RAPUNZEL - BY MADDY

Once upon a time there lived a little a couple and they wanted a child.  One day the wife said, "I want some lettuce form the Witch's garden.  Please can you get me some." The husband said "Yes."  So he did. But when he got a lettuce the Witch said, "Moia-ha-ha!  I've got you now!"  The man said "My wife said to me that she wanted some lettuce from your garden."

"Fine.  Your wife can have as much lettuce as she wants,: said the Witch.  "But when the baby is born, you must give it to me.  Waa-ha-ha!" cackled the Witch and off she went.  The husband didn't really hear what the witch said.  He was worried.  The husband told the wife that she could have as much lettuce as she wanted.

The day the baby was born, the Witch snuck up slowly.  The wife said, "GO!"  but when the couple walked quietly away, the witch flew out of her hiding place and said, "Now you have to give her to me!"

The wife cried.  "Please don't!"  But the Witch already had left.  The wife cried again and again.  The wife cried all day long.  She never stopped crying.

The Witch locked Rapunzel in a tower in the woods.  The Witch visited Rapunzel every night.

One day, a Prince heard Rapunzel heard singing.  He said, "Follow that voice.  Find that girl!"  The men searched the woods.  They could not find the girl.  The Prince heard the singing coming from the tall tower.  He waited all night then the witch came and said, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel.  Let down your hair."  Rapunzel did.  The Witch climbed and climbed and then the big old mean Witch climbed down the big tower.  Then the big mean Witch said, "I will be back at 1pm."

The Prince came and rescued Rapunzel from the tower.  He took Rapunzel back to the Kingdom.  At 1pm the Witch came to the tall tower and said "Rapunzel, Rapunzel.  Let down your hair."  But she was getting married at the Kingdom and they all lived happily ever after.

CINDERELLA STORY - BY AVA T

Ava had been working on this amazing piece of writing of a few weeks now...

Once upon a time there lived three mean sisters and a young girl called Cinderella.  She had to do all the work because her mean sisters told her want to do.  One day they got a letter from the prince to go to the Ball.  They all were excited to go. 
Cinderella said "Can I come?"  but her mean sisters said "No, you can't.  Only us." 
Cinderella cried with sadness.  She wished that she could go. 

Suddenly in a cloud of smoke, a Fairy Godmother came. 
She said, "Did someone say wish?"
Cinderella said, "Who are you?" 
The Fairy Godmother said, "I am your Fairy Godmother, darling." 
"Can you help me?  I want to go to the Ball."  Cinderella asked.
"OK," said the Fairy Godmother.  With a tip of her wand she had a beautiful dress which has light blue sparkles that looked like stars.

No one at the Ball noticed that it was Cinderella.  So she went to the Prince's Ball in a carridge that actually made from a pumpkin.  Meanwhile, she got there just in time for the Prince to decide who he wanted to marry.  The Prince decided he wanted to marry Cinderella.  Cinderella was so happy, but it was midnight.  She ran as fast as she could but when she got to the end of the stairs the magic came off so she ran home. 

Cinderella had left her shoes.  The Prince was so sad that he couldn't even know her name.  So he had an idea.  It was to go to everyone's house and tell them to put on her shoe.  If it fits it would be her.  Then off he went.  When he got to the last house there was Cinderella.  Cinderella put on the shoe and it fitted!  Everyone was happy.  The Prince said, "What is your name?" 
Cinderella said, "My name is Cinderella."  Then the Prince and Cinderella got married and they lived happily ever after.

"A HUSKY AT THE BEACH" By Fai'ana

Once upon a time there was a husky called Snowflake.  She lived in the snow but one day a person from NZ took the husky to NZ and took her to the beach.  The husky got to hot so the husky barked at the person from NZ so he took the husky back to the snow.

"LOLLY LAND" By Ryla

Once upon a time there lived two lollies.  Once called Sprinkles the doughnut and another called Strawberry the Gummy Bear.  They went to bed and when they woke up they ended up in Cupcake Land where they met a cupcake called Raspberry.  Then they went for a little walk but they weren't looking where they were walking and fell straight into a lolly bush.  They started to tickle the bush's leaves and the lolly bush burped them out.

