Pick-a-Path stories

Mrs Jones' writing class have been working very hard over the last 3 weeks to create pick-a-path stories where you (the reader) choose the path to take in the story.

Click the student's name and you will be directed to their blog post of their pick-a-path story.

Please leave a comment for them.

Pick-a-Path Teaser

Mrs Jones' writing class have been working hard over the past 2 weeks on Pick-a-Path stories where the reader chooses the direction of the story.

We will share them all with you when they are finished but here is a teaser.....Jordan has posted her finished Pick-a-Path on her blog.

Check it out here and leave Jordan a comment.

Can't wait to share the rest with you!

Truth or Lie? Can you guess?

Wow! I can't believe that we've done 3 weeks of online learning!

In Miss McLeod's writing hangouts, we've been learning how to write comics using a programme called Pixton. In our first lesson (3 weeks ago) the children got to create their own avatar. Their avatars all got added to our 'class photo'. (See below)

We've now made 3 comics and each week we've learned new tricks and got better at making them. This week we made 'Truth or Lie' comics. The task was to create a  talk show in a comic with the guest having to say a truth and a lie and the audience (blog readers) need to work out which is the truth and which is the lie.

Here are some below...see if you can work out which is the truth and which is the lie in each!

Cameron's Comic

Ella-Pearl's Comic

Jed's Comic

Sophie's Comic

Friends acrostic poem

Today in writing Miss McClelland's writing group wrote acrostic poems about friends.

We started by brainstorming words about friends that started with each letter of the word friends. This part was pretty tricky because we had to think of words that related to our friends.

Next we chose one word for each letter.

Then we had to download the image as a jpeg file.

Here is our acrostic poem. Please leave a comment and check out our individual blogs to see more poems.

Online Learning- Day 1 with Miss McLeod

What a fantastic 'first day' of Term 2- learning from home.

I had a lovely time connecting with all the children who joined for my writing and reading sessions and my Q & A/ check in session. It was so great to see all of your happy faces and I look forward to tomorrow!

Here is a screenshot of some happy faces from my writing session.

Today in writing we begun making a comic using Pixton. Stay tuned for some finished products on Friday!

For reading my class really enjoyed listening to me read Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Then we played a Kahoot (with some teething problems). It was lots of fun.

Congratulations to our top three scorers! 

1st place: Lucas

2nd place: Jayden

3rd place: Jed

 

Close behind was Cameron and Cole!

Remember if you missed our learning hangouts for today- these are recorded and uploaded to our Google Site.

The Waterfall

We have been learning how to capture a "moment in time" with our writing. We try to imagine we are describing something we can see out of the window to someone who can't see it.

Here is a great piece of writing from Cole about a waterfall.

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As the water runs down the waterfall birds chirp and the water splashes onto the stream and the rocks laying there for tourists to jump over one by one. As the water falls down the miniature cliff it turns white in mid air then turns transparent again as it hits the water and the is grass as green as a pool of acid.

I can smell the fresh air going through my nostrils and the old leaves that smell like cinnamon fresh from the store. I can also smell the moss growing on the elderly rocks and the large stones catching dust.

I can feel the soft green grass on my knees as I bend down to feel the water. It's cold. I feel calm as I stare at the miniature waterfall and listen to the wind pushing the leaves around and the birds chirping at the same time.

By Cole

Writing

With Term one now into full swing, we are pretty much back into our normal programme. Here are some super snapshots of some children's writing from Miss McLeod's writing group.

Enjoy reading!

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The rugby players wait like a jaguar, waiting for the right time as the the ball speeds through the air, their arms reach high like a mountain into the blue sky.The players are reaching for the ball with persistence.As the ball gets snatch by the player in red the crowds roars with excitement. The teams channels their speed to go their fastest.As the red team charges to the goal the blue team catches up and right onto their tails.

-By Jed

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The rugby players position themselves as the ball comes hurtling towards them. The Red team catches the ball and there he goes running through the squishy mud with the ball in his hands. "oww" the crowd goes as he’s tackled straight to the ground he passes the ball as he goes down.

-By Lucas

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As the dew on the wet tree leaves drips on to the sweaty players heads, mud from the damp morning grass splatters up their tired legs. 

They can hear the cheering crowds voices echoing into the mysterious dark forest  and their yelling coachs deep voice. When they hear the mud squelch the players can hear them selves continuously puff because they are running up and down the damp playing field.

-By Sophie

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As the red team runs to their goal one of the players from the blue team tackles the player from the red team…

Now the blue team has the ball and they are heading towards the goal, he sees he is about to get tackled so he trows the ball and the red team tries to block

By Arwen

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