Author Visit

We had a visit from a children's writer.

Her name is Talia Evered

She is a wonderful story teller. 
Room 16 joined us to listen to her talk about writing.

Here are some photos of her reading us some of her books.

Talia puts a lot of expression into her storytelling. 
She reminded us that we are all writers and that anyone can write exciting stories.
They just need to catch their ideas and write them down quickly before they forget them.

Still life drawing

We are learning to sketch objects using shading. 

We make our sketch pencil whisper, talk and shout to help our drawings look 3 dimensional.

Writing

We have been using our imagination to write stories. 
Here are our stories that describe being a coin.

I am a coin

I am a coin. Somebody picked me up! They were going to spend me on a microwave! But they couldn’t spend me on a microwave because I was a two dollar coin and a microwave costs too much. My pal was in the wallet. They dropped us in the drain. We went into a pipe. The pipe was dirty and we got dirty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But the pipe had water and the water cleaned us and we were shiny again.

Noah

I am a coin

I am a coin and I am alone in a sweaty hand. I used to have friends but they got spent on food. So that’s why I am waiting to get spent on lollies. She went to her meeting and then she went to the bank so she could pick up some more coins to spend on stuff.

Jade

 I am a coin

I am on the floor and I wonder where I am. Then someone picked me up and put me in their pocket and the little girl went to the shop and she gave the lady the coin. She put it in the tin with the other coins. Then it got picked up and given to another person and he went to a meeting. But it was not put in properly and it rolled away. Then it bumped into someone’s leg. He picked me up and took me to his house and he put me in his wallet. It was dark. He went to a machine that sold chocolate bars and he put me in and that was the end of me.

Zaria

I am a coin

I am a coin in someone’s pocket and he went to the watch shop then he took me up to buy a watch. He gave me to the shop worker and he put me in the money box.

Aniket

I am a coin

I am a coin. I am going to get spent on lollies and two people are spending me. But a robber came. Oh no! The robber took all of the money.

Roxy

I am a coin

I am a coin and I fall. I couldn’t get up because I was in the couch. My mum got me out and I said “thank you.”

Michelle

I am a coin

I am a coin in the bank. Oh no, a man will get me and put me in his bag. I must escape. I know what I will do. Jump out of his hand once he grabs me. So I did. I landed in the drain. I went plop! into the water. Then I went down the pipe to the sea. I watched the fish swim by and lived happily ever after.

James

I am a coin

I am a coin and I am in the moneybox.  I get given to a boy and he spent me on lollies.

Blair

I am a coin

The coin will ride a  snow owl across the desert, then I land at Ms Jones’ house. I will try to find Lambchops and I will stay at Ms Jones’ house. But someone takes me. He is a robber. I had to wriggle out of his hand and roll as fast as I can go to find Ms Jones’ house. Finally I am at Ms Jones’ house.

Sky

I am a coin

I am a coin and I fall from the sky into someone’s pocket. I got spent on a chocolate bar and I went into a machine.

Raedence

I am a coin

There was a human and there was a coin that was me. I was stuck in a pocket, then a girl took me to the candy shop. She passed her money and I was stuck again.

Magdalena

I am a coin

I am a coin. I am in a pocket and I am  going to the shop. The man gave me to the girl and he asked if he could have that chocolate and the girl gave the chocolate to the man.

Erana

I am a coin

I was in someone’s pocket and I dropped out in the sewer. It was dark. I couldn’t see anything so I went into one of the pipes. A person appeared and I was scared. The person picked me up and he spent me on work tools at Bunnings Warehouse and I went into the cash register. The other coins said “hi!”

Detroit

I am a coin

When I got dropped out of a pocket I was in the middle of the city. Then Ms Scot picked me up. She took me to her house then she put me in her wallet. Then she spent me and I went to millions and millions of places. It was amazing! I was so happy! The best place I went to was New York. This man took me to a meeting then he dropped me out of his pocket.

Zakariya

I am a coin

If I was a coin I would let people go to the shop and I would let people buy a muffin with me.

Carmelo

I am a coin

I am a coin in a shop. Then I am in a pocket and then a car. Then I am on the floor and someone picked me up off the ground. They gave me to a girl and Mrs Mackie took me to her home and put me in her purse.

Hinerau

I am a coin

I am a coin then I am dropped into a machine that sells chips. I came out of the machine and I rolled out of the shop. I rolled to Ms Jones’ house.

Uaniva

I am a coin

I am dropped and my friend found me. She did not notice it was me so she spent me. So I went into a machine then a girl came and bought an ice cream. Then I went into someone’s wallet. She did not notice she had a hole so I slipped out of her wallet. A  person got me and then I had some friends. But one day all of my friends were gone. The person went t the pet shop and she got a cat. The cat started to be friends.

Maria

I am a coin

I am a coin and I am on the ground. A man picked me up and spent me on lollies.

Moses

I am a coin

I am a coin and I am on the ground. A person picks me up and I am scared.

Sam

I am a coin

When I was a coin a girl picked me up and put me in her wallet. She took me home and I rolled out of her pocket. A man picked me up.  

Taine

I am a coin

I am a coin. A girl found me and she spent me on liquorice and she ate the liquorice bar.

Maree

I am a coin

I am a coin and I am on the ground. Then Ms Scot picked me up off the ground and she spent me on chocolate. Then I was given to Mrs Mackie as change.

Devon

Tane Mahuta Day

Friday was Tane Mahuta Day.

We  sketched the Kauri tree with our buddy class

 

 

 

 
 

Then we weeded the kitchen garden.

We found lots of bean seeds. We are going to save them and plant them in the spring

Room 12 children are pulling out the dead bean vines.

This round garden has potatoes under the ground and a swan plant above.
Last summer it grew a giant pumpkin. 

Look at the assortment of seeds we collected.
Some of the bean seeds have sprouted.

We found giant worms in the garden. 
This shows how healthy the soil is.

Look what was lying quietly underneath the weeds!

There and back again

Me again!

Now that I'm back at school  just want to share one last blog post with you. 

Remember all those strange creatures at the Luxury Spa Resort I told you about?

Well, here's the last and strangest of all.....

And you will never guess where I met him.

A blackbird baked in a pie!!!!!!!!!!

A rabbit pie, what's more. Pretty exotic food at the Resort.

Here he is, out of the pie.
This blackbird is very chatty.
He taught me a song. it goes like this:

Sing a song of sixpence

A pocket full of rye.

Four and twenty blackbirds

Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened

The birds began to sing

Wasn't that a fancy dish to 

Put before the Queen of Argyle Street?

Ah well, the holiday's over. Back to school.