When young authors like Petra from room 21 create fictional worlds just for fun, it's an absolute joy to explore those.

 Magic snorkel mask

                                       Chapter 1

I was walking along the beach, the waves were crashing on the sandy bay, birds were gracefully gliding on the breeze, and fishermen were happily chatting amongst the squeals of children.I decided to admire the view while sitting on a rock thinking to myself ‘What a beautiful day, I Should've bought  my boogie board.’Then i saw something washed up on the sand, at first i thought it was a baby blue penguin but when I got a closer look I saw that it was a Snorkel mask.I put it on to see if i could go diving for Crayfish with it but instead of swimming in the water I was gliding in the air exactly like the birds flying in the sky! I thought to myself this is a  one in a lifetime phenomenon, today, this very day i could travel the world! I decided to take the opportunity.Woosh!And as I went on yet another adventure, as I was flying I saw a herd of elephants, “Wow, Elephants are one of my favorite animals!” I said talking to myself (well no directly at myself i was sort of talking to the bird flying next to me).I flew down hovering above one of the elephants, “Wow....WOW!” I exclaimed as loud as an elephant's trump, but maybe a little too loud because jst then the whole herd of elephants started to go into full  stampede mode, in the distance was a small village and the elephants were heading right towards it all because of me! “It’s time to put this right!” I said to myself.Fwoosh!I flew in front of the elephants, “Halt in the name of The Magic Snorkel Mask!No that sounds weird but it's not the time to think, it's time to fix my mistakes.”I Shouted, the elephants then stopped and said “Beep,Beep,Beep,Beep,Beep.” I was very confused because i thought that elephants made a trumpeting sound not a Beep sound.Then i realized that that was not the elephants it was my alarm clock!I woke up in my bed startled, “It was a dream all along.”I thought to myself, I got up and got ready for school...To be continued.

Coming soon “The egyptians tomb”

-Petra

Mysterious Island

Woosh! The cold breeze was turning my skin to ice, even with a singlet, long-sleeve top, woolly jumper, and a puffer jacket.The review of this island said it would be tropical, warm, and sunny but it is the complete opposite of that.Oh, where are my manners, the name’s Lucy, Lucy Wilde.Any ways I was on my way to the heart of the island until I heard something Russel in the bushes I thought it was like some sort of Fox or something but it was a tiny elephant.This island really is mysterious  I noticed that everything big was small and  everything small was big!(except for the plants.)Ants were GIANT and elephants were small.I was starting to feel a bit HOT So i took off my puffer jacket and woolly jumper. I walked for another 10 mins then I realized... I didn’t know where I was and I left the map in my jacket pocket!Then I heard some footsteps, “Hoo, Hah, Hoo, Hoo, Hah.” It was a person with paint on his face and speaking like a monkey.I thought he was the owner of the island, “Hoo?*Gasp*A human!”He said excitedly.I looked at him for about 5 seconds before asking “Who are you?”He looked at me in shock, and quite angrily. “You don’t have to be so rude.”He snapped, then walked away.I put my head in my hands realizing I should have asked him how to get out of here.I  started to get really stressed out, i found a nice straight stick and a sharp rock. I tied the rock to the end of the stick with some vine. I looked around and saw my friends face, she didn't come with me. “Wake Up!Lucy!”Said a familiar voice. “W-what?” I stammered,  i managed to make out an image i wasn’t at the island i was at school.Thats right now i remember, someone hit me in the head with a ball!

