Simone's Lockdown Poem

Last week we looked at the poem Still I Rise by Maya Angelou. Simone adapted it to our current situation - what a clever idea!

Lockdown

You may lock me in the house

With your germs doubling in size

You may shut down all the stores

But still, like the sun, I’ll rise.

Just like planes and like clouds,

With the pushing of the sky

Just like trees growing

Still I’ll rise

Did you want to see me anxious?

Trembling, tense, and tired?

Sensing impending danger, 

Sleeping less than required?

You may crush us with your rules,

Staying two metres apart is advised.

You may tell us to wear masks

But still, like bread, I’ll rise.

Leaving behind a confined space

I rise

Unleashed from the confusing cage

I rise

Hanging out with friends again

I’m having fun and now I’m sane

I rise

I rise 

I rise

By Simone Strange

Crack the code

William has written a message in code... try to decipher the message below. Either email him your interpretation or put it in the comments below.

Baking Bread

 Nothing better than the smell of freshly baked bread! Looks delicious Tighe!

ANZAC and Art

Isabella's poppies 

ANZAC day lockdown poem 

By Adelle

It is only when i walk outside i feel sadness “ hardly anyone was awake

 To  celebrate ANZAC” 

It is only when my dad plays the trombone i feel a pinch of happiness as

I sat down in the driveway.

It is only when i see two people  walking toward us i then know how much

My street has changed.

It is only when I walk up a hill I hear the sound of trumpets playing in the

distance I realise some do care about ANZAC.

Autumn Art creation by Katie

Anzac Biscuits

Jai has also been baking to help commemorate ANZAC Day! They look delicious!

Photography and Sketching

Isabella is making the most of her walks, taking powerful photos of her surroundings. What a beautiful area you live in Isabella.

Poppies Galore and Basic Facts

Georgia and Felicity have been decorating their front yards to commemorate ANZAC Day. 

Roi has completed his first day of Basic Facts and has decided he will record his progress each day. Using a Google Slide is a great idea Roi! 

The link to the basic facts website from Ms Saxon is - Basic facts practice

More Baking

Maddox has also been cooking up a storm in the kitchen, check out these delicious looking cookies!

ANZAC biscuits

Skyla has been busy whipping up a storm in the kitchen. Show us your fabulous baking skills!

Autumn Leaves

Jess has gone for a 3D approach, sticking the leaves onto her art! 

Stone Age

Following Miss Perry's awesome history lesson about the stone age, Tom has created a futuristic Stonehenge from Lego.

Autumn Leaves Art

Georgia has begun her Inquiry in Visual Arts. She is clearly showing her creativity and sketching ability! Thank you for sharing these with us Georgia, they look great! 

The Thought Fox

This morning we talked about and tried to understand The Thought Fox by Ted Hughes. It is actually about not knowing what to write - I'm sure you can all relate to that! Here are a few of the poems I have received so far. Keep up your great learning team!

Staring down into a wite abyss

Ready but realising my train of thoughts left the station without me

My mind is falling endlessly

But my body is still

Disaster in the air

Reaching helplessly for the keys

I stumble upon a wall

Horrible thoughts cross my mind

An idea upon me

As the wall starts to crumble

Light has awoken

Now i stare at a full page

           By Louis

Simone

Looking through the window 

I see an array of colours 

A blanket of clouds 

Shield my thoughts .

A hole tears open the fabric

enveloping me

I am plunged into a thick mist

Confused and alone.

I fall ,and I fall,never landing

Hands reach out full of keys

But none of them open my mind

It is still locked.

In the doorway a light flickers

Panic and haste take control

Suddenly from deep in the mist 

A light bulb appears.

The Fox

Maddy Cogle

Staring above on a starless sky,

The lights come, but flicker away 

The common halts create an abyss of sorrow in the depths of my mind.

I walk on, longing for some sort of perception.

Urgency begins to overflow

lack of light becomes antagonizing,

I fall, I land on a track.

Before me lay two paths 

One is blank, the other is packed with stars, on an inky sky.

There is no way out, I am forced to make a decision. 

But I don't, 

I pull out my book,

And begin to write.

My thoughts Samantha Foote 

I imagine darkness 

Where happiness is lost 

Leading me away 

And disappearing. 

My thoughts overpower the past 

As lies are unleashed 

Eddying to the ground 

They call for help. 

