Mischievous mouse.
Munch mild cheese and hiding in its hole
like Tuatara.
As small as a leaf on a misty moonlight night.

By Ellie

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Fantastic fish floating in the ocean.
Tail flapping like a fantail.
Finding food to feed on.
Fabulous.

Aiden

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Fast fish. Zooming like an eagle.
Finding favourite food.
Floating like a balloon.
Fat like a ball.

Kotone

Fabulous dog.
Furry like a fox’s tail.
Four feet, fast and funny.
By Skyla

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Fast fish. Zooming like an eagle.
Finding favourite food.
Floating like a balloon.
Fat like a ball.

Kotone

I heard people sing loudly in my ear.
I felt I was in a dream when I was walking.
I saw lots of big sparkly bright masks.
I smelled hot salty chips cooking in the oven.

By Quanah

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Beautiful butterfly.

Flying fast like a fairy.

Floating down like a feather.

Fantastic.

Ana

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Humpback whale. Fat and as big as the world.
Flipping and floating like a dolphin.
Likes to find food. Funky animal.

Jordan

Flight to England:
I heard the engine buzzing in my ears.
It looked like freezing ice blowing us.
I smelt nice, hot yummy food.
I felt really annoyed when I slept.

Flight to England:
I heard the engine buzzing in my ears.
It looked like freezing ice blowing us.
I smelt nice, hot yummy food.
I felt really annoyed when I slept.

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Kitten!
As cute and cuddly as a baby chick.
Calm and clever, just like a possum.
Lucy

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:


A tiny little snail lay tucked up in its shell.
As small as a leaf.
Slimy like a slug.

Krystal

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Foxes, eyes like shining diamonds.
They are as furry as a kitten.
Teeth as sharp as a dinosaur’s.
Super fast.



Foxes are dirtier than dumps.
Dangerous and deadly to deer.
Living in dark dark forests.


Keely

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

A fox is as fast as a furious cheetah.
Furry like a gorilla.
Fantastic creature.
Lives in the forest.

Usha

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Fantastic fish floating in the ocean.
Tail flapping like a fantail.
Finding food to feed on.
Fabulous.

Jenny and Aiden

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:


Wool Lovely lamb.is soft like a teddy bear.
Cosy warm and cuddly.

Emma

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:


Wool Lovely lamb.is soft like a teddy bear.
Cosy warm and cuddly.

Emma

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Beautiful birds bouncing in your backyard.
Chirping in the air charming songs.
Like a small balloon bouncing in the breeze.

Yasmina

Dragon fish, Disaster fish.
Chomping teeth.
Dancing in the sea, dangerous to fish.
Diving deep, swimming in the darkness.
Slashing their prey. Tricking fish, razor teeth.
Beautiful swimmers, swimming like a dolphin.
Bioluminescent, glows red or blue.

William

Mask parade

It sounded like people having conversations about how fun it will be, adults chattering about their children, kids whistling low as they walk. I saw colourful masks walking with me, shops with giant labels on top, a giant ferries wheel with screaming children on top, I smelled hot chocolate. With extra marshmallowy smell, impatient to start the mask parade.

Mask parade

It sounded like people having conversations about how fun it will be, adults chattering about their children, kids whistling low as they walk. I saw colourful masks walking with me, shops with giant labels on top, a giant ferries wheel with screaming children on top, I smelled hot chocolate. With extra marshmallowy smell, impatient to start the mask parade.

By Oscar

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Frog. As fast as a fish.
Cool jumper, funny jumper.
Nice and slimy. Awesome froggy.
Flicking its tongue out at flies.

Ethan

WE ARE G TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Shark, a sharp chomping jaw.
Slashing its way through the ocean.
Swimming like a jet ski.
Attacking people in shore. LEARNIN

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE)POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Sparrow.
As small as a mouse curled up asleep.
Squeaking like a human squealing.
Then flies into the sunlight of my backyard.

Eva

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WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

A puppy is as soft as snow.

Cuddly like a pillow.

Cute as a butterfly.

Always playful, pouncing on my teddy.

Arjuna

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Funny Tuatara.
Hides safely under its hole like a mouse.
Scaly skin. Spikes sharper than a tooth.
Lazy like an owl.

Harry

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE A CONCRETE (SHAPE) POEM USING ALLITERATIONS AND SIMILES:

Seasnake, winding around its prey.
Stays still like a rock to trick its prey.
Ferocious fangs.
Swimming through seaweed.
Swimming deep.

Jay

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen a bumble bee?
Flying high buzzing loud , making
honey.
Amazing.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen a bumble-bee?
Zipping stings, fragile wings,
humming buzzzzzz.
Spectacular.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLETS
Have you ever seen the ocean?
Wavy shiny, light blue,
bumps of islands.
Beautiful.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLETS
Have you ever seen a butterfly?
Pretty colourful, bright beautiful,
feels dusty.
Wonderful.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLETS
Have you ever seen a kitten?
Cute cuddly, playful hungry,
Sleeping meowing,
Happy scratching.
Lovely.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen a lamb?
Fluffy woolly, playful bouncy.
Cute.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen a lamb?
Fluffy white, curly wool, fun playful.
Cute.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen a leaf ?
Green small, lovely
blowing , soft flapping.
Amazing.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLETS
Have you ever seen a cloud?
White fluffy, big puffy, cuddly soft.
Wonderful.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLETS
Have you ever seen a butterfly?
Small cute, lovely white, flapping wings,
Wonderful .

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen a kitten?
Soft cuddly, playful cute ,
Sleeping hungry.
Amazing.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen a kitten?
Cute cuddly, nice warm , playful scratchy.
Cool.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen the sun?
Boiling hot, burning 80,000000000ºC,
nice bright.
Hot .

POETRY : SPRING COUPLET
Have you ever seen the sun?
Very hot, get sweaty, need a hat.
Hot.

POETRY: SPRING COUPLET

Have you ever seen a butterfly?
A fluttering butterfly, spread
wings, beautiful colours.
Wonderful.

24.9. 09
THE DRAGON STORY

Once there was a dragon. He lived in a cave and there were other dragons. All the dragons wore different because of their colours and the markings on them.
By Jordan.

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has the same rights. People here in New Zealand have a good life but in some other places around the world people don’t have the same things as us. We want to help these people all around the world who are sick.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people have their homes made out of scrap metal, clay and wire. The stuff they make it from has holes in it.

In Kroo Bay people only have one cupboard of medicine. If they get sick there is not enough medicine for everybody.

We would like to raise some money to help people around the world. I would like us to buy a water well from the Save the Children Wishlist. People need this so they can have clean water forever plus it would provide clean water to drink.

So can you please give some money so we can all help other people’s lives? Please.

William F

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has rights but some people don’t get those rights. We want to make human rights a reality. We need to help these people.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people are dying because they don’t have enough medicine. We want to help people that live in a slum.

