ya play time ya

One day a little polar bear was playing on the snow. Then he fell in the water and he drowned in a second.  He magically came to life.

This is Anneliese on Ice News.

Posted by Anneliese

This writing was written as part of a 'free writing' exercise. Student's are presented with an image or wording, and given five minutes to write whatever comes into their minds.

Mrs A.

It's time to play

YA IT'S TIME TO PLAY












Oh no I fell over again someone needs to put some carpet down
so I don't slip over. Now I've got a bobo on my beautiful white fluffy
leg, from that stupid slippery ice. Why is there no signs saying watch
for the ice!

POSTED BY Hannah

This writing was written as part of a 'free writing' exercise. Student's are presented with an image or wording, and given five minutes to write whatever comes into their minds.

Mrs A.

WALT ... use language ,symbols and text to inform an audience.

Our Digi Award entry ...

WALT ... add detail

Rugby  

                                                     

Since I'm leaving, my WHOLE rugby team signed a rugby ball. "Thank you," I said as they gave it to me. Then I looked down at it,
even Brian and Bruce had signed it. A smile built upon my face.

Written by Jack

WALT:be able to add detail to our story.

                                                       AUSTRALIA

As I splashed head first into the ample metallic aqua pool, I felt the glacial vibration as my brother jumped in after me so that it was almost synchronised. There was barely anyone there, because they were all lying in bed, when they should be soaking up the sunlight! When I hopped out of the pool it was almost identical to a sauna, but then again, so is Australia!

Written by
Dominic

Drawing Dinosaurs

How to measure a dinosaur

Use a variety of learning areas to understand the actual size of a dinosaur.
Firstly read the Journal article 'How do you measure a dinosaur?' written by a class from Island Bay School.
Then use you maths skills to draw a proportional grid over a picture of a dinosaur. This part is very tricky, you need to read your ruler carefully, draw straight lines and label it accurately.
Next use metre rulers and chalk outside on a suitable surface to draw the actual size of a dinosaur following your grid you created in class.
Finally step back and look at the size of the creature you have re-created!
This activity allows you to form an understanding of real dinosaur size while you are using reading, maths and problem solving techniques.


piZap.com free online photo editor
This is what Two Awesome created! 
Posted by the very proud Mrs A.

Who can tell me what writing genre this is written in?

WALT... identify key words

Two Awesome you are welcome to continue loading keywords for our Big Question: How do fossils give us clues about life in the past? from the information we have learnt so far.  
I look forward to watching this grow! (Remember to check your spelling.
Posted by Mrs A

ANZAC: Writers Notebook

These pieces of writing have been published from some of the students Free Writing books.

Free Writing is based on an image or text which is visible on the whiteboard first thing on the school morning.  Each student has five minutes to write about whatever comes into their head using the information as inspiration.

This was the image on Tuesday morning ...

Hello?   Anyone in here?  Of course there is because it is a cemetery, but I actually know who is here.  I know it is a soldier from a war because it is a poppy.  I do not know which war it could be, war 1 or war 2?  What war could it be I wonder?                                                               Charlotte

Poppies are pretty.

Poppies are red.

The flower is an ANZAC flower.             

Anneliese

No, I don’t want you to die.  Wha, wha.  Oh why did this happen?  This is so sad.  I want you back, please come back to life.  I don’t even know why they did it.

Here you go, here are some poppies for you.                   

Ajae

Why, why did you have to die, all those people that I don’t know.  Stop with the violence.

ANZAC Day is reported on the news.  Someone is going grave to grave and crying and he doesn’t even know these people.

Tess

ANZAC Day.

Red poppies by a stone.

That person was probably in the war.                                  

Austin

ANZAC Day, not a really good day.  The day we remember that the people in the war died, not cool.  My Granddad was in the trenches too, it’s a good thing he didn’t die.

I wonder why the war started?  I wonder what it would have felt like for the people in the war?                              

William

Posted by Mrs A

Gymnastics!

Gymnastics

I felt absolutely nervous as I walked through the doors of the gymnastics arena in Wanganui. I did some stretches which we call, conditioning, (not the stuff you put in your hair though!)I felt achy, sore, tired, and hungry.

I felt like passing out and flopping over on the ground!

As I started my first apparatus, I had forgotten my routine! I had to go back and ask I felt so embarrassed! Finally, I think I’m ready now I mumbled to myself in my head. And before I knew it, I had finished with a score of 13.500 out of 15.500! Well done I heard my coach say enthusiastically. I felt proud, I felt like I was on top of the world! I still had 7 more apparatus but I tried not to think about that. By 9

o'clock I had finished. I felt nervous until the lady called me first! Victory was mine! ( for once.)

Posted by Dominic