Room 8 are a class of Year 4 students in Auckland, New Zealand.
Sunday 29 June 2014
Friday 27 June 2014
The Prince and the Huge Tree House
Once upon a time a prince had a little puppy but he lost his puppy. He went searching for his puppy and he heard barks from a deep, dense forest near a castle. So he searched and then he found a huge tree house. He heard barks from the tree house. He climbed up and he found his puppy. But suddenly, a big roar came from the distance.
The prince peered out to see what it was. It was a gigantic ugly ogre. The prince locked the door straight away but the ogre didn’t go away and he guarded the tree house. The prince was very hungry so and was his puppy. He saw a huge apple tree so he ran towards it. He saw lots of juicy apples so he tried to grab an apple but the key fell out of his pocket. The ogre saw the key and put it on a rock.
Back in the castle a smart scientist heard the news that the prince was missing. So the scientist went into the forest. He made a potion that made him look like a bee and made him fly. He flew everywhere searching for the prince. Then he came across a huge tree house and he saw an ogre guarding it. He flew through the window. He saw the prince and his puppy. The scientist turned back into himself but now they were all trapped inside.
Happily, the smart scientist had one more potion which he drank. He turned back into a bee and he could fly again as well. He went and got the key but he couldn’t open the door. He had to wait until the ogre was asleep. Then they all escaped. They built a brick wall at the side of the castle and they all lived happily ever after.
The End
By Prithika
Prithika's Dream
My Dream
As I slept, everything turned huge and I turned tiny so I understood that it was my dream. I started to explore and then I knew it was Room 8. Huge shoes moved around but I wasn’t going to get squashed because I was only 1 mm long. I saw what my friends were doing and I saw what other people were doing as well. I enjoyed being tiny because it was so much easier travelling around because I could hold onto people’s shoes.
By Prithika
Thursday 26 June 2014
Sunday 22 June 2014
AUT Millennium Institute
When we got to the millennium Institute we got changed into our togs and listened to our instructor. She said that my group would do snorkeling. So we went with Julie and put on our masks and snorkeled up and down the lanes. We had lots of fun. When we got better at it we got to go through a hoop at the bottom of the pool. When we got to the top of the water we blew all the water out of our snorkel like a whale. Then we went back to Julie. Soon she said the time was up so we had to come back to her and take off our snorkels and get changed for team building.
When we got to team building we went to a place with lots and lots of sports equipment. It had a rock climbing wall and a pull up bar. Next Kiri took us to a place with lots of building things. We first did marshmallows. You have these little circles and you have to get to the concrete circle without touching the ground. We had to share circles! Then we made the ball go down the pipe. Next we played a game where the hoop has to go through the circle of people.
After that we had lunch. I sat with Georgia. After lunch I did water safety. I learnt that if you are in panic you need to cross your arms to settle down. We also fell off a boat on purpose. We needed to sit on the boat with our hands in the safe position. Then drop out of the boat. It was sort of fun. Next we did kayaking. We had to capsize out of the kayak. Lastly, we hopped on the kayak and did kayaking until they told us to get out and get changed.
I thought the millennium centre was the best trip ever!
By Ella
Thursday 19 June 2014
Dojo Points
Well done to this week's Dojo point winners:
Georgia, Ella & Prithika.
Congratulations to the 6th person in the class to reach 100 points and get a code to customize their Dojo avatar.
Georgia, Ella & Prithika.
Congratulations to the 6th person in the class to reach 100 points and get a code to customize their Dojo avatar.
Wednesday 18 June 2014
A Fairytale by Abbie
The Treehouse
Once upon a time there was a smart scientist, a not so smart scientist, a girl and a king.
The king loved his daughter and he played with her all the time. But one day, while the king’s daughter was studying, the king had the most marvelous idea to build a treehouse for his daughter and so he did.
He got the best wood in the castle and he got the smart scientist to make the door and the nails and he got the not so smart scientist to make the lock and to make the treehouse. But of course there had to be a problem. The not so smart scientist built the treehouse around the king and the king forgot to make the handle. He was STUCK!!
It had been twenty minutes now and the king was getting hungry. He looked out the window and saw the reddest apple in reach. He put his hand out the window and grabbed it but then he dropped it. It made a huge bang and split Into lots of pieces.
