Night noises

In the night cats fight .
spitting racing hunting prowling
every night.
in the dark
dogs bark
one will start the rest reply.
shouting dog news to the sky
when is t dark.
while we sleep
hedgehogs creep
snuffling snorting as they pass making pathways the grass
while we re asleep.

By Leighton

The skeleton

I see sharks jumping out of the water i laughed when the fish jumped out of the water i would eat fish bread tea soup,meat.I play with my dad we play chess.I felt happy I came from England to New Zealand I said how is school going and how do you feel there? Would you like to watch the fish jump out of the water.

by Cody

on my way to the zoo i saw a bear.
It was a brown bear
IT was an ugly brown
And it wanted to eat me





by fee

Changing Landscapes

Up ahead the river narrows.
Toetoe whisper in the wind
while willows weep
for the chatting landscape

New Houses fill up the spaces
with noise and neighbourhoods
while the pukeko hides,
moving further and further from the city
its mournful cry fading in the winds

by Desna Wallace
(Rewritten by Chris)

The stars

The stars at night twinkle so bright i wish above the stars so bright saying one day one night i wish to dace [dance] with stars so bright if not it's OK, ill wish another night.

by Brooke

Weak

I am a lion running out of breath to catch my pray.
I am a container of noodles been in the hot water to long and going soggy.
I am a oak tree slowly falling to bits.
I am a box of glass breaking when someone stands on me.

By Brianna.

Snowy Day

The snow is very cold lots of people are bold so run around and touch the ground do few backflips also some dips.Well run home as if it were a dome in a desert full of dessert.Inside the house not a single mouse on the table sits some custard not that old spicy mustard getting a great view of the snow what a really nice show. After that time for bed in the morning ill put on my shoes and go in the snow doing grooves!

By Ethan

Happy

I am a frog bouncing from lily pad to lily pad.
I am a banana calmly sitting waiting to be peeled in the fresh air.
I am a rosy red tree swaying softly in the breeze.
I am a teddy bear waiting to have a hug.

by Talia

Room 7 Recounts

At Amberley School, in Room 7 we all wrote recount about our snow experience in the holidays. First made a draft then we published it. We got to choose how we could publish them, I made mine into a scroll and it was a success!

By Rhiannon

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs are amazing creatures that can do amazing things.for example: Allosaurus could dislocate it's jaw to fit larger lumps of meat into it's mouth!

Rory

Who wants to know what poetry means?

What is poetry?
Poetry does not need to rhyme.
Poetry does not need to be written in complete sentences.
Poetry does not have to be set out in lines.
Is often about memories , feelings, thoughts or observations.
Poetry does need carefully chosen words[vocabulary pile].

By Jake Macham

Myth about the Sun and Moon

The Sun and the Moon

The Sun was in love with the Moon and wanted to marry her, however, the reluctant Sun came up with an idea. He told the Moon, that if he gave her a gift that will fit her size, she would marry him. The Moon agreed and so the mighty Sun got her the most beautiful robe ever seen. But it didn’t fit her. So he got her another size, that too didn’t fit her. It was either too big or too small, he just couldn’t understand her trick. The Moon is never the same size every day, she goes through different phases from the period of the full Moon to the new Moon. The poor Sun is still trying to get the robe to fit.

