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