In Kroo Bay people basically live in sheds. They don’t have doors or walls and they have to use curtains.

We would like to raise some money to help people around the world. I would like to buy a yak because people will get milk. You can take the yaks horns off and knit warm clothes and blankets.

We want to make human rights a reality so please give us hundreds of dollars so we can help.

Yasmina

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every human has the same rights. Some humans don’t get what they need and that’s destroying their lives. Room 14 wants to help these people. If you donate some money we can help them to have a better life.

In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. Humans are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everybody. People can’t afford to buy medicine and doctors don’t have enough to give to everyone that needs it.

In Kroo Bay people live next to the river. Their drinking water is dirty and not healthy. They need to have healthy water or they can drink the water and die.

We would like to raise money to help the poor humans around the world. I would like to buy one year’s teacher training from the Save the Children Wishlist. This is a good idea because then people can get an education.

Please give some money to Save the Children so they can be saved.

Will S.

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.


Every person has the same rights. Some people are dying. They need your help.

In Kroo Bay people are dying because doctors don’t have enough medicine for everyone. Other people don’t have houses to live in because they live in sheds. The houses that some people do have are not proper and if it floods the houses could fall apart.

I would like to buy a hairy yak through the Save the Children Wishlist because it would provide wool and milk for people who need it.

Please give some money so things can be bought for these people.

Usha

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair and we want to help these people to be safe.

In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. Some people do not have enough money to buy medicine and people all over Kroo Bay are dying.

In Kroo Bay the people live next to a river. They can’t drink the water because it is dirty and not healthy for them. The children play in it and they get sick.

I would like to buy a baby kit through Save the Children. I think this would be good because it has medicine, nappies, clothes and shoes. It will help mothers to keep their children healthy.

Please help us to help children around the world.

Skyla

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair. I think these people need our help so they can survive and have a better life.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. People are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everybody. People can’t afford to buy medicine and the doctors don’t have enough to give to everyone that needs it.

In Kroo Bay people basically live in sheds. Their houses are made out of scrap metal, clay and old wood. They don’t have proper windows and doors. Their houses have holes in them and they leak when it rains. Sometimes when it rains the houses flood and people have to move.

Please give some money so we can help to save the children around the world. I would buy a mosquito net because at night the children get bitten. A mosquito net means the children won’t get sore and they will be more healthy.

These people need your help so they can have a better life like us.


Quanah

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get these rights. We want to make people’s lives better. We hope you can help us.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people can’t afford medicine. If they don’t get his medicine they get sick and die. We want to help people to survive.

In Kroo Bay people live in slums. We want to help them build proper houses to live in because when it rains their houses flood and they have to move out.

In Kroo Bay the water is dirty and toilet waste goes into their water and makes them sick. We want to find some clean water to give to them. We want to give this clean water to them so they have clean water to drink, play and wash in.

I want to buy a water filter from Save the Children Wishlist. I think this is a good idea because it provides clean water to drink.

Please, please give some money to pay for a water filter to give people clean water. We want to help everyone to have a healthy life.

Oscar

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.


In the world there are people dying. Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair. I think these people need our help so they can survive and have a better life.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. People are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everybody. People can’t afford to buy medicine and the doctors don’t have enough to give to everybody that needs it.

In Kroo Bay the people live next to a river. Their drinking water is dirty and not healthy for them. The people wash in muddy and dirty water. The children swim in the river which is filled with rubbish and toilet waste. This is unhealthy and people are getting sick and dying.

We would like to raise some money to help people around the world. I would like to buy mosquito net from the Save the Children Wishlist. People need this because they can get deadly diseases and get very sick from mosquito bites.
Can you please help us to raise some money so we can help other people in the world?

Mackensey

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair. I think these people need our help so they can survive and have a better life.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. People are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everybody. People can’t afford to buy medicine and the doctors don’t have enough to give to everyone that needs it.

In Kroo Bay people basically live in sheds. Their houses are made of scrap metal, clay and old wood. They don’t have proper windows and doors. The houses have holes in the roof and they leak when it rains. Sometimes when it rains the houses flood and people have to move out.

We would like to raise money to help the poor people around the world. We would like to buy a water filter from the Save the Children Wishlist so for the rest of their lives the poor people will have lots of clean water.

So please help us to help the poor children around the world and make their human rights a reality.

Lucy

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.


In the world there are people dying. Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair. I think these people need our help so they can survive and have a better life.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. People are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everybody. People can’t afford to buy medicine and the doctors don’t have enough to give to everybody that needs it.


In Kroo Bay people basically live in sheds. Their houses are made out of scrap metal, clay and old wood. They don’t have proper windows and doors. Their houses have holes in them and they leak when it rains. Sometimes when it rains the houses flood and people have to move out.

In Kroo Bay the people live next to a river. Their drinking water is dirty and not healthy for them. The people wash in muddy and dirty water. The children swim in the river which is filled with rubbish and toilet waste. This is unhealthy and people are getting sick and dying.


We would like to raise some money to help people around the world. I would like to buy mosquito net from the Save the Children Wishlist. People need this because they can get deadly diseases and get very sick from mosquito bites.
Can you please help us to raise some money so we can help other people in the world?

Kotone

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair. I think these people need our help so they can survive and have a better life.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. People are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everybody. People can’t afford to buy medicine and the doctors don’t have enough to give to everybody that needs it.

In Kroo Bay people basically live in sheds. Their houses are made out of scrap metal, clay and old wood. They don’t have proper windows and doors. Their houses have holes in them and they leak when it rains. Sometimes when it rains the houses flood and people have to move out.

We would like to raise some money to help people around the world. I would like to buy a mosquito net from the Save the Children Wishlist. People need this because mosquito nets keep them safe from disease.

Please give some money so we can help to save the children around the world.

Keely

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.


Every person has the same rights but not all people get them.

In Kroo Bay people only have two shelves of medicine for over 6000 people but not many people can afford it. Some people are dying because they can’t get medicine.

In Kroo Bay the people live next to a river and it has lots of rubbish in it. The people wash and play in it. The people drink dirty water.

We would like to raise some money to help the poor people around the world. I would like us to buy a water filter through the Save the Children Wishlist so people can have clean water to drink.

Can you please give some money to buy a water filter so people can be healthy?

Jonny

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.


Every person has rights. Some people don’t have the things they need for these rights.

In Kroo Bay people are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everyone. People need the medicine to help them to survive.

In Kroo Bay the people don’t have healthy homes. There are holes in their houses and they don’t have the right tools to fix them.

I would like to raise some money to buy a water filter so the people can have healthy water. We would like you to give some money to help the people.

Jay

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair. I think these people need our help so they can survive and have a better life.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. People are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everybody. People can’t afford to buy medicine and the doctors don’t have enough to give to everybody that needs it.

We would like to raise some money to help people around the world. I would like to buy water filter from the Save the Children Wishlist. People need this so they can survive and have a better life.

Please give some money so we can help people in poor countries.

