Are your parents from Samoa?

WALT: understand our origin.

Success criteria: I know this when I use Google My Maps to mark where my parents and I are from. 

Did you know that women weren't formally educated in the time of Jesus?

WALT: understand how people lived in Jesus' time.

Success criteria: I know this when I illustrate 5 ways to describe how people lived in Jesus' time. 

Do you know how people lived in Jesus' time?

WALT: understand how people lived in Jesus' time. 

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I illustrate and write three ways to show how people used to live in Jesus' time.  

You should visit Mount Albert because it's fun there!

WALT: understand and use language features. 
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use sequencing words, past tense and time words. 
On the 16th of May we went to Mt. Albert school gymnasium at night time to play some games. We went to Mt. Albert in the car and I was really excited.

When we arrived at the gymnasium, our cousins, aunties and uncles were already playing volleyball. My sister and I went inside the gymnasium to say 'Hi' to my relatives. Next we went to see the cute babies who were with my one of my aunty's friend's daughter. My cousin came along to say 'Hi'. I was watching my relatives play volleyball. They were jumping up and down to hit the yellow and white striped ball. We then went to take my niece for a drink of water at the water fountain. I was running down the steep staircase and then, BANG! I was tumbling down the stairs like a ball rolling down a hill. My sister looked back and said, "Are you okay!" I replied, "Yes I am fine!" My cousin asked the same question. I was actually getting annoyed by the questions. We then went to the taps to have a drink and wash my knee because it was bleeding.

A while later I went to play with my sister on the black, yellow and green trampoline. My sister was first to play on the trampoline. Then it was my turn. Later on we ate some crackers and chocolate biscuits. The food was really nice. My cousin came to play and eat with us. Meanwhile we had a game of basketball. My 2 brothers, cousin and son of my aunty's friend were playing basketball including my sister. I was in the same team as my brother and sister. The other team was my other brother with my cousins. My cousin Faith fell down, BOOM! "Ouch" she said. We were worried so we asked, "Are you okay Faith!" Finally its time to go home. We said, "Goodbye!" to everyone especially my cousin because we barely see her.

I had so much fun! I hope that next time we will play more games with my cousins and relatives to spend more time with family.
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Obey and listen to your parents!

WALT: understand obey and respect.

Success criteria: I know this when I make a list and a Y chart to describe what obey and respect looks like. 

Don't let the bad spirit make your decisions for you!

 WALT: reflect on the Mass.
Success criteria: I know this when I write down the message about the Holy Trinity and express three emotions that I feel about the message.

We are speaking in different languages!

WALT: understand the meaning of Pentecost.
Success criteria: I know this when I make an Inquiry about Pentecost Sunday.

Don't take my sister away!

WALT: develop critical thinking skills by using De Bono's six thinking hats.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a creative ending for the story.

Do you know anything about statistical data?

WALT: understand and use the types of data in statistics.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain what the 3 types of data in statistics.

A happy day with mum!

Mother’s day!

On the 10th of May it was Mother’s day so we decided to go to a lot of places. First we went to pray with the congregations the we went for a feed at KFC.

It was a cold day, we all got up tiredly and got dressed in our best clothes. Once we arrived we were late for mass. The church was packed obviously because it was Mother’s day. When we went inside the Filipino choir was singing. Our priest was Father Michael. The Gospel was about loving each other as God loves us. We then went to receive the Eucharist and say, “Peace be with you!” to each other. When church was almost finished we went up to the front to get some flowers to give to our mom. My mom was crying when we gave my mom the flowers. She looked like she was crying as if she got poked by the throne of the rose. She was crying but she was filled with joy. I gave her a hug and kiss. I really love mum.

After that we left the church. We went for a drive around and then we went to KFC for lunch with my mom. We had chicken, chips, gravy and coleslaw. A little while later we went shopping at Pak'nSave. We bought some cereal and snacks for lunch for school. We went home to go on the computer and do our homework. When I went inside the house I read a book and wrote a recount for school. I was about to give my mom her card but silly me I had misplaced the card. However I know that my mom loves me regardless.

Mother’s day was fun but if I had told my dad to take my mom somewhere nice for Mother’s day to celebrate we will have a good time as a family together.     

WALT: understand and use language features correctly.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use past tense and sequencing words in my writing.

Do you know the answer to the equation?

WALT: understand basic algebra.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the workings for solving basic algebra equations.

Don't eat too much chocolate!

 WALT: use critical thinking skills to make an Inquiry.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I ask questions and find answers using the book about chocolate.

Yay! We're going to play badminton!

On the 15th of May Room 7 played Badminton in the hall. We played Badminton as part of our Kiwi-sport sports programme. Room 7 had to walk in the cold drizzling rain.

When we arrived into the hall we were told by Miss Chao to take off our shoes and socks. The coach introduced himself, his name is Ben. The very first activity that we did was jogged across the hall and back again. Then we had to jog sideways facing the wall back and forth. It was very hard. Ben said, " the people who are coming first back are doing it wrong and the people who are coming in last are doing it right!" I was doing it wrong because I was one of the first ones back. We kept going until we warmed up. We had to go over again and again because everyone was doing it wrong.

