Friday 29 September 2017

Narrative Hub

Two weeks ago we started writing narratives. We had to write a mix of imaginary with a some facts, story. In the middle of writing these stories we had our fantastic trip to Orana Wildlife Park. The next week we spent writing time busy writing some thank you letters. Then we had another go at our narratives with some editing, reading, and adding details this was our next step this week.
Today we managed to get on devices to publish. Yay! (Our classroom was really, really quiet!)
We hope you like reading some of our narratives.



The Magical Picture





The boy is wearing the orange shirt and he went into the art gallery he is pointing to the elephant.  The elephant is coming out of the paintings the elephant is going into the street and going to eat the fruit and play with the ball. Then the elephant went to the pool and he played.

Written by: Miss T a new English author

Adventure Story

Adventure story

I looked out the window of the plane. We had just set off from France, and we were moving towards Rome. I fell asleep. Two hours passed while I was asleep. I slept all the way past Rome! But I faintly saw Italy so that was ok. I’m not going to sleep again EVER. I stared at
Delia. Is there ANYTHING else to do?  I don’t know. I stared out the window. I saw the Mediterranean sea, and the rocky beaches of Greece. It was a bit strange on the plane. Two more hours passed, and we were going to land in Greece for the night. Then we would head off into Saudi Arabia. We were going to New Zealand to pick up Dorian, our slightly annoying cousin.

We arrived at Greece. We were going to go stay with Uncle Jordein for the night. He drove us toward his hotel “I wish I could speak Greek.” Kay moaned “Nobody cares. You already speak French, Spanish, Maori, and English” Delia said. Kay loved to annoy people. It was like his hobby.

It was the day we were going to Saudi Arabia. I packed my stuff quickly and got dressed, since I wake up at the crack of dawn. “You’re up early.” mumbled Kay. He wasn’t impressed. As they got ready, she was eating breakfast. Then soon, they set off. They drove towards the airport. They arrived, and her and Delia immediately jumped out of the car “Goodbye girls.” Smiled Uncle Jordan. Delia and I ran towards the airport. As we got inside, me and Delia wandered through the airport to our plane.

About halfway throughout the flight I got pretty bored of the tablet stuck to the chair in front of me. I looked out the plane window. All I saw was the ocean. It was pretty boring anyway.

Soon, we arrived at Saudi Arabia. Today we were going to Singapore. Then New Zealand.
Boarding the plane was always strange. When I sat down, there was a notice saying to buckle
your seatbelt.

On the plane to Singapore, they were offering food. I was thinking about the person who was taking care of us. It was Aunt Jaune, I don’t know how she is related to us though.

At Singapore she was waiting. She had our tickets. I got them as we prepared for the flight to New Zealand. We got on the plane.

I gazed out, contently, until I saw something. That’s strange. Hmm… it’s moving… away? Then
I realised everyone was looking at it. What is it? I wonder… everyone looked away. Three more hours… Three hours had passed, and we had arrived at our destination.
Kia ora, welcome to New Zealand!” The speaker boomed.
“They speak marry here.”
“Maori!”
“Whatever.” I muttered. Delia and I are French, but she can speak Maori. How?
Dorian, our cousin was waiting. “Hi. I waited so long.” He said.
“Hi” said Delia. We walked through the airport. We were going to the next plane to Russia.
I walked with Dorian and Delia through the airport. “Please can passengers on the plane to Russia go to stairs 2? Thank you.”

I sat down. An Air New Zealand ad was playing. I looked around. Seagulls in the distance.... And that thing.
The thing disappeared.
As we arrived, I  saw a lot of Russia. “Please make sure your seat belt is tightened” The speaker blasted. The plane tipped as it got ready to land. It glided toward toward the ground.
The plane shook and rumbled at the impact. “Russia is so big!” Dorian exclaimed. “Well what else did you expect?” I snapped. We walked through the airport, Where mum and dad were waiting.
“Enjoy your trip?”

Written by Y4 Miss A - Amazing Author Extraordinaire

Foraging in the Forest

The Sun was shining through the holes of my hut I was so tired from yesterday because I spent all day hunting. Every time I go hunting I get this strange feeling like someone is watching me but I don’t really take any notice of it. I got ready and grabbed my lucky bow. A year ago I had used this bow to save my dad from a fire. He sadly passed away two months after the incident. A few months later my mum got attacked by a bear and died as well. I went hunting for a day but this time I was very unlucky. A very vicious bear destroyed my bow with its claws I had to kill it with a arrow. I quickly ran back to my shelter and without noticing the bear scratched me on the chest I grabbed a cloth a quickly cleaned it the blood stopped coming out I wrapped the cloth around my chest so I didn’t have to hold it. I was mad because this was gonna interfere with the adventure I was planning but it didn’t stop me. Since my bow broke I made a couple of spears to defend myself on the journey. After making them I got ready and went out to see what this forest actually holds.

Written by Mr L in room 9.

Miss T's Treasure Island




One windy day there were four people on an island. They saw the rainbow at the end of sky. They sat on the sands by the sea and read their books because they needed to know how to make a house using wood and nails and something to make the little house. A place to sleep, cook and do anything they wanted to do. One lady saw one blue boat. It had four life jackets in the blue boat so they could go somewhere to play. They saw the black bag behind the coconut tree. One man was not scared so the man went to see what was in the black bag. There were four bags. He opened one bag and it was full of gold!! The man opened the second and third bags. There were many things in the bag to make the little house. He opened the last one. It had lots of food! They made the house in the tree so they could stay in the tree. They found rope on the sea so they climbed up to the house in the tree. When they were old they went in the blue boat. They sat in the blue boat. Before they went they took the gold and food from the black bag and they took some coconut to drink the coconut water! They went to another island to see what happened at another island!


Written by: Miss T
Our fabulous ten year old bi-cultural speedy learner of English

Wednesday 27 September 2017

Room 10 - Technology Challenge Afternoon

On Wednesday afternoon the whole school took part in a Technology Building Challenge. We worked with Lou's class in teams. Our challenge was to build the highest structure out of straws and sellotape, it also had to hold a marshmallow on top. It was great to see everyone showing our CARE values. Pictured is the winning structure built by Melva, Leigh and Acacia.


Friday 8 September 2017

STEAM Coding session

Students from room 7, room 8, room 9 and room 12 have been learning to use online coding games to problem solve, persevere, learn left/right, forwards/backwards and up/down commands to complete levels on coding games.
We accessed online coding games from: https://hourofcode.com/nz/learn or some students managed to work through some levels on: http://lol.disney.com/big-hero-6-code-baymaxSome students found the commands difficult to work out and more experienced students helped them through the process, tuakana teina which is an integral part of traditional Māori society, provides a model for buddy systems. An older or more expert tuakana (brother, sister or cousin) helps and guides a younger or less expert teina (originally a younger sibling or cousin of the same gender). 



Tongan Language Week Fun

We had some fun learning 'Ulu uma tui moe va'e' in the hall.