When I First Touched the Water….
I ran at the beach and dived. When I first touched the water it felt like I was in an ice cube. I walked like a penguin. I had goose-bumps and my hairs on my arms were sticking up, I was shaking too. My mouth was going up and down and my lips were purple and when the wind came it made it worse.
Olivia Harrop
Firewood
In the holidays I helped my family to cut the firewood and I held the axe. My brother was swinging the axe and it slipped out of Hamish’s hands and it hit part of my toe. It started bleeding. I didn’t cry.
Max Edgcombe
The Rock Pools
We went to the rock pool. I found a crab we got him. He was hard to get. The crab went into the rocks. We caught him on the pencil and scooped the crab into the sieve. We found Neptunes necklace, we found a spikey kina and we found Flap Jack. We went to the pools. We went down the mini slide, it was slow, then we got wet. There was a huge line and in the little pool there were bubbles.
Bradley Hopkins
The Seahorse and the Ray
The Ray chased the seahorse. They swam past some Seaweed. The Seaweed said, “You can hide in with us.” The Ray swam past but they didn’t notice a Shark. It leapt up and ate one Seahorse. The fins were bleeding, that made lots of Sharks.
Charlie Bridges
The Book Fair
My Mum bought me a Geronimo Stilton book at the book fair. I got a free bookmark.
Gareth Washer
Wild, Weather Bomb!
In the storm our trampoline blew away and a tree snapped and we all hopped in the spare bed. My Mum thought the windows would brake because of the lightning.
Ben Savage
Silly Monkey
Mum and Jack and Kasey and Po went to the Zoo and we saw some monkeys and the monkey was being silly and it swung from the trees.
Jack Sorensen
Frog
On Monday I went to my Nana’s house. I went to the lake and mu Nanas house. At the lake we caught some frogs. We took them home. Frogs like something to rest on after they have been swimming.
Ethan Gilberd
Hawera Storm
Two days ago there was a big storm, everything was destroyed. Mum woke up at 4.00am. I saw the gate fall down. There was no power either. It lasted two days. I played on the i-phone.
Corbin Smith
Rock Pools
Yesterday we went to the rock pools. Some people went in the bus. Some people went in the cars. We found a cushion star, flap jack, and Neptunes necklace. At the rock pools we found a crab. Jack tried to get it. It was always crawling underneath the rocks. Then Jack picked it up and put it into the sieve. After that we went to the pools. We played royal rumble. I felt excited.
Jake Hitchcock
Wild Weekend
The wild weekend broke our glass table. The garage door was flapping. Me, Mum and Amber went to Palmerston. On Saturday night it was raining. On Sunday we had two trees down. My Pop went on the four-wheeler to have a look at the trees and the bottom to the top of the tree was down. It was two pinecone trees. Down the street a chimney fell off. My Nana’s kitten Marmalade came running inside and cuddled.
Jasmine Baker
Americana
In February we went down the road for Americana. My favourite car was the car with the black colour and cool red and orange flames, plus the awesome police car with its lights. I felt amazing.
Mason Tapiki-Stewart
The Turtle Helps
In the reef it was sunny. The sea creatures were very happy. One little fish was lonely. He went in the sea to find a friend, and one day he was lost. He was lost in seaweed, it was all over the place. A turtle was swimming over the seaweed, he saw little fish. Turtle dived down and got the little fish’s fin and he said, “I will help you” and the little fish said, “Ok.” Turtle said, “Where do you live little fish?” “I live in the reef” and they swam away and they lived happily ever after.
Hannah Bigham
At the Rocky Shore
On Thursday the school went to the rocky shore. It was sunny and it was rainy and a bit windy. It was cool and parents and the junior school came and I found a crab. It was in the rocks and I found a cats eye. I pulled it off the rocks with my hand and I found flap jack and I found a starfish. It was fun.
Hannah Bigham
Wild Weekend
On Saturday night when I went to bed like usual, I lay there for a while and listened to the HRV. Then I fell to sleep. I slept for about an hour and then….CRASH!......BANG!......BOOM! Suddenly, I heard a sound, a very strange sound. I woke up immediately and ran to the window to see what was going on, I was very frightened to see what was happening. Suddenly it was all over, everything was broken, the tramp was in the vegie garden!
Zoe Lister
Americana
On the 24th of March Americana came to Hawera. I saw a black and yellow striped car. It looked like a bumblebee. I loved Americana. I loved Americana because of all the cool cars.
