Room8

Fencing lessons

2011-11-02T16:41:00.001+13:00

The girls showing the correct stance for 'recover'!

The lunge.

2011-11-02T16:32:00.001+13:00

2011-11-02T16:29:00.000+13:00

2011-11-02T16:27:00.001+13:00

"En garde!"

Finally blogging again

2011-11-01T16:17:00.002+13:00

We have had a great time learning how to fence today. Everyone enjoyed parrying and going 'en garde!'.

Football tournament

2011-06-17T14:03:00.007+12:00

Over the last 2 weeks we have been playing in a school indoor football tournament we have played against rooms 12, 11 and room 6. Today Room 8 won the final against Room 5. The boys played first and drew 0-0 but then the girls won 2-0. Thanks to Tayla and Maddy for scoring our 2 goals. After the game we had a little after-party by having sausage rolls and fizzy drinks. Thanks to all the Huia teachers for organising the tournament. By Cam R and Ruby.

2011-06-14T12:03:00.002+12:00

Hi Im Montana

I made a cake in the shape of a shark

By Montana

2011-06-14T11:48:00.003+12:00

On Monday I made a polar bear cake.

I used sponge cake and coloured icing to make the shape of a polar bear.

by Jay

Achievements in rm8

2011-06-09T14:44:00.005+12:00

Lately rm8 has had a lot of achievements such as Cam R made the under 13 junior provincials for indoor cricket, Georgia made it into the Kapi-mana regional training squad for netball, Jordan got into the Japanese exchange so he gets to go to Japan and we made the quarter finals of the the indoor football tournament and our class came 2nd in cross country.

By Cam R

maricela's whale cake

2011-06-09T14:23:00.004+12:00

My delicious whale cake was very yummy and tasty. Everyone in my class really liked it. It was a banana chocolate chip cake I gave some cake to Mr O.C the teachers in the syndicate and some to Mrs Stuart. Mr O.C rated it 10/10.

Cam's whale cake

2011-06-09T11:56:00.005+12:00

Last week I made a delicous cake in the shape of a whale it had liquorice and pebbles on top it was a fantastic cake and everyone enjoyed it :)

Antonia's Whale Cake

2011-06-09T11:16:00.007+12:00

I made wonderful banana small whale cake with blue icing. I made the cake on sunday. It took 40min to bake and half an hour to ice. It took 2o minutes to cut the cake in the shape of a whale.

Ruby's Spider Cake:)

2011-06-09T10:57:00.003+12:00

On Wednesday the 8th I brought in a chocolate spider cake with liquorice legs as part of one of our unit tasks. It had chocolate buttons on it too. By Ruby:)

Thomas' Whale Cake

2011-05-27T13:43:00.003+12:00

Today Thomas made an exquisite cake in the shape of a whale. It was a chocolate cake with blue icing, licorice and M&Ms on top. Everyone enjoyed it and it was a big success.

By Cam and Thomas

Tara's last day

2011-05-26T12:18:00.002+12:00

Tara has been visiting us to watch how we use ICT in the classroom. She has observed us and interviewed us. We have really enjoyed having her. On her last day she gave us all chocolate treats as a thank you for helping her with her research.

Cam's whale cake

2011-05-24T12:40:00.005+12:00

Yesterday I made a cake for our homework. It was in the shape of a whale. It also had 3 penguins made out of icing on the side along with jaffas and buttons. It had blue icing on the top of the whale.

Renee's perfect penguin!

2011-05-23T12:50:00.002+12:00

Yesterday I made a penguin cake. It took me an hour to bake the cake and another hour to do the icing. I chose a penguin because they are endangered and cute!

Ella's oil spilt ocean

2011-05-23T12:33:00.002+12:00

"I made a chocolate cake of an ocean polluted by an oil spill. I have tried to show that drilling for oil can bring death and extinction to animals and Antarctica. I chose the mammoth as one of the animals just to prove how dangerous and deadly it can be.

Maddys Penguin Cake

2011-05-20T10:20:00.003+12:00

Today I brought in my penguin cake for one of our unit tasks. I had fun making it but it took a long time to ice! I hope everyone enjoys it! Fingers crossed!

