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Thursday 30 August 2012
Sunday 12 August 2012
4 more years!
until the next Olympic Games. Do you know where they are going to be held?
Check out this website for some wonderful information on NZ's journey during the London 2012 Olympics.
Well done to all of our medalists, the latest being Lisa Carrington, who won GOLD for her mighty effort in the K1 200m race.
Check out this website for some wonderful information on NZ's journey during the London 2012 Olympics.
Well done to all of our medalists, the latest being Lisa Carrington, who won GOLD for her mighty effort in the K1 200m race.
Friday 10 August 2012
The Magic Box
In Room 20, we are writing our very own poems based on Kit Wright's 'The Magic Box'. Here it is:
I will put into the box
a fifth season and a black sun,
a cowboy on a broomstick
and a witch on a white horse.
My box is fashioned from ice and gold and steel,
with stars on the lid and secrets in the corners.
Its hinges are the toe joints of dinosaurs.
I shall surf in my box
on the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic,
then wash ashore on a yellow beach
the colour of the sun.
THE
MAGIC BOX, by Kit Wright
I will put in the box
the swish of a silk sari on a summer night,
fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon,
the tip of a tongue touching a tooth.
I will put in the box
the swish of a silk sari on a summer night,
fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon,
the tip of a tongue touching a tooth.
I
will put in the box
a snowman with a rumbling belly
a sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerene,
a leaping spark from an electric fish.
a snowman with a rumbling belly
a sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerene,
a leaping spark from an electric fish.
I
will put into the box
three violet wishes spoken in Gujarati,
the last joke of an ancient uncle,
and the first smile of a baby.
three violet wishes spoken in Gujarati,
the last joke of an ancient uncle,
and the first smile of a baby.
I will put into the box
a fifth season and a black sun,
a cowboy on a broomstick
and a witch on a white horse.
My box is fashioned from ice and gold and steel,
with stars on the lid and secrets in the corners.
Its hinges are the toe joints of dinosaurs.
I shall surf in my box
on the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic,
then wash ashore on a yellow beach
the colour of the sun.
Click here to hear Kit Wright read his poem.
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Thank you Jessica and Zara!
A huge thank you to our first EVER rtwozero bloggers - congratulations on making our blog so interesting for our followers! I wonder who will be next... watch this space...
Thursday 2 August 2012
greece pots and plates
Wednesday 1 August 2012
Weekly wrap up - Week 3
Monday- today we did our Margret Mahy poems based on down the back of the chair book we like it because it has really good illustrations , cool rhyming words and amazing alliteration.
by Zara&Jess y
Tuesday- today the Tui group preformed their play called snow white. It was awesome!
by Zara and Jessica Y
by Zara&Jess y
Tuesday- today the Tui group preformed their play called snow white. It was awesome!
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