"FLUTTER' By Amon

At 6pm today I was with my friend Flutter.  Flutter was a swallow.  We were looking for Bling Blong, the man of the jungle but we stepped on a trap door and ended up in a even darker forest.  He heard a voice that said "Are you lost?"  "Ssssssssttttthhhhhh".  Amon was scared but Flutter was tweeting with anger.  But the myseterious voice had captured Flutter.  Just then Bling Blong kicked the mysterious voice.  Suddenly Flutter started biting the .... witch!  There was a snake slithering away and the which was never seen or heard of again.  Flutter's name was famous.

CINDERELLA STORY - BY ELLIOT

Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella.  She had to do all of the jobs.  Then one day, an invitation arrived.   The stepsisters were bossy but they got invited.  Cinderella wanted to come bit she couldn't then... a Fairy Godmother came and she said "I can make you go to the Palace."  Just as she said it, Cinderella magically appeared in the Palace.  The stepsisters didn't even recognise her.  Cinderella forgot about her new clothes disappearing at midnight.  She ran down the stairs and the Prince ran down the stairs too.  She got her fancy clothes back and the Prince lived with Cinderella forever.  They lived happily ever after

SAMOA

To continue with out study about Samoa.  Yesterday Mika's mum Bex came in with some fantastic food from Samoa.  Wow!  

First Mika told us all about how to collects coco in Samoa with his family.

  

Bex mixed it with rice and water and created a beautiful meal for us.  Some of us were not so keen on the strong taste while others went back for seconds.  Can you tell from the photos who liked it?

 

Bex had also made some Sapasui for us.  This was a real hit with most children heading back for seconds.  Lucky for us she had made lots.

  

 

"Yesterday Mika and his mum bought Samoan food because we are learning about Samoa.  She bought Samoan chocolate and rice but my favourite was the noodles and beef".  By Keira

"Thank you for the Samoan food.  I just with I lived in Samoa for my whole life.  Can I tell you something? Can I have more of the food?" By Kaito

"Thank you Bex for letting us try the sapsui and coco.  Can you please tell me the recipe for the sapasui?  Sorry I didn't try the coco.  It didn't smell really good.  I also liked the stuff Mika brought in especially the maui hook". By Oliver H

"Thanks for coming over yesterday  I lived the food.  Yummy.  Those pots were pretty cool.  My favourite was the noodles.  I liked the coco" By Ethan

"Yesterday we had noodles for lunch and something else.  It had coco beans in it.  It was kind of nice but the noodles were nicer. Bex made it". By Harlem

"Thanks for the sapasui.  It was so good.  I loved it but the drink was a little bit bad but i still liked it". By Jacob

Once again a big thank you to Mika's mum.  We loved the experience you created for us.  

Thank you!!!!

RAPUNZEL STORIES

We wrote stories about Rapunzel.  They are pretty amazing!




Rapunzel - By Elliot

Once upon a time there was a girl called Rapunzel and she got locked up in a tower.  Just then along came a Prince.  He climbed up Rapunzel's hair.  Then the witch came and she was horrified.  She sent Rapunzel to a far away land.  The witch tricked the Prince and he was blind.
He heard the music and he followed the music and he went into the desert... he found Rapunzel but he couldn't see Rapunzel.  Just then Rapunzel cried onto the Prince's eyes.  He wasn't blind anymore!  They fell in love.

Rapunzel - By Ruby

Once upon a time there lived a Mum and a Father. The lady said "can you please get me some lettuce from the Witch's garden?" Suddenly the Witch came. "You must give me your baby... moihahaha!" The next day, she took the baby. She (the Witch) called the babu Rapunzel. She put her in a tall tower... near the tower lived a Prince. The Prince came to the bottom of the tower. He said, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel. Let down your golden hair." Rapunzel did what he said. Then the Witch came and said "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your golden hair!" Rapunzel did. The Witch climbed Rapunzel's hair. The Witch cut her hair and sent Rapunzel to a far away land. The Prince climbed up her golden hair. The Witch dropped the hair. The Prince fell in the bush. Then the Prince heard Rapunzel singing. Sadly they found each other and cried happy tears. The became Queen and King and they lived happily ever after!

Rapunzel - By Shyloh

Once upon a time there was a scary tower and the witch was in there with Rapunzel.  This boy crept inside but luckily she had a pan to hit him with. BANG!

Rapunzel - By Ava T

Once upon a time there lived a poor old man and an old woman.  The old woman wanted a baby so she told the old to get the witch’s lettuce.  The old man did what she said.

