Icing Christmas biscuits

I made biscuits and I put icing on them. I drew a Christmas tree and a star. We had the colours yellow, purple, blue, red and pink.

By Mina

Icing Christmas biscuits

On Tuesday we made biscuits and I put icing on. I made a star and a present. I drew with the icing pens. I used green and blue and pink and purple and yellow. It was fun.

By So Won

We've been icing biscuits!

Our sandcastle

On Monday I made a sandcastle with fine brown sand. On the top we put four long and skinny sticks. We decorated it with white and orange stripy shells to make the sandcastle look pretty. I made the sandcastle with Natsuko and Jennifer.

Our sandcastle

On Monday I made a sandcastle in the sand pit.  The sandcastle had many shells and sticks.  The shells were bumpy, stripy and round.  The sticks were long and straight.

Our sandcastle

On Monday I made a sandcastle with Ji won and Natsuko. We made one big sandcastle together. Our sandcastle was made out of grey, dry sand. We decorated the sandcastle with bumpy, white shells.

Our sandcastles

We made sandcastles in the sandpit and wrote stories about them. Our goal was to use different sentence starters.

I made a sandcastle. There are three sticks on the top. At the bottom are some shells. Jason








My sandcastle has white shells on it. It has some sticks on the top. Yea Jin










My sandcastle has shells on it. It has sticks on the top. Amelie








I put some white shells on my sandcastle. I put some sticks on it. Laiba

Our sandcastle

Last week we made a sandcastle in the sandpit. Our goal was to write a story about our sandcastle using two describing words. Here are our stories:
We made a sandcastle. I put lots of white shells in a circle shape. Eric

I built a sandcastle with round shells. I put five long sticks on the top. Marcus

We made a sandcastle with white shells on it. I put a big pieces of bark on it. Thomas

The Library

I went to the Library yesterday.
The picture books are on the bottom shelf.
I can borrow a book from Desna.
She is the Librarian.
I like reading some picture books at the Library.

Library books

I have been learning about the library. I saw some Korean books in the ESOL box. I can borrow these books from the Librarian. I like to look at the picture books.

Culture Club

Keen Culture Clubbers play Byesepp (Swiss card game).
Pictured are Ji Won, Natsuko, Moss, Jacob and Maddison all from Room 7.

Rhyming words

We are learning to write words that have the same ending. Today we are writing words that rhyme with hen.

At the Mall

At the Mall, I ate a hot dog. Yummy! It was chewy.
By Rohaan

The Horse Race

On Saturday and Sunday my mom, sister, little sister and I went Nelson and Hanmer Springs.
I went there for a horse race.
First I had to do horse jumping and then the horse had to walk carefully.
After that the horse had to run fast.
So I was lucky and I got the trophy.
It was really exciting because it was my second horse race.
By Soo Hong

At the Mall

At the Mall, I went to the movies and I bought Go-gos. My go-gos were red, orange and blue.
By Shion

At the Mall

At the Mall I bought an airplane. I had a hair cut at the Mall. I didn't like my hair cut.
By David

At the Mall

At the Mall, I bought a Go-go and at the Mall I went to the movies. I ate lollies and I ate popcorn. I enjoyed it.
By Raphael

Synonyms

Today at ESOL we learned about Synonyms. Synonyms have the same meaning.

Learning about synonyms

Today on the 27th of October at ESOL I learnt about synonyms. I had to do a piece of paper about them.
I learnt that synonyms means if you have a word say, big you look for a word that means the same like giant/large. Synonyms always mean the same. If you use synonyms in your writing your writing will be much better.

Learning Synonyms

Today I learned about Synonyms.Synonyms have the same meanings but are different words.I like learning about Synonyms beacause they make reading and writing exciting.

Synonyms

I am learning about Synonyms. Big and huge are Synonyms.

Synonyms

Today I learnt about synonyms! Synonyms are the words that mean the same the thing.
For example, okay and good are synonyms.

Synonyms

Today I learnt about Synonyms. Synonyms are words that mean the same thing. E.g
big and giant are Synonyms.

