Pirate Adventure Writing

One fine day on the ocean, Princess Pirate was kidnapped by Mr Googley-eyes from her pirate ship, the Kingdom. Princess Pirate was kind and beautiful and married to King Jolly. King Jolly had a chicken called Jet. Jet saw Mr Googley-eyes kidnap Princess Pirate so he flew after the jet-boat as fast as his fluffy wings could fly. Unfortunately the jet-boat was too fast for Jet and he lost sight of them. Jet looked around for a safe place to rest. He landed on an island with a cave. Inside the cave lived Batman!
Jet begged Batman to help him save Princess Pirate. He clucked and clucked and pecked at Batman's feet. To get away from Jet's sharp beak Batman got in his Bat-plane and flew away. Jet the chicken got in the Bat-plane too, because he thought Batman was helping him rescue the princess.
Batman flew over Mr Googley-eyes jet-boat. Jet the chicken jumped up and started flapping in Batman's face. Batman couldn't see. Batman accidentally pushed the button that released the escape ladder.
Princess Pirate could see Batman's plane from the jet-boat and thought he had dropped the ladder to rescue her. So, she kicked Mr Googley-eyes overboard and grabbed the ladder.
Batman was very grumpy with Jet the chicken and Princess Pirate catching a ride on his Bat-plane, so he took them back to the Kingdom and dropped them off. King Jolly was upset that Batman didn't stay for the party to celebrate his brave rescue of Princess Pirate, so sent Batman some chocolate cake in the mail.
Unfortunately, Batman was allergic to eggs.
By Keala, Isaac, Jed and Ollie.

Cricket

A man, called James, came to Springston School today and he taught us about cricket. First, he showed us how you catch. You make a basket with your hands and when you catch the ball in the basket, you close it and tuck it into your chest. We had throw the ball and then quickly touch the ground and clap before catching it again. James showed us how to how to hit the ball with the cricket bat. You use the flat side of the bat and hit it. By Isaac.

Isaac & Logan love rugby!

As part of our inquiry into Kiwiana culture, we have been bringing objects from home to share.

Last week Isaac and Logan both brought rugby balls! Isaac has a special World Cup 2011 rugby ball and Logan has a special Canterbury Crusaders rugby ball. Both of the boys play rugby for our local club on the weekends and they are big fans of our national team, the All Blacks!

Rugby came to New Zealand with colonists from England nearly 150 years ago. Way back in 1888 the first New Zealand Native team travelled to England to play. 99 years later New Zealand won the very first Rugby World Cup tournament!

Thank you Isaac & Logan for sharing your taonga with us!

Crafty Kids!

Craft day was fantastic! Click on a photo in the spiral to zoom in...

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On Friday it was craft day at Springston School. I loved craft day. The best thing was buying stuff and the second thing was buying lemonade from Aria. It was at the court but my family didn’t have a shop. By Sam.

On craft day I made a spider and a picture of my dad at work and I made a thinga-ma-bob and a rocket and this is what happened at school. By Tessa.

I came third in my treat. It was fun. Cookies and cream flavoured ice-cream. It was yummy. By Kenzie.

On Friday it was craft day. I made a paper boat and I made a nature sculpture. By Campbell.

Today I made a tower with Lego and I made people. By Jed.

On craft day I made a sand saucer. It came first. Estelle’s came fourth. I did a vegetable object and it came first as well. By Bridget.

On craft day I made pancakes. It is delicious in my lunchbox and it was fun. By Keala.

I like craft day. I got a 1st and I got a 2nd. I love craft day. By Molly.

I caught goldfish. I caught goldfish from a river at the front of our hut. By Isaac.

I was selling my mum’s fudge and lots of people came to our market and I got a whole bag of sherbet and a purple lollipop and jelly. Yum yum yum! My egg is awesome and it rocks and I got first place for it. By Raewyn.

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