Writing spooky Halloween stories

Today we started learning about how to build tension for our spooky stories. We learnt that we should use 1. A simile 2. Some short sentences 3. An ellipses (...)
We looked at this picture, and then wrote a spooky description of the tree.








"The long grass is attacking the tree like fire. Scary sounds come towards me. The tree rattled. Heart pumping. Sweat pouring. I see dark in the sky. There is a spooky shadow in the grass. I see blood dripping from one of the branches…."

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Athletics Day

On Tuesday we went to Hastings Sports Park for our annual athletics day. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun. See if you can see yourself in the photos...

Thinking about being a kaitiakitanga

Today we were wondering about being a kaitiakitanga (guardian) of NZ's rivers and seas. How can we look after them? Here are our ideas...