What do you know about the season of Advent?

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the season of Advent.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down ten facts about the seasons of Advent.

I vote for this flag!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand what I read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a summary of the article in my own words.

He's walking on water!

Learning intention: we are learning to develop our creativity skills through drams.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I work collaboratively with my group to act out
Matthew 14:22-33.

Rice, rice, rice!

We are learning to develop critical thinking skills through poetry.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a poem about rice using the poem structure.

Yay! Let's watch the film!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a description about Manaiakalani film festival.
Success criteria: I know this when I plan a brainstorm and a script to describe the 2015 Manaiakalani film festival.

On the 11th of November, some schools including Glen Innes School, Panmure Bridge and our school St. Patrick’s School went to Hoyts cinema at Sylvia Park. All the schools went to Sylvia Park in separate buses. We went to Hoyts cinemas because we were part of the 2015 Manaiakalani film festival and this was our opportunity to watch the brilliant films from the other schools. We watched all the entertaining, exciting and brilliant movies at the Xtreme screen, this is the biggest screen in the Hoyts cinemas. All the films were from different schools in the Manaiakalani cluster.

Duck feet! Wow!

We are learning to understand the text that we read.
I know I can do this when I summarise the story I wish I had duck feet in my own words.

Wow! Sprats!

We are learning to understand about sprats through the Inquiry process.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I research online to find answers to my questions about sprats.

Let's learn exponents!

We are learning to understand about exponents.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down 3 examples of exponents.

Let's ask questions guys!

  We are learning to understand the reading skill of questioning.

      I know I can do this when I write down  how we can ask questions when we are reading using who, what, when, why, where and how to find out more details about the text that we are reading.

Wow! Can it really melt ice?

We are learning to understand salt.
I know I can do this when I use cross referencing skills and find websites that supports my statements.

Mm! That looks nice!

We are learning to develop creative thinking skills through poetry.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a poem about a peach tree using appropriate adjectives.

Yeah! Let's help the poor, the homeless and the sick!

We are learning to understand Christ's saving work.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down how Jesus' saving work is present on earth.

What should we do?

We are learning to prepare for a big earthquake.

I know I can do this when I use a diagram to show the things that you need to secure in place before an earthquake strikes.

Let's make connections today!

                                   We are learning to understand how to make connections when we are reading.  

                 I know I can do this when I explain how to make connections when you are reading.

Yay! I know how to visualise!

We are learning to understand the reading skill of visualisation.
I know I can do this when I write a summary about what visualisation is and how we can visualise.

Do you know about these kind of weathers?

We are learning to develop critical thinking skills through research.

I know I can do this when I find evidence to back up the weather rhymes that I have read. 

Wow! That was really fun!

 On Friday my dad took my siblings and I to chipmunks near Pakuranga Plaza. When we got there I went straight to the Super Ball Blaster. When I was there, I had to go to the ground and use the buckets to put the small colourful balls inside. Then go back up to the Super Ball Blaster and place them into a small hole on top of the gun and press down on the button which will then shoot out the ball.

After playing the Super Ball Blaster for a while, I went to the park with my two sisters. We went on the big red slide which seemed dark and long. After that we were thirsty and luckily my dad brought us drinks. They were cold, tasty and really refreshing.

I made some friends at Chipmunks. We played tag. Tag was fun because we were all chasing, running and screaming really loud. Sometimes, I get confused who the tagger was because there a lot of children playing with us.

I was tired and sweaty when I was preparing for the tagger. The tagger found me and started chasing me. I was running fast like an animal running for it’s life.

After that, some of my friends left. Then we had some lunch, I had a basket loaded with yummy hot chips and some tasty nuggets. I ate slowly because I didn’t want to get a stitch when I play.When we got home, I took a nice, refreshing shower because I was hot tired and sweaty.

I really enjoyed having lots of fun at the Super Ball Blaster. I thanked my dad for taking us there. I hope next time, I’ll try to make more time for me to eat so I don’t get hungry when I play because I got hungry after playing at the park.      

We are learning to understand and use adjectives in my recount.

I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to make my writing more interesting.

Do you know about these 3 sacraments?

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

I repeat, do not panic!