Emma

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every child has rights but some don’t get what they need to survive. We want to help make human rights a reality.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. Medicine is very scarce there so when people get sick the doctor’s don’t have enough medicine for everybody.

Kroo Bay people live next to a river. Their drinking water is dirty and not healthy for them. The children play in the muddy water and swim in it too. The river is full of toilet waste.

We would like to raise money to help people around the world. We would like to buy a water filter through the Save the Children Wishlist. I think this would be good because then the poor people could have clean water for their lives.

So will you please give some money to help save the children?

Ellie

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has a right to medicine, food, clean water and a safe home. But some people don’t have these things and we need to help them.

In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. People are dying because there isn’t enough medicine for everybody.

In Kroo Bay people’s houses are made out of wood and metal. When it rains the houses get flooded and the people have to move out.

We would like to raise some money to help people around the world. I would like buy a hairy yak for the Save the Children Wishlist. People need this because they can provide wool for people to keep warm.

So can you please help by giving some money to Save the Children to help the people that need it?

Ana

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.

Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair. I think these people need our help so they can survive and have a better life.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. In Kroo Bay people don’t have enough medicine. People are dying. The doctors don’t have enough medicine for everyone.

In Kroo Bay their water is dirty and it is full of rubbish. People get sick when they play and swim in the water.

We would like to raise some money to help the poor people around the world. I would like us to buy a yak through the Save the Children Wishlist. I think this would be good because it gives them milk and wool.

Please help us to raise money for the children in Kroo Bay. Please.

Desiah

EXPRESS YOURSELF:
We are going to express ourselves by informing our community about children in
Kroo Bay and raise money for Save the Children.


Every person has the same rights. Some people don’t get what they need to survive. This isn’t fair. I think these people need our help so they can survive and have a better life.

Kroo Bay is a slum community in Africa. People can’t afford rice to eat. People are dying because they don’t have enough money to buy food for their family.

In Kroo Bay people don’t have proper homes. They are made of metal and they are not strong. People’s houses are falling apart and they are not healthy to live in.

I would like to buy a water filter from the Save the Children Wishlist. A water filter gives people some clean water to drink.

Can you please give some money to help the children?

Aiden

LUNCH AT THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:

On Friday 21st of August room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens because it was Kiri’s last day. Some parents came too but only two. When we got to the Queen’s Gardens we got set up and had lunch. I sat next to Eva and Ana, they’re my two best friends. After lunch we played lots of games like tag, bubbles and climbing trees.

After we had played some games and did all the stuff we needed to do we packed up and walked to the Japanese garden. It was amazing, there were lots of things made of concrete. Then it was time to go so we lined up and walked back to school. We saw shags nests and water wheels. It was so much fun. I can’t wait until next time.

Yasmina

THE TRIP TO THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:

On Friday 21st of August room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens. We walked there for a reward because we filled up the Kotahitanga jar. I walked there with Oscar, Arjuna and Desiah. When we got to the Queen’s Gardens we unpacked and we had our lunch. After lunch we played finding bugs. Oscar found a centipede and Jay found a snail. Oscar called his Centy and Jay called his Trailly. I wanted to find one but I couldn’t.

After that we packed up and went to the Japanese garden. At the garden Oscar lost Centy. I also tried to find a worm but I couldn’t.

On the way back to school we went a different way. When we got back we watched Prehistoric Park. I had an awesome day!

Toby

LUNCH AT THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:

On Friday afternoon room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens because it was Kiri’s last day. When we got to the Queen’s Gardens we set the blankets out so we could sit on them and have lunch. I climbed trees and played tag, Kotone was in. Jay found a snail and it made a trail. Then we packed up and went for a walk in the Japanese garden. We walked inside and looked at the garden and then we walked back to school. We watched a movie, said goodbye to Kiri and gave her a big hug. I can’t wait to see her again.

Skyla

LUNCH AT THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:

On Friday room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens because it was Kiri’s last day at school. Our class got together and started walking. I walked with Toby, Arjuna and Arjuna’s mum. When we got there we all had lunch I sat on a big tree with Toby and Jay.

After lunch we had a play. I played tag, climbed trees and found a centipede. I called the centipede Centey. Jay found a snail and called it Trailly. Then we packed up and walked to the Japanese garden. When we were there I dropped my Centey. After that we walked back to room 14 and watched some of Prehistoric Park. It was a great day. I can’t wait to do it again.

Oscar

LUNCH AT THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:

On Friday afternoon room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens to celebrate Kiri’s last day teaching in room 14. When we got to the Queen’s Gardens Helen and Kiri set up for lunch. After lunch I played tag with lots of other people. On the way back to school we went to the Japanese garden and I walked around it.

We came back to school and watched Prehistoric Park. I hope we can go back to the Queen’s garden.

Jonny

TRIP TO THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:

On Friday room 14 went to the Queen’s Gardens, we all walked down in groups. We unpacked in part of the gardens where a very big tree was. We ate lunch when we got there. I sat on a tree to eat lunch and afterwards Oscar and I found bugs. I called mine Traillie and Oscar called his Centey.

After lunch we packed up and went to the Japanese garden. We got our photo taken in the keyhole, and then we went down to the waterfall. When we were coming back to the main part of the Japanese garden Oscar dropped his Centey. After we got there we went back to the main part of the Queen’s Gardens. We walked back to class and we watched more of Prehistoric Park.

I loved it because we went somewhere exciting.

Jay

LUNCH AT THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:

On Kiri’s last day room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens. We all had lunch there. After lunch room 14 all played and I read my book and wandered around. Then we all went to the Japanese garden. I liked the mini waterfall. After that room 14 went back to school and I watched Prehistoric Park. It was fun going to the gardens.

Ethan

LUNCH AT THE QUEEN’S GARDENS:

On Friday room 14 went to the Queen’s Gardens for lunch to celebrate Kiri’s last day. Room 14 walked to the Queen’s Gardens. I walked with my mum, Oscar, Toby and Desiah. Room 14 sat down on mats and trees. I sat down with my mum, Desiah, Jonny and Jordan. Then we played tag and I climbed a tree.

Then Room 14 went to the Japanese garden. I loved the Japanese garden. After that we went back to school. I loved going to the Queen’s Gardens.

Arjuna

Last week me, my dad and my brother went up the mountain to a ski club. It took seven hours to get there. First we reached the bottom hut and we stayed one night there. The next day we climbed the mountain. When we got to the top hut I had some breakfast. In the afternoon I jumped in the hot tub.

We stayed two more days because I got sick. I got too sick so we had to drive off the mountain. After that we stayed three nights at somewhere else and then we went home. I had great fun!

