Congratulations to Frances S who receives a Certificate of Commendation for her poem "War Storm" which she submitted to the Never Such Innocence Charity Poetry Competition, which marked the centenary of the First World War. Well done, Frances. 

Extension Writing: May-June 2017

Congratulations to the following children for their successes in poetry writing: 

 Lucy Botherway for her poem "The Lost Kitten" 

Aaron K for his poem "Autumn Leaves", published on the NZ Poetry Box website; 

 Irene K for her poem "If I were Tiny"  

Amy R for her poem "The Dream", published in the Otago Daily Times Extra! June magazine; Aaron K for his poem "The Cliff" 

Eliza M for her poem “Puddle”, published in the Toitoi 8 Journal of Young Writers and Illustrators. 

 Wonderful effort from these writers.

Global Issues Problem Solving (FPS)

Congratulations to both Year 6 competitive teams who recently completed the FPS booklet on the topic of “Space Junk”. Team One of Jayden P, Fynn O, Irene K and Charlie G were awarded certificates of excellence for “”Excellent Problem Solving”. Team Two of Liam H, Frances S, Emma E and Maddox Hmembers were awarded certificates for “Outstanding Problem Solving”. Well done to both teams.

Canterbury Spelling Quiz 2017

Last Wednesday four Fendalton Primary spelling quiz teams from Years 5-6 competed in the Canterbury Spelling Quiz 2017 at Clearview School in Rolleston, against 53 other teams from Christchurch schools. Team members were Johnny B, Vaibhavi P, Jake B, Xenia P, Liam H, Frankie S, Phoebe D, Irene K, Oliver H, Emmanuel C, Aaron K and Minah K. All teams did incredibly well with great results. Special congratulations to the team of Irene, Oliver and Phoebe who gained third equal place with a score of 94 out of 100.

The Dream - by Amy Rondel

Bright colourful lights
Shooting through the air
Darting round and round
Well I see love everywhere
Singing, dancing all around
Hopping, jumping round and round
Butterflies, birds, crickets too,
Flying, jumping,
Whatever they want to do.
If I were Tiny I would… by Irene Kim
If I were tiny I would
Sleep on a doll house’s bed
If I were tiny I would
Swim in a cup.
If I were tiny I would
Sing along with birds.
If I were tiny I would
Rest on leaves
Reading tiny books.

• The Cliff - by Aaron Kwak
  

I am a cliff.
I look over the scenery
of the river
and see the mountains
towering over me.
I feel like tumbling
in the water.
The mist from the mountains
covers me.
I disappear
from sight.