Suddenly the witch found out.  The old man said,

“The old woman wanted a baby, so she needs lettuce,”

The witch said, “When the new baby is born you have to bring her to me, moihahaha!”  Suddenly she disappeared. The old man told the old woman what the witch had said They all cried with sadness.  The old woman did not want to give the witch her baby.

Then they got an idea.   They left their home so the witch wouldn’t know where they are.  Suddenly a cloud of smoke appeared. The witch grabbed the baby. They disappeared into thin air.

The witch called the baby Rapunzel.  She locked her in a big tower for a long time.  She grew long, beautiful golden hair.

One day a prince cane to the tower.  He was looking for a princess to marry so they could be King and Queen.  He was trying to climb up the tower but he couldn’t get up. He was always dreaming who it could be.  

Then the witch came that night.  She said “Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your golden hair.”  Rapunzel did what she said.

One night the Prince sneakily spied on the tower.

Suddenly the Witch came and called, “Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your golden hair.”  The witch climbed up and only gave her some food. Then she left.

The Prince heard the Witch’s words.  The Prince said “Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your golden hair.”  Rapunzel didn’t know that is was the Prince. The Prince climbed up.  He said, “What is your name?” Rapunzel replied, “My name is Rapunzel.”  She was shy. They met. They already fell in love at first sight.

Every night and day, the Prince came to the tower but… when the Prince was there, the Witch saw the Prince.  The Witch banished Rapunzel to the desert.

The Prince didn’t know where Rapunzel was so he left.  The next day he came back to see if Rapunzel was back in her tower.  He forget that the Witch cut Rapunzel’s hair. He said “Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your golden hair.” Rapunzel was not there.  The Witch taped Rapunzel’s hair to the tower. When the Prince climbed up the Witch un-taped it and the Prince fell in the thorn bush.  He couldn’t open his eyes, only with water.

He went to the desert.  He heard Rapunzel singing.  He followed the voice. He felt someone.  It was Rapunzel!

Rapunzel said, “oh no my Prince.  Your eyes are not open.” Rapunzel cried.  One of Rapunzel’s tears went on the Princes eyes.  It helped his eyes. He could see again! Then the Prince took Rapunzel to his castle and they got married.  They lived happily ever after.

Rapunzel - By Jack

Once upon a time there was a little baby.  Her name was Rapunzel. She got older and she had long hair.  She lived in a castle and it was tall and big.

One day the Witch saw the Prince was going inside and the Witch cut Rapunzel’s hair off.  She said, “do not cut my golden hair!” But the Witch did.

Then she got kicked into the desert.  Meanwhile the Prince climbed the tower and fell down into the thorns.  His eyes got pricked and he couldn’t see. He wandered into the desert where Rapunzel was.  They found each other. They lived happily ever after.

Rapunzel - By Connor

Once upon a time there was a Mum and a Dad and they wanted a little girl.  The Mum had to have lettuce. The Dad snuck over the fence and got one bit of lettuce and the Mum ate it but that was not enough for the Mum…

The Dad went back over the fence and the Witch caught him!  The Witch said to him, “Don’t steal my lettuce.”

Dad said to the Witch, “But my wife can’t live without it.”

“OK, you can get how ever much lettuce you want but when the baby is born, give me it.” replied the Witch.

The Dad went home.  When the baby was born the Witch put her in a tall tower for a long time.  

One day, a Prince heard Rapunzel’s voice and the Prince climbed the tower.  The Prince promised Rapunzel that every night he would come over.

One night, the Witch caught him.  The Witch sent Rapunzel far away and the Prince came back… and he climbed the tower and the Witch pushed him down and he was now a blind Prince until they found each other and they lived happily ever after.

WRITING - MY TRIP TO ITALY

I just landed in an airport in Italy.  I was on my way to the Leaning Tower of Pisa but I saw a shop with stuff from Leonardo da Vinci.  I spotted his catapult that was 50 Euro.  I bought it.  I said "Thanks" to the shopkeeper and to my surprise it was Leonardo da Vinci.  A few hours later I was at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

By Oliver H

In Italy I am going out for dinner and going to have pizza at a restaurant.  There pizza is yummy.  I like to stay in Italy.  Italy is a very big place.  Now I am going to Rome.  Now I am in Rome it is a very big place and it is night.  I am getting hungry.  Now I am going to a restaurant in Sicily for dinner.  I am having pizza.

