I think we can sing very well this Sunday!

On Friday the 27th of May, it was a chilly day, my whole class and I went to the church near our school to have our singing practice to prepare for the Mass occurring on Sunday.

We were working on our chromebooks when the time hit 10:00, our teacher told us to close our chromebooks and head to church in a straight line.

We walked faster than usual because we were all feeling the cold from the winter season. Before we entered the church, we used the holy water and marked the sign of the cross on our heads. Then we walked inside and genuflected towards the tabernacle before we entered our seats. Some of the other classes were already there.

We sang around eight songs with high pitched voices and medium pitched ones as well. I sang a lot but I felt I was a little too loud because I could only hear myself.

Finally after an hour, our practice ended. We left our seats, genuflected looking at the tabernacle and left the church silently.

I think we will sing very well on Sunday.

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 starting with an orientation, followed by the events and then a conclusion of our singing practice at church.

Did you know that compost takes a long time to decompose?

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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 to find words that are related to Compost.

In 7384, do you know the value of 8?

Learning intention: We are learning about place value.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I identify the place and value of whole number digits.

Do you know that compost takes a lot of effort?

On Monday the 23rd, my class and I made compost. Our teacher split us into four groups.

Two of the groups went outside looking for leaves and twigs while the other two groups had to cut banana peels and rip up old newspaper. The leaves and twigs are the greens for the compost and the paper and the banana peels are the browns for the compost. I was in the group that had to cut banana peels and we used scissors to cut them into very small pieces.  

We took a long time because there were a lot of banana peels. The groups that had to collect twigs and leaves came back while we were still cutting. They had completed their part before us. The newspaper group soon finished ripping up the pieces of clean newspaper.

We used a garden fork and a small trowel to flip and move everything that we had added. We all had a turn in twos but we only had ten seconds to mix and turn the compost.

Finally we were complete. We decided to put our compost in an area with low light. It was a lot of fun and we washed our hands and scissors so that we would not attract ants into our class.

Learning intention: We are learning how to write a recount.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the structure of a recount to write about my class making compost.

I am getting better at playing Netball!

Netball Practice!

After our morning tea, my class and I went to the top court to play Netball. Our coaches Mark and Tina were waiting for us there.

They introduced themselves and then Tina told us to get into a circle and say our names, our ages and what we wanted to be when we grow up. Everyone introduced themselves.

After that, Tina told us to jog to the end of the court and back. It made me very tired but other than that it was fine. As soon as we had finished warming up, Tina told us to pair with another person that was close to our size.

I paired up with Kyle because he was a similar size to me. Mark and Tina passed us some netball balls for us to pass to each other. Tina instructed us to stand facing our partners. Kyle and I did what we were told.

Then we learnt the chest pass. In a chest pass, we have to aim the ball at the other person’s chest.  After we practised ten times, we took a step back. The further we were away from our partner, the harder it was to pass the ball. If we missed, Mark would come and pick it up for us.

After a little while, we were told to join up into groups of three. There were two throwers and one catcher. The catcher had to throw the ball to the thrower diagonally opposite them, then they would throw it back to the catcher. We all took turns.

Soon it was almost time to go back to class and Tina told us to line up into three lines, forming a triangle. We were told to throw to the line on our left, then join the line on our right. After I threw the ball to my left, I ran to join the line on my right. After a little while, we switched the direction of our throw. I was a little bit confused because I

accidentally threw the ball to the right instead of my left.

Before long, it was time to go back to class. We said, “Goodbye Tina and Mark!” and went back to class. I had a lot of fun.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write an introduction, followed by the events and then a conclusion of our third Netball session.

Did you know that plants are really important to our environment?

Learning intention: We are learning about living things around us.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I identify the plant part where vegetables grow from and design a healthy salad. 

I want to be an architect!

I want to be an architect when I grow up. An architect writes and designs plans for buildings. People who wants to be an architect spend seven years in university. Some architects make a plastic or cardboard design of the building to show their customers the choices that they have. They modify the prototypes if necessary.

Learning intention:

We are learning to write a description.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I describe the job of an architect.