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Hip Hop Hoiho

We tried playing around with some sound effects and now we sound like the Chipmunks lol. Didn't mean to cut off  / fade in at the start. Enjoy!

Seal Nursery

In the holidays, we got to see a very special place. Just off State Highway 1 on the Kaikoura Coast, we walked into the bush for five minutes, following a stream. In the stream underneath a waterfall was a nursery of baby seals. Many were frolicking in the water, some were sleeping on the rocks and they were all so cute! Their mothers leave them there (in a safe place) while they go hunting in the sea during the day. I felt so lucky to see such free wildlife. It was magic!

Below are two videos I took (using our classroom digital camera), trying to capture some of that magic.

Mr M :)

Adrian the Bird

Adrian is the newest member of Room 18. His camp animal is a bird. He used MS Paint to turn his photo into an Adrian / bird hybrid for our learning buddy wall. Well done Adrian!

Mr M :)

Baby Crickets

On Sunday we found some baby crickets on our back lawn and there were hundreds of them. They were everywhere! Every time I took a step, heaps of them bounced out of the way. Here's a couple of pictures of them.

By Katherine

Cheetah

Cheetah I'm waiting for you!

The Deer are fat and juicy.

The grass is tall and thick.

I hope you can come,

Can't wait to see you.

From Lion

By James

Zoo Poem

Mum, what are we going to see at the zoo?

Will we see an anteater, eating ants?

Or a big beetle, burning its belly?

A chimpanzee, calling a cow?

Or maybe a deer, dashing from the dark trees?

Is it an elephant, exchanging trunks from a tree?

A fox, forgetting that he couldn't fly?

A giraffe, giving a goose to a girl?

A hippo, helping a hissing snake from the water?

I bet it's a jaguar, jumping across a jiggly rock?

What about a kangaroo, kissing a baby kiwi?

Just get in the car or else we're going to be late!

Is it a lion, lurking around the landscape?

I love monkeys that make themselves mad

Are we going to see an orang-utan, opening its orange?

Maybe a panda, peeling a potato

A rhino, raging to the round rocks?

Sit down and put your seatbelt on, now!

A snake separating a spinach?

How about a tiger, talking to its tail?

Are we going to see a wolf, wearing a wig?

I think we're going to see a yak, yelling at a yo-yo

A zebra zooming around the zoo?

Yay, finally we're at the zoo!!!

Be quiet, don't shout in the car!!!

You're the one who's shouting…

Why is our car full of wild animals?

Mum, where are the animals at the zoo?

By: Suitte

Tiger

I sat there, slumped on my cold desk, staring out the classroom window. The same old teachers' orders, deafening to the ear. Yet out the window, an amazing sight met my eyes. A Tiger sat there, staring into my eyes mysteriously in the shadowy, damp jungle. Birds take flight at the sight of its burning eyes. It wades in the murky water, head hung high with pride, stripes as hypnotizing as the moon. Trees stand high above gazing down below.

Then, crack! There was a yelp. A cold dead silence filled the air. The menacing tiger fell to the ground, its blood glistening sickly crimson in the sunlight. I take one last glance into its fiery eyes as it has its last breath and farewells the earth.

As I choke back my tears, soon enough I have to return to the real world. I open my eyes to see my teacher staring back at me. "Sleeping in class are we?" she barks. "Detention now!!!"

By Jesse

As the sun pours into my class

As the sun pours into my class it's like I'm in a jungle riding on a dog called
Annie.

Half way through the jungle she stops to have a drink. Then we're on the road again. After two minutes she heard a sound and she recognised it. 2 hours through the jungle she smells some of her favourite treats that smell like lollies.

Then she senses some hunters coming and she runs to the river. When she reaches the edge of the river, she slips in the mud. Then splashing, she starts to doggy paddle.

Some time later she hears a waterfall. So she turns around and paddles so fast she comes to the shore.

By Harrison

I’m a Tiger!!

Here I am at school sitting on the mat. It's a beautiful day outside and I'm ruining it by sitting here. I only have one life this is no dress rehearsal. Any way I'll stop groaning and get to the exciting part…

Suddenly our teacher split in two and became a tree. Whoa what the!? Then the mat became a grassy clearing and all the other kids became trees and bushes…Um… either my eyes are playing tricks on me or this is my worst nightmare ever.

"WHAT! Did I just say nightmare?! Who am I kidding? This is the best day of my life!!" I shouted out loud. Then the door opens well more like a tree and in stepped Mr Wigglenose (our principal). He opened his mouth to say something but like every one else he went "CRACK!" And there in front of me was a gorilla.

"Well that's some improvement!" I giggled. The principal was extremely angry for he started to jump about fuming with anger. Then he charged away into the jungle.

Then I happened to look down - I had paws! And they were striped orange and black. I was on my hands and knees. I pounced and yes I said pounced over to a little pond… I looked in to see not a face of a boy but a tiger. "OH NO!" I groaned "OH NO OH NO OH NO! I'm a tiger!"

Then something strange happened. A familiar voice said "wake up Christian it's interval time."

By Christian

We will miss you Sid

The flight of Sid

Propelled by feathered wings,

Gliding

Flapping

Swooping.

Sawing on thin air,

Gliding towards the clouds

Cockatiels flying towards their destinations.

By Nick

Whaling

WHALING IN NEW ZEALAND

Did you know whaling was once big business in New Zealand?

Whaling was big back in 1791 because there were heaps of whales and they killed about 50,000 a year.

Why were whales hunted?

Whales were hunted for their Baleen which was used for corsets and whips. Ambergris was an ingredient in the expensive perfumes. Oil was used for lamps and machinery.

Ship and shore whaling

There were two ways to catch whales.

• Ship whaling:
  The earliest whaling was done from ships, when the lookout spotted a whale in the sea he sent a boat to sail after it and they armed with harpoons and big powerful men and when they caught the whale they cut the blubber off with sharp whaling spades.
  
  
• Shore whaling:
  When the lookouts on shore saw a whale, the gangs of men jumped into their boats and rowed after it. They would harpoon the whale and drag it back to shore.
  
  
  

  Conclusion
  
  

  Not many people kill whales now because they are endangered, but the Japanese still do it. But they have big fancy boats and they catch two at a time.
  

  
  

  
  Report by Jackson, whaling boat by Jackson, Jamie & Nick; green-fluke whale by Campbell & Travis; blue whale by Caitlin M.

Running with the mob

Running with the mob

Balanced by striking red tails-

Bobbing,

Hurtling,

Bounding.

Loud thumping echoes through the dry, orange landscape of the outback.

Kangaroos,

Running with the mob.

By Morgan

BUG HUNT

As Dryden and I slowly walked like turtles out to the back of the field, I thought to myself what would we find? Maybe butterflies, moths even pray mantises!
Eventually we got to the back of the field there was a crowd of people surrounding the great spot, the spider zone. I did not even dare to go near because I hate spiders and I did not wont to go to bug court for trespassing .
As we walk away from the crowd I saw something from the corner it was glimmering in the sunlight - it was a tile. I used all my strength to pick it up. I saw a little slater scurry across the dirt I slammed my jar right on top of it, it rolled into a mini ball
That’s when I realised I just kidnapped a slater. I definitely knew I was going to bug court for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Hollie