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