Story Review, Fineasi

Story Review

Docking Day by Amanda Jackson

The story is about a family going to their farm to dock the sheep. The dogs had already begun working. In the distance, the sheep surged over the crests of hills like a tide of white maggots.

The characters in this story are Mollie, Mikey, Tama and the chocolate truck driver.

This story takes place at Uncle Tama’s farm.

I like this story because it was funny. The chocolate truck rolls down the hill and the children helped the truck drive collect all the boxes that fell out of the truck.

Story Review, Dora

The Docking Day  by Amanda Jackson

This story is about a Sheep farm family who go down to the paddocks to do docking. The children helped a bit but most of the time they rolled down hills and chased rabbits. While the family was busy docking, a chocolate truck tumbled down the hill and crashed on a tree. Then the family helped the truck driver collect all the boxes that had fallen out of the truck.

The characters in this story are Aunt Mollie,Mikey,Uncle Tama and the truck driver.

This story takes place in a paddock that was by the sea.

I liked this story because they had christmas decorations  to hang up for docking day.

By Dora

Story Review, Melenaite

A Piece of Paradise by  Leonie Thorpe

This story is about the Rain God and the Sun God. The Rain God looked down at the village and saw that they were a very happy village and the Rain God was proud of the stream that she had created.

One day they had a argument over whose food gardens were bigger and better. They decided to settle the argument by having a competition on growing food in their areas.  The prize for winning the competition was the four bright stars in sky known as the Southern Cross.

At the end of season none of them had any good crops to show each other because all the crops needed sunshine and rain. They agreed that they needed each for growing their crops.

The four bright stars were set up in the sky in the south.

The characters in his story are the Rain God and the Sun God.

This story takes place in the sky.

I like this story because it talks about the Rain God and the  Sun God and the Southern Cross Stars. This story  is very impressing.

By Melenaite

Story Review, Moses

The Sun and Other Inventions by Simon Cooke

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This story is about Grandpa Sid who goes to a Science Fair with his grand daughter. Grandpa Sid always wanted to be the best. Then people thought he was but actually he wasn’t.  Grandpa Sid said to the audience that he created the sun. Everybody believed him but actually he was lying. The other scientist became angry when the audience did not pay attention to them so they called the security guards.  

When grandpa Sid knew he was in trouble he took his grand daughter and ran away before the security guards could get him. This story takes place at the hall where the Science Fair was  held.  I liked this story because Grandpa Sid was so creative and brave.

By Moses

Story Review, Fraser

A Piece of Paradise By Leonie Thorpe 
This story is about two Gods called the Rain God and the Sun God. The Sun God and the Rain God were arguing because they wanted to see whose plants grew bigger. When it was the end of the season they both gave up because all the crops needed some sunshine and some rain so they agreed that they needed help from each other to grow their food.

 The characters in this story are the Sun God and the Rain God. This story takes place in a faraway village.I liked this story because it was about helping people and helping the environment.

By Fraser

Article Review, Moses

The Vege Car By Peter Stevens

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This article is about James Nui who made a car that doesn’t use petrol or fuel. James Nui’s son, James Iti wanted to be included too, so he helped out. James Nui and James Iti made the new generation Vege car. I like the Vege car because it doesn’t need any petrol. This car doesn’t affect any people around the world. The sicknesses a normal car causes people around the world to die are asthma and cancer. This new generation car  is a highly brand new version of a normal car.

I like this story is because it is a wonderful car James Nui and James It have created.  When the car is going on the street, it smells like soup.  

By Moses

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Our Glittering Baby by Janice Marriott.

This story is about Sharon’s new born baby sister named Maisie.

When Brendan's mum had a baby,  Dad rushed back home to tell the family about it. Then Dad went back to the hospital. He said the baby looked  just like them.  Then the children made a card for their new baby sister.

The Characters in the story are Nana, Brendan, Sharon, Mum, Dad and the hospital people.

This Story Takes place In the hospital and at home.

