Orienteering helped us to develop our map reading skills!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of orienteering.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I display six facts about orienteering using thinglink.

I really like singing the Matariki song!

Learning Intention: We are learning about Matariki.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record the Matariki waiata using Screencastify.

Have you ever seen a spider crane before?

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our observational skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use Pixton to describe the crane positioning the poles for our school shade.

Did you know that a ladybug can have up to 24 spots on their body?

Ladybugs are very small insects. They live in different places. There are more than 5,000 different species of ladybugs in the world. A ladybug’s scientific name is Coccinellidae. Ladybugs belong to the Insecta class. They are in the Animalia kingdom and their Phylum is Arthropoda.

Ladybugs eat small insects. They eat insects that have soft bodies like mites, whiteflies or scale insects.

Their predators are spiders, people and birds. Their main predator are birds because they hunt, kill and eat them. When their predators approach them, they pretend to die and their colours also warn them to stay away.

Some ladybugs have 24 spots on their body and some don’t have any. Ladybugs can live for two to three years. Ladybugs are not really bugs but they are beetles. A female ladybug can lay up to 100 eggs. Ladybugs bleed from their knees when they are threatened.

There are lots of ladybugs in the hedge in our school environment because they are good at protecting the leaves and the trees as they eat the smaller insects that attacks them.

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a description of a living creature in our school environment.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a description to write about ladybugs.

Thank you God for everything!

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a prayer.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write a prayer to God for all the things that
he has done for us.

Did you know that Matariki represents the Maori new year?

Learning Intention: We are learning about Matariki.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record six facts about Matariki  using Screencastify.

Why are Cadbury Chocolates being made overseas?

Learning Intention: We are developing our critical thinking skills by asking and answering Thinking questions.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer all the thinking questions correctly using information from the article 'Kiwis aim to stop chocolate being made overseas'.

Did you know that the largest spider is a Goliath Birdeater?

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

Jesus is all around us!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our understanding of who Jesus is to us.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use Pixton to illustrate who is Jesus is to us. 

Did you know that grasshoppers have ears on their bellies?

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

We carry on Jesus' saving work!

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

I really like asking questions because it helps me to understand the text!

Learning Intention: We are learning different reading strategies.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how we ask questions when we are reading a piece of text.

Jesus' transfiguration was mersmerizing!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the importance of Jesus' transfiguration.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record the events of Jesus' transfiguration using Screencastify.

Did you know that ants are as old as dinosaurs?

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 write eight key questions about ants using information that I have collected and record it using Screencastify.

Did you know that the ladybugs' main predators are birds?

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 six key questions about ladybugs using information that I have collected and record it using Screencastify.

Did you know that ladybugs eat other insects?

Learning Intention: We are learning about ecology by studying the living creatures in our school environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record eight facts about ladybugs using screencastify.

This is a timeline of the important events in Jesus' life!

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify the significant events in Jesus' life.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I record a timeline of the important events in Jesus' life in order using Screencastify.

I really enjoyed playing soccer!

On Wednesday 24th of May 2017, the year fives, year sixes and the intermediates went out of school to represent Saint Patrick’s School in a soccer tournament against the other schools in our cluster.

We all went there in the car  to get to Point England reserve. We were the first ones there. When we went out of the car , we practised kicking and passing the ball to each other.

There were four strikers, four defenders and one goalie. We all were really excited to play our first game and our last game.

First we played against Ruapotoka Primary School. After that we played against Glenbrae Primary School. The third school that we played against was Stonefield Primary School. Then we versed against Panmure Bridge Primary School and our last game was against our last game was against  Tamaki Primary School.

After all our games ended, we all felt really tired and lazy.  Soon after that, we waited for our helpers to come and pick us up from Point England Reserve. We soon all arrived back at school and we went back to class.

I really enjoyed playing all the games, because I like being a striker as I get to attack with the ball.

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a structure of a recount.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the introduction, events and conclusion about the soccer tournament.

Wow! I can't believe that the Wellington Sevens are moving to Hamilton!

Learning Intention: We are developing our critical thinking skills by asking and answering Thinking questions.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer all the thinking questions correctly using information from the article " Wellington Sevens move to Hamilton".