Author's Corner
In Kōwhai we have so many amazing writers. We are so proud of the creative and imaginative ideas that our tamariki come up with. We have been focussing on narrative writing based on fairy tales.
Beccy's whānau group have been writing similes:
The man was as tall as a big bus. - Noah
The slender man was as tall as a giraffe. - India
The girl was eating a donut like a pig! - London
The penguins beak is as strong as a tusk. Skye.
Nelson the newborn baby elephant's legs are as wobbly as jelly. - Rosa.
The slender man was as tall as Hogwarts School. - Otis
The knife was as sharp as a needle. - Keanu.
The sky leopard climbed the Eiffel Tower like a spider. Wyatt
The dragon was as strong as 100 men. Lacie
The slender man was as tall as the Eiffel Tower. -Isabelle
One frosty morning two girls were out for a walk but Stella couldn't find her purple earmuffs. "Stephanie, did you take my earmuffs?"
"No!" said Stephanie suspiciously.
"Come on, I know you took them, just give them back then we can go for our walk." said Stella.
"Ok fine, but can you buy me some purple earmuffs?" asked Stephanie.
"Ok fine!"
"Nice" said Stephanie.
"Can you get them now?"
"No, not right now we need to go for our walk."
"Ok," said Stephanie.
Twenty minutes later Stella and Stephanie were at the forest. They started walking through it when suddenly…
Written by Hannah and Summer
Maori and Europeans both navigated the seven seas but they didn't use the same objects.
Fact one. Europeans used sextants. A sextant is a tool to navigate.
Fact two. Maori used the stars.
They both used sea currents.They even used the waves.
By Valli
Puff the penguin is a blue penguin with a purple bow on top of her head. She has sparkly flippers and feet and she has blue eyes that sparkle in the sunlight. Puff loves to wear her pink and black roller skates ,with green laces . She is always in a happy mood and loves to play games and talk. Puff is as smart as einstein and can read as fast as sonic the hedgehog. In winter she always grabs buckets of ice to make a bigger and better house for the puddles family.
by Frida with help from Summer