Amazing Room 3

The Christmas Concert

2010-12-09T15:46:00.000+13:00

Some people in Room 3 put on a play at the Christmas Concert. They were angels and shepherds.

Wow Look at Georgia's Medal!

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Georgia was a star at hockey this year.

Well Done Krishan

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Krishan came second in the High Jump.

Thomas has published a book.

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Thomas has written a book about how Santa became the Santa we all know and love. He came to Room 3 to read it to us. We all enjoyed the story. Thanks Thomas.

Congratulations Shannen

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Shannen was brilliant when he competed in the athletics. Look at all of his certificates. He got 2nd in Quoits, 3rd in High jump and 3rd in the sprint. Well done Shannen.

Our Assembly

2010-11-30T19:50:00.001+13:00

On Friday it was our turn to host assembly. We made up a play about caterpillars turning into butterflies. We showed our art work. We read some of our "Who am I" questions and challenged the school with our fraction problems.

We had to get into the right order on a number line.

Jacob read his "guess who?" clues. Lots of people had a guess.

The butterflies ate nectar from the flowers.

Pack the Bus

2010-11-24T19:30:00.001+13:00

Today pack the bus came. It was down tui block and Kiwi block. We were on FM and the Breeze. Santa was in the bus.
By Jacob

Today Pack the Bus came to our school. Room Three and all the classes down bottom block came up. They brought something up to put in the bus.
By Taryn

Today pack the bus came to our school. Today I saw Santa and it was fun.
By Solomon

Today pack the Bus came to our school and we will be on the Breeze. We got to have a photo with Santa.
by Braden

Today pack the bus came to our school. We had to bring a book or a toy or food. We were on the radio. We said ''Merry Christmas".

Today pack the bus came to our school. Room4 and Room2 and Room1 and Room3 went to pack the bus with toys and food. It was fun.
By Krishan

Today pack the bus come to our school.We put groceries the bus for people who are poor. Santa is here in the morning. We even talked to the radio.
by william y

Pack the bus was fun because the man with the guitar was singing songs. He was funny. He sang funny songs and he sang jinglebells.
by Jade

Santa came to school today. Santa didn't bring his magic raindeer. Santa is fun. He has lost weight.
from Damion

I liked going up to the top block because I saw Santa and I hugged Santa.
by Dante

Stars For Starship

2010-11-21T17:15:00.000+13:00

Jade's beautiful star has been sent to Starship Childrens Hospital. Congratulations Jade.

What Am I ?

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A Stick Insect.

A glow worm.

A cicada.

A snail.

A spider.

A ladybird.

A White Tail spider.

Making a Habitat

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Kaed made a habitat for some ants.

Swimming

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We could float like a ball.

We learnt how to float by ourselves.

We practised our breathing.

We listened carefully to our swimming teacher.

Some people could do freestyle and backstroke and kick like a dolphin.

We could sit on the bottom for ages!

We had swimming races to pick the objects up from the bottom of the pool.

Some things that we found out....

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Animal Hunt

2010-11-06T17:22:00.001+13:00

We searched in different habitats to find what lived there. We found some animals and took photos. We had to look carefully and by sneaky so the animals didn't go away.

Solomon took a photo of a bird singing in a tree.

This slater curled up into a little ball. It reminded us of a hedgehog.

We found a worm in the garden. We had to dig a little bit to get it.

This stick insect only had five legs when we found it. We wonder if it can grow a new leg.

Anna was at school. She was looking for insects too!

The bee liked the yellow flowers best. It is getting nectar.

We had to wait for the butterfly to land. It was flying from flower to flower.

Stitches

2010-11-02T08:10:00.000+13:00

Poor Braden, he fell out of a hammock and hit his head on the concrete. He had to have stitches!

Habitats

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We found out that habitats are special places where animals like to live. We had a look around our school and found some habitats that small creatures might like. We took some photos. We made sure we held the camera still and used the close up focus. If your look closely at our photos you will see we found some animals as well.

