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Take care in 2012.
Room 16
Room 16, Russley School
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Room 16 - swimming
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Monday, 5 December 2011
It's amazing what you can do with a story starter....
I could have sworn I saw the cupcakes moving!
I looked at the white, round cupcake stand. On it was 13 delicious looking cupcakes. They were soft and chocolaty with twirling hazelnut icing.
“Yummy!” I yelled.
But suddenly something poked through the scrumptious sweet icing…..
My pet snail crawled out. I was sad because my snail ate my cupcake.
Karim
My pet snail climbed through. It was very hungry and ate my Daddy’s cupcake and my sister’s cupcake. But I ate my own!
Hamish
A big black bug ate the big black bear but the big black bear bit the bug back! Six sharp smart sharks!
Orlando
I saw this horrible black unclean pointy eared thing pop out of the stupendous cupcake. Then it turned all sour looking and purple. Then everybody shrieked. It sounded like a fire truck. Everyone scattered away. When it touched the cupcake maker it turned into ash. I said be calm. This is what you do. Take three deep breaths. I was calm, but not for long! I shouted, Run, Scatter, just get moving! Look for a motor bike, full acceleration. Broom broooooooooom. I raced off into the country side. Then I ran out of gas but luckily I lost them for a while. But then I heard this bounce and binging sound, I saw those pesky little cupcakes. I said, “That’s it, I’ve had enough” and I ran them all over.
Luke
A big black scary evil looking eye sprung out. “Help!” I loudly screamed. Then it quickly hopped off. Suddenly a red fire engine zoomed down the black bumpy long road. But the lovely brown cupcake that I was going to eat speedily jumped up onto the fire engine and karate chopped the driver. Boom! Pow! It drove off happily to destroy the city. I sprinted down the road as fast as a skinny rocket. Soon I was going slow because I was as puffed as a turtle. Then a huge building collapsed clop clip clop. I was trapped. Suddenly the wonderful room 16 came. Then the super Sylvie smashed the yummy cupcake and it died. The tall buildings were built again.
Mya
I saw it pop out of the cupcake. I screamed because I was going to eat it. Oh no the cup cake!
Mercedes
The cupcake has arms and legs. Oh no! I need Mum, Dad, Sam my sister, my dog and my cat. I need Mum and Dad because they will kill it!
Charlotte
I saw the cupcake movie on Monday after school. MMMMM it was delicious and the cupcake was floating. There was a ghost inside. The ghost punched it with its fist. The end.
Baylee
It was a gooey raspberry slug in the cupcake. I screamed. I ran away because I was scared. I ran home and I screamed “Help!”
Mackenzie
‘Oh no” I said. My cupcake! There were tiger nippers, a snake body and a snake tail. It nipped me on the finger.
Timothy
The old man was scared, jumped onto a black leather couch like a terrified kangaroo. A middle aged lady with a grey fury poodle jumper out of a wide open window and landed painfully in a prickly holly bush. “WOOOF< OWWWW”! We heard her scream loud and clear. A child died of an over excited heart attach and a boy smashed ten plates in horror. A thin, lean, skinny, pink, purple sharp talon finger poked its way slowly through the thick icing. Everybody but me fled, fast. One hundred hands suddenly shot through the thick icing. They hit me in the eye. “YEOOOOOWWWW”! I yelled. Suddenly two gleaming red eyes and a set of razor sharp teeth sparkled in the chandelier light. “Hellooooo” I said slowly. “I am a friendly monster” it said in a robotic voice, “Let’s be friends” I said “Cool”. As all good stories end the two heroes lived happily ever after.
Sylvie
Four birds have green feathers and wings. Four birds have yellow beaks so he could eat. Four birds have pink legs and heads and they are hanging in a tree.
Brayden
A small scary ghost poked the cupcake said the cupcake man. “OWWWWW” shouted the ghost. “ARRRRRRRRRR” screamed the baker. Then they became friends.
Amy
A tiny little e ghost finger popped out and a flaming body too. ‘AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!” screamed Theo. I tried to get out but the door was locked. The body came closer. The flaming body was as hot as a spinning meteor and shooting star. I had a plan and my plan was to just jump out of the window, so I did. But how did the ghost burn through the wall and keep following me? Because of his flaming hot body. I hate when it does that! So I kicked him. I punched him and I almost made hi dead. I did the same thing again but it still did not kill him. Suddenly I remembered an ice machine. It would freeze him. I shot ice at him and once he was frozen I smashed him with an hammer.
Theo
It was the ghost of Miss D. She bossed me around like it was school time. She bossed me at maths, writing, reading, Maori and art. Even at interval and brain break and lunch time. She followed me home and bossed me at night. So got so tired of it I died by poking myself with a sword.
Mac
One little man popped out of the yummy cupcake. That was my cupcake.
