Flynn at Weta digial in Wellington

This was in "The Press" this morning, Tuesday 19 November. Very exciting.

Inquiry. How do things stand up?

Why has Bradley got paper splints around his legs?

How do different things stand up?

Winners in the Digi Awards

Flynn won first prize in the Digi Awards for his photo.

Izobella won second prize in the Digi Awards for her photo.

Flynn's Silver Medal for his AAL's

 Well done Flynn.

AAL Medal Winners

A big congratulations to Flynn who got a bronze medal for his AAL and to Noah and Izobella who both got silver medals. They have all done a number of AAL's

The street was usual enough.....

We did writing modeled a little on James K Baxter’s writing.

The street was usual enough. Leaning and hard to get past. We played on the path next to the street.  We crossed the street safely and were careful. We did what boys and Dads do, played together and felt excited.

Rory

The town was usual enough with single houses, a big beach and buildings.  We biked, played soccer, played rugby and ran races.  We did what families do exploring together.

Izak

The street was usual enough, round abouts, flat roads, trees and grass.  We scootered with friends.  We said “Hi” to neighbors and made new friends.  We did what families do having heaps of fun and spending time together all playing in the back yard and getting messy.  

Kendal

The town was usual enough, jewellery shop, MacDonald’s and straight roads.  My granny lives at the jewellery shop.  Me and my sister saw Muda the dog.  I think he is a German Shepherd.  We did what families do being caring, nice and kind.

Flynn

The beach was usual enough.  It had sand, water, fish and sky all over it.  When it snowed we slid down the hills on black bags.  On hot days we went to the beach and played in the water. Sometimes me and my family dug big holes.  That is what my family does best.

Casey

The room was usual enough.  It had three teddies, one net and a tea set.  I’d read books. We did what brothers and sisters do and had adventures down the back of the house. We found hats, cats and mats and even butterflies. I felt exhausted.  I fell asleep on the ground.

Izobella

The country was usual enough, tall hills, fun hot parks, massive cold forests.  We went to Uncle Brett’s for a scrummy tea and swim.  Had a go on the fast motorbike.  We did what cousins usually do

Luke

The room was usual enough.  It had skateboard shelves, a big desk with books, a narrow cupboard and a funny little squeaking monkey.  We talked together, played Lego and read Harry Potter.  We did what families do best, run and work together and have an enthusiastic time.

Mason

The town was usual enough.  The roads were bumpy and rough.  We played running games.  Blue skies above us.  Tripping over unusual cracks on the ground.  Roadwork’s everywhere.  Playing all day like cousins do.  On motor bikes on the farm, scootering on creamy concrete, looking for rabbits, feeling different and lucky.

Caleb

The town was usual enough. Curved and wild roads, parks, trees, nice and warm.  My friend and I liked to play on the trampoline.  We went to the park.  We read at night because we wanted to be better readers.  We did what friends do.   Played games and have extra fun.

Taylor

The city is usual enough.  Wobbly roads, tall and fat houses, golf courses, trees, after shocks and earthquakes.  There’s bouncy bumps and quiet and sleepy roads.  Every night the birds twitter and people try to get to sleep.  We visited MacDonald’s.  Went to school. And to Toy World.  Me and my brothers play wrestling and rugby and soccer and play cricket.  Cooper and me play Wii and Jackson plays play station.  We did what brothers do.  Fight and enjoy life and have 5 times as much fun as we mostly do.

Brodie

The city was usual enough.  Sandy and dark and smooth and tiny and with a spiky tree on the other side of long grass.  We ran around the block 3 times.  We scootered around speeding on the street.  We did what brothers do, hang around all the time and wrestle on the tramp and play cricket.

Ollie

The house was usual enough.  It had cream bricks and white walls.  A lot of trees and a play house.  Me and my brother played around in my room.  We slept in my room.  Watched TV and played outside on my trampoline.  We did what families do.  Played together, went to the park together and never left anyone behind.

MacKenzie

The house was usual enough.  Old grass, concrete a bumpy drive, two small cars.  We played sport, ran around and feed fish and played Wii. We did what brothers do, played and argued over games.

