I'd like to gloat - yes, I love doing this from time to time! Some of the tamariki are making excellent progress in their learning, and I'm very proud of their efforts. If you'd like to find out more, about your child's progress, please just pop into Room 11.
Each Thursday, we get stuck into writing some poetry with Mrs. Koster. A lot of this magnificent poetry is on display in the classroom or cloakroom. The fabulous Mrs. Koster entered some poems that tickled her fancy into the Poetry Box's (http://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com) 'Third Fabulous Poetry Competition'. Author Paula Green runs this website and had her friend, Catriona Ferguson, the Director of the NZ Book Council, join her and select the winners in the weekend.
It is with great pride that I can announce Russley School's entry WON the South Island category! Some super poems were selected from Room 11 to make up Russley's entry. Have a read:
I Wish I Could Change the World
I
wish I could change the world
I
wish every piece of grass were curled
I
wish I owned every shop
I
wish popcorn did not pop
I
wish I could breathe ice
I
wish I could get advice from mice
by Hannah Law-Mitchell
age 8yrs, Year 3, Russley
School
The Lady Who Stood There
Her
eyes were as blue as the sea.
Her
smile was a perfect as a perfect piece of art.
She
was as tall as a skyscraper.
She
had a dress as pink as a marshmallow.
Her
hair was as blond and straight as a yellow plank in the playground.
Her
high heels were as pink as a rose.
She
looked like a fashion model.
She
smelt like lemons and limes.
Her
dog looked like a small lion.
Her
perfectness was as perfect as perfect could be.
by Sacha
Wilkin
age 8yrs,
Year 4
Russley
School
I Wish I Could Fly
I
wish I could fly
I
wish the houses and the school
were
made out of chocolate
I
wish Turbo was real to race
by Vann Grace
age
7yrs
Year
3
Russley
School
I Wish I had a Sheep
I
wish that I had a sheep
I
wish that I had a sheep so I could be Bo-Peep
I
wish my sheep did tricks
I
wish my sheep picked at the hay
I
wish that it had thumbs
I
wish that it got plums
I
wish that it drank rum
by Bridget Graham
age 8yrs, Year 3, Russley
School
I Wish I Was Famous
I
wish I was famous and
had ten top hits
I
wish I was famous, but
girls would chase me
and that would be irritating...
by Waka Ngaha
age 7yrs
Year 3
Russley School
I Wish I Lived In Candyland
I
wish I lived in Candyland
I
wish I could drink chocolate milk
I
wish I could eat chocolate fingers
I
wish I had a bed made of marshmallows
I
wish I could eat trees of liquorice
I
wish the snow was made of ice cream
I
wish the clouds were made of candyfloss
I
wish water was lemonade
I
wish soap was sugar
by Hannah
McNally
age 7yrs
Year 3
Russley
School
I Wish I Was Famous
I
wish I was famous and rich.
I
wish I was famous because I can sing.
I
wish I was famous so people could see me.
I
wish I was famous...
but
I would get sick of signing autographs.
by Nehemiah Lesatele
age 7yrs
Year 3
Russley School
I wish
I wish I smelt
like perfume
I wish I was
fast like Turbo
I wish I could
be covered in robot parts
I wish
by Xavier
7yrs old
Year 3
Russley School,
Christchurch
I Wish
I
wish there were no teachers.
I
wish lollies could rain down to the ground.
I
wish I was rich
I
wish I could fly.
I
wish I was fast.
I
wish we didn’t do homework or maths.
by Soverin Te Haara-Barr
age 7yrs, Year 3
Russley School
Russley will get a two-day visit from Paula Green and a year’s membership to The New Zealand Book Council.
