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Wednesday, 26 September 2012

My Day and Night poem

                                        Day and Night



In the day the kindergarten children play on the swings in the amazing park.

In the night the stray cats sleep under the slide at the spooky park.

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

A boys head



In it there is an Olympic game
and a project
for doing away with practice.

And there is an opening
ceremony that brings all the countries together.

And there is
an entirely new sport
an entirely new venue
and entirely new rules.

There is rain
that falls upwards.

There is a homework table.

There is an antique medal.

And it cannot be held back.

I believe
that only what cannot be held back
is a head.

There is much promise
in the circumstance
that so many people have heads.

Jonathan

Thursday, 30 August 2012

wood work


















 This photo shows our class projects.  I built a plane. It was fun and exciting.

Wednesday, 15 August 2012

This is just to say

I have eaten
the chips
that were in the
cupboard,

and which
you were probably
saving for
a snack.

Forgive me
they were delicious
so crunchy,
and yummy.

Thursday, 9 August 2012

I asked the little boy who cannot see

I asked the little boy who cannot see,
‘And what is colour like ?’
‘Why brown is when you can feel leaves falling down on you in autumn;
Blue tastes like the salty blue sea.
Yellow is the feeling of warmth and happiness.
Red is like the soft rose that grows in Spring.
Green is like the soft grass that people play on.
Orange is the sweet taste of orange juice on my fingers.
Grey is the sound of the rain dropping on the roof.


Tui Report

The tui is a bird that has black feathers.  It has a white tuft of feathers under its chin.

The tui is found everywhere in New Zealand and the off-shore islands.  They like places that have nice flowers with nectar.  They live in the forest and scrub.  They also live in open country and gardens.  In the spring the birds may travel outside their normal territory to feed.

The tui is the first bird to sing in the morning.  Their calls can go very high and very low.  Tui make bell like notes, croaks, coughs and squeaks.

They like to eat berries, fruit, insects and nectar.  Young tui are fed tiny insects and nectar for their first few days.  Slightly older chicks are fed berries, moths, spiders, and large insects.  They really like stick insects.

The parents move to off-shore islands to build their nest.  Normally they lay 2 to 4 eggs.  It takes two weeks for the eggs to hatch.  The bird only nest in November and December.