The Elephant Man by Jordan

The Elephant Man was disfigured. He got put in a freak show. People payed money to laugh at him. He had lumps on his face. He got very sad and he yelled at people. He had a very lonely life. He wanted to escape and run to a place where no-one can find him and he wanted to hurt people that tease him. No-one could cure his lumps in those days so he had to hide because he was different and people stared at him and in the end he just died.

Herb the Vegetarian Dragon

Yesterday we read the story of Herb the Vegetarian Dragon. Now we're working on crayon and pastel pictures of dragons and knights. 

The Bad Rat and Fat Cat by Jacob

Once upon a time there lived a bad rat. He lived in an apple tree. One day the bad rat went to the house by the apple tree to get some cheese. The bad rat saw a door open and ran inside. When the bad rat got inside he stopped because he saw a big fat cat hiding behind a door. The fat cat started to chase the bad rat. The bad rat ran away back out the door and the fat cat ran after him all the way to the apple tree. The fat cat tried to climb the apple tree but then the fat cat got stuck and went back to the house to have a rest.

The End

Origami Rose by Wai

This is the video of the rose that transforms into a cube. I found it by looking through the origami clips on Youtube.

Monsters!

Today we learned Maori words for different body parts. We drew faces in the sandpit and made sure that we included whatu, ihu, waho and taringa. Jacob drew monsters on the concrete. His monsters have ihu nui (big noses)!

Our School Gala

We had our school Gala on Saturday. Ms Leishman, Maggie and Troy were in charge of Singstar in the hall. Lots of children had fun dressing up and singing.

Where the Wild Things Are!

Cute Kitten and iphone

Wild Things! by Jordan

The first time we went on stage it was a bit scary but then the second time it was ok. We had to practice about five times a week. It was tiring but it was fun. Practice was the best. When we made the masks it was hard. We had to make the masks with papier mache. Ms Leishman said put on about 12 layers.

Jordan and Jack getting ready to go into the Hall.

Wild Things!

Where the Wild Things Are!

Here's a slideshow of us getting ready to go on stage. If your mum or dad has photos from the show, ask if you can bring them to school. We'd love to put more on our blog.

Wild Things!

Where the Wild Things Are was awesome last night. We knew what we were doing and put on a fantastic show.

Lazer Popping Balloons!

Jack Mitchell found this amazing video on Youtube. Check out how powerful this lazer is.

MrNussbaum.com - Decimals of the Caribbean

MrNussbaum.com - Decimals of the Caribbean The Mammoths numeracy group have been learning about decimal numbers. This is a good game to practice reading decimal numbers.

Smell Like a Monster - Grover's Old Spice Commercial

Joss' Eye-ball

On Thursday my brother and I went to the Porirua pools. He got hit with something. We think it was a foot  or a hand. It hit him in the eye-ball. We went to the Kenepuru Hospital. Then  we went home.

by Jordan

Right Choice Day - Slideshow

Right Choice Day

We had a fantastic day at Marine Gardens.

We were going to build sandcastles but the tide was too high.

So we played in the playground instead. We had a great time.

Maxwell's Holiday

Hi Ms Leishman

We are in France and we are having lots of fun here. We went to a castle that was built in 10AD and watched a catapult being launched.   Annabel and i put our heads and our arms in the stocks. we also went on a little train ride through the Camargue. We saw lots of white horses. They put their heads in the train for food. We gave them bread. A red dragonfly landed on mummy's leg. We saw a beaver in a pond. There were lots of pink flamingos in the water. We rode home in a convertible car. We had the roof down. It was fun but very windy. Back in England we went to the natural history museum in london. When we went in there was lots of things to look at. I got to stand next to a real moa skeleton! There was a whole room full of thousands of different crystals. We saw a robotic t-rex. We got a little stuffed t-rex. In England we got lots and lots and lots of toys. We climbed The Monument which had 311 steps. It was built after the Great fire of london in the 18th century.We went to Hamleys. There was thousands of toys. We got a chatimal for being paitent in the airports.                    

from Maxwell

Maxwell's Holiday

Hi Miss Leishman and Room 8,

We are at Abu Dhabi airport waiting for our plane to London.
Our flight from Wellington on Saturday was cancelled so we stayed in a hotel for the night. We had to wake up at 4.00 am to catch a  new plane but we missed all our connecting flights and will now arrive in London a day later than planned!  
We had touch screen TVs on the aeroplanes and I played lots of games on mine. 
Hope you had a good day at school!

from  
Maxwell

The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket

We've just started reading a cool new book by Margaret Mahy. It's called The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket. In the book a boy called Carlo is given a special bus ticket by a strange woman called Mrs Christmas, who looks like a Christmas tree! The bus ticket is for the number 13 bus that goes to the supermarket at the end of the world.
After we read the book today we all had a go at drawing the dark blue bus and the passengers on it.

This is my dark blue bus. The passenger at the back is reading one gigantic newspaper. The passenger next to him is a giant bat hanging from the roof. The man in front of him wants to stop the bus because he has to get off. The guy in front of him is wondering if he should have fish and chips or pizza or chinese. The lady in front of him has just seen a flying elephant. 

The crazy kid in front of her is pressing against the window and he’s hypnotised. The chubby fat man in front of him is just staring out the window. In front him is a mutant insect with a chinese hat. Then there’s a giant walking potato chip man. Then  there’s Carlo and his mother. At the front of course there’s the driver. The bus has lots of stars on it. Its number 13. At the top of the back is a jet engine. Its the fastest bus ever.  

by Maxwell