The General Lee motorbike

2010-10-28T16:24:00.000+13:00

Today we made a General lee motorbike. We put tail lights,front lights and 01. We put a plate number on. I said to Braden " make a map were it goes. Fast" but someone came and busted it. We are going to find them. We are angry, we are getting them and we are going to ask "why did you bust our car"!

By Krishan and Jacob

Mmmmmmmm

2010-10-28T16:20:00.001+13:00

Every Friday we have discovery. Today we had a choice of making a marraca or a mobile or a painting a picture or making a motorbike or a model or mermaid.

Pizza

2010-10-28T16:14:00.001+13:00

We had to make a pizza. We had to cut it in halves then take a picture of it. We like to make it at home too with my mum and dad.

Circles of Life

2010-10-17T14:31:00.000+13:00

We brainstormed and recorded our ideas about what we think "Circles of Life" means. Here are our ideas.

Fractional Numbers

2010-10-17T12:23:00.001+13:00

We are learning about fractional numbers. We are making and naming fractions. We needed to make a pizza and cut it into 1/2 and into 1/4.

What have you been doing?

2010-10-03T16:36:00.001+13:00

This is Percy. He is the dingo's friend.

This is Wolfric the Dingo

Hi everyone. I hope your holidays are fun. What have you been up to? I went to the zoo and saw the dingo puppy and his new friend Percy going for a walk around and meeting people. They also met the baboons. The big male baboons made fierce faces and banged the window. The puppies were scared. How about leaving a comment to share what you have been doing. We would love to hear from you!

Braden and Jacob Present...

2010-10-03T14:38:00.000+13:00

Another of our Amazing Puppet Shows

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The new Sunny roof

2010-09-23T12:28:00.001+12:00

On Wednesday we made a new Sunny roof. It had a sun roof. It had 8 nitro boosters. It was hard to make. 1. We had to make the body. 2. We had to put the wheels on it. It kind of looked like a van . 3. We put the windows then we put the roof and we put the radiator then we put the engine. 4. We tested it and it did a flip in the air . by Krishan Jacob

I Know That

2010-09-22T16:16:00.007+12:00

We read a story called "I Know That". We wrote some stories about some facts that we know. You can click on them to make them larger.

Kapa Haka

2010-09-20T16:27:00.000+12:00

Havana and Tayla went to the Michael Fowler Centre last night. There was 1007 kids there. We were in the Kapa Haka Group. It was fun and exciting.
by Tayla and Havana.

Calendar Art

2010-09-19T13:21:00.004+12:00

At the beginning of Term 3 you will be able to order calendars, diaries and cards featuring the original art work of your child. These would make great gifts for grandparents, aunties and uncles. You have a choice this year, either Sunflowers or Houses on a Hill. Choose your favourite!

Backly the Bad Bear

2010-09-19T12:47:00.001+12:00

We watched The Birthday Burglar and we read Beaten By a Balloon and the Jamie wrote this story. How many "b" words did she use?

Once upon a time there lived a bear called Backly. He was a bad bear but he was brave. Backly stole stuff from the bank. He had bad behaviour! He lived on a brown bank with his bus and his bee. His bee was called Ben, and another bee called Benjimen. Benjimen was brave like Backly, but Ben was weak like a bun. Backly decided he couldn't stay with them so Ben went back to his room and packed his bag. He was glum.
Backly and Benjimen were lonely without Ben so they went out to find him. They couldn't find Ben anywhere. They looked in every bee hive. They even found his brother, but not him.
Backly found a bird on duck shooting day. The bird was called Bean. Bean was bored of being a messenger bird. Backly took him home in a box.

The Light Bolt by Shannen and Krishan.

2010-09-19T12:31:00.001+12:00

At discovery Shannen and me made a electicity bolt. We had to put the wire in the right place. I got a shock from the electricity. It was hard. We put a buzzer on it and we used 4 batteries together. It was really really really really bright. It was fun to make. It took the whole of discovery to make it.

Tawa goes to Town by William Y.

