I can't wait until Christ is born!

We are learning to understand the season of Advent.
I know I can do this when I find ten interesting facts about Advent and explain it to others in my own words.

Excuse me, what is the time?

We are learning to understand units of time.
I know I can do this when I use my knowledge of minutes and hours to work out a given amount of time.

I think it is a Fair test everyone!

Learning intentions: We are learning to understand fair test.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I understand that variables are things that may change the results of a science experiment.

How is he walking on water?

We are learning to understand Jesus' presence in the early church community.
I know I can do this when I write a summary of the Jesus walking on water from Matthew 14:22-33.

It must have been a long journey for Paul!

We are learning to recall Paul's missionary journeys.
I know I can do this when I list all the places that Paul travelled to on his three journeys.

Jesus heals the world!

We are learning to understand Jesus' healing power.
I know I can do this when I write a summary of Matthew 8:14-17.

Ah, please don't eat me!

We are learning to develop creative thinking through poetry.
I know I can do this when I make poem describing the parts of a tiger.

Yay, more educational films!

Learning intention: We are learning to describe an experience.
I know I can do this when I write a script about the Manaiakalani film festival.

Script:

On Wednesday the 11th of November,

Room 7 and I  went to the Manaiakalani film festival on the bus. The film festival was held at Sylvia park. We went to this film festival to watch other school's educational films. St Patrick's school, Glen Innes school, Glenbrae school and Panmure Bridge all attended the session that we were in.            

Why is there pink salt?

We are learning to understand the proprieties of salt.
I know I can do this when I cross reference at least two sites to verify my statements.

We have a substitution and he is called 9!

We are learning to understand substitution in algebraic equations.
I know I can do this when I give two examples of substituting the correct numbers to solve the equations.

What kind of animal are you?

We are learning to develop creative thinking through poetry.
I know I can do this when I write a poem describing the parts of a seagull.

Ah, please don't peck me Mr peacock!

We are learning to write descriptions of animals.
I know I can do this when I choose appropriate adjectives to describe peacocks.

Christ saves the day!

We are learning to understand Christ's saving work.
I know I can do this when I write down how Christ's saving work is present in our lives.

Make judgements of what you read!

We are learning the reading skill of evaluating text.
I know I can do this when I make judgements and ask questions about the book/text that I read.

Geronimo goes on a crash course for saving money!

This story is about a mouse named Geronimo Stilton who goes finds out that he has no money so his grandfather puts him on a crash course with Miserly Parisimouse. On the first day, they explore mouldy manor. Then on the second day, they visit thrifty city and on the last day Geronimo has an exam.

The day after the exam, his grandfather told him that he now had money in his account and teaches not waste his money again.

My favourite part was when he had money in his bank account and then had to go on a crash course to learn how to look after his money.

We are learning to develop understanding of the text/book that we read.
I know I can do this when I write a summary of the story Geronimo Stilton: Welcome to mouldy manor in my own words.       

Check it out, I have Minecraft pocket edition!

We are learning to understand the features of a slogan.
I know I can do this when I write 3 descriptive sentences to grab my reader's attention.

Museum of awesomeness!

On Sunday after church, I went out with my uncle Michael to the Museum. We were going there because we wanted to look at some very old artefacts. When we arrived there we went inside and went to the reception.

My uncle Michael showed his passport  to the receptionist and she let us in for free because we live in Auckland. We were so lucky that we are able to go in free.

The first exhibit that we saw was of the Maori culture. There were a lot of cool things like a whole replica of of a Maori village.

The next place that we went was the old school exhibit. We saw a lot of old pictures, an old blackboard, a feather  and a slideshow. We even saw an old picture of Saint Patrick's school.

Next we finished off our visit with the volcano exhibit. At the exhibit there was an simulation house of a real volcano eruption. I really wanted to check it out, but a red light had a sign that said 'Do not enter', This meant we had to wait for 12 minutes, So Michael and I patiently waited for the simulation to end.

While we were waiting,  we were looking at the cutaways, diagrams and pictures of volcano and reading the descriptions.