A girl nearby with the most golden hair heard the bang and ran over to see what it was. She saw the treehouse and then she saw the panicking king and rushed away.
A few minutes went by and the girl was back again with three bears . She told the king not to panic and the three bears used their sharp claws to make a hole in the treehouse so the king could climb out.
The next day the king made a rule that there wouldn’t be anymore treehouses in the castle.
BY ABBIE
Friday 13 June 2014
Thursday 12 June 2014
Wednesday 11 June 2014
Fairy Tale by Abbie
The Lost Fairy Tale
Once upon a time there was a girl who lived on the streets but dreamed of being a princess and to live in a beautiful castle.
Her nana always read her stories about a princess. One day when she was walking down to the shop she found a book. She thought to pick it up and so she did.
She read the first page, ‘Once upon a time the was a house with all the food you could dream of’,’ but then a house appeared in front of her with lollies and chocolate and more delicious things.
So she read the second page, ‘‘There was a girl who had the most silky gowns’ and then she suddenly had the most shiny blue gown. She said to herself, ‘ THIS BOOK IS MAGIC,’ and she ran home in excitement.
She found her nana sitting in a chair and the girl said, “Nana, the b b b book is m m m magic!” She gave the book to her nana and her nana read. ”There was a pond in front of her.” The girl waited with a smile but nothing happened. Her nana read it again and again but still nothing happened.
“How come it is not working?” said the girl. Her nana said, "It was too good to be true.” But the girl did not believe her because she had done it before. So every night she read the book in her head because she knew that if she read it aloud it would come true.
But one night she came to a chapter about a princess she read it out loud and then suddenly she was a princess in a castle but the days went on and she was getting sick of being a princess, doing all the chores, having to look nice and having to do everything perfectly.
She wanted to be at home again and be herself again but then she heard banging and crashing and then, ‘Boom!’ she was back home with her nana. She threw the book away and loved being herself again.
by Abbie
Fairy Tale by Louis
The Young Prince
Once upon a time there lived a young prince. He ran off in the deep, dark forest. Then he froze into position. He was lost so he started to cry.
Then a shadow appeared. It was a forest witch. She was surprisingly nice. She offered him to have her rusty and very old house because she said that she would be going to heaven. She also gave him her powerful and magical powers. He tried the powers. He blasted the house and fixed it. Then the witch disappeared.
Afterwards, the prince turned the gigantic and very dark forest into a bright garden. A princess saw the garden and went in. She walked into the middle of the garden and saw the rusty house so she walked back to the garden. Next the prince went out of the house and made the house clean and it made a “ping” sound.
The princess turned back and saw the handsome prince so she married him. Then they lived happily ever after.
The End
By Louis
Fairy Tale by Ryan
The Wicked Treehouse
Once upon a time a young sovereign was roaming all over the country. He wandered into an enchanted sylvan. The sovereign saw a man trapped in a 50 foot tall tree. The man looked perturbed.
Everyday when the sovereign roamed into the sylvan he saw the impoverished man stuck in the petrifying tree. Finally, one day, the sovereign felt sorry for him and climbed up the fearsome tree. After what seemed like forever, he arrived.
The tree didn't seem so eerie inside. He saw the terrorized man and touched him… Instantaneously the hombre disappeared and a sinister laugh filled the room. It was Garbagesmell, the evil scientist!
Garbagesmell cast a powerful spell. There were doors everywhere! The young sovereign opened every single door he could find. But everytime he opened another door he found himself in the room he had left.
After a few hours a knight saw him and got a chainsaw and started chopping the tree down, but no matter how much he tried the knight just shrunk. After a while the most powerful king, Author, came! Author smashed down the tree with his undefeatable Excalibur. The sovereign shrieked while he fell. He was grateful he was out of the nasty tree.
He was sent to hospital and after he recovered he lived happily ever after.
The End
By Ryan
Fairy Tale by Timothy
A Dangerous Fort
Once upon a time, a rich King was riding around a spooky Black Forest on his trusty horse. He was 100 long kilometers from his colossal castle, so he made sure his handsome son, The Prince, was guarding the castle with his awesome knights. He came across a rusty, dusty old lookout tower and wondered if and anyone was using it.