Scrambled Eggs

How to get out of writing Narratives

“Mum I feel sick”. “Are you pulling a Sickey,if you’re pulling a Sickey you’re going to school”. “But I really feel sick”. “you’re going to school Tom you can’t miss any more school”. “But I Feel really crook”. “DONT MAKE ME CALL YOUR FATHER!!” “I feel better now I think I’ll go to school”. So there I was walking to school because Mum didn’t want to drive me,on the way to school I thought about how to get out of writing a Narrative my first idea was to spike the teachers coffee with some of Dad’s Johnny Walker black label whiskey and maybe he’ll forget about the Narratives,but if that doesn’t work,I could tell the teacher that I needed to go to the toilet and do a runner,just when I’d finished making my cunning plan to get out of writing Narratives I got to school 10 minutes late,when I walked into my classroom Mr Dereks said “you’re late” Tom replied “Sorry Mr Dereks my Mum made me walk to school because we had an argument.” “Oh ok just don’t be late again”. replied Mr Dereks.This was it my first plan was starting to come into place,I just needed a distraction, “Hmm Oi Leon” “Yeah”? Leon replied “I’ll give you fifteen dollars to fire a spitball at Mr Dereks” Tom said “Make it 20 and its a deal”Leon bargained “Fine” Tom said handing Leon the note 5 minutes later,Leon loaded his straw with a spitball,he lined Mr Dereks up and ..... the bell rang,great Tom thought sarcastically,now I’m going to have to hope that the teacher has a coffee with his lunch and brings it to class,Tom walked out of the classroom to lunch Leon was beside him and said “Bummer, sorry mate no refunds”.Tom pulled his lunch box out of his bag,no sooner a bully confronted him and forced Tom to give him the bottle that contained the whiskey from his Dads spirit collection,Tom thought to himself well thats the coffee spiking idea gone,looks like I’m going to have to rely on my 2nd plan,Just as he said that a drunken bully staggered past cursing at the school kids.Toms heart was beating rapidly,he prayed to himself “Please Lord don’t let me write a ....Narrative!,the bell rang for the end of lunch,Tom walked back into class, He sat down at his desk,Mr Dereks was explaining what had to be in the Narrative,and Tom put his hand up “Yes Tom What is it” Mr Dereks said “I need to go to toilet Tom replied “Ok but make it quick”.So off Tom walked to the toilet and he was deciding to do a runner or not but then he really did need to go to the toilet so he went and just when he was about to do a runner Mr Dereks came out and said “Finished? it took you long enough”.Mr Dereks said “Sorry Mr Dereks” Tom replied.both of Toms plans had been foiled,although he hated thinking about it he knew he was going to have to write a Narrative,he walked into his classroom and he found two sheets of paper,an eraser and a pencil.







THE END

The Flint boys myth

The Flint boys

The Flint Boys is the name to the Pleiades by the Navajo According to the myth, after the Earth was separated from the sky. Black God Had a cluster of seven stars on his ankle.
Every time Black God stamped His foot, the flint boys would Jump up to his knee, Hip, shoulder and finally his forehead,where they remained.
This episode revealed to everybody that Black God was in charge of the sky in fact today , we still can see the flint boys, Namely the Rleidas, High in the sky in autumn and winter.

NYLD(National young leaders day)

Halogen young leaders

On Wednesday the 1st of June Jack, Amy, Harry, and myself went to NYLD11(National young leaders day) at the La Vida convention centre in Riccarton. There were a series of 5 speakers, in between the speakers were some interactive games were kids got to go up on stage, video clips and morning tea and lunch breaks.

The first speaker was Pat Buckley, who is a drug and alcohol counsellor and educator. He talked about his life growing up with an alcoholic father , and then getting involved with drugs, he talked to us about his struggle with drugs and how hard it was to stop.

The second speaker was Alison Mooney, she talked about the “Amazing you” , and then went on to talk about four types of animals with different personalities, the Otter, the Beaver, the Golden Retriever, and the Lion. She described there personalities, and the asked us to pick what animal we thought we were.

The third speaker was Christian Gullen, he talked about his childhood growing up, and how he didn’t make many friends, the doctor said he was socially munted. He talked about the X Factor, and gave us three tips Be friendly say a good word, and listen.

The fourth speaker was Adam Hall, a Paralympic gold medalist in the Slalom Ski race. He was born with Spinabifida , and practiced anywhere from Mt Hutt to Codrona, he shared his special “journey to the top”.

The fifth speaker was Jason Gunn, he said you can’t plan for everything. He also talked about the voice inside your head called doubt, which makes you second guess yourself , and think what if? He said we should set ourself small goals which we can achieve over a short period of time, and keep progressing from there.