The Big SPLASH in My Life

                                               Chapter 1

It was 12am and I still couldn't sleep, instead I was thinking about the note mum left me. The note was about me having a pet of my choice but the only problem was that I can’t choose a pet to have! I could have a cat, a dog, or even a Komodo Dragon (Komodo Dragons are NOT dragons they are just really big lizards)we went to the pet store and icant’belive all the animals the where selling: Iguanas, Turtles, WHALES, Dogs, Cats, Birds, Hippos.ect “Mum, Mum, Can i pleeeease have a Unicorn?”Chimed my little sister, “No Milly, it’s your sister's turn now to choose a pet, you will get your turn in 4 years time.”Said my mum sternly. “Mum can I have a whale?”I asked hesitantly.ZIIIIIIIP! “Thank you!Have a nice day!” Shouted the shop owner from a distance, “Bye!!” Milly called back. “Muuuum?What pet did sissy choose?” Asked Milly curiously, “She chose a whale Milly”said mum sounding quite annoyed.As we were walking home a fair woman was waiting to cross the road but as we walked passed she looked at us like we were insane for getting a whale as a pet. “What are you looking at?”Asked Milly quite rudely, the lady quickly whipped her head towards the road realizing she lost her chance to cross the road.A couple minutes of carrying a giant whale home we got to our street, my address is *************** . Come over some time! “Mum!Look the whale wont eat the cake!”Complained Milly, “Milly, Whales do NT eat cake!”Boomed mum, I saw Millie’s eyes were starting to tear up, but mum looked quite annoyed, I knew they wouldn't talk to each other for the rest of the day, so to pass time I decided to find a name for my whale… “Hmmm, how about Bluey...no, OH i know!Janice!Yes Janice.”I went to the store to buy some whale food, but there was no whale food! It was all sold out, and if i didn't get the food in time Janice could starve to death!

                                Chapter  2

Coming soon…the mystery of the missing whale food.

This happens when we write outside the classroom: Pure magic! Well done, year 5 and 6 students. These texts were written at our beach days in Shakespear Regional Park.

The sparkles in the glistening, glittering, gleaming sea caught my attention.The cool, freezing, crashing, splashing sea was blue in colour, but was swelling happily.The shell’s rough, energizing surface was so fun and slippery.A cicada chorus was chirping in unison, breath taking and wonderous.The crystal clear ocean had hunting birds focusing on the lush, squishy shells.

By Jeena, Szofia, Sarah’s group

 

As the waves crashed and bashed against me, it summoned shells onto the beach. I felt something as the waves reached my legs. They were slapping lazily against the sandy shore.

By Emmy, Big Q, Jesse and Oliver’s group

 

Go explore Shakespear. Visit the ice cold water on a hot summer’s day. Experience the rough waves in the strong, bubbly water. Have fun in the prickly grass and listen to shrill bird sounds. There is sharp, but soft sand to relax on and enjoy the sounds.

By Georgia, Toby, Ruby and Bella’s group

 

The grass sweeps aside, as the whistling wind blows. My toes are numb from the foaming, rough waves. The warm sand comforts my numb toes.

By Millie, Alfie, Connor, Cooper and Kyah’s group

 

The glistening sea rubbed against my toes. The colourful shells lay at the edge of the shore, waiting to be taken in by the sea.

Lakshmi, Phoebe, Ella, Lincoln, Sarah’s group

 

The revitalising water is invigorating me. The prickly grass hurts, when I step on it. I was buried in the damp, cold sand. The mini tsunami hit my feet, as I shivered in the icy cold water. The scalding sun burned my feet, whilst I was walking on the sand.

By Udo, Michaela, Jess, Aiden (I think), TC, SH’s group

 

Sweeping, translucent shells are scattered around the curving shoreline. Those shells were cast up by the waves that are now lapping lazily against the sandy shore.

Maybe group 2?

 

Shakespear Park has shimmering waves and water. The foamy, rough, ice cold water makes me gasp, as a wave gives me a hug. The grass irritates us, as we stride towards the crunching of shells and waves.

By Megan, Aiden, Demi, Charlene, Almeer’s group

 

Beautiful beaches are gleaming in the hot summer sun. Vibrant green grass surrounds us. Shimmering waves lap onto the bright beach.

No name on worksheet group – sorry guys!

 

The sand was thin and soft. It felt like standing on solid air. Shakespear is a glorious place to stare at and enjoy the view of Rangitoto and Auckland city. The balmy breeze is caressing my skin and the sharp shells clitter and clutter under our feet. The ocean laps and ripples over the dust like sand.

