No, David!

We are reading No, David! and enjoying it a lot.

Today we looked at the page where David was drawing on the walls.
We are not allowed to write on walls. As one group mate said, it lowers the value of your house.

Throughout the day, different groups added to our graffiti wall.
We were careful not to get anything on the actual wall.

 

Daniel’s Weekend

Daniel missed two days of school. This is why……

 

On Friday I went to Melbourne, Australia, in a plane. It took three hours and 30 minutes. Then, on Saturday, I went to shake hands with the Cambodian Prime Minister, named Samdech Hun Manet. We stood there and shake hands. Then, on Sunday, I went to go to the Cambodian Prime Minister’s speech. He went to do a three hour speech. He talked about pollution, cars, homes, and the generation of Cambodia. Then I took a photo with the Prime Minister. It was fantastic, but boring.

By Daniel S

December 2023

It’s December again, so we are looking at festivals and things that happen around this time of year. Santa is a topic that’s very popular at this time of year. However, the American version of him is not the only version. We started our exploration by looking at what we know about him.

 

Parental guidance is recommended as these are very imaginative stories about Santa that may lead to some questions.

 

“The Gentlemen’s Group”

 

He lives in the clouds because he’s dead, so I do the job. That’s why you can’t hear him because I’m in stealth mode and he is dead. Ha ha Ha, not ho ho ho. Plus, I always steal a dollar from each house to pay for the toys. This year I’m not on the job. I am going to spy on my parents by going to bed, waiting 10 minutes, then knocking on the door to see if they are taking my job. Merry Christmas.

  • Isaac

 

Santa Claus is fat because he eats my cookies and drinks my milk. He lives in a secret bubble so the jaguars don’t get Father Christmas. Mr. Christmas teleports into your home or kicks down the big black door.

  • Nixon

 

Santa is fat because he eats all the cookies and drinks the milk. There is a big bubble that’s around this house that keeps the snow lions out. He lives in the North Pole. When he gets to my house to give me the presents, he dropkicks the door. Then he runs in and sees my mum eating and drinking the cookies and milk.

  • Xavier

 

Santa Claus gives people gifts on Christmas. He will also eat all your cookies if you leave them out. So, make sure they are in your pantry. He magically gets in your house. He knows what kids want from their letter to Santa.

  • Mr. W

 

 

“The Other Group” (named by themselves)

 

Santa is great, so great. He gives presents to people and he is a fatty because he eats your cookies. He has a giant list of people on the naughty and nice list. If you are on the nice list, he gives you presents and if you’re on the naughty list, he gives you coal. You also give the reindeer carrots.

  • Declan

 

At Christmas, Santa comes into your house and sits down and watches TV while he eats his mince pie and drinks his beer. He watches R-rated movies and then he goes out of your house and does it to all the other kids. He drops off the pressies and he goes back and has a party with all the elves and reindeer.

  • Molly

 

Santa is not who you think he is. Santa eats more cookies a year than you eat in a lifetime. That’s why he’s fat. Don’t be offended because, really, who eats that many cookies? Well, at least he drinks milk to stay healthy. I think he already died from diabetes. Just don’t eat that many cookies. By the way, shave your beard, people.

  • Yasmeen

 

Santa is a fat marketing solution the people made up to make money. If he was real, he would get stuck in your chimney, and when your house gets cold you would like the fire and find a naked, roasted steak in your chimney. Then you would eat it and it would probably taste like pork.

  • Bilal

 

 

 

Then we wrote down what questions we have about him.

 

“The Gentlemen’s Group”

 

Is he real?

Does Santa actually have magic?

Does Santa have a wife?

Can Santa’s reindeer fly?

Is Santa a myth?

  • Malakai

 

 

Does Dad make Cluedo games?

Do I scrap?

Do I deliver?

Rudolf, do you play cards while I am gone?

  • Isaac (who thinks he is Santa’s son)

 

Is Isaac Santa’s son?

Is he a boy?

Is he over 300 pounds?

How much does Santa weigh?

Is Santa a myth?

Does Rudolph have a red nose?

  • Nixon

 

Is he real?