Noah

The street is usual enough. Curly and busy. We did what brothers do. Biking fast like Lightening McQueen.  Running zippy like cars and scottering as hasty as a cheetah.

Ryan

The room was usual enough. Colourful duvet cover, one big teddy, one long desk, two little lights.  I drew on my desk all the time.  I slept in the colorful bed and cut some stuff out that I drew with my stencils.  We did what families do, wearing slippers, coloured in, cut stuff out.

Ashleigh

The room was usual enough.  I did my nails and watched TV.  I read my book and picked up my cell phone and played some games.  It had colourful walls and a desk as well, an owl duvet cover, and pillow.  I just sat around on my cell phone playing games.  Just doing what girls do.  Sometimes my friends came over and we had pillow fights.

Rosa

Flynn's AAL

Flynn's AAL was about this.

Our Drain Stories

The drains…..

One day some people came to check the drains at break. It was crowded with kids like a soccer field and as loud as someone screaming.  I said “Can we go and play,” to Flynn. But Flynn said “No, after it’s done.”  So we stayed there.  Then it finally finished and the bell rang so we had to go to class.

Josh

Once I was biking through the forest.  Suddenly I heard a noise in the drains.  I stopped.  I thought of going down there.  I didn’t want too.  It was gooey and sloppy.  But I went down there anyway.  I found what was making the noise.  It was like chicken bones and as scary as a shark.  I said “Argheee it’s a dead body.”  It was gross and disgusting and annoying.  I wanted it out.  A little voice said that he cannot come up. The drain was as dark as night time.  The voice said “He’s been down here for many years.”  I got out because the voice kept whispering in my ear.  A few days later I went fishing.  It was as fun as riding a dolphin.  I said “Wow Dad you caught a dog fish.”  It was as loose as a broken robot.  The fish was slimy. 

Noah

Once upon a time there was a rat.  He lived in the drains.  It was like rotten mould and old mud.  He said “It smells like something you would not eat.”  So one day he said “I’m going to get out of this.”  So he packed his bag.  On he went until he came to a very yucky part.  He said “It has got a lot of terrible stuff like old fish.”  It was hideous. So he walked through the sloppy mess.  When he came out of it he met his brother.  His brother said “How have you been?” The rat said “Terrible, disgusting and torture.”  “I know,” said his brother.  “I agree Rat.”  “Lets get out of here,” said his brother.  “Yeah” said Rat.  

William

The drain was as black as ink.  I thought  ”Yuck it smells like rotten flesh.” And  it had so many leaves.  It was dirty and sloppy. The pipe was long and slimy and crowded.

Ollie

On a wet Saturday morning I was walking to the beach with my dog.  A drain appeared in front of me but I never knew it was so close to us.  A huge puddle was in front and that’s why I couldn’t see the drain.  Then my dog saw another dog, he ran straight to him. I tripped up and went head first into the noxious, sloppy, decaying, gross and hideous drain.  It smelled like rotten flesh with lots of sandflies.  I was stuck in there for four hours until Mum and Dad searching for me.  They tried to pull me out but failed.  They kept trying.  It took five goes before they actually got me out of the drain. 

Brodie

Three weeks back drain people came to our school to fix them.  In the drains it looked like rotten flesh and disgusting.  Ashleigh said “Yuck, that looks like rotten slimy chicken.”  It just looked really gross.  The noise was annoying.  It smelt like slimy rotten, gooey chocolate.  Some rats and mice live in drains and if they do they will be all dirty all the time and they will get stinky.  I have held a mouse and rat before because my Mum wanted a photo. When I was holding the rat it bit my finger because I was holding the rat by its tail.  I said “Ow” because it really hurt.  The rat was biggish and the mouse was smallish.  Ashleigh said “There might be some mice and rats in the drains Izobella.”  The drains are as smelly as the smelliest rat in the world.

Ashleigh

Once there was a baby bandicoot crawling inside a drain.  He was scared so he said “Eek, eek, eek!” He crawled back to his bush.  He thought the drain was gross, hideous, disgusting, sloppy and gooey.  The next day he went to the icky drain.  It was as sloppy as a snail and as loud as construction work.  So he went down.  Later on that day in the drain he found some corn he wanted to eat.  But it was made out of a mans invention so the bandicoot said “Yuck, yuck,” and he spitted the piece of metal out.  The metal was orange and green.  He dug so deep that he touched the core of the earth. He saw another pipe so he crawled at 7k an hour to get there.

