Are you prepared for Christmas?

We are learning to understand the season of Advent.
I know I can do this when I write 8 ways that we can prepare for Christmas.

Are you ready for the second coming of Jesus?

                                   We are learning to understand Advent.
             I know I can do this when I write 10 facts about the importance of Advent.

Can you make a salt shaker?

We are learning to design and construct a homemade salt shaker.
I know I can do this when I write 4 steps to describe how to make homemade salt shaker.

Do you know that fair testing is very important?

We are learning to understand fair test in science experiments.
I know I can do this when I understand how variables can change the results of a science experiment.

An interesting time at my brother's new house!

On Saturday, my brother moved into a new house. We went over and it was cool. The house was in North Shore.

When we arrived, we ate some food. My brother's wife made some meat and pork for us to eat. It was so delicious.

After our meal, I went to play some games. My first game was GTA 4. GTA 4 is a game where you can complete missions. I played the game for at least 5 minutes.

Next I played Call of duty Ghost. Call of duty Ghost is a shooting game, where you can shoot enemy soldiers. I spent around 10 minutes, on that game. After that we took a tour of my brother's house. They have three rooms, the upstairs and downstairs.

After that, we prayed together and my mum prayed for the house. Soon after we had to go home, so we said our good byes.

I had a wonder time because I played games on the PS3 and I had a tour and of my brother's beautiful home.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe my weekend.

Are you thinking of starting a new journey like Paul?

We are learning to understand Paul's journey.
I know I can do this when I write down the places where Paul had travelled to spread the Good news.

Do you need to pack an emergency kit?

We are learning to understand the importance of an emergency kit.
I know I can do this when I record the importance of some of the items in an emergency kit using blabberize.

Are your parents keeping an eye on you?

We are learning to understand and reflect on today's mass reflection.
I know I can do this when I write two emotions to describe how we are protected by our family.

Do you know the story of Peter denying Jesus?

Learning intention: We are learning to develop creative thinking skills through drama.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I work collaboratively with my group to act out Matthew 26:69-75.

Do you think that Peter still denies Jesus?

We are learning to understand how Peter denied Jesus.
I know I can do this when I retell the story in Matthew 26:69-74.

Are you protecting yourself from the sun?

We are learning to understand the text that I read, through writing a procedure.
I know I can do this when I write the procedure for making a sun hat in my own words and recording it using Movenote.

Film festival is once a year, I can't wait until next year!

We are learning to write a short description about film festival.
I know I can do this when I record my script on blabberize.

Let's all make peace in our world!

Learning intention: We are learning to bring peace to the world through music appreciation.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use blabberize to record the peace song.

Was life in the early church hard for you?

We are learning to understand life in the early church.
I know I can do this when I explain what life was like in the early church and the difficulties that John and Peter faced.

Do you know a cube root is?

We are learning to understand and solve cube roots.
I know I can do this when I use my multiplication facts to correctly solve a cube root number.

Do you want to learn some new vocabulary?

We are learning to understand the text that we read through building our word bank.
I know I can do this when I write definitions for nine new vocabulary that I find from the story Snowman.

Do you know how to solve square root?

We are learning to understand and solve square roots.
I know I can do this when I use my multiplication facts to correctly solve a square root number.

Do you know how to solve a number with an exponent?

We are learning to understand and solve numbers with exponents.
I know I can do this when I use my multiplication facts to correctly solve a number with an exponent.

Have you seen these geohazards before?

We are learning to understand about geohazards.
I know I can do this when I choose two geohazards and explain what causes them in my own words.

Are you studying hard and doing good deeds?

We are learning to understand and reflect on the message from today's mass.
I know I can do this when I write about the message of trying our best.

Jesus continues to heal people!

We are learning to understand and continue Christ's saving work.
I know I can do this when I describe what happens in Luke 15:11-24, Mark 8:1-10, Luke 13:10-13 in my own words and identify what sacrament it is referring to.

Are you continuing to celebrate the last supper?

We are learning to understand the importance of the liturgy.
I know I can do this when I explain what the liturgy is in my own words.

Playing soccer is fun!

On Saturday the 24th of October, it was my cousin's friends birthday. My cousin invited me to go.

The birthday party started at 11.