After a while, the green light showing for the next groups so we went in. When we went inside, the television was on showing the news, I felt really bored was on for a long time. So I started  looking in to the sliding which had a screen behind it showing an ocean and lots of houses.

After a while, an explosion occurred on the screen. It was an underwater volcano and a cloud of ash was heading straight towards us. Lucky it wasn't real.

After a while, the simulation finished, so Michael and I ended our visit   and went home.

I had fun at the museum, my favourite part was the simulation because it was scary, but I was able to experience what an earthquake can feel like. I hope we can visit the museum again soon.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.
I know I can do this when I choose appropriate adjectives to describe my weekend.

Ahhhhh, the earth is shaking!

We are learning to understand ShakeOut.

I know I can do this when I make a poster and write down what to do during an earthquake.

Can I help you with cooking the pig?

We are learning to develop creative thinking skills through poetry.
I know I can do this when I write a poem for cooking a whole pig.

The ShakeOut drill can save people's lives!

We are learning to understand ShakeOut through the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I ask 5 questions about ShakeOut and research online to find the answers.

Holidays are awesome!

In the holidays, on the first week of the holidays, on Thursday, I played Minecraft on my Xbox360.

All the animals were upside down in the Minecraft game, I tried to get back to normal, but it was no use. I tried everything. Then I noticed that they were all name 'Dinnerbone'. I didn't know why they were named that, so I changed the name all of the animals into 'jeb-'.

Soon all the animals were back to normal, but something was going on with the sheep. I thought that was really funny. Then my uncle called me to go to him because we were going bowling.

So I quickly grabbed, my hat and scurried outside where where my uncle, Jenna, and my dad waiting.
I quickly hopped into my uncle's car and we drove off to AFM bowling.

When we arrived, we went inside and went to the reception to book two lanes for us.

Soon we had two lanes plus unlimited time for bowling. We sorted out the lanes that we were going to bowl in, Jenna and I and my dad were in the left lane.

The first people up to bowl was my uncle and Jenna. They both bowled at the same time, Jenna's ball hit eight pins and my uncle bowled a strike. Then it was me and my dad's turn but we didn't bowl at the same time. My ball hit nine pins and my dad got a strike and reached the same stage as Michael.

After a while, we finished our games and I came in last place.
I had fun at AFM bowling. I hope we can go there again so I can come in first place.

We are learning to follow the structure of the recount correctly.
I know I can do this when I write the title followed by the orientation, then the events, then the conclusion.  

Always tell the truth!

We are learning to reflect on today's mass.
I know I can do this when I write today's message and write three emotions about people that tell lies.

Ways we can prevent global warming!

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We are learning to understand the actions that we can take to minimise the damage of Global warming
I know I can do this when I list 7 ways that humans can stop Global warming.

What is the width and the length of your room?

We are learning to measure areas in square metres.
I know I can do this when I can measure the width and the length of my classroom using metre rulers.

Any moment now, I want that sprat!

WALT develop creative thinking through the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I ask 5 Inquiry questions about sprats. 

The road to the big oak tree!

WALT develop creative thinking through poetry.
I know I can do this when I write a poem about a big oak tree.

What a fantastic weekend!

In weekend, my baby cousins, Kiki and Andreas, came over. When they arrived I scurried over to get there bags. However, their bags were so heavy that I had to heave it out of the car. Then I just remembered it had wheels.

As soon as I pulled all of their heavy bags inside, I was exhausted. However, I wanted to play, so I played hide n' seek with Kiki and Andreas. When we were playing hide Andreas and Kiki were the hiders and I was the seeker. I looked under the bed sheets and Andreas was there, then I looked I parents' closet. Kiki wasn't in there so Andreas and I looked in the closet in the guest room, Kiki wasn't there either. Then I saw the teddy bear was shaking, so we looked behind it and she was there.

As soon as we finished playing, we were all super exhausted, so we sank down on the couch and watched a movie. We watched the movie minions. It was so funny and I was laughing so hard that I had stitches. One of the funnies parts was when one of the minions controlled the guards and did a funny.

After a little while, we were going to Lani's house. We got in the trucks and went to Lani's house. When we arrived, Teenz, Maffy, Imrann and Anna were already there, so we started practising the dance for my cousin's wedding. After a while, our practise had finished so we went back home.

