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Today we climbed up the Faraway Tree into the Land of Toys. Here are some of our fabulous adventures...


My head peeked up through the clouds and I saw Elsa looking at me with a smile.  I smiled back at her.
I ran to her and I said to Elsa, 
"Please show me your powers so we can build a snowman."  
She rubbed her hands together.  She threw her hands into the air.  The icy snow came out of her hands and it touched the blue sky and it started to snow. Snowflakes were all around me.
"Do you want to build a snowman," I said.

Erin



My head popped up through the clouds.  I wiped my eyes and I couldn't believe it!  
I saw my toy superman alive, flying and taking down the zombies.  He was helping his friends, Batman and Wonder woman.  He taught me how to fly.  He gave me a Superman costume and he taught me how to do laser eyes and then we took down the zombies together.

Mana


Once upon a time I was climbing up the mysterious Faraway Tree and I peeped through the clouds...I saw my unicorn, Rosie and she said, "Hello, hello Reese.  Would you like to play with me?"  
I said, "Yes."  
"Come on then Reese."
So we went to the playground and I hopped onto Rosie's back and she flew up into the air and Rosie saw a rainbow. She went onto the rainbow and she ran down the rainbow.

Reese 


My head peeked up into the exciting land of toys...
I saw Emmet smiling at me and I smiled too.  I said to Emmet,
"Can I help build a house with you? I love building houses.  It is fun."
Emmet said, "Yes."
Thank you Emmet.  

Coby



When my head shot through the hole in the amazing cloud what I saw was amazing.  All my eleven ponies were there.  I asked them what land it was and they said it was the land of toys.  I asked my favourite pony, if I could trot around on her and she said I could.  We went very fast and I almost fell off.  Then I saw a house and a stable and we went to sleep.

Maddie


I peeped up into the...exciting land of toys.  I saw my pirate ship shooting cannons!!!!  Shoot. Shoot. Bang. Bang. Bang!!!  
I saw Superman flying in the air.  I flew with him. We flew fast, really, really, really, really fast.

Benji


My head peeked up into the Land of Toys.  Wow!  There were all of my transformers and dinosaurs and they were very, very big.  We played army.  I got to have a turn in my army hulk to shoot the bullets.

Riley

Congratulations Riley and Isaac!

Riley and Isaac were both awarded trophies at their Rugby prize giving on Sunday for most improved players in their teams.  Well Done boys!  

You can also spot Isaac in the Monday edition of 'Hawke's Bay Today' with Israel Dagg.

Wonderful Weaving

This week we decided to give weaving a try!  

Lots of us found it really tricky at first but we showed Determination.  We kept on trying and we didn't give up. 

Sadie said, "I found it really hard but in the end I got it because I persevered." 

Personal Best!

Determination!

Enjoyment!

We were inspired by Mrs Mueller's wonderful bag!

Kahurangi Dance Group Performance - Matariki

Swish, swish, clatter, clatter went the flax skirts on the six Matariki dancers.  They were spinning their sticks around themselves.  When they spun their sticks around it looked like a propeller on a helicopter.  I like the story about the seven fish because I liked the beautiful golden fish.

By Riley

 Matariki is a time when we celebrate the Maori New Year.  Tawhirimatea, the God of the Winds, cried and he caught his tears and he threw them into the sky and that's how the 7 stars began.

By Tyler

Riley's Pride Award

Congratulations Riley on receiving this weeks Pride Award.  Riley received his award being such a hardworking and motivated learner in Room 1.  He always has a positive attitude and is a kind and caring class member.  Well done Riley.

Sasha, the Cavoodle, visits Room 1

Sasha is a tiny puppy.  She is very fluffy like a cloud.  Sasha is 4 months old.  She is a Poodle crossed with a King Cavalier Charles Spaniel.  Sienna was scared of Sasha.  She is adorable and she is playful.  Her ears flop up and down like a bird wing going up and down in the sky.

Keiarliya

Sasha is very cute.  I wish I had a puppy like that.  She is black and brown.  She is soft and she is 4 months old.  She is soft like a pillow.  Her nose was shiny and slippery.  

Reese

 (Sasha ran so fast I kept missing her when I took the photos)!

Sasha is friendly and playful.  She is a puppy and she has a curly coat.  She has a very, very short tail.  The kind of puppy she is, is a Poodle mixed with a King Cavalier Charles Spaniel.  I like Sasha's coat.  It is black and tan.  

Maddie

Sasha's nose was shiny and wet and her coat was curly.  Her eyes are black and her tail was wagging fast.

Mana

Sasha has heaps of curly fur.  She ran to me and she jumped on me because she could smell my dog.  She is a Poodle and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel cross.

Raiha

Sasha is a really fun dog because she is really playful!!!  She is really fluffy.  She is adorable.  When she jumped on people it was funny.

Coby

Sasha is 4 months old.  She is a puppy.  I liked giving her a tummy rub.  She is a Poodle mixed with King Cavalier Charles Spaniel.  She has floppy ears.  She has curly hair.

Riley

Our Magic Faraway Tree Adventures

We have been reading The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton.  We love creating pictures in our head while we listen to the story of the children's adventures up the magic Faraway Tree.  

We imagined our own lands that could be at the top of the Faraway Tree and wrote about them, using wow words to help create a picture in the reader's head.