Ben's Ice Floe

2011-05-16T14:25:00.004+12:00

I found an eggless cake recipe (chocolate) so then Conner could have some.
It had 3 layers with icing all over it and icing for icebergs
I used moulding icing to make a whale, seal and 5 penguins.
by Ben.

Becky's Antarctica Cake

2011-05-16T13:28:00.002+12:00

I baked a cake, making sure it was eggless(for Connor), so everyone could enjoy it. It was a semicircle cake in the shape of Antarctica. I used moulding icing to make a polarbear, two penguins and two seals. I used more icing to make waves and write 'Antarctica'!
By Becky

Georgia's cake

2011-05-12T11:13:00.000+12:00

Today Georgia brought in a really cute panda face chocolate cake
with white and black icing and it tasted awesome!

by Georgia and Aimee

Kainoa's Cake

2011-05-12T10:21:00.000+12:00

kainoa made a chocolate cake shaped like a whale with blue icing, black licorice and butter cream
By Jay and Kainoa

Ethan's Penguin Cake

2011-05-11T10:58:00.007+12:00

For one of our home learning tasks we had to make a cake out of something to do with Antarctica or whatever we want. Yesterday Ethan made a chocolate sponge cake with black and white icing on top and he cut it into a shape of a penguin. Cam R and Cam P

Brigitte's whale cake

2011-05-11T10:01:00.008+12:00

I made a cake in the shape of a whale. We had to make a cake on Antarctica or something to do with the environment.
By Brigitte

Nevada's Chocolate Biscuit Fudge

2011-05-11T09:45:00.003+12:00

I made chocolate biscuit fudge at home and brought them to school for the whole class to try. I did it for my homework learning task which was to make food that was from a French, Italian or Japanese culture and I chose French and It was very yummy.
By Nevada

Connor's Cheese Scones

2011-04-06T09:46:00.007+12:00

Yesterday Connor made some cheese scones. Today he brought them to school. Here is a picture of Connor making them and another picture of some students with Connor and his scones.

By Isaac and Nevada

Mrs Paver's birthday cake

2011-04-05T12:40:00.006+12:00

Mrs Paver enjoyed her birthday with a scrumptious chocolate cake that she made and decorated herself, it was delicious and fluffy and it was made without eggs so that Connor could eat it. He helped by finding the recipe.

By Caitlin

Isaac with his croissants

2011-04-05T12:34:00.005+12:00

Here is Mrs Christie and Isaac with his croissants.

By Caitlin

yummy croissonts

2011-04-04T13:25:00.003+12:00

Today Isaac brought in some yummy croissants for Mrs Christie and the class to try, he showed us a video on how he made them and we got a little bit of it

yay :):)

video : Isaac

text : Georgia

Room 8 Mathletics

2011-04-01T14:36:00.004+13:00

Room 8 has a few people involved in Mathletics. They are working at home and at school. All of us have been enjoying it so far. In Mathletics there are challenges that test our knowledge on maths of all kinds and you can challenge different people from all over the world. At times it can be fun and at other times it can be a very big challenge which can bring your brain to another level of understanding in maths. But over all it's a very fun thing to do! By Ella :)

Yummy coconut fudge slice

2011-03-29T14:57:00.003+13:00

Yesterday I made a yummy coconut fudge slice!

It had coconut and chocolate in it and I brought it to my classroom to have for afternoon tea. Everybody thought it was delicious!

Mrs Christie was very impressed and hopes that I do another one soon!

By: Tayla

Show not tell

2011-03-25T15:25:00.002+13:00

Click here to check out our 'show not tell'.

2011-03-18T14:22:00.004+13:00

On the 1st of March we had our Athletics day!

Everyone in our class was feeling excited and energised and ready to go. Bandanas tied, face paint and suncreen on and everyone had a big smile on their face.

Now were ready to start our big day!

We all went off to our first events and I was feeling really pumped but a bit down because I had Discus. I went through a lot of fun events and as it's starting to get close to the end of the day I as getting really exhausted!

All though It was an exhausting day I had a really great time!

