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Thursday 28 December 2017

I would like to go to Gisborne to see the sun rise!



Learning Intention: We are learning to follow clues and to find a destination and identify key information about a place.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can locate Gisborne, find six interesting fact about Gisborne and six places that you can visit in Gisorne.

Wednesday 27 December 2017

Maori people used to sleep in wharepuni's!



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding about it's all in a day's work.
Success Criteria:I know I can do this when I write six key information about what Maori people had in the early years.

Sunday 24 December 2017

Did you know that Polynesians were the first to arrive in New Zealand?


Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding about the beginning of New Zealand.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write five key information about the beginning of New Zealand.

Sunday 17 December 2017

The water comes down and back up again!



Learning Intention: We are learning to choreograph a piece of music.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I choreograph the Water Cycle song with my group and record it using Webcam.io.

Thursday 14 December 2017

Kura is where you can go to have an education!



Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and pronounce classroom object in Te Reo.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can pronounce classroom objects in Te Reo and record it using Screencastify.

Thursday 7 December 2017

Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the fruit!

Learning Intention: We are learning to recognise that the Jesse tree tells the story of the people who prepared for the coming of the messiah.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can retell five stories that explains the symbols on my Jesse Tree and turn it into an E-book using Flipsnack.

Wednesday 6 December 2017

I would like to visit this castle!



  • There is an enormous grey castle with a lot of windows and green flags.
  • There is a huge brown wooden door with flags on the sides.
  • There are beautiful paintings of all of the kings and queen hanging on the wall with silver, gold and brown frames.
  • It looks magical inside the castle because of the metal swords, shields, jewellery and crowns.
  • There is a breathtaking water fountain with a rose gold shiny statue on the top. The statue spins around and water comes out of the mouth and drops down to the ground.
  • There are fancy chandeliers with crystals and diamonds hanging from the ceiling, with tiny lights in the middle of every diamond and crystal.

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write six descriptive sentences about a fairytale castle and record it using Screencastify.

Monday 4 December 2017

The cross reminds me of when Jesus died for our sins!




  • The Cross reminds me of how Jesus died for our sins.
  • The world reminds me of God creating the world.
  • The fire reminds me of when Elijah rode on the chariot of fire.
  • The rosary reminds me that we pray to God, Jesus and Mary.
  • The dove reminds me of the Holy Spirit is with us.
  • The 10 commandments reminds me to obey God and Jesus.
  • The apple and the snake reminds me of Adam and Eve.
  • The grapes reminds me of when Jesus turned water into wine.
  • The sheep reminds me that Jesus and God is our shepherd and we follow them as our leader.
  • The rainbow reminds me of Noah and the ark.
Learning Intention: We are learning to recognise that the Jesse tree tells the story of the people that prepared for the coming of the messiah.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record ten symbols on the Jesse tree that reminds of Jesus using Screencastify.

Thursday 30 November 2017

The Haunted House Is So Scary!



Learning Intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write six descriptive sentences to describe a haunted house using appropriate adjectives and record it using Screencastify.

Wednesday 29 November 2017

Did you know that some of the water falls to the ground and turns back into sea water or soil water?



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of the natural resources.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record the stages of a water cycle using Screencastify.

Friday 24 November 2017

Rima is the Maori number for five!



Learning Intention: We are learning to pronounce and understand numbers in Te Reo.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record saying numbers in Te Reo Maori using Screencastify.

Thursday 23 November 2017

Caritas serves the poor!



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of how charities shows concern for people living in poverty and suffering from injustice.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record six ways that Caritas helps people in poverty using screencastify.

Tuesday 14 November 2017

You can use forest wood to make furniture!



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of natural resources.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record 6 key information about forest as a natural resource using Screencastify.

Monday 13 November 2017

Let's learn some Maori phrases!



Learning Intention: We are learning to speak and understand basic proverbs.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record the new Maori proverbs that I have learnt using  Screencastify.

Thursday 9 November 2017

Water is essential to our survival!


 Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of natural resources.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I display 6 key information about water using Thinglink.

Thursday 2 November 2017

Kirikiriro is the Maori word for Hamilton!



Learning Intention: We are learning to say and understand well-known Maori words.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record the new vocabulary that I have learnt using screencastify.

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Saint Patrick is the apostle of Ireland!

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(Next Response: Have mercy on us.) 
God, the Father of heaven, 
God, the Son, 
Redeemer of the world,
 God, the Holy Spirit 
Holy Trinity, one God, 
(Next Response: Pray for us)
 Holy Mary, Mother of God, 
St. Patrick,
 St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, 
St. Patrick, most worthy in God’s eyes,
 St. Patrick, model of Bishops,
 St. Patrick, enemy of infidelity,
 St. Patrick, truly humble, 
St. Patrick, always trying to do good, St. Patrick, example of charity,
 St. Patrick, patron of our Congregation, 
St. Patrick, teacher of the true faith, St. Patrick, our powerful protector, 
St. Patrick, our compassionate helper
 L. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, 
R. Spare us, O Lord. 
L. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, 
R. Graciously hear us, O Lord.
 L. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, 
R. Have mercy on us. 
L. Pray for us, O glorious St. Patrick
 R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of how we can honour the Saints.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record a Litany of Saint Patrick using screencastify.

Sunday 29 October 2017

Did you know that 'whare' is the Te Reo for house?


Learning Intention: We are learning to say and understand new Maori words.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record the new vocabulary that I have learnt using Screencastify.

Monday 23 October 2017

Aotearoa is the Maori word for New Zealand!



Learning Intention: We are learning to say and understand Maori words.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record new vocabulary and their meaning  using Screencastify.

Friday 20 October 2017

There are different ways that we can measure something!


Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of measurement.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain the different ways of measuring something.

Thursday 19 October 2017

The seaside is relaxing, I would like to go there to relax!



Learning Intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe the seaside.

Tuesday 17 October 2017

Let's pray to God!



Learning Intentions: We are learning to write a prayer for Term four.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record my prayer using Screencastify.

Sunday 15 October 2017

Do you know another name for the seven stars?



Learning Intention: We are learning to write an Inquiry about Matariki.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record the key information that answers my key questions about Matariki using screeancastify.

Saturday 14 October 2017

Ko wai to ingoa?

Learning Intention: We are learning to respond to others in Te Reo.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can ask what someone's name is using Te Reo Maori.

Thursday 28 September 2017

Do you want to learn how to ask how many there is of something in Te Reo?



Learning Intention: We are learning to respond to others in Te Reo.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I make a recording asking how many there is of something in Te Reo using Screencastify.

Wednesday 27 September 2017

No hea koe?



Learning intention: We are learning to respond to others in Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I make a recording asking where someone is in Te Reo using Screencastify.

Sunday 24 September 2017

Did you know that Cambodia's traditional dance is called Apsara?



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of third world countries and identify the poor.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record key information that answers my key questions about Cambodia using screencastify.

Thursday 21 September 2017

Brush your teeth or you'll have to face the dentist!


  1. We should brush our teeth twice a day because if we don’t brush our teeth, there will be food stuck between our teeth and gums and that will attract sugar kerbs and they make holes in our teeth, which means that you will have to go and get fillings at the dentist.
  2. The second reason that we should brush our teeth twice a day is because if we dont, it will become rotten and it  might have a high chance of falling out.
  3. The third reason that we should brush our teeth  twice a day is because it will make our teeth nice and clean so we can have nice breath.

Conclusion:

We should be hygienic and brush our teeth, because we don’t want our teeth and gums to be unhealthy otherwise they will fall out and then we’ll have to get false teeth.

Learning Intention: We are learning to persuade others our point of view. 
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record three persuasive arguments of why we should brush our teeth twice a day using screencastify.

Wednesday 20 September 2017

Stealing things from your neighbours is not really neighbourly!