My memories fly wild 

As they fall apart 

I wonder 

As it forces me to run. 

Enveloping me into an abyss 

Rays of light 

pierce through the clouds 

As I wait for the future. 

Inquiry Sharing

This afternoon we had a great Inquiry share with the majority of our pod. We began by listening to Chloe share her findings with her yeast experiment. We found out that yeast is alive and is reactive. Joseph then explained the process of bread making and what happens during this. He talked about CO2 being given off. Felicity told us that the C stands for carbon and the O stands for oxygen and there are two of these. What a great chemistry lesson! Leroy told us all that we also breathe our CO2 and our trees and other plants absorb this. This is part of a process called respiration.

I have highlighted some of the great words we used. We can't wait to hear more about your Inquiry learning next week - keep up the fabulous learning team!

Writing Task #1

Below are a couple of super examples of the writing that our students worked on today for their first writing task. I'm sure you will be impressed by the use of creative language, as well as the pictures that are created in your heads. Well done Tom, Joseph and Charlotte for sharing your writing today.

Tom

Whizz, a bright light of silver shot past the window pane.  The little child slipped out of bed and strolled over to the window.

She looked out over a moonless cloudy sky, with the great cloud mountains whirling mysteriously in the night air.   She could just see the small bright white light shooting through the sky like a knife cutting open the clouds. She stayed sentry.  Looking into the vastness, she saw things no one had ever seen before. In the dangerous night ride she saw a large bat-like creature coming down from the great cloud mountains, it uttered a few melancholy cries and then dove back into the darkness.  What you should know about her house is that it's one of those large inflatable blimps. 

‘’Come back to bed child, it's 3 a.m’’.  She rushed back to bed without looking again out of the window, if she did she would have seen the bright white ray of light coming closer and closer and closer until the scorching heat filled the entire blimp with its boiling madness, and burst into flames.

The beasts.

Joseph

The noise woke me with a start. I could hear voices filled with anger. I pulled off the covers and ambled over to the window. The moonlight enveloped me, I peered out and that’s when I saw… the fight of two beasts!

I hesitated, fighting my own mind, “Is this a dream?” No, it couldn’t be, the scales were too real, glaring down at me. The beasts  fangs pierced through skin, their talons as sharp as rage, ripped off flesh. Then both their heads turned…

One of the beasts let out a roar. Anger rippled down their scales. They had not wanted to be disturebed.. The other beast opened its mouth and a wave of flame danced into the sky. Then both beasts turned down and propelled themselves forwards into the clouds, nesting a hole in the center of them.all in the blink of an eye they were gone. 

A secret smile escaped me as I walked back to my bed and wandered off into a sleep.

The midnight beast

                                                      By Charlotte Campbell

It seemed like a normal night however, little did the girl know that what was going to happen next would change her life...

The stars sparkled, and everything seemed normal, but the girl knew that something wasn't 

right. Suddenly a huge burst of light flooded into the room, she shielded her eyes.  

As the light faded the girl heard a soft wail, she felt like it was hypnotising her,

slowly the girl started to walk towards her bedroom window. The wail became louder, and louder. The girl heard the piercing crash as she tumbled through the window.

The girl screamed as she fell into certain death, suddenly she landed on the hard but furry body, her eyes widened in shock when she saw what had saved her, it was a creamy white Pegasus! 

Is this "real?" she murmured as the Pegasus flew her over the clouds. The Pegasus landed at the girl's balcony, the girl took one last look at the Pegasus before the it flew away, never to be seen again.

Naked Eggs!

Check our Simone's cool science experiment. Days 1, 2 and 7! The egg felt slimy and squishy like a water balloon and you could see the yolk inside.

Then there is the video fail!!

NZ Birds

Which NZ birds do you think have been created from Lego by Leroy and his family? Post your guesses in the comments - Leroy will get back to me with the answers!

Diorama and Sketching

Tom has been busy creating a diorama about dinosaur extinction as well as some cool sketches.

Science, Sewing and Trampolining

For today's learning we have a marshmallow catapult and mini coats sewn for mini horses! We are blown away by the creativity of our families.

Chloe made a template

Then sewed

The decorated the coats

Yes, Jai tried to catch the marshmallow from Sitara's catapult!

And here is Alice on her trampoline!