Acrostic Poems

Awesome at art.
Happy,thoughtful person
Amazing at spelling
Adventurous athlete
Nice when she helps people
Athletic girl.

Polite girl 
Excellent writer
Always willing to help
Rare as a gem 
Lovely friend
Intelligent like a lion
Nice and kind
As pretty as a diamond.


Lovely like a koala
Excellent at maths
Valuable helper
Intelligent at everything.

Awesome at telling jokes
Makes me laugh
Nice man sometimes 
Excellent worker
Energetic at running
Thinking at maths.

Magnificent at running
Amazing at maths
Really nice with her friends
Young
As peaceful as an owl
Nicest person I've met
Neat handwriting
Epic like a sunny day.

Terrific at maths like a smart brain.
Happy at swimming like a beautiful mermaid.
Excellent when she writes stories.
Always takes care of her favourite pet.
Really good at playing on the ukulele
Organised at school.
Smiling all the time.
Excited when reading.

Clever at history.
Adventurous as a cat.
Marvelous at focusing.
Energetic at running.
Riveted at reading about dinosaurs.
Obliging like a dog.
Nice and strong like a panda.

Super star basket player.
Awesome at running fast.
Nice, neat writing.
Useful at making new friends.
Joyous and clever at soccer.

Delightful manners.
Intelligent at maths
Young boy
Awesome at soccer.
Respectful friend
Interested in basketball.

Brilliant at putting balls away.
Respectful and responsible.
Organised when working.
Delightful and special.
Excellent jumper.
Young and confident actor.

Super at running
Awesome at running
Perfect with a beautiful smile
Pretty as a flower
Helpful at tidy up time
Intelligent in maths
Respectful at homework
Excited at Christmas.

Kate Sheppard

Science Investigations

Well done to these students for all the hard work they put into their science investigations.

More excerps from early NZ immigrant letters

Dear Cousin,
                  ...When it was stormy, we had to stay under the deck. Everyone had to squish under while the water was pouring in. Everyone was vomiting. It was stinky. 1 out of 5 babies died. also 65 chidren died during the voyage.
             We had to live in steerage with no windows. We all had to sleep on bunks. We couldn't shower and got quite smelly. The men showered down with salt water. This was how life was during the voyage.
              New Zealand is beautiful. It is filled with forests and mountains. I miss you all in England.

Love from
Sumsijah


Dear Grandfather,
                    ... Now for the exciting part, when I arrived in New Zealand. When I first arrived, I was very glad to get off the ship. New Zealand looked like a very gigantic forest. It had millions and millions of trees and bushes and swamps. Once we got into it we hunted birds and cooked them on a campfire. We are living in a tent. To build the tent we used lots of sticks, branches and a tarpaulin and some rocks to hold the tarp down on a windy night. ...
           
Love from 
Levi

My Nana

Stop, Look and Listen

Apple Crumble

Limerick

There once was a fat pig singing
He sang till his ears were pinging
He sang out of tune
And sang to the moon
The next day his phone was ringing.

House of Magic

On a beautiful,sunny Thursday I went to Manukau Movies to watch House of Magic. I went with Fabian and his mum. We drove in Fabians mums light blue car.

First when we got to the movies we had 30 more minutes until the movie started so Fabian and I went into JB HI - FI.Straight away I heard lots of people talking. I went directly to the tablets and Fabian went straight to the play station 4. Next,we went to go get our tickets  and food.

After that we arrived in the cinema we watched the ads before the movie started.The first part was this girl threw this cat out the car door.Next she was talking to another cat and the cat ran away.Later on in the movie theatre the cat found a home and got a name.The name was Thunder and he was talented and he got to be in a magic show. The owner had a mouse named Maggie and he had a rabbit named Jack. They both could talk and they didn't like Thunder. When the owner was riding back on his squeaky bike he had a box with his magic things in the box.

Alma - A Chilling Doll Story!

We watched a video called Alma on Literacy Shed. The children then retold the story, focusing on using precise adjectives and adverbs to describe the setting and the action. They also made up their own ending. Follow the link to view some of the stories on FlipSnack .

You can view the video on Literacy Shed

Dough Relief Birds

We have been sketching native birds, looking carefully at the shape of their bodies, beaks and feet and at the texture of their feathers. Today we practised shaping our birds with dough and using iceblock sticks to create the texture of their feathers.

Thank You

DANCING WITH MYTHOLGY

On Thursday Room 16 20 and 21 went to the Manukau Vodafone  Event  Centre. When we arrived we walked patiently and nicely off the bendy bus. When we got off the bus we placed our bag against the stone wall. Next one of the helpers told us to come inside.

Then Moss, one of talented dancer/teachers took us to the Maori Pou Kapua. Up the top of the Pou Kapua was Kupe. Next  we saw Rangi and Papa in the middle of the pole. Tangaroa, the atua of the sea was at the bottom.

Next we went to the wooden stage and Moss organised us into 3 groups. We went with Megan another talented dancer, to learn a dance about Kupe, Rangi and Papa. We learnt lots of dances using our bodies and not our mouths.

 Next we had to go over to the stage to practice our dance. We had to pretend we were snappers, also stingrays and paua.

Next it was time to go to Gabby who is also a talented dancer/teacher. The first part of the dance was to be a centipede. Levi was the leader. While we were following we had to stretch our arms and legs with our knees bending. Half way through we had to pretend we were carving .While we were carving we made a koru . Slowly, slowly we sat down while Hare, who was Tawhaki and did a Maori pose and the rest of us did a noise called PEW PEW. Then we pretended we were being bitten by mosquitoes. After that we went on to the stage to perform our dance in front of the other classes.

We had a great time there and we learnt lots about Maori myths. We wish we could go there again. It was a delightful experience.