Writing Sample

Once there was this young man called Richard he was a very RICH king he was
the richest man you ever would have known , but one sudden day he died of this
illness called the plague , the next day Richard had his funeral with his family
members and close friends  . Once the funeral was over everyone went home to
have dinner but the very next night , robbers and bandits tried to steal the gold
but they couldn’t because guards guarded every inch of the castle . Some years
later the guards made up their mind to hide the gold somewhere far away so no one
could find it.

Years later robbers and bandits still kept on persisting to find it but still it was
nowhere to be seen . A couple of days later people from all over the town came
to the castle gate they all wanted to be king or queen to get the gold  but the
guards did not choose anyone they refused , refused and still refused but one
very day …. This CHIMPANZEE came along in the jungle when suddenly ,
something disturbed him it was this secret door that led to something but he didn’t
know what ? it had a lock on it but all of a sudden the door the door opened  he
didn’t know how but he walked in anyway , suddenly but surprisingly there was
this humongous pile of gold surrounding the golden thrown the CHIMPANZEE
went to go sit down on the throne and he felt like the real king of the jungle .

On that very day the CHIMPANZEE was crowned  king everyone from the town
though the guards were CRAZY but they weren’t , all of the town agreed with the
decision and were happy with their NEW king called CHIMPANZEE the Very
FIRST {1}  . The very next day the guards got all the gold out of the secret cave
and brang it back to the castle . Till one day King CHIMPANZEE FIRST {1}
had to do a speech , and when all the citizens gathered up for th speech when
King ChIMPANZEE the first said his first word all the citizens of the town
freaked out and ran all over the place . 2 to 3 weeks later the people of the town
got used to king CHIMPANZEE speaking the citizens calmed down and a happy
life , suddenly

The CHIMPANZEE found out in his family history , his other family members
were king and queen and found out that all  of his relatives never died because
of this magical power that kept them alive forever and never got old . So what
what will happen with the town in the distant FUTURE ?

1. King Chimpanzee will see his relatives and bring them to the town .
2. King Chimpanzee gets married and the Chimpanzee wife gets the spell over her too .
3. The Chimpanzee wife gets baby Apes /Chimpanzee  .
4. C

THANKS FOR READING!!    

Water Safety .

On the second to last day of swimming the group and I were doing water safety. We were learning about how to get off a boat backwards. The instructions were hold your nose and cover your mouth at the same time and hold on to your life jacket. 

Swimming

Today on Monday the 18/11 we are going swimming at Pioneer for the 2nd week. I'm in group 2 and we do arm stroke , survival  backstroke and just normal back stroke. I think there are more swimming techniques we do but here some things of what the group and I do .

10 minutes before the half hour of swimming is over we get to go into the lane pool to do some diving (like pencil diving and just the usual diving) . We also do some breaststroke and some others. Sometimes I don't like swimming but I do like swimming because with swimming I can get water up my nose and I like swimming because I like floating and learning how to swim .    

Air powered car

On Friday last week Zoe G, Zoe H and myself were finishing off our air powered car before we started the race .

 Once we were finished with our car, just a couple of minutes later, the class was sitting down ready for the race . 

The first group that went I think.... wait I actually can't remember . After a couple of groups FINALLY  it was our groups turn but disappointingly the car did not move but at least the group and I did team work on the car . 

Visual Maths

During week 2, Room 15 and 16 learnt about graphs. With our math mate, we created our own graph. Mya and I created our graph about colours. 

We were able to look and compare our graph to our peers. It was interesting to do maths without using numbers - instead, it was all visual! 

Day trip!

On Wednesday the 13th of June, Room 16 went to the Art Gallery and Museum. 

At the museum we looked at the sun exhibition. We learnt a lot about the sun and even how solar power energy works! With the help of Anthony, we made models of solar powered cars in our groups. 

We explored a range of different Māori artworks at the Art Gallery. Using what we learnt, we went back and created our own artwork. 

Poetry

In writing I have used a poem by James K. Baxter as a starting point to write my own poem. I hope you like it.

Te towaka was usual enough 
it had a wharf ,  stingrays , crabs , houses , and even the
ocean .
my cousins and I did what kids do -
jumping off the wharf , kayaking , biking , walking and playing sport

Doing nothing important

Koru art

For the last couple of weeks I have been creating my own koru art based on the work of Raewyn Harris. She is a New Zealand artist and you can look at her work on this link. 

I have enjoyed creating this masterpiece, and I hope you enjoy it too! 

Poetry

I have been exploring metaphors and descriptive writing through the ‘Get NZ writing’. Here is one of my metaphors that I have created:


Annabelle is ... 
A big red juicy Dragon fruit  

A rainbow shining Macaw in the green Amazon 

A tall swaying tree in the whistling breeze 

A doodling pencile drawing a magnificent piece of art work

A cheeky brown MONKEY in the zoo stealing things from people's bags.... He..He  

Welcome

Welcome to my 2018 Blog.  

This year I am in Cooper’s Whare - Room 16 and my teacher’s name is Mrs Holt. 

I am very excited to share my learning journey with you this year.

I will be posting at least every fortnight so please check my blog regularly.

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Thanks,

Annabelle.