On The Weekend

On the weekend I went to the shop with my Mum, my Dad and my sister Estherose.  At the shop we bought chips and fruit.  After we had bought our food we went back home to eat lunch.  Then we went to have a rest.  After resting we went to get our dinner.

Later we went to my cousin's house for a sleepover.  My cousin's name is Sonay.  Sonay is younger than me, she is only six years old.  At Sonay's house we had a pillow fight and I won.  We also played hide and seek inside the house.  I hid inside the front room behind the chairs.  Sonay found me after looking all over the house.  We both laughed when she found me.  I like going to my cousin Sonay's house because she is my best cousin and she is fun to play with.

Last Weekend

On the weekend my brother, and I went to Preteen.   My brother's name is Siu and he is in Room 8.  He is older than I am.  My sister goes to Youth YPG because she is 19 years old.  Lots of children from around Auckland go to Preteen.  I really like going to Preteen because it is so fun and we get to learn about important stuff.

In Preteen we are learning about how we can pray in the morning, at night and at anytime and anywhere we go.  Preteen is held in a church in Manukau city.  After learning about prayer we played dodgeball inside the church hall.  

Visiting My Family In The Country

On the weekend I went to my cousin's house.  My cousins' house is big.  I went with my Mum, my Dad and my brother.  My brothers ' names are Alizzandor and Paulo.  Alizzandor is ten years old, so he is older than me.  Paulo is fourteen years old, so he is older than me too.  We went to visit my cousins house because they invited us to see their new house.  Their house is far away and we had a long ride in our little car.  We took a long time to get to their house.  

When we got to their house it was already night time so we ate dinner.  We were all very hungry after our long drive.  After dinner we played games which required us to guess the character, and my brother won.  Then we went to bed. We were all very tired.  

The next morning we had breakfast with my cousins, aunt and uncle.  After breakfast we went to see the cows.  There were 400 cows and they were in paddocks with big gates.  I said, 'Hi', out loud to the cows as they walked along the path and they stared at me.  My Dad said for me to keep walking because I was distracting the cows and they were going to eat some grass.  

Later we said goodbye to my cousins, my aunt and uncle, and I said goodbye to the cows.  The cows continued to eat the grass.  I liked visiting my family in the country and I hope that we can visit them again soon!

Gymnastics Poem

Every Thursday we go to gymnastics
Its lots of fun
Its fantastic!

We do handstands against the wall
We have to concentrate really hard
So we don't fall.

We have to balance
When we walk along the bar
It's easy when you practice
No matter who you are.

After playing 'Stuck In The Mud"
We split into groups
And we do things with equipment
Including the hoolla hoops.

We also do our tuck shape
Then we put our shoes on
Because the bell is going to ring
And we don't want to be late!

Addition Problems using Counting On and Magic Ten

A.  Erich Wyne has 4 red teddy bears and Amiel has 6 green teddy bears.  Then Sione checked that Erich Wyne and Amiel had counted their bears correctly.  
How many teddy bears did Erich Wyne and Amiel have altogether?

Jamie and Jacob new that this is an addition problem.
First they counted on from the biggest number.

They added 4 + 6 = 10

B.  April has 12 bears and Cooper has 11 bears.
How many bears do April and Cooper have altogether?

Benjamin and Sonasi used the Magic Ten to answer the question.
They said;
   10 + 2 + 10 + 1
= 10 + 10 + 2 + 1
= 20 + 3
= 23

Inquiry Topic: Rock Pools

If we didn’t learn about our Rock Pools we might carry on polluting our waterways and rock pools and the water will be too poisonous for plants and animals to grow in them.  The water will become too poisonous for us to swim and play in. That would be very sad. We are making sure that we put all of our rubbish into the bin so that it doesn't end up going down our school drains, into the storm water and out into the Tamaki Estuary.

Saint Patrick's School Mass: A Combination of Recount and a Narrative Writing.

Wouldn't it be cool if the children of  Room 1 at Saint Patrick's School were filmed going to Mass today?  It would be super cool if the film was shown on Tagata Pasifika on TV One later today.  The journalist would read out their script. They might say, "The Mass was held at Saint Patrick's Parish Church in Panmure, Auckland. The Priest is Father Andrew who recently moved to the area from West Auckland.  The children from Saint Patrick's school sang beautifully and prayed respectively while attending Mass.  The School Principal, Miss Bullot, and the school staff guided the children through the Mass.  The Mass was a to celebrate the beginning of the new school term".  

Being on Tagata Pasifika would be really cool because we remember when John Pelu came to our school and talked to us about how much fun it is to read, and it's really important too.  John Pelu is a presenter on Tagata Pasifika and we like watching him.