That was Aviemore

That was Aviemore.

Remember the sweet tune of the ice cream truck as it strode along the winding roads?

Remember the taste of the ice cream sliding down your throat?

That was Aviemore.

Remember the dark starry nights with the wind brusling the trees?

Remember the birds tweeting when your trying to have a sleep in with the pillows over your head?

That was Aviemore.

Remember the beautiful sight of the birds flying through the sparkling crystal waves?

Remember the feeling of the popping bubbles from the rock sinking into the deep blue?

That was Aviemore.

My Favourite Summer

That was summer

Remember the taste of the salty water when the waves crashed over me?

Remember when my cousins were fighting on the biscuit and Layton fell off into freezing cold water?

That was summer.

Remember the time that my little sister stole my brother’s chocolate and started eating it?

Remember when my cousin did a forward flip onto the house and broke his neck?

That was summer.

Remember the smell of the flowers blooming in your Nana’s garden?

Do you remember the family just sitting down and ripping the presents open, making lots of noise?

That was summer.

Having Fun in Summer

Remember the chilly water running down the knee board 

as my brother zoomed post at the lakes.

Remember golden sand on your feet 

when we ran around at the wide crowded beach?

That was summer.

Remember nagging Dad to put the pool up 

waiting for him to grab the pipe to get water to the pool? 

We watched as the water slowly filled up.

That was summer.

Remember the prickles in your feet at the picnic on the grass?

Do you remember sand squelching between your toes?

That was summer.

By William

My Family's Summer

Remember the freezing ice cream under the delightful

strawberry and banana smoothie ?

Remember the cold fizzy, bubbling in my mouth

and down my throat?

That was summer.

Remember the ice cold water over a boiling hot body

in a pond as we walked in?

Remember when we went to the Rainbow Dairy and

got an ice-cream that dripped everywhere?

That was summer.

Remember the time we went swimming in the cold pond?  We felt like we were frozen.

Do you remember the boiling summer day when we

felt like we were being cooked?

That was summer.

That Was Summer

Remember the scorching hot sand burning my feet to crumbs ?

Remember the cold cold ice-cream slithering down my throat ?

That was summer.

Remember the wind blowing the air in the summer breeze?

Remember the time when we went to the town pool and Dan was dunking me?

That was summer.

Remember when we went to Queenstown and almost crashed on the luge?

Do you remember the family holiday when Mum and Dad were being embarrassing by singing funny songs and doing funny dances?

That was summer.

By Josh Patterson

Lauriann's Amazing Summer

Remember when mummy threw me in the warm water five times?

Remember when you got two ice-creams and my brain was frozen?

That was summer.

Remember when Chop wanted to go the float but I said no!?

Remember the beach house smelt new?  

My sister said it was like cleaning stuff.

That was summer

Remember when mummy screamed when we went to Moeraki,

At the beach because a big wave came?

Do you remember when your cousin choked you and you shouted ahww? 

That was summer.

Erica's Amazing Summer

Remember when we went to the beach and the sand went through my toes, feeling squishy?

Remember when the crabs came and bit my toes?

It hurt and I screamed “Mum!”

That was summer.

Remember when the ice cream dripped down my hands?

I licked them and they tasted like banana ice cream.

Remember when we were having fun in the swimming pool

and I slipped off the edge of the pool?  It gave me a fright.

That was summer.

Remember when we went to the rainbow dairy and we got

an ice cream each?

Do you remember when we went  to the spa 

at the Oamaru swimming pool?

I loved It.

That was summer

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

Captain Underpants has to attack the talking toilets with yucky cafeteria food but with George and Harold.

Milly Molly Mandy

Milly molly mandy goes sledging on Billy Blunts sledge with little friend Susan and Bunchy the very little girl. Billy Blunt and little friend Susan and Milly Molly Mandy.

Ella and Olivia

My favourite book is Ella and Olivia because it is a chapter book, and I like chapter books.      

My favourite book

My favourite book is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling.

I love this book because there are mythical creatures and magic. I also like it because there's other wizarding schools.

Star Wars head to head

My favourite book is called Star Wars Head to head. I like this book because it has fights, e.g Darth Vader vs Yoda Boba feet vs Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Zac Power

My favourite book is Zac Power because it is an adventure book. Zac is trying to find the IRES elements before the bad guys find them.

