Real World Writing  

See below some examples of Trade Me adverts written to sell interesting items. Have you been convinced that you need to bid on the auctions?!

Bottle of Vintage Air. Unopened since 1950! 

Sick of breathing today's air? Then let me take you back to 1950, it’s Vintage Air in a jar. It has been meticulously looked after every year. It has been taken off the shelf, polished and turned a little bit to prevent wear and tear, there is no dust or anything on it. Worried about being a second hand owner? Don’t worry, nobody’s actually owned it. If you have any questions or queries please don’t hesitate to message us at aysha@secondhandstuff.com

Aysha Henderson

Mystery Box - You’ll never know unless you try! 

This mystery box is suitable for anyone in this entire universe. It could be colourful, magical it could even be $1,000,000. But you have to buy it first. A mysterious box for a mysterious person, who will get it first? You never know, it could help you in your life. It is the first one made and you could be the first one to own one. I hope you buy so you can reach for the sky. This box could give you something when you are in need, or perhaps a puppy of very special breed. Buy this box before another is made, it could be an animal or even lemonade. So buy this box or you will never know, how far, or deep it truly goes! 

Zara Munro

Buzz Lightyear Carrot

Is your child too fussy to eat vegetables? Are you tired of sneaking veggies into their food? Well worry no more with this all new Buzz Lightyear Carrot! Your child will scoff this down faster than the speed of light, and when they are done they will travel galaxies for more of this tasty snack! It also doubles as an action figure for little Jimmy to play with after dinner.

LIMITED TIME OFFER - If you purchase 3 Buzz Lightcarrots, you also get the Lightyear Cookbook and the Exclusive Woody Carrot as a bonus! (sale ends soon, hurry!)

Daniel Doyle

Number Talks

We begin our Numeracy sessions with Number Talks where students work in small groups to solve a posed question that has multiple ways to be answered. Groups discuss their thinking and share their ideas with each other. 

Cordell - I like doing the problems in Number Talks because I get to work with my friends. I like that we can talk about the problem and help each other solve it. 

Harley - Number Talks is fun because we learn new things. Sometimes the problems are really hard but when working in a group we can help each other.  

What number carpark is the car parked in?

Technology

Issy - I am in Food Technology at the moment. It is interesting to learn about different tricks when you are cooking, it has made me think about what I have been doing wrong. 

Emma - In Science we have been looking at bugs through the microscopes. I found it interesting because some of them were very cool to look at and some of them were very yucky.