Wow! Raupo leaves are very useful!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the topic that we are reading about.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can find six ways of using Raupo leaves.

I love Orienteering!

On Thursday 30th of March, my classmates and I had an Orienteering session. We had to find the right controls and clip off the number on our piece of paper. We used two maps and the big blue arrows had to face the sun, this showed us the direction of North. Our coaches were Leon and Irene. Orienteering was hard because we were all going in all sorts of directions! I had fun doing orienteering. Most of all, I liked reading the maps!

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a verbal recount.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record our third session of orienteering using blabberize.

Wow! I liked watching Ice Age 2!

My fantastic weekend!

During the school weekends, my sister and I watched Ice age 2 on the computer.

First, Tyrah and I discussed what we were going to watch. Then I asked if we could all watch Ice - age 2. Tyrah said, “Yes”, so we asked our older sister Charlize if she  wanted to watch with us. She said, “No thank you,” because she wanted to continue to read her book.

Next, we set up the computer, and we typed in the password, searched up the movie and clicked on a website so that we could watch it. While the movie was playing, our eyes were glued to the screen. Tyrah and I nevered blinked, we just stared because it was our first time watching the movie and we didn’t want to miss a bit of the movie, so we kept pausing it.

The movie Ice age two  is about a mammoth called Manny who is looking for his kind because his friends think that mammoths are becoming extinct . They thought that Manny is the last of the mammoths. Manny’s friends saw a lot of mammoths  walking in a group together at the end of the movie.

After the movie was finished, we were so tired. Our eyes were so sore. So we quickly splashed some water on our faces so we can stay awake. We played some cards just clear our minds. We also stacked the cards to make castles.

What My favourite part of the weekend was when my sisters and I stacked cards to make castles. We also played card games like last cards, speed and Mahiole.

I liked my short weekend!

Learning Intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a recount.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the introduction, events and conclusion about my weekend.

Learning Intention: We are learning to follow the steps of a statistical investigation.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I make a survey using Google form.

Wow! Katie Glynn is so cool!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop understanding of our person in interest.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find 8 facts about Katie Glynn.

We found the images of God in the scriptures!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the images of God in the Old Testament.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find images of God  in the bible using the scriptures references.

Orienteering is fun to do!

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a verbal recount.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I blabberize our second session of Orienteering. 

Today, my classmates and I did Orienteering. We had to follow a map and the clues given to us. The blue arrows on the map faces the sun. If the blue arrows are facing the opposite way, then we are going in the wrong direction.  I had fun during Orienteering!

We found images of God in the New Testament!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the images of God in the Old Testament.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find images of God in the bible using the scriptures references given to us.

We found evidence of heat energy around our school environment!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the impact of heat energy in our environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find evidence of heat energy around our school environment.

Did you know that worms are very helpful?

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify key information from the text that we read.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find six facts about worms from the article that I have read.

Let's understand the word Renewal!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the importance of Lent.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write what renewal sounds like, feels like and looks like.

We need to reduce heat energy now!

Learning Intention: We are learning to persuade people to reduce heat energy.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can design a poster to convince people to reduce heat energy.

Be careful not to step on a sand dune!

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify key information from the text that we read.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find four facts about sand dunes from the article that I have read.

I like the movie 'Mr Peabody and Sherman'!

                                                   In the Weekends!
During the weekend my two sisters and I watched Mr. Peabody and Sherman.

First I set up the computer and Tyrah my sister, turned the television on. Then we plugged the HDMI cord from the computer to the television. After everything was set, we looked for the movie that we were looking for. Before we played the movie we waited for everyone to join us first.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman is a funny and sad movie. It's about a dog named Mr Peabody and Sherman is about a dog named Mr. Peabody who wanted to adopt a a young boy named  Sherman. So, he went to talk to the judge about it because it was a little bit odd for a dog to adopt a boy. The judge asked why and the dog replied " Well, he reminded me of how I started in life, now I'm going to give him a home." The judge finally agreed to it. When Sherman got older, Mr Peabody invented a time machine. So he and Sherman could go on adventures in the past.

The moment that I liked the most from the movie was when Mr Peabody and Sherman went to France using the time machine. Sherman asked the queen if they could have some cake and she replied "May we," So Sherman asked again may we have some cake and she replied " May we." Then Sherman asked Mr Peabody "Doesn't she know what I'm saying?" That made me laugh out loud! 
I liked my short weekend!

Learning Intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a recount.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the introduction, events and a conclusion about my weekend.

Lent!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of Lent.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write six facts about Lent.

My Lent calendar!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the importance of Lent.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I make a Lent calendar of what I will do during the Lenten season.

Reducing Heat Energy!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand how heat energy is lost from buildings and to explain how these losses can be reduced.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write 6 ways to reduce heat energy.

Keeping warm!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the impact of heat energy on our environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write seven facts about what would happen when our world gets warmer.

Rotorua is fun!

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify key information.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I research and find six facts about Rotorua.

Skateboarding!

                                      Skateboarding!
On Friday, my class mates and I went skateboarding down at the bottom court.

First, we put our gear on. We unwrapped our gear and wrapped it around our knees, elbows and hands. Then we clipped on our helmets.

Next, Aiden told us that we were going to practise turning on our skateboards. It sounded easy at first, but when we saw it in action, it looked very hard. We had to turn around orange cones, without putting our foot on the ground.

We were wiggling and struggling on our skateboards. Some of us fell over but we got back up again. We had to lean on our toes and heels on our skateboard to turn around the cones.

Later on, Aiden told us to come towards them and line the skateboards along the fence because it was the end of our lesson. We wrapped our gear up and clipped it all inside our helmet. 

After that, we thanked coach Aiden and Martin for teaching us skateboarding and headed back to class. 

The part of the lesson that I enjoyed the most was when we turned around with our skateboards. It was fun!

Learning Intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a recount.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write an introduction, followed by the events and a conclusion about our skateboarding session.