Narrative writing.

This week we wrote narratives about a family going for a bush walk. This week we added a problem into our stories. We were able to include ideas from our Term Two learning about our native bush and birds.
You can see how our skills are developing.

One day a family decided to go for a walk in the bush. They had to pack some lunch and some drink. When they were ready they set off into the bush. They walked along the path. They saw a tui flying up in the trees. It was feasting on nectar. They walked to a wooden bridge. They walked over it. When they got over they saw a big kowhai tree. Next they saw a kereru swooshing down out of the kowhai tree. They kept walking down the path. There was a river. They saw another bridge so walked across it. Next they decided to have lunch. They sat down and opened the basket and had lunch. Then they carried on walking along the path. They saw a waterfall. The water was tumbling down. They kept walking up the track.

Mum fell over and sprained her ankle. Ella had the first aid kit. She pulled out a bandage. She put it on mum. Mum felt a bit better. Finally they got to the lookout and they got a beautiful view of Waitangi and Russell.

                               Gail

One day Bree and Max went to the bush with their parents. They started to walk along the path. They saw a tui in a tree so they watched it for a while. Max said, “Can we go now?” so off they walked.

They saw a rimu tree which had fallen down across the path. They got stuck so Bree said, “Now how are we going to get to the lookout?”

They decided to walk around it. The kept walking until they reached the top.

The view was magnificent.

                            Zara

Jon and his brother were going for a walk with their Dad. First they got their bags ready. They got lunch, binoculars and birdseed to feed the birds.

They were off to the bush. When the saw a sign they walked into the bush. There were beautiful lancewoods and tui drinking nectar. They kept walking up the zigzag track. Then they saw a beautiful waterfall. It was big like their one at home.

But it started to rain, so they had to sit under a ponga fern. They decided to have some lunch and bird watch while they waited for the rain to stop. There were tui, fantails and robins.

They were almost there but they had to cross a wooden bridge.

They had done it and were happy!

                        Franky

One day Josh and Lilly went to the bush to see the trees. They saw a kowhai tree. They were tramping along the path when they heard some tui singing.

Josh and Lilly got to a bridge. They were scared because it was high. It went over a river. They decided to run across the bridge. They kept tramping along the path. A fantail was following them.

Suddenly Lilly started to cry. She had been stung by a bee. Josh had a first aid kit in his bag so he got out some vinegar and put it on her sting.

They kept walking to the lookout. When they got there they saw the view. It was amazing.

                        Breeze

Jess and her brother were out on a walk together in the bush. Then suddenly a tui flew by then landed on a branch. They saw a sign that said, “No dogs or cats!”  They stopped to look at a beautiful waterfall. The sun was filtering through the trees. They decided to stop there and have lunch.

After that they started walking again then Jess fell over and grazed her knee. They washed her leg then kept walking until they reached the end of the track.

                    AJ

Merit Award

This week's merit award went to Shay for his effort in Reading.

Congratulations Shay!

Merit Award Winners

Our latest award winners.
 Zara for her great effort in learning her basic facts in Maths and Dale for his great effort and progress in Reading.

Narrative writing

This term we are learning to write narratives. A narrative is a story which creates a picture in the readers mind. Narratives always have characters, a setting - where the story takes place, a plot - a story line as to what happens. It also has a problem that the characters experience and a resolution -how the problem is resolved.

For our first narrative writing we focussed on the characters, setting and plot. We used this picture as  a starter and thought about -
Where are they going?
Where have they been?
What are they going to do?

Here are our first attempts at narrative writing.

One day mother duck took her ducklings for a walk. They came to a farm. Suddenly a cat was going to pounce at them. It was scary. The farmer came out of his shed and shooed the cat away.

                                   Josh

One morning mother duck took her ducklings down to the pond. Father duck had just come back home with some food. After that they went to the bus stop. The bus had a pool. It was cool. The bus took them to the pond. One duck said, “This is where we were before.”

They wanted to go to their home but they wanted to go to a café to have some bread before they went home.

                                                          Franky

Once upon a time a mother duck and its ducklings were going on an adventure next to the pond. But then a thunderstorm was coming towards them so they went back home and went back the very next day,

                   Zara

Once upon a time there lived a mother duck and five little ducklings. Mother duck led them to a pond. Their names were Max. Emily, Sarah, Tracey and Rosie. Four were girls and one was a boy. They went on an adventure. Next they went for a walk. After that they walked to a farm.

