Mr Shadow

Why did he have to be different to the others? Thrusting his head in the air, the Shadow decided that the search was on.  He knew that he wasn’t like the other shadows and he needed to find a better place to be. He stepped out into the darkness.

His eyes were drooping down as he walked really smooth and slow.  He didn't  think he should be there.  His long skinny body moved silently through the dark village. It is a mystery where he is supposed to be.

Suddenly, out of the night sky, a warm and cheerful light glowed. He thought this might be what he was looking for. 

The big stones were hard to climb over but when he got up there were big tall towers of books in the room.  His bright face gasped when he saw the library.  He thought it was a place he should keep a secret.

Slowly the candle moves in shyness into her shoulder.  She flutters her eyes like fairy dust. Suddenly out of the darkness a man came and blew out the candle.  Mr Shadow came back and lay collapsed next to the candle. 

Smoke was dancing from the candle and then it fell like a ballerina.  She had became a shadow like him.  When he looked at her, he fell in love.   They became the best of friends.    

By Bella 9 years old

The shadow finds a friend

A stream of light shines out of the window that breaks the dark shadows.

The shadow struggles up huge steps.  He doesn’t give up.  He creeps through the moonlight towards the light.  

Giant piles of books are standing tall making him gasp with surprise.

He saw that the light  was shining through the window that was lighting up the room.  Her face was glowing like the sun.  She was very shy.  This is what he was looking for.

The candle goes out and he hugs the candle but she turned into a shadow too.

By Josh D 9 Years old

Before Sunrise

The shadow was worried that if he stayed, he’d turn bad like them!  He decided to step out into the dark world.

The Shadow  looks like an alien with shiny white eyes. As he stands above the city, the crater painted moon matched his eyes.  After a loge time walking, the Shadow’s eye  was caught by a glowing light out of a little window. He wants to go and have a look at what is making the light.

He went sneaking through the dark streets.  He climbed huge steps into the building.  His face gasped in shock.  There were many books in tall towers.  He had to keep it a secret because it was a treasure to him. 

In front of the moon was a shimmering candle.  Her face blushed pink as the shadow crept closer.  She looked away and shimmered her eyes.  The Shadow was in love.

The Shadow saw the old man blow out the living candle and his heart raced and pounded.    He hugged the dark candle with a tear in his eyes.  The smoke danced dramatically above his head and a new shadow was born.  He look up in amazement.  She was still alive.

By Josh G  9 Years

Year 4 Sports Spectacular

Yesterday the Yr 3 and 4s went down to Lincoln University and got to try out lots of different sports! It was a great day and everyone had fun. Below is a photopeach and some of our favourite moments.

Regan: My favourite part was the hockey because we had a good team. We won 8 - 0.

Sarah: My favourite part was the athletics because it was a bit of a challenge.

Isaac R: My favourite part was the soccer because I scored all the goals.

Maya: I liked netball because we had lots of good team mates and there were lots of challenges.

Anonymous: I liked hockey because we used teamwork.

William: I liked hockey because my team was really good and we worked together well.

Jess: My favourite part was netball because I play it and this gave me extra practise.

Chloe M-K: My favourite part was soccer because we had great friendly team mates.

The Shadow gets a friend

A glowing clock-face shines out of the shadows.  The ticking wakes the silent village.  It ticks through the night as the clouds move slowly.  The village looks like it is made from giant gingerbread houses with pointy roofs that are iced with sparkles like stars.

In the centre of the courtyard silently stands the soldier angel waiting for danger.

Hiding in the darkness are a group of hunched naughty shadows, all except for one.  His eyes light up from the shimmering moon.  His face looks depressed hiding in the dark shadows as he watches the

others.  

Surely there is something more to life than this thinks the shadow as he steps out into the night.

After many hours walking he stops and stares at the glimmering light as it shines its way through the window.  The alien loses energy as he climbs step by step. He walked in the room and glazed at the golden books as the books shimmered over him. A noise made him run and bumped into the most amazing thing, a candle. Her eyes flutter as she flirts. Golden sparkles run down her eyes. The alien leans to touch her but he gets burnt. He turns around and leaves thinking, “Why, Why? I thought you were the one!” runs along then stares pipe and stairs at the window. 

The man wakes up and blows out the candle. The alien runs back thinking, “I hope it’s not to late.” He finally gets there.  She does a shimmering dance in the air and...becomes one of them. They are now together.

by Jess 8 years old

Team skills on camp

Team skills on camp

Maaori vowel sounds

This is the cool song we tried at assembly on Friday and as you asked, I have posted it on our blog for us to use.  Let's give it a go and get those vowel sounds right when we speak Te Reo.

Counting to 10 Chant - in Maaori

Learn the actions to help you remember the numbers.  This gets them stuck in your brain and is great if you like being active when you learn.  The actions really help when you need to count backwards. 
How fast can we get?

Before Sunrise - Sam

Surely there is something more interesting in life than just sitting here watching these shadows being naughty? Then the shadow got up and walked away.

A dark clock-face stands tall and still as the stars twinkle in the night sky. The white shining angel stands guard over the village as they rest. The roof tiles shine in the darkness. The clock face is shining out of the enveloping shadows. The houses are beautiful and have curly whirly doors. 

The bright, glowing moon lights up the little mans droopy, white eyes. The stars in the background light up. His long, floppy, squiggly aerial wiggles in the spiral moonlight and his white, lonely looking eyes light up bright. His long face looks to me a bit like a tadpole. His skinny legs take him a long way.

A glow of golden light bursts out of the two library doors and shines out into the distance. Creeping through the moonlight, he struggles to get up the stairs of the library. A gasp escapes his mouth. Huge piles of books surround him. He is drawn in by the warm, golden, glowing light he sees from outside.

On the table stands a bright, glowing faced candle. She flutters golden diamonds as they twinkle to the ground. He tries to kiss her but is burnt by her flame and goes to the roof top. 

He looks down at his burn and feels the candle die as the librarian blows her out. The shadow gasps, widens his eyes and runs over to collapse at the base of the candle. 

A few seconds later he discovers that there is something behind him. The candle has become a shadow just like him from her smoke. He turns around and is overwhelmed by what he sees. His lonely eyes become happy as they embrace and kiss.   

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Cool new writing app

Check out what you can do on this new writing App called 'Write About'.  We can add photos of camp so roll on up before school to get your chance to write about your favourite moment on camp.  I wonder who will be the first to post something using 'Write About'?

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