By Nevada

Show not tell

2011-03-15T12:00:00.003+13:00

In room 8 we are looking at show not tell for writing e.g a telling sentence would be-The house needed repairs.
For a show don't tell sentence I wrote-
The house creaked and moaned like a grumpy old man,it had broken and cracked glasses. It looked dead and deserted.The paint was peeling off the walls like how skin peels off from a sunburn.
This is an example of an extended simile.
By Mia :) .

Brigitte's French meal

2011-03-06T11:12:00.004+13:00

character building

2011-03-04T14:54:00.002+13:00

On Thursday we lost KO but we showed really good character by not whinging or complaining to the ref we all tried our hardest in the game but we were beaten by a better team.
Well done room 16 good luck for the tournament.

Our class

2011-02-18T15:12:00.002+13:00

The big reveal!

2011-02-18T15:07:00.002+13:00

We finished our week with finding out the answers to our anonymous quiz. We held 'The big reveal!' and some of us got prizes as a reward for working out who we all were.

Our Learning statement

2011-02-03T16:26:00.002+13:00

We discussed what theme we would use for our Learning Statement and we decided to think of our Learning Journey being as though we were in an Amusement Park. Now we need to think of what we are going to say in our statement.

First day back 2011

2011-02-01T12:05:00.004+13:00

On the 1st of Feburary, Room 8 had its first day of school.

Girls Milo Cricket 2010

2010-12-06T08:52:00.005+13:00

On The 2nd of December the school girls cricket team went up to Palmerston North to play the semi finals and the finals in the Milo Shield Competition.

We played Waimea from Nelson in the semis and got them all out in 10 overs and we won easily ! :)

The next day we played Heaton from Christchurch in the finals, it was a very intense game but we got through it, we fielded first and Heaton scored 73 runs in 25 overs.
We needed 74 runs to win we had no idea whether we could get it or not but in the 19th over Jess Kerr hit a wide ball and they ran for two, We had won !!!

We all ran onto the field screaming and shouting, we were so happy ! We all felt extremely proud of going to Tawa Intermediate and some of us were even crying :)
By Jenna

Pike River Miners

2010-11-30T11:41:00.000+13:00

29 lives

29 hearts

29 families

And 29 funerals that didn’t need to happen

As we lay in bed at night thinking of all the families that have lost fathers, sons, brothers, grandfathers, cousins and friends. We obviously don’t know the hurt you are going through but we still care and our thoughts, prayers and blessings are with you every step of the way.

May your memories give you strength.

Although it's difficult to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.

We all grow old but our thoughts will never fade.

From the fun times to the rough times to the sad and hurtful we will always miss them.

They put their heart and soul into their job and they didn’t deserve the outcome, we are so sorry for your loss.

They will never be forgotten.

pipe river miners

2010-11-30T11:26:00.004+13:00

29 miners sadly dead
Everyone will remember them for
What they did for you
Remember the good times you had before they got trapped but continue your lives
With your happy memories you had with your loved ones.

By Chris Chilcott, Connor Freeman and Logan kruidenier

Pike River Mine poems by room 8

2010-11-30T10:56:00.002+13:00

Poems for the families of the Pike River Miners

From room 8, Tawa Intermediate School

Sadness and sorrow is what we feel

The earth claims your sons

They are forever part of our land.

29 miners all lost their lives

for 29 miners, death came as a suprise

29 parents, all lost their sons

29 families devastated at what has been done

We will never forget

their dark faces fill our minds with regret and sorrow
as the sun rises they grow no older
they may be forgotten but in our hearts they will always be there.

29 miners have all lost their families,

all lost their friends,

and all lost their children.

29 miners have all lost their wives,

all lost their girlfriends,

and all lost their partners.

29 families have all lost their husbands,

all lost their siblings,

and all lost their fathers.

29 miners have all lost their lives,

in the Pike River mine.

29 miners

29 families

They will never be the same

As we wait

As we watch

Hoping

Wishing

It'd just stop

Sorrow has filled these families

Soon to be mothers

Soon to be wives

Soon to be grandmothers

All too soon to have lost their lives

First days

Turn to last

As we wait

As we watch

29 miners 29 lives 29 families all lost

wives without their husbands

kids without their dads

grandchildren without grandads

so many lives were wasted on a miner explosion
they will never be forgotten.

