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.