Who punched him in the nose?

Is Isaac Santa?

Am I Santa?

Is Santa a robot?

Is Santa a pizza delivery guy?

Does Rudolph have a red nose?

Are the reindeer male or female?

  • Xavier

 

Is he a boy?

How did Santa become Santa?

How old is Santa?

Is Santa really Santa?

Does Santa own his sleigh?

Is Santa real?

Can Santa beatbox?

Does Santa live in the North Pole?

How fast can Santa run?

Does Santa eat every house’s cookies?

Does Rudolph really have a red nose?

  • Mr. W

 

“The Other Group” (named by themselves)

 

Is he real?

Is he magic?

Do his reindeer fly?

Is Rudolph real?

Is he actually fat?

Are Santa and Saint Nicholas the same person?

How many elves does he have?

Why did Saint Nicholas get punched?

What did he do that was so good?

What does he feed the elves?

  • Declan

 

What did Saint Nicholas do that was so good?
Are Saint Nicholas and Santa the same person?
Is Santa racist?
How did Saint Nicholas die?
How old is Santa?
What religion is Saint Nicholas from?
Is Santa kind?

How many times has Santa shaved?

How many elves are there?

Why did Saint Nicholas get punched?

  • Molly

 

Is he real?

How many elves does he have?

Can he lose weight?

What’s his size?

Did he die?

Will he always live?

Is his outfit going to change?

Is he smart?

Does he do most of the work?

  • Yasmeen

 

How is Santa related to Saint Nicholas?

How old is Santa?

What street does he live on?

Is Santa actually bald?

Why does Santa wear red clothes?

When did Santa last wear blue?

When did Santa last have a shower?

Was he born fat?

Are elves related to Santa?

Was he born on Christmas?

  • Bilal

 

Do Santa’s reindeer fly?

Is Santa actually fat?

How many elves does he have?

How did Santa become “Santa”?

Does Santa ever change his clothes?

Does he even help the elves?

Is Santa bald?

When did he have a shower last?

Do you kids actually get cold if they are naughty?

  • Keira

 

 

We started learning about Saint Nicholas – who he was and what he did. People are sainted if they have two miracles attributed to them. We looked at the ‘miracles’ of Saint Nicholas. We approached them with a healthy dose of skepticism as we were not there 1700 years ago to judge them against the cultural beliefs of the time.

There is variation in how closely we stuck to the source material.

 

The first miracle (The yucky one – Trigger warning)

 

“The Gentlemen’s Group”

 

Once upon a time three rich boys went to a pub to sleep. The bartender saw the three rich boys and slashed them up and change the blood. Saint Nicholas got offered by the bartender at ham sandwich. Nicholas realized this wasn’t ham. Nicholas said, “RIIIIIIISSSSE!!!!”

  • Malakai

 

Once there were three rich women. They heard about Nicholas so they went to see him. They had stayed at an inn. The owner said to himself, “Mmmmm, chubby and juicy.” That night he killed them and put them in a barrel. Nicholas heard about the rich woman but they never came so he went to the inn. He said to the owner, “Have you seen three women?” The owner said, “Nah! Would you want a ham sandwich?” Nicholas found out and revived them.

  • Isaac

 

Once there were three rich boys going to visit Nicholas. Then the bartender killed the three rich boys, drained their blood, and put them in a barrel. Then Nicholas heard about the boys and went to the bar and asked the bartender about them.

  • Nixon

 

Once there were three boys. They went to see Nicholas, because they heard he was good. They went to the bar to sleep. Then the owner killed the juicy boys, drained their blood, and put them in a barrel. Nicholas wondered why they hadn’t come yet, so he went to the bar and asked where they were. He didn’t know and he said, “Do you want a ham sandwich?” Nicholas knew. He gave him another life.

  • Xavier

 

Once there were three boys. They were visiting Nicholas. They were at a pub. They were mostly there to sleep. But the owner killed them because they looked meaty. The bartender then hid their bodies in some barrels. Then the bartender took them to a hotel and hid them. He then ran away. Nicholas found them and revived them with his magic powers. And he also prayed and they came alive. They were so grateful.