I like this story because it is exciting and it reminds me about babies.

Article Review

Less than One Second by Jan Trafford

This article is about Ashley and Shiree taking part in the slot car race that takes less than one second.Ashley and Shiree are the only children taking part in the annual slot car drag race.

The cars could reach speeds up to 193 Kilometres per hour.Times are recorded on the computer.

I like this article because it is a racing car story and I like racing cars. I wish I could drive a car myself and I wish it was the fastest car ever.

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A Passion for Pony’s  by Donna Cherry

This article is about a girl named Chelsea and her friend Sarah. They both had their own ponies. Chelsea’s pony was called Teddy. She kept Teddy in a paddock that was meant for ponies and horses.

She liked going to the paddock after school to brush her pony so that he can be nice and clean. She liked taking her pony for a ride around the paddock.

Every afternoon Chelsea and Sarah took their ponies over for the low jumps and trotted around the paddock. After that Chelsea  gives him a final brush-down. Then she covers Teddy  with a blanket to keep him warm at night.   

I liked this article because it had interesting words and it had lots of facts about ponies and how to look after ponies.

Article Review

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A Passion For Ponies by Donna Cherry.

This article is about a girl named Chelsea who loved her pony named Teddy. After school Chelsea ran home quickly so she could groom and play with Teddy. Chelsea had a friend named Sarah and she had a pony too. They would play together a lot and groom their ponies together.

Sarah also helped Chelsea groom her pony. Chelsea and Sarah also cleaned up their ponies droppings which looked like small mountains. Sarah loved her pony as much as Chelsea loved Teddy. At the end of the day Chelsea put a warm coat on Teddy so he could be warm and toasty.

If I had a pony I would do the same things that Chelsea and Sarah did I would be as dedicated as they were. I liked the bit about the droppings. It was really funny .

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Our Glittering Baby By Janice Marriott

This story is about Sharon’s mother having a baby girl. The children called her the Glittering baby. When mum

had a baby, Dad rushed home from the hospital to tell

his family. The children got some glitter and made a birthday card for the baby.Then the family went to see the baby in the hospital. When dad saw the glitter card, he got angry because he did not want the baby to have any glitter on her. They also had a family photo with the baby.

When the children got home they cleaned the house but there was glitter everywhere. Dad did not want the baby to get the glitter on her.

The next day dad went to get the photos. The photos had small stars on it. It was the glitter which was on the children and it was in the photo as well.

This story was interesting because it reminded me about when my baby brother was born.

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Mahina - A - Rangi’s Perfume By Rawiri Piripi

This story is about Turongo always going outside at night to look for Mahina - a - Rangi.Turongo fell in love with Mahina - a - Rangi because of her good looks and her witty conversations.

The characters in the story are Turongo and Mahina - a - rangi.This story takes place at Kahungunu.

I liked this story because it is an interesting story and it has good pictures. 

Article Review

  Article Review

               My Vege Car By Peter Stevens

This article is about James Nui inventing a car engine that could run on Vegetable oil because petrol caused health problems such as Asthma and Cancer.

Driving a car that runs on petrol can spread nasty gases such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and hydrocarbon in the air. He did this at his workshop in Palmerston North.  

The people in this article are Mum, James Nui, James iti and the MacDonald family.

I liked this article because it is a very interesting article and it has good pictures in it to. It is a cool article because James Nui invented and tested a car which could run on Veggie oil from Cape Reinga to Te Ika-a-Maui which is in the Soulth Island.   

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The Sun and Other Inventions by Simon Cooke

This story is about a girl named Emma and her grandpa called Sid. Grandpa Sid took her to an International Science Fair. When Emma was looking away, Grandpa Sid shouted that he invented the sun and people started looking at  him. Then Grandpa Sid talked about his inventions that got people interested.

The characters in the story are Grandpa Sid, Emma and the scientists.  This story takes place at the science fair.  I liked this story because it is about science and about creating things.