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:

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

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:

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!

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...

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

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!

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!

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:

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...

The Magic Box: The Movie

My magic box from Matariki on Vimeo.

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