The next after church, we went Kelly Tarltons with Villiamu and Cassandra. At Kelly Tarltons, we saw a lot of fish like stingrays, sharks, seahorses and even a puffer fish. After long hours of looking at the fish, it was time to go home.

I had fun in the weekend and I hope we can go to Kelly Tarltons so we can all go and see more fish.

We are learning to follow the structure of a recount correctly.
I know I can do this when I write an introduction, followed by the events and the conclusion.

How did you feel when you were baptised?

We are learning to understand the importance of baptism.
I know I can do this when I write down the gifts that we receive when we are baptised.

Hey, that lizard wasn't there before!

We are learning to develop creative thinking through poetry.
I know I can do this when I write a poem about a lizard on the celling.

Did these craters fall from the sky?

We are learning to understand the book/text we read.
I know I can do this when I make a profile about the Craters of the moon.

Climate change is changing the world!

We are learning to understand ways to reduce the effects of climate change.
I know I can do this when I write 5 ways that I can put into action to decrease climate change.

Get rid of that gnome!

We are learning to understand the important parts of the story/text that I read.
I know I can do this when I write the important parts of No home for gnome.

Don't trim me, trim number 23!

We are learning to add and subtract ones, tens and hundreds.
I know I can do this when I  explain how to add and subtract numbers to get to tree 23. 

Do you know the symbols of the Holy Spirit?

WALT understand the symbols of the Holy Spirit through the scripture stories.
I know I can do this when I match the appropriate symbols of the Holy Spirit with the scripture references.

Uh mum, there's a centipede in the bathroom!

We are learning to develop creative thinking through a poem.
I know I can this when I write a poem about a centipede.

The finger of God is the Holy Spirit!

We are learning to understand the finger of God as a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

I know I can do this when I retell the story of Exodus 19:10-14 in my own words.

Ew! Get this grasshopper off me!

WALT develop creative thinking skills through poetry.
I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a poem and write a poem about a grasshopper.

Read my prayer God!

WALT write a personal prayer following the prayer structure.

I know this when I write what I am thankful for and something that God can help me with.

Where is he, he was just here a second ago?

We are learning to understand the text or book that I read.
I know I can do this when I write a sequel to the story that I have read.

I wonder why oil is used in sacraments?

Oil is used in sacraments to show the Holy Spirits actions and presence.

The anointing with chrism oil at baptism shows that the baby is being anointing by the Holy Spirit.

The anointing of chrism oil at confirmation shows the Holy Spirit choosing people to share more in the mission of Jesus.

The anointing of the sick shows the Holy spirit binging healing, strength and peace to a person.

We are learning to understand how oil represents the Holy Spirit.

I know this when I explain the three sacraments that anoints people with the oil.

Can you carry the cross to heaven?

We are learning to reflect on the message that we have heard today.

I know I can do this when I write different ways that we can carry the cross.

Poor Piwakawaka, trying to find his home!

We are learning to develop creative thinking through poetry. I know I can do this when I write a poem about a Piwakawaka.

Yay, Minecraft is back!

We are learning to use the features of a slogan.
I know I can do this when I write short and descriptive sentences to grab people's attention.

Fire burns evil, water makes new life and wind blows away things!

WALT understand how water, wind and fire represents Holy Spirit.
I know I can do this when I retell the scripture stories of Exodus 3:1-12 and Exodus 14:15-25 in my own words.

Noooooooo, not the dinosaurs!

This story is about a boy named Arg who is looking for a cure for the dinosaurs that have been infected by people flu. One day he finds his dinosaur friend skeet( a T-rex) unwell so he goes with him to find a cure. Skeet takes Arg to a herd of stegosaurus that have not been affected by the bad people flu.

So Arg used his bare hands to take the snot from one of the stegosaurus' nose, because he knew that would cure them. He got blasted with snot and he was disgusted but he knew that he had to do it for the dinosaurs. So he walked back to the secret valley and all the dinosaurs in that area licked Arg and then they started to get better. Arg was glad that all the dinosaurs were better and he retreated back to his village with pride. However, he had red spots all over him. Skeet took him on his back to his village and dropped him off there.