We are learning to understand what to do during an earthquake. 

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

Yay! I learnt a new word today!

We are learning to understand how to infer the text that we read.
I know I can do this when I write a summary that explains making an inference.

Ah! What a scary wolf!

 

We are learning to develop critical thinking skills through poetry.

          I know I can do this when I write a poem about a storm wolf using the poem structure.

Let's join in the ShakeOut!

We are learning to understand about ShakeOut.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I ask 5 Inquiry questions and research the answers online to increase my knowledge of Shakeout.

Wow! What a horror story!

We are learning to understand the main idea of the text that I read.

I know I can do this when I write a summary of the story Horror Land.

Let's team up Geronimo!

We are learning to understand the text that I read.
I know I can do this when I summarise the story of Geronimo Stilton: Mice to the rescue in my own words.

Well, that was fun!

We are learning to use time words in our writing.

I know I can do this when I add at least 4 appropriate adjectives in my writing.

On Wednesday 28th of July, our basketball team from St Patrick’s school went Tamaki Recreation centre straight after school for our basketball game. Our game was against Pt. England red.

The game was aggressive and time went by really quickly. I didn't think the game was fair. They put two tall boys on in the first half and the second half of the game.

I had  fun running with the ball and passing it to my team mates and we skilled them with handling the ball. So we could score. However we did not score because they were fast fast and good dribblers.

The awesome player in our team was Dohn, Glen and Siu, because they used their skill and techniques really well by getting past the other team  and stealing the ball.

The other team was the same, they also stole a lot of balls from us. As time went by, we scored some more goals. However we did not win.

Even though we lost, I thought we were winners because we used the skills that we learnt at training to score some goals.

I had fun playing  on the court  because it made me feel like a professional player.

Next time, I will try to call for the ball and train more at school and at home.       

The gamers are back!

                                 We are learning to understand and use the features of a slogan.
   I know I can do this when I write 5 sentences that explains about the PS4 that grabs my readers attention.

Better luck next time!

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in my writing.

I know I can do this when I use 2 appropriate adjectives to describe the nouns in my recount.

On Wednesday, our basketball team played against Point England at Recreation centre at Tamaki college.  St Patrick’s were wearing green. Point England were wearing red. First we had some warm ups. Our first warm up  that we had to run up and down the court because we didn't have a basketball.

When Shawn arrived, he gave out the basketballs for us to use. We had a quick practise game before our competition game started. 

When it was time for us to go to the court, we went straight to Michael so he could chose the players that were going to be on the court  to start us off.

when all our five players were on court, the game started. Half way through each game, we would have subs and then the game would start again. At the end of the game  we were all tired, puffy and sweaty. The final score was 22 to us 34 to Point England.

Sadly, we lost the game, How ever I did manage to have some fun. Next time, I will try to pass the ball out more and take more shots.

Ooey Gooey sun hats!

We are learning to develop critical thinking skills through Inquiry questions.

I know I can do this when I ask five Inquiry questions about sun hats.

Do you play an instrument?

We are learning to understand the instruments in an orchestra.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I can group the instruments of the orchestra according to where they are placed.

What is Personal sin?

We are learning to understand personal and original sin.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down 3 examples of Personal sin.

Let's save earth!

We are learning to understand how to reduce climate change.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down 8 ways how we can minimise the use of cars and pollution.

The love of Christ!

We are learning to: understand about original sin and how it affects God and others.

I know I can do this when I write down seven facts about Original sin.

Baptism and forgiveness of sin:

1. In this Sacrament, Christ frees people from original sin and personal sin.

2. God's gift was damaged by original sin.

3. God gives people the grace of Christ in Baptism.

4.Christ has the power to restore grace and harmony to the world.

5. Sin is forgiven by Christ in baptism.

6. Jesus and God has the power to break sin.

7. Christ offers his grace to people so they can grow in holiness. 

Do you miss your grandparents?

We are learning to develop critical thinking skills through poetry.

I know I can understand this when I write a description about meeting my grandparents.

Do you know this famous illustrator?

We are learning to understand what we read by identifying the key information from the text.

I know I can do this when I make a profile of Jill McDonald. 

