Hmm! That's so yummy and creamy!

Ingredients:

• 1  ½ cup of flour
• 2 tablespoon of sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 teaspoon of oil
• Frying pan
• Medium Bowl 
• Measuring cup 
• Whisk
• Turning spatula
• Ladle 
• spoon

Method
Step 1: Get a bowl to put the flour in.
Step 2: Add ⅓ cup of water,  ½ cup of milk and 2 eggs.
Step 3: Whisk all the ingredients until mixed well.
Step 4: Turn on the stove and  put the frying pan on medium heat then pour in a small amount of oil.
Step 5: Pour the mixture into the frying pan then cook for 59 seconds or until the pancake becomes golden brown.
Step 6: Use the spatula to flip the pancake over to cook the other side.
Step 7: Grab a plate to put the cooked pancakes.
Step 8: Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of sugar onto the pancakes.
Step 9: Roll the pancakes and they're ready to eat.

Learning intention: We are learning to follow the structure of a procedure.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write nine steps for making pancakes. 

Wow! That's so sad, 13 young sperm whales had been washed ashore in Germany!

                           Learning intention: We are learning to understand the text that we read.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the comprehension questions about the sperm whales that was washed up in Germany correctly using information from the article.

Yes, my baby sister is part of the St Patrick's parish!

On Sunday my family and I went to mass for my baby sister's baptism. My dad and my mum sat at the front pew so father Michael could easily see them together with the godparents. My baby sister's name was Pina Linda Stowers.

After the readings and the homily, Father said that it was time to baptise my baby sister Linda.. My uncle, aunty and parents went and stood by the altar. While they were standing, Father Michael welcomed my baby sister Linda to the St Patrick’s Parish. Then it was time to “ Light the candle!” Father Michael baptised Linda by putting his hand and making the sign of the cross on my sister’s forehead as he said, “ I baptise you, in the name of the father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen!” Soon, it was finished and we carried on with the holy mass. When it was communion time I went with my brothers and sisters to receive the body and blood of Jesus.

After the holy communion, Father Michael said, “ The confirmation class starts in October!” Finally, he said, “The mass is ended. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. “May God bless you all and have a good day!”. We all went back home and watched TV while Dad cooked the food for us to celebrate my baby sister’s baptism.


My favourite part was when my baby sister Linda got baptised and she is now a Christian and a part of Jesus’ family.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write appropriate verbs and adverbs to describe going to church in the weekend.

Are you confident like Muhammad Ali?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the text that I read.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer comprehension questions about Muhammad Ali correctly using information from the article.

Help! Help! The house is on fire!

                                             Learning Intention: We are learning to develop understanding of the text that we read.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write the summary of the story 'House fire'.

Hmm! Did you know that penguins are flightless birds?

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 Questions Key to write 4 questions that gives the answer 'penguin'.

Do you know that the word 'painted' is a verb?

                                            Learning intention: We are to understand descriptive language.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I list the adjectives and the verbs that I find from the article 'The story of our house'.

Come on! Let's plant some vegetables!

On a cold and cloudy Saturday, my brother, dad and I ate breakfast early so we can be ready to plant our vegetables, fruit trees and some other plants. We got our tools from the shed at the back of our house. We used a shovel, trowel, wheelbarrow, gardening forks and rakes. I started using the rake to clean the back yard before we started planting.

First, my brother and I mowed the grass. It took us one whole hour to mow it because we have a big section. While I was cutting the grass, an idea came to my mind to make compost out of the cut grass for my garden. Then I hurried and collected up the grass and put it into a big container to decompose.

Then, it was planting time. We used a shovel to dig 2 holes to plant  2 orange plants in. Then we watered around them.  When my  dad was digging holes for the plants and vegetables, he said to me, “Get a trowel and I will teach you how to transplant new plants into the garden!’  I quickly grabbed a trowel and then he gave me a plant. I transplanted 4 plants but I was not sure if I did it alright. I hope that they will grow well.

Transferring a new plant into a garden bed was a bit challenging for me but I tried my very best.  My dad told me to squeeze the container, gently smack the bottom then place the plant gently into the hole. My dad was happy because I learned fast. Then he said, “Keep on going, you are doing great!” While I was transplanting,  I became tired but I didn’t give up because I only have a few left to plant.

When I was done, I helped my brother to plant the vegetables.  He was tired because he needed to do ten more seedlings to plant. I took five  and he had five as well. A few minutes later, my brother and I finished at the same time. Then we went into the house, took a shower and a rest  afterwards by watching Avengers 2 on TV.

