The Holidays!

The holidays were here and I was thinking all about it, thinking what I'd do to spend the time wisely. I decided I'd play COD, (aka. Call Of Duty), or battlefield 1. It was a tough decision that had to end early because I just tripped and fell face first on the floor, at the same time, farted. It was embarrassing, it was so loud, it echoed throughout the house. Luckily no one heard it. I then ,straight away, got to my feet and spent the rest of the day playing games.

The next day was Saturday and I was getting ready to go on an outing with my Uncle Michael, Aunt Jena and her niece, Shaniqua. We were all going to 2 places. The first being a restaurant called Ollies, (which I highly recommend, since the food is superb), then the second being an arcade called Xtreme entertainment, (which I recommend as well).

We arrived at Ollie's and soon as we entered, we got blasted with a beautiful aroma of lovely food. AFter smelling the beautiful aroma,(makes my mouth water just thinking about it), we ordered our food straight away. We ordered hot chips, burgers,(which only Jena and I ordered), and drinks. Soon as our food arrived, we dug in straight away. 1 minute later all the food was gone and it was delicious. I wish I could taste it a second time, but that wasn't physically possible.

Then it was off to Xtremen arcade. I was excited for the arcade, so excited couldn't stop moving. We then arrived, I then jumped out of the car and walked with my uncle to the arcade. We entered the place and I was blinded by brightly coloured games and my ears were filled with music. Shaniqua and I then were let into the wild crowds of the arcade, when my uncle and her auntie gave us our cards with the money in it..

We played many games and gained many tickets, until that moment when we finished our money given to us. The total of tickets we collected was 918 tickets, Shaniqua 416 and me 502. We then transfered our tickets into the cards. When then were given the choice to choose from the counter what we wanted. There was nothing good to get so we just left our tickets to build up. We then left.

In conclusion of my holiday writing, the holidays were awesome and I trely wish the next holidays are even better.

Technicraft!

Today at technicraft, In cooking class, we were baking loaves, me and my partner Cheska made banana loaf well the rest made different ones, like coconut and cheese.

First we sifted flour, baking soda, salt. Then put in ½ a cup of sugar. Next in another bowl we beat eggs, then pour in mashed banana and milk.

After that we pour in our mixture of egg, banana, and milk into the other bowl.

Then mixed it thoroughly. After mixing it, we put the mixture in a loaf bowl, then put in the oven. Baked at 220 degrees celcius for 20 minutes. The result was beautiful

We then put half of the loaf in our boxes. We then had to write another brief. After we did our brief we did a crossword. The crossword was hard and I didn't finish it in time because as soon as I was on the 5th word it was time to go.

I had fun at technicraft, I hope it never loses this value.

The amazing apple crumble!

Apple crumble

Today Ella and Ingrid cook room 8 apple crumble using Ingrid's recipe, we all had a taste of the crumble, the flavours were so amazing like a rocket going to the sky. However, it would be better if it was with ice cream.

You can find the recipe on Ingrid's blog, I leave a link to her blog if you want to try it out her recipe, (Honestly it is so good)  

Ingrid's blog

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.

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.  

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.

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'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.

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.

Lucky I did not drown in the pool!

Friday after school, my dad picked me up and took me home so I can get my things for my swimming lesson at Panmmure lagoon, my lesson started at 4.30 pm.

My instructor's name is Joseph. The first thing he got us to do was freestyle kick all the way to the end of the pool. He told us to watch him as he went underwater to show us how to do it. We put on our goggles and went underwater as he instructed.

He was kicking fast like a speeding bullet to the end of the pool. We all gave it a try and did exactly what he did, he said, "You all did good."

The next thing he wanted us to do was backstroke. It's exactly like freestyle but backwards. It was hard because the water kept coming into my mouth and I tried my best not to swallow any of it. I concentrated on doing the backstroke and finally made it to the end.

Then he wanted us to do was dolphin dives. He dived deep down and flicked his feet together at the same time, swimming like a mermaid.

I did not think I can do it because we had to hold our breaths. When we swam like dolphins it was quite a distance to the other side the pool. I was scared that I might drown to my doom. But my instructor told me that I had to do it and I just had to trust him that nothing bad will happen to me.

Finally made it to the end of the pool the lesson was over we high fived each other then I went to the changing room and dried myself, got changed and went home.

