Wow! The water parade was beautiful!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the comprehension questions about the Venice Carnival Water Parade correctly using information from the article.

Aww! The poor whales!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the comprehension questions about New Zealand experiencing the biggest whale stranding correctly using information from the article.

Mission statement

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand what Charism means and how we show it at St. Patrick's School.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write a mission statement.

Sylvia Park was fun!

On Monday the 6th of February, I went to Sylvia park with my friends Alisha, Bailey, Walo, Jack, Sapphire, Ella and my brother Lasike.

I took the train to Sylvia Park with my best friend Alisha and my brother CK. We met up with my friends outside Pak n Save. Once everyone has arrived, we took a picture together.

First we walked to the food court to get soething to eat. We each bought a Big mac from MacDonalds. Once we finished eating, we all bought a drink because we were thirsty.

Next, we walked to the arcade at the movies to play some games. My best friend Alisha and I took 4 photos in the photo booth. My favourite photo was the photo that we did the dab pose.

After, we played the games, we walked to the Nike store because my friend sapphire wanted to get a Nike hat. Then we walked to Foot Lookers because I wanted to buy my brother, my bestfriend and myself Adidas superstar shoes.

After a while, we walked to McDonalds because we all wanted to get some frozen Fanta. After we bought our drinks, we walked to Noel Leeming to buy my friend a new phone case because she needed a new one. She also bought a clear, transparent phone cause, to go with it.

Eventually, my dad picked my brother and I up. We all said our goodbyes and drove back home. I couldnt wait to see all my friends on Tuesday.

My favourite part of the day was when I bought my Adidas superstar shoes because I have been wanting the pair of shoes for a month now.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and use appropriate language features in our writing.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use sequencing words in my recount to describe my my weekend at Sylvia Park with my friends.

Without the treaty, New Zealand would not be very peaceful!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand importance of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain who, what, where, when, why and how the Treaty was signed.

Mmmm! The cake was delicious

Monday the 28th of November was my cousin's birthday and he was turning Sixteen years old. We were having a party for him at my house.

After school, my aunty drove us to her house to get changed. When everyone was ready, we drove to my house where the party was taking place because our house was bigger. The deck was full of balloons and decorated with crepe paper streamers and triangle streamers that had 'Happy Birthday' written on them.

Before long, everyone arrived and my sister said the welcoming speech and my cousin Patelesio said the grace. Then Tevita blew out the candles on his birthday cake and everyone sang happy birthday to him. The cake was a chocolate mud cake from the Cheesecake factory. Tevita got two presents. A pair of Nike shoes and an Iphone 6 plus.

After a while, everyone got up and filled their plates with food. We had meat patties, sausages, rotisserie chickens, vegetable and potato salads. We also had Fanta for our drinks.

Afterwards, Tevita said his thank you speech to show his appreciation. Tevita cried and so did my mum and his mum. Soon it was time for some activities. We played volleyball with a balloon and we also played musical chairs. My sister blasted some music through her moki speaker. My brother won all the rounds in musical chairs.

Then we all had an ice cream cone of Neapolitan ice cream and a plate of chocolate mudcake. The cake was very delicious and very chocolatey. I kept washing my face afterwards because my face was full of chocolate.

After a while, we all cleaned up the deck and played with my dog 'Tolo'. We ran around the house and my dog chased us. We chatted, laughed and ate more cake as time went by.

.Before I left the house to go and sleepover at my aunty's house, I packed some spare clothes so that I could take a there before I went to bed.

I said goodbye to my parents and ran out the door with my heavy bag of clothes. We left my house at around nine because Tevita had to go to work at 10pm. Then we all read a book and soon fell asleep because we had a tiring day.

My favourite part was when we played musical chairs because I hadn't played musical chairs in a while. I hope my cousin had a great day on his birthday.

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and use appropriate language features in our writing.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use sequencing words in my recount to describe my cousin's birthday.

Wow! My glidboat looks very weird!

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 Different Uses Key to write down 5 different uses for a wing.