The Baby Sitter

One day a 5 year old boy had a baby sitter. Later he went to watch TV when suddenly an ad came on about mud slides. Soon the ad finished the baby sitter said "Im going to get a drink of water stay right there." When the baby sitter left, the boy went outside and made a mud slide. The boy was sliding in the mud. Soon the baby sitter came back into the room and the child was gone... soon the baby sitter heard the boy so she went and got him she said "Your mother is going to kill me quick get your pjs on. Too late "What happened to my son."

Star Wars revenge of the sith By Patrick C.wrede

This cool book is about 2 jedi knights called Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin skywalker. It all stars when Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the galactic republic, gets captured by the sith Anakin and Obi-wan
go through many challenges  to get the chancellor back including fighting count dooku, a dangerous  Sith lord. Then Obi-wan nearly gets squashed by a balcony. but he lives
this is only the start. It was against Jedi law to get maried and wait for it his wife was pregnant will the republic find out will will Anakin. READ TO FIND OUT!

I think this book was an amazing book for 8 to 10 because it is cool, hard and for kids. I rate this book 9/10. I wish that it was longer 6 tricky words are Republic chancellor , negotiate wookies saber.and somber

My Twelve Sentence Story: Louie

There was once a young horse called Louie. Louie had creamy, chocolate brown eyes. He had a black coat with a black mane and tail. 

Louie lived in a clean, red stable with all the horses. The farmer looked after all the horses well and always changed his stall every week.  

Louie's talent was that he could have any horse-rider riding him bareback. Even a high jump was easy. But one day he saw a jump that looked too high for him. Louie was scared. In the end, he felt brave enough and jumped the jump and... he made it!!!! So from then on, he had the courage to do the rest of the high jumps in the course.   


                                                                   THE END

Book review on Bear Grylls

This book tells you how to survive almost anywhere from a 50 degrees heat desert to a -- 15-25 in the Arctic." To get first you must give" is a chapter name there  are about 121 chapters in this book.

For the recommendation on this book I would recommend it for anybody who likes being free and using imagination.

I think this book is great and really does tell you how to survive in heaps of different places and anywhere in the world.

K.B

Animals

there are lots of animals you know about but don't know much about then there are the animals you have never heard of.I will talk to you about some of these animals

dogs, cats, cows, sheep, bird. You see these animals all the time but what about the animals you don't even know about lets do a little test pink fairy armadillo  Aye Aye dumbo octopus Gobi jerboa are these are these book characters animals or plants. well as a matter of fact these are all animals. see Bet some of you got it wrong . time  to get  on with my speech.

I bet some of you know what an antelope is but do you know how fast they are what there worst enemy is or where they live time to find out he antelope runs at approximately 75 km an hour. their worst enemy is the deadly cheetah and its natural habitat is the savannahs in south Africaand it eats grass

now you know about an averagely fast animal time  to talk about a speedster the peregrine falcon. I can't  imagine any one beating  it in a race it can dive at a speed of 320 to 390km an hour ! Did you know that 99% of there diet consists of birds such as pigeons, shore birds,water flows and relatives so yeah they're cannibals.

time for a big one the largest whale shark measured up to12.2 metres or 40 feet. Whale sharks eat plankton. they eat 21 kgs o plankton a day

So now you know about a strange animal the antelope a fast animal the peregrine falcon and a big animal the whale shark

Cry Of The Taniwha. by Des Hunt. my book review

In the village of Ohinemutu, in a hotel room, sat Jack Boult getting ready for the night he had planned. While everyone in the hotel was out on a hill to watch an astonishing event Jack had crept away to get ready. But ready for what? Well Jack was a cat burglar and in other words a thief. He just stole something very valuble from Mary and Edward Basham and ran away to Taupo so the person known as Jack Boult would cease to exist. Some time later Matt Logan dug up a skeleton with Jackson Peters by a mud pool in Rotorua. Is it one of the Bashams? Will the gang Jackson is going to join get involved? You will have to read this book to find out.

I liked the discovering of the skeleton and the descriptive language like 'the empty eye sockets were scary enough.' At the start of the book it grabbed my attention because Jack Boult snuck away and it made me think what is he going to do?

I wish the author had given a better description of Matt and Jackson because I didn't have a good picture in my head. One thing I would ask the author is why are you not making a movie of it because it has good drama, mystery and much more.