2010-09-17T16:21:00.000+12:00

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Last night we went to Tawa goes to Town. We saw our people from Hampton Hill School. I saw my brother, and Jamie's brother, and Krishan's brother. I saw people singing nicely. But my brother Jason is getting a bit tired.I liked the show because there were a lot of songs in the list. It took us a long time to get home. We got home at twenty past ten. There were a lot of children in there. There were more then 100, or more than 200,or 300s.

The Hungry Monster by Solomon and Litania

2010-09-16T11:19:00.000+12:00

Nonstop Nonsense

2010-09-16T11:06:00.000+12:00

Here are some of our thoughts about the show.

I liked the part when the old lady married the man. - Havana

I liked the queen because she sounded funny. She is the girl who sucked her fingers. I lilked the cooking person. - Litania

The best story I liked was the Birthday Burglar - Tayla

I liked the Nonstop Nonsense show because it was interesting. The girl who was telling the story was Margaret Mahy. - Georgia

I liked it when the people said "oooo Mum!!" It was funny because they said it in a funny way. Me and Taryn laughed. - Jade

I liked the Birthday Burglar because it is about a person who steals birthdays. My feelings are it is interesting. They used actions and did great jobs. - William Y

Pancakes by William and Damion

2010-09-12T19:59:00.002+12:00

Using the Bluescreen

2010-09-11T16:53:00.001+12:00

This time, no body !

These colours worked well.

We did our shows in front of the bluescreen. Some of our shots worked and others were not so good. We found out that pink and some blues turn invisible so some of our puppets had see-through bodies, and holes in their heads. We well remember that for the next time we use the blue screen.

Our Puppet Show

2010-09-11T14:11:00.001+12:00

Thanks to everyone who came to our open evening. We hope you enjoyed the products of our hard work!

Earthquake

2010-09-07T15:27:00.000+12:00

When there is an earthquake go under a table or get like a turtle. If you're under a table hold the leg.

By Krishan

Welcome Ms Bray-Burns

2010-09-07T08:33:00.001+12:00

Click on the picture to make it easier to read.

Powhiri

2010-09-06T18:09:00.000+12:00

Ms Bray-Burns started at our school today. We had a powhiri to welcome her. The Kapa Haka group were wonderful!

Maths

2010-09-06T17:44:00.000+12:00

We are learning to share by making equal groups. We read Muffins at the fair and worked out how many muffins each animal had after they had shared.

Spelling

2010-09-06T12:09:00.001+12:00

We put put our heads together to think of as many cl words as we could. Here they are...

At School by Georgia and Jamie

2010-09-04T17:26:00.000+12:00

At school

2010-09-04T13:39:00.001+12:00

Today I went into the magic bus two times. People got to have a turn on the drums, but on my second turn in the magic bus it was funner. The drummers let us have about six dififerent people play the drums. Some drummers played some songs as well.and even people wanted me to have a go on the drums. Logen,Stephen and Damion all got a turn on the drums. I didn't want a turn, I was to scared to have a turn. I didn't want a turn because people would laugh at me. Jamie didn't want to do it either. They had lots of things in the bus. Some drummers helped the little kids play their songs, but after the bell rang we all got to go up. It was cool because the songs were loud.and it was cool lining up. I went into the bus with Sophie and Jamie. In the bus Sophie told me that she liked Stephens song and Logens song. I liked Logens song and Stephens song. In the bus I was sitting next to Jamie, Sophie was sitting next to me as well. In the bus there were drums and seats. After getting out we went back in class. We did some writing about any thing. Then we had play time. I played with Jamie and Tayla, Sky and Georgia M. I watched Kaed and Braden play cricket. After that me and Jamie watched Jade played on the monkey bars. Then we played together on the bridge. On Fridays we do discovery and I made a fathers day card.
By Geogia

What we do at school sometimes

2010-09-03T15:10:00.001+12:00

On Friday the magic bus came to our school. People got to have a turn on the drum set .I had two turns on it.
Stephen was good at the drums. I think he has all readey played the drums he's so good People begged me to do it , Georgia and Vidhya . The people that had a turn first went behind the bus and were screaming. It was annoying .This week we have been filming our puppet shows. The first time it did'nt work, we had to do it all over again. And this week we made a zoo burst. It was fun making a zoo burst. Georgia copied me on it .When we did the filming we had to keep our head down.I saw Taylas head. On Fridays we do discovery. Today we did father day cards,tigers ,father day door hangers .Room2 has been filming too. They've been filming super heros so we have to be quiet. It looks fun. .After that I played with Georgia,Sky, and Tayla.

