New Zealand sailors first won in 2003!

Learning Intention: We are learning about the America's Cup.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use thinglink to display six facts about the America's Cup.

Orienteering started in Sweden!

Learning Intention: We are learning develop our understanding of Orienteering.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I display six facts about Orienteering using thinglink.

Do you know how to summarise texts?

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the reading skill of summarising.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how to summarise a piece of text.

Matariki is the Maori new year!

Learning Intention: We are learning about Matariki.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I display six facts about Matariki using thinglink.

I can't wait untill they complete the deck!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our observation skills.

Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I use pixton to describe my observations of the building of our school deck.

Adding fractions is fun!

Learning Intention: We are learning to add fractions together.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain that when we add fractions with the same denominators, we add the numerators together and leave the denominator the same.

Jesus is the sick to be healed!

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 Pixton to illusrate who Jesus is to us.

Prior knowledge helps us to understand something new!

Learning Intention: We are learning how to use our prior knowledge to help us with our reading.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how we can use our prior knowledge.

Grasshoppers can live for a year!

Learning Intention: We are learning about ecology through learning about the living creatures in our school environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write six facts about grasshoppers using thinglink.

The queen's only job is to lay eggs!

Learning Intention: We are learning about ecology by learning about the living creatures in our school environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write six facts about grasshoppers using thinglink.

I can give water to those who are thirsty!

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 of who Jesus is to me.

When ants fight, it is usually to death!

Ant are little tiny insects they live in may different places. Ants can also be called formicidae. There are more than 12,000 species of ants all over the world. Ants can live up to three months.

There are brown, black and reds ants. The red are fire ants they can bite. Formicidaes eat leaves they can eat up to two millagrams per day. They also eat food scrapes. When ants fight, it is usually to death, ants fight because they want to have access to food. Ants protect themselves by defending themselves and spraying chemicals on their body. You can usually find ants in your house or on mud. They did very deep holes and those holes become their habitat.

Formicidaes are important because they help our inviouronment to stay clean and keeps their predators to stay away from the gardens.

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the sructure of a description to write about ants.

Questioning is fun!

Learning Intention: We are learning different reading strategies.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain how we ask questions when we are reading a piece of text.

Ants are helpful!

Learning Intention: We are learning about ecology through using the inquriy process to study the living creatures in our school enviroment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I ask eight key questions about ants using the information that I have gathered.

Do you know how to read the 24 hour clock?

Learning Intention: We are learning to read the 24 hour time.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I give an example of 24 hour time.

How special it must have been for the apostles to be present at Jesus' transfiguration!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand the importance of Jesus' transfiguration.
Sucess Criteria: I know I can do this when I use Blaberize to record the four main parts of the story of Jesus' transfiguration.

We might have to travel overseas to buy Cadbury chocolates!

Learning Intention: We are learning to develop our critical thinking skills.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I answer the thinking questions using the information from the article "Chocolate being made overseas".

Ladybubgs help our environment!

Ladybugs live in the hedge, they are clever because when other predators approch them, they pretend to be dead and the predators leave them alone.

Ladybugs have bright colours so sometimes you don't see them because they act as a camouflage which helps them blend into their environment. They can be black and yellow, blue and black and red.
Ladybugs eat aphids and they can eat up to 5,000 aphids a day.
Did you know that lady bugs are not actually  bugs they are beetles.
Ladybugs protect themselves using their colours, their colours warn other predators to stay away.
The best time to look for ladybugs are between May and October. During winter ladybugs stay together to keep warm.

Ladybugs are important because they help our envioronment to be rid of smaller insects that might affect our vegetation.

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a description.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I follow the sructure of a description to write about ladybugs.

Why do ladybugs pretend to die when their predators approach them?

Learning Intention: We are learning about ecology through using the Inquiry process to study the living creatures in our school environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I ask six key questions about ladybugs using the information that I have collected.

Flies lay their eggs on fruits and food!

Learning Intention: We are learning about Ecology through studying about living creatures in our school environment.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write eight facts about flies and record it using screencastify.

When predators come to see a ladybug, they pretend to die!

Learning Intentions: We are learning about Ecolongy through studying about living creatures in our school environment. Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write eight interesting facts about ladybugs.

Afio Mai means welcome!

Learning Intention: We are learning to understand and appreciate the Samoan culture.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write eight phrases about Samoa and list down what Samoans eat and wear.

The Essenes followed the law of Moses!

Learning Intention: We are learning to identify and explain the religious group in Jesus' time. 
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I explain the position of the Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes, Zealots, Essences and the Poor in the time of Jesus.