The lost Kitten

One sunny day in a very tidy neighbour hood in Te Anau. Oogie a small ginger, tabby kitten was out walking trying to find an adventure. As he jumped up onto a wodden wall, he heard a loud scratching noise. Oogie was feeling rather curious. He looked round the corner to see an extremely skinny grey blue Burmese cat. The grey cat slowly turned around, his green eyes sparkling. Suddenly the cat pounced and he was on top of Oogie. Oogie thought he was a goner. Oogie finally got free and had to dodge roses, dustbins and boxes. When he finally made it to the wodden fence, leading to his house he jumped over it and glanced behind him. The grey cat turned back, because he knew he knew he couldn't catch Oogie. 

Oogie rushed home and had his dinner. He felt scared of the cat but wanted to find out more. He wondered about that cat, the next day he went back to where the grey cat was the other day. He found the poor homeless sick cat eating out of the bins. Oogie felt sorry for the cat and he called out, 
"Do you want some food?" 
Oogie was scared in case the grey cat pounced on him again. The grey cat turned around, he decided it was worth a chance as he was sick of eating out of the bins.
Oogie said, "If you do come you can't hurt me."
"Fine," said the grey cat. He was a bit scared himself.
The grey cat followed Oogie with caution.

When they arrived at Oogies place, they snuck through the cat door. The grey cat thought Oogies place was tidy and stylish. There was cat nuts, jelly meet, milk and water. The grey cat started eating he loved the food because as a wild cat this was paradise. He spilled milk and water everywhere because he was eating the food so fast. Suddenly there was a click at the door and the owner of  Oogie walked in, she saw Bob picked him up and placed him outside. Oogie followed. Grace the owner of Oogie decided to find the owner of Bob.
As they walked Bob ran ahead and hid. Oogie kept walking, Grace knew that Oogie would be able to find Bob because cats have great sense of hearing and smell.

When Oogie found Bob, Grace had a proper look at him. He was a grey blue Burmesse Minx cross.She realised the cat needed medical attention. She ran back home with Oogie in hands. As she arrived home her mum pulled into the driveway. She told her mum all about the cat. They rushed over Graces mum was curious about the cat as she was a vet. When they saw the cat the cat her mum checked it all over, the cat had a broken leg and was really sick. Graces mum rushed Bob to the vets. Bob had to have a plaster for 6 weeks and had to be on antibiotics called amoxicillin for 3 weeks. After that he could go up for adoption. In the end Grace and her mum adopted Bob. Bob and Oogie became great friends and had a very good life together.

By Geena

Winton School

Winton School has over 270 students from year 0-8. There is 12 classrooms, a hall and a library. Winton School has more than 15 teachers. Winton School is cool and has heaps of room to play. The main topics are English, maths, reading, writing and topic.

In the morning in some classes there is maths, handwriting or English. Whatever the class is doing in this time it goes to 10:30. On a Thursday some teachers do a basic facts test. A basic facts test can either be a 2,4,5 or 6 minute test. Some basic facts are times tables, addition or subtraction. For handwriting the teacher puts a letter or a poem on the whiteboard that the class needs to copy into their books. English is when we learn about putting commas in the right or adjectives, verbs and other things like that.

In the afternoon most classes have topic. Topic is a subject when you learn about things you wouldn't learn in maths, reading or writing. Sometimes classes do P.E or art. P.E stands for physical education. Sometimes teachers send kids for runs or take us for a game such as T-ball or long ball. At 2:45pm school is released and everyone gets to go home. On a Friday there is touch and it can be played by boys and girls. Some people do other activities such as swimming, netball and rugby practice. Or some people just go home and do homework.

By Geena

Nutty News

On Friday we had Mrs Mcgregor for our teacher.  We all made Nutty News stories about nursery rhymes. 

One sunny afternoon, in the park Sir Humpty Dumpty was sitting on a rock wall when he was suddenly blown over by a huge gust of wind. 
Fellow walkers on the other side of the wall said "when he fell his top went up and when he landed all that was there was very sharp, white pieces of shell, his clothes and all of this yellow, slimy stuff." 
It's believed to be his insides.
The eggolice (egg police) are investigating scene.
The eggolice scooped up  what was left off him and put him in a plastic bag.
When Mr Dumpty awoke he said he wanted to fly.
The eggolice figured that he stood up and fell off the wall.
They have managed to to stick Mr Dumpty back together.
He will have very bad headaches for the rest of the week.
"He will be back before you know it," say the nurses.  

 By Geena.

Hottest House Baker

Friday the 14th of June we had to bake a cupcake and decorate it.
In the assembly the winners got announced and they were in year 5 and 6 Oreti-Geena and Georgia. Aparima-Lani and Willis. Hokonui-McKenzie and Nicole. Takitimu-Aaron and Rebekah.
We had a bake off on Friday the 21st of June. We had to make biscuits and we will find out who is eliminated in the assembly.

By Lani and Geena.   

The Important Book

At the start of the term Room 1 read a book called The Important Book. We decided to do one about the classroom rules. I did my page with Aimee. 

The important thing about not throwing things inside is that you could break things and hurt people. 

It is true that you could hit someone and they could get seriously injured. It is disobeying school rules and you can damage expensive equipment. 

But the most important thing about not throwing things inside is that you could break things and hurt people.
  

By Geena