By Jamie

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Drums

2010-09-03T14:05:00.000+12:00

I like the drums. It was cool. I liked it. It was fun. I got to have a turn on the drums . My friend did not have a turn. Some of my friends did not have a turn. My sister only had a turn at playtime.
By Litania

Making a Tiger

2010-09-03T13:41:00.001+12:00

Today in discovery I made a tiger. I needed to colour it in. Next I had to staple it together.
By William G

At the music Bus

2010-09-03T13:37:00.000+12:00

Today people came to our school and they played us the drums. We got to play on the drums because they let us play.
by Dante and Krishan

Playing the Drums

2010-09-03T13:31:00.000+12:00

We like the drums because they make different sounds. They can talk. It was up at Kiwi Block and it was in a van.
By Jacob and Damion

Jamie's Guitar

2010-09-02T15:58:00.002+12:00

Jamie brought her guitar to school. She wanted to practise before she played for us. We hope she will play for us soon.

Pirates

2010-09-02T15:50:00.000+12:00

Pirates came into our room. They made a lot of noise. Some of us got a fright. We had to hide our pirate treasure that we were using for our maths. It's lucky that they didn't find it!

A Random Act of Kindness Day

2010-09-02T15:42:00.000+12:00

Today I helped Braden when he fell over. I helped people be friends.
By Kaed

Today I helped Terepai, Iplayed with Georgia and I helped Tayla find the balls, cicket balls and bats.
By Jamie

Today I saw Jamie carrying all the cones. I asked Jamie if I could carry the cones for her.
By William

Our Reflections

2010-09-01T19:57:00.003+12:00

We looked at some of our puppet shows. We put on our thinking hats to reflect on our work. Here is our thinking. Remember to click on the picture to make it bigger.

Giving a performance

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Giving a performance - lino
What are the things that we need to remember to do when we are performing?Click on the link and add a sticky!

Our Favourite Things

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Presenting William

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The Maestro - Mr Stuart

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Mr Stuart gave us a concert on the piano. He told us about the keys and showed us how the piano works inside. Mr Stuart has been playing the piano since he was 6 years old and he practised every day.

Playing the Drums

2010-08-27T12:14:00.001+12:00

We have been very busy this week. The Drum Bus came to school and showed us how to play drums. We heard different styles of music like disco and hiphop. Some people got to try to play the drums. It would be fun to learn.

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at Te Papa

2010-08-26T15:12:00.001+12:00

We went to see the orchestra today.
William G - I liked the violin because it was shorter and it had a higher sound.
Litania - I liked the double bass because of the low sound.
Braden- I liked the hippopotamus story. The music went lower and then higher.
Dante - The lady told us how the violin goes high and low.
Jacob -The viola is bigger than a violin, the cello was bigger and the double bass was the biggest!
Jamie - The french horn was really curly and it had a loud sound.
Krishan - The clarinet was a bit like the flute. You pressed the keys to make different sounds.
Did you know that most instruments get better as they get older but the clarinet doesn't. You have to buy a new one every few years.

William and Krishan Make a Movie

2010-08-25T11:43:00.001+12:00

Willam and Krishan had the camera for a day. They could choose to take photos or movies of anything that they thought would be interesting. Here is their movie, what do you think?

Mrs Hurnen playing her flute.

2010-08-25T11:31:00.002+12:00

Mrs Hurnen came to show us her flute. She told us how it worked and played tunes for us. We liked the sound it made.

Having Fun by Litania

2010-08-20T14:37:00.001+12:00

We had a jelly and a juicie. It was fun. I got heaps of money. I got lots of toys. My sister sold popcorn.