Bridget
I saw this cupcake store in New Zealand and it was colourful inside. There was a delicious strawberry chocolate and banana one. I didn’t know which one was the best so I asked the cupcake manager. “Which was the best awesome cupcake flavour”. The cupcake manager replied, “Strawberry of course”. So I chose the strawberry one and it had a good surprise inside the cupcake. I ate the excellent cupcake and the surprise was a bad spider. I said, “AAAAAGGGGHH now I’ve got spider webs in my nice body”!
Anthony
Legs pushed their way out of the delicious looking icing. It was a dirty looking rat. “Urgh”. I groaned. “Do I have to eat this?” “Yes”, said the owner. “Oh YUCK!” Madeline said.
Madeline
I saw a ghost. Her name was Mya. She was scary! I ran as fast as I could. She was flying. Mya was as fast as a cheater. She almost got me. Luckily there was a tree. I finally got Mya and that was really good. Suddenly Mya screamed. But luckily there was 500 men behind the cupcake and I said fire. All of the gun men fired, they were quite little, as little as some ants. Mya died and we all lived happily ever after.
Oliver
One day I went to the cupcake stand and asked if I could have one. She said “Yes”. But when we went to eat the cupcake five spiders leapt out.
Mitchell
It was a scary monster. It chased me out of the Mall. It chased me out of the car park. It chased me into the city. What could I do now? “Oh look there’s my church and my Mummy’s working there. Thank goodness” “Keziah, what are you doing?” “I got chased by a big scary humongous naughty monster. Where is Daddy?” “At home, he’s is safe, it only chased me.”
Keziah
A sword man appeared with a black sword. I was most astonished. Also 13 gunmen screamed, they had cupcakes for guns. “We want 100 pieces of gold in 13 minutes”, said the gunmen. “Do you want me to come and get them” I shouted. Get that boy. I dodged the green bullets. I took the sword and something happened. They all went under my control. I thought that this would be handy. The end.
Kaine
I looked at the white, round cupcake stand. On it was 13 delicious looking cupcakes. They were soft and chocolaty with twirling hazelnut icing.
“Yummy!” I yelled.
But suddenly something poked through the scrumptious sweet icing…..
My pet snail crawled out. I was sad because my snail ate my cupcake.
Karim
My pet snail climbed through. It was very hungry and ate my Daddy’s cupcake and my sister’s cupcake. But I ate my own!
Hamish
A big black bug ate the big black bear but the big black bear bit the bug back! Six sharp smart sharks!
Orlando
I saw this horrible black unclean pointy eared thing pop out of the stupendous cupcake. Then it turned all sour looking and purple. Then everybody shrieked. It sounded like a fire truck. Everyone scattered away. When it touched the cupcake maker it turned into ash. I said be calm. This is what you do. Take three deep breaths. I was calm, but not for long! I shouted, Run, Scatter, just get moving! Look for a motor bike, full acceleration. Broom broooooooooom. I raced off into the country side. Then I ran out of gas but luckily I lost them for a while. But then I heard this bounce and binging sound, I saw those pesky little cupcakes. I said, “That’s it, I’ve had enough” and I ran them all over.
Luke
A big black scary evil looking eye sprung out. “Help!” I loudly screamed. Then it quickly hopped off. Suddenly a red fire engine zoomed down the black bumpy long road. But the lovely brown cupcake that I was going to eat speedily jumped up onto the fire engine and karate chopped the driver. Boom! Pow! It drove off happily to destroy the city. I sprinted down the road as fast as a skinny rocket. Soon I was going slow because I was as puffed as a turtle. Then a huge building collapsed clop clip clop. I was trapped. Suddenly the wonderful room 16 came. Then the super Sylvie smashed the yummy cupcake and it died. The tall buildings were built again.
Mya
I saw it pop out of the cupcake. I screamed because I was going to eat it. Oh no the cup cake!
Mercedes
The cupcake has arms and legs. Oh no! I need Mum, Dad, Sam my sister, my dog and my cat. I need Mum and Dad because they will kill it!
Charlotte
I saw the cupcake movie on Monday after school. MMMMM it was delicious and the cupcake was floating. There was a ghost inside. The ghost punched it with its fist. The end.
Baylee
It was a gooey raspberry slug in the cupcake. I screamed. I ran away because I was scared. I ran home and I screamed “Help!”
Mackenzie
‘Oh no” I said. My cupcake! There were tiger nippers, a snake body and a snake tail. It nipped me on the finger.
