Story Review by Levi F

Story Review by Levi F

The Day Mary Shook the Karaka Tree by Jan Farr

This story is about some parents playing tennis every Thursday after work. The children went to the tennis court with their parents and they collected the tennis balls when it went out of the tennis court.  

Mary  climbed up the Karaka tree and shook it and all the tennis balls that were stuck up in the tree fell down to the ground and the children picked them all up.

The characters in this story are Mary,Wynne,Pete,Dana,Mum and dad.

This story takes place at the tennis courts and at the karaka tree.

I liked this story because the karaka tree had lots of tennis balls stuck in it and the children were able to shake the balls off the tree.

Story Review by Fusi

Story Review by Fusi

The Day Mary Shook The Karaka Tree By Jan Farr

This story is about Mary going up the Karaka Tree and shaking it because a tennis ball had got stuck in one of the branches. When she started shaking the tree, green Karaka berries fell down on the ground.Then the tennis ball started to fall down as well.

The characters in the story are Mum, Dad, Dana, Mary, Wynne, Pete and Spike. The story took place at the tennis court and at the Karaka tree.

I like this story because  tennis is one of my favourite sports.

Story Review by Dora

Story Review by Dora

Granny’s Puna by Iwa Toia

This story is about Granny’s Puna. The Puna was a fresh water spring that was near Granny’s house and and only the adults were allowed to go and get water from there.

The characters in this story are Granny, the narrator who was Granny’s moko.

This story takes at Granny’s house that is near a puna in the forest.

I liked this story because the narrator got really scared after she saw a tuna in the puna.   

Story Review by Anthony

Story Review by Anthony

Craig and the Sister-catcher by Jane Buxton

This story is about a boy named Craig. He takes part in a competition to invent something new. Craig invents a door net to stop his sister from coming into his room. He won $75 for his wonderful invention and it was called the Sister - Catcher by the Newspaper. The characters in the story are Craig , Georgia and the people. This story takes place at Craig’s school. I liked this story because  Craig won some money for his invention.

Story Review by Mata

Story Review

Story Review by Mata

Granny’s Puna Iwa Toia

This story is about Granny’s Puna and a little girl who didn’t have a name. One day the little girl went to the Puna where her granny  was the only one  allowed to go.  She used to go there to see the tuna which was an eel.

The characters in the story are the little girl and her Granny.

I liked this story because the Granny had protected the tuna by not

allowing anyone to go the puna which was a fresh water spring.

Story Review by Fusi

Bean Rock      b y Philippa Werry

This article is about a family living on a lighthouse called Bean Rock. Hugh Brown, the lighthouse keeper  had been staying there for nineteen years.

The characters in the article are Hugh Brown, James Anderson, Ivan and Halley.

I liked this article because it tells us about what life was like for lighthouse keepers in those days when there was not any technology. I have learnt how life can be like without many people staying around you.   

Story Review by Levi F

Story Review

Big Shift by Jacqui Brown

This story is about a mum and dad who split up and the mum and the children move out of their farm in the country  and they go and stay in  Wellington with their mum.

The characters in this story are dad,mum, the three children, Tomo and Meilai. This story takes place in the country and in the flat they were living at in Wellington.

I liked this story because it tells us how people live in the countryside and what life is like in a city.

Story Review by Fusi

          Story Review

Big Shift By Jacqui Brown

This story is about a little boy who lived on a farm with his mum, dad, Cherie and his brother Terei. Their mum and dad split up. The mum and dad didn’t live together because the mum moved with the kids to Wellington and the dad stayed at the farm.

The characters in the story are Cherie, Terei, Mum and Dad. Part of this story took place on the farm and part of it took place in Wellington.

I like this story because it is interesting to know how people live when they are separated and kind of sad but cool as well.

Story Review by Jahsiah

Story Review by Jahsiah

Big Shift by Jacqui Brown

The story is about a Mum and Dad who split up.The Dad stayed at the farm and the Mum and the children went and stayed in Wellington.

The characters in the story are Mum, Dad, Terei, Cherie the Narrator,

Tomo, Meilai, two boys who beat up Tomo and the boys who were tagging.

The story takes place on the Sheep farm in Wellington.

I liked this story because it shows how people love living in the countryside and also experience the city. The story talks about how they resolve their problems.