Market Day by Solomon

2010-08-20T14:31:00.001+12:00

I bought a gun toy,a chocolate milk shake and some popcorn.

Market Day by Tayla, Havana and Terepai

2010-08-20T14:13:00.002+12:00

Me ,Tayla and Havana bought a book , lollies, a spider, and a bag. Terepai helped us.

At market day by William and Nathan

2010-08-20T13:37:00.003+12:00

At market day Nathan and William Y have fun. Nathan bought two toys, an orange drink, and a icecream . Nathan played with his two toys. William y bought a orange drink, a milkshake and popcorn. We had fun at the playground.

At Market Day by Kaed and Willy

2010-08-20T13:33:00.002+12:00

At market day Kaed and Willy brought lots of toys, lots of sweets, and lots of tickets.

Zooburst Pop-up Books

2010-08-18T18:52:00.002+12:00

Here is a new programme we can use. Would you like to have a go?

Portrait Poems

2010-08-16T15:55:00.006+12:00

Read our portrait poems using interesting similes. Double click on the picture to make it easier to read.

Encore (Performing Arts)

2010-08-14T13:51:00.002+12:00

We have spent some time learning how to sew the gloves for our puppets. Alexi and Sydney-May came to help us and did a wonderful job. Thanks girls.

We all helped each other.

We are proud of our work!

Encore (Performing Arts)

2010-08-12T08:11:00.007+12:00

We have painted our puppet heads and added the features. Take a look at these.

A Portrait Poem

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This is Williams wonderful writing. You can make it bigger by clicking on the picture.

Similes

2010-08-10T15:23:00.004+12:00

We have been practising using interesting similes and describing words. Here are some colour similes. We published them on paint. What do you think?

Puppet Art

2010-08-05T15:44:00.003+12:00

We made our clowns look like dancing puppets on strings. We are proud of them. What do you think? We would love to get some comments.

Encore (Performing Arts)

2010-08-03T18:35:00.009+12:00

We are going to make our own puppet show. We have lots to do! Our first step is to make our puppets. This is what we have done so far.....

Step 1
We had to screw up a ball of paper and tape it to the end of a stick. Then we ripped strips of paper and put them in paste then paste them over the ball to make a head.

Step 2
We made bumps for eyes and noses and ears and made sure the strips covered all the bumps so they won't fall off.

Step 3
We covered all the newspaper with white paper.

Keep an eye on our blog to see what we do next!

Whanau Group Activities

2010-07-30T15:29:00.002+12:00

Whanau Groups - The Arts

2010-07-30T08:06:00.003+12:00

We had three mornings in our whanau groups learning about performing arts. We made music, designed costumes, acted out stories and made shadow puppets.
Here are some pictures of our activities.

Zebong

2010-07-27T15:05:00.005+12:00

Today the story teller came to our school. I liked the story when Mr Stuart said "if you tell me how to get rid of the snake, I will take you on a date."
by Jade

Zebong is a storyteller. He told us lots of stories. My favourite story is when Pacey had to get the magic horse. I went in one of the stories. It was the one with a cake.
By Jacob

The storyteller read a story to us. I liked the first story. I liked it when William was in the story.
By Taryn

I liked the storyteller and I liked the baboon. I liked it because it was cool. My animal was the tiger.
By Kaed

Today I saw a bull. It was Willy. Willy was chasing them. He pushed them down on the ground.
By Damien

Using lines and designs.

2010-07-27T14:48:00.002+12:00

New Paint!

2010-07-25T12:04:00.003+12:00

Our classroom looks nice and fresh with the new paint. Our problem was the smell! We tried cutting up an onion and leaving it on a plate - still smelly! We tried leaving buckets of water out over night - a bit better but still smelly. We tried burning a scented candle - a bit better still. We hope the smell will go away soon.

Happy Holidays

2010-07-04T14:29:00.001+12:00

It is holiday time again. During the holidays our classroom is being painted. When we come back it will be like a new room! Have a great holiday everyone.