I really enjoyed going to NYLD11 it was very inspiring hearing the speakers personal experiences , and I enjoyed it throughly.

By Grace

How to make Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins.

Ingredients

3 eggs

1 Cup of Raspberries

2 Cups of melted White Chocolate

125 grams of melted Butter

2 & a half cups of flour

1 & a half cups of sugar

A dash of Icing sugar to finish.

By Amy.

Bacon and egg pie

What you need

Ingredients: Equipment:
Eggsx2 Bowl
Baconx2 Fork
1 pack of pastry Tray
1 cup of milk


Steps
1.Get your bowl and put your eggs and milk into the bowl.
2.Now get your pastry and put half of it in to your tray.
3. Next cut up your bacon
4.Get your fork and micks up your milk and eggs.
5.Now put your eggs and milk and bacon in to the pastry.
6.Next put the after half of pastry in the tray.
7.Now put it in to the oven.

MIND

This school lets kids use their minds on the computer and the playgrounds . By Jake

My poem!

My legs are like a bounce tramp , bouncing so high.
My arms are like brockin branchs , swaying the wind.

Dinosaurs

I believe that dinosaurs are truly amazing creatures.
they can tower so high and some grew no bigger than chickens.No i am not a paleontologist i am a nine year old boy.my favourite dinosaur is corythosaurus .i have a petrosaur back bone.i also have a trilobite.every night i come to a conclusion that really annoys me. the thing i am annoyed with is the relation of dilophosaurus and lillensternus.

Rory

At School

Today at school, I am doing web blog for privilege. Web blog is cool because I get to use a laptop. We post things on this website.

In The Weekend

In the weekend I am going to my friends house and we are going to wach [watch] the viad pie a daiy [vampire diaries] and we are going to bed at 6 0 clock and in the monind [morning] we are going to wache [wake] up at 5 0 clock.

Harley

Wellingon Camp

In November our senior Year 7 and 8’s are going on camp to Wellington. We are not sure of the complete price of the camp yet but we know where we will be staying. We will be staying at Wellywood Backpackers. We will be staying there because it is a short walk or short bus ride to the places we will be most likely going. It’s accommodation cost is $23 dollars a night. All of the Year 7 and 8’s are very excited about going. We are hoping to do this every couple of years. For parents wondering the complete cost there will be further news letters this term.

Chess Tournament

At Amberley School we have a chess club, we are going to go to a tournament.
We have 2 teams, a year 1 to 6 team and a year 7 & 8 team. There is 4 people in
each team, I am in the year 1 to 6 team and I am looking forward to it!

By Rhiannon

"Rock 'n' cars" meet girl guide fundraiser

The Is on the Saturday the 10th September 8 till ten everyone welcome . It is in the Amberley domain tin shed . Featuring - The rubber band . Tickets $15 adults and $8 children 14 and under dinner provided and spot prizes tickets available from Repco, Rangiora and Arthur Burkes ltd Amberley

By Jorja

A Part Of Gretas Speech.

ALCOHOL SHOULD BE BANNED
Drinking causes liver disease ,liver cancer ,mouth cancer ,chronic pancreatitis and drinking also increases depression .If your wondering wondering what chronic pancreatitis is its a inflammation of the pancreas .The pancreas is a large gland behind the stomach and close to the duodenum the first part of the small intestine .Chronic pancreatitis gets worse over time and leads to permanent damage .Between 2007 and 2008 more than 30,000 people were taken to hospital with alcohol poisening around the world.

This is the middle of my speech, i hope you know what drinking will cause.
by Greta.

Earthquake

The earthquake was like rock and roll
dancing in my nightmare
It fox trotted me in and out of sleep
Leaving me teary and sad.
By Claire

On the 24 of July 2011 Heather and Sascha held flower making for privilege. Heather Gardner said that she liked taking it and that it was fun. The flowers looked very bright and colorful there were lots of good ideas. Phebe was making a card for her her mum. All the kids said that she would do it again.