Learning Intention: We are learning to understand actions that makes us neighbourly.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain the actions that makes us neighbourly and not so neighbourly.

Tuesday 12 September 2017

He is so good at drawing!

It was a lot of fun!

On Tuesday 12th of September, my school and I went to the St Patrick’s parish hall to have a Duffy hero assembly.

In the hall, we met a person called Michel Mulipola. He is Samoan but he is based in New Zealand and he lives in South Auckland. He is funny and he is an artist and a wrestler. He illustrated a book called Headlocked with other people. He is amazing at drawing and his favourite video game is Tekken. He’s been to different countries and has met famous people and famous wrestlers.

He showed us some photos of himself using different facial expressions and told us how he used them for his drawings. He drew angry, sad and surprised expressions from the photos. He also showed us drawings of different types of Spiderman. Some drawings were of his backyard. There was hospital in one of his drawings and it was Middlemore hospital. He favours Green Lantern and he draws for our school journals. He also illustrated a book called Samoan Heroes.
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After that, he gave my classmate a box of books, then someone from Room 8 thanked him for coming to visit us.

My favourite part of the morning was when he showed us those pictures of him with the different facial expressions because it was really funny.


Learning Intention: We are learning to write a recount.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the appropriate language features of a recount to describe our Duffy hero assembly.

Sunday 10 September 2017

You can communicate positively or negatively with others!



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop communication skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can record 8 key information that answers our key questions on how we can communicate with others using screencastify.

Friday 8 September 2017

Kei hea te kainga o Christopher?


Learning Intention: We are learning to say where something is in Te Reo.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use screen castify to record my dialogue asking where something is in Te Reo.

Lesson 7:
AM-Kei hea te kāinga o Leo?

FV-Kei Tamaki makau rau tana kainga.

AM-Kei hea te kainga o Christopher?

FV-Kei Kirikiriroa tana kāinga.


Lesson 6:
AM-Kei hea to kainga Judy?
FV- Kei Te Whanga nui a tara taku kainga
AM- Kei hea a Ana?
FV- Kei Tamaki makau rau ia
AM- Kei hea o hoa?
FV- Kei Otepoti ratou


Thursday 7 September 2017

Did you know that a fair test begins with a question?



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of fair testing.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record five key information to explain fair testing in an experiment.

Sunday 3 September 2017

Jesus loved children so he blessed them!



Learning intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of Christ's saving work.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record a mime of the story 'Jesus blesses the children' using Webcamera.io.

Friday 1 September 2017

Sonora Smart Dodd started Father's Day celebration!



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of Father's Day.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record five key information that answers my key questions about Father's Day using screencastify.

Wednesday 30 August 2017

Kei te haere koe ki tatahi?


Learning Intention: We are learning how to ask and answer yes and no questions in Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use screencastify to record my dialogue asking where someone is in Te Reo.

Lesson 5- Te reo
F- Kei te haere koe ki tātahi?
Are you going to the beach?


E- Āe.  Kei te haere au ki tātahi.
Yes.  I am going to the beach.


 F- Ko Eruera tēnā?
Is that Eruera?


E- Ko Wiremu tēnei.

No. This is Wiremu.

Why do we have bins at school when we can take our rubbish home?


We shouldn’t have rubbish bins at our school!


We should take our rubbish back home because we can make compost which will help our garden to grow. Compost can be very expensive to buy from the garden centre.


We should take our rubbish with us back home so we can recycle or reuse the products that we throw away so that we can have a sustainable environment , for example we can reuse most of the plastic items that you throw away, plastic bottles, plastic containers and so on.
You can reuse ziplock bags that you use to put your sandwiches in them to put your other sandwich in them. You can also reuse some items for projects or you can make a present out of those materials for someone.

In conclusion, we should take our rubbish home because when we put our rubbish in the rubbish bins, it might blow away, animals might take it out of the bin and eat it and get sick and cause some creatures to starve to death. It also causes a lot of pollution which would make our school environment very unhealthy and filthy, thus making us sick. These are all the reasons that I believe we shouldn’t have bins at our school.