Flynn

Flynn and Mason's Movie

Our writing

As authors we like to write about….

Motor bikes are very fast and they are green When they ride their noises are thundering.  You need to be 18 or over.  Josh’s one is a dirt bike and it is OK for him to ride.

Rory

Yesterday I went to rugby training and I had a partner for tackling on my knees.  His name was Luke and we played tackle bull rush and I hurt someone in my team.  My team is called New Brighton.  I have a yellow mouth guard and blue and yellow rugby boots.  Everything was easy.  On Saturday I am versing Parklands, that is a rugby team.

Izak

Last Sunday I got a puppy.  We called her Tess.  She is a labradoodle.  Labradoodles are Labradors and poodles.  Tess’s mother was a Labrador and her Dad is a poodle.  Tess is possibly coming to school on Monday morning.  We don’t want her getting sick so we choose to have her second flu jab tomorrow so she can come to school.  Tess is only 6 weeks tomorrow.  She is nippy to me.  Mum said to me not to chase her.  I love Tess so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much.  She is cute because she has cute puppy eyes. 

Kate

For kung fu I am a yellow belt with a white strip.  I have over lapped Alex.  I whispered “I over lapped Alex!”  I was proud and Toby was too.  Toby is my cousin.  He is an orange belt.

Ollie

Today Granny and Grumps are coming to our house all the way from Kerikeri Granny is really good with memory and Grumps is really good with computers.  Granny has grey hair and blue eyes and Grumps has grey hair with brown eyes.

Flynn

My dog is sick.  He was sick on our back door mat.  So he had to lie down on my bed so that he could get some peace and quiet and so that us kids won’t annoy him and also so he won’t be sick everywhere.  I felt very sad for him.  Mum said “You have to stay away from your bedroom.”  I was glad she said that because it smelled like sick in my room.  Mum said I had to look after him because he was my dog.  So I made sure that his bowl was always full with water all the time.

Jayme

Thank you Belfast School

Dear Sun

Dear Sun

Why are you so hot?  When I look at you my eyes get scorched.  I love the sun because I get to go out to the fantastic and amazing beach.  I miss you when the rain comes.  You look exciting at sun set and sunrise.

William

Dear Sun

You are so so hot, you’re hotter then larva.  I love the pink sky you make in the morning.  It is very nice you are steaming bright.  I love it because I get to go swimming.  Thanks sun.  I also love it when you rain and make a rainbow.  I love you sun.

Jayme

Dear Sun

Why are you sizzling hot?  You come upon me shooting fiery ashes from the distance.  Shining upon the world.  Its lighter when you come.

Taylor

Dear Sun

You are blazing hot with no sun the world would be ice.  You are a ball of gas.  There would be no plants if you weren’t.  It would be freezing and dark and there would be thousands of clouds.  Sun you are so bright and if you weren’t here there would be no trees.  You are hotter than lava.

Ollie

Dear Sun

You are so so hot.  Sometimes when the rainbow is out I think that you and the clouds are having a fight.  I love you sun.

Emma

Dear Sun

You are brighter than the earth.  You’re boiling hot like lava.  I like it when you brighten up the world.  You fire upon other people as well as me. If you wouldn’t be there it would be freezing cold.  But I am happy you’re there.  You are the only one sun. You are here today.

Aaron

Dear Sun

You are sizzling with hotness and scorching with flames.  If you weren’t there I would be freezing cold. I wouldn’t be able to go outside.  Sun you are my hero with “blazing” fire and flames.  When I was born I knew you would be fantastic. From the distance toasting red and flaming with orange.

Brodie

Dear Sun

You burn my eyes when I look at you.  My eyes turn to fried eggs.  And in Fiji I got sun burnt because of you.  At Lake Hood I got sun burnt again but that was because I forgot to put sun block on.

Mason

Dear Sun

How do you shine bright, can you shine better and hotter and brighter?  Can you stay longer?  I want you to stay forever. I love to play outside all day long.  I come in when there are dark freezing clouds.  We love the sun.  How do you shine, we love you so much please come every day?