I think it is recommended for children aged 10 and up because it has difficult words in it.

By: Vanessa.

Kason's book review on 'Chris Ryan'

Chris Ryans books are really jaw dropping. Every time you turn the page you will never want to stop reading. 

I like these books because of all the action, drama and because there are lots of different books in the series.

I wish that in Wildfire and Outbreak that the books wouldn't end with 'To Be Continued'.

One thing I liked about these books was all of the action that Chris Ryan has put into the books.

I think these books are suitable for aged 10-12 years old because there are some killing parts not suitable for younger children. Boys would like these books more than girls because there is lots of guns, killing and action.

Genre

action/thriller

Characters

-Ben

-Suliman

-Halima

Troy's book review on Dinosaur Rescue by Kyle Mewburn and Donovan Bixley

These funny Dinosaur Rescue books will make you laugh so much you'll cry! These neanderthals are extremely dumb apart from one kid called Arg and 8 years old. Arg is a boy that saves dinosaurs from grogllgrox and hungry meateaters. Well Arg actally has a t-rex as his friend. read the 1'st book and find out how Arg gets his t-rex friend. There are heaps and heaps of bottoms in the Dinosaur Rescue books.

I like these Dinosaur rescue books because I like dinosaurs, I like chapter, theres funny drawings and theres 8 books to read.

I wish there was more Dinosaur Rescue books because I wanted to keep on reading dinosaur rescue books but the authors have started a new series called Dragon Night.

                                                                      ARG
                                                                      smart
                                                                      active
                                                                      fast
                                                                      good
                                                                      funny

I think Dinosaur Rescue is suitable for children aged for 7-10. You may find these books hilarious exciting, boring and cool

CHERUB Brighands M.C

CHERUB Brighands M.C is a story about a motorbike gang and how the father of the gang goes on a killing spree. Dante Scott and Holly Scott are the only survivors of their family. They both join a group called CHERUB and Dante becomes a agent to help get the father put where he belongs... behind bars.


I really liked this book,as the gang came to be a strong forceful and torturing gang who didn't care who they killed. This book was mostly set outside but some of the drama took place inside.


I wish that the author had told us more about the gang and how they went on bike trips. And it could of told us more a bit more about their rough gangs.


One thing I liked is that it described the characters very well. This author has spent a lot of time writing so that is why the describing words are so good. One thing I would ask the author is that why he didn't tell us what happened before he went to the police station.


One thing that the author could've done is add a few more characters because their were only six. Also  it got a bit boring after the killing. Over all CHERUB Brighands M.C is a good book, i think 10-13 is a good age because their some age appropriate langauge.

The Old Granny ( A Six Sentence Story)

1. Once a pon a time their lived a tiny, old, boring  Granny.
2.The Granny lived in a tiny, brick house.
3.The Granny's special talent was that she could make walking sticks at the speed of light.
4.One day a new invention came out called… THE MOBILITY SCOOTER.
5. The granny felt upset because no one got her sticks so she was now very poor now.
6.After a while she got over it and started making walking sticks.

By Owen

Speeches

In room 10 we have been doing speeches. We had a lot of topics to choose from I chose animals.
I chose three animals to research, the Sabre Tooth Tiger, the Wooly Mammoth and the Moa.
I found an astonishing fact about all of them:
The Sabre Tooth Tigers were not actually related to the modern tigers of Asia.
The Wooly Mammoth was not the only wooly prehistoric animal there was also the Wooly Rhino.
And the Moa's beak was as sharp as garden scissors and could easily cut a flax leaf.
My conclusion tells you that we should take care of the animals we still have and lead them away from extinction.

Bob The Seagull (A 6 Sentence Story)

1. Once upon a time there lived a seagull called Bob.
2. Bob lived in a unicorn's hair nest.
3. Bob's talent was that he could beak yummy worms out of the ground like the speed of light.
4. One day when he was peaking his beak snapped in half.
5. Bob felt sad that his beak snapped in half.
6. One day Bob had a great idea, he was going to go to the second beak store to get a new one and then       he did now he is happy again.

By Owen

The Chicken and the Snail

One day a loud chicken met a slimy snail. The chicken was laughing at the snail. The chicken said 'Ha,ha,ha you you are tiny.'

