Adrift

Life saving Lesson

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I was in my huge, wooden boat when I saw that I was not moving! Then I heard a wierd, howling sound, "Arrahrah!" There was something heading for me. It was as huge as a whale! It was coming closer through the steam and clouds, roaring it's sound over and over again.

Summer

The ship wouldn't fly. It was drifting any old way. Suddenly a green, spotted turtle came flying past. The old man started to run for the long rope. 
Swish! Swish! Swish! Weeee! The rope caught the turtle. Unfortunately the rope caught on something sharp and it began to rub on the sharp thing...   Snap!

Jin Hui

Adrift

We watched the video "Adrift" on Literacy Shed.
Here are some excerps from our writing.

Once upon a time there was a man on a ship hunting for animals to eat and treasure to be rich. Suddenly his ship would not go. "This thing is broken and I just fixed it now," he said. 

But then he heard something. "Who is there? If you are trying to hunt treasure you'll have to fight me, then you'll go past." 

Suddenly, there was a huge turtle flying through the cloudy sky.

Revanda.

I got a big, fat, long rope. I was going to use it on an elephant. I threw the rope. I got it. The elephant pulled me far but I didn't notice the rope was getting thinner, then finally it snapped. I was all alone. Nobody was going to get me down.

Jamiel

One man was flying with a plastic boat. He was up in the sky and the boat was not working. He stayed there. He got a rope. He put the rope around the turtles neck.

Ramsina

I'm in a flying boat all alone, feeling so bored. I heard this sound. It was a flying turtle. I was so surprised, so I ran and got the rope. I threw the rope at the turtle. The turtle pulled my boat. I'm free!

Connah 

Once in a lifetime I was in the sky. My boat was made out of steel. The shark was gray, scary, fierce and freaky. I jumped on the shark. I thought I would die. Then Jamiel came to help me with his huge elephant.

Richard

 

Middle School Talent Quest

Room news

Last week was the Middle School talent quest. It was AMAZING! There was singing and dancing, big group to small groups and then there was single people dancing like Ezira. She did a Miley Cyrus dance. Jess played piano. That was so fantastic. 

Then there was the juggling group, Brooklyn, Taylor and Donavon. Everyone loved them!

 In Room 16 we're doing a painting of a beautiful sky with 3 big hills and swirls. We did a dark blue with a dry brush under and over the swirls again but in mid blue. Now we're up to the yellow big dots for the stars. That’ll be fun. I can’t wait until we take our paintings home and show our families.

Room News Week 4

Swimming Lessons

 On Tuesday we went on a bus to Sykes Road swimming pools. We went there so we can learn how to swim and be a good swimmer. We learned how to rescue people and how would it feel wearing a safety life jacket. We had to get into pairs. One person had a noodle and the other person had to go in the water and put their hands up like they were in trouble. The people who had the noodle had to throw it to their partner and their partner had to catch it.  Then we had to pull, pull, pull the person to safety.

Diary writing - The Haircut

Why do we have Night and Day?

At Night time, we can all nap, eat dinner, and take a hot shower. At day time we can all eat breakfast, eat lunch, go to school or work, and also have fun. So what’s the difference between day and night? The answer is day is light and night is dark. 

But how is day and night formed? It is formed by the sun because when it shines on our half of the Earth, its day time for us. But, when it shines on the other half of the Earth, its night time for us. The sun doesn’t move, it’s the Earth which rotates on its axis. It takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate once. The moon doesn’t have its own light, it gets its light from the sun. The moon is actually very small. It’s only a quarter of Earth’s size. 

Many people think the moon causes day and night. Well, the moon has nothing to do with day and night. We only see the moon because the sun gleams on the moon. The moon does nothing but orbits Earth. 

Why is day and night so important to us? Its important because at day time we can keep fit, and do many other important things. Night time is time for a rest after an exhausting day! Also, without sun light nothing can grow, we’ll end up dying and so does every other living thing!

Room news Week 2

In Room 16 we have been learning about the Earth, Moon, and Sun. Did you know that the Moon can turn red? Madison found out that it turns red because the light that was hitting the moon from the sun had to go through Earth’s atmosphere. The atmosphere scatters blue light and what comes out the other side is red. This reddish light bounces off the Moon. It comes back to Earth and straight into our eyes. This will be happening in 2013!

Swimming was awesome! It was fabulous shooting in the water like a huge arrow. We did streamline glide, kicking on our front and back, and rotations!