Matthew Kempton
The Storm
On Saturday night at my home there was a storm. It was BANG! CRASH! BOOM! That was the storm. I got scared. I went into Dads bed. I closed my eyes then opened. I was worried that Dad’s truck would blow down the driveway. The power came on at 9 o’clock in the morning. It was a windy day. It was windy in the night too. Dad said to me, “Don’t be scared.” I shook, I was scared.
Charlize Kiihfuss
Assembly Practise
A few weeks ago Mr Bradley and the school had assembly practise. We had the assembly practise in the hall because people were being naughty and rude. Mr Bradley told us to have the assembly to practise. I felt scared and sad. Mr Bradley was stomping around, it gave me a headache. Mr Bradley was very angry at us.
Neve Cadman
The Octopus and the Sting Ray
There was a whole bunch of crabs that were running away from a sting ray. Suddenly, an octopus appeared behind a rock and it tied the sting ray up and ate it all up. But a shark came and the octopus tied it up and ate it up all over again. The crabs hid in the seaweed in case something else happened. They were safe. Nothing found them. They had nothing to worry about ever again. But the waves were washing and they washed up all over the shore and a hawk found them and ate the crabs. That was the end of their life.
Bianca Grant
MELTDOWN
We bombed into the pool, when my first toe touched the water, quick as a flash I sprang out of the water. As soon as I got underwater I felt as stiff as a pencil, my lips turned blue and my teeth chattered as I jumped out of the pool. I was drenched. When I got out I had goose-bumps.
Emmanuel Araba
My Wet, Wild, Weekend
In the weekend on Saturday there was a storm. Leaves rattled, trees shook and fences broke. I felt like a tornado was coming. The power was gone. My mum was running around the house. Our fence was broken. My sister had to find matches to start fire for candles.
Emmanuel Araba
AMERICANA
About five weeks ago, the whole school went down to the roundabout. We had to walk there. At first, I had no idea what it was about….until the cars came. There were Hot Rods and Minivans. I felt like the president of the USA was going to be in one of those cars! After we stayed there for a while we walked back but the seniors were still there – so were the cars! We made USA flags because they were American cars!
Emmanuel Araba
Turuturu’s Big Day Out
Yesterday all of the Junior School and parents went to the rocky shore. I and Jasmine went in Charlie’s car. It was a little bit sunny, rainy, windy and chilly. We went to the rocky shore because we are learning about the ocean. At the rock pools Charlie, Jasmine and I found cats eyes and one flap jack. I found two cushion stars and Jasmine found two cushion stars. We found lots of Neptunes necklace, dead crabs, we found a sea snail, chitons and limpets all over the rocks. The dead crab is called a big handed crab. Charlie caught a shrimp. Max and Gareth thought they found a sting ray but it was a leaf. I picked up the two starfish with my fingers because it was on a rock. I liked finding the little creatures and shrimps and the other kinds of fish are really, really fast. We found sea slugs too.
Neve Cadman
Touch, Pause, Engage...
Touch, pause, engage!
The scrum is on, everyone is pushing the scrum.
Next is the lineout, the two teams jump up and get the ball, people dive to tackle.
I play for Southern. I feel happy.
Bradley Hopkins
Freezing and Cold
One day I went in the freezing-cold water. I tiptoed in. I was getting goose-bumps. They started on my toes and went all the way up to my neck.
Hannah Bigham
Rocky Shore Trip
Yesterday I went to the Kawaroa Rock Pools. I went with Zoe, Hannah, Corbin and Zoe’s Mum. It’s in New Plymouth and we also went to the pools. We went to learn. I felt happy. I found a starfish, four crabs, and I found heaps of Neptunes necklace and chitons. I tried to get a crab that was tucked into a rock with the sieve but the sieve was too thick. Mason picked up the Neptunes necklace with his hands.
Ethan Gilberd
Like a knife…
When I touched the water it was burning cold.
I felt blown away and then I quickly hopped back up and I felt like a knife was stuck in me.
Ben Savage
A New Car
I got a new car and it is a Holden.
It is black and it has a silver spoiler.
It is cool.
Max Edgcombe
Wild, Wet and Windy
The weather bomb flipped the trees and destroyed Max’s paintball field!
Gareth Washer
A Close Escape
One day a fish was swimming and it was morning. Then along came a shark. It was hiding behind a rock. It sneaked up to the little fish and the shark gave it a fright. The fish went flying off and the shark was chasing it. The fish quickly hid behind a rock. The shark went past the fish and the shark lost the fish. The little fish swam away and lived happily ever after.
Olivia Harrop
