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Thursday 29 June 2017

Have you heard of mountain bike orienteering?


Learning intention: We are developing our understanding of Orienteering.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I display six facts about Orienteering using Thinglink.

Wednesday 28 June 2017

I can connect two different pieces of text!


Learning intention: We are learning to improve our reading skills through learning different reading strategies.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how to make connections.

Monday 26 June 2017

I'm very lonely here. Does this sound like Jesus to you?




Learning intention: We are learning to understand who Jesus is to us.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I illustrate six pictures to show who Jesus is for me using Pixton.

Sunday 25 June 2017

There are a lot of actions going on, you just have to be observant to notice it!



Learning intention: We are learning to develop our observational skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use Pixton to describe my observations of our school's deck.

Friday 23 June 2017

I am like Jesus!


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 about who Jesus is like for me.

Wednesday 21 June 2017

I am very sad! I am also very angry! What's the connection between these two sentences?


Learning intention: We are learning to develop and understand different reading strategies.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how we make connections when we are reading a piece of text.

We need some assistance with this sinkhole! What was the main point in this sentence?

Learning intention: We are learning to use different reading strategies.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that inferring is when we use parts of a paragraph to figure out the main idea of the text.

Wednesday 14 June 2017

Spiders eat birds? Aren't birds predators of spiders?


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

Tuesday 13 June 2017

Webs are as powerful as steel?


Learning intention: We are learning about ecology by using the inquiry process to study the living creatures in our school's environment.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I ask ten key questions about spiders from the information I have gathered and record it using Screencastify.

Monday 12 June 2017

Our Golden Bay will be protected for the future!

We are using De Bono’s six thinking hats to help us develop our critical thinking skills.

What suggestions and ideas do we have?
What are the key facts?
Can we use the WCO to look after all our pools of water, so we can grow more plants to fight against global warming?

The Golden Bay Springs gets a WCO to protect it as it has clear water.







What are the good things about it?
How do we feel about it?
It helps to defend the New Zealand reputation.
It protects our water.

I feel happy, because it will help more plants to grow.



What things will we need to think about?
What problems might we have?
What kind of protection will the WCO provide?
Tourists might have things that could harm the springs, such as fizzy drinks and rubbish that they bring to the springs.





Learning intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer De Bono's Six Thinking Hats questions using information from the article 'Golden Bay springs gets water protection order.'


The apostles witnessed Jesus' transfiguration!


Learning intention: We are learning to understand the importance of Jesus' transfiguration.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I illustrate and write the four important events that occurred during Jesus' transfiguration.

Thursday 8 June 2017

Eek! This spider might poison me!

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 write 11 facts about spiders and record it using Screencastify.

Sunday 4 June 2017

Manuia le aso!


Learning intention: We are learning about the Samoan culture.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I learn some phrases in Samoan and write five facts about Samoa.

Friday 2 June 2017

Why are people throwing coins into the sea?



What suggestions and ideas do we have?
What are the key facts?
Can we make our own wishing wells and throw our coins in there instead of in the sea?


A turtle was found with 5kg worth of coins inside it.





What are the good things about it?
How do we feel about it?

This situation brings to light the issue of people tossing coins into the sea.
Sad that people are throwing coins into the sea.





What things will we need to think about?
What problems might we have?
Where we drop our coins.
How can we separate the water so that our marine lives would not be affected by the pollution?
Be aware that some areas might be nests for some fish species.

Some marine life like the axolotl might eat our coins by moving to water where there are coins.





Learning intention: We are using De Bono’s six thinking hats to help us develop our critical thinking skills.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer all of (Edward) De Bono's Thinking Hat questions about the article '5kg of coins found inside turtle'.