Winter Rap by Taki

Winter Rap

WINTER  RAP

In winter I had a pig for dinner

Dad wanted chicken but I was the winner.

The winter clouds are in the sky

Coming down to the ground to lie.

Great white clouds are in the sky

The sun is shining up so high.

On the ground I saw a pig pound

It was big and fat and round.

In winter I went in a train

So I could go and catch my plane.

Next to the plane I saw a snake  

I got scared and fell over a rake.

In winter I went to my rugby game

I hurt my leg so I was lame.

In winter it is so very cold

People look like they turned old.

In winter when it is cold and wet  

I like to go home to a hot chocolate.

By Taki

Story Review by Anthony

Story Review

The Experiment by Diana Noonan

This story is about an experiment some children did at a school. In Winter, the children had hot food for lunch by heating their food in the pie warmer. Alisha did not have any food to put in the pie warmer, so her teacher wrapped her chocolate chip biscuit in a foil and put it in the pie warmer.

The characters in the story are mum, dad, children, Mr Swann and Alisha. This story takes place at the school in the countryside where children live on farms.

I liked the story because I like chocolate chip biscuits. I also like the way people live on a farm. My Nana and Grandpa live on a farm in Tonga.

Story Review by Fraser

Story Review

Big Shift by Jacqui Brown

The story is about a family that  splits up and the Dad stays in the country while the  three children and the Mum stay in the city. The characters in the story are   mum,dad,Cherie,Terei,Tomo,the storyteller and Meilai. The story takes place in Wellington and the Country. I liked this story because It is about  country life and city life.

Story Review by Dasharn

The Experiment by Diana Noonan 

This story is about an experiment where Alisha’s teacher puts a chocolate chip biscuit in the pie warmer at school during the pie warmer day. The characters in this story are Alisha, Dad, Mum and the children from school. This story takes place at Alisha’s school that is in the countryside and the children live on a farm. I liked this story because it tells us about how children live on a farm. 

Story Review by Nga

The Experiment by Diana Noonan

This story is about an experiment with chocolate chip biscuits. The children had hot  lunches during winter by heating their food in a pie warmer.

The characters in the story are mum, dad, the school children, Mr Swann and Alisha.

This story takes place at a country school where children live with their parents on a farm. I like this story because I like how people live in the countryside. It was interesting to learn about children who go to a country school.

Fineasi's coolest Personal Profile

Kia Ora,

My name is Fineasi and this is my blog. Thanks for viewing it. I am 9 years old and my favourite subject is Art. My favourite friends are Nga, Taki, Sam and Moses. My favourite sport is rugby. My favourite team is the Blues because they've got my favourite players in it. My favourite rugby player is Dan Carter.

My favourite food is Carl’s Junior. My favourite band is Big Time Rush.

My favourite game is PS3 and XBOX. My favourite place is the beach.

By Fineasi

Story Review

Story Review by Levi R

As Smooth as Silk by Paul Mason

This story is about a girl named Rachel who finds an octopus while snorkelling. She rushes back to the beach to tell her parents about the octopus but her parents weren’t the only ones listening. A fisherman who was repairing a fishing net with a group of fishermen grabs his spear and s towards the spot where Rachel had seen the octopus.

The characters in this story are Rachel, the local fishermen and Rachel’s parents. This story takes place at the beach. This story had a had a very sad ending because the fisherman killed the octopus and Rachel was very much horrified by this event.

Trip to the Stardome by Fusi

On Thursday, the 9th of May, Room 9 went to the Stardome in Greenlane. We went to the Stardome to look at the Observatory and to learn about space travel. We went by a bus to the Stardome with Rooms 5 and 8.

When Room 9 got inside the Stardome, we lined up in our groups. When the Educator came out of his room, he invited us inside the Observatory.

When we got inside the Observatory, the Educator told us to sit on the chairs. The chairs that we were sitting on were kind of a lying down chairs. While we were lying down on our chairs, the lights went of and the Educator said that we were going to watch a movie. We  watched a space movie. It felt like as if we were in space too. It was so awesome in there.  

When the movie was over, we went the planet room. The Educator talked to us about the Sun, Moon and the Earth. He also answered all the questions we had about the Sun, Moon and the Earth.

After that, it was time for us to come back to school. We got onto the bus and came back to school.