Ellie

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive in the dark dark night to the woods. WHOOSH! Jim and Debbie were scared. Suddenly a spaceship came out of nowhere and two freaky aliens came marching towards Jim and Debbie. They said “Hi our names are Thorax and Mokka. Do you want to come to Mokkoucity?” “What’s Mokkoucity?” asked Jim. “We live there, it’s an amazing place. Do you want to come?” asked Thorax. “Yes I do, aye Debbie!” “Sure”, said Debbie. “Come in. We are going to take off soon. Quick!” said Thorax. ZOOM ZOOM. Jim fainted. “What is wrong Jim?” asked Debbie, but he didn’t respond.

“We are at Mokkoucity. Let’s have a party!” said Thorax. “See you two later” said Mokka. WAHOOOO. Then Jim and Debbie were back at their car. “Wow!” they said and they drove home. It was dinner time. “Man, I am so sleepy” said Jim and Debbie.

By Will S

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive through the forest. Then from out of nowhere a spaceship came. Weeb, weeb, weeb! Jim and Debbie hid behind a bush but it was no good, the aliens saw them. Luckily they were nice aliens. One was called Ding Dong because he slept with an alarm clock on all day. The other alien was called Tavooscy because that’s what everybody called him.

“Do you want to come to Zozspliespok?” the aliens asked. “Yes”, said Debbie. So they all went to Zozspliespok. There were aliens everywhere. There were computers, playstations and DSs. They all had a sleepover and the next morning Tavooscy was standing over Jim and Debbie. “Run away!” they shouted.

Jim and Debbie ran back to the spaceship and they flew back home. They ran into the house. Just then Jim’s mum came in. She asked “Why is there an alien’s spaceship in the backyard?” “Long story, long story mum!”

By William F

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive on a dark night. Suddenly a spaceship came down from the sky. Jim and Debbie were so scared they hid in the bushes.

A friendly alien came out of the spaceship and said “Hi. My name is Alien 1 and this is Alien 2. We are friendly aliens.” “Do you want to come home with us?” asked Jim and Debbie. “Yes!” said Alien 1 so Jim and Debbie took the aliens back to their house. The aliens slept on the floor and ate toilet paper and drank toilet water. They all lived happily ever after.

By Usha

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive to the park. It was dark and Jim got petrified and jumped out of the car. Debbie followed. She saw a light coming from a spaceship so she hid in the trees with Jim. Aliens came out of the spaceship and their names were Dede and Swifingling.

Jim and Debbie went home and the aliens went with them. One day Jim bought a big fish, the aliens ate fish and spewed in the room. Debbie was sick in the room too because she smelt the fish. Debbie took the aliens back to the spaceship and Jim went back with the aliens. Debbie wanted to go too but she got frightened and ran away. Debbie never saw Jim again.

By Skyla

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive. It was a dark night and they were tired. Suddenly they saw a spaceship! It was spooky and it came down onto the ground right in front of their eyes. They quickly got out of the car and ran into the bushes to hide. Then they saw something come out of the spaceship. It was two little aliens. They said “Can we stay at your house for ever please?” Jim and Debbie said “Yes” and the aliens cheered. But Jim and Debbie said “Only if you don’t mess up the house!” The aliens agreed and stayed and Jim and Debbie’s home for ever and they all lived happily ever after.

By Quanah

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One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive into town when all of a sudden a UFO flew down to the car. Jim and Debbie were so terrified that they went and hid in the bush. Then two weird and funny looking aliens hopped out of the UFO. Their names were Bagogo and Snozzcumber. Jim and Debbie took the two aliens back home with them.

The next day Bagoga had an old chair for breakfast instead of cereal. Snozzcumber had a delicate cabinet with autographs in it. Jim said “Not the autographs!” Debbie said “Go easy dad, they’re only aliens.” “Okay,” said Jim.

For lunch Bagoga had fresh boogers and Snozzcumber had a fence. Then they went back to space. Jim and Debbie had fun with the aliens and the aliens had fun too. They will catch up again in the future.

By Oscar

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One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive into the forest. WHOOSH! Suddenly a spaceship came out of nowhere. Debbie yelled “Come on, get out of the car!” They ran to hide in the bushes but they were too late. The aliens had already come out of the spaceship. The aliens said “Greetings earthlings. Our names are Happy and Funny.”

Happy asked Jim and Debbie if they wanted to come to Swizbow with them. Jim and Debbie said “No!” but the aliens chucked them into the spaceship and took off. When they landed in Swizbow the aliens walked out of the spaceship. Quickly Jim and Debbie ran into the control room and flew off to their home.

By Mackensey

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive in the forest. It was a dark night and the bright moon was out. The night was spooky and suddenly Jim and Debbie saw a spaceship. In the spaceship were two little aliens. The spaceship was so spooky that Jim and Debbie went and hid in the dark, dark bushes. The aliens were very scary. The aliens went “WHIRRR!” very loudly.

Jim and Debbie went to say hello to the aliens but it was too late because the aliens took Jim and Debbie into their spaceship. They put Jim and Debbie on a machine and they turned into aliens. They did not like

being aliens. WHISSHHH, and they flew away! When you are an alien you eat bark and sand, bark and sand are yucky. When Jim and Debbie and the two aliens arrived at the alien’s world Jim and Debbie were very pleased that they were aliens!

By Lucy

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One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive in the forest. It was a dark night. Suddenly a spaceship landed in front of their eyes. WOOOSH! Jim and Debbie were terrified. Jim shouted ‘Get out of the car!” They both got out of the car. Two silly aliens came out of the spaceship. “Greetings my people. Our names are Zig and Zag.”

Debbie and Jim took Zig and Zag back home with them. Zig ate a table for tea and Zag ate a chair. Jim and Debbie said to the aliens “It’s about time you left.” So the aliens pushed a button on their control and the ship appeared. They hopped into their ship and flew away.

By Krystal

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive. It was a dark and spooky night. They took a long time to drive. WHIRRRR, along came a spaceship. Jim and Debbie were very scared! Two spooky aliens came out of the spaceship and their names were Pop and Deby. Jim and Debbie were very scared.

The two aliens, Pop and Deby wanted Jim and Debbie to come into the spaceship so Jim and Debbie went into space. The aliens wanted them to sleep over but Jim and Debbie didn’t want to so they asked if they could go home. Pop and Deby said “Okay.” Jim and Debbie got into a spaceship and went home.

By Kotone

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive in a spooky forest. They saw a creepy spaceship and two aliens came out of it. Jim and Debbie ran towards a big fat tree so they could hide but they were too late because the aliens found them. “Whirrrr!” the aliens said. The aliens were friendly and they all flew back to the alien planet. Jim and Debbie wanted to go back to New Zealand so the aliens zapped them back to New Zealand.

The next night Jim and Debbie went back to the spooky forest. The aliens were still there but they were different. They looked different and they spoke differently too. They said “Hi, we are aliens. Our names are Spikey 1 and Pickchi 2. We are mean, but sometimes we are nice like today.” So Jim and Debbie took the aliens home. The next morning they had breakfast and mum said ‘Why is there an alien spaceship in the backyard?” “I don’t know what you are talking about!” Jim and Debbie said. The aliens stayed there for a very long time.

