SPRING IS HERE!

Signs of Spring are everywhere at Nelson Central School. Here are some things we have seen recently:

A Monarch butterfly

Cute ducklings

Isobel's gorgeous lamb 'PIP' came for a visit. As part of our Inquiry topic this term we have been investigating Imports and Exports, looking closely at New Zealand wool. Pip gave us all a chance to experience some wool up close!

SPRING POEMS: COUPLETS

Have you ever seen a new leaf?

Pale green, cool coloured, brand new.

Wicked!

By Lochie

Have you ever seen a lamb?

Bleating baby, soft sheep, sweet white.

Wonderful.

By Isobel

Have you ever seen a foal?

Beautiful creature, trotting madly, spectacular baby.

Outstanding.

By Frankie

ULURU AND FRIENDS

Room 13 have been reading some lovely letters from Miss S's class in Australia. They are looking after our friend Kiki Kiwi and seem to be having some great adventures. We have written some stories and letters about Uluru for our Australian friends to read.

You can read these by clicking on the link to 'Room 13's writing 2008' .

We hope to hear back from Miss S's class soon!

OLYMPIC CHAMPION VISITS

Lynley shows us her Bronze medal

Lochie tries the medal on

Emily and Uluru

Rooms 13, 1 and 3 were very lucky to have a visit from Lynley Coventry (nee Hannen). Lynley won a Bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics Games in Seoul, Korea. Lynley and Nikki Payne won the medal for rowing in the Coxless pair 2000m race. We were all allowed to hold the medal - it was quite big and VERY heavy.

Lynley told us all about how she got to be an Olympic champion and reminded us that:
WE CAN ALL ACHIEVE IF WE AIM HIGH!

Ki runga rawa tamariki.

SUTER ART GALLERY: ARUM

Even Uluru had a go at making a flower!
Aiden made a flower for his Uncle

Room 13 have been on another fantastic visit to the Suter Art Gallery. We went to see Anne Rush's exhibition called 'ARUM'. It is an amazing sight! The space is all white, including the floor, walls, furniture and Takaka stones on the floor. There are lots of white Arum lilies that Anne Rush has made form paper mache. The exhibition is about MEMORIES and we all thought about somebody or something that we missed in our lives. We made a memory flower of our own and placed it on the wall outside the Suter Art Gallery.


Thanks again to Esther and all of the wonderful parents that make these trips happen.

THE WILD STORM

The storm looked like trees swaying in the wind, toppling over on the ground.
The storm sounded like wind rattling on my windows.
The storm made me feel like monsters were attacking.
By Callum

The storm sounded like somebody drumming on
the roof with a hammer.
The storm looked like fat trees cracking when they rip.
The storm felt like raindrops blowing away in
the far distance.

By Emily

The storm looked like the wind blowing trees,
swaying trees and rivers flooding.
The storm sounded like rattling windows and rain in the trees.
The storm felt like leaves hitting me.

By Omar

The storm looked like twisting raindrops falling from the sky out of nowhere.
The storm felt like very strong raindrops dripping on my head.
The storm sounded like raindrops crashing on the roof and the fire making a rattling noise.

By Max

MURPHY AND STELLA COME TO VISIT

Stella and her new Room 13 friends

Quade holds Murphy while Jonti introduces Uluru.

Murphy won't move!

Helen has a new little puppy called Murphy. Room 13 were very lucky to have Murphy and his friend Stella come to visit us. Our class is writing a picture book called 'The Adventures of Murphy'. Click on the link to ROOM 13 WRITING 2008 to read more of our great stories. Come and read the whole picture book in Room 13.




One day Murphy couldn’t find his bone. He looked everywhere. Murphy sneaked into the garden and he dug 40 holes trying to find his bone. He couldn’t find it! Poor Murphy tripped and fell into the biggest hole. He was stuck. Murphy barked and howled, calling to Stella. Stella heard Murphy and came running. She pulled and pulled. When Stella got Murphy out of the hole he felt dirty and exhausted. Murphy and Stella tried to get to sleep. They slept all day and when they woke up they felt fine!
By Baz



The adventures of Murphy
One sunny morning Helen took Murphy and Stella to the beach. When they got there Helen threw a stick to Stella, while Murphy was rolling in the golden sand. Helen threw the stick so far it went into the sea. Stella ran into the sea. While Stella was swimming a crab bit Stella on the nose. Murphy saw Stella was in trouble so he ran out to sea. Murphy threw the crab off Stella’s nose. When they got to shore they shook off the water and went home. After that Stella and Murphy had a playfight. Soon the sun went down and Stella and Murphy went to sleep.
By Mia

CREATIVE WRITING: One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive..

One evening last summer Jim and Debbie took a drive. It was dark as they drove down the street. “Turn the headlights on” said Jim. Their headlights shone down the road. Suddenly Debbie began to shout “Look! Help! This is the end of me!” “What is the matter with you?” said Jim. Debbie pointed to something. An alien spaceship! They jumped out of the car and ran to hide in the bushes but it was too late. WHIRRRR came the noise from the spaceship, louder and louder!
Suddenly a little cute alien came up and said “Hello. Greetings. Come to Timtomtwo in space.” The other one stared angrily at Debbie. “That’s Grumpy,” said the alien. “My name’s Happy.” “But we don’t want to come to Timtomtwo!” groaned Jim. Grumpy had got them up and took them onto the alien spaceship. Inside there were 100 controls all over the roof, the floor and the walls. “Oh,” said Happy, “Come in. Come here”. They walked over to where Happy was standing and stepped onto a piece of empty floor. Suddenly it began to move and stopped at the door. Grumpy pushed them through the door and it shut behind them. “Oh Sugar!” said Jim. There were no controls anywhere so the little room was empty – no nothing! One hour later they began to get hungry and suddenly Happy opened the door and smiled, “Good morning!” “Breakfast…” said Debbie weakly. “Yes, come into Timtomtwo”.
Debbie and Jim looked surprised but followed, amazed. When they were outside a rollercoaster zoomed past and bumper cars bumped around. It was noisy and a lot of shops sat on the side and funny creatures slithered around.
Jim saw the spaceship begin to lift off the ground. “Ha ha,” he said. “We’re not staying here forever!” They began to run over to the spaceship and jumped in the spaceship. They flew off to New Zealand and landed right in front of the car. They jumped in and drove home as fast as they could. When they got inside they stared at each other. “Phew. What a close save!”
By Josephine

CLICK ON THE LINK 'Room 13's writing 2008' to read more of our stories.