Showing posts with label poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poem. Show all posts

Wednesday 1 July 2020

Nic and Mikayla's Whānau Group: Learning about Puanga

In Nic and Mikayla's Whānau group, we wrote collaborative poems to signify the importance of Punaga. We also created some star art! It was great to learn with other people across the school.

Here are some of the poems that we wrote:




Saturday 17 September 2016

Down the Back of the Chair

We were inspired to write "Down The Back of The Chair" poems after looking at the Mahutonga Blog. They did such a great job and we thought that we could do the same. 


We read the story by Margaret Mahey story, then we wrote our own poems and recorded them on Seesaw. Here are some of them...

 

This is the shared poem that we wrote together: 

A fox, some blocks and polka dots
A plane, a train an airport lane
A mat, a bat and hairy cat
Down the back of the chair

A chair, a bear, pink underwear
A king, a ring, a chicken wing
A queen, a bean, a magazine
Down the back of the chair

A can, a man, a chinese fan
A dog, a log and a spotty frog
A cat, a mat, a stinky rat
Down the back of the chair

An orange peel, an electric eel
Some diamond rings, emerald things
A kung fu Kangaroo,
A sparkly old high heel shoe
Down the back of the chair

Saturday 10 September 2016

Assembly 9.9.16

Well done to everyone who got a principal award for great goal setting!
These guys shared their pizza fractions
Thank you to our wonderful presenters

This is us reading, "Glurp the Purple Alien" by Kenn Nesbit:

Friday 9 September 2016

Green eggs and Ham

Our poem last week was Green Eggs and Ham. Chrissy's literacy group got to make green and eggs and ham this morning and started to write about it. Look at how funny it looks!! In week 8 we will writing about it and add to this blog post so keep a look out!








Monday 29 August 2016

Glurp, the purple alien

We are learning to read aloud with fluency and expression. Today we read Glurp, the purple alien. Here we are reading the poem...


glurp-the-purple-alien
I’m Glurp, the purple alien.
I come from outer space.
I have a purple body.
I have a purple face.
I use my purple tentacles
to dine on purple food.
The treats I find the tastiest
are purely purple-hued.
I’ll eat a purple burger.
I’ll slurp a purple shake.
I’ll feast on purple pickles and
partake of purple cake.
I’ll nosh on purple noodles.
I’ll feast on purple fries.
I’ll munch on purple macaroons
and purple pizza pies.
I haven’t seen your planet,
but, if I ever do,
you’d better not wear purple.
I might just dine on you.
--Kenn Nesbitt

Saturday 2 July 2016

Assembly: 1st July 2016

Thank you to our wonderful presenters!
What a fantastic assembly. See some of the highlights below...



Well done to everyone who received a principal award for connecting with others!

Tuesday 21 June 2016

Music: Shared Writing

We are listening to music...
We have been learning about sound as part of our Inquiry... Today we listened to a range of different types of music.

This is a piece of shared writing by Nic's literacy group:

Music


Music reminds me of
Shooting stars in the night sky
A golden violin on a summer’s night
The moon singing in the dark sky
The funky DJ mixing disco sounds
A 90’s movie with a car chase


Music reminds me of
A giant tornado speeding through town
People running along like a herd of elephants
A volcano erupting with hot lava
Owls hooting through the night
The opening of a Brazilian carnival
Cannon bolts falling to the ground


Music makes me feel
Surprised like bangs of fireworks
Bright like Christmas lights
Excited like a university graduate
Strong like a super hero flying
Sad like a lost battle
Sleepy like I have walked for a thousand days.


Music is spectacular!

Wednesday 15 June 2016

The Kite



As part of our reading this week, we read this poem:

The Kite
by Harry Behn


How bright on the blue
Is a kite when it's new!


With a dive and a dip
It snaps its tail
Then soars like a ship
With only a sail


As over tides
Of wind it rides,


Climbs to the crest
Of a gust and pulls,
Then seems to rest
As wind falls.


When string goes slack
You wind it back


And run until
A new breeze blows
And its wings fill
And up it goes!


How bright on the blue
Is a kite when it's new!


But a raggeder thing
You never will see
When it flaps on a string
In the top of a tree.


Here are some of us reading the poem:

Sunday 29 May 2016

Remember Poems


Artwork by Matilda
We wrote poems based on this poem...


Summer by Marci Ridlon

Have you ever smelled summer?
Sure you have.
Remember that time
when you were tired of running
or doing nothing much
and you were hot
and you flopped right down on the ground?
Remember how the warm sun smelled and the
grass?
That was summer.


Remember that time
when you were trying to climb
higher in the tree
and you didn’t know how
and your foot was hurting in the fork
but you were holding tight to the branch?
Remember how the bark smelled then
- all dusty dry, but nice?
That was summer.


Remember that time
when the storm blew up quick
and you stood under a ledge
and watched the rain till it stopped
and when it stopped
you walked out again to the sidewalk?
Remember how the pavement smelled
- all steamy warm and wet?
That was summer.


If you try very hard
can you remember that time
when you played outside all day
and you came home for dinner
and had to take a bath right away,
right away?


It took you a long time to pull
your shirt over your head.
Do you remember smelling the sunshine?
That was summer.

Here are some of our poems...



Tuesday 23 February 2016

The Magic Box: The Movie


We have been writing poems based on, "The Magic Box" by Kit Wright. We have made a movie with some of our ideas. You can also read more of our poems below...

The Magic Box by Kate


I will put in the box
a fifth season and a black sun
a happy face crying and a sad face playing
Kate the cute kitten


I will put in the box
black stars in a silver sky
Theo the thumpy thorn
Jerry the giraffe drinking grape juice


I will cartwheel into my box.

Dylan and Nikora’s Magic Box

I will put in my magic box…

The minecraft king’s body with a a burning godzilla’s head
A minecraft dog with a creeper’s head
A minecraft mutant, obsideon gollum body with a mutant zombie villager head,
A minecraft rabbit leaping onto burning godzilla

I will put in my magic box…

The ender dragon body with a cow’s head
A minecraft shark with a minecraft rabbit’s head
A minecarft squid with a pig head
A minecraft T Rex grumping around.


Georgina’s Magic Box


I will put in my box…

A princess fighting with an angel
A flying cat and a walking bird
Pizza as a vegetable and broccoli as a treat

I will put in my box…

A frog breathing fire
A little girl wearing pants
A big boy wearing a dress

I will put in my box…
A snowman as a person
A person as a snowman
A cloud and a castle on the ground and a house in the sky

Reuben's Magic Box Poem

I will put in my magic box…
A bald eagle flying around a mountain
An angry elephant stamping on a person
An electric swimming and electrocuting sharks
The last joke of an ancient uncle
A shark head with a pirate body.

The Magic Box by Kate
I will put in the box
a fifth season and a black sun
a happy face crying and a sad face playing
Kate the cute kitten

I will put in the box
black stars in a silver sky
Theo the thumpy thorn
Jerry the giraffe drinking grape juice

The Magic Box by Tommy

I will put in the box…

A shark body on a fly's head.
A snowman melting on a hot summer’s day
A lizard body and a tongue head
A slithering snake sliding down the slide
A diamond in the sparky ocean

The Magic Box
by Clem

I will put in my box...
A frog wallking and an alien flying
A cat jumping over the moon
A cat that has wings and flies
Me in a video game       
A banana versing a tv
A cow leaping over Earth
A bird flying near the ground