After I got ready I woke up and I went to the gym with my friends. We had a lot of fun. We had a trainer and his name was Joseph. He taught us some tips. We had to stretch first so that we didn't injure ourselves. After our stretches, we moved onto tips. We had finish exercise and I went back home and change.

My cousin and his friends picked me up. We went to his house. There were a lot of boys. A pastor came to the party blessed my cousin's friend and the food that we were going to have.

After the prayer, we went to get our food. I put some chop suey, lu sepi and ota in my plate. I ate all my food in my plate because they were so delicious. Then we went to my cousin's friend's room and we played Call of duty black opps two. Call of duty black opps two is a shooting game. We took turns and we each had five minutes.

After playing for a little while, taking turns, we went outside to play soccer because it was boring only playing games inside the house.  I scored two goals and I had a lot of fun.

I had fun at my cousin's friends birthday party. My favourite part was when we played games and soccer. I maybe we would go to the park or the beach next time.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe my weekend.

It was so kind of my cousin to let us play some video games!

It was a sunny, beautiful day on Saturday the 31st of October. My brother and I were watching TV and my sister was using her cellphone. My brother and my sister were bored so we called our cousin's to pick us up so that we could do something together. He picked us up at 3:20 pm.

When I arrived at my cousin's house, my cousin's family, my brother, sister and I ate some food. We had sausages, bread and also delicious roasted chicken. When I finished eating, we decided to go and play some video games.

Our first game was Call of duty ghost. Call of duty ghost is a shooting game. I played one on one with my cousin. We played five minute games and I won because my brother helped me to win before long, my cousin told me to change the game to Tekken. Tekken is a fighting game that my cousin likes to play.

My brother and cousin were going easy on me because we were playing a game that was new to me. We took turns playing the new game. It was a bit tricky at first to win, but then I got the hang of it. Time flew by because we were having so much fun and soon it was time for us to go home.

I had a fun day because we played video games and I hope next time we would be able to play some outdoor activities like basketball or soccer as well.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe my weekend.

Do you like salt?

We are learning to understand salt.
I know I can do this when I use cross referencing skills and find websites that don't support my statements.

Can you run fast like runner?

We are learning to understand the text we read.
I know I can do this when I write a summary and write four key words about the runner character in the play.

Do you know what inequality is?

We are learning to express inequality.
I know I can do this when I can use the greater than symbol correctly to show a comparison of results.

Are you looking after our environment?

We are learning to understand and reflect on the message from today's mass.
I know I can do this when I write down how we can look after God's creation.

Can you feel Jesus in your heart?

 We are learning to understand Jesus' saving work. I know I can do this when I describe how Jesus saved people from the following scriptures: Mark 1:40-45, Matthew 9:9-13, Luke 13:10-17 or Luke 15:8-10, Mark 1:1-12, Mark 10:13-16.

Can you see Christ's saving work?

We are learning to understand Christ's saving work.
I know I can do this when I can explain the presence of Christ's saving work in my own words.

Do you know how to solve a formula?

We are learning to solve a problem using a formula.
I know I can do this when I use a formula to correctly solve a number equation.

Have you received the communion of Christ today?

We are learning to understand the Eucharist.
I know I can do this when I explain why the Eucharist is at the heart of the church in my own words.

Have you made a go-kart before?

We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure.
I know I can do this when I write down the steps for making a go-kart.

Do you know substitution?

We are learning to understand and solve algebraic equations using substitution. 
I know I can do this when I explain and describe substitution in my own words and give an example.

Do you have peace in you?

We are learning to understand today's mass reflection.
I know I can do this when I write an emotion about having peace in my own words.

Have you wrote a poem about sharks before!

We are learning to understand the text that we read.
I know I can do this when I follow the poem structure and personifies a jet boat as a shark.

Did you know that Earth is 20,000 feet from the clouds?

We are learning to understand about clouds through the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I ask five Inquiry questions and research online to find the answers to gain a deeper understanding about clouds.

Learn these sacraments off by heart!

We are learning to recognise that Catholic worship God through every celebration of the sacraments.
I know I can do this when I illustrate three of the sacraments.

Do you appreciate God? Yes I do!