I had a lot of fun planting vegetables and fruit trees with my dad and brother. I hope that we get out fruit trees will bear fruits soon for us to enjoy!

Learning intention: We are learning to understand the structure of a recount.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write an introduction, followed by the events and then a conclusion about my weekend planting plants in my garden.

Hmm! What a delicious plate of fried rice!

Ingredients:

• Fry
• 4 cups of rice
• 2 tablespoon of oil
• 1 small white onion
• Vegetable mixture
• 2 eggs
• 2 or 3 spoon of soy sauce
• Green onions
• Salt and pepper
• 25 Peas
• Carrot

Method:

Step 1: Get a frying pan and put it on the stove, turn it on to medium heat.

Step 2: Put in two tablespoons of oil in the frying pan and cut  one white onion and carrot. Also add 250 grams of peas into the pan.

Step 3: Then slide the onions and  the carrot in the fry pan.

Step 4: After that, put two eggs into the frying pan and put in some veggie mixture.

Step 5: Then add in four cups of rice.

Step 6: Now chop in some green onions and cook on high for 30 minutes.

Step 7: After 30 minutes, give it a stir and turn the stove off.

Step 8: Finally put the fried rice into a bowl and put in a bit of salt and pepper. Stir it again so the pepper and salt are mixed.

Now it is ready for you to taste, it will taste delicious!

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the eight steps for making fried rice.

Hmm! Let's find out about spiders!

Learning intention: We are learning to develop 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 spiders.

Yay! We won the basketball game!

On a partly cloudy Saturday, my uncle, cousin and I went to the Otahuhu basketball competition. We travelled there in the car. It took us nearly 50 minutes to get there. We named our team Tigers. We versed a team called ‘Leopard’  and they had a lot of good players.  I was scared because I didn’t think we could beat them.

Before the game got started, my uncle said, “Put on your basketball shoes and clothes!” Soon the whistle blew and the game started. When the ball came down, I ran fast as I could to grab the ball. I quickly pass it to my cousin. He bounced the ball and sprinted to the hoop and took a shot. Yay, it went in.

Then the whistle blew and we got one point and the other team didn't score any points. I was jumping up and down because I was so excited about my team scoring a point.

After that the whistle blew again it was half time. While we were resting, my uncle said to my cousins and I, “Try your best to defend the person next to you and get the ball off them.”

A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle and we are back on the court. When the other team was dribbling the ball, my cousin was defending him and he got the ball off him and that made me very happy. When he stole the ball off the person, he pass it to me and I shot the ball into the hoop to score two points. My uncle called out to me and said, “Good shot Vaughan!” After that, we had to check the ball, when the referee tossed the ball up, my cousin jumped up and got the ball and pass it to me. I ran so fast that a speeding train couldn't catch me. However the other team got the ball off me and they ran and shot the ball in.

After that, the game started and my cousin and I worked together as a team to get the ball from the other team. When I was defending the person beside me, my cousin Immanuel passed the ball to me and I sprinted while my cousin blocked the person next to him. He ran to me and I passed ball to him. He ran to the hoop and took his best dunk. All my uncle and friends were surprised that my cousin Matthew just dunked the ball into the hoop.

A while later, the whistle blew and I was jumping up and down because we had won the basketball game. After that, my team shaked hands with the Leopard team and we all said, “Good game!” to the

other team. After that, my uncle bought us some hot dogs and coca cola from the shop in Otara, then he took my friend and I home.

I had a lot of fun playing basketball with the other team and I hope I can do a slam dunk like Lebron James next time.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a recount using appropriate language features.
Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use punctuations correctly to show the beginning and end of sentences.

Come on! Let's go and explore the jungle!

                                            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 jungle.

Hmm! Delicious okra!

What you need

• Bowl
• 2 cans of Coconut cream
• Spoon
• Salt
• Pepper
• Cucumber
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 small onions
• Two pieces of raw fish

What to do  

Step 1: You will need a clean bowl and a spoon.

Step 2: Then you put in 2 cans of coconut cream into the bowl and sprinkle some salt and pepper into the bowl.

Step 3: Cut the two raw pieces of fish into small pieces and put it into the bowl.

Step 4: You need to stir it so that the cream is mixed well.

Step 5: Cut the cucumber and the tomatoes into small pieces and put it inside the bowl. After that, you need to stir it again so that it is mixed well.

Step 6: Cut the onions into small pieces and add them into the bowl.

Step 7: Finally, give it another stir and it is ready to be served.

Now it is ready for tasting, it will taste yummy, delicious and crunchy.

Learning intention: We are learning to write a procedure.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I write the seven steps for making delicious okra.