Can you name two symbols of the Holy Spirit?

Learning Intention: We are learning about the Holy Spirit.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I complete a presentation of learning activities about the Holy Spirit Strand for the year five and six students.

Look at that pod of oysters!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of descriptive language.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that collective nouns are words that describes a group of collection of people, animals or objects.

Wow, let's do the mannequin challenge together!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that we read. Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the information from the text to answer the comprehension questions about the Mannequin challenge correctly.
 

There are 5 candles on the Advent wreath!

Learning Intention: We are learning about Advent.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write five facts about the Advent wreath. 

Do you know where to use semicolons in your writing?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that a semicolon is used to divide up a sentence.

Come on, let's have a karate lesson!

On the 20th of November my dad and I went to Hill park school for my karate class.

When we got to Hill park school, my Sensi Christian decided to have a meeting with us first to discuss what we were going to do for our fundraiser on hypnosis night. A hypnosis night is when a hypnotist comes in and they hypnotise some people. After the meeting, our class started.

Before we started the class, we had to bow in. A bow is when you sit on your knees and think about what you thin is going to happen. After that, we had a warm up. We had to find a partner and stand opposite each other and I was with my friend Cooper. Next sensi Christian said, " Run to each other and do 10 to 1 push ups then go back and do 2 to 1 setups and keep going!" After 15 minutes of a warm up, we did komate.


Komate in English means fighting. First we had to put on our mits and pads. Mits and pads are protection guards for our hands and feet.

After we got ready, we went back to our partner and started to fight. Cooper said that I was as blind as a bat because I always forget where I was hitting. After we fought for a little while, I partnered up with my friend Morgan. Morgan is a person who has a heart of gold because she is sweet and kind.

After that, we rehearsed for the hypnosis night. I was with my friends Andrew and Jess, they are people who are always as busy as a bee. We had to think of activities to do on the night.  My friend suggested that we could do the mannequin challenge. The mannequin challenge is when you stay still like a mannequin. After we did the mannequin challenge, we went home because we were tired.

I had a wonderful time doing the mannequin challenge. I hope next time, my friend Sam could come because she really wanted to do the mannequin challenge.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use descriptive language.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use appropriate similes to describe my karate class.

Do you know how to say plane in Te Reo?

Learning Intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I say the vocabulary for our topic flight in Te Reo Maori using blabberize.

Wow, that's wonderful news!

Learning Intention:We are learning to develop our understanding of descriptive language.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that interjections are parts of speech that is usually expresses emotion or strong feelings.

Pair up and follow my moves!

Learning Intention: We are learning Kung Fu.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use WeVideo to record all the steps for the 'Tigress duo routine'.

Come and sing 'He honore' with me!

Learning Intention: We are learning Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use Blabbarize to record the waiata 'He honore'.

Practise makes perfect!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria:I know I can do this when I explain that proverbs are common sayings in everyday life.

Happy first birthday Jodha!

Learning Intention: We are learning to use descriptive language in our recount.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe Jodha's first birthday.

On the 29th of October, my mother, brother, sister and I went to bounce and beyond for my dad's friend's son's birthday party. My dad's friend's son's name was Jodha and that he was turning 1 year old!

Before we went to Jodha's party my mum, brother, sister and I went to buy him a birthday present from  Fulsun. When we got to Fulsun, my mum went inside to get a present while my sibling and I had to wait in the car. After a while, my mum came back with with two bags and one one of them looked like it had clothes in it. When she got in the car, she told me to open one of the bags. So I did and I saw  a birthday bag that had, "Happy birthday!" After that, my mum took  her phone out and entered in the in the address for where Bounce and beyond was. It was 10a Kerwyn Ave, East Tamaki, Auckland.

When we got to Bounce and beyond, we noticed that Jodha and his family were not there so while we were waiting, my brother and I went to play on some of the equipment that were also there. First we went to the climbing wall. When we got to the climbing wall, we saw that there was a big queue so we went to the slides.

There were two slides. One slide was really big and it was coloured red, yellow and blue. The other one was a combination of two slides and it was coloured green, blue and yellow.

First, my brother I went to the big, red, yellow and blue slide. There were stars that went up to the top. When we got to the top my brother told me to push him down but gently. When he got to the bottom, he started to cry so I quickly got down and asked him if he was ok. He didn't answer me so  I took him to my mum and she told me to go and play while she looked after him.  