By Macy and Eli’s group

 

The pukekos are dashing through the long grass. The trees are growing in this magical forest. Majestic and beautiful the beach lies, where puhutakawa trees are growing like a magical forest. It’s so peaceful here, you should come!

By team 1 – no names, sorry guys

 

As I arrive at Shakespear Regional Park, I see the beautiful trees and flax. As I walk along the sand, I see the sparkling, glooming, refreshing sea. It feels like I am right at home. At Shakespear I always see all types of birds, when I go on a trail here, like tuis, fantails and pukekos. There is no place I’d rather be.

By “The native squad” – whatever that means!

 

The glistening water was shining brightly in the blistering sun, as the people were sunbathing on the soft, sandy beach. The view went on for miles. Everyone was swimming in the clear water with a view of the city.

By Sophie, Keertan, William, Deon and Isabelle’s group

 

The sun shone down on the glistening water. The water was making huge swells, as it washed up on the shore. Your feet sink into the mushy sand, as you step onto it. When you step into the water, you get a chill up your spine, as jelly fish surround you.

By Alex, Nate, Sophie, Hunter, Connor

 

As we look out to the amazing view of Rangitoto and the city, the blue wate is so translucent and glimmering that you wish you were in it.

The glistening waves make much noise, while blinding you. The sand goes between your toes and gives you a tickle.

Group 5 – no names, sorry guys!

Walking into the place and hearing parrots on those wonderful trees is so neat. When I look straight, there is glimmering sand and shining, colourful shells.

Group 2 – no names, sorry guys!

 

The dotterels are protecting their precious eggs. The sand is crumbling like a cookie, as we are crushing shells under our feet. My feet skim the soft, smooth rocks on the silent, calm beach. I can feel the swift breeze go across my red, rosy cheeks. The emerald waves crash on the sandy, smooth shore. The gigantic cliffs shadow the sandy shore and the pearly ocean. The transparent worm wiggles around in the silky soft sand. The dazzling shells glimmer in the scorching hot sun.

By Nora, Alexie, Frey, Carlos’ group

 

I see flax bushes swaying gracefully in the wind. My whole body is caked in sand and the wind is flowing past my face.

Group 2 – no names, sorry guys!

Sea gulls are gently drifting on the wave. The forest of seaweed is hiding tiny creatures. Hitting the ice cold water makes me gasp.

By group 4 – no names, sorry!!

 

The shells look like clouds that have been frozen. The damp sand cools me down pleasantly. There are dainty, fragile shells and gritty sand between my toes.

By group 1 – no names, so sorry!!

Enjoy these crazy good recounts by Anna, Tegan and Helena

 

On Tuesday in the ESOL classroom my ESOL group played a crazy game and we made a lot of noise.

First, we waited for Mrs Goodall. She said, “Ready, steady, go!”

We popped the cushions and they went, POW!

By Anna

 

On Tuesday I played a crazy game in my ESOL classroom and it was fun and crazy. My ESOL group is fun.

First, we waited.

Next Mrs Goodall said, “Ready, steady, go!”

Then we started to pop the air cushions. We popped the air cushions and they went POW POW POW POW POW POW POW!!!

By Tegan

 

O Tuesday I played a crazy game with my ESOL group in the classroom.

By Helena

Enjoy this wonderful narrative by one of our talented young author, Hazel from room 15!

 

This is a wonderful piece by Alex from room 20. He captures the beauty of Shakespear Regional Park through great language choices. Well done, Alex!

     The Amazing ShakeSpear !