29 Miners
29 Living Souls
29 Families losing their hold
29 reasons to always remember

I feel for the souls that were left behind

Help was needed but could not be

The miners died but their memories live on

Kind regards for all

We will remember them and they will remember us.

My biggest fear

2010-11-24T13:48:00.002+13:00

We walked up a big hill to get to the flying fox. It was long and big and it went past some trees and over the river but the bad part about it was the walking back up the big hill again. It was my turn. My knees were shaking but I jumped and went past the river. I walked up the hill again.
It was fun.
It was like the big swing at the rock climbing wall. It is the coolest flying fox in the world!. I had conquered my biggest fear.

By Logan

Room 8 Camp

2010-11-23T14:53:00.001+13:00

Fabulous rm 8 camp

2010-11-23T14:48:00.004+13:00

This camp was awesome we had lots of new experiences
by JaayKid Jordan and Monty

Camp Memories

2010-11-23T14:46:00.003+13:00

Camp was an experience we will never forget :)
Although we weren't clean most the time we still had a blast. we made new memories and new friendships together as a class :)

I don't think any of us will ever forget the amazing experiences we had together on camp :)

By Jenna and Jodiee

Fabulous rm 8 camp

2010-11-22T10:30:00.003+13:00

I am really impressed with the way rm 8 got on so well at camp. We went to the Wairarapa for 4 days and 3 nights and had a great time. We were lucky to have fantastic camp parents who helped out with the activities and were great company.
It's a long time since we have posted anything on our blog so maybe we can put some photos up of some of the good times we had at camp.

Mrs Christie's overseas adventure

2010-09-20T20:34:00.002+12:00

It was a relief not to have the constant whirr of the aeroplane's engines whining and pulsating in my ears. My brain was a bit fuzzy - what's new you ask? - and after being on the go for nearly 35 hours we finally landed at Heathrow, London at 11 in the morning. The Air NZ Terminal is miles away from the main Arrivals hall and we walked for ages before getting our bags and clearing customs.

We were met by family and whisked off to Crowthorne in Berkshire. I was bullied into going on a walk and although I tried to resist it was a great thing for clearing my head.

We saw squirrels scampering up trees as we wandered through the grounds of Wellington College, a very posh school with huge grounds including lots of cricket and football pitches and their own golf course and indoor swimming pool- all you sporty people would have loved it.

We are off to Devon today to see more family.

current events

2010-09-20T09:22:00.007+12:00

The Christchurch earthquake.The council urges those in Rolleston or Tai Tapu to reduce all water use.Currently Tai Tapu sewerage is going into the Halswell River due to the city's network failure and Rolleston's sewerage is overloading the small treatment site that is still operating.A welfare centre is now open at the Rolleston community center on Rolleston Drive.In 8.13am there were 4.1 aftershocks closer to Christchurch(20km south-west of the city),at a depth of 20kms.the earthquake was a least 7.1 or 7.4 thats what it said on the richter scale and the map.

by Celine & Xena

Thomas and Cameron Pop Guns Science Experiment

2010-09-13T09:44:00.004+12:00

For their homework Cam and Thomas did a science experiment called Pop Guns.
It was an explosive experiment and here are the steps

1. Get a small container and fill 3/4 off it with baking soda and the rest with vinegar.

2. You quickly put the cap on the small container and the cap should explode into the air.

By Thomas

2010-09-13T09:02:00.009+12:00

In week 6 Joe did an experiment on hot ice. Hot ice is a liquid,and when you touch it, it crystalizes.
In the poster it says how to make sodium acetate. Instructions:

Sodium acetate is a powder and you add water and boil it.
After about 2 minutes of it boiling you pour it in a container and store it in the fridge or freezer.
After about 5 minutes in the fridge it will be cold put a bit of sodium acetate on your finger and dip it in the mixture and take it out and watch it freeze.
You can reuse it by simply boiling it up and repeating the process.

