Whanau writing

   Whanua

My family loves to devour steak and salad in side.

 movies and Popcorn and ready chocolate

 with strawberries.

I come from a family that loves to sing.

We sing our waiata at church.

We love to sing happy songs.

My family loves to take perfect photos of the amazing sunset of the amazing East Coast.

The sun shimmers up onto the glistening, beautiful, calm water.

We love to send pictures of the sunsets to other whanau around the world to show them what they are missing out on.

I am from a family who loves to make friends.

We ask people if they need help and will support them.

Buying groceries, playing with their children, and showing whanaungatanga is how we help.

I am from a family who loves to create art.

We love to imagine what we like to draw,like a sun or a Dolphin or

Any kind art.waimeria

Autumn Poem

Autumn is wind blowing through beautiful, big trees.

Autumn is the cold feeling that rushes through

your body.

Autumn is the time of year that plants get to rest.

Autumn is people lighting fires to keep warm.

Animals hibernate to get their rest, until Spring.

By Waimeria

story starter

“Have a good day Mum, enjoy school.” Today my Mum will have to sit on the mat for Mrs Roach in Room 102.   First Mum will have to do all her must do’s for Mrs Roach and if she does finish all her must do’s she can do can do’s.  She will have to sit as quiet as a snake and listen.  I hope she likes being at school again as it is a long time since she was a kid.

I know I will love doing Mum,job because she gets paid $9900 a week at work because she is a hard worker but so are the other workers.

When I got to work everybody, said hello to me and they said have a great first day at work.  That made me feel as happy as a baby. I went and sat where Mum normally sits  and that's when the phones started to ring, beep, beep, beep, beep.  There were  19 people all ringing me at the same time and they all had serious problems “wow this job is so hard”.  It was very, very frustrating so I went and asked the other workers to help me but some of them said “no” they couldn’t help because they had 99 serious   problems as well.  Luckily some of them did help me.   I don’t know how Mum does it all by herself, she is incredible.

I finished work, Mum was at home waiting for me and I said to mum I do not like working at your job I would rather stay at school.  Luckily the next day everything went back to normal.    

work,work,work,work,work,work

holiday story

MY HOLIDAY IN PERTH

In the holidays I went to  Perth.  I went on an aeroplane with my Aunty Manawa and my 2 cousins Caleb and Nae Nae.  We flew to Perth from  Auckland and it took us 7 hours.  On the way I watched a movie and it was really sad.  My cousin cried but I didn’t. When we got to Perth we got picked up by my Aunty, my Mum and  3 other cousins.  They drove us to their house because that is where we were all going to be staying.

I liked seeing my Mum again and my Aunty, Uncle and cousins as I hadn’t seen them for a while.  I played fun fighting games with my cousins, it was good fun.

On  Saturday we all went to my Aunty and Uncle’s wedding.  There were some other kids that I did not know at the wedding, I only knew my cousins.

My Aunty looked beautiful in her wedding dress and my Uncle looked cool too.  At the wedding we got to eat lots of yummy food.  My favourite food was the meat and the wedding cake.  The wedding cake was melted chocolate, it tasted sweet and really yummy, everyone wanted lots of pieces.

The day of the wedding my cousin Trinae saw a wild kangaroo,  it hopped 1000’s of times.  My favourite part of Perth was seeing a kangaroo and seeing my family, especially my baby cousin who is only 1 years old.  My Aunty is going to be having a new baby and she thinks it’s going to be early because her tummy was really sore.  His name is going to be Te Manuwera.

We stayed in Perth for 2 weeks then we flew back to New Zealand but my cousin Trinae stayed there for another 10 days.  I loved my trip to Perth and one day I want to go back.  

Book Review

Do not write on this until you have chosen and read your book from cover to cover and know what it is about. Before you start this you will have spent a lot of time quietly reading!

Date  read:    Thursday 13th October 2016

Book Title : Shoo Fly Guy

Author: Tedd Arnold

Rating: ⭐s out of 5 = 5

Write why you picked this book to read.

I picked this book because I liked the pictures.

What type of book is it? - fiction / non fiction/ science fiction/ mystery/ biography/ autobiography

This book was a fiction book.

Plot

Where did the story take place?

This story took place at Buzz’s house at the beginning but then Fly Guy went flying around all over the place looking for Buzz who was on a picnic.

What happened in the beginning?

There was a boy named Buzz and he has a pet fly called Fly Guy. One day Fly Guy went flying off all by himself.

What happened in the middle?

Buzz went for a picnic without Fly Guy.  Fly Guy  went looking for Buzz.

What happened at the end?

Fly Guy found Buzz at the picnic and Buzz gave Fly Guy his favourite food  which was Shoo Fly Pie.

Characters

Who were the main characters?

The main characters in this book were Fly Guy and Buzz.

Who was your favourite character and why?

My favourite character was Fly Guy because he he was good at finding food.

What did you notice about the authors style of writing?

I liked the author's style because he repeated the tricky words all the time.

Highlight the words that best describe this book.

Sad                                                 

Exciting

Interesting

Stupid

Imaginary

Heartwarming

Scary

Confusing

Entertaining

Educational

Your opinion

What did you like in the book?

I liked what Buzz had made for Fly Guy which was a paper plane and a house for him.

What did you dislike?

I did not like the rotten food that Buzz gives to Fly Guy.

Write about your favourite part.

My favourite part was when Fly Guy found Buzz on the picnic at the end of the story.

Write a Summary of the story in a paragraph

There was a boy named Buzz and he had a pet called Fly Guy.  One day Fly Guy went flying off. Buzz decided he wanted to go on a  picnic.  When Fly Guy got home he saw the letter that said that Buzz was on a picnic so Fly Guy went looking for him.

Write a one sentence Summary

There was a boy named Buzz who had a pet called Fly Guy.

Do you think this was a good fit book for you? Why?

It was a good book for me as it was easy for me to read.

Would you recommend this book to someone else? Who? Why?

I would recommend this book to my friends because I liked it.

Write/ Invent a new ending for your book

At the end of the story Fly Guy  could find  his true love and her name could be Fly Princess and they could live happily ever after.

Mum cinquain poem

Mummy

Mummy

Cool, Beautiful

Loves to sing

Kind and helps me

cook

Windy day poem

Windy Day

The wind looks Like nothing, nobody can see it

The wind sounds like a whistle of a bird tweeting out for joy

The wind smells like a flower blooming in the sun

The wind tastes like a warming fire toasting marshmallows into gold

The wind feels like a volcano and sometimes it feels cold like the North Pole.

W = whistling wind

I = icey cold wind

N = naughty wind

D = dangerous wind