The next day the chicken found a hollow log on the farm while he was looking for food, there was some seeds in the log so the chicken went in and ate the seeds then he went to move but he was stuck.

Later that day the snail was on a slimy stroll when he heard a horrible cluck. It was the chicken.

He went to the chicken and said 'I will help you on one condition you don't make fun of peoples size.'

'Ok just get me out.'

So the snail squished in all the places he could, then he nudged the chicken threw the very slippery slime and he was free from the log then the chicken said 'How can I ever repay you.

'You don't have to repay me just remember this:size doesn't matter.'

                                         THE END

                                  By Dylan

                    the moral of this story is:

                         Size Doesn't Matter

The Strong Sun And The Weak North Wind

Me and the sun were fighting over whos stronger. The sun made a bet"Who ever gets the mans jacket of him is the strongest"So it was a deal. I went first I tried to blow it off of but he held it tighter"Your turn sun"He made it so hot the man had to  take off his jacket"I WIN"So he won. I hated that I lost

By Brayden

Lion and the Cat.

One sunny bright day, Lion was playing with his friends, beside the meadow where there was a beautiful lake.

While Lion and his friends were playing, Cat comes along. '' Meow meow.'' Can I join in?'' asked Cat politely. ''No you can't join in, because you can't do stuff like us, you're too small.'' said mean Lion.

Cat felt really sad. ''That mean old Lion'' Cat said to herself. Mean while Cat walked along the side of the lake. Soon Cat saw some of her friends, on the other side of the lake.

Cat went across the bridge to go and ask if she could play. ''Can I play with you guy's on this beautiful day in the meadow?'' asked Cat. ''Sure you can Cat '' said Cat's friends. ''Thanks for letting me play with you guy's. That mean old Lion excluded me '' Cat said to his friends. '' That's alright that Lion can be a bit mean can't he.'' Cats friends said.

Soon Lion slumbered over sadly to Cat. ''Why are you crying?'' Cat asked. '' Because my friends were being mean'' Lion muttered. '' Can I play with you?'' cried Lion. ''I don't know. Are you to big?'' Cat teased. ''Only if you let me join in with you and you don't exclude me'' said Cat. '' I am sorry, but now I know what it feels like '' said Lion. ''Alright you can play'' Cat said.

So now they play with each other everyday. They are best friends.

So make sure you include people it's not nice to exclude.

By Lucy

Speed Writing: My Dream Bedroom.

In my dream bedroom I want a shark tank under the floor with a hatch so I can feed them. A lab underground so I can make things. A popcorn making machine attached to a milo making machine. A flat screen TV with SKY so I can play on my Xbox 360 and watch movies and lastly sparkling, glowing stars that make me fall asleep.

By Vanessa.

Amard

We didn't know she was with us untill we had just entered the exosphere. Then she just popped out of a cupboard. Made us all jump she did. She was five foot, twenty six, all dressed in black with brown hair down to her knees! After a while she became part of our group really. We offered her many clothes and she only exepted one, one dark green dress with silver and gold edging which made her even harder to see. She was strange, she was, always sneaking around no matter what was doing, probably practicing her talent for if aliens came on Amard and she had to hide. Once I caught her fiddeling with the engine controls but I didn't know what she did or how she got through the guarded doors. She was so good at moving unnoticed she could of done it many more times, maybe she did. Next thing I knew we crash landed on Amard. In agony I crawled out of the wreckage and stumbled to a spacesuit mixed in with the rubble, my head was expanding, my vision was gping blurry but it was on I could see clearly now, I could clearly see my friends, wait no not my friends two of them had triangular heads and between them they were dragging a half contious,struggiling Jamie. I was running now but the aliens were quicker, they pulled out their ray guns and shot. I remember nothing more...

My fable....

   In room 10 we have been looking at some fables, putting in exciting words and we have looked at the morals and what they mean. We have all been set to work writing our own fables. today for the 11th  June I am blogger of the day and I  am going to share to you my fable I hope you enjoy it.


                  THE dolphin And The Girl


Once there was a blue, kind, caring dolphin that lived in the busy ocean with her four other sisters. The dolphin's mum was very old and they had to care for her lots.The dolphin loved her nice family but she  always dreams what it would be like to be a human, She would have: a flash house, a jet ski and of course a roller coaster in her back yard!

