Netball is so much fun!

On Friday the 6th of May, we had our first session of netball in the top court after morning tea. The weather was quite hot which caused my classmates and I to feel exhausted by the end of the session. Our coaches’ names were Tina and Mark.

The first thing that we did was to stand and form a circle and say a little bit about ourselves. I introduced my name, my age and what I wanted to be when I grow up. After that we did some warm ups by jogging to the end of the court and back. My other classmates were more like running instead of jogging because they thought that it was a race. I was doing what I was told to do, I just jogged. Next, we had to stretch doing big steps forward.  I tried to go as slow as I can so I can feel my muscles getting stretched but in the end I ended up going fast. The next warm up was to balance. We had to stand with one foot, balance our body weight then bump each other so we can learn how to control and not fall.

Afterwards,  we had to get a partner and get a ball to pass it to one another. My partner was new to St. Patrick’s school, that’s why I partnered up with him. Matej, my partner, and I were doing chest passes to each other because the coach said so. We needed to get up to ten but we were always dropping the ball. After two failed attempts of getting the perfect scores, my partner and I finally did it and we were  so happy. But what we did not expect was that it would lead us to a more challenging activity. We needed to get further and further back every time we got ten passes. At first, it was difficult but then we got the hang of it so it became quite easy.

Then, we had to go in teams with one ball and each team contains three people. Lucky me because I just had to team up with the good ones, Vaughan and Soane. There was a bit of confusion for me during the practise. They were going way too fast for me to focus but in the end I mastered the skill and I did well. So it just went smoothly as we swapped for the ball. Then we got called by our coaches who made us gather around them. Our teacher instructed me to tell the next class that the coaches were ready for them. It made me miss the warm down which was some random stretches but I did not mind at all.

My favourite part of the day was when I had to partner up with the new student because it just felt like I was able to help him by teaching him some skills about netball. That was the most fun netball session with fantastic coaches, Tina and Mark.

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 conclusion.

Ants don't like to be bullied!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write a book review about the Ant Bully.

The acid is so hot!

I want to be a vulcanologist when I grow up. A vulcanologist is someone who studies the process of an active volcano to analyse whether it erupts or not. They either check the water beside the volcano or the crater of the volcano. Their focus is to save people from a volcanic eruption and move them to a safer place.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I describe the job of a vulcanologist.

I hope my broad bean seed grows soon!

 You will need:
* A broad bean seed(obviously)
* Yogurt pot
* Soil

What to do:
1. Get your yogurt pot ready.
2. Then gently fill your yogurt pot to the brim.
3. Next, you push your pinkie finger in the soil to make a hole twice as deep as the length of the broad bean seed.
4. Then put your seed with the smiling end facing up.
5. Then cover up your seed with more soil.

After 6 or 7 days, you will see a little seedling sprouting up.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write 5 steps for planting a broad bean seed.

Haast's eagles are so fast!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills using Thinkers Keys.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use the Alphabet key and find words that are related to Haast's eagle.

Rex and Jack!

Rex was a new boy from all boys’ school. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a light, blue polo shirt, dark blue shorts and steel toe shoes. He also wears glasses.

He was walking on the path and suddenly a boy came running along beside him. He felt scared. After the boy left his side, Rex went to the nearest boy to ask his name and told him “That’s Jack, The BULLY of the school”. After that, he went to his class and saw a familiar face. It was JACK! Oh Problems !

However he gathered up all his courage but when he went inside the class he pretended to not see Jack. Then the teacher called Rex to introduce himself. He silently said “Ugh, come on”. After that, the teacher made him sit on the vacant seat beside Jack. He said in his mind, Oh no!

Within the first few weeks, he saw Jack bullying a young boy. Rex ran to help the boy. Rex yelled “Jack! Stop hurting the poor boy”. However Jack didn’t say anything and just walked away.

As weeks passed, Rex kept on stopping Jack from bullying others and Jack’s bullying became less and less.

One day Jack was bullying others. Rex saw him again and called “Jack, please stop! Please!” came out of his mouth again. Jack looked at Rex and said, “Okay! I’ll stop”.

On the last day of the year, Jack said “Thank you for changing me Rex”, Rex said. Rex and Jack became friends after that!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a narrative.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a narrative.

Buy the sun today!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I make an advertisement for a sun.

Compost is really helpful to our plants!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand compost.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I make a brainstorm using popplet with the words that are related to compost.

I give everything to my defender, Mother Mary!

Learning intention: We are learning a traditional prayer.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I recite the Act of Consecration to Mary.

Let's pray for others!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a personal prayer.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a prayer.

God is with us everyday!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand how God's images appeared in the Old Testament and the New testament.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use a Venn diagram to compare the images of God in the Old Testament and the New Testament.