By Skylah 

One sunny day I flew to Italy.  While I was flying to Italy I looked down and saw a country that was shaped like  boot.  Then I realised I was landing on the country shaped like a boot.  Phew!  I thought i was in the wrong plane.  Then I saw the Italy flag.  When I got to Italy it was nearly dinner time.  Then I went to the concert to see Pavarotti singing.  While he was singing there was folk dancing.  After the concert I went to the pizza shop and got cheese pizza.  It was delicious!

By Mika

Today we're going to the Tower of Pisa.  I got a pizza and I got a car.  It was an electric car.  I am going to bed.  It's morning.  Time for breakfast.  Yum!  Yum!  Time to go out and spend some Euro on pizza.  Oh so good!  "What have you been eating?" said Mum. "Pizza?" "Si" I said.

By Quinn G 

One day I went to Italy.  I said "I wonder what to do".  Suddenly I had it.  "I'll go get pizza".  So i went to the pizza shop.  I bought 2 pizza boxes.  When I was done I went to see Pavarotti at the Opera.  I loved the music.  It was very fancy.  I loved it.

By Keira.

Today we are going to Italy.  First we are going to drive to Wellington, then we are going on a plane to Italy.  The next day is here.  We're in Italy.  Yay!  Me and my family doesn't know what we are doing.  I said to my dad "I'm feeling hungry".  "Then let's get some pizza".   But my sister and my mum said "No".  But my dad did not know what that means.  Then we had a vote.  Boys verses girls.  In the vote i started crying because i knew the girls will win.  At the hotel we went and had alot of pizza ad pasts.  We went to our hotel room.  We watched TV.  On TV we watched the news.  One of the people on the news said Italy is shaped like a boot.  I said "Whaaaattt?  That is strange.  Now can we go to the  two islands?"  "Ok" replied dad.  A thte two islands we went to  concert.  WE saw Pavarotti and folk dancing.

By Kaito

LETTERS TO RAPUNZEL

Some of us wrote letters back to Rapunzel...


Dear Rapunzel

Thank you for your letter.  We made inventions to get you safely down from your tower.  We hope the evil witch is not bothering you.  We just love your paintings.  They are as pretty as a butterfly.  You pet Pascalle is cute.

From Charlie


Dear Rapunzel

Thank you for the letter.  Everyone was excited to help you.  My group did a pole.  You need paper but I think you should use iron.  If you hold tight, you will go down slowly.  I think you will be happy to feel grass again on your toes.

From Ava T

NEW ZEALAND BIRDS

We were lucky enough to read a brand new book today "New Zealand Birds".  Mrs Kenyon read us the big book and then we all got our own copy.  We decided to pick one of the birds in the book and write a story pretending we were the bird.  Check out a couple!

"One dark and stormy night a takahe called Hehe had a dark shadow looming over him.  He ran as fast as his little legs could carry him.  A few minutes later he was in a mysterious forest.  Suddenly the dark shadow was back.  A few seconds later he was eaten.  The dark shadow was a stoat". 

By Oliver

"Hi!  I'm a takahe but I do look like a pukeko but i'm not.  I also live on the ground but i'm so sad that i'm the only boy one left.  I eat tussock trees".

By Jacob

EXPLORING THE BUSH

Mrs Kenyon's reading group got to explore the Riverdale School bush today and what an amazing adventure we had.  

There were a lot of sticks for us to use to build huts. 

   

     

Lots of interesting insects to look at. 

 

Seeds and leaves galore.

 

What had a wonderful time and hope the rain stays away so we can go back tomorrow.

"Today Mrs Kenyon's reading group went behind the playground to look at some Tui's, trees and all sorts of things.  We saw brown spiky long sticks and yucky dirt on the floor with some soft green leaves.  There was also some garden tools, like shovels and a spade, to dig dirt out of the ground  There was also some bugs". By Ryla

"Today we went into a garden. We found willow trees and the sticks were spiky. WE found a lot of bugs and insects. We made two huts. I made a decoration on my hut. We found Tui's. The sticks were long and curly like a snake. For my hut I made a fake fire. I cooked some stuff but it isn't true. I found beautiful leaves like ferns. The garden was mysterious". By Kaito

"Today I went to the bush. There were amazing things to find like sharp sticks which felt like needles.  I even found a bug which had black and grey stripes. You can do lots of things in the bush like finding Tui's and damp and soft leaves. You don't just find little things in the garden. You can find big things in the garden too. I found a nest in the garden. It was so fun in the garden. Also we made a fort. The fort was so cool and we get to go tomorrow". By Amelia

