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Monday, 28 August 2017

Describe what is happening in a picture

The Wanderer.

WALT: use a prompt for writing.

WARNING!!

Hey team, you might find one of the following pieces of fictional describe writing a little bit scary!! 

The clever authors in the Kea class were asked to describe what they thought was going on in the pictures below. 
As a description of a moment in time, they had to write as if the events shown in the pictures were occurring in the present. 
They were able to remember that sentences about things that are happening now used the words 'is' and 'are' as well as the -ing ending on doing words. 
Someone suggested that we use the seven servants to help us think of ideas when we look at the pictures while planning what details we will put in our finished writing piece. 
Finally, we talked about using words to create a mood that matched the pictures. Talk about deep level thinking! 

Scroll below the writing to see the picture and comment below about what you thought was the best bits.

WARNING. the following description contains references to supernatural horror and violence. 

While these are usually not appropriate topics for our school, I felt the description was too good not to share. Sorry if it is scary. 


The Mountain-Top Demon

By Ebes

There is a mysterious hooded demon, wearing a purplish-blue robe with a crescent moon shaped power staff, resting on the blinding, foggy and grassy Himalayan mountains. He is sitting on a huge rock which is covered in moss. The hooded demon is resting from the huge climb up the mountain. He is looking for a little cottage to enslave the people living in it and feed on their happiness. 

resource image

Picture credit www.pobble365.com/wanderer/

The Bikers.

By Kata.

There are dirt-bikers having a race. They are having a race. They are racing against each other and the green bike is winning. They are ramping over a big hill with dust on their tyres. The red and green bikes are in front and all the others are behind. The ones in front are blazing through the dust.

image of the day

Picture credit www.pobble365.com/the-race/

Friday, 11 August 2017

We made our own EBooks.


This week in the Kea class we have been learning how to recall stories in our own words. 
To help us to remember the story and then put it into our own words, Whaea Te Ahua showed us a new app called book creator. 
Here is an example of a simple retelling of Maurice Sendak's Where the wild things are, by James and Caleb-Rose

Wednesday, 9 August 2017

My Special Place

Explain what, where, or whom is your special thing.
Explain why it is so special to you.
How does it remind you of God’s presence in your life?


WALT: Find God every day.

My special place is a back country hut in the northern Ruahine Ranges called Rangiwahia Hut. It is special to me because I have been going there for many, many years and it is a very beautiful place to go to.

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Welcome to 2017

Hi Team,

Welcome back!

It's great to be back in the swing of things with a wonderful new group of learners in the Kea Class. I'm very excited about the many opportunities we have in the coming year for new learning. We will be trying our best to keep our blog fresh, new, and full of children;s ideas and where possible the children will be writing and commenting on this blog. Please feel free to leave us positive and constructive comments as you're able.

God Bless, Mr Gunn.

Friday, 16 September 2016

Haiku for kids

Do you know how to write a Haiku?

In the Kea class today we learnt all about Haiku poems and how to write them. Here are some of the ones we wrote. We'll tell you about the rules afterwards. :)

The Lion by Ebes

The ferocious Lion
running to catch his prey
what a meat eating beast!

Moonlight By Roman N

Moon shines upon us
the opening of the night
time we went to bed.

Bobby by Milin

The slobbery dog
everyday gets put outside
my saddest best friend.

The Tree By Piper

Blossom tree for me
light so softly through the leaves
shining out for me




WALT: Write a Haiku.
Success Criteria:
Know what a syllable is
Follow the rules of the Haiku

  • 17 syllables long
  • Three lines only
  • 5 7 5 format
Now you know how, you can write your own in the comments.



Thursday, 11 August 2016

Making Avatars!

This week in the Kea class we have been learning all about Cyber safety. We are gearing up to have individual blogs so its really important that we know how to be safe when we are working on the internet. One way to protect ourselves online is to use an Avatar instead of a real picture of ourselves. We are trying to make our Avatar look like us. 
Can you guess who these members of the Kea class are?


Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Kind Commenting

Remember to use our school values at all times, either online or in person!