After a while Jodha and his family came so we all went to to the party room. The party room was dark and was a medium sized room. The room was filled with lots of food.  I ate some chips, chicken and fish. The chicken was so crispy and delicious.

After we had finished eating, we all sang the happy birthday song to Jodha and and ate some cake. It was a rainbow layered cake with white icing. After we all had some cake, my brother and I went downstairs to get some ice cream. I had some chocolate ice cream and my brother had a vanilla ice cream. After we had some ice cream , we went home because we were all tired.

I had a wonderful day at Jodhas' birthday party. I hope my dad could come next time because he really wanted to come.

Hey, don’t cry over spilled milk, we'll be fine!

On one sunny morning, Alice and her family went for a picnic at the park because it was Alice's birthday.


When they got to the park, Alice's mum Jill packed a beautiful lunch for them, they had fruit and ham sandwiches and lemonade. Just when they were about to start eating, Jill got a phone call from her mother. Jill's mother told Jill that her dad has passed away and that they could come over and see him.

Jill told Alice and the family what had happened that they should go and see him right away. when they got to Jill's mum's house, they all felt sad and miserable.

Jill's mum saw Alice crying and she told her to not cry over spilt milk, because they can't change what has happened.

Learning Intention:We are learning to to write a narrative.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a narrative to write my story 'It's all right'.

Let's do the Kung Fu Panda routine!

Learning intention: We are developing our fitness levels through Physical Education.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use WeVideo to record all the steps of the Kung Fu panda routine that I have learnt from our first Kung Fu lesson.

Oh no, I am dying of thirst!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that a figure of speech is a group of words that are used all the time with their own original meaning.

My dog Sally lifted the paw that was hurting!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that clauses are groups of related words containing a subject or a verb.

Let's all be friends!

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a narrative. 
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a narrative to write my story 'Friends'.

Thank you God for this wounderful day!

Learning Intention:We are learning a traditional prayer.

Success Criteria:I know I can do this when I record an evening prayer using blabberize.

Evening Prayer:

God, our Father, this day is done.

We ask you and Jesus Christ, your Son,

that with the Spirit, our welcome guest,

you guard our sleep and bless our rest.

Amen.  

O my Queen, o my mother I love you!

Learning intention: We are learning a traditional prayer.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I recite the Act of Consecration to Mary and record it using Blabberize.

Act of Consecration to Mary
O my Queen, O my Mother, I love you and give myself to you. I give to you this day my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole self. Since I am yours, keep me and guard me as your child forever.
Amen.

I like your pink hat!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that factual adjectives gives information about a noun or a pronoun. 

O Holy Spirit show us the path to follow!

Learning intention: We are learning a traditional prayer.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I recite the Adsumus prayer using Blabberize.

We are here before you o Holy Spirit

We feel the burden of our weaknesses

But come together in your name

Come to us, assist us what we must do,

Show us the path to follow,

May you yourself accomplish what you ask of us,

May you be the one to inspire and guide our decisions

Because only you, together with God the Father and his son

Who have a holy and glorious name,

You who love order and peace,

Do not let righteousness be harmed by us,

May ignorance not cause us to stray from the right path,

Any affection for others not give rise to favouritism on our part

May neither titles nor people influence us,

Keep us close to you through the gift of your grace,

So that we may be one in you and that we may not draw away from the truth in any matter.

Grant that, gathered together in your holy name,

We may be able to combine goodness with firmness as to do all things in harmony with you.

In the hope that we shall earn, through the faithful fulfillment of our duties, eternal happiness in the future.

Amen.

Did you know that coke is from Atlanta?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand that people and groups make choices to fulfill their needs. 
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use google my map to locate where the ingredients of a meal that I have eaten are from.

God, I offer you all that I think, I do and say!

Learning intention: We are learning a traditional prayer.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I recite the Morning Prayer.

Angel of God my guardian dear!

Learning intention: We are learning a traditional prayer.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I recite the Guardian Angel Prayer.

God, thank you for the things that you have given us!

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a personal prayer.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write a title for God, what we are grateful for and end my prayer with Amen.     

He is cheerful!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that shades of meanings refers to the slight difference in meanings between similar words or phrases that express feelings or opinions.