While the dolphin had her awesome dream.... Crash! A rock fell on the dolphins head. Then "ahhh, help, sharks ,help."The dolphin rushed up as fast as her tail would go. The dolphin looked around the water and there was a little girl in a shark swim suit laughing "ha, ha, ha ,tricked you, tricked you." plop! The upset dolphin went down in the water for a nap.

A few seconds later the dolphin got distracted again by a young girl screaming "help, sharks, help" so the dolphin rushed up as fast as she could, Splash!As the dolphin plopped out of the water there was a little girl laughing with a shark floaty "ha, ha, ha, tricked you." So the poor dolphin went back down in the water for tea. Thinking i never should of tried to save the girl.

During tea the dolphin's tea the dolphin heard a little girl screaming "help, sharks, help."but this time the dolphin didn't save the girl the dolphin knew it was a trick. The annoying girl kept screaming "help, sharks, help" but no-one came to save her. There was real sharks and in the end the girls two legs got gobbled up and the girl couldn't swim back to shore. The End

                     MORAL: DON'T LIE NO-ONE WILL TRUST YOU  
                     EVEN IF YOU ARE TELLING THE TURTH!

        Have a great day! 

My Dream Bedroom

In room 10 last month we did a little bit of speed writing. We had 6 minutes to write as much as we could about our dream bedrooms. Here is what I wrote:

In my dream bedroom I will have purple spotted walls, a purple striped bed and my very own bathroom. I also have pink striped carpet, a big 3D curved TV and I will have a large fancy aqua sofa that can turn into a bed. And I'll even have a massive king-size bunk bed!

The Big Jump.

I feel the bumpy rocks between my toes. I wonder will I  make it? I see the big drop and the people swimming far below. I hear people encouraging me and my heart pounding. I felt scared. I felt the cold lake water dripping down my cheeks. I felt my legs trembling. I wonder if I should just get it over and done with. I jump. To be continued   .......  By Talia.  

What do you do in an earthquake?

When you feel the ground shaking that is when an earthquake is happening, you will either open a door if not open it, and get inside where it shuts or if you are outside find a spot away from large buildings and trees. if you are at school in your class what you would do is you would do is you would go under your desk, hold on to one of the table legs with one hand and have the other hand over your head.

The Tiger and the Bird

In the Jungle there was a sneaky Tiger Who was as sneaky as a fox and a pretty Bird. They were playing happily in the smelly mud . They were very dirty .Bird heard a loud '' SPLASH''.

When Bird was out  Tiger pretended he was stuck in the mud.  when he told bird that he had tricked her she was happy .

This time he pretended that he had hurt his leg. bird found some sticks  for crutchers . Bird was very annoyed but she tryed to look on the bright side.

This time he pretended he was hungry . Bird got him some food . Tiger told her everything . ''Ha ha ''  Bird   was  as   angry as  a lion  she shouted  ''i'm off i have had enough''   she said at him and flew away.

Tiger was lonely  he fought for a moment . He decided  that the right thing to do is say that he is sorry. when he found her he said '' i'm so sorry bird i should not had tricked you like that''  '' thats ok''  '' lets go down to the river''  '' ok''. When they got to the river it was as shiny as a silver coin.


THE END

The moral of  the story is : DONT TRICK PEOPLE.

The Crocodile and the Duck

One day a little duck was walking through the woods. She couldn't find her pond.She was really hot.

Until she found a pond were a crocodile was.She asked nicely. And the crocodile said angrily.No you 

terrible duck i don't want you in ere you will give me all your germs.Now go away.The crocodile went 

for a walk and got trapped in the sticks. Then the duck went to make a nest.And then found some sticks 

she didn't know the crocodile was under the sticks so then she stated to make it she keep pulling them 

of until she made her amazing nest she found the crocodile had been stuck in the sticks. The crocodile 

was so happy what the duck had done. So the crocodile let the duck swim in his pond.And they lived 

happily ever after.