Do you feel the presence of God in you?

We are learning to: understand the message that we learnt from mass.
I know I can do this when I write down how I feel about God's presence.

The trees needs to be pruned!

We are learning to: add and subtract ones, tens and hundreds.
I know I can do this when I use movenote record my working for Trimming trees.

I know the importance of the first three commandments!

                                         
We are learning to understand the importance of the first three commandments.
I know I can do this when I write down the first three commandments.

The Mokomokos are here!

We are learning to understand the text that I read using De Bono's white thinking hat.
I know I can do this when I write down 10 interesting facts about Mokomokos in my own words.

Have you played Roblox before?

On Thursday I was not at school because I had a sore tooth. My dad and I went to Sylvia Park to have some yummy breakfast. I could only eat with the right side of my jaw because of my soar tooth.

I had pancakes with syrup and melted butter. Then we both ate crispy bacon, steak and eggs. Then after my yummy breakfast, we went to buy my dad and I a drink from the vending machine.

I got a can of Fanta and drank it I said, "It was so refreshing". Then we went home. When we got home, I asked if I could go on the Laptop to do some Homework. I practised E-ako, Read Theory and Xtramath. Then I played some games when I finished. I played some games on Roblox. My favourite one was Darkness 2. It’s about a group of survivors trying to defeat the evil beast. Whoever kills the beast will earn 100 points for the survivors’ team. By using the points they can buy a different gun that they can use to defeat the beast.

After a while, I got bored so I watched a cartoon. The cartoon was Tom and Jerry. Tom is a cat and he has 10 lives, but he kept on losing his lives because Jerry, the mouse who pulled deadly tricks on Tom.    

Tom knew a magic spell that would help him catch Jerry (His little mouse rival). But the mouse was too fast to be caught by him and the ghosts. After that it was time to go and pick up my two sisters from school with my dad. I felt sad because I missed out on a couple of episodes. However I did have some laughs when I watched Tom and Jerry.

I'm glad I had the day off to rest and I hope I don’t have to stay home again with a sore tooth.         

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in my writing.

I know I can do this when I use 5 appropriate adjectives to describe the nouns in my recount.

Wow! Can I join the party?

We are learning to take photos of objects and turn it into an animation.
I know I can do this when I take photos of objects moving and inserting them into presentation slides.

Do you know who the avengers are?

We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.
I know I can do this when I write a summary of the Avengers in my own words.

Do you know what mustelids are?

We are learning to understand what we read.
I know I can do this when I write down 11 interesting facts about mustelids.

The oil symbolises the Holy Spirit!

                   We are learning to understand the importance of the anointing of the oil.

                     I know I can do this when I retell the story of king David in my own words.

Ho mai Te Pereti please!

We are learning to: understand Te Reo through our everyday lives.
I know I can do this when I write down in Te Reo How to make a sandwich.

Never doubt the Lord!

We are learning to: understand how the three symbols represent the Holy Spirit.
I know I can do this when I retell the story in my own words.

Do you know the features of the Pohutukawa tree?

We are learning to: understand the features of the Pohutukawa tree.
I know I can do this when I make a labelled diagram on the featrures of the Pohutukawa tree.

Do you know how long my Chromebook is?

                                                                                                                                                                                   We are learning to: measure lengths in squares.
I know I can do this when I measure five different items using the squares in my maths  book.

Do you understand the work of the Holy Spirit?

We are learning to: understand the three symbols of the Holy Spirit.
I know I can do this when I explain how the three elements represents the Holy Spirit in my own words.

Can you solve this equation using the opposite operation?

We are learning to understand how to solve algebra equations involving subtraction and addition.

I know I can do this when I explain how to solve an addition equation using the opposite operation.

Am I half Bionic?

We are learning to: understand the features of a head line.

I know I can do this when I write a head line that grabs peoples attention.

Half Bionic!

Surgeons in England have helped a patient from sight loss and have given him a “Bionic eye”. This patient had a vision problem that was related to Macular degeneration. This means over time, the patient lost his central vision until it was completely gone.