Just then, a hairy ogre shoved him in violently in the old fort and locked him in and threw the key far, far away. The King thought he was stuck there forever and ever. But then, he remembered his useful walkie-talkie in his tight belt.
He looked in his belt and there was his walkie-talkie, but no sword. So he radioed the prince and told him to get his brave knights and come to the Black Forest.
But when they got here they didn’t realise that the spooky fort was guarded by 16 rude ogres. They fought with shiny swords and the ogres fought with dangerous clubs.
After a while, they killed the hairy ogres and the knights bashed down the door. they freed the kind King and they all lived happily ever after, for all time!
THE END!
By Timothy
Fairy Tale by Ella
The Lost Key
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a King. The King wanted to pick some fruit from a tree. So he sent for the royal builder to build a royal ladder and he decided he would climb the royal peach tree.
He grabbed the ladder. The King climbed up as high as he dared and got lots of royal peaches. He became so tired! So the King found a tree house from hundreds of years ago. The King went in the treehouse for a rest. He flopped on the floor and closed the door. The door locked on him! He didn’t realize at first but when he tried to open the treehouse door it was locked!
He screeched his unpleasant screeching and shouted his unpleasant shouts. As he was doing all this, 10 little pigs came strolling past. They heard the unpleasant screeching and woke the Ogre. The Ogre was unhappy because he was in the middle of a lovely dream about eating pigs. So he quickly did what they demanded.
He found the key in no time and told the pigs he would get the king out if the pigs gave him $1 from all of them. They agreed. So he climbed up the royal peach tree. Banged on the door so hard that it broke! The Ogre held the king and jumped out of the treehouse. He set the king free and looked for the pigs.
The king was so relieved he never ever went outside again just to be sure. And lived happily ever after. But the pigs didn’t! They ran away at the first chance when the ogre wasn’t looking.
The Ogre never got the money so he ate the 10 pigs in one huge gulp and he lived happily ever after. FOREVER!
By Ella
Peanut the Elephant
Peanut The Elephant
Once upon a time there lived a Elephant called Peanut. He was called Peanut because he liked to eat peanuts.
One day he went to a peanut falling forest. All the peanuts fell from trees. Some peanuts fell on top of Peanut. Luckily he could stand in water. The nearest river, was a lava river. So he went that way but …
Oh no. The burning hot lava is rising, thought Peanut. It was a good thing he had a friend called Pegasus. He made a special call and Pegasus picked him up and took Peanut back to his yummy Peanut cave.
They lived happily ever after!
By Emelia
Cats by Prithika
Cats
Some cats are friendly, curious and shy and some cats are not. Many years ago cats were worshiped. Some people say that cats have nine lives because they are very good at escaping. Most cats don’t like the water.
Cats Bodies
Some cats are fat and some are thin. Cats can make their claws extend and retract from their paws. Some cats don’t have tails but most cats have tails. Cats whiskers sense things. Cats fur keeps them warm. If cats have wet noses that means they are healthy.
What Cats do or Play
If cats roll over it means they want to play. Cats rub their fur on things to tell other cats that it is their territory. Wild cats hunt by themselves and cats who have owners don’t need to hunt all the time because their owners feed them. Some cats can climb trees and
some can climb other things. Cats drink water even though they don’t like to be in it. You may give cats a little bit of milk. Cats clean their body by licking.
Types of Cats
There are more than hundred types of cats. There are cats called tabby or turtleshell and most of the cats are domestic and some are wild and some cats are stray. Do you know that cheetahs, lions, tigers and jaguars are the only wild cats that could purr. I think that cats are the best animals to keep as a pet
By Prithika
Cats by Charlize
Cats
Body
Cats have a tail and four legs. Cats have a warm coat. Cats have spots on their body but not all cats have spots. Cats have very sharp claws. Cats have a wet nose so they can smell.
What cats eat
Cats eat cat food and they drink water. Some cats hunt birds and rats. Some cats eat meat.
What cats do
Cats play a lot and some cats play with balls of yarn. They clean themselves by licking themselves.