Timothy
The old man was scared, jumped onto a black leather couch like a terrified kangaroo. A middle aged lady with a grey fury poodle jumper out of a wide open window and landed painfully in a prickly holly bush. “WOOOF< OWWWW”! We heard her scream loud and clear. A child died of an over excited heart attach and a boy smashed ten plates in horror. A thin, lean, skinny, pink, purple sharp talon finger poked its way slowly through the thick icing. Everybody but me fled, fast. One hundred hands suddenly shot through the thick icing. They hit me in the eye. “YEOOOOOWWWW”! I yelled. Suddenly two gleaming red eyes and a set of razor sharp teeth sparkled in the chandelier light. “Hellooooo” I said slowly. “I am a friendly monster” it said in a robotic voice, “Let’s be friends” I said “Cool”. As all good stories end the two heroes lived happily ever after.
Sylvie
Four birds have green feathers and wings. Four birds have yellow beaks so he could eat. Four birds have pink legs and heads and they are hanging in a tree.
Brayden
A small scary ghost poked the cupcake said the cupcake man. “OWWWWW” shouted the ghost. “ARRRRRRRRRR” screamed the baker. Then they became friends.
Amy
A tiny little e ghost finger popped out and a flaming body too. ‘AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!” screamed Theo. I tried to get out but the door was locked. The body came closer. The flaming body was as hot as a spinning meteor and shooting star. I had a plan and my plan was to just jump out of the window, so I did. But how did the ghost burn through the wall and keep following me? Because of his flaming hot body. I hate when it does that! So I kicked him. I punched him and I almost made hi dead. I did the same thing again but it still did not kill him. Suddenly I remembered an ice machine. It would freeze him. I shot ice at him and once he was frozen I smashed him with an hammer.
Theo
It was the ghost of Miss D. She bossed me around like it was school time. She bossed me at maths, writing, reading, Maori and art. Even at interval and brain break and lunch time. She followed me home and bossed me at night. So got so tired of it I died by poking myself with a sword.
Mac
One little man popped out of the yummy cupcake. That was my cupcake.
Bridget
I saw this cupcake store in New Zealand and it was colourful inside. There was a delicious strawberry chocolate and banana one. I didn’t know which one was the best so I asked the cupcake manager. “Which was the best awesome cupcake flavour”. The cupcake manager replied, “Strawberry of course”. So I chose the strawberry one and it had a good surprise inside the cupcake. I ate the excellent cupcake and the surprise was a bad spider. I said, “AAAAAGGGGHH now I’ve got spider webs in my nice body”!
Anthony
Legs pushed their way out of the delicious looking icing. It was a dirty looking rat. “Urgh”. I groaned. “Do I have to eat this?” “Yes”, said the owner. “Oh YUCK!” Madeline said.
Madeline
I saw a ghost. Her name was Mya. She was scary! I ran as fast as I could. She was flying. Mya was as fast as a cheater. She almost got me. Luckily there was a tree. I finally got Mya and that was really good. Suddenly Mya screamed. But luckily there was 500 men behind the cupcake and I said fire. All of the gun men fired, they were quite little, as little as some ants. Mya died and we all lived happily ever after.
Oliver
One day I went to the cupcake stand and asked if I could have one. She said “Yes”. But when we went to eat the cupcake five spiders leapt out.
Mitchell
It was a scary monster. It chased me out of the Mall. It chased me out of the car park. It chased me into the city. What could I do now? “Oh look there’s my church and my Mummy’s working there. Thank goodness” “Keziah, what are you doing?” “I got chased by a big scary humongous naughty monster. Where is Daddy?” “At home, he’s is safe, it only chased me.”
Keziah
A sword man appeared with a black sword. I was most astonished. Also 13 gunmen screamed, they had cupcakes for guns. “We want 100 pieces of gold in 13 minutes”, said the gunmen. “Do you want me to come and get them” I shouted. Get that boy. I dodged the green bullets. I took the sword and something happened. They all went under my control. I thought that this would be handy. The end.
Kaine
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Ambassadors for Russley School
Yesterday Kaine, Sylvie, Theo and Mackenzie helped welcome our new families to Russley School.
They were part of the welcome in the staffroom and then led families on a tour of the school.
Mrs Lock was most impressed by their enthusiasm and presentation skills.
They were part of the welcome in the staffroom and then led families on a tour of the school.
Mrs Lock was most impressed by their enthusiasm and presentation skills.
Monday, 21 November 2011
Designing a car
Room 16 are going to try and build our own minature cars. Today we discussed how we could go about this. Part of our discussion was how simple machines were used to make the car move - wheels and axles.
Next week the children are being challenged to build their own car out of things that they find at home.
Year 0 and Year 1 students must design a car that has moving wheels which are attached to an axle.
Year 2 (and anyone who is up for a challenge!) have to design a car that moves on it's own - no hands pushing it.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Regards
Meredith
Next week the children are being challenged to build their own car out of things that they find at home.
Year 0 and Year 1 students must design a car that has moving wheels which are attached to an axle.
Year 2 (and anyone who is up for a challenge!) have to design a car that moves on it's own - no hands pushing it.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Regards
Meredith
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