At the Mall

At the Mall I tried to put on my shoes and my foot didn't fit in. Then I went to the Food Court. I ate a hamburger. It was bad because it had vegetables in it. I put the paper in the bin. I went to my house and sat on the sofa. By Louie

At the Mall I went shopping. I ate a hamburger. It was yummy because I like hamburgers. I drank Cola. I like going to the Mall. By Yusuke

My sleepover

Grace came to my house for a sleepover. She ate some cornflakes. We played with the cooking set.

By Mina

My sleepover

Grace came to my house for a sleepover. She ate some cornflakes. We played with the cooking set.

By Mina

Rhyming words

We read a book called 'A dragon in a wagon'. We thought of some sentences using rhyming words then illustrated these.

A cat on a mat. Amelie











A goat on a boat. Marcus










A mouse in a house. Thomas










A bear with no hair. Eric

Rhyming words

We read a book called 'A dragon in a wagon'. Ae thought of some sentences using rhyming words then illustrated these.


A duck in a truck. Laiba









A fish on a dish. Jason










A frog on a log. Ye Jin

The Wonky Donkey

The Wonky Donkey has three legs and he has one eye. He is a hairy donkey. He is smelly. The wonky donkey likes country music. He listens to the CD player with his earphones. In the morning he drinks coffee for breakfast. He likes to eat everything like pants on the washing line.

By Jennifer

The Wonky Donkey

The Wonky Donkey is tall and skinny. He is brown and he has three legs. The Wonkey Donkey is smelly. He likes country music. He wears some headphones on his head. He likes to drink coffee.

By Natsuko

The Wonky Donkey

The wonky donkey is good looking but he only has three legs and one eye. He is a tall and thin donkey. He is brown and has long hair. He smells bad. The wonky donkey likes country music. He wears headphones on his head. He likes to drink coffee for breakfast. His naughty because he eats pants off the washing line.

By Ji Won

Green group and apostrophes

Ryan said, " I am thinking about where the apostrophe should go". "We have been learning about apostrophes and we learnt that we don't put apostrophes when there is a plural word", said Aron. Jee Sung said, " I think it's hard because there are some tricky one like 'you're' which is short for 'you are'."

The Wonky Donkey

Today we listened to a song called 'The Wonky Donkey' by Craig Smith. We wrote about the donkey. Our goal was to use the word 'and' in our story to join two ideas. Here are our stories . . .

The donkey has three legs and he likes to drink coffee. Marcus










The donkey has sunglasses on his face and he is stinky. Thomas










The donkey has one eye and he is eating the pants. Eric

Green group writing about rhyming words

Louie said, "I am writing words that end with -og". Yusuke said, "I am making a sentence with words that have -og".

The Wonky Donkey

Today we listened to a song called 'The Wonky Donkey' by Craig Smith. We wrote about the donkey. Our goal was to use the word 'and' in our story to join two ideas. Here are our stories . . .


The donkey likes to drink coffee and he is smelly. He is a naughty donkey. Jason









The donkey has three legs and he is naughty. Amelie











The donkey is smelly and he has one leg. The donkey likes to drink coffee. Yea JIn








The donkey has one eye and he like to listen to music. He likes to drink coffee. Laiba

Go Go Group plays Bingo

We are playing bingo to help us learn and remember important English words.

Rhyming word sentences

We have been learning about rhyming words. We wrote some funny sentences about farm animals using rhyming words . . .

Samuel:
The goat wearing a coat did float in boat.
A goose got trapped in a noose with a moose who was on the loose.

Moiz:
The big pig wearing a wig did a jig.
The duck got stuck in the muck by the truck.

Stephanie:
The funny bunny had a lot of money to buy runny honey on a day that was sunny.
THe cow said wow to the sow right now.

Rainbow group learning about apostrophes

We are learning use apostrophes. Yoon Seok said, "I use apostrophes to make words shorter". "I use apostrophes to show belonging", said Chris. Tae Hun said, "I am practising using apostrophes". Chris K. said, "It is good to use apostrophes in a paragraph to show belonging". "We played a game using apostrophes. I learnt that apostrophes show belonging", said Noa.

My picnic

I am having a picnic. I am eating a cookie. I am sitting on the blanket. My Mum is eating an apple.

By Mina

My picnic

I am having a picnic. I am eating a cookie. I am eating a banana.

By Marcus

My picnic

I am having a picnic with my family. I am eating a cookie. I am eating a sandwich.

By Amelie

My picnic

My family is having a picnic. I am eating a nut.

By Eric