The seven sisters of Matariki - By Ruby

Once there lived a boy called Mitai he had seven brother and also he had a grandpa. His grandpa taught him lots of magic. Then one stormy night Mitai and his brothers went hunting, they heard some lovely singing. So they went up a hill and saw seven beautiful sisters and Mitai's brothers fell in love with the seven sisters but Mitai didn't. So Mitai decided to go for a little walk but then he felt a bit bored so he spied on the seven sisters. He heard them say they might kill him! Mitai wasn't that sure because he didn't hear very well but he ws sure he was right. He rushed to his brothers and told them about the seven sisters. After that Mitai told his brothers his plan and then his grandpa weaved up some magical nets so they could catch the mean women. And they did! But...they tried to get out so Mitai turned himself into a bird and threw them away high up in the sky! So now the seven sisters show their beautiful light once a year. 

By Ruby 

The stoy of Matariki and the 7 stars - By Aille

A long long time ago there was a handsome boy called Mitai. He lived with his 7 brothers. He also had a Grandfather who taught him great magic. One night Mitai and his 7 brothers went out hunting, they came to a hill and heard beautiful singing. "What's that?" asked one of Mitai's brother. "I don't know" said Mitai. "Let's go see", "ok". So they went to see what it was about. When they got there they saw 7 beautiful women but they were actually Fairy women! Then the 7 brothers fell in love with the Fairy women! The 7 brothers became weak and skinny! Mitai told his brothers that they were Fairy women but they didn't believe him so Mitai told them to look at themselves! Mitai went to his Grandfather and his Grandfather gave them a magical net and they went off to catch them in the nets! Mitai turned into a big big bird! The god of the stars told him to fly them far far away so they couldn't hurt anyone again. So that's why we see the 7 stars of Matariki once a year - they are the 7 Fairy women from a long time ago. 
By Aille 

Who Am I?

In Room 11 this week we have been learning to write clues about animals and insects to create Who Am I's....Can you guess what this one is? 

Who Am I? 

I have a hood when I get angry

I slither on the ground

I make this sound sssssssss

By Joey 

Recount Writing - Our Awesome Museum Trip - By Ruby

Recount Writing - Room 11 have learning how to write a recount. We worked really hard to make sure we included a title, orientation, sequence of events and a personal comment. We needed to use time connectives like first, then and next. See if you can find the ones Ruby used. We also tried hard to make it interesting. 

Our Awesome Museum Trip!

On Tuesday Room 11 and Room 24 went to the museum to learn about insects. In my team there was my mum, Ethan and Danielle. First of all we had our yummy morning tea. Next we got to have a look around the museum. We saw a huge shark and I saw a penguin! We had a photo with Miss Ramsay's group. My favourite thing was looking at all the clothes. Then it was lunch time. Lunch was delicious. Finally it was our turn to go to the weird and wonderful to learn about insects. I learnt about a dung beetle and how they put poo underground. I looked in the microscope too. I want to go there again. 
By Ruby 

  

 

Our Star Writers!!!

Felicia, Ruby and Harry took their fabulous writing to show Mrs Yates. They worked hard to check their full stops and capitals and check that it made sense. Ruby even used some describing words to make it more interesting!! Well done and keep up the hard work!!