  • Mr. W

 

“The Other Group” (named by themselves)

 

Nicholas smelled out the boys and heard chopping. He ran to where he smelt it. The innkeeper said if he wanted a ham sammy. Nicholas took a bite and looked at him sharply. “This doesn’t taste like ham!” And he started praying. They all became alive. One of them said, “Oh, heck nah!” The other said, “Thank you.” And the other one said, “Where is a chunk of my body?”

  • Declan

 

Three young boys were going to see Nicholas. They went to an inn. The keeper was like, “Oh, yum yum!” So, the keeper was like, “Come in.” They went in their room. In the middle of the night, he came in with a gun. Pew pew. The boys were dead. The keeper drain to them out and made them into meat. Nicholas was at that inn. “Have you seen three boys?” “No,” said the house keeper. “Would you like a sandwich?” “Sure!” said Nicholas. “Mmmm, that is so good!”

  • Molly

 

There were three young boys. They were rich young boys. They wanted to see Nicholas. There were no cars at the time, so they walked. They stopped at an inn for the night. The inn keeper looked. They were all alone; three yummy, juicy, meaty boys. So, he stole the three young boys. So, he stole their money, removed all their blood and turned them into ham. Then Nicholas smelt him. The inn keeper asked him, “Do you want some ham?” Nicholas said yes. He took one bite then threw up, then realized they were people. Then he said, “Back alive! Blah blah blah blah blah!” Then they came back to life! They said that was not a good experience.

  • Yasmeen

 

One day, a trio of boys wanted to see a man called Nicholas. So, they started to go on the long walk and came to a stop at an inn. Then the owner saw that the boys were rich, juicy, and chubby. So, he cooked them. They died. The end.

  • Bilal

 

There were three young men and they were obsessed with Nicholas. So, they decided to meet him. When they were almost there, it was night, so they went into an inn. When the housekeeper saw them, he thought, “Oh, they look yummy and juicy.” So, he took the three young men and said, “Here is your ‘room’.” (It was actually the kitchen.) He chopped the heads off one by one. Then, when Nicholas heard that the kids were ‘lost’, he went off and asked every inn. Then he got to one and asked, “Hey, have you seen three young kids?” The housekeeper said, “Um, no. Um, would you like humans? I mean ham?”

  • Keira

 

The second miracle (following much discussion of not hitting others)

Again, there is much variation from the source material.

 

“The Gentlemen’s Group”

 

At the Council of Nicaea, there were two bishops debating about Jesus. It got heated and Saint Nicholas punched the other bishop. So, he got arrested.

  • Malakai

 

In 325, at the first Council of Nicaea, Nicholas and another Bishop were debating about the rules for the church. The second Bishop said he was not on God’s side, so Nicholas punched him. He went to jail. Mary went to the jail and said, “Nicholas, why are you in jail?” Nicholas said, “Because I got a fight with another bishop and punched him.” Mary sent Jesus over.  “Why are you in jail?” he asked. “I got in a fight with another bishop and punched him.” But then the chains let loose. He got new bishop clothes. By the next morning, the prison wardens came to see Nicholas’ new bishop clothes.

  • Isaac

 

Nicholas was having a fight with the other bishop. Nicholas punched the other bishop out and then Nicholas was going to gaol for a long time. Then Mary came and said, “Why are you in gaol?” He said, “I punched another bishop because he said Jesus was human.” Then Jesus came and said, “Why are you in gaol?” He said, “I punched the other bishop for you. Then Jesus rewarded him.

  • Nixon

 

At the Council of Nicaea, two bishops were debating if Jesus helped in the world. Then they had a fight and Nicholas punched the other bishop in the face and went to jail. And then Jesus came and asked why he was in jail. Nicholas said, “I punched out another bishop for being rude about you.” “Good man”, said Jesus and Jesus rewarded him.

  • Xavier

 

At the Council of Nicaea, two bishops had a debate about if Jesus was God or if he was different. Nicholas punched the other bishop. He got thrown in the jail. He got rescued by Jesus.