By Georgia

Room 7 flags

Hi there I'm Ethan you should come and see our beautiful flags that we waved at room7 assembly they have been done from our own design so don't be shy come on in and look for your self.You'll be amazed about how much work we have done. Remember Room7 is the class.

by Ethan

FLAGS

In room 7 we have been making flag's we have done our own designs on our flags. We have put gumboots, kiwi's, pukekos and silver ferns

BY ERU

Taniwhas

In Room 6 they have been drawing taniwhas. First they drew it then put pastel on. lastly they cut it out and stuck it on black paper.

By Sarah

Cats

I like cats because they are cool. I also like their colours. They are bown and white. What I also like about cats are their eyes colours, blue and green.

Goodbye (Poem)

As I hug you for the final time,
Tears begin to sting in my eyes,
Why do I have to go?
I cry to myself.

A few weeks ago ten students went to a writing course. I was one of them.

By Anna

Speech Writing

In room 7 we have been writing speeches about people who are famous in New Zealand. For my three minute speech I am doing the Mad Butcher his real name is Sir Peter Leitch.

by Claire

Writing Recount

Before Keith went to school he fell off his pony. He broke his elbow. He got on a steam train and went and lay down in the guards van. The got off in Christchurch then had to get on the tram to get to the hospital. I don't like that Grandad broke his elbow , but the doctor must have fixed it , then Grandad would have felt much better.
By Hamish.

Maori Language Week/Matariki

Every day this week children at Amberley School have been trying to use as much maori as they can and have been learning so many new phrases. It's also matariki which goes for a month if you wake up at 5 you will see the stars that shine the brightest called matariki.

by Jorja

Lot's of work.

People have been real happy with all their work and work is fun. All this work shows pride.

By Cassie.

kiwiana

What is speical to nz. jaffers weet- bix space men rugbe pinapple tomato-sauce eskimos pavlova hokey pokey ice cream nz flag fish
by mason

Library puzzels

Every day in the libary [library] students are trying to do puzzels [puzzles] they are very very tricky. People who finish them I guess they had determanation [determination] which is one of our pride vaulue [value] goals . congrats kids

by
Jorja

NZ dasters

Here at Amberley school in room 6 we have been learning about NZ disasters. We have had different
groups on the whine; Napier earthquake; rebus crash and more. we also made posters of them

By Jack

Autumn leaves.

Green leaves. Yellow leaves. Red leaves and brown falling. Falling blanketing the town. Oak leaves, maple leaves and pear. Falling. Whispering. Autumns in the air. Big leaves. Little leaves. Pointed leaves and round. Falling. Nestling. Carpeting the ground.

By Harley

UNDER THE SEA

There are forests of seaweed and deserts of sand. There are valleys and mountains just as on land. The forests are dark the sand is piled high and the fish dart over like in the sky.

by Sapphire

Persuasive arguments.

The country is better than the city. It is obvious the city is not fun put in the country is. In r6 Amberly school we have been do arguments.

by Ant

Hamish's Poem

Here is a beehive.
Where are the bees?
Hiding away where nobody sees.
Now they come buzzing out of the hive.
One two , three, four, five. by Hamish

Cross-Country recount

On the 17th of May the Amberly School children held there senior Cross-Country.
It was a warm windy day. The afternoon started with the 8 & 9 year old girls followed by the 8 & 9 year old boys. At first a few falls and tears then everybody got on with it. At the end of every race there was not one person that looked tired and exhausted . You could just see all the childrens' smiles on their faces knowing they had finished their race with success. There was also a lot of enthusiasm and cheering as the other people sprinted down the finish line. The day ended with a lolly scramble, after that I was pretty sure everyone enjoyed their race even if they didn't get into Kowai.
Here are a few quotes from some kids before and after their races.

What feeling did you have before and after the race?

Zoe felt competitive and amazed when she finished!
Rhiannon felt competitive and amazed when she finished!
Sean felt awesome at the start and finish!
Brianna felt excited when she started and finished!
Jayden felt like he was going to die or kill himself!
Dean felt nervous at the start and happy at the end!

