Do you know how to train a dog to go to sleep?

 Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the steps of how you can train your dog to go to bed.

I need food scraps!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills using the thinkers key.
 Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the Alphabet Key to find words that are related to compost.

You need to know your place value to compose numbers together!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand how to compose and decompose numbers.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that decomposing numbers is the expanded form of writing a whole number.        

Do you have enough patience to be a Netball coach?

When I grow up I want to be a netball coach. A netball coach teaches people how to play netball. They teach the players skills and techniques to use when they are playing a game. They also assign positions to the player that best suit them.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a description.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I describe the job of a Netball coach.

Be very careful when you are cutting the fruit pieces!

How to make a milkshake!

Ingredients:

• Any fruits you want
• Water or Milk (You can chose)
• Vanilla Ice-cream

Equipment:

• Knife
• Chopping board
• Plastic cup
• Plastic Straw
• Electricity Plug
• Spoon

Safety:

• Adult that is over twenty years old.

Method:

• Grab the chopping board and use the knife to cut your fruit into small pieces.
• Add the fruits into the Nutribullet and add some scoops of vanilla ice-cream into the Nutribullet.
• Pour three cups of milk or water into the Nutribullet. Before you pour it in, make sure it is levelled with the fruit and the ice-cream. Place the lid on once you have added all the ingredients.
• Plug the electricity plug in and turn the button to two minutes.
• While it is mixing, grab a cup and a plastic straw.
• Take the lid off and turn off the power.
• Pour the milkshake carefully into the cup. Put the straw inside the cup and drink until it is all gone.

                           Enjoy drinking your milkshake!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the steps for making a milkshake using Nutribullet.

The water was so cold in the pool!

In the last school holidays,  my family and I went on the most amazing trip to Hamilton. We had never been to Hamilton before. We went down for my favourite cousin’s birthday. We went for more than three weeks because we had not had a family trip together for a long time. I was so excited that I packed my clothes very quickly so that we could quickly leave to get there before my sister and her husband.

When we arrived at the motel, we all placed our heavy bags in the rooms and my sisters and I asked my dad and mum if we could have a swim in the swimming pool. They answered “Yes.” So we went and swam until my sister and her husband arrived. After they arrived, we got changed and had a shower because it was getting late so it was time for us to go to bed. We had our own rooms. One room for my parents, one room for my sister and her husband, one room for the rest of my sisters and the other room was for me, my cousin and Anna.

The next morning we went to the kitchen and made ourselves some breakfast. For breakfast, we had nutrigrain cereal and wholemeal bread. While we were having breakfast, my older sister was chatted to us about what our plans were for the day. Then my brother-in-law suggested that  we should go to the Indoor Trampoline Park. So we went and got ready quickly and hopped into the car. My dad drove us quickly to the Trampoline Park.

When we got there, the lady at the counter said to us, ‘’Those people who are playing, needs to wear socks.” It was only my sister Anna, my two cousins and I that needed to wear socks because we were under fourteen. We jumped up and down trying to catch a ball. It was really hard for me because the others were able to jump really high and move quickly. I tried and tried and I got the ball after twenty jumps. We played and played until the clock hit six pm.

We were all so tired after all the jumping. We decided to buy some some sandwiches for dinner. My dad drove the car straight back to the motel and I fell asleep on the way.

When we got to the Motel, we had a quick shower and went to bed because we were all so tired. I fell asleep very quickly after my shower. That was the best day ever because I had so much fun!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the correct structure of a recount: orientation, events and a conclusion about my trip to Hamilton.

Sheep poo can be used as fertilisers for our plants!

How to replant a seedling.

You will need:

• Water can
• Soil
• Garden bed
• Sheep poo
• Gloves
• Water
• Trowels
• Your plant

You need to:

1. Put gardening gloves on your hands and pick up a seedling and a sheep poo from the buckets.
2. Grab a trowel and dig a hole to place your plant in.
3. Place the sheep poo at the bottom of the soil.
4. Now get the plant and squeeze both sides twice, top and bottom.
5. Face the plant upside down with the plant between your index and your middle finger.
6. Tap, tap, tap the top of the pot plant and take the seedling out of the pot carefully.
7. Let go of the pot and place the plant into the hole that you have dug already (you can use the other hand to support the seedling).
8. Cover the soil around the plant.
9. Get a water can and fill it with water (add diluted worm wee for extra nutrients for the plants).
10. Water it around the plant.
11. After that, you are done!

Wait for 6 to 10 days and your seed will start sprouting!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a procedure to replant a seedling

She could not speak English!

On Friday the 13th of May after school, my family and I went to North Shore to welcome back my cousin who came from Peru and had a celebration with her. I was very excited to see her because I have not seen her for a long time. She left for two years and had not come back til now.

When we got there, we gave her a kiss. Her sister was there to. They were both excited to see my mum and us. When we came inside the hall, it was full of purple balloons. There was also a DJ. He played loud and pop music. After two songs my aunt, four cousins of mine and I danced to the beat of some remixed music.