I enjoyed it and I am looking forward to my next lesson this coming Friday.

WALT understand and use descriptive language in our writing.
I know I can do this when I add appropriate similes to my recount.

My fun weekend at Teenz's house!

Last Saturday, I woke up to a bright summer morning, I was really happy because it was a beautiful morning. I got out of bed and rushed to the kitchen to have breakfast. After that, I played Minecraft, I built a house out of wood glowstone and glass.

Next I did some chores around the house, like cleaning the bed, taking out the rubbish and wiping the table, Then my baby cousins came and I got their large and heavy luggage.

After that, my mum told me to get ready because we were going to Teenz house for a BBQ, So I rushed to get read but when I was rushing I accidently bumped into my cousin. I said, "Sorry!" to him and kept going.

After a while, we were all ready my mum took us to Teenz's house. When we got there, my cousins, auntie and my nana were already there. After I greeted them I played with my cousins.

After a while, the BBQ was ready so we all grabbed a plate filled with meat patties, steak and sausages. After we were finished, I went to go play games with Masi, we played GTA 5.

After that, we said, "Bye" to everyone and went home.

I had a good time at their house. I wish we could go again soon so we can have more fun together and more food next time.

WALT understand descriptive language.
I know I can do this when I use adjectives in my weekend recount.

I have seen the best Maori performance!

On Friday we were split into 4 different groups. Our mission was that we had to go on Youtube and find a Maori song to perform for the class. We picked the Maori version of head, shoulders,knees and toes it goes like this Upoko,pakawiwi,puku,hope,waewae,

First we had to memorise the song before we could practise it. It wasn’t hard for the group to memorise the whole song and Greshka choreographed the movements. Next we made signs in English so everyone knew what the Maori words meant.

After we made the signs, we practised and practised until we were ready. We were a bit sad about not being able to perform on Friday, but Miss Chao told us that we had time on Monday. On Monday after morning tea, we had another practise that time. My favourite performance was Immanuel’s group and then it was our turn.

We got our props and started the song. We were holding onto our props while Greshka did the actions. I felt happy because we did our best.

WALT write a recount about our Te reo Maori dance.
Success criteria: I can do this when I write a recount about what we had to do in my group.

My most exciting day ever!

Last Thursday, When I woke up it was a beautiful morning. I got up and played some Minecraft.

I built a wall and a sky watch tower, plus black hawk helicopters around a village. After that my mum told me to get ready because we were going somewhere. She didn't tell me where we were going to but I was very excited.

I got ready in my shorts and a shirt. After a while, we were all ready so my dad took us to Hunters Plaza where we met my cousins D.J, Alfred, Mulx and Anna. We also met up with my auntie Lani. We were only there to weigh in because my whole family has entered a competition and there was money to be won. I wasn't included because no kids were allowed, I know because I'm the youngest in my family.

After our weigh in, I asked my mum if I could go with Lani and D.J. She said, "Yes."  So I went with Lani to Spice traders. At Spice traders, there were a lot of food options so I ordered butter chicken and it was yum.
Then I went with Anna and the others to Ten Pin bowling in Manukau.

When we got there, my dad set up a place for us to play but we had to put on some shoes first otherwise it could be dangerous. I imagined that the ball dropped on my foot. If it did, my foot would have been a flat pizza, Ouch! So I quickly put on some shoes. The first person to bowl was Mary Ann and when she bowled, the ball zoomed across the bowling area like a rocket. Then it was Mulx, then dad, then Alfred, Daniel and I was last to bowl. I came in last place at the end of the game. Then we all went home.

I had a good time at Manukau Ten Pin bowling club. I hope we go bowling again so I can come first place next time.

WALT follow the structure of recount.
Success criteria : I know I can do this when I put the title, followed by the orientation, events and then the conclusion.

What do you know about softball?

WALT plan our ideas for a recount.
Success criteria: I know this when I make a brainstorm using Popplet about the softball tournament that I had yesterday.

My Awesome holiday!

  During the holidays,close to Christmas time my parents and I went Christmas shopping to buy some clothes.

At the mall we went to look for some clothes at K-mart.We needed to find the right sized clothes for secret Santa.We were having it at my auntie Lani's house.

So we we found and brought the right sized clothes and went home.It was Christmas the next morning I thought to myself it's going to be a wonderful day.I felt like I was in heaven.I soon got up to go to the kitchen and have breakfast.