Things about cats
Cats are cute and cuddly and fun to play with and also they sleep in the sun a lot. At night they wake up and it is easy to hunt for food and some cats don’t do that kind of stuff. There are more than 100 types of cats. Sometimes cats creep into peoples houses and frighten other pets and people. Some cats are frightened of dogs.
By Charlize
Tuesday 10 June 2014
Monday 9 June 2014
Fairy Tale by Ranash
Once upon a time there lived a king, his children and a witch. The colourful castle was next to the witch’s dirty house.
One day the king said to his children, “I am going for a walk so be safe inside”. The king went for a walk and he saw the witch’s creepy house. He decided to peer in the window and he saw the witch. The witch turned him into a frog. AHHH!
The king’s children were waiting for the king but he didn’t return. But then they saw the frog. “Is that the frog? It must be,”they agreed. So they went to the witch’s house.
The children took their knives and chopped the witch in half. It was the end of the witch’s life. The king turned back to himself. Then they all lived happily ever.
By Ranash
Here are some pictures of the king and the witch. I hope you enjoyed this fairy tale.
PLEASE POST COMMENTS.
Goldilocks
Blocks Cottage
Forest Lane
March 1993
3 Bears
Animal Lane
The Flower Forest
Hi. My name is Goldilocks. Remember me? I am the girl who ran out of your window in your house.
I am very sorry for sitting on your chairs and breaking Little Bear’s chair. My father said that he’s going to buy little bear a new comfortable and fancier chair.
I am extremely sorry for tasting your porridge and eating all of little bear’s porridge. My mother said you can come for dinner on Saturday. We are having porridge with honey. My mother is very angry with me.
My mother said that she is going to come over and iron your bed sheets this Wednesday. My father said that you can have a sleep over tomorrow. I am very, very sorry for what I did in your house!
Apology from Goldilocks!
Fairy Tales
The Apple Treehouse
Once upon a time there lived a fat, kind king who liked playing with his kind children. He built a treehouse for the kids to play in. The treehouse was made in a sweet apple tree.
The Queen was back at the castle demanding apples.The King and the princess went to pick apples for her. Then they got stuck because in the treehouse the door locked behind them when they went inside.
The Princess had her phone with her. She rung the smartest scientist in the whole kingdom. He came with his flying potion but it did not work, so he flew back to his secret lab and got the world chain of keys. It had so many keys. He finally found the treehouse key and unlocked the door. They were happy.
They lived happily ever after!
THE END
By Emelia
Thursday 5 June 2014
Swimming Carnival
Middle School Swimming Sports
At Sunnyhills School there is a pool which is where our swimming carnival was. We started to line up. I could see my Mum waving. They called out my group. I walked anxiously to the pool. I swam as fast as I could and I won! Then we waited until our second swim. It was backstroke. I came third. I felt happy with myself!
By Sophia
Goldilocks Says Sorry
Goldilocks: 5 Vile Bubblegum Lane
The 3 Bears: 9 Cosy Cottage, On The coast
To The 3 Bears
I am goldilocks, remember me? I’m the girl that came and was a pain in the butt! I am very sorry I jumped on your chairs and broke baby bear’s chair. Mum told me we had to go get a new one. She was very angry.
I am very sorry I had a taste of all your porridge and ate up all of little bears porridge. Dad told me that you guys could come over for a BBQ tomorrow night. Dad was very angry!
I am very sorry I crumpled all your sheets. Also sorry I tried your beds and messed up little bear’s with my muddy boots. Sorry I slept in it. Mum said I had to come over to yours and iron all your sheets and buy new bed covers for little bear. Also make your beds all nice. Mum was mad!
I am really very sorry
Goldilocks
Ella's Poem
MUM
Mum is flowery yellow
She is a old soft gentle cat
A breeze in the air
She is soft comfy jeans
A splendidly soft sofa
She is funny Jono and Ben
Mum is a sweet piece of slice
By Ella
Tuesday 3 June 2014
Dojo Points
Well done to the fourth student in Room 8 to reach 100 Dojo points and receive a code to customize their avatar.
Auckland Central Library
We visited the Auckland Central Library. We liked the design of the children's area, which was based on a Taniwha shape. It had cool seating and interesting spaces to sit and read.
Auckland Central Library on PhotoPeach
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