The next thing we did was we grabbed a racket each and Ben taught us about it. We learnt the parts of the racket. There is a head, shaft and a grip. The racket is made of steel so if we hit someone with the racket and they will get hurt. We also learnt the two ways to hold the racket. The fore hand grip and the back hand grip. When we are holding the racket the fore hand grip, our knuckles have to be facing the ground and when we are holding racket the back hand grip, our knuckles should be facing up towards the ceiling.

Then we got the shuttles and hit them up and down to see how many hits we could hit without missing. My highest score was 7. We held the racket using the fore hand grip. We then did the same challenge but using the back hand grip. It was a lot easier than the first round as we've more practice. My highest score for the back hand was was 9. I thought that the back hand grip might be the way that I can always hold the racket when I am playing badminton.  After that there was a challenge for the whole class to to participate in. We all had to hit the shuttle up and down towards the ceiling. If we drop the shuttle we have to sit down. The challenge was extremely hard. The winners of the challenge was R.J and Aiden.

I had a lot of fun learning about badminton. I hope I can learn more about badminton and improve my skills hitting the shuttle next time.    

WALT: understand and use descriptive language.
I know this when I use adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

Do know anything about Samoa?

WALT: use critical thinking skills using the Inquiry process.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I ask questions and find answers using Google search.

Fly Butterfly, fly!

WALT: understand Monarch butterflies.
Success criteria: I know this when I make an Inquiry about Monarch butterflies.

Do you play volleyball?

WALT: understand and use language features in my writing.

Success criteria: I know this when I use adjectives and verbs to make my writing interesting.
Volleyball is a game with two teams and there are six players on each team. The aim is to hit the ball to reach the ground on the opponent’s side of the court to get a point.

The history of volleyball:

Volleyball has been around for 120 years now. Volleyball started in the United States of America. The game of volleyball was invented by William G. Morgan in 1895 and the first game was in 1896 at Springfield's College in the United States of America. William G. Morgan was born in the 23rd of January 1870 and passed away in the 27th of December 1942. William G. Morgan went to Springfield's college and was one of the players to participate in the first game of volleyball.

Beach Volleyball:

Beach Volleyball is an outdoor game on the beach with only two players on each team. Beach volleyball is about speed, agility and sportsmanship. Once the ball is served over the volleyball net and the opposite must get it back over the net with three hits or less.Serious injuring are rare in beach volleyball because the soft touch of the sand protects the players when they hit the game.The two player beach volleyball became an Olympic medal sport in 1993. Beach Volleyball became a recognized sport in the 1960’s.

Volleyball is the second most popular sport in the world. It has reached lots of nations including Samoa.  

  

Listen to Paul, children!

WALT: understand the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I rewrite the verse in my own words.

Do you know how to find a scripture reference?

WALT: understand and use the steps of finding scripture references.
Success criteria: I know this when I write down 4 steps for finding scripture references.

Happy Mother's day mum!

WALT: develop critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know this when I find information to answer my questions.

Love one another!

WALT: reflect on today's message from mass.

I know I can do this when I listen to the gospel and write down what I have learnt. 

Do you know anything about evolution?

WALT: make an inquiry about Evolution.
I know I can do this when I find out facts, ask questions about evolution and find answers using Google search.

Is it raining now?

WALT: use critical thinking skills in my reading using De Bono's thinking hats.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I express my feelings about the god of weather.

Welcome to the peaceful country, New Zealand!

WALT: identify of New Zealand.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I make an inquiry about New Zealand.

Pandas, aren't they cute?!

Pandas

Pandas are native to China. The are very good at climbing trees.

The panda has a white coat that features the panda’s eyes. There are different types of pandas like the Red panda. Did you know that pandas are really good tree climbers? They can climb up to four hundred meters on a tall tree. Pandas are endangered, because there aren't many pandas left in the world. There is an animated movie about a panda named ‘Po’ that came out in 2008 called Kung Fu panda. Pandas are as cute as a baby.

Did you know that an adult male can weigh one hundred and fifty kilograms? Male pandas are larger than than female pandas so they don’t really go near to where humans are.  A wild panda spends a lot of time sleeping and eating all day and week. Pandas can grow up to three feet tall and the shoulders and legs can grow up to four to six feet long. Panda bear cubs are big when they are born.

A panda’s diet is mainly consists of bamboo. They eat leaves, stems and various types of bamboos. Pandas eat bamboos because it has lots of nutrition in it. At zoos panda’s eat sugar cane, bamboo, rice gruel, special high fiber biscuits, carrots, apples and sweet potatoes. Pandas can sometimes climb trees to look for food.

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There aren't many pandas left in the world. We need to stop destroying the environment so that pandas can survive with us humans. 

WALT: use descriptive language appropriately in our writing.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use verbs and adverbs correctly.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Did you know that Joseph was a carpenter?

WALT: reflect on today's Mass.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the red thinking hat to express my feelings about St. Joseph.