                  Kaitlin

The ducklings were walking on the road. They crossed over and walked on the grass down to the water.

                Mark

One day there were three ducklings and a father duck. They crossed the road but a car was coming. The car stopped and let them go. They got to the pond. They had a swim then it got cold so they went inside the shed on the farm.

               Jahrell

One day mother duck took her five little ducklings to find some food. They went on a hunt to the park. They went to find some bread but there was no one there to feed them.

                                  Breeze

Once there was a mother duck and two ducklings. They went for a swim at the fish pond to catch fish. They went to the end of the pond and they saw a dog so they ran away.

                        Dale

One day the baby ducklings went for a walk. When they walked to the lake they had a drink.

                          Shay

The ducklings went over the road to eat bread and they swam in the pond. There was a crocodile in the pond and one duckling got eaten.

                      Calais

One day mother duck and her three ducklings went to the stream. Some boys fed them some bread.

              Ela

Father duck took the ducklings out to see mother duck. It rained so all the ducks went to a house nut no one was there. Next door there was a pond so they waddled over into it.

              Nikara

One morning mother duck took her five little ducklings to the pond. The mother duck took them down the street. Mother duck saw a car coming ahead. The car stopped so the mother and the ducklings could cross the road.

All the ducks walked onto the farm.

                   Mere

Once upon a time there were five little ducklings and a mother duck. They were going to a pond. As soon as they got to the pond it started raining so they went home instead of playing in the pond.

             AJ

The ducks went to the fishpond. A cat was chasing the ducks. The cat got tired. He went back home. The ducks went back to the pond.

            Eva

The ducks were on the road walking down to the pond. They had a swim.  A duck had his breakfast and mother duck had a breakfast too.

            Jamie

One day mother duck decided to take her ducklings for a walk to the park. People fed the ducklings. They saw a dog so mother duck and the five little ducklings flew away back into the shed on the farm.

              Gail

A BUSY LAST WEEK OF TERM!

Speech Competition

We had a very successful speech competition in Room 2.
Mrs Lindsay judged our speeches and chose four finalists, Josh, Zara, Kaitlin and Nikara.
They then competed in the School finals along with two Year 2 finalists from Room 3.

Nikara

Good morning. My name is Nikara.

I think a cat is a better pet than a dog.

Cats are easier to look after. You don’t have to take a cat for a walk but a dog needs exercise.

Cats don’t cost as much as dogs to look after. Dogs eat more than cats. Dogs have to be registered which costs money.

I have a cat. His name is Jojo. I like to pat him. He sleeps on my lap. Cats purr when they are happy. He is my friend and I would rather have him than a dog.

Good morning my name is Joshua.

I think that cats are better pets than dogs.

Cats are cuddlier. My cats Trixie and Lexie like to curl up on my lap. They sometimes sleep on my bed. Some dogs are too big to do that.

Cats are good hunters because they kill rats and mice.

Cats cover their poo, but dogs don’t.

Cats don’t cost as much money as dogs to look after because they don’t eat as much.

I don’t have to take my cats for a walk but dogs need exercise.

I am glad that I have Trixie and Lexie because they are great pets.

Good morning. My name is Kaitlin.

I think dogs are better pets than cats.

Dogs can play fetch with us. We take our dog Coco to the river to play. I throw his ball into the river and he swims to get it.

You can take dogs for a walk but you can’t walk cats. That helps us to keep fit.

You can teach dogs tricks. They can roll over, they can stand up and beg and bring things to you.

Dogs are friendly. Coco scratches at our door when he wants me to play with him because he is my friend.

These are my reasons why I think dogs are better pets than cats.

Good morning, my name is Zara.

I want to talk to you about what I would like to see at Paihia School.

I would like to see two new playgrounds, one for boys and one for girls. I think that we should have swings and a bigger climbing frame.

It would be good to have a bigger sandpit. The one we have is too small. There is not enough room for many children, and sometimes that causes problems.

I would like to have more games painted on the court. Snakes and ladders would be good.

It will be great to have a bike track because we will get fit, we will have something else to do at playtime and lunchtime and it will be fun.

If we could have all these things Paihia School would be more awesome.

First prize was awarded to Nikara, second to Kaitlin and third to Zara. Congatulations girls!

ZUMBA

We had a great Zumba session with Carolina. The children loved it and are looking forward to doing more next term.

 

 

FRACTION FRIDAYS

Every Friday this term we have learned about fractions. Today we cut our fairy bread in halves, showing different ways we could do it.