Arg's mum came charging out of the village and picked up her sick son and carried him into the cave and dumped him on his bedrock. He wondered if saving the dinosaurs was worth him being sick.

My favourite part was when Arg got blasted by the snot and when he saved all the dinosaurs.  

We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.

I know this when I write a short summary of the story Dinosaur to the rescue and share my favourite part of the story.

Let's see which object has the longest length!

WALT measure lengths in in centimetres.
I know this when I find out the length of 5 objects using the squares from my maths book.  

What is that thing in the sea?

WALT develop creative thinking through poetry.
I know I can do this when I write a poem about a creature in the sea.

Do you know the history of Mokoia island?

WALT understand the the importance of Tarapunga to Mokoia island.
I know I can do this when I retell the story of how the Tarapunga warned the Te Arawa poople in my own words.

If you want comfort, go to the comforter!

WALT understand the Holy Spirit as the comforter.
I know I can do this when I list the qualities of the Holy Spirit as the comforter.

Homai he paraoa!

WALT understand the commands for preparing food.
I know I can do this when I write and say the commands for preparing a sandwich in Te Reo Maori.

Talk to the spirit that helps you to live life to the fullest!

WALT understand the titles of the Holy Spirit.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain the titles of the Holy Spirit in my own words.

What a great day!

On Saturday, woke up to beautiful and I remembered that I had a rugby game. I got my mouth guard and my kleets. I asked my grandpa to drop my of to Thompson park because my game was there.

As soon as we arrived I changed into the my uniform that the had provided for us. After I was changed, I went straight on to the field  and did some exercises with the rest of the team.

After we had finished the warm up exercises, the game started. We versed a team called East coast. We kicked off first and the player that kicked off first was T.J.

He kicked the ball and all chased after it. Someone from our team caught it and passed to me. I ran through the defences and got a try.

Then the referee blew the whistle to have a break. I was exhausted because I ran a lot. After some exhausting hours, the game was over and we won because we had 3 tries.

After the game, I got changed out of my Mt Wellington warriors  uniform because it was not mine. After I got changed, I went home.

I had a fun time at my game and I hope I can get another try at my next game.

Learning intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a recount correctly.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write an introduction, followed by the events and then the conclusion.

I had a lot of fun times in Term 2!

WALT recount using the form of an autobiography.
I know I can do this when I put all of my recounts to make an autobiography for Term 2.

Yay, field trip!

My favourite part of the trip was when we went on the bus to Aotea centre and the part when we all went to Herald theatre. It was fun when we went searching for birds in the bird houses on the very top floor and the part when we all went to the town hall to see the Maori performance

WALT write a description.

I know I can do this when I write my favourite part of the trip.-l;.

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We are all believers so have faith in God!

WALT understand what faith in God means.
I know I can do this when I write the gifts of taonga and explain the three scriptures from Hebrews that teaches us about faith.

Lord, forgive me for what I have done!

WALT understand what repent means.

I know I can do this when I write down what repent looks, sounds and feels like.

The zebra and the lion!

WALT develop creative thinking.
I know this when I write a poem about a predator and a prey.

Poor zebra and happy lion!

In the pridelands lived a lion, his mane was brown and he was so down. He wished to have something to eat but all that remained was a little flea, he wished he had a zebra that was yummy and plump. Clickity, clack! clippity, clop a zebra spinning like a clock. Oh the lion caught sight of this heavenly light and got ready to pounce and he pounced and bounced until he gobbled up the poor zebra. WALT understand the the text I read. I know this when I use blabberize to blab my poem.

YUCK, I am never going to KFC again!

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I know I can do this when I answer 6 comprehension questions about the article correctly using information from the article.

I'll always remember playing badminton!

On Friday it was the last session for badminton, I felt sad that it was our session. As soon as it was morning tea, we all changed into our P.E gear quickly because it was our turn.

Soon after bell went, we walked up to the hall because were meeting coach Ben there. Soon we made it up the steep hill and we stood next to the chairs that were just outside the hall.