A new house for mouse

This mouse was called Hunger mouse because he was hungry all the time and his favourite food is cheese that is mouldy cheese that nobody had eaten before by anybody who lived in the house. 

Lemony Snickets and a Series of Unfortunate Events

The reason why I like this book is because it's exciting and you want to read on. I'm on chapter 2 and page 31. I'm so excited to read on.

Dinosaur Rescue

Dinosaur Rescue is so funny with cavemen and cave women and of course dinosaurs. I like the first one best because it makes me happy when I'm sad.

My favourite book is Ella and Olivia

My favourite book is called Ella and Olivia and in the book my favourite part is when Ella and her puppy went to the woods and got lost.

My other favourite part is when Olivia goes to the pet shop and gets Ella another dog for her puppy to play with. 

My other favourite bit is when she goes to the park with Olivia .

The13 Story Tree House

The 13 Story Tree House is my favorite book because there are the craziest things like super fingers, a giant gorilla, Barky the barking dog and Tweety the tweeting bird.

My favourite book

My favourite book is a Disney Princess book. I like it because it has my name in it and my mum's, and sister's. I like my mum. All the people are the best characters I like about the story.

Spirit animals Fire and Ice

This book is interesting because a new boy got a shark.They went to war and won.

Alice's Wonderland

I love Alice's adventures. One of the adventures in wonderland was when she was playing croquet with flamingos and trying to help the queen of hearts.

Thea Stilton - The journey to Atlantis

I like this book because it is all adventure. Atas is trying to get home. I love chapter books.

Goth girl

My favourite books is the Goth Girl series. There are at least three books in the series, and at the end there is a mini book that one of the characters writes.

I have read two books myself - one is called The Ghost Of a Mouse and The Fete Worse Than Death.

My favourite one is the second one about the Christmas fete.

I SPY

My favourite book is called I spy. I like it because you find things and you point to them. You find umbrellas, dogs and other things as well.

Journey to Tangiwai

There's a boy that is always late for school.
 A bridge falls down and the train falls down  into the river.

Goosebumps

The next door neighbour was a ghost.
He killed a guy because he was horrid.
It is a scary book.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I love this book because there are mythical creatures and magic, I also like this book because there are other wizarding schools.

Thea Stilton

My favourite book is Thea Stilton and the mystery on the Orient express. I like this book because it's got a lot of detail in the story.

My favourite book

My favourite book is called Dino Racing. It's my favourite book because it's about racing. It's cool because it's about Dinosaurs.

Rumpelstilskin

My favourite book is Rumplestiltskin.

I love when Rumplestiltskin explodes and when Ruby marries the greedy King.

My favourite book

My favourite book is called Sophie the Awesome. It's a really cool book. What I like most about this book is that it's got a lot of detail in the sentences and got lots of characters in. It is a chapter book and it's really good. I have read it once but I have started to read it again.

                                                                                                         

Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Three weeks into the school year, and it seems like we’ve never been away! The calendar in the staffroom is frighteningly full already…

Reading Diaries 
We will be starting our reading groups next week, but children can read books from home or one they bring from school. After reading, they need to fill in their reading diary with the title of the book, the date and a comment.

Basic Facts Homework 
This week, we are starting with our basic facts homework. Your child has 4 copies of their basic facts level in their homework book, one for each day this week. The basic facts homework follows this routine (for now):
Day 1 Children to complete the sheet - parent to check that they’re correct
Day 2 Work on the facts that were wrong on day 1 – write out the family of facts for that fact. If all were correct, complete the whole sheet
Day 3 Complete the whole sheet again and time yourself
Day 4 Complete the whole sheet and time yourself – try to get it done under 4 minutes

If your child is new to this school, their facts may seem too easy for them. This is on purpose – they are meant to be easy at the start.

Kiwi Can 
This is a weekly session with Dom and Richie which focusses on respect. This term’s theme is “Positive Relationships – being a good friend”. The sessions are run in the hall and take place on Mondays.

Meet the teacher Tuesday and Thursday 
Hopefully, your child has given you their green notice with the time of their interview. If not, please ring me at school.
I look forward to seeing/meeting you on Tuesday or Thursday this week.