The next month Jim and Debbie took them back to their spaceship. The spaceship was gone to they had to build another one. The aliens finally went home and Jim and Debbie did miss them!

By Keely

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive in the night. Suddenly a creepy spaceship came down and Jim and Debbie ran and hid in the bushes. They were terrified! The spaceship made a strange noise. Two marshmallow aliens came out of the spaceship. Their names were Gong and Ming.

Jim and Debbie took the aliens to the park and the aliens started eating bark. Jim and Debbie thought the aliens were strange so they took them back to the spaceship. Jim and Debbie told the aliens to follow their car back to their house. They invited the aliens to stay but there wasn’t enough room in the house so Gong and Ming had to go back home.

By Jordan

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive through the forest in the middle of the night. Jim and Debbie felt really scared and frightened. Just then a spaceship came zooming right in front of them. When they saw the spaceship they got out of the car and hid in the bushes. They were in the green bushes when suddenly two weird looking aliens hopped out of the spaceship. Their names were Snotty and Eyeball Soup.

As soon as Snotty and Eyeball Soup saw Jim and Debbie they pushed them into their spaceship and zoomed off to Tim-tom-too. When Jim and Debbie were in Tim-tom-too they wanted to stay there because it was so cool. It had roller coasters and other exciting things like that. Jim and Debbie lived happily ever after on Tim-tom-too.

By Jonny

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive into the forest. When they had only got halfway there, an alien spaceship came down right in front of the car! They heard a WHIRRRRRR as it landed. “Quick!” shouted Debbie. Out hopped two aliens. “Greetings earthlings. We come from Mars. Would you like to come to Mars?” “No!” said Jim but the aliens dragged them in anyway.

When they arrived at Mars the aliens made Jim and Debbie have dust for breakfast. They didn’t like it; they said “Yuck!” Mars was creepy and the aliens sent them to work, cleaning their house. Jim and Debbie had to live there for the rest of their lives.

By Jay

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive in the forest at night. They saw a spaceship and they were very scared so they hid behind a bush. Jim and Debbie heard a loud WHIRRRR. Suddenly they saw two weird aliens come out. Jim took one of the aliens and Debbie took the other alien. They took them home to their house. In the morning Jim said “What do you want for breakfast?” “I want eyeball soup!” they said. “Oh no!” Then the aliens strangled Jim so Debbie ran out to the car and drove off to her grandma’s. The aliens left Jim (the dead man) and flew back to the alien kingdom.

By Harry

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive down the road. It turned out to be a long drive and a very dark spooky night. Suddenly Jim and Debbie heard a noise. CRASH, BANG, BANG! It was a flying saucer. “Hide, hide!” said Debbie. “I’m scared!” said Jim. Jim and Debbie ran as fast as they could the bushes. It was a very prickly and bumpy bush. WHIRRRR! “What’s that?” yelled Debbie.

Two froggy looking aliens jumped out of the flying saucer. “Hi. My name is Cumby, his name is Gumby. Do you want to come for a ride?” Cumby pulled Jim and Debbie into the flying saucer. “Do you want me to tell you a bed time story about the place we are taking you?” asked Gumby. “Okay,” said Jim. ‘Well, we are taking you a big humungous palace full of cobwebs and spooky spiders. Also there’s a tiny tiny attic where Cumby and I keep our interesting things that we see floating in space.” “I’m a bit tired,” yawned Jim. “Same,” said Debbie. They both fell asleep.

In the morning when Jim and Debbie woke up Jim realized that Gumby was sleeping on him. Jim kicked Gumby off him. Gumby went flying up to the roof and bumped the tip of his nose and landed SPLAT on his tummy.

Debbie said “What’s for breakfast?” Cumby said “Either bark or sand.” “Yuck!” said Jim
and Debbie, “Do you have anything else?” “Don’t you like bark or sand? Did you know bark and sand are the yummiest breakfast in the world?”

“I want to go home,” whispered Debbie. “Same!” said Jim. “Should we get out of the flying saucer and then jump?” “Okay, but how do you open the door?” asked Debbie. “Try pressing all the buttons,” said Jim. “Okay, but what happens if I press the wrong button?” “I don’t know, don’t ask me!” said Jim. “I’m not sure about this Jim!” said Debbie. “Don’t worry. It’ll be fine, just fine. I’ll do the top row, you do the bottom row,” said Jim. “Okay. Jim, what do you think the green buttons are for?” asked Debbie. “I don’t know, just press it alright! Bamboo sticks and poisonous trees!!!” said Jim.

Jim didn’t know what was happening. He could feel the flying saucer vibrating. “I knew I shouldn’t have pressed the green button!” “What’s wrong with you?” asked Debbie. “Are we flying?”said Jim. “AAAAAAH!” said Jim and Debbie. Crash, bang, splat! The flying saucer crashed through an old cracking window. “OUCH!!!” Jim and Debbie screamed.

“I wonder who lived in here?” whispered Debbie. “Whoever does live in here, I bet him or her will be very cross with us,” said Jim. “Hey, what does that sign say? ‘This is no one’s house.’ Shall we live in here?” asked Debbie. “Yes!” said Jim and they lived happily ever after.

Eva

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive out in the forest. It was a dark night and they were feeling scared. Suddenly a spaceship came in front of the car. Jim and Debbie hid behind the bushes and heard a loud WHIRRRING noise. They were terrified! Two froggy aliens jumped out of the spaceship. Before they knew it the spaceship took off with Jim and Debbie and they landed on the planet Frogagon.

The aliens pushed Jim and Debbie to the Frog King’s throne. When the froggy aliens weren’t looking Jim and Debbie ran back into the spaceship. The spaceship took off and it landed tight in front of the car. Jim and Debbie were so frightened they drove all the way home super quick.

By Ethan

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One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive. It was a dark quiet night and the moon shone brightly. Suddenly they heard a scary noise. Up in front of Jim and Debbie was a spaceship and out popped an alien.

Jim and Debbie went and hid behind a bush. The space-ship went WHIRRRRR! The aliens told Jim and Debbie they had to stand on a machine and they would be turned into aliens. They would have to eat sand and bark.

Jim and Debbie were very pleased that they were aliens!

Emma

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive. They were driving along the road when a creepy UFO swooped down from the trees. Jim and Debbie ran to hide in the bushes. Jim and Debbie were so freaked out! Just at that minute two hairy aliens jumped out of the UFO. Jim and Debbie screamed!!

The aliens took Jim and Debbie to Mars, but the aliens were friendly. When they got to Mars they had some food. There were aliens everywhere. The next day Jim and Debbie went home. The aliens said they could visit again soon.