Sodium acetate is also found in heat packs that is what makes the heat pack freeze and go warm when you click the metal, the mixture reacts and heats up the heat spreads and the rest of the liquid freezes over. By Joe

Current Events

2010-08-30T09:34:00.006+12:00

Pakistan cricketers quizzed over match fixing

Police are questioning Pakistan cricket over newspaper reports of match fixing during the current test match against England at Lord's, the team's manager said on Saturday.
"I can confirm that we are aware of the allegations and Scotland police are with us now at the hotel and we are helping them with their enquiries," team manager Yawar Saeed said.Pakistan players were secretly paid to bowl no balls during the fourth and final test against England as part of betting scam

City to trial new parking sensors

Solar-powered parking sensors are set to be installed in Palmerston North next month after the council agreed to trial a $2.5 million system developed in the city.The final details are still being worked out, but the council has agreed to go ahead with the project, which will make it easier for parking wardens to know exactly how long vehicles have overstayed in parking spaces.

Mexico's drug war crosses US border

Five dead men lay in the living room of one apartment. Some of the men showed signs of torture, they were killed by drug dealers.

by Jay,Jordan and daniel.

Georgia's Hanging Crystals experiment

2010-08-23T10:04:00.004+12:00

Science Experiment – Hanging Crystals
Scientific method
Purpose: To find out what happens when baking soda is dissolved in hot water and combined with string over a period of time.
Hypothesis: (Prediction of what you think will happen)
The baking soda will cling to the string and create crystals over a period of time.
Experiment:
1. Resources/materials – 2 same sized jars or glasses, piece of string or wool about 50 cm long, 12 teaspoons of baking soda (6 for each glass), 2 paper clips, 1 plate, same amount of hot water in each glass, 1 teaspoon, flat surface in the sun.
2. Method-
• Connect paper clips to each end of the string or wool.
• Pour equal amounts of hot water into 2 glasses or jars ¾ full.
• Put 6 teaspoons of baking soda into the first glass.
• Stir the baking soda until it dissolves.
• Put the ends of the string with the paper clips into the glasses so that the paper clip touches the bottom of the glass.
• After a minute put 6 teaspoons of Baking soda into the other glass and mix it until it dissolves.
• Wait for a week and observe.

By Georgia, Maddy and Jenna.

Toka tu Moana

2010-08-17T14:37:00.001+12:00

In the afternoon we all went to see Toha tu moana. they are a Maori cultural theatre group who did dance,drama and haka. They based it on a story about maui but used modern music.
There were lots of challenges.
The first challenge was the poi, they had to get two girls to do the challenge on stage.
One girl was good at it and the other girl was better but they both had a go.

The second challenge was the taiaha. They had to get two boys, they were both good at it and everybody laughed with them.

The third challenge was the finger thing. There were two people that did it one person won, that was Tohu and the other one was Selena they did their best but Tohu won at the end of the challenge.

by Xena and Marius

Current Events

2010-08-16T09:15:00.003+12:00

This week we have been talking about current events.
This is some that we have been talking about.

World News- BP oil spill costs pass $6bn mark
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion has so far cost BP a total of $6.1bn (£3.8bn), the company has said.

National- Nature dumps on Whakatane
Two days of torrential rain around Whakatane in Bay of Plenty have caused floods that blocked roads, cut phone lines and forced families from their homes.
At least 15 people were staying with friends or at the town's war memorial hall last night after rising waters punched a 10 metre hole in the Te Rahu canal stop-bank, flooding 10 hectares of farm land.

Local- Water-polo in Wellington as honours shared
IT RAINED goals at Westpac Stadium on Friday night as the Wellington Phoenix opened their Hyundai A-League 2010/11 campaign with a 3-3 draw against Gold Coast United in wet and difficult playing conditions.
Played in front of an 8398-strong crowd, the weather could not dampen the spirits of the home side for much of the match, but the visitors did with an 87th-minute equaliser after the Phoenix had held a 3-1 lead 10 minutes into the second half.

By Tommo, Camo and Brado

Poems from current events

2010-08-09T10:04:00.003+12:00

Room 8 made up poems from today's current events. Here are some of them...

