The Bad Witch by Siana

Once a upon a time there was a girl called Gina.

She was 7 years old and she had a big house that was really scary. One day, when Gina walked to school and came back, something was really strange.

When she knocked on the door no one was there and no one even opened it. She thought that her Mum and Dad were scaring her but when she went inside no one was home.

Next she said, “Hello is anybody there? Mum, Dad?”

Mmm boom! The door shut by itself, and then she heard a noise. It said, “Come here, come here.” Then Gina heard another noise. It was the stairs.

She screamed and said, “Arrrgggh witch! HELP Mum Dad!” She ran and the witch started following her with her broom, but the witch went to the other side of the street.

Then Gina went to her Grandma’s place and said “Never go to that house again.”

By Siana

The Crazy World by Amber

One day there were two sisters called Crystal and Angel, they were both nine years old.  Their parents had to go to a work doo and took the two sisters to their Granny’s for a few hours. 

The sisters didn’t like going grannies.  When they got there they went to the dairy down the road to buy some lollies.  But when they got to the dairy the strangest thing happened, they saw an arrow saying, “Follow this path.”  So they did path.

They walked for a while until they saw a wheel saying, “Spin me.”  So they spun it and it landed on a sentence saying, “A big spider the size of a house will come.”  So what happened? A giant spider, the size of a double storied house came along and the spider said, “Hop on and I’ll take you to the coolest place on earth for kids.”

 So, after a while they saw a palace called Candy City where all your dreams come true!  There was a human egg with a black hat on.    There also were giant scoops of ice-cream on one side and chocolate and candy on the other.  In the middle they saw pink carpet (their favourite colour) coming down with strange animals on the side of it.  There was a unicorn with a dog’s tail and wings made out of cat’s whiskers.  Never before have you seen things like this.  It was amazing.

They soon got bored of this place and decided to go back. Their Mum and Dad passed them and then picked them up to go home.  When they got home there was a note saying, “If you want to see us again, go to your backyard, into your tree hut and there will be some instructions to see us again.  Hope you enjoy your hunt.”  From egg and spider.  They never told anyone it was their little secret.

By Amber

Mystery question:
Who did the British Government send to New Zealand in 1833 to help sort out the problems between Maori and European?

Welcome to Room 4, 2012

Hi all,
We have had a very busy start to the year with Life Education in Week 1 and we have now started our cricket coaching sessions to get ready for the Summer Tournament in Week 8. This week is our school triathlon and hopefully the weather will clear up for Thursday morning.

Keep an eye out on here for class information and published work by our very talented students.

Parents - if you need to see me about anything, please feel free to come and see me :)

Vanessa Galbraith

Why school holidays should not be three weeks long by Cheyan

Why school holidays should not be three weeks long.

I strongly believe that the school holidays should not be three weeks long.

Firstly, your parents might have to take time off work or get someone to look after you which might cost a lot of money and they have to buy food and pay bills.

Secondly, you don’t do as much school work and your learning would be a week behind.

Thirdly, you will get to see your friends at school again because some people don’t get to see their friends in the holidays.

Lastly, people who work in offices like Mrs. Hood would not get paid for the extra week holiday and they have to pay bills and buy food too.

These are my reasons why school holidays should not be three weeks long. 

By Cheyan

     

Why School Holidays Should be 3 Weeks Long by Carl

Why School Holidays Should be 3 Weeks Long

Hi. My name is Carl and I am here to tell you why I strongly believe that school holidays should be 3 weeks long.

Firstly, school holidays should be 3 weeks long because there would be more time to sleep in, so our brains would be ready for school. Otherwise, we would be too sleepy and will not want to do any work.

Secondly, there is more time to tidy up the house and do some more house work to get the house spic and span in case friends or other visitors come to see you. (They might not have seen you for a while)

Lastly, teachers get more time to get all the work sheets ready for the next term. This means that they do not have to stay behind late at night. They will be able to get more sleep and have energy for the next day.

That is why I strongly believe that school holidays should be 3 weeks long, because there is more time to sleep in and tidy up the house.

By CarlJ

School Holidays Should Be Three Weeks Long by Alice

School Holidays Should Be Three Weeks Long

I strongly believe that the school holidays should become three weeks long because it is much better for students, parents and teachers. I’ll tell you exactly how in this piece of writing.

Firstly, the children will all be happy and won’t be angry because the high schools have a longer holiday than them.

Secondly, the parents will be able to rest and sleep in, instead of having to get up and take their kids to school.

Thirdly, we would be able to see friends and family that you hardly get to see, like my cousins in Christchurch, or my auntie, uncle and cousins in Australia. I usually wouldn’t be able to see them because they all live so far away.

Lastly, teachers might be really tired because of being tied up with school work.  They would be able to go on a holiday they usually wouldn’t have time to do.

And that’s why I think the school holidays should be three weeks long.

JBy Alice J