By Matariki

ZAK'S ANZAC DAY

Standing in the darkness, listening to the sad sound of the bugle playing. Boom, boom went the cannon. It was loud. The ceremony was long and sad and the only person I could think about was granddad Reg. We listened to speeches from John Key and we sang Amazing Grace.  After the wreaths the ceremony was over. We went home and packed our things and went to Kaka Point. By Zak. P

The Teenager

Once upon a time there was a tall, naughty, teenager called Devon. He always wore black clothes. He lives in a big fancy house with his flat mates. His talent was driving really fast because he likes to drive cars. But his problem was when he drove really fast he got caught by the cops then he got his car taken off of him. He got it back by being really good. He felt really disappointed in himself.       THE END 

                          By Mckinnon.T

12 Sentence Story

Once upon a time there was a young intelligent boy called Adam. As his teacher put down the times tables his mind thundered. Adam lived on 286 Home Street in Winton. His house looks boring on the outside but it's exciting inside. His special talent was that he could solve a maths test in 2 seconds. Meaning that he's the smartest kid at school. But then one day bullies bulled him. They said you can't solve a maths test in 2 seconds. Then Adam decided to prove them that he could do that. Then the bullies were so amazed that they came best friends.

letter to soldier

346 milford rd Nz


Dear Callum
In the school holidays we have been shearing the sheep, mustering the sheep down from the high lands has been hard without you but Dad and I managed. Yestrday Mum and I got a horse for me  so I don't have to ride the bucking Bronco Spirte anymore. My horse has a white marn and a light brown back,I named him after your friend  Dobby for you. When we are doing the hay we are pretending the hay cutter is a bayonet and the hay is the turks head. My air rifle arrived today and I was shooting birds like they were the turks attacking us, it was quite fun really. I went fishing on Monday and caught a whopper ell it was half a meter long!!! We got alought of money from the sheeps wool. From you best brother Archie.

ANZAC, Anthony

It was dark 25th of April the ANZAC's were fighting non stop. Guns were blazing, planes were bombing and the NAVY attacking . lots of explosions and blood. Some people couldn't stand the dead bodies. They wanted to go home but they couldn't . Some people got  victortion crosses. When it ended people got medals.
AM

6 sentence story

Once upon a time there was a forgetful man. His name was Bob. He lived in a mansion in a small hole. He could make instant mansions anywhere. His power of making instant mansions was lost. He started to be a baby crying. He forgot the power after a minute.
Brayden R

The Shark And The Guppie

One day there was a cute small Guppie swimming along when he came across a big scary Shark. The big scary Shark said I am going to eat you, so the Guppie cried and said please let me go,  the Big scary shark did let him go with a warning. I will return your favour said the relived Guppie swimming away fast. The shark chuckled you cant help me ... then just days later he found the shark screaming in agony with his fin caught under a rock. So he tickled the shark unill he wriggled his way out. Im sorry I   

will never underestimate you again said the once scary mean Shark.

By Riley

The Fox And The Grapes.

Once there was a little fox.  He sat under a thick branch with the most delicious juicy grapes hanging down above his head. The little fox tried with all his might to get the grapes. He poked and whatever else to try and get them. He tried to climb the tree but the fine trunk was to strait and no matter how hard he tried he just couldn't. The sun was setting and the fox gave up. They were probably completely rotten and way too sour to even lick he thought as he pulled himself away from the grapes and walked towards  home.
TH

My Twelve Sentence Story

At the start of Term 2, Room 10 had been learning to write 12  sentence story. Here is my 12 sentence story.  

Once upon a time, there was a peach-coloured horse called Sunburst. Sunburst had twinkling chocolate brown eyes and a pale chest-nut colour mane and tail to match his kindness.   

He lived in a clean red stable with all the other horses. The farmer looked after it well, especially when he first came here when he was a small pony. 

His talent was that he could let anyone riding bear-back. Even the highest jump was easy for him.      

But one day he saw this jump and it was the highest jump he'd ever seen and thought it was too high and scary. In the end, Sunburst just did it and.. he didn't knock it over!!!!!!  

He came first place and was standing in the winners circle. Next time, I'll tell you about the championships.   

A fairy tale by Olesia. 

The Great Soccer Player

Once upon a time there lived a awesome soccer player named Owen. He lived in a big house in 

New Zealand. Owen's amazing talent was that he could get full field goals. One dat another soccer player came along and he was better than Owen. Owen felt sad and annoyed that he wasn't the world best anymore. After he stopped feeling annoyed and sad he started training then he was the worlds best again.