After that I did some chores like cleaning the beds,throwing out the garbage and wiping the table.
The next thing I had to do was get ready for secret Santa.After a while I was ready so was mum and dad .

Then my dad took there in time to spend Christmas day there.When we got to my auntie Lani's house,my dad helped out with the barbecue while I helped out with setting up the table.When was done and ready we had secret Santa.After that we started eating. We all had some barbecue.After everyone had finished we all helped clean up except my cousins and I because we were playing games.We played Teken in  the living room. When it was night time I said good-bye to my uncles,aunties and cousin then we went home.

I had a wonderful day at Christmas.I hope I get more presents next Christmas  

WALT use the structure of a recount correctly.
Success criteria: I know this when I write the orientation, followed by the events and then the conclusion.

My really, happy weekend!

It was a Saturday morning and I felt really happy. I got out of bed and played Minecraft. I felt a roller coaster of emotions. After my game, I did my chores.I had to clean out the rubbish bins, make the beds and put away the dishes.

When I was done, I went back to playing Minecraft. Then my uncles came back from work. They are building a two story house, but Michael had a rugby game so my mum got ready was getting ready. However I kept playing my game because I didn't want to go. My Nana was still doing the chores and I was bored because my cousins weren't coming over.

The following day, I went to church with my Nana and grandpa. When church ended we went home.
When I got home, I played with my iPod.My mum and dad brought a sponge cake so I had some. At nightime, I went with my dad to my other Nana's house we went the my aunty's house.

WALT write a recount using appropriate language features. 
Success criteria: I know this when I write a recount using metaphors correctly.    

My wonderful weekend!

It was a beautiful morning ,the sun was shinning brightly upon us and there was not a single cloud in the sky.I felt happy that it was going to be a great day.

I had weet-bix for breakfast then I played Minecraft. All of a sudden I hear my cranky nana was yelling at my uncle Michael like a teacher growling at you.

I was in shock the he was yelling at him.I finished my chores quickly and that's when my baby cousin arrived they were greedy because they wanted everything .I was annoyed at them because they teased me ,took my things and they threw everything around.

After a little while, my mum told me that we were going to the movies. My baby cousin Andreas told me that I wasn't going because he always says that I'm not going. However I got ready because I didn't believe him.I
was so excited I couldn't stop moving.

After a little while,my Mum told me that we were going movies.My baby cousin and Andreas told me that I wasn't going because he always says that I not going.However I got ready because I didn't believe him I was so excited that I couldn't stop moving.

As soon we to the cinemas we went to the counter and paid for our tickets.Then we went upstairs waited in line.The line was as long as a snake and waited for ages until it started moving.

We went to the right numbered door for our movie I couldn't wait to watch it on the big screen.We went to our seats and the movie soon started after that we had some popcorn and ice cream it was yummy.

The movie was based on a adventure.I thought it was very cool,but my dad almost fell asleep.

When the movie was over ,we went to get MacDonald's and went home.

The beginning of the day wasn't that great because my cousins teased me but the rest of the day was good because I watched a movie that I like and at McDonald's.

WALT write a recount using similes and metaphors. 
Success criteria: I know this when I use similes and metaphors correctly in my writing.                                          

The most boring job ever!

Why me ?Every Saturday at 9.00 in the morning I make the beds and clean out all the rubbish bins.What big jobs!

Last Saturday, I woke up in the morning soon as it was 9.00.Then I do my jobs.

I got some gloves and new and new rubbish bag, I took the rubbish bins outside and threw the plastic bags into the bigger rubbish bins.

I don’t like those jobs but I had to do them. After I took out the rubbish bags,I went to make the beds.I hate to making the beds because there are blankets.Well for one it is very big and rough.One always has fleas on it and one always falls on the ground.

After I’ve done all my jobs, I run out of time to play games because my baby cousins always comes over and my mum and dad tell me to play with them. This is all because I have to do my jobs.

WALT write a recount. 

Success criteria: I know this when I write paragraphs in order on doing chores.  

A great Duffy assembly with Tony William!

Yesterday afternoon, we had a Duffy assembly at the courtyard and Tony Williams was there. He told us that if we wanted to be a good writer, then we need to understands and read lots of words.

WALT write a recount of an event.
I know I can do this when I can list information shared with me.