Five Creature Poems + What am I?s

WHAT IF TANIWHA REALLY DID EXIST?

Jun's Ideas:
They might think that they are kings of the world and then people would have to be their servants.
People might use taniwha as slides.
Taniwhas might make wonderful fireworks when they cough.
Josh's Ideas:
Life would be the same, except people would not want to swim in the water.
Playtime would have to be inside.
People would not like going out on boats.
People might start to hunt them down.

SAM AND MAX

On the first day of term four, we had two visitors. Their names were Sam and Max - two nice rats. Josh brought them in. Sam doesn't bite but Max does. Josh said when you tip them upside down their tails spin around like a helicopter. It was really cool! By Kevin

Josh got his rats on his birthday. In their cage they have a mouse house that looks like a piece of cheese. By Sameer.
Josh's rats were so cute. One had circles and one had triangles. One was shy and hid in Josh's shirt. By Ji Ho.

Beijing 2008

A Diary Entry by Ofa Lavemaau

On Saturday I watched the men's 1500m running race. Nick Willis was running for New Zealand. I hoped that Nick Willis would come first. I heard a gun go - BANG! When the race started I thought the tall man from Kenya was going to come first. They had to run three and three quarter laps. Nick Willis liked to stay inside the track to save more energy. It looked like Nick Willis would come sixth but he ran super fast. I thought the French man would come third but Nick Willis did.

Beijing Olympics

A Diary Entry by Jun Lim

Last night, I went to the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games. I saw big enormous fireworks. They were colourful. There were little ones too and some of them were like the wind and like footprints. I felt very happy and excited too. I liked the dancers wearing Chinese clothes and I liked the dream rings too. They were very beautiful and I thought I was dreaming too. I was sitting on the edge of my seat.

I saw the Chinese maestro, Lang Lang, who played the piano. The music was cool too. I saw Chinese people playing Chinese instruments. In the starlight a girl was singing.
After that, nature comes and there was a Kung Fu thing!

I liked being in the Bird's Nest because it was like a slide. Later on when all the different countries carried their flags, Australia came third because of the Chinese alphabet. Earlier, 56 children carried in the Chinese flag.

Sunnybrae's Mini-Olympics

Mini Olympics

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Cross Country

Cross Country

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Mask Making

We first drew our masks. It had to have a smile or a frown, or half a frown and half a smile.
The teacher cut the eyes and the mouth out. Next, Mrs Bennett put glue in the newspaper that had been soaking and put her hands in it to mix it. When she finished it looked sticky. We put it on our mask's mouth, eyes, and nose. After, we painted the masks. The colours had to be half dark and half light. We had to smooth it. Everybody put glitter on the eyes, nose and mouth.


By Alan and Lexi.

My Heart Shaped Peach

At lunchtime I looked in my lunchbox. I saw a peach, not just any peach, but a flat heart shaped peach! That was quite weird. Then Jun saw my peach and took it to Mrs Bennett. She thought that was quite weird too. Mrs Bennett took a photo of it.
by Sophie

Uncle Crumble's Mad Machine

Self Evaluations of our roles in the Production.

We put information from our homework interviews into a venn diagram. Click on image for full size.

Things we have done for entertainment.

I went to a show called Festival of the Lion King. The lights went off. I felt a shiver in my body. Then I saw some smoke. I saw fire, then I heard music.

By Vincent.

I went to the Foo Fighters concert. It was very loud. It was good because I brought my earplugs and after when I went home, I had a headache but my Dad didn't.

By Sian.

I went to a show called Beauty and the Beast. Smoke came out and it was so cool. I said to Dad,
"Look at that!" The beast was turning into a man. He was magic. I can't believe the beast did that. It was the best show I have ever seen.

By Lexi.

I went to a concert. It was my sister playing the oboe. She was playing with a group. Some people were playing the violin and some other people were playing other instruments. It was sort of noisy. When it was finished I bought some lollies to eat because I had to sit down for two hours.

By Sophie.

Term Two - This term we are learning how to:

• explore our syndicate's production as a form of entertainment
• communicate the importance of our roles in the production
• understand how and why entertainment has changed over time.
• research and develop a good understanding of the times represented in our production
  

Boogying at the Disco

Molly and I really enjoyed dancing at the disco. The DJ thought that we were so good at dancing he said we could dance on the stage. We had extremely cool clothes. I wore a fairy princess costume and Molly wore a 70's outfit with lots of dots.
by Rosa and Molly
At the disco Dimitrios was helping hand out tickets. Vincent bought 28 glow sticks.
By Dimitrios and Vincent.

Our Models Showing the Digestive System

We worked in groups to make our models. First we chose one group member to trace around. We wanted to make the organs using papier mache but as that proved very tricky, we began to think of other ways we could make them. We decided to make springs so that the organs really stood out on our models. We were pleased with the results and we have received lots of great comments about them.

A Digestive Journey by Charlotte

Hi, my name is Carrie the cake and I'm about to go on a journey through the digestive system.
In I go! I'm in the mouth and starting to get into little pieces. Oh and it's sticky and it's saliva! The tongue is coming. I'm in the esophagus. I am feeling something sticky and gooey. Oh, muscles are pushing me. It's amazing and I'm in the stomach and there are juices. Oh and I'm going around and around. Also amazing. Oooooh! Are there any animals in here? I am in the small intestine - oooooh interesting. It's so amazing in the digestive system. Wow! I don't know what the large intestine is but I am inside it now and the water is disappearing. Ha, ha, ha! It is the last chance for it to take the good stuff. That is why I look so different now. There's the end of the large intestine and I am waiting in the rectum. Now I am going to get flushed away!

A Digestive Journey by Dimitrios

Hi, my name is Simon the Sausage and I'm about to go on a journey through the digestive system.
First, I go into the mouth. I get wet by the saliva and I get chewed up. Then I get swallowed into the esophagus - weeeee! I'm going down a big slide. Oh, that was a short slide. Now I am in the stomach. It is really, really sticky down here but it is smelly too. I am getting mixed up. I'm now going into the small intestine. It is dark in here. What's that picking at me? I am happy now, that I am going into a bright place. Then I can see what is happening to me. What is that thing on the wall? I'm in the large intestine now and I want to come out. I'm being stored in the rectum. The brain will tell this person when it's time for me to get flushed away.

Tryathlon Acrostic Poem by Risheeka.

Teams getting ready for their races.

Rushing to the pool to come first.

Yelling to the cyclists to speed up.

All the kids calling out my name.

Tired and puffed from all that hard work.

Hurry, hurry - someone is behind you.

Lining up, ready to run.

Oh no! My team is coming last.

Never mind, we still had fun.