Chinese tea trays

I liked painting the branches with white paint. Jason
I liked doing the golden flowers on the branches. Yea Jin
I liked the golden flowers on the branches. Laiba

My sleepover

On Monday I went to Fun Club. We made some bags and we played Guess Who? Then I went to pick my big brother up from school. At night my Mum, Moiz, Ibrahim and me had a sleepover at Rohaan's house. Five days we stayed there. We went under the table because there was an earthquake. It was very boring under the table.

The ESOL party

We had an ESOL party in the Village. My Mum came too. My favourite game was pin the tail on the donkey because you had to wear a blindfold and pin the tail on the donkey's bottom.

The Fox and the Crane

We are learning to retell stories using different sentence beginnings and conjunctions. Today we read the story of The Fox and the Crane. We retold the story with a partner using puppets.

"I enjoyed the puppets because it was fun." Yea Jin
"It was great that we got to have turns doing both parts." Rohaan

"We made the story up." Laiba
"I did some talking with the puppets." Jason

Rona and the Moon

It was night time. The moon was shining. Rona walked to the spring to get some water for her little children. The naughty moon was hiding behind the cloud. The sky was dark and Rona fell down. Rona felt sad. She said "You are a silly moon." The moon caught Rona and pulled her up into the sky. Now she lives in the moon.

The Hangi

On friday the year two little children held a hangi on the field. A hangi is a fire in a hole in the ground. Mr Page cooked some carrots and potatoes. It was yummy.

Playing at Rohaan's house

On Saturday I went to Rohaan's home. I jumped on the bed and I did a flip. Rohaan's Mum gave me a cookie ice-cream.

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

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

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

My car

My car has a bird on it. It has some balloons at the bottom.

By Laiba

Kiwi's Bar Graph

Last week we made a bar graph to show the number of people in our families. Today we wrote some sentences about the results:

Yea Jin has the most people in her family. Laiba

David, Jason and Mrs Williams have the least people in their family. David

David has less people in his family than Laiba. Jason

Yea Jin has more people in her family than Jason. Yea Jin

Laiba and Raphael have the same number of people in their famiy. Raphael

Kiwi group - learning about action words (verbs)

Raphael - We have been wriggling our noses.
Yea Gin - We have been wriggling our toes and singing.
Laiba - We have been clapping our hands.
Jason - We have been turning around.
David - We have been stamping our feet.

Kiwi group holiday writing

"I played at home with my baby. I am happy." - David
"I am playing Hula Hula with my baby." - Laiba
"I am at Tekapo. I am on the slide. I am happy." - Jason
"I am playing with Jee Sung and baby at home." - Yea Gin
"I went to the shop. I bought a magazine. It was really cool." - Raphael

Yellow Group - Elgrego visit

Today I saw a magic show. I like the turtle. - Andy
On Wednesday, I went to Elgrego. I like the lion. - Jason
Today I saw Elgrego. I liked the grey mouse. - Laiba
I liked the mouse. I liked the lion. - Yea Gin