Are you a detective like Tania?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop critical thinking skills through asking questions.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use ideas from the story: Tania Is A Detective to write five critical thinking questions about the story.

Satellites send important information back to earth!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the interactive systems in outer space.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I research and locate information about satellites.

Two wrongs don't make a right!

Learning Intention:We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria:I know I can do this when I explain that an adage is a short traditional saying that expresses a general truth.

Do you know that the moon is a satellite?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the interactive systems in outer space.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write down 10 facts about  satellites.

Happy 7th birthday!

On Sunday the 11th of September was my brother's 7th birthday. My mum and I decided to celebrate it at my nana's house.

First my mum and I had to go and buy some KFC because my brother Zinho likes it. While we were out, my nana and papa were also busy getting ready for the party. They were making sure that the food will still be hot when we got back. From KFC, we went straight to my nana's house. It only took us at least four or five minutes because it's too close from their place.

As soon as we entered the house, we saw my grandparents already setting up the food. Then I realized that we had forgotten the cake which was sitting in the fridge at our house. We quickly hopped back into our car and drove back home. Thank goodness, the traffic was not bad so we got there sooner. We immediately grabbed the cake from the fridge and left because we were already running late for the party and the food was getting cold.

Finally, the party started.  My mum placed the KFC chicken on our plates and told us that we can always come back for seconds, if we wanted some more. I had some KFC chicken, taro and fish. The skin of the chicken was so crispy and I savoured the flavour and the crunchiness of it!

Then my mum brought out the birthday cake! It was a cookie and cream cake which was everybody's favourite. We were all so excited!  I  placed the number 7 candle on the cake and my papa lit it.  We sang the happy birthday song in English and in Samoan. Then, the birthday boy blew the candle on the cake. Right after that, my mum cut the cake and I helped her give a slice to everyone. When I was eating the cake, I noticed that it tasted like cheese cake. It was so delicious! Sadly, we had to go home because it was almost time for my karate class.

I had a wonderful time with my family celebrating my brother's birthday. I hope next time my dad could attend. He always works at night time and it's difficult for him to take some time off work.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe my brother's 7th birthday party.

Break a leg!

Learning Intention:We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that idioms are informal expressions that are accepted and understood by their popular use in everyday language. 

What is 3/6 divided by 1/2?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of fractions.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the three steps to follow when we are dividing fractions.

When multiplying fractions, you need to multiply both the numerator and the denominator!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of fractions.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the three steps for multiplying fractions.

Have you ever been to Konheri Caves before?

Learning Intention: We are learning to makes connections with the text and develop our critical thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the ideas from the text that I read and use them to create five critical thinking questions about the story Tania's School Picnic.

Do you know the three simple steps for adding fractions?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of fractions.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the 3 easy steps for adding fractions together.

Family dinners are awesome!

On the 28th of August, my family and I went to my aunt's house for a family dinner.

First, my dad and I cooked butter chicken because everyone had to cook a dish to bring.  While we were cooking, my dad told me to taste it to see if it was cooked already and if the taste was ok. It tasted so good that it made me feel hungrier and I wanted more of it.  I couldn't wait to get to the family dinner!

We placed the food in the boot of the car and we  drove to my aunt's house with my family. When we got there, we had to wait for my cousins to arrive because they were still cooking their food. While we were waiting, my brother and I took turns playing on my dad's phone because we were bored. After ten minutes my cousins arrived. When they all came in the house, we shouted,''Yay!'' because we were all starving. Finally, we sat at the table and had dinner together. Everything tasted so delicious especially the butter chicken which felt like it just melted in my mouth.

After dinner, we played some games. The first game was soccer. I was in my cousin Ben's team and my dad and brother was in the other. Then the game began. Dad's team was leading. But then, Ben scored a point which made me so happy because we caught up to my dad's  team in the points. Eventually, we added up all the scores and it was ten to ten. It was a tie! Everyone was so happy!

I felt happy because I got to bond with  my cousins before they left for Australia. Hopefully, we can visit them there so that we could spend time with them again and create more happy memories together.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use descriptive language in our recount.

Success Criteria:I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my family dinner.

Can I have some watermelon ice cream?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that modal verbs are combined with another verb to show the mood or the tense.

Are you joyful, cheerful or delight?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the English grammar.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that shades of meaning refers to the slight differences in meaning between similar words or phrases that express feelings and opinions.