  • Mr. W

 

 

 

First Language 2023

We have been working hard to produce this years version of First Language, our bi-lingual magazine.
We voted on a topic and on a name for the magazine. We wrote our stories, and took them home to be translated. We filled in our biography pages, and decorated them in the same way that we decorated our story page.
We created cover pages and voted on these. Daniel won the vote.

All the entries.

Daniel’s entry.

Here is the PDF of the completed work.
First Language 2023

Trogdor!!!!!

We watched Trogdor again and followed directions to draw him.
We wrote about him and thought about the motivation behind his behaviour.

Trogdor

Trogdor was a dragon he was a man but got infected and turned into a Trogdor and destroyed anything in its way, yes, even other dragons. How was he made? If you see DNA that’s a Trogdor about to be born.
-Leon

Trogdor is strong. He has muscles on his legs and arms. He blows fire and is not smart and he’s very cool. The family was in an aeroplane. The aeroplane crashed. The kid flew in the sky. Someone got him and he kept them and he was surprised.
-Antonella

Trogdor was a little egg. His parents died by jets. He was sad. He hatched in his castle and watched his parents die but he grew back and he took his revenge.
-Louhan

Trogdor is a strong man and he is smart and he breathes fire. He burned the house and people and they will die. He will burn the cars and he will burn their shoes and their socks. He hates everyone because when he was born the scientist made him a bad dragon. Because people hate him, the dragon hates them.
-Tyson

Trogdor is a dragon man who skips leg day. He can breathe fire, has small wings, and one big arm. Trogdor destroyed kingdoms and probably does tax evasion. Trogdor destroys kingdoms to steal gold to experiment on dragons to make an army of Trogdors. Trogdor does tax evasion for saving gold to make his arm stronger by lifting the gold instead of giving it to the government.
-Jack

Trogdor is a cool dragon. He was made by Strong Bad. Trogdor is a human s-shaped fire dragon with two wings and has one arm and two legs. The dragon blows fire! He likes fire!
-Daniel

Trogdor is a dragon. He can blow fire and he’s strong. Trogdor has strong arms. He has sharp teeth and he has an S on his body. So many things are on Trogdor’s body. Trogdor is a bad person. He blows up villages.
-Darshan

Trogdor is a bodybuilder and a man and is very, very strong! He’s also a dragon and has one arm. He blows fire out of his mouth. It might be blue if it is very HOT!!! He’s scary and tall!
-Louis

Trogdor lives in a cottage but, when he was sleeping, he sneezed fire. His cottage burnt down. He was so angry. He burned everyone in the village, but he played piano to calm down. But he burnt the piano. He got so angry and he burned everything because he was Trogdor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Lucas

Trogdor was the first one to the moon. Trogdor is bad because he sent a nuke to the moon and all of the aliens died.
-Mario

Trogdor Burns down village houses and burns down people only because people burn his house down. NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
-Dominic

Trogdor was a scientist who created the cure for cancer but he slipped and it spilled over him, transforming him into a dragon/human bodybuilder… because he did not have cancer. The government said he was a danger to society. Now he’s all alone and wants a home to sleep in and be warm.
-Schalk

Trogdor is a human and Trogdor is the king of all dragons. Trogdor throws fire from his mouth. Trogdor can kill of people.
-Ali

The dragon is bad. He breathes fire for fun. He kills people and burns down houses.
-Luka

Trogdor is a dragon/human hybrid. He is an outcast. In his anger he kills people and burns villages and people down. All of the dragons hunt him to kill him.
-Ayush

Trogdor is a dragon. He is dumb as, and he is half a dragon + half a human. He doesn’t know
2 X 1=2. He is made by a scientist and he was so, so shy so he burnt the lab.
-Doha

Trogdor is a half people, and half dragon. Truck door is not a funny face. He doesn’t pay money. He came from…… Trogdorland. He likes Trogdorland. He got married and he did fireworks at the wedding.
-Ameerah

Trogdor is not Smart. He does not know 1+1 equals and he eats chicken nuggets from KFC. He can’t do one push-up because he does not like vegetables. When he was a baby he was in Trogdor World and the world was exploding and he was the only one who was alive.
-Daeun