By Owen

Retell of Aesop's fable

                                                Aesop's fables
                                                                       Sour grapes

Once upon a time the was a  hungry fox. He was sluggishly walking through and orchard. Then something caught his eye. A bunch of round juicy of grapes. He was so hungry that he just had to have those grapes. He jumped and climbed but he just couldn't get those grapes. After a while the fox gave  up. As he walked away he murmured to himself I bet the grapes were  sour and disgusting and yuk so the fox went hungry.

By C.T

Jamie And The Planet Amared

As we hopped in the rocket it was very 
scary,we were going to this planet that no one has been to or know what's living there. As the count down started we saw somthing moving it was Jamie that tries to apply to go to the planet with us. As we told her to get out it was to late!!
During the flight it was very bumpy and it didn't help that Jamie was playing around all the swiches.
Finally she calmed down and started telling jokes.
Landing was very scary because right in front of us was...... A HUGE ROCK!!!!!
But luckily we were on the right angle to miss the HUGE rock. The planet was very brown and stoney with lots of big holes. Later on we unpacked the rocket then........  me and the caption got destracted by this big rumbling sound. When we turned around everything was out of the rocket but something was still missing it was........ JAMIE!!!! So we  off looking and looking for her, but there was no sign of her, so we set home. Now I know you will be wondering how because you don't have  the rocket. But thank cherrys we had enough signle to to make a phone call to get help to pick us up. But the hardest part of the misson was  explain everything to everyone who loved and that was very close to Jamie the heart breaking news.

The Water Cycle

The water cycle is driven by a massive ball of heat called the Sun.There are many stages of the water cycle like evaporation, transporation,condensation, infiltration, precipitation and many others. Evaporation. it is when liquid water turns to water vapour (an invisible gas that doesn't stink like farts ) after this comes condensation.This is when the water vapour joins up an makes clouds the water vapour continues to join up until it form water droplets and precipitates. precipitation comes in 4 forms rain, sleet hail and snow!!!

Pollution. the worst thing ever. Mainly made by idiot humans if people wise up we will not pollute stuff and more life will flourish . Pollution is made when we put chemicals into the air ground and water it is also caused by radioactive waste and human waste.

We use water for many things like bathing, drinking and fun. but if we don't look after the water cycle we won't be able to use it . you won't have any fresh water if we keep up this rate of pollution.

We use water for lots of things but if we keep polluting it we will have no  water that we can actually drink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Jake

Short Story

Once upon a time there lived a boy… but not just an ordinary boy… a boy with a hat. He lived in Egypt in a rainbow coloured hat. The boy with the hat, could make any hat with his hands. The problem was his hands disappeared. The boy was extremely devastated and that meant one thing… no hats for years. The man fixed the problem by making hat hands from spear hats. So the hats and the boy lived happily ever after.

                            By Dylan

Letter To Dad

43 Findlay Road New Zealand.
20.4.15 1915.
Dear Dad, how are you. I hope your okay. These holidays I have been swimming and
alsorts of things.
Max and Skid are being good and we just finished the back fence  the front one is almost done and we get Skid back today, I am so excited to see him. My after school jobs have changed, I have to feed the chickens and the dogs. Last year for my birthday I got a scooter. I learn't how to cook pancakes too. Mum got a new job at Paper Plus and Richard got a new job on the farm. I wish you good luck, I really miss you, all my love.
Riley.

6 sentence story

Once upon a time there was a teenager who had cool pants , blond hair,  tall, loves guard dogs and is a boy. This teenager lives on the streets in Christchurch because his house was broken with cracks and is mouldy. His special talent was predicting earthquakes. When earthquakes do come he tells them and they go to a open space. His problem was that they always rang him to ask if a earthquake is coming . It bugged him very much. He felt stressed and annoyed but he solved the problem by telling them all the earthquakes have stopped.

-no one rang.

Dear Dylan

I wrote this letter pretending to be a child at home during war time and I am writing to my brother. 

28 Clam Street

1915 4 September

Dear Dylan

Mum and Dad are very worried and so am I. But I know you will be ok because you are very sneaky. You should know mum and dad are making me do all of your chores and the cows and sheep are doing fine. But I  am  very sad. Mum said she should have kept you till you are 22. I hope you are doing well. We will come to visit you. We wish war was never invented. Aunty had a baby called Jack and Maisie but Maisie is 3 minutes older than Jack.     