Then we started our celebration programme. The hall was full because they had not seen her for a long, long time. The first thing we did was all the people who made their own lolly necklaces, went up to her and put them around her neck. There were too many necklaces on her neck that they nearly covered her head, so we had to take some off.

Next the DJ played more songs for everyone to gather on the dance floor so everyone could join. He played more than ten songs. Than he played a tangelo song for all the husbands and wives to dance. Our cousin did the tangelo dance with my other cousin. (Male) They danced gracefully.

Eventually, we listened to our cousin's speech. She said her speech in Spanish because she went to the temple in Peru, they only had to talk in Spanish. She speaks Spanish fluently. She could not talk in English or Tongan because she lived most of her life in Peru. She went to Peru to become a nun. She just came back here to celebrate her 21st birthday.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a recount to describe my weekend celebrating my cousin's 21st birthday.

Make sure you have enough soil to cover the seed!

How to plant a broad bean seed.

You will need:

• Yoghurt pot
• Soil
• Broad bean seed
• Sticker for your name

You need to:

1. Poke some tiny holes at the bottom of the yoghurt pot and stick your name on the pot using a label.
2. Fill the yoghurt pot with soil to the top. Brush extra soil away with your finger.
3. Poke a hole in the middle of the soil with your pinkie finger twice the length of the seed. Drop the seed with the smiling end facing towards the sun when you're finished.
4. Cover the top of the yoghurt pot with some more soil.

Keep watering it and after six to seven days, you will see a seedling!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the steps for planting a broad bean seed.

Oh no, the warm-blooded creatures will die!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a summary of the book that I read: Gregor and the curse of the warm-bloods.

WOW! I have a stone spider!

You will need:

• A medium or large sized rock
• Black or Grey paint
• Paint brush
• Black marker
• Drinking straws
• Ruler

You need to:

1. Paint the rock black or grey and let it dry.
2. Now paint the body of your spider any colour that you want, then let it dry.
3. You can now paint the drinking straws black for the legs. When it has dried, cut it into 8 centimetres.
4. Use the marker or black paint for the eyes of the spider.
5. Write a little message or the name of someone at the back of the rock or at the front.
6. You can also add some little drawings around it to make it pretty.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the correct structure of a procedure to write the steps for making a stone spider.

Teen numbers are ten and ones? WOW!

We are learning to understand place values and teen numbers.
I know I can do this when I identify the column that digits are in: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands.

Jill McDonald drew pictures by hand! WOW!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a profile.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write down seven facts about Jill McDonald.

Balancing is very hard!

One fine morning, Room seven went to the top court to play our first session of Netball. We did warm ups when we got there by jogging to the other end of the court and back. Then, we  introduced ourselves to the coaches by saying our names, our age and what we want to be when we grow up. I said that I want to be a person who would be looking after old people in the rest home. Our coaches names were Tina & Mark.

Our first lesson was learning to do a balance. We crossed our arms, and lifted one leg up then try and make our partner get out of balance. When that happened, you and your partner would have to jump and stand in a straight position with your legs apart. The second lesson they taught us was a chest pass.We placed the ball in front of our chest and passed the ball to our partner, pushed our body forward to make the ball go straight without dropping it. When catching the ball, we should make a letter ‘W’ with our fingers so that our partner would know that we are ready to catch the ball.

Afterwards, we had to get into three lines standing opposite the other two lines. Whoever gets the ball needed to pass to the left and run quickly to the right. We kept on going till Tina said, “Throw to the right and run to the left as fast as you can!” We switched back again to throwing the ball to the left and ran as quickly as we can to the right. It was way too confusing for me!

Later on we took a warm down as we talked about how our first session of netball went. Some of us answered positively by saying that it was awesome but some of us mentioned that we needed to work harder in improving our fitness.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a recount: orientation, events and a conclusion.

Oranges and bananas are my favourite fruits!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand living things around us.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I identify where vegetables grow from.

Defending Matej was very hard!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I record my recount of Netball using Blabberize.

I love to pray to God every day because I love him!

Learning intention: We are learning to write our own personal prayer.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a prayer to God in my own words.

If you want to know how to make a compost, read this!

I believe in one God!

Nicene Creed:

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Learning intention: We are learning a traditional prayer
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I record the Nicene Creed using Movenote 

Compost can be made in a bin or a heap!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand compost.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use three websites to write down important facts about compost.

We ask this prayer through Christ our Lord!

Learning intention: We are learning a traditional prayer.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I record the prayer to the Holy Spirit using Blabberize.

Prayer:
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful.
And kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.
And you will renew the face of the earth. 

Lord, 
by the light of the Holy Spirit 
you have taught the hearts of your faithful.
In the same Spirit 
help us to relish what is right 
and always rejoice in your consolation.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.