"Today something exotic and ... exciting happened. To make it more exciting I found a black like coal Slater. I found a tree that I called the never ending staircase". By Oliver H

"Our reading group went to the mysterious forest but it wasn't scary but suddenly I saw a white tail spider. So I stomped on it but then I went deeper in to the forest and found lots of sticks and bugs. The bug I found was a cicada". By Jacob

"Today I thought we would go to the library but did we? No! No! No! We went into the dark forest. It was as dark as night. Then I looked up and what do you suppose I saw?  A huge tree.  It was damp, crocked and super old. I decided to call it the Womping Twillow, named after the Weeping Willow.  I decided to write a report about it but I didn't finish it. It was time to go but I had not finished my report about the Womping Twillow.  I wanted to write a report because I was not interested in bugs. I just don't know why. It's as confusing as a huge maze". By Amon

"My reading class went to the forest and I saw a stick that looked like a snake. I freaked out. Me, Harlem and Quinn built a hut with sticks. I found a spider. It had huge red eyes and it looked like a white tail". By Finn

REPORT WRITING - PLANTS

Plants

Flowers and trees are good for us.  We do not pull them out of the ground.  They have roots.  They are very strong and have petals.  Trees have leaves and trees are very strong.  

Plants need stuff to survive.  They need water and also sunlight and soil.

To make new plants bird pick the seeds up and it goes into their body and drops out and makes new plants.

My favourite plant is a rose because they are my favourite colours.

By Amelia

Plants
Plants have important parts like a root or a stem.  Roots suck the water from the ground.  The stem helps the plant stand up.  If a pant didn't have a stem if can not stand up.  Seeds make the plant grow.

Plants survive with water, sunlight and air and also soil.

Seeds spread with storms, wind, bees and birds.

My favourite plant is a sunflower because I planted it on Sunday.

By Kaito

"LOVELY" WRITING BY HOLLY HUDSON

With Holly's permission I'm sharing her lovely story about Princess Holly and Prince Finn.  Holly read it to the class today and they loved it.

"Once upon a time there was a Prince called Finn.  He was very handsome.  I thought I had a crush on him.  That means love.  On right I have to introduce myself.  Hi!  My name is Holly.  Anyway the Princess went to his castle.  Hi!  My cheeks are red.  Hello. What is your name?  Hi.  My name is Finnlay.  Nice name!  Thank you.  I like your name too.  Oh would you like to come inside.  Yes thank you!  Wow!  I love your home.  Then I got a surprise.  Will you marry me?  Of course I will.  So I said "Yes".  Then.... we were King and Queen.  We lived a happy life."

MAKE IT MONDAY - PENGUIN CHALLENGE

Make it Monday - By Zachary

Yesterday we had to make a penguin habitat.  Mine was creative.  My penguin habitat had an icy pool and the habitat had a door that opened and closed.  Next I thought about putting on a chimney.  Then I remembered to make a penguin so I made a penguin.

  

 

WICKED

Last night I went to Wicked at the Regent.  I saw Glinda and I had a popsicle.  It was the best show I have ever seen.  I got to meet Elphaba (Wicked Witch of the West),  Glinda (The Good Witch) and the Scarecrow at the end of the show.

I WISH...

Today we wrote stories starting with 'I wish...'  Here are a few of our favourite stories we'd like to share with you.

I wish I could be a fairy helping each of the other fairies on the screen.  I see the by lost a tooth!  So I take a lost tooth and put the $20 in there.
Liam








I wish I had a unicorn that I can ride to school and I would park it in our classroom and share it. Shyloh








I wish I could have a pet parrot and I also want to be a pirate so I could find treasure... Me and my parrot could sail across the seven seas.
Lloyd









I wish I can have a dragon because it would keep the baddies out and I would ride on it and start my barbecue.
Kosmo







I wish to have a parrot and I wish to be a pirate and I wish to travel to an island.  I saw this city.  I could find treasure.
Kade









I wish I had a pet turtle and his name is Shelley and I would like him.  Yay, yay! I would give him food and water.
Zach

I wish I had a pug dog and I can take my dog for a walk down to the park.  My dog is named Jaxson and it's a boy.  It's colour is brown and it can stay in a cage.  I can give it some food.
Braxton









I wish... that I had a pet dragon which I will name it Toothless and it will ride me everywhere I want to so that would be great.  I could fight bad dragons to save the world.
Tyler