Coach Ben told us not to sit on the on the chairs because we were doing exercises, I did not not want to do the exercises because I was too tired from walking up the hill. However we it turned out to be fun because we did exercises then we played a short game called stuck in the mud, coach Ben explained the rules and selected from the middle.

Siu, Shannon and Alessandra were the taggers in the first round. We were told to find a big space because we might bump into each other when we run.

As soon as we were in our spaces, the game began. The taggers came after us and some of us got tagged and some of us got away.

When all of us were tagged, the game was over, coach Ben called us to stand next to the chairs. The next the he got us to do was to practise our back hand and forehand grips because we needed to practise those skills so we can play better.

Coach Ben told us told us to grab a shuttle and a racket so we can have some practise. After that, coach Ben put three movable nets across the hall so we can have a rally against each other. Then we were spilt into and each group was allocated to a net. coach Ben quickly explained the rules to us.

As soon as he finished speaking, we started started the rally, we took turns on each round. After a while the rally was over and we said, "Thank you" to coach Ben and left the hall.

I had fun at badminton, I hope we have badminton next term as well so I can improve my badminton skill.

WALT understand the structure of a recount
I know I can do this when I put the events in order.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Pancakes are going to rule the world!

We are learning to understand the main ideas of the text/book that we have heard.

I know I can do this when I draw the main ideas from the Pancake Attack story on a poster.

What makes Jesus human like us!

We are learning to understand how Jesus' humanity.
I know I can do this when I write down how Jesus showed his humanity in the scriptures.

YAY, my eyes are filled with light!

We are learning to reflect on the message from church.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I retell the message from church about the souls of our eyes. 

Noooooooooooooo! Not the police station!

WALT develop understanding of the text that I read.
I know I can do this when I answer the comprehension questions about the article correctly using information from the article. 

The biggest parrot in the world!

WALT develop critical thinking skills by asking Inquiry questions.
I know I can do this when I ask 5 Inquiry questions about the Kakapo birds.

My wonderful weekend with my baby cousins!

On Saturday, my baby cousins, Kiki and Andreas came over because we had to look after them for the day. I did chores to pass the time before they came over. At 12.00a.m,  my baby cousins came. I went outside to help their papa, because their were so many bags to carry inside (it was heavier than I thought).

Soon as I made it to the house (finally!). I dropped their bags inside my parents room because they will get in the way. Then I set up my Wii console so they could play on it while I play Minecraft on my Xbox 360.

On Minecraft, there were slimes all over Kiki's house, How gross! I got a diamond sword to destroy the slimes by whacking them all of the roof, However it was no use, the slimes kept on dividing into smaller shapes and sizes.

I gave up because there was too much slimes on the house, I turned off the game and checked what my cousins were doing. They were just playing game and I decided to join them. They were playing Game Party 2. Before long we finished the game so we put the controllers back and to the living room.

After a while, it was night time, so my baby cousins had to go to sleep. The next day we went to a Sunday mass at church. We had pizza after church and watched music on the T.V until night time. Then it was time for my baby cousins to go home to there papa. So I got their bags and put it in the truck and said, "Goodbye" to my baby cousins.

I had fun with my baby cousins, I hope that they can come again so we can play more games

WALT understand and use punctuation marks in my writing.
I know I can do this when I add exclamation marks, commas and full stops correctly in my recount.

I didn't know that Jesus endured so much pain!

WALT understand the timeline of Jesus.
I know this when I put the key events from Jesus' life in order and write 3 descriptions of the events. 

1.People are laying ferns on a path to praise Jesus.
2.Jesus resurrected from the dead.
3.Jesus ascended to heaven.  

What do you know about the Archaeopteryx?

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WALT understand the origin of birds. 
I know I can do this when I answer Inquiry questions about the origin of birds. 

What a confident fly!

WALT develop creative thinking.
I know I can do this when I use blabberise to share my poem.

The brave fly!

WALT develop creative thinking skills.
I know this when I write a poem a fly.

What do you know about the book of Revelation?

WALT understand the book of Revelation.

I know I can do this when I write 4 facts about the book of Revelation in my own words.