By Maddie

My holiday in the usa

The wind slowly but coldly blows at my face as i walk out of a casino in Las Vegas.

A scarce look comes over my face as i walk out on a thin sheet of glass that looks over the grand canyon.

I shiver as i wait for my mum to come out of the fog on the golden gate bridge in San Fransisco.

All of the shop's in Vancouver call out to my sister's visa.

The boat slowly cruse's past glacier's and river's from the snowy mountain's.

The free jewelery is to much for me. I want to throw it into the mouths of sea lions from Alaska's town's.

The Santa Monica pier stretches for miles out to sea with shop's on either side.

The rush in Anaheim is amazing, It's all just to get to Disneyland.

From all of this i have realised that i want to do it all again some day.

Made by Jess

I've been learning to write fashle [factual] recounts

I have been laerning [learning] to write a fashle [factual] recounts about Tahi the kiwi that it was trapped in a gin trap.

I like writeing [writing] because I learn to write a fashle [factual] recounts.

by Sapphire

Ant school

Amberly is fun to play and it is this is the best school.
by Ant

Amberly school is fun

My Mood

I wrote a poem at handwriting and i think its really cool and here it is!
I am yellow when i am happy,
I am red when i am angry,
I am purple when i am excited,
I am pink when i am embarrassed,
I am green when i am sick,
I am grey when i am shy,
I m black when i am scared,
I am brown when i am astonished,
I am blue when i am sad,
But i heart you!

-by Danielle Botica

What we did in Room 7 in week 6

Room 7 have been learning about the pakeha and re-create the same story but with aliens we have also been drawing Picaso faces.

By Jake

Poem

Ten little fingers, Ten little toes, two little nose, and little nose, two little eyes that shine so bright, two red lips to kiss you good night.

by Hamish

My Dad

My dad remembers having his first hamburger when he was 7 years old.
my Nana got dad a hamburger from Macdonalds.

by Jake

cross country

hi I did cross country today and I came 6 place and I am going to canterbery by conor

My Flag

I liked making my flag because we got to do stuff about New Zealand I drew icons of New Zealand.
By Tane Room 7

Leo's journey into the past

This week for topic we have been learning about the pass writing questions and answers.
by Leo
room5

Room 4 is doing plays

This week we have been acting out plays in Room 4. I like the plays because they are funny and fun. Mrs K has been teaching us to hold our books higher so people can hear our beautiful voices.
Some of the kids got dressed up but I didn't. It was fun.

Jodie

Topic Room 5

I like topic because we have being [been] loneing [learning] about nz hishery [history] an wirteing [writing] lost [lots] of [questions].

by leighton

School privilege

On every Friday of the week our whole school has privilege. Every one picks there favorite game or activity and after lunch we go to our classes or places that the activity are being held and play our games that we chaos or do the activities we wanted to do.
by Leon
room9

Room 7 Flags

This week in room 7 we have been re-designing our own version of the New Zealand flag. I put my own spin on the kiwi that is masqueraded as a C, I changed the kiwi to be a Pukeko. I also drew a Maori red and white stripe in the middle. It has a blue background with a silver fern.
By Claire Room 7

I like Recounts

This week we have been larning how to write reconts my teacher and i think i need to work on my capitets [captials] and full stops i like reconts [recounts]

by Rebekah

Writing in Room 5

I like my writing because [I] can write whatever I like.
by Thomas.

I like doing recounts in room 4.

This week i lornt [learnt] how to do a recont [recount] and i rite about last year for cristmas [Christmas] and we traveld [traveled] by van and we whent [went] on the feary [ferry] boat. And i got sea sike [sick] and i also sow some dolphinse [dolphins].

by Kaitlin Room4

Math in Room 9 this week

I was rell [really] good at my math wen [this] week because I had to go [to] ms [mr] [O'Halloran] Howoring [and]I got a pat on the back.

from Hamish