From your sister

ARLIA.

Letter To

27 Home Street
Winton
20 April 2015

Dear Matthew

My holidays at home have been really great.I have had my cousin stay for a week.I have told him where you are right now.After he left dad took me up to Cat-lands to with our cousins for a couple of days.The whole family misses you and hope you don't die.We have remembered you since the day you left to fight.Mum has missed you the most and wants you to come back straight away.The best thing happening to me is that instead of rugby, dad is going to get me to do Karate in Invercargill.I start doing it tomorrow. Dad said when you come back he has got something for us that we want to show.We have cleaned up your messy room for you and sorted out your dirty clothes and clean ones,again I hope you come safe and alive.

From your brother, Kason

A is for ANZAC

ANZAC is the name the Generals gave the soldiers.The soldiers landed on the beach at Gallipoli very early in the morning of April 25th 1915.ANZAC is also the name we give to a special day.
by Sarah

ANZAC

I think that the whole idea of ANZAC is brilliant . Especially ANZAC DAY,that is the day Australia & NZ remember all of their soldiers that went to war . The Last Post is usually played on ANZAC DAY. ANZAC stands for Australia & NZ Army Corpse.
By Jake

N is for Nurses

The ANZACs called the nurses 'front line angels.' It took a long time for the nurses to carry a wounded soldier to the hospital because of the mud and cratered roads. To save time, they built some of the hospitals at the front line.    

The nurses who worked in the hospitals were every bit as brave as the men. Their job was to save lives. Many soldiers owe their lives to the 'front line angels.'

Hannahs thoughts on ANZAC

ANZAC stands for Australia New zealand Army Corps. My great grandfather Ray Gover was in World War 2. He was a tool fitter  He ran away to  join the navy. When his ship was torpedoed by an enemy ship Ray was badly injured. Ray was caught in an oil slick, but he managed to swim back and  got a soldier who was unconscious  Ray held the unconscious mans  head above  the water so he did not drown. They were rescued 8 hours later .            


ANZAC is about how   all the soldiers who fought for our country. and who died in the war.         

ANZAC DIARY ENTRY

July
1915 

I am itching to go, we leave tomorrow. I cant wait, it will be such an adventure.Today we went to the ceremony. The streets were full of people, as i marched down the track smiling. I am dressed in my full suit, everyone says I look great. Dad got me a beautiful gift  today, it is the diary I'm writing in now. I am proud of myself. I can't wait to see my brother. I may get homesick. Im a little bit worried.

By Riley.

 

S is for Simpson and his donkey

Simpson used a donkey called Duffy to help him carry injured soldiers to safety at Gallipoli. Simpsons full  name was John Simpson Kirk Patrick.  
           By Mckinnon

Hunter's thoughts on ANZAC

I learnt that:

They were helping the britisth.
They lived in dreadful conditions.
Horses were used as well as big tanks.
Poppies were the first thing to grow after the battles.

What I know:
They fought all over the place.
Lots died.
The ones that didn't die got shell shock and had a bad life afterwards.

My thoughts:
War is horrible.
I wouldn't want to be a soldier.

By Hunter

ANZAC thoughts

I know the soldiers somtimes hide in trenches.

I know that most of the soldiers have medals on the left shoulder and some on the right.

I learned army soldiers are not enemy's they are just friends that got chosen to fight for their country.

I learnt that the only thing they eat is biscuits.

I think it is weird they fight when they are friends.

I think nobody should even fight.

X is for xenyl chloride

Gas was used as well as bullets and bombs. It was a nasty weapon which killed many ANZAC's and left others very sick. Some ANZAC's were so sick, that 60 years after being gassed, they were still in hospital. Imagine spending your entire life in hospital.

Kendrick

Dylans thoughts on ANZAC

WW1 was not a good place. There were lots of deaths, funerals,VCs and awards. ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corp. People waiting at home for them sometimes wrote letters to the soldiers. If the soldiers were held prisoner they weren't allowed to talk about how horrible it was. All the soldiers had to be in a trench as long as their not injured. If the soldiers wanted to have a sleep they would have to dig a hole and sleep in it.