The patient was an 80 year old man called Ray Flynn who had only peripheral vision before his surgery. That meant that he was not able to see things in front of him. Thankfully to the glasses and the Bionic eye, it has given him a better vision.

The glasses hold a small camera that sends video images as electrical pulse to electrodes that are planted at the back of his bionic eye. The retina of the eye then passes this visual information on to his brain. They say that this was the only way for him to see.  

The God of Storm!

We are learning to: develop creative thinking skills through poetry.
I know I can do this when I write a poem about the God of storm.

Climate change in the Arctic!

We are learning to: understand about Climate change in the Arctic.
I know I can do this when I ask Inquiry questions about climate change and how it is affecting the world.

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Do I have those 9 things in me?

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We are learning to: understand the Holy Spirit as the comforter.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down 9 things that the Holy Spirit gives us.

YAY, I want to go there again!

On Friday 3rd of July, our school Saint Patrick's school (Panmure) had the most awsome opportunity to go to Aotea to see the people of the most awsome arts in the city. We all had buddies. We had to take car of them when we went to the city because it was really dangerous in the roads. We got there by bus. It was exciting.

The end.

I like the part where we got to see the people who performed moved there body's to the song and changing there body's into different shapes.  

We are learning to write a short description about what we have done during a long day at the city.
I know I can do this when I write 1 short paragraph about today.

I wonder if they are controlling my emotions now?

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

success criteria:I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe the movie that I have watched.

Inside out.

On Saturday my dad, two sisters and I were at home waiting for my mum to come back home at 5:00 o'clock. My dad went on his laptop and printed out tickets online for 2 adults and 3 children.

When my mum got back from work, we got dressed and drove to the Hoyts cinema at sylvia park. We ordered our drinks and some popcorn. We waited for the attendant to tell us when to go in.

Finally our movie was ready to start and we walked in to theatre 3. We sat down on our nice, warm comfortable chairs and then the movie started. The movie that we watched was about the emotion of a girl.

There were little people who controlled her feelings. They were all named after their emotion. There was joy,sadness,anger,fear and disgust.

In the theatre the speakers were loud as if a  DJ was there.  We ate and drank our own popcorn and drink during the movie.

I felt happy at the end of the movie because Riley got all her memories back. They were called memory cores.

I had fun at the movies. Next time I’ll try eat less food and pay more attention to the movie because I missed out on some parts of the movie.

Have faith in God and be fearless forever!

WALT: understand what it means to have faith in God.

I know I can this when I explain how Moses and Abraham have shown their faith in God.

I want to live Jesus' way of life!

WALT: understand ways that we can turn away from sin.
I can do this when I list seven ways that Jesus wants us to live.

Let's save the Kakapos now!

WALT: develop critical thinking skills through the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I ask 6 Inquiry questions about kakapos and find related information.

GO JACK, GO!

We are learning to: understand and identify the main ideas of a story.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I illustrate and write four sentences to describe what happens in the story.

Main ideas:

Jack went to get back is father gold back.

A goose that hatches out golden eggs.

The Giant was angry, cruel and selfish.

Jack's mum was a widow. She was sad and worried about Jack.

I will always pray for you!

We are learning to: make our own personal prayer.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a prayer following the prayer structure.

Are you lost little kitten?

WALT: develop critical thinking skills by asking Inquiry questions about my topic.
I know I can do this when I make 7 Inquiry questions that I would like to find out about the story.

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What is this disease?

WALT: develop understanding of the text that I read.
I know I can do this when I answer recall and thinking questions correctly using information from the article.

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I want a bike too!

WALT: Develop understanding of the text that I read.
I know I can do this when I use blabberize to record my summary of the story.

That's an awsome opportunity, Hamish and Nick!

WALT:  Develop my understanding about the text that I read. 

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a summary of the story that I have read.

The story is about 2 boys from Flat  Hill school who were chosen to become ball boys for the upcoming game of the All Black against the wallabies.After school the two teams the A's and the B's versed each other, The principle Mrs Nola chose Hamish Fahey and Nick Fahey  (the two brothers) to be ball boys because they showed good sportsmanship.

My favourite part is when Hamish and Nick were chosen to be ball boys for the upcoming game of two nations the All Blacks and the Wallabies.