Kate

To Sun

Thank you for making us warm at night.  We think you are fantastic. We wouldn’t be warm with out you.  Sometimes we feel sizzling.  You are hotter than hot chilli.

Nathan

Dear Sun

I like you because when you shine I go to the beach and have a swim and go boggy boarding.  I get a Mr Whippy ice cream.  Thank you sun.

Josh

The rain feels like a bucket of water fell on me.  The rain smells like me. The rain looks like wet bullets shooting out of the sky.  Today and yesterday it is raining. Today it is alright later, no rain, no matter.  My blue water ring controls the sea and rain.  The grass is wet.

Flynn

Andy Warhol

We looked at some pop art.  Andy Warhol was well known for his.  His paintings are selling for millions of dollars.  He liked painting everyday things like cans of Campbell Soup and famous people.

Creative Maths

We have been creative with numbers.

Showing emotions

We have been thinking about how people show their emotions.  What do you think these children are thinking about?

Our Rocket Recounts

For writing last week we wrote about our science lessons about making rockets.  We concentrated on using recount time connector words: last week, on, then, next, finally.  See how well we did!  Mrs Q will be proud!

Last week we made rockets.  They were awesome.  We got balloons, straws and string and sellotape.  The rockets blew up into the sky.
Shyla

Last Friday we did rockets.  First we wrapped paper around a straw.  The you take the straw out.  Then you stick it together with sellotape or a staple.  Next you use the tape again.  The get three pieces off.  Then you fold them like this ^ and you put it on the straw.  Then blow.
Rosa

Last week on Friday Base34 made rockets.  First get a straw and a piece of paper.  Next get sellotape.  Then cut the tape in to a fin shape.  Finally, we blew our rockets.
Ryan

On Friday Base 34 made rockets for science.  First we got a piece of paper and wrapped it around a straw.  Next we put some sellotape around it.  Then we folded up one end.  Next we did some fins, three or two or maybe one.  Then we blew them off the straw.
Brodie

Last week Base34 made rockets.  After we made them we blew then.  Some went really far and some went not so far.  We used paper, tape and a straw.
Izak

On Friday last week we made rockets.  First we got a straw.  Then we go a balloon and tape.  After we taped the straw to the balloon.  Last we threaded some fishing wire through the straw.  Then we blew the balloon up and let it go.  Then it went for miles!
William

Last week on Friday we made rockets.  It was extremely fun.  We need straw, paper, sellotape and scissors.  When we tried mine, mine went far.
Luke

Base34 made rockets.  First roll the paper on a straw.  Next we sellotaped the paper.  Then we folded the paper and sellotape.  After that we made the fins.  Finally we blew the blew the rockets.
Rory

Last Friday we made rockets.  First we needed to get a straw and paper and roll up the paper on the straw.  Then we needed to tape it up.  Next we needed to fold up one end and tape that.  Then we needed to make fins and put them on.  And finally you put it on a straw and blow it.
Emma

Last week we made rockets.  I didn't get to do it because I was late back from recess.
Jack

Last Friday we did science.  We made rockets!  First we folded the paper.  Next we sellotaped the rocket.  Then we put fins on.  After that we put a straw in.  Finally we blew it...It flew across the room.
Ollie

Last week on Friday we made rockets out of paper in Base 34 at science.  It was cool.  First we wrapped around the straw in paper.
Kea

Last week we made rockets.  It was awesome.
Solan

On Friday we made rockets.  This is how you make it.  First you put some paper on a straw, tape it, take it off.  Next bend the end and tape it.  Then put fins on it.  Put the straw on it.  Finally, blow hard!
Casey

Last week on Friday we made paper rockets.  First we got a straw and wrapped a piece of paper around it.  Next you stick the fins on.  Then we pulled the straw out.  After that we blew the rocket.  Finally, it went miles.
Flynn

Last Friday Base34 made rockets.  First we got a piece of paper and wrapped it around a straw.  Next we tape the paper.  Then we folded the piece of paper.  After that we made some fins.  Finally we blew into the air.
Taylor