<?php
/*
Template Name: Whatever
*/

// First we need to dump out the contents of the page itself,
// that's where the standard loop comes into play
// e.g. If the page has content, (yes/no), while the page has content (if yes then),
// the_post (loop through to display our page's content).

if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
    // The page's title
    ?>
    <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

    <?php
    // The page itself's content
    the_content();

    // End the loop
    endwhile;
// End the if statement
endif;

// Let's query for and display some posts now

// Setup our query arguments
// Reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query

$args = array(
    // Number of posts
    'posts_per_page' => 5,
    // Specific category
    'category_name' => 'something'
);

// Now set a variable to hold your posts loop
// Call it whatever you like
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );

// Run our posts Loop, start with checking if anything was found
if ( $loop->have_posts() ) :
    // Loop through results if some found
    while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
    ?>
    <h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
    <?php // Show the post's excerpt
    the_excerpt();

    // End our posts loop
    endwhile;
// End our if statement
endif;
?>