Writing Competition

We are so proud of Victoria who came second place in the Junior Writing Competition this morning. Her outstanding masterpiece was called "Something Strange".

Frog Week Creations

Last week was National Conservation Week and we were focusing on NZ Native Frogs. On Friday we could create and edible or recyclable frog. Here are some of our creations.

Making Dream Catchers

Today we began making Dream Catchers to give to the children in the children's ward at Waikato Hospital as a way of showing Aroha to people we don't know. Here are a few photos of the first stage which was painting one side of the paper plate black.

Hyperbole

Today we have looked at exaggeration in our writing.

Achievement Awards

A big congratulations to our Term 2 Achievement Award winners! You can all be very, very proud of yourselves!

Simile Writing

This morning I challenged the children to use at least one but no more than two similes. The photo on the white board was before they started writing and the second photo is the Giraffes group.

Our best sentences from today's writing

Free choice writing.

Ben - "Ahoy me harties" I shouted.
Lydia - Matariki means to me family and friends.
Odin - Dead Ant, Dead Ant, Dead Ant.
Holly - Once upon a time there was a captain and his seven pirates.
Debbie - Yay it's the weekend I shouted to my mum.
Phoebe - Happy Birthday I shouted to my sister waking her up startled.
Harriet - In the incredible weekend me and my mum went to Smiggle.
Ella - You are the best teacher in the whole world.
Aidan - Come on mates, follow the deep dark tunnel.
Braydyn - Once upon a time on Zombie Island.
Ethan F - One freezing night me and my friends went out to the woods.
Kate - Last year I had a operation and I had a plate in my leg.
Ryan - "Guns out and shoot" said Ryan and Braydyn as they shot their AK47.
Logan - Once upon a time there were these men called Ryan and Logan and they went to the centre of the earth.
Victoria - Aimee and her family screamed.
Shannon - Aroha is shown in Matariki.
Sophie - The ghosts were running away from the zombies.
Katie - Blue is the view that makes your dreams come alive and warms your heart for a happy day.
Jorja - "Can I get 5000 sticky icky delights and 900 sticky toffees and bring them straight to the Sunny Candy Bar steps."
Jardyn - Oh no! Zombies everywhere.
Sam - Hi my name is Samantha and today I am going to tell you a story about Emma and her older sister Tory.
Aliesha - Splash! The weekend begun.
Zac - "Ahoy me harties, my name's Captain Doherty"