We are learning to understand today's mass reflection.
I know I can do this when I write 2 emotions about appreciating others.

Did you know that John Key went to visit the troops in Iraq?

We are learning to understand the information from an article.
I know I can do this when I rewrite the article in my own words.

Did you know Reg Forggerdy survived in the outback by eating ants for six days!

We are learning to understand the features of a headline.
I know I can do this when I write a headline that grabs people's attention.

Are you ready for the ShakeOut earthquake drill?

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

Can you protect yourself if there is a real earthquake?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and become more aware of ShakeOut.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I make a poster and write key sentences about ShakeOut in my own words.

Sister, did you have fun?

My big sister birthday was in the holiday. My family and I went to church first. Our mass of church started at 9:30 am. My family and I went to church early so we went to church at 9.

My mum signed both me and my sister up for Sunday school because some children distracts the pastor/bishop when they pray.

When my mum came back, the service began. When I went inside my class there were so many children. My teacher was Ofa Tea. We learnt about the fruits of the Holy Spirit and the fruits of the flesh. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are joy, peace, faithfulness, patience, kindness, self control, love, gentleness, charity and the fruits of the flesh are lust, swearing, bullying/fighting and many more.

She asked us some questions and I answered 6 of them and I was correct.

After that, my mum picked my sister and I up and we went home to get ready my big sister’s celebration.

When we arrived back at our home, we quickly changed out of our church clothes, then we went to nana’s house. We were running late, so we had to hurry. My sister invited her friend to come and my uncle as well.

Soon the party started, my uncle blessed the food and gave a blessing to my sister ass well. We had butter chicken, mince pasta, and chop suey. I chose three of them and I finished eating all of my food on my plate because it was yummy.

After dinner, we sat in the lounge  and we chatted for a long time until it was time for bed.

I had fun at my big sister’s birthday celebration and I like it when my family nearly fell asleep, because it felt nice and cosy with all of us together.

We are learning to understand descriptive language.

I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe my weekend.

Have you been on a train before?

We are learning to understand onomatopoeia.
I know I can do this when I choose appropriate nouns to match the onomatopoeia that I found from the poem.

Have you been inside Phantasie?

We are learning to understand the text that we read. 
I know I can do this when I write a short description about each room in the bus.

The PS3 is all yours!

We are learning to understand and use the features of a slogan.
I know I can do this when I write 3 short sentences that grabs my readers' attention.

Yay, we won!

On Wednesday 16th of September, it was our last final basketball game.

My friend Dhon came with me because he had no transport to the Tamaki Recreation center.

My dad drove us to Tamaki Recreation center. It was funny because Dhon and I got changed in the van while my dad was driving.

When we got to tamaki Recreation center. I went on the courts to shoot some hoops.

All the teams turned up, coach Shawn came and taught us some tips for the game. our first tip was to concentrate on our shooting and our dribbling.

I got three shots in. Then there were only three minutes left before our game starts. We trained until our time was up.

Our other coach Michael chose the people to play in the first quarter game. He chose Dhon, R.J and I to go on first. Our jumper is Dhon. He jumped as high as the longest high jumper in the world. However they got the ball. They worked hard but it was a turnover because they double dribbled. Double dribbling is when you bounce the ball with two hands but you are supposed to bounce with one hand and then switch.

I scored a goal when we had the turnover. All of a sudden, my teammate R.J Hurt himself because he crashed into a

nother player. That’s when the ball came right at my face.

My nose was bleeding so I was called off the court. My coach told me that I will play in the second half. Miss Chao (my teacher) gave me an ice pack to cool down my nose to stop the bleeding.

The first half soon ended and we had two injured players. We had a minute break. I took a drink and I went to the toilet.

My coach put me on the court again at second half. It was our inbound. Rhonda pass it to my teammate Glen and Glen and Dhon work together and they scored. After that, there were only 8 minutes left.

We played as hard as we could and then finally I scored again. I scored four points.

When the game ended, we shook hands with Glen Taylor players and our score was 12 and Glen Taylor had 8 points.

I had an awesome time playing our last game of the season. When we versed against Glen Taylor, it was the best game ever because both teams tried their best to take out the final game.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.
I know I can do this when I use an appropriate simile in my writing.