Traffic
loud, neverending, rumbling
braking horning
frustrating
By Olivia

AB's Ambush
Extraordinary,Breath Taking
Quick,Empowering,Heart Pumping
Amazing
By Connor W

Traffic jam
A line of vehicles with no end, headlights shining brightly
Waiting, hungry, tired
Hurry up!!
By Connor.S

Wellington Lions
Fast running good passing
kicking,sprinting,tackling
Counties win
By Cameron.R

Fire
Burning,rushing,throught the forest.
Quick,powerful,heart stopping.
dangerous never ending.
By Vicky.

Netball
Noisy,onesided,high scoring,
well played, fantastic shooting,
Wonderful
by Georgia.k

rush hour
very still,noisy.
braking,beeping,trees slipping.
irritating,anoying,waiting patiently.
frustration.
by Jay.m

current events/ sport / international .

2010-08-09T09:27:00.002+12:00

This morning room 8 was discussing the latest news.

The All Blacks won the Bledisloe Cup on Saturday night. They were versing a formidable Australian side.The score was 20-10. Our defence won us the game. It was a great game, well done All Blacks.

There is a horrible fire going on in south east Moscow that is causing smog to take over the city. The city centre of Moscow is 90kms away from disaster.

Heading back to good news for New Zealand the Silver Ferns won in a one sided game against Samoa. They won 92-28.

Yesterday in the late afternoon there was a huge slip on the main highway causing a lot of traffic. Traffic control and police attended the scene.

by Georgia,Vicky and Connor.W

David Hills visit

2010-07-30T14:43:00.003+12:00

On Thursday the 29th of July David Hill came to our school for a visit to help us with our writing skills. He read us a few of his interesting books and told us stuff about him.
He was a really nice man and he is funny. He is someone that you can hang around with.

FIFA World Cup in South Africa

2010-07-01T14:33:00.002+12:00

South Africa has spent billions of dollars on building stadiums for the World Cup. Some people feel this money would best be spent on other things. What is your opinion?

ZoneDance.flv

2010-06-29T12:12:00.003+12:00

Happy birthday Rafaela

2010-06-29T08:40:00.004+12:00

Team building in Room 8

2010-06-29T08:11:00.003+12:00

TIS indoor football

2010-06-28T14:46:00.007+12:00

He shoots he scores! Over the last few weeks our school has had an Indoor Football tournament. We made the semi finals, scoring 10 goals altogether but we lost to room 18, 3-2 in the boys' game and a draw in the girls' game. We played pretty well but they were just the better side.
Good luck to room 18 for the final against room 16.
By Cameron

DARE PROJECT

2010-06-15T14:45:00.008+12:00

For the last few weeks we have had Iain Browne in for DARE and today some of us showed the class their DARE projects. Some people did power points and some people did hand written facts.

by Georgia

The origami gang

2010-06-04T14:46:00.004+12:00

We have been making fantastic origami flowers and birds.

By Marius

Success at last!

2010-06-04T12:25:00.002+12:00

We finally managed to log ourselves onto the computer Yay! Now we can add blogs of our own but we have to be carefull to spell check and make sure its written properly.
So far so good...
By Jenna

Patrick B'day

2010-06-03T14:42:00.006+12:00

Recently it was Patrick's birthday. He had a great time because Marius baked a cake which was shared throughout the class. Nice one Marius, Happy birthday Patrick.
By Thomas

School Cross country

2010-05-31T14:41:00.003+12:00

Today was an epic day. The sudden Boom and Crash of chanting pre-teens caused a verbal earthquake. This was not a country we were running on, this was an ashphalt jungle. Five giants arose from the depths of the school. These greats did us well today. Great efforts these were because these few got a prize fit for a king. This was not just a cross-country this was a showdown. Congratulations to:Jonno, Olivia, Brad, Patrick, and Cameron for getting in the top fifteen.