                                         By Dylan

ANZAC Day

What I know about the ANZAC war is that it was very dangerous, loud and not a fun place to be in. The ANZACs had to eat bully beef and fly stew, if you wonder why fly stew its because fly would fly into there stew (Yuck!) Some of the ANZACs who survived the war said "The bullets were like hailstones whizzing past my body,'' Also some of the ANZACs couldn't sleep  because they had nightmares about the war.
By Owen

ANZAC

My class and I have been learning about Anzac. We've been learning about our ancestors who went to war and what the soldiers did for us. We also learned what the poppies mean. I think the whole idea of Anzac is to remember those who fought for our country. We should be very grateful for the men who were killed for our fredom.
By Talia

ANZAC Day

On and around ANZAC Day you should wear a poppy as a sign of remembrance for those who fought
for our country.

The ANZAC service this year had a great turn out, the speeches were sad but made us remember and realize what it was like for all those soldgers who fought in war.

Grace

what we know and what we learnt about ANZAC

                                                                        what we know

it was the dead of night on the 24th of April 1915 the ANZACS were about to land ,but with no idea were they were going



                                                                 learnt
Today I know that the men stood in trenches for months. Since that day thousands of ANZACS died by shrapnel,bullets and disease.



           by Jack

My Anzac Grandad

Anzac stands for Australian New zealand Army Corps. My Great Granddad went to war and he survived. He was fighting for England and he got deaf from the noise and my Great Grandma was a nurse. My Great Great uncles were in war but the passed away their. We celebrate Anzac day for the people that fought for our country. If soldiers were prisoners in war, they weren't allowed to write bad things in their letters or the Germans wouldn't send it.
By Lucy

My thoughts on Anzac

My thoughts on Anzac

                                               What I know
  It was a fight for freedom on the 25th of April people left there jobs to fight for there county. This was a cold frosty morning. They set off  to fight at Gallipoli. As the moon rose they hit the beach but they didn't realise that they docked the wrong beach. until they climbed the steep steep cliff and saw Turks sanding there waiting. Thousand of soldiers got shot but we will still remember them for their BRAVERY!!!! Ella

ANZAC V for Villers-Bretonneux (Bret-on-er)

Villers-Bretonneux is a small French village which the ANZACs saved during World War One.
A British General (who had won a Victoria Cross) said that the Australian attack was 'perhaps the greatest individual feat of the war.'

By Vanessa.

My thought on Anzac day

I think that it was a horrible time.They had hardly any good food, but on top of that they lived in muddy ,yuk trenches. And only a few yards away are people that were trying to kill them. And there were away from there family's for so long. And most of them were so so sick. I hope that nothing like that  ever happens again.
C.T

B for Bully Beef

For several days all ANZAC people could eat when they were at war was what they brought with them and Bully Beef. To fill people up before going to war people had to eat, some sugar,some tea and some very hard biscuits.

Kason

My Thoughts Of ANZAC

I'm glad I live today thanks to the brave ANZACs who went to war to protect NZ. We are lucky the war is over and their is peace and no battle fields. I am happy because ww3 isn't right now. If there was no ANZACs NZ may not be owned to New Zealanders and we may be slaves today. As well its good Hitler didn't take over world. Its good ww3 is not happening right now or we could be bombed any second and be killed but its not happing right now. Brayden

E for Enlistment

When Australia joined the war on the side of the British, many raced to the nearest army barracks to enlist.

Madi

My Thoughts On ANZAC

Know guns, cannons, soldiers and boats.
I learnt that real ANZAC biscuits were really hard, that the Turkish didn't want to fight the New Zealander's and the Turkish put up white flags.
Thoughts I think 100 years ago it would be really different to our time,  because we have colored  pictures, gadgets/ipods, computers and tv's.                                                                                                                                        

Troy

ANZAC THOUGHTS

How would you like to be stuck in the same trench for months and months, eating bully beef a salty yuck food with hard biscuits, hearing bang, crash bang, all day long. Cannons, bombs, guns and dead bodies lay everywhere. Blood yelling and friends dying. Compared to our peaceful, loving, friendly life with real food, family, friends and School.
By Riley.

ANZACs and Us.

On Saturday most of the children got out of bed early, put their school uniforms on (even though it was Saturday) and came down to the Anzac Oval to take part in the Winton Anzac Service.
Read some of our thoughts on Anzac Day.

Room 10 2015

Loving the sunshine.