At The Beach

2010-06-30T13:59:00.003+12:00

Our New TV

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Why Tui Block Needs a New Playground

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Making our own maps

2010-06-27T11:13:00.003+12:00

We made our own maps and then hid some treasure on them. We gave a partner some instructions so they could find the treasure. Here are some of our maps.

When the photos went off my camera

2010-06-23T14:29:00.006+12:00

Last Sunday I went to a lot of fire stations. I made a lot of movies and a lot of photos went off the camera.But they didn't come back. I was sad because I wanted to show them to my Mum.
by Jacob

my medicine

2010-06-22T14:48:00.003+12:00

On the weekend my dad brought a medicine for me because I have cough.I did'nt like the taste of it. But I had to drink it.I couldn't do anything about it. I had to drink up.It looks pink in the bottle but it is red outside.
By Shermein

Shriek.

2010-06-22T14:46:00.002+12:00

On sunday I watched Shriek Forever After.It was the final episode. It was funny when I saw my dad's friend Tim dressed up as Shriek.
By Holly

At the Beach by William Y

2010-06-22T14:45:00.005+12:00

Yesterday I went to the beach. I even got a beachball.I go into the cool water. I can flip,I can spin,I can roll,and I even can do motorbikes sounds. Igo fast like a jet.

the fairy girl

2010-06-18T13:35:00.004+12:00

Today it is dress up day. I dressed up like a fairy. Holly and Shermein and Georgia got the same idea. Georgia put hair spray on her hair. Everyone liked Georgia,but everyone did like the other fairy. It was very fun. We got to go up top block. My sister said why don't put on your wings. I said I do like to and she will tell mum. by mai

Making Clay Faces

2010-06-18T13:31:00.003+12:00

Market Day

2010-06-18T13:26:00.016+12:00

At market day I stayed with Georgia and Sophie. Sophie bought a blanket for three dollars. I bought a ball. I gave it to Eden. Thats good that I had more toys like a temagotshe and other things. Georgia had lots of those ring things. I had one . Mine was pink. Mai gave me two biscuits before market day. I got a sausage. It was yum.
by jamie

MARKET DAY

2010-06-18T13:26:00.012+12:00

At market day I bought a toy. It is one of the light things that lights up.
By JohnPaul

the fairy girl.

2010-06-18T13:25:00.008+12:00

Today it is dress up day.It is f dress up day.So I dressed up in a fairy dress because I could not think of anything eles to wear. Mai, Shermein and Georgia copied me. By holly

Black and White Masks

2010-06-17T10:27:00.001+12:00

At discovery time

2010-06-11T13:11:00.008+12:00

At discovery I made a lantern. I coloured it with patterns. The paper is orange.I had a lot of fun.I made one of them. I helped Brendan.
By William

discovery

2010-06-11T13:11:00.006+12:00

This morning we did discovery. I made a mask .I made it with Mai .It was a lion mask .We had to curl some coloured paper.we had to cut it first.
by Shermein.

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Do you want to see my work?
By Nathan

Mrs Cowan's Stories

2010-06-04T21:45:00.003+12:00

Mrs cowans stories

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The General Lee

2010-06-04T14:04:00.006+12:00

Today I made a picture of a jeep. I called it the General Lee. I am giving it to my Poppa.
by jacob

The Competition

2010-06-04T13:40:00.007+12:00

Me and Jamie made a picture of a face JAMIE'S ONE IS THE BEST.WE WERE HAVING A COMPETITION. jamie's one was the best. I LOST, I HAD TO LOSE. I wanted to win. I almost cried but that bit is not true.

by georgia

the maky monster.

2010-06-04T12:14:00.006+12:00

This Friday I made a maky monster. It has blue eyes and a red mouth.I call it the maky monster because it is colourful and it looks maky.I like being maky thats why I made it. My friends and me think it is funny.
by Holly

making some thing

2010-06-04T12:13:00.003+12:00

I was making a picture with Georgia and I helped people too. When I finished the picture me and Shermein make a t-shirt and a shorts too for the sticky tv to wear for the show. We made a letter too and one of us gave it to the sticky tv. I think it's me or Shermein.
by mai