By Connor W

David Hill NZ Writer

2010-05-28T14:40:00.002+12:00

We have just finished reading the book 'See Ya Simon' by David Hill it was a very sad but amazing story.
We were so inspired by David Hill's work that we have invited him to come and visit our school in July.
We are very excited!
Jenna and Joti

Book reviews

2010-05-27T12:59:00.010+12:00

We are writing book reviews on books we are reading. We are trying to use inference and show don't tell in our writing so that we don't tell the reader exactly what happens in the book.
Here are some of our reviews:

Reading Pink Balloons makes me sad. After a character in the book found out she has a disability her entire life changes. Skye is like a walking circus, she is full of life, makes jokes and knows how to cheer you up.

Skye’s mother has always taken care of Skye and her disability. Dr Ziegler sees Skye every four weeks so he can examine her. All the nurses in the hospital are kind to Skye. Skye hangs out with her dad a lot when she is not in hospital. Her dad is a grease monkey and Skye is a lot like him.

I thought it was cool how Skye and DR Ziegler got along and just joked around. It is cool how Skye was happy in hospital and got along fine with the other nurses.

The story is mostly set in the hospital because Skye is mostly there.

The author of the book is Beverly McGauran and I think her point of view was to show everyone what AIDS can do to you.

I would recommend Pink Balloons to people who like reading books that are true

By Marius Bornman

‘Rocco’

Reading ‘Rocco’ by Sherryl Jordan makes you really think. After weird dreams Rocco finds himself in a strange world called Anshur. It’s a confusing plot because he is in two parallel worlds: the real world and Anshur.

Rocco Makepeace, the main character, is very stubborn to the people in Anshur, but he is also very brave and courageous. Ilsabeth is the new love for Rocco; she is quiet reserved but friendly at the same time. Jakob is Ilsabeth's brother and an enemy to Rocco; he is stubborn and determined to get rid of Rocco.

I thought this book was very descriptive and well written with both of the two worlds.

I recommend this book to kids aged 10+ that enjoy interesting and challenging books. Sherryl Jordan is showing you what could happen with fear of a nuclear war hitting.

By Maddy

Private Peaceful
Reading Private Peaceful makes you emotional.
It can sometimes be a frightening book which teaches you how brutal the war really is.

Tommo, the main character is like a brick wall, you can’t get through him because of his determination. Charlie is really out there to make the best of life. Big Joe is a kind and friendly person and can get emotional. I liked it when Tommo and Charlie headed off for the WW1 because it got exciting.

It can sometimes get complicated because at the start of each chapter he’s in this trench and most of this story he is having flashbacks but it comes together. This book is realistic because it is not a true story but is based on things that happened in WW1.

I recommend it to older kids because they can understand it more. I reckon the author's purpose for the book is to teach people how brutal the WW1 is. Michael Morpurgo is a great author because he sets the book out well.

I Have To Go Home

By Renée

Reading I Have to Go Home by Renée, at times it makes you feel sad. After an unexpected car incident Sweat Pea is left with a big decision to make. It’s a sad story because it could happen to anyone. Sweet Pea, the main character, is fragile and quiet, but she’s very determined to do what she wants.

Granny Rose loves her own company and hates cooking, but at times she is very helpful at taking care of her pets and garden. Sally (also known as Sal) is Sweat Pea’s best friend, she is a very outgoing girl and isn’t afraid of what others think.

I think the book is a very heartfelt, realistic story that also has its surprises. I Have to Go Home is a really good book I recommend it to anyone that has a decision to make and that has gone through a rough time.

By Jenna

I HAVE TO GO HOME by Georgia

Reading ‘I have to go home’ by Renee a makes you feel sad. After a car accident Sweet Pea is left with her Granny Rose. This could happen to anyone at any time. Sweet Pea the main character is worried, quiet and stressed. Granny Rose does not like to cook but she is very loving and caring. Sal is Sweet Peas best friend in the whole world and outgoing.

I think it’s a good book and it shows how determined Sweet Pea is to get her old life back.

The book is quite moving and a little bit confusing because sometimes it changes subject. Like when it was about Sweet Pea then it changed to about her Granny’s cat and dog.

I think ‘I have to go home’ is a very good book and I recommend the book for kids that like moving and life-changing stories. I think the author wrote this book because it can happen to anyone at anytime but you can move on but still remember them in your heart.

Some of our mosaics

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Mosaics of Mt Vesuvius erupting over Pompeii.