The Land of Movies
Wow!  I tiptoed up the ladder.  I crept up into the land of movies.  Movie land was covered in movies. Trees were full of movies.  I climbed up a tree with a movie.  I went inside the house. When I got inside the house a spider chased me.  I got an axe and chopped the spider.  I ran out of the house...I climbed up a tree and a t.v hung from the moon.  The movie I watched was the Lego movie.  My couch changed into a bed.  I went to sleep.

Written by Benji

The Land of Fish
Tip top..I crept up the ladder and I spotted a fish land.  Water was all over the sand.  I saw a crab on the wiggly stones.  There were lots of fish swimming around the place.  I saw a shark, "arghhhh!"  There were lots of pine cones on the trees.  I love my land of fish because all the lovely fish are colourful.  

I put my togs on and jumped in with a big splash and I swam with the lovely fish.

I saw a dark cave and, "arghhhh," I said.
"A shark.  Amazing, but it's going to eat me." The shark had long sharp teeth and the shark was humongous.  I was shivering.  I hid behind the rocks.  A colouful fish quickly swam to me and said, "Come with me."  
"Okay," I said.  He took me to the big long hole at the top of the tree.  Finally I was home.  

Written by Maia

Yummy Land
Wow!!! I peeked up through the clouds.  I got a shock!  The land was called...Yummy land.  There was a blue lake of...tutti fruiti vitafresh.  The houses were made out of colourful lollies.  The grass was made out of chocolate. Everything was edible.  The trees were made of broccoli and you could bite them whenever you wanted some broccoli!

One day I went in my chocolate kayak to go for a swim in the vitafresh lake and a sleep on my kayak.  When I went for a dive at the bottom of the vitafresh lake I saw a chocolate shark and it said to me, "I'm going to eat you up!"
No!" I said.  "I will eat you up."  So I swam after it and ate it all up.  "Yum, yum." I said.  
I love this land.  I will never go home!

Written by Tyler

Lego Land
I climbed up the ladder and peeped through the big hole in the clouds.  I can see Lego houses all around me.  There are Lego cars driving on the Lego roads.  The cars have to stop at the traffic lights.  The boss is Broad Business and I have to get him because he is bad.

Written by Finley


Ice Crystal Land
Wow.  Suddenly I appeared in ice crystal land. I saw ice on the trees.  It was amazing.  I loved it. 
"Arggggh."  The snowman was getting closer.  I was scared. I ran away but he still chased me. I tried to get down the ladder but he grabbed me and took me home.  
We went to the lake.  I spotted some gorgeous golden fish.  I went to put on my togs and I jumped off the grass and I landed on a shark. I screamed.  He bit my leg.  "Ouch." I said. I started to cry.  The snowman laughed.  
I found the hole and ran home as fast as I could.

Written by Nimah


Wonderland
Wonderland has lollipops and snow too with a castle.  I like the land of Wonder.  I went to find the castle in the land.  I climbed a tree to find the bridge to the castle.  
I went inside to find the Queen in the castle and I looked for the stairs.  I climbed up the stairs but the stairs were high.  I flew up to climb the steps and I found the Queen.

Written by Ashanti


Easter Land
Wow!  I am in Easter land.  There are chocolate Easter bunnies.  They are holding baskets full of scrumptious Easter eggs and when I am hungry I eat the Easter bunnies. When there are rainbows, there is chocolate at the end.  
One night I woke up...I saw a really bad Easter bunny... (to be continued).

Written by Riley

Pic Collage

We have some new ipads in Room 1!  Today we were learning how to use the pic collage app.  We had to create a pic collage about ourselves.  Our collage had to include - our name, our photo, a background and some pictures or photos of things we like.  Once we had completed our collage we had to email it to Mrs Blakesley.  We did well learning so many new skills!

Place Value Monsters

We had fun making our initial of our name with the place value blocks.  We had to work out how much our letter was worth by counting the tens and ones.  Then some of us made monsters. It was tricky adding them up!  Miro got to 595!

Mr Brooks' Antarctica Visit

Manuka Hub were really lucky to have Mr Brooks (Jessica's Grandfather) share his Antarctica journey with us.   Mr Brooks was asked to go to Antarctica to help a friend with a scientific experiment/project. He stayed there for 28 days with lots of other scientists to try and film parts of Antarctica from the air. We were able to see lots of images as Mr Brooks explained all of his adventures to us. The kids were very impressed with the small camera plane, which was released into the air by a bungee cord, the ice kitchen, the Hercules Plane that took 8 hours to get there, and a wee group of Emperor Penguins. 

After his visit Room 1 also enjoyed learning a little bit about Emperor Penguins.  Here are some of our fabulous stories.  We worked hard, doing our personal best to publish these to a high standard.

When I grow up...

When I grow up I want to be a swimming teacher because I am good at swimming.  I am good at doing 1, 2 bubble and breath.  I will teach backstroke, frontstroke and frog swim.
Written by Sienna

When I grow up I am going to be a person who works at a hotel because I want lots of money.
Written by Riley

When I grow up I want to be a tree worker because I am good at climbing trees and my Dad has that job too.  My Dad does lots of cool things with tree work.
Written by Maddie 

When I grow up I want to be a vet lady because I like looking after animals that are really, really sick, like an animal coughing.  I will give them some soup to try to make them better.  I will wear a vet uniform.
Written by Keiarliya

Reading with our Buddy Class

Room 12 is our buddy class.  Today they visited us after lunch and we had an enjoyable time on the grass listening to each other read.

Thank you Room 12 - we look forward to seeing you again next week.