax and recycled cardboard. The flax was carefully cut to the appropriate Karakia;
Hutia te rito o te harakeke Kei whea, te kōmako e kō?
Kī mai ki ahau He aha te mea nui o tēnei ao Māku e kī atu He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.
There is a lollie to be revealed each day over the 24 days of Advent thanks to Rainbow Confectionery. Along with the daily lollie the calendars also hold karakia and prayers to help people get through the tough times in hospital.
This is the practical side to the students' study of a unit of work called, Expressions of Catholic Life. Students look at some Catholic traditions, such as Advent and the build-up to the birth of Jesus at Christmas. They also discovered the Catholic tradition of Giving to Others, where they have been able to apply this to a practical local situation.
