The new history curriculum reflected in our talented year 2 writing: Room 12 shares their knowledge about the moa

 

Another magic piece by a Gulf Harbour author - enjoy, dear readers!

 A Cold Windy Morning

It was a cold windy morning 

I was walking through the forest.  

A blinding light shone through the dancing trees

I walked cautiously toward it 

I got to the light 

Standing there before me was a gigantic tree curving over me

I stared at it as if I was frozen

I slowly moved toward the tree and carefully put my hand on it 

The tree started to glow like the sun

There was a flash and I ended up back in my bedroom

My head was spinning and I felt really faint 

I was so disappointed that I could not see what other wonders lay in the magical tree

By Ella

Enjoy these fantastic descriptive pieces by our room 17 writers. We have to be thankful for the thunderstorm - it prompted amazing pieces :)

 

The weather is stormy. It goes booming and crashing and the flashing is pink. Cassie

Lightning went zooming down with strong crashing rain. When the teacher was doing the roll, thunder crashed around. 

Jano

 It flashed blue! Then there was a boom! It was noisy! The sky lit up!

Sophie

 Suddenly I was woken up by the bang, boom and smash. My heart was pounding. It was crackling in the sky. I was afraid. It felt like I was falling off a huge cliff. 

Connor

When the big lightening came, I felt scared and I covered my ears.

Maya 

It was raining. Thunder cracked in the sky. Lightening flickered and the wind howled! Everything was silent. Only the soaking rain flickered through the howling wind. Then I heard lightning boom again. I skipped a heart beat. It was stormy weather. My shoes were soaked. Everything was thundery and rainy!

Mila 

 

When I woke up I heard thunder and lightning. The thunder was louder than 70 elephants. A loud sound boomed and crashed on my roof. The thunder storm was loud!

Jamie

This morning I was having breakfast when the lights started flickering and then it started pouring with rain . There was booming thunder and flashing lightning. 

Hudson

 The noisy thunder was very loud. The strong lightning could make fire. Lightning can kill!

Alec 

This morning when I went to school there was a surprising, striking flash of lightning.

 Ari

The clapping thunder echoed through the sky. The air was stuffy and clouds filled the sky. The rain crashed down. I saw flickering lightning light up the stormy day. I was drenched by the time I got to my classroom.

Hazel

 

The lightening was cool. I loved it. I went outside. It was raining fast. I got a big fright.

Sophie

There was lightning and loud thunder. Dark thunder boomed down. The rain hailed down from the sky. It got me soaking wet.

Blake  

This morning the lightning and thunder woke me up! When I was having breakfast I heard thunder. My heart was pounding and the hammering rain just went on and on! When I went to the car I sprinted to it but I got soaking wet. I was really cold. I tried to stay under the shelter to get to class.

Logan

The Thunderstorm - Year 2 ESOL group

 I typed up the texts by these incredibly talented year 2 English language learners and fixed a few little spelling mistakes. All the wonderful words and sentences were created independently though. 

The thunder clouds covered the sky. I thought it was midnight. My mum was waking up because of the thunder. When my mum woke, she thought it was midnight too. Then she looked at her phone. It was actually seven o'clock. The thunder sounded like an explosion. I like the thunder. But everybody else is scared of the thunder. When my friend is sharing her news when she said about the thunder, the thunder suddemly boomed loudly. My sister was not scared too.

By Grace, room 10

I hear the thunder. Lightning is like a flash. The sky is dark. The thunder is rumbling.

By Ricky, room 10

The pond was filling up this morning because of the rain. The rain was heavy. It was hitting my roof. I didn't really like this morning. The thunder sounded like a dragon breathing fire. The sky was black. The clouds were shutting out the light.

By Leveke, room 11

The thunder sounded like a dragon breathing fire. The pond was filling up with water. Lightning lit up my room. The sky was dark.

By Jona, room 11

Celebrate Desmond's piece about kereru with us. What an outstanding year 2 writer. Wow!

The kereru has blood red claws, lovely whipping wings that beat across the sky, a beautiful magenta beak that pecks the ground.

Oh, the scarlet eyes that twitch around. Many colours cloak him with so much feathers.

Kereru are amazing.

Some other birds came to join me and some emerald green leaves surrounded us. The sunset set in the distance.

Oh, the ruby red flowers that settled on the ground below us.

Some squirrels stuttered down below our feet.

My friend flew away.

By Desmond

Enjoy these colour poems by room 18

 BLUE

Blue is sad

Tired

Exhausted

Shy

Hiding behind things

And depressed

Blue is lonely

Bored

And hurt

Big yawns

No friends

Walking around looking for things to do 

Walking slowly

By Aston

PURPLE

Purple is excited

I can jump around and make a mess

Be optimistic and curious

I’m proud of the things I do

Can’t wait to go to my favourite place

So joyful

An impatient case

My arms wobble around and my feet bounce and start to race

By Jemma

GREEN

When you are happy

Your cheerful

Surprised

Happy is amazing

By Hudson

GREEN

Green is happy

Smiling

Cheerful

Hopeful

Energetic

Amazed

Surprised

Optimistic and confident

By Elijah

GREEN

Green is happy

Calm

Cheerful

Energetic

Proud

Hopeful

Amazed

Surprised

Smiley face

Fuzzies

Warm heart

By Filip

BLUE

Blue is sad

Shy

Tired

Sleepy

Yawning

By Kaeden

BLUE

Sad

Bored

Guilty

Hurt

Lonely

Tears

By Nicole

RED

Red is mad

Angry

Frustrated

Annoyed

Destroying everything in your path

By Musa

GREEN 

Green is happy

It is good feeling

It feels nice

Smiling

Hugs from mum and dad

By Emma

BLUE

Sad

Bored

Guilty

Hurt

Lonely

Tears

By Indie

GREEN

Green is happy

Cheerful

Hopeful

Amazed

Surprised

Energetic

Heart warm

Face smiles

By Noah

GREEN

Green is happy

Happy makes me calmer and calmer

By Oscar

The Red Bubble students are talented writers - check out their scary Halloween stories ... if you dare!!