By Ellie

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive. All of a sudden a spaceship came out of the bushes. Jim and Debbie got out of the car and ran into the bushes. There was a big noise WHIRRRRRR. Jim and Debbie came out of the bushes and went over to the spaceship. One alien came out. “Greetings, hello, welcome. My name is Blobby.” A second alien came out and it was angry. His name was Angry!

Debbie said that she was tired. “Have a sleep in my bed,” said Blobby. “Thank you!” said Debbie and she went into the spaceship. In the morning Debbie woke up but couldn’t find Jim anywhere. “Where’s Jim?” she asked. “In Poff Poff,” said the aliens. “Where’s Poff Poff?” asked Debbie. “In the kitchen,” said the aliens. Debbie found Jim again. “I don’t like this place!” cried Debbie. “Me too. Let’s get out of here!” said Jim. “I have a plan!”

That night Jim got the key for the door. Jim and Debbie jumped out of the spaceship and they landed on the ground by the car. They jumped into the car and drove home.

Desiah

WE ARE LEARNING TO WRITE CREATIVE STORIES:

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive in the forest. It was a very dark night. All of a sudden a spaceship arrived on the road. They ran to a tree and hid. Jim and Debbie heard a loud noise, they were creeped out! They were shocked to see two funny looking aliens come out of the spaceship. When Jim and Debbie saw the aliens they fainted. When they fainted the two funny looking aliens took Jim and Debbie into the UFO.

When Jim and Debbie woke up they saw that they were in the UFO. The aliens took Jim and Debbie to out of space and they all had a party.

By Ana

Artefacts Skyla Quanah Krystal

Artefacts Wills Jordan Ana

Artefacts Title

Artefacts Yasmina Eva Ellie

Artefacts Oscar Ethan Toby

Artefacts Lucy Emma Kotone

Artefacts Desiah Jay

Artefacts Jonny Aiden Harry

WINTER SENSES POEMS:
We are learning to use adjectives in our writing

Winter feels like drinking yummy hot chocolate.
Winter smells like smoking chimneys.
Winter looks like the big moon shining brightly when
I wake up.
Winter tastes like hot porridge on a winter morning.
Winter sounds like trees rustling in the wind.
By Aiden

Winter feels like cold feet in the morning. I shiver when I get dressed.
Winter smells like hot tomato soup for tea.
Winter tastes like marshmallows by the bursting fire.
Winter looks like cold white grass in the morning.
Winter sounds like leaves crunching under my feet when I walk on the path.
By Ana

Winter feels like cold hands and legs when I go outside.
Winter smells like hot chocolate when I am sitting by the fire.
Winter looks like dark smoke coming from chimneys like black steam.
Winter tastes like hot chocolate down my throat on a cold rainy day.
Winter sounds like cars driving over crunchy ice on the road.
By Desiah

Winter feels like an electric blanket in my hot bed.
Winter smells like smoking chimneys when I walk down the street.
Winter looks like soft white snow on the car at Hanmer Springs.
Winter sounds like a cracking fire in my house.
By Ellie

Winter feels like sleeping in my bed with a warm electric blanket.
Winter smells like smoking chimneys in the street.
Winter looks like people’s breath.
Winter tastes like yummy hot chocolate running down my throat.
Winter sounds like icy grass crunching under my feet.
By Emma

Winter feels like freezing cold hands when I play in my backyard.
Winter smells like hot toast in my house.
Winter looks like leaves falling off trees until they are naked.
Winter sounds like trees rustling in the cold breeze.
By Ethan

Winter feels like cold icicles being chucked at me.
Winter smells like smoking chimneys burning like roaring
hot fires.
Winter smells like burning hot chocolates.
Winter looks like falling snowballs.
Winter tastes like crackling crunching ice. Brrrrr.
By Eva

Winter feels like a steaming cup of chocolate by the hot fire.
Winter smells like wet and fresh clothes.
Winter looks like cold breath, white like snow.
Winter tastes like hot soup on Saturday after soccer.
Winter sounds like brown leaves rustling in the trees.
By Harry

Winter feels like throwing snowballs at granny and granddads.
Winter sounds like ice hard hailstones crashing on the ground.
Winter looks like people getting up when it is still dark outside.
Winter tastes like hot zooming pumpkin soup sliding down my throat.
By Jay

Winter feels like cold hands and feet in the chilly morning.
Winter smells like smoking chimneys in the street.
Winter looks like shiny, slippery ice on the footpath.
Winter sounds like a pot of hot soup bubbling on the stove.
By Jenny & Helen

Winter feels like freezing bodies outside.
Winter smells like nice hot soup on a cold day.
Winter looks like freezing white frost on cars.
Winter tastes like cold air zooming down my throat.
Winter sounds like crashing down on the ground.
By Jonny

Winter feels like hot soup warming my tummy.
Winter looks like trees with no leaves, looking like newborn babies.
Winter sounds like angry wind blowing past me, pulling me back.
By Jordan

Winter feels like the hot chocolate my mum makes my running down my throat.
Winter smells like my dad making me hot hot toast with cheese in the afternoon.
Winter looks like people’s very cold breath.
Winter looks like cold frosty grass.
Winter sounds like crunching leaves under my feet.
By Keely

Winter feels like cold hands when I go outside in the cool mornings.
Winter smells like smoking chimneys in the street.
Winter looks like people’s breath and wet grass.
Winter tastes like hot chocolate running down my throat.
Winter sounds like cars splashing water.
By Kotone

Winter feels like cold little ears in the morning as I walk to school.
Winter smells like gas heaters at nanna and poppa’s house.
Winter looks like smoking black chimneys when I walk to school.
Winter sounds like a loud crackling fire in the chilly morning.
By Krystal

Winter feels like a very hot electric blanket in the freezing cold night.
Winter smells like wet clothes from the freezing rain and hail.
Winter looks like people wearing hats, gloves and scarves in their freezing bodies.
Winter sounds like cold leaves crunching under my feet.
Winter sounds like splashing cars zooming through freezing water.
By Lucy

Winter feels like wet and cold grass.
Winter looks like people wearing beanies and scarves. People’s breath looks like ice.
Winter tastes like hot chocolate running down my throat.
Winter sounds like trees swaying side to side in the wind.
Winter sounds like leaves crunching under my feet and teeth chattering.
By Mackensey

Winter feels like rolling around in the snow and feeling cold air blowing in my ears.
Winter smells like steaming hot chocolate on cold mornings.
Winter looks like smoking black chimneys while I walk to school in the cold weather.
Winter tastes like hot pumpkin soup trickling down my throat.
Winter sounds like cold cars with squeaking brakes as they zoom down the street.
By Oscar

Winter feels like waking up in the morning with ice
on my deck.
Winter smells like my mum making a hot chocolate for me when I wake up.
Winter looks like the last leaves falling on the ground when
I am asleep.
Winter sounds like hailstones crashing on the rooftop.
By Quanah