ShakeSpear is an amazing regency park in New Zealand that includes many fun activities and some amazing sights. At ShakeSpear we have amazing beaches, impeccable wildlife and beautiful oceans. It is so insane and we are so lucky we have it. There is so much to see and do but let's start off with the beaches. ShakeSpear is known for some of the most beautiful beaches have a look

These beaches involve soft sand, like pillows and beautiful translucent water when you stare into it you can see it shimmer as it reflects off the sun. If you like relaxing in the sun and cold gleaming water this is definitely a beach for you and we also have some unbelievable birds and that leads us to our next category witch is the WildLife. Shakespeare has some beautiful wildlife  and it includes Tuis, pukekos, Rozellas  and more. One of the most rare bird to find is the new zealand native kiwi. You will mostly find them at night and  if you’re quiet enough you can also hear them. They are one of the rarest birds in new zealand - which is why the Park Rangers catch pests to protect kiwis and other native birds. If you have never seen a kiwi this is a kiwi:

These adorable little things are endangered and there are only 68,000 of these and there alot of other birds that are endangered including the blue little penguin -  there are only 6000 of them left this is what a blue penguin looks like

And there are also many other endangered birds in New Zealand and if you walk around Shakespeare you can sometimes see traps. They  are there  to protect the birds, so this is the beautiful shakespear regional park.

A group of ESOL students has written fantastic stories based on a wordless animation they watched - enjoy!

 

The Monster and the Boy

The boy heard a sound, it was a quiet sound and it wasn’t an owl or a tree or the wind.He wanted to know what it was, so he turned around. He saw a big leg, a green fat tummy and a hungry  face. 

 “You are a monster!” Tom was so shocked because he thought monsters didn’t exist. He was so scared and he didn’t know what to do so he held a stick like a sword and he didn’t run away. He didn’t know why he didn’t run. Tom looked at his marshmallow that was on the stick. The monster saw the marshmallow. The monster’s eyes were very friendly. It didn’t look like it was going to attack Tom. The monster looked at the marshmallow and he stretched his long tongue and he quickly snatched  the marshmallow and ate it. Suddenly  the monster’s eyes were cute again, so Tom gave more marshmallow  to the monster, until they were gone. 

 The marshmallow ran out and Tom fell. The monster was begging but Tom was so quiet so the monster’s eyes changed. Tom thought that monster was angry and he was! It looked like an angry cat. He opened his mouth and Tom saw a row of big, shiny teeth. Finally Tom ran towards the forest, but the monster caught up to him. Tom fell down. The monster saw a pillow that looked like a marshmallow, A GIANT ONE. The monster snatched the pillow and got closer to the fire. He roasted the pillow that looked like a marshmallow. The marshmallow burned. The monster’s eyes became big. He was super sad and he frowned looking at the sky.

 By Elly Lee

Illustration by Elly Lee

 The Monster Eating Marshmallows

 

There was a boy named Tom. He roasted a marshmallow,but a sea monster sneaked out of the water and grumbled quickly. It looked like a scary, huge lizard. There were sharp pointed teeth in its big mouth. The huge monster looked at that yummy food. It thought “If you don’t give me that food I’m going to kill you!”

The boy turned around and looked at the big googly eyes, its big huge feet, its huge mouth and long tail. The boy was so scared he jumped off the bench and said, “Ahh! “Why are you standing here behind my back!” Tom held up the stick like a sword. Tom looked at the monster. The monster looked at the yummy food. It acted like a giant cute dog. So Tom held a marshmallow and the monster put its tongue out and ate the food. Tom said, “Why do you steal my food? I will give you food, if you do a trick. Tom said “Great job! There is the marshmallow for you.” The monster rolled over and its tail wagged. Its eyes changed, they became friendly. When the marshmallow were all gone the monster got mad. The monster growled.

It showed its sharp pointed teeth and its eyes were narrow. Themonster opened his mouth and chased Tom. The monster’s pointyteeth shone in the moonlight and he roared. The monster kept chasing Tom and he tripped over a rock. So he threw a pillow to the monster. The monster thought it was a marshmallow. The monster roasted pillow but it burned. Tom said “Ahhhh”! And he ran away.

 

By Benjamin Lee

 

The Marshmallow Monster

 The water from the lake was calm and quiet .The fire was nice and warm.There were no friends nearby ,becauseTom liked some space. Suddenly there was a calm movement in the water. It just made a quiet sound. A round green head popped out of the water. A big slimy monster sneaked up to the nice kid who was roasting marshmallows.Suddenly the boy felt a movement in the air. He thought that it was a cat, so Tom turned around. In shock he sawa huge monster. 

