Kelly Tarltons

                    Kelly Tarltons

“Hurry up! Get in line!” Screeched the teacher as we all piled into the bus. The bus started with a big bang then  we headed off. I Glanced over at the window to see the beautiful sights. Our chattering made the bus sound  as loud as a cage of giant elephants. Suddenly silence fell over the bus,we were there.

Have you ever slept with the sharks before? That’s what we were planning to do at Kelly Tarlton’s.             We stumbled in like a bunch of big fat rhinos. There stood a man with snowy white hair also wearing fine looking clothes with the politest smile. We went silent as he stood in front of us. He was so still he was a statue. “Hello class my name is Jacob” He announced with a bold voice. “Come this way” He said with a sway bellow voice. We walked in silence following him.

Thump! Thump! Our feet banged on the ground like a jumble of giant clashing boulders. The roof above us was a clear tank full of vicious sharks, deep-blue stingrays and cute jellyfish. A light blue shadow flicked by me. “What was that!”I said in shock but no one took any notice of me. I was the invisible man. We carried on down the huge hall.                                        

After we got into our sleeping bags we tried to fall asleep but the passing sharks kept throwing ghostly shadows that haunted the night. I couldn’t sleep. All I could think about was the shark tank braking and munching on us. Finally after a very long long night It was time to go home so we packed up and headed to the bus. "GoodBye! 342 Thank You!" We yelled and hopped into the bus.

 

Moment In time Recount

This is an activity we did when we were learning how to do similes and metaphors.

Something I think I have done well  is my similes.

Next time I think I could improve by doing a little bit more metaphors.

Ka kite ano

Here is my work.

A new digital learning object.

Kia ora
This week we have been trailing how to use Storyboard-That as a digital learning tool.
We had to create a vocabulary storyboard based on the book The Anzac Puppy.
I chose to create most of my images from the internet, but creating my cartoon images was fun too.
Here is my work.
I love working on Storyboard-That!

Fractions

Kia ora

This is an activity we did when we were learning how to do improper and simplify fractions.

Something I think I have done well  is with the simplifying fractions.

Next time I think I could improve by learning more about improper fractions.

Ka kite ano

Narrative Writing

Kia ora

This is an activity we did when we were learning how to write narratives

Something I think I have done well  is how I described what the children do to change the world.

Next time I think I could improve by describing the characters a bit more

Ka kite ano

Seasons Of The Year

Once long, long ago when the world was young and had no night or day there lived four loving children.These children were special to the world, They could change the world.Their names were Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. Summer was the oldest out of his siblings so he went first, Summer made the world hot like a burning desert with no rain to be seen. But, Autumn did not like the hot so she decided to take over.  Autumn made the days just the right temperature but she made the trees’ leaves fall down and get whisked away with the whispering breeze.  Winter became furious because there were no leaves on the trees for her to put snowy hats on, so she thought she deserved to take over Autumn’s place. Winter made the world cold and silent with snowy hats on trees and little snowflakes flooding the world.

Lastly, little Spring who loved her older siblings wanted to make the world not too hot and not too cold for Autumn and Summer.  After the cold winter days, Little Spring thought to bring light and joy to the world so she made the flowers bob up and out of their cold holiday and into their new environment of warm sunlight. She made the breeze whisper softly on the glistening glossy green rich grass on the countryside.

Cricket

Kia ora

This is an activity we did when we were learning how to bowl in cricket.

Something I think I have done well is my windmill - when you go to throw the ball you but the hand that has the ball in it and but it down at your thigh but the other foot up and aim at the sky with your other hand and then spin your hand at the target and then throw the ball.

Next time I think I could improve by aiming more at the target instead of the side.

Ka kite ano

Summer Swims

Summer Swims.

Here is my first poem/story for 2017

My brother Buster leapt through the cold, breaking waves.

Swooosh, Went the sea as it knocked he and I over.

We glided through the cold salty water,

It breathed over my body like a cold ghost,.

While the sun shone happily on our faces.

Close by, big, white, boats bobbed happily,

This Had to be The Best kiwi summer ever.

Splish! Splash!Slop!

Went my cold sandy feet scattering the hot golden sand.

Eeeerrrr!!!

Out of the water it was freezing

I walked to Mum whinging while she held out a pink and orange stripy towel.

Mum wrapped the towel and her arms around me and squeezed me so I got warm and snug.

I pushed out one arm out of my towel so I could eat,

And took three big bites of Mum’s delicious ham sammies.

I jumped out of my towel and sprinted back to the water.

In one big SPLASH  I was fully drenched again.

I love Summer Swims!!!
By Dulcie Wilton  Feb 2017