Winter feels like cold pillows of snow like freezing ice cream.
Winter smells like hot soup popping in the pot.
Winter looks like white frost on my window.
Winter looks like orange leaves falling off trees.
Winter sounds like leaves crunching under my feet.
Winter sounds like my teeth chattering because I’m freezing cold.
By Usha

Winter feels like an electric blanket on my warm body.
Winter smells like smoking chimneys bursting up my nose.
Winter looks like a layer of thick ice on my bedroom window.
Winter sounds like crackling leaves under my feet.
Winter sounds like blustery wind whirling past my face.
By William

Winter feels like cold on the bottom of my nose when I go outside.
Winter smells like smoking chimneys when I am outside.
Winter looks like water zooming down on the landrover when it rains.
Winter tastes like hot soup zooming down my throat.
Winter sounds like hard hailstones crashing on the ground.
By Wills

Winter feels like me sitting by the crackling fire with my hot chocolate, yummy.
Winter smells like a foggy smoky smell in the lounge at night.
Winter looks like the moon shining bright in the night.
Winter tastes like steaming hot chocolates.
Winter sounds like cold hailstones crashing on the car windscreen.
By Yasmina

Going to the Suter Art Gallery

On Thursday 14th of May our class went to the Suter. We walked down with some parents and sat outside. Esther talked about the rules then she took us in. The exhibition was called ‘Eye Spy’. Esther told us that we had to start at the letter that was the same as the first letter of the parent that was looking after us. Our group went to ‘A’.

We talked about this picture that was based on the horse at Tahunanui. We played a game that included writing some things about the pictures. Esther told a few parents to look at this other exhibition that we went into. It had a polar bear’s skin and freaky stuff. Then the teacher told us that we had to go.

It was so much fun that I can’t wait to go back in a few weeks.

Yasmina

The Suter Trip

On Thursday 14th of May Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. First we came and sat on the mat. Esther was talking about the rules in the exhibition. One is not to touch the paintings.

The name of the exhibition was ‘Eye Spy’ and it had the letters A to Z in it. My favourite letter was ‘R’ because it had a rocking dragon on it. I finished first looking at the paintings with my parent, Chris.

We went to the exhibition of animals. It had a deer. It was quite scary for me. After that we lined up and went back to school. I went back to school with Chris and Helen in groups.

Will S.

Suter Art Gallery

On 14th Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. We walked there. I walked with Chris and Helen. At the Suter we looked at ‘Eye Spy’. We had to find things which other people couldn’t find. Toby got our sheet and he whizzed along on our sheet.

I went from A to Z and Esther said that ‘R’ was the hardest one to find. I thought it was easy to find. Beside the paintings were alliterations. Alliteration means words which start with the same letters, and ‘I’ was my favourite. One of the other best parts was the animals exhibition. My group was Harry, William S and Ethan.

We walked back to school. I can’t wait to go back to the Suter Art Gallery again in a couple of weeks.

William

Going to the Suter Art Gallery

On Thursday 14th of May Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. I went with my mum, Ana and Kotone. First we sat outside and we sat on the wall. After that we went inside and sat down again. We looked at the paintings and we played ‘Eye Spy’. We got a board and pencil and piece of paper. We looked at a lot of the paintings and looked for something. I wrote on the back of the piece of paper.

After that we went into a room with animals in it and there were dead birds and sheep skin. We went out of the room with the different animals. We said goodbye to the teacher and walked back to school.

Usha

Going to the Suter

On Thursday morning Room 14 walked to the Suter. We went on them14th of May. First we sat on the floor then we did an ‘Eye Spy’ activity. Then we did another activity and we talked about it. We had parents to help us. The exhibition was called ‘Eye Spy’. I thought that we were going to have magnifying glasses but we didn’t. There were pictures with letters beside them and we had to find objects.

After that we had a look at another exhibition, it was about dead animals.

Toby

At the Suter Art Gallery

On Thursday 14th of May our class went to the Suter Art Gallery. We walked with Quanah’s mum, Lisa. When we got there we sat down on the mat and Esther talked about the exhibition. It was called ‘Eye Spy’. It was in alphabetical order. We got a board and it came with a pencil and we wrote a sentence about a hand under painting equipment.

We went to another room and it had a polar bear’s shiny skin. We looked at a crocodile’s beg. We went outside and lined up and we went back to school and ate our morning tea. I can’t wait until next time at the Suter Art Gallery.

Skyla

Suter Art Trip

Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery on Thursday. I went with mum, Keely and Skyla. We walked to the Suter Art Gallery. When we went in we saw letters on the wall but there was a letter missing on the wall, it was ‘R’. ‘Eye Spy’ was hard but great fun.

Quanah

Room 14’s trip to the Suter Art Gallery

On Thursday Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. It was the 14th of May. We went to the ‘Eye Spy’ exhibition. Room 14 walked to the Suter in groups. The ‘Eye Spy’ exhibition had letters A to Z. We were doing a worksheet and we had to find things in the paintings. There were two sentences with the paintings. There were lots of artworks. I worked with Sally, Emma and Krystal. Esther was our teacher.

On the way back Emma got a sore leg and got a piggy back. As well as Emma getting a piggy back she got a foot rub and stopped for a minute or two. When we got back to class we had morning tea. I had great fun.

Lucy

The Suter Art Gallery Trip

On Thursday 14th of May Room 14 and the parents walked to the Suter Art Gallery to see the exhibition called ‘Eye Spy’. ‘Eye Spy’ is artwork with letters in the wall and sentences with alliteration to help us spot the objects. In my group Esther told the parents to take us kids around the room to look around at the artwork. We had to make up sentences for the rest of the group. Some of the questions were really hard. One of our questions I picked was about the mast of a boat. It took ages for Ana to spot it. My group did Quanah’s question and Keely’s questions. It was really hard.

Just before we left we went into another room. Lots of dead animals were in there. I was tired walking back to school. I had fun!

Krystal

Suter Art Gallery

On Thursday morning Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. We walked to the gallery with parents. The exhibition was called ‘Eye Spy’. I saw animals, birds and a bear’s skin. The teacher’s name was Esther.

Next we went back to school and we had morning tea. After morning tea I sat down with Lucy and Emma. Mackensey wasn’t there.

I love the Suter Art Gallery.

Kotone

Suter Art Trip

On Thursday morning at 9am Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. Parents walked with us. Room 14 had groups like me, Quanah and Skyla with Lisa. My group was the third to finish the ‘Eye Spy’ activity. The teacher’s name is Esther, she is always there. The exhibition was called ‘Eye Spy’. We had to find things in the art, they were hard to find. We all got a turn at finding things. Quanah found one, I got three turns and Skyla got two turns.

After that we went to an animal exhibition. There were dead animals but they were plastic. It was sad. When we got back from the Suter trip we had morning tea. It was so much fun.

Keely

A Trip to the Suter

On Thursday the 14th of May Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. We walked with mums. We went to the exhibition called ‘Eye Spy’. ‘Eye Spy’ is about these artworks you’ve got to find stuff in. ‘R’ was the hardest to find, it was a rocking horse. We had a little talk about the rocking horse and then we went into another room that had dead animals in.