 Tom thought, “OMG, is this a dream? No - run! Wait, the marshmallows, I have the marshmallow, maybe he likes those.” Tom threw the marshmallows into the monster’s mouth. The monster acted like a puppy. It rolled in the wet grass, stood on his tail and he jumped onto his feet. Now he wagged his tail slowly and looked expectantly at Tom.

 Tom threw more marshmallows, until they were gone. The monster waited, but he didn’t get anything. So the monster got mad. He had angry eyes. He growled. He had a mad face. His mouth had big shiny teeth. But then Tom ran and ran. He saw a pillow. The monster thought it was a big marshmallow. So Tom threw the marshmallow away. Tom ran.

 The monster got the pillow. The monster thought, “This is a big and delicious marshmallow!” He got close to the fire and with his own eyes he saw the pillow burn down into tiny little pieces.

 He felt a tear drop on his face. 

 By Gabriel Walfrido

 

The Night of the Monster

 A camper was roasting yummy s’mores at night in the woods. Those woods were safe - or were they? It was a very dark night, not even the moon was shining light. Something dangerous slowly emerged from the lake. First his top fins, next his ugly eyeballs and next his naked abs were showing. He was looking at the camper with his menacing eyeballs. The camper turned around slowly and he gasped. He looked at the monster’s razor sharp teeth.

 The camper was using his s’more as a sword and the creature stopped attacking, when he  looked at the marshmallow. The boy threw the marshmallow into the monster’s mouth and he loved it.  Suddenly the monster started acting like an overgrown dog. First he rolled over, then he stood on his tail. He grabbed the marshmallows with his super long frog-like tongue. Finally the camper got the last marshmallow out of his bag and the monster ate the camper’s hand - or did he? The camper pulled his hand out of the creature’s sticky, gooey, slimy mouth.

 All of a sudden the monster looked like a terrifying beast. He started growling at the boy and the boy decided to run for his life. The boy fell dramatically onto the grass, he thought, “Mummy! Please, don’t eat me! I can use the pillow as a shield to protect myself.” But the horrifying creature looked at the pillow and thought it was the biggest marshmallow ever. So the sea monster took the pillow, while the camper ran away into the woods. At last the monster sat near the fire and tried to roast the pillow, however the pillow burned to its death. The monster started crying like a baby.

 By Mateo

 

The Lake - Michaela comes up with a wonderful idea for a plot: Her character discovers that she can breathe under water

 It was spring 2014 when I first realised I could breathe underwater. It all started when me and my family went on holiday to the lake. We weren’t rich, but we weren’t poor. We were just in the middle. At the lake we had the best lodge because my parents wanted to spoil my big sister and I. 

I really liked swimming. When we got there, I unpacked, then I changed into my togs and bombed into the lake with a big splash. There were two kids swimming, so I went under water and swam to them and said “hi” they said hi too. Soon we became friends. Their names were Clare and Isla. Isla was sporty, competitive, and she was fourteen, just like my sister and Clare she was just like me. 

When I hopped out of the lake, I introduced Isla to my sister called Nelita and later I played with Clare. After that I invited their family over for dinner they said yes. Nelita and Isla played hockey and me and Clare played.

The next day we went to the lake together me and Clare went looking for treasure and Nelita and Isla went swimming. Then when we  got  so deep, I didn’t even need a breath. But Clare had to get a breath. Then I tried to open my mouth and inhale. Because we were really deep, I didn't think that I could breathe underwater then I gasped and I could really breathe underwater. Luckily no water got in my mouth, I was scared at first, then I wasn't  I went up to the surface then I quickly ran to Clare and said “I can  draw in air! Come check!" We quickly ran in the lake and I breathed underwater. She was shocked. Then I showed everybody at the lake, one person actually told the news reporter and I got on the news right after the weather. It was absolutely amazing when we got home. My Dad got a promotion so we got more money and the first thing we bought was a pool!