We have written stories about a time we have had an accident. We found the best parts of each story to display with our illustrations.

"I jumped six metres high. Oowww! I yelled." Trinity
"I was flying through the air rapidly" Rosemary
"Everyone had an argument with me except Mum. She was giving sloppy kisses." Jasper
"I was watching the waves and a crab nipped my little toe" Lisath
"Blood was coming out, it was pouring fast" Seth
"We have a tree that has spikes. I try to do a smashy forward flip" Jack
"I climbed up to the top and...slam! On the ground I went" Jessica
"It all started on the monkey bars with my friend Andy. I was about to show him I could climb the bar when... crash!!!" Rosalie
"I fell off the fence and cracked my head open and then I went to hospital" Aidan
"I learnt my lesson. Never walk backwards near stairs AGAIN!" Ngataiawa
"Suddenly the ATV turned and crashed into the fence. Crash, boom, pop! The fence was shredded to bits" Brooklyn
"I took a peek at my arm. "I told you!" said Dad. My arm was blue and purple" Giorgia
"Screaming and crying my Mum was rushing down the stairs" Rennie
"I didnt feel so good for a week and man it huuuurrrrtttt!" Ethan
"I snuck down the hot pool slide then the man saw us" Arahia
"I crashed straight into the metal fence" Caylib-James
"I broke my brother's new toy. when my brother came back home he cried and cried" Amy
"When I swung on it "Crack!" it broke off the wall, it was brand new" Fiona
"I had my finger just sitting there then..Slam! The boot went down and a horrifying scream came out of me" Annabelle
"I was going so fast I was out of control" Douglas
"I saw milo but it was coffee. CRASH! It fell on the ground and some spilt on my leg" Irina
"Oh no I'm too close to the edge! I wonder if I could jump on that tramp again" Yisha
"Owwww it stung! I jumped on one foot" Scott
"A friend told me to cut my hair so... that's what I did" Eliza
"I saw some delicious lollies. I climbed up and spilt my Mum's burning coffee" Ashton
"The cat was in big trouble. She was in her cage for a week. She said sorry. I still love my cat now" Lucy

Stripy Norman Sandwiches

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As part of our Chilly Billy lunch, we made Stripy Norman sandwiches. Stripy Norman is a character in the book, and is a caterpillar. We made our rolls look like Stripy Norman by cutting the bread in a different direction, and adding eyes using toothpicks and cheese. They were delicious!!!

Check out our Chilly Billy sculptures!

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Here are some photos from our Arts Week. The middle school have been practising Drama, Art, Music and Dance all term, and presented their creations in Week 9.

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We have been discussing lots of legends around Matariki. This is one legend about how the stars got into the sky. Everyone worked co-operatively in groups to work on a part of the mural. Different groups worked on Tamarereti, the waka, the taniwha, and the mountains. We listened to a story about this legend, and rewrote it ourselves.

Here is Ethan's story of what happened:

Many years ago there were no stars in the sky. Every night the Taniwha came to land and ate anyone who came out. There was a brave warrior named Tamarereti. One morning he woke up and was hungry. He looked in the food storage, but there was not much food left. He went out fishing on Lake Taupo. After about an hour eh caught three fish. Tamarereti was tired so he decided to take a nap. A few hours later he woke up from bumping into the land. The wind had blown him to the other side of Lake Taupo. It was getting dark, so he decided to make a big dinner. He set up his fish to eat. As he started to eat, he realised he was in mortal danger from the Taniwha. He looked around for some ideas to help him. He saw some bright lights from the pebbles on the side of the lake. He threw as many of them as he could into the sky to make the night lighter. This made the night safer and too light for the Taniwha to come out. The pebbles turned into the stars, and have stayed there since.

Balloons over Waikato

Here are a few pieces of writing we did about the "Balloons over Waikato" festival

Midnight balloons!
The flaming balloons going on and off like a piano,
the gust of wind moved in funky ways.
Colours like gems shining In the midnight skies,
waving glow sticks massive cubes.
Roaming side to side in the breeze.

Balloons
Shining in the night sky
Swaying in places unknown
It feels like it's the biggest thing in the sky

Balloons
Colours in the sky
Swirling dots of colour
High over the clouds
Spheres in the air
Pushing through the wind
Up over the buildings

Rocky Shore Trip

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We went on an exciting trip to Raglan to see the rocky shore and the animals that live there. We found crabs, seaweed (there is a neat seaweed called Neptune's Necklace), cushion and spiny starfish, barnacles, catseyes, seasnails, limpits and many more creatures. One of our favourite rocky shore friends was a sneaky Kina who was hiding in between two rocks.
We jumped from rock to rock searching for different kinds of creatures. We needed to lift rocks and look under them to find what we were looking for.
We had a nice day at the rocky shore, and we think it is an awesome place!

Our Self Portraits

We made self portraits of ourselves to get to know the people in our class better.
Before we could start our portraits, we practised drawing mouths, noses,
eyes and ears. We did this with a buddy.
The first thing we did was draw the round shape for our faces.
Next we drew light lines through our face (guide lines) so we
would know where to put the features of our face.
We added the features onto our faces. We made sure not to forget our hair and shoulders!
Then we used a sharpie to outline our portrait.
Now we were ready to pastel our picture! We used newspaper underneath to keep it smooth, and we made sure that we covered all the sneaky white bits!
Now that our person was finished, we needed to paint a background.
We used colours that stood out against the colour of our shirts. We thought about using hot and cold colours, depending on our tshirt.
We hope you like them!

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Welcome!

Hi everyone and welcome to Room 18's blog for 2012! Throughout the year we will be sharing lots of exciting things that are happening in our class.