Poems with a Twist

Poems with a twist have four short lines. The first three lines are about getting ready to do something. They are full of expectation. The fourth line is the twist where things don't quite work out.

Room 6 wrote poems about going to the beach.....

I packed my goggles
Got my togs
I went in the car
Oh no beach is closed!
Youngsung

Packed my togs
Got my towel
Got my toys
Live sharks!
Willem

Packed my togs
Got my boogie board
Got my togs on
No car!
Nate

I packed my togs and towels
I have my sunscreen
Got my sunhat and goggles
Oh, no water!
Hayley

John Pusateri the printmaker visits.

Today we were really lucky to have an award winning printmaker visit our class. His name is John Pusateri and he is from the Auckland Print Studio. John showed us some prints he had done and the work of some other artists. Then we asked questions. He does stone lithography which means he draws an image onto limestone and then takes a print of that. Then he showed us how to do our own prints using polystyrene blocks. You can visit his website to see his work by following the links on the side.

Alliteration Poetry

This week we are looking at alliteration for our poetry. Alliteration is when two or more words in a poem begin with the same letter or sound.
Example - Crazy Cats. This is an example of alliteration because both the words begin with "C".
We looked at a website and listened to some examples. You can look at this yourself by following the link on the side bar. Then we brainstormed a whole lot of S topic words and adjectives to describe then. Finally we wrote our own......
Stinky sharks swimming silently in the sea. Nadia
Stinky snakes sang silly songs. Six little sheep singing smelly songs. Seven snails sliming. Michelle
Six stinky seals slither silently. Nathen
Spotty spiders stich slime. Six seals sang songs. Seven sharks sang to slugs. Brayden P
Seven scary spiders sleeping. Nicole
Smelly snakes slither. Seven stinky suduko. Scary shark swimming. Tumokai
Spotty small snails sitting straight. Hayley
Spooky spiders singing spooky songs. Smelly snails stink. Logan
Smelly sick spiders singing strange songs. Madi
Smelly sticky snakes slithering side to side. Six spiders sang stick songs. Brayden M
Smelly spiders singing stupid songs. Jayden
Spooky spiders sing stupid silly songs. Nate
Stinky smelly spiders slide strangely. Nikko
Seven stupid smelly sheep sang a stupid song. Youngsung
Seventynine suduko spiders. Seven sick snakes slither. Matthew

The Arts - Kapa Haka Performance

On Monday we were very lucky to have the Waiuku College Kapa Haka group come and perform at school as part of Maori Language Week in New Zealand. It also tied in very well with our topic "Arts Alive".

The children wrote recounts about the performance. This term we are learning to start sentences in different ways to make our writing more interesting.

At 9:30 we went to the hall for the Waiuku College Kapa Haka group. They sang songs and they did actions with long sticks and the pois. Two boys did the haka. The lady played music on the guitar. They were good. Nate.

This morning after handwriting we went to the assembly and we saw the girls and boys sing songs. First they sang a hymn. Then they sang Rona and the moon. The two boys did a haka. It was scary. I saw Nathen's sister Alisha. They did actions with long sticks and a pois. The show was excellent. Michelle

Today room 6 went to assembly. Some of the Waiuku College came. There were two boys and six girls. One was Nathen's sister. They did some songs and some actions that were excellent. They had pois and long sticks. One of them I know. At the end two boys came up and they were loud. It gave me a fright. Then we went back to class. Nicole

Art in Room 6

Last week the children wrote me a letter to tell me what they have enjoyed doing in class. Art and cooking were hot favourites. Have a look at the awesome artwork they created after we read 'Bertha and the Beeman'. First they had to draw their picture in pencil. Then they had to go over the lines with a squeezy bottle containing black paint mixed with PVA glue. This was very tricky. Finally, they dyed the picture. Awesome results guys! Miss Y.

Looking After the Environment

Our school has been getting a bit messy lately and we decided to go and have a cleanup after lunch. Look at all the rubbish we found!

Best PE class of the Week Award!

The award for being the best PE class of the week is the use of a 'mega-howler'. Room 6 are so excited to be the first junior class to be given the award this term!! They have worked very hard to get it.

Geronimo Stilton Visits our Class

We had a busy week last week with the school Book Fair. On Friday we had a book character parade, where some of the children chose to dress up. Congratulations to Matthew who made a wonderful spy and was chosen to by our class winner, by a panel of judges. Earlier in the day we had a special visitor to class, Geronimo Stilton the main character from a popular series of books. Geronimo is the editor and chief of The Rodent’s Gazette, the most famous daily newspaper on Mouse Island.

Waiuku Primary School's Sunday Funday

Many children in our class came to the Year 8 fundraiser. A fun day was had by all. Here are there recounts

I went to Sunday Funday. I went on the dogs and I got a rainbow slushy. My sister went on the pony. Nate

On Sunday I went to the Sunday Funday and I got a green candy floss and it was delicious and I got a slushy. I went on laser tag. Jayden

On Sunday I went to the Sunday Funday. First I played with my brother on the laser tag. Then we went to buy some food. Youngsung

On Sunday Funday I went on the dog and cart ride and I got a slushy and nine donuts. It was cool. Brayden P

Stardome Observatory Trip

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