Learning Intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a persuasive writing.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain why we shouldn't have bins in our school grounds.

Tuesday 29 August 2017

We donate money for the Cancer Society on Daffodil Day!



Learning intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of Daffodil Day.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find five key information to answer my key questions about Daffodil Day.

Sunday 27 August 2017

Easter is when Jesus died on the cross for us!



Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the importance of the seasons in the Liturgical year.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record how the church remembers, prepares, celebrates and shares the season of Easter on Webcam.

Friday 25 August 2017

That's a lot of bad luck!


Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use key information from the story 'The luck of the wicked uncle' to answer comprehension questions correctly.

Thursday 24 August 2017

Advent is time when the Church prepares for the coming of the Christ!



Learning Intention: We are learning about the importance of the seasons in the Liturgical year.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record how the church remembers, prepares, celebrates and shares the season of Advent using Webcam.

Sunday 20 August 2017

Let's learn Te Reo!




Kei te pehea koe, Anamaria
Kei te pai ahau.
E pehea ana koe, Fulila
E ngenge ana ahau.

Tena koe, Fulila
Tena koe, Anamaria

Tena koe, E hoa- A
Tena koe, E kare- F
Tena koe, E kui- A
Tena koe, E hine- F
Tena koe, E koro - A

Learning Intention: We are learning to greet others in Te Reo Maori.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can ask and answer questions about how we're feeling.



Friday 18 August 2017

You can make a lot of things with metal!



Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the properties of materials.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I find key information to explain the properties of metal.

Wednesday 16 August 2017

Don't throw bottles away, you can reuse them!



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills by asking key questions about a topic of interest.
Success Criteria: I know can do this when I when I display my key information that answers my key questions about sustainability.

Tuesday 15 August 2017

Did you know that both Mary's body and soul were taken up to heaven?


Learning Intention: We are learning about the Assumption of Mary.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record key information that I have found to answer my key questions about the Assumption of Mary.

Sunday 13 August 2017

Analogue clocks are hard to read if you don't know what the short hand represents!



Learning Intention: We are learning how to read an analogue clock.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how to read the time from an analogue clock and give two examples.

Friday 11 August 2017

There are two names for International Cat day!


Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills through asking key questions about a topic of interest.
Success Criteria: I Know I can do this when I use screencastify to display six key information about International Cat Day.

Wednesday 9 August 2017

If their parents knew what had happened, they would be in a lot of trouble!



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop thinking, organisation and learning skills through blooms taxonomy.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the information from the story 'The wicked uncle by the sea' to answer comprehension questions.

Sunday 6 August 2017

It is important for us to repent and continue to pray to God!



Learning intention: We are learning traditional prayers.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can record the traditional Act of Contrition prayer using screencastify.

Friday 4 August 2017

Uncle Jeff is so immature!



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop thinking, organisation and learning skills through blooms taxonomy.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use the information from the story "The wicked uncle" to answer knowledge and comprehension questions correctly.

Tuesday 1 August 2017

It's important to pray after a meal!



Learning Intention: We are learning traditional prayers.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can record a traditional after meals prayer using screencastify.


Monday 31 July 2017

There are different types of fractions: Proper, improper and mixed!



Learning Intention: We are learning to understand fractions.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can explain and give two examples of improper and mixed fractions.

Wednesday 5 July 2017

What do you know about knights?


Learning Intention: We are learning different reading strategies.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I ask questions about the text that I have read.

Tuesday 4 July 2017

Did you know that the denominator is always on the bottom?



Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding fractions.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can explain what a proper fraction is.

Sunday 25 June 2017

Butterflies are so beautiful!


Learning Intention: We are learning about ecology by studying about the living creatures in our school environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I display 6 facts about butterflies using thinglink.

Friday 23 June 2017

Wow! We are going to have a brand new deck at our school!







Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our observational skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use Pixton to describe my observations of the building of our school deck.

Thursday 22 June 2017

I can feed the hungry!



Leaning Intention: We are learning to develop the understanding of who Jesus is for me.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use screencastify to record a script of who Jesus is for me.

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Wow! I didn't know that ladybugs come from a phylum called Arthropoda?

Ladybugs come from the kingdom of Animalia. Their Phylum is Arthropoda and their class is insecta. The order of the ladybugs are called coleoptera. They belong to the family of coccinellidae.
Their common name is Ladybug, their scientific name is coccinellidae. They are found everywhere around the world.

They are carnivorous, which means that some creatures eat other creatures. There are 5,000 ladybugs species in the world.
Ladybugs live on leaves or in the bushes.

Ladybugs bleed when they are threatened. They also pretend to die, when they see their predators. Their predators are people, birds and spiders. They find their food by flying around and when they find food they go and get it before another ladybug gets it.

Image result for ladybugsSome ladybugs have different coloured spots but some of them don’t have any spots. Ladybugs are beetles they are not bugs. The “ Lady” in the ladybug refers to Virgin Mary. A ladybug’s bright colours, warns their predators to stay away from them. Ladybugs practise cannibalism and can eat up to 50 aphid a day.
Ladybugs lay their eggs on a leaf, the colour of the egg is yellow but as the egg matures, it turns white.
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Ladybugs are Insects that help our environment because they eat them so that are not attacking the plants and vegetation.

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I can follow the structure of a description: introduction, details and conclusion.



Monday 19 June 2017

I wonder where do spiders get their silk from?



Learning Intention: We are learning about ecology through using the Inquiry process to study about the living creatures in our school environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I ask eight key questions about the facts that I have found about spiders.

Sunday 18 June 2017

The geysers in Tonga shoots up so high!

On the 11th of May I left New Zealand to go to Tonga. When we arrived to the airport, it took a long time to check in because there were so many people in the queue.

After we went on the aeroplane, we had to find our seats. My dad, my cousin Dora, my aunty and my nana sat together. My cousin David and I sat together but then my nana came and sat with us and then my dad came and sat with us as well.


When we arrived in Tonga, I had to stamp my ticket, get my luggage and lolly bag. My uncles came to pick us up from the airport. My nana didn’t travel with us, she went with my other uncle so she could go to her brother’s house while my dad and I went to my dad’s nana’s house.It was really fun meeting my dad’s aunties and uncles because it was my first time meeting them.

The next day was Friday and I went with my aunty Eleni and my cousins Lily, Lita, Vi-vi, my aunty Eleni’s baby Moana and also my aunty Fitu to the market where my aunt bought us each a coconut and I drank some of the coconut water but then I gave it to my aunty Fitu to finish it all so I can  eat the meat. In Tonga some people crack coconuts open by throwing it on the floor.

Image result for tongaThen we went to visit my dad’s aunty Ana and she had a lot of boys. When we got there Lily was crying because she thought her older sisters stole her socks but she had it the whole time. When we got home my dad took me for a little walk and we saw a school and a mango tree. The mangoes were nice and ripe.
The following week we went for a little tour all over Tonga. Our first stop was to the geysers. In Tonga we call geysers blow holes because their are little holes that blows out water that are on the edge of the ocean. We are not allowed to to swim in there because if you jump in you will drown and die because it’s really deep. Then we searched for a beach and I fell asleep while they were searching for one. When they found a beach, when I woke up my family have already had a swim  and they were changed back into dry clothes.
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Then we went to a village in Tonga called Ha’atafu. It was a very small village. We went there because it was the last village that we hadn’t had a chance to visit yet. After that we went to another beach in Ha’atafu. It had a beautiful view of the ocean.


I liked all of the places in Tonga that I visited because I saw many things that I haven’t seen before.
Learning intention: We are learning to add more details in my writing.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the introduction, followed by the events and conclusion about my trip to Tonga.