 Don’t Trust Your Grandmother

As I walked into my grandmother’s huge garden, I could hear trees rustling in the whispering wind. As it started to get dark in the garden, the bats started to come out. I got goosebumps halfway there, because I’m afraid of the dark. 

When I got there, there was a note. The note said, “RUN, GO, HE IS COMING!!!”

I got worried. I was starting to get dizzy. Then I fainted.

When I woke up I was in my tent. I wondered how I got to my tent. I said to myself, “I won’t go home in the dark, because I might lose my way.” 

Suddenly I heard rustling in the bushes and I was scared. So I decided to stay in my tent. Just as I was about to go to sleep, I saw lights peeking through the branches of the trees that illuminated a pathway in between the trees. 

Then I stopped and thought for a second. I wondered if that path was leading home. So I followed the light. It was dark, but I faced my fears. When suddenly out came a man in a mask. I was frozen with fear. I said to the man, “What are you doing here in my grandmother’s garden?”

“I came here to tell you something”, said the man. “You are not safe in the garden. Your grandmother is a killer.” 

Then I peeked into the window and saw my grandmother with a dead body. Now the man snatched my hand and pulled me towards his house, where I was safe.

By Lily

The Abandoned Castle and The Ghost Friend

I was at home, when suddenly my phone rang. A strange voice said, “Come to the abandoned castle! I need your help.” Then the call ended. 

So I got my ghost suit and went to the castle. When I walked towards the abandoned castle, fog was all around it. It was hard for me to see what was in front of me. I could hear the wind howling between the trees like a hungry wolf calling for food. 

I felt so scared that goosebumps came out of my skin. I went inside the castle, but I stepped on a platform and fell under the ground. There were cobwebs and bats hanging from the ceiling. 

Then I walked towards a shiny, green light and saw a kind, slimy ghost. When it was dark, the ghost said, “I called you to help me get out of this trap.”  He told me to touch a trigger and a door opened that led outside of the castle.

We became friends after our adventure.

By Andrei

The Mysterious Castle

My name is Tyson and I was a ghost buster. When I was ten, I got a phone call and the person said, “If you take this gear and get me some of my stuff back from the castle, I'll let you have some diamonds.”

I was walking towards the castle, when it was morning. Then I saw a person standing behind a window, he wore a hockey mask. He was tall and he held a chainsaw. I ran back to the house and geared up and I headed back to the castle. I went inside and I brought a wrench and a gun. I sneaked and I saw a key. I stole the key and I saw a lock. I opened it and there were bricks of gold and diamonds. I got all of them. The mysterious man came up the stairs and I jumped out of the window. I ran back to the house.

By Tyson

Scary Story

I walked  down the stairs with my camera and the doors closed behind me. I was following up on a lead for an amazing story.

Suddenly I smelt a trollish smell. I kept walking and I almost walked into a big spider. I saw a stone statue and fire burning the statue so I recorded all of it. A snake almost bit me, so I ran. Then the ground started to shake, so I stopped and so did the ground. 

My heart was pounding and my head was cold and my legs were hot. My head felt like I  was eating ice cream.

Suddenly I walked into a huge room with a tall ceiling and loads of gold and a big dragon on all  of the gold. I needed to record this but at the same time I needed to get out of there. So I recorded it and tiptoed out so the dragon didn't wake up. But a giant worm popped out of the ground. I  shouted, ‘help’ to the camera but the worm ate me. 

                                               THE END

By Carlos

The Mysterious Game 

Justin was playing a video game in his room. He was a really sporty boy, but he loved video games. When his mum gave him the game the night before, she said, “Don’t play this game at night! It’s a very scary game.”

Suddenly the game started glitching and Justin saw a huge hand reaching out from the screen. The creepy hand grabbed him and pulled him into the video game.

There was no sign of people, but just slimes and sharp sticks on the floor. Thirty seconds later his friend Blake joined. 

Justin shouted, “What are you doing here, Blake?” Blake answered, “I got this new game and this huge hand grabbed me.” “Wow!” said Justin, “that’s exactly what happened to me!!” “So let’s start the game”, said Blake. So they went left, up, right, but just couldn’t find the exit.

Blake remembered that his year 3 teacher had said, “If you can’t find it, take a step back!” So they took a step back and saw an exit. The exit was clear, so they ran to the exit, but suddenly they got pushed by a reaper with 100 health. Justin and Blake were terrified and they ran for their lives. Blake used his creativity and made a cannon that did 50 damage. Justin was smart and made a bow and arrow that did 100 damage and finally they beat the boss. Blake and Justin highfived and shouted, “Yeah!”, as they walked through the exit and went back.

By Jano