After that we went back to school. We had fun at the Suter Art Gallery.

Jonny

To the Suter Art Gallery

On Thursday 14th May 2009 Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. Some parents came to help us. Toby and Aiden and I saw lots of beautiful paintings. They had sentences describing the paintings. I liked all of the pictures but the one I liked the best was the one with all of the rain in it.

Room 14 had to make up questions and answer other people’s questions. After that we went to the animal exhibition. In the animal exhibition there was a real polar bear and a crocodile skin bag and an elephant’s foot.

I liked the Suter. It was lots of fun!

Jay

Suter Trip

On Thursday we walked to the Suter. The exhibition was called ‘Eye Spy’. We walked with Helen and William, Wills and Ethan were in my group. ‘Eye Spy’ is an exhibition about looking for things in the room. We also went into a room with animals in it.

My class walked back to school. I had a great time, it was fun!

Harry

A Trip to the Suter

On Thursday morning, the 14th of May our class went to the Suter Art Gallery. We walked to the Suter with some parents. When we got there we sat outside and Esther talked to us. Then we went inside. The exhibition was called Eye Spy. Esther told us to start with the letter at the beginning of the name of the adult we were with. Andrea was the parent I was with. The first letter of her name is A so we started at A. At A I saw aeroplanes and at E I saw a girl that moved from England to New Zealand and she is remembering England. Also I looked at R. It was absolutely amazing, kind of like a sculpture. It was of a rocking horse and Tahunanui playground.

At the end of the trip Room 14 quickly went and saw some dead animals. There was a freaky polar bear rug. I was very tired when we walked back to school. I can’t wait to go on another Suter trip!

Eva

‘Eye Spy’ at the Suter Trip

Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery on Thursday the 14th of May. The topic was ‘Eye Spy’. Some adults also walked there. When we got there Esther took us in. We looked at some pictures. The pictures had letters on the side of them and some sentences. The sentences were to describe the pictures. It had the alphabet on the wall and the letters A to Z.

It was tiring on the way back to school. When we went back to school it was fun. I am looking forward to going back again. I had great fun.

Ethan

‘Eye Spy’ at the Suter Trip

Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery on Thursday the 14th of May. The topic was ‘Eye Spy’. Some adults also walked there. When we got there Esther took us in. We looked at some pictures. The pictures had letters on the side of them and some sentences. The sentences were to describe the pictures. It had the alphabet on the wall and the letters A to Z.

It was tiring on the way back to school. When we went back to school it was fun. I am looking forward to going back again. I had great fun.

Ethan

Going to the Suter Art Gallery

On Thursday morning Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. We walked down to the Suter Gallery with adults in groups of three or four. When we got there Helen knocked on the door so Esther knew that we were there. Esther came out and talked to us. Next we went in with our buddies and we went up the steps. Esther told us to sit down and I sat with Kotone on the mat and looked at the paintings. Then we looked around at the alphabet.

Next we went into another room. Animals were opened up because hunters killed them. Then we walked back down to school.

Emma

Going to ‘Eye Spy’

On Thursday 14th of May Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. We walked with some parents. When we got there we sat down and Esther told us to get up. We looked at the art. The exhibition is called ‘Eye Spy’.

At ‘Eye Spy’ we had to find all of the hidden things. After that we made our own ‘Eye Spy’ questions. Esther copied our sheet then other groups got our sheet. I tried to do Cleo’s sheet, Cleo is our guest. Then we went to this other exhibition with dead animals. I saw a deer and a peacock. I had fun at the Suter Art Gallery.

Ellie

My Suter Recount

On Thursday the 14th of May Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. Helen and Cleo and some parents went to the Suter Art Gallery too. On the way we went through the Queens Gardens and we went to see the fish but there were no fish. The water fountain had some water coming out of the fountain.

The exhibition was called ‘Eye Spy’. At ‘Eye Spy’ we had to find some hidden things in the artwork. Next we had to write some questions about the paintings. After we went to see the paintings we went to see the dead animals. There was a polar bear skin and a polar bear head. I also liked the weasel too.

When we went back to school we had a late morning tea. We played tag. It was very fun at the Suter Art Gallery.

Desiah

The Day at the Suter Art Gallery

On Thursday the 14th of May Room 14 went to the Suter Art Gallery. We went in the morning with adults and parents. Room 14 walked there. When we got there we went inside and sat down. Room 14 looked at art then we made questions for groups. The exhibition was called ‘Eye Spy’. ‘Eye Spy’ was art and the ABCs. It was very fun.

Arjuna

Suter Trip

On Thursday 14th of May Room 14 and parents went to the Suter Art Gallery. I walked with my mum Arlene and Ellen, my little sister. We were going to see ‘Eye Spy’. Esther told us the letters were A to Z. The artwork all had a different letter. Each artwork had alliteration about them. All the paintings were in alphabetical order. I didn’t touch any of the artwork.

After ‘Eye Spy’ we lined up inside ready to go. We said bye to Esther and walked back to school. I walked back with my mum and little sister. Then we had morning tea. I had a good morning. It was great going to the Suter. I want to go back.
Aiden

GOING TO KAITERITERI
In the school holidays my family went to Kaiteriteri. Maddie had friend at Kaiteriteri, her name was Rochelle. I got to sit in the front seat. Charlie started to make me giggle by saying “You’re a giggle guts Lulu poopoo!” Mum, Maddie, Charlie, Rochelle and I got McDonalds. When we got to the caravan we unpacked, made the beds, put up the table, cooked the dinner and then dad arrived. After dinner Maddie and Rochelle went to the shop to buy lollies and chewing gum.

The next day I went to the flying fox and lots of people wanted chewing gum. I had to give them lots of chewing gum. Before you could believe it Rochelle had to go home.

When I got to the caravan a girl came, her name was Taylor. I played all day and all of the next day. Before long we were packing to go home.

I had great fun. I can not wait until the next holiday.

Lucy

GOING TO CRACKERJACKS

In the holidays I went to Crackerjacks and got an adventure tool. It has a light, a compass, a thermometer, a mirror, a whistle and a storage place. I went there with mu mum, Bryn and Pippa. It is a very cool tool.

In the holidays George came for a sleepover. He came for two days and one night. Our favourite game was ‘snuggly bugs’. It was really fun.

On Saturday we went shopping at Farmers so we could get me some birthday presents. I liked looking at Transformers. I had a cool holiday.

Toby

In the holidays I went to the movies to watch Number 17. It was about someone that turned into a different person. I went with my mum and sister.

I went to my Uncle Ian’s house to have a sleepover and my cousins were there. They took me and my sister to McDonalds in the morning.
I went to Tahuna Beach with nana, granddad, mum, my sister and dad. We had an Easter hunt. I collected five Easter eggs. After the hunt we went to Natureland.

Emma