Trogdor is strong. Trogdor is a big dragon. Trogdor has a big leg. Trogdor is fat. Ha ha ha ha. Trogdor is a bad dragon because he just puts fire on people’s houses and their heads! I am so angry! I want to burn his face! I hate him.
-Mia

Trogdor is a human that can breathe fire. He is a very naughty boy because he burnt peoples stuff and killed people. He burnt houses.
-James

Trogdor it’s not Smart because he doesn’t know 1+1 equals and I know 1+1 = 2. I tell him, “If you let me ride on you, I’ll give you $100.” He let me ride on him. I tell him, “If you tell me what is one plus one, I will give you $100.” He said, “Okay, but can you help me?” “Okay.” So I brought Trogdor to school and after 10,000 hours finally he learned 1+1=2. Yeeeees!
-Anna

Holiday writing

It is the first week back at school. Most of us wrote about our holidays. Some of us had other important stories to share.

In the holidays it was my little brother’s birthday. There was a Spider-Man bouncy castle.
-Benny

In the holidays I went fishing with my dad. We got a fish but we released the fish.
-Liana

In the holidays I had my birthday party. It was at my dad’s house. My cake was a pink unicorn.
-Harper

In the holidays I went to the beach with Afo and dad. I went fishing. I got no fish.
-Ungatea

During the holidays I went to Wellington zoo.
I saw a capybara.
I saw the giraffe.
I saw a monkey.
I saw red pandas.
I saw a lizard.
I saw a sheep.
I saw a lion.
-Rose

In the holidays I went to London. I went to Hamleys. I got a toy drone and a Lego London bus.
-Dylan

In the holidays I played Fortnite and I played Minecraft. My dad is getting the Ronaldo T-shirt for my birthday.
-Adam

During the holidays I played Minecraft survivor. I made a house under a bridge made out of dirt.
-Landon

In the holidays I went to Cloud 9 for my birthday. My cake was Baby Yoda. My favourite present was my Baby Yoda.
-Cici

I went to Cloud 9 and I played FC mobile and a whole lot of other games. The best thing I did was playing with my brother.
-James

In the holidays I went to a hotel. There were three pools. I swam. I did a handstand and a roly-poly. In my handstand I went backwards.
-Ameerah

In the holidays I went to Whanganui and I went to a café, and then I went to a museum, then I went to a beach.
-Doha

In the holidays I went to Cloud 9 with Joy. We got a slushy. The colours were blue and red. I jumped so, so, so much. I kept the wristband. The colour was black. There were so many people. It was crazy.
-Antonella

In the holidays I went to Daeun’s house. We laughed at Dayun because she was tooooo funny when we were eating snacks. We went to Korean school and I got a blob and Daeun ate spicy food and she ran because it was too spicy and when she was running she screamed, “Aaaaaaaaaa, too spicy. I want milk!”
-Anna

In the holidays I ate the biggest pizza because we like Domino’s and my mum said we can eat a new pizza. I did not like it, but my brother ate two pieces.
-Daeun

I went to Cloud 9 with my brother and my dad and my toddler. We got a small basketball same as my brother and my baby got a red handball. I went home and played PUBG mobile. My brother played the same game as me. My baby wanted Baby Bus. We ate pizza. The best part of my holiday was playing games. I am too lazy to help around the house. On Sunday my mum was at my dad’s shop. While my mum was at my shop, my dad and my brother and I played.
-Tyson

We are getting a new baby on my birthday. His name will be Nasha. I will do its diaper. I am going to feed the baby and I am going to play with the baby. I will be a good big sister.
-Mia

In the holidays I played Minecraft all day long and I made a bow and arrow. My brother wanted to play with me so I turned off his remote. He thought he was playing with me.
-Louhan

One day my family and I went to Wellington. When we went to Wellington, we went to an animation store. I bought a statue. Then I went to an arcade and played with some friends. We were about to play golf but it was booked. The arcade was interesting. It had many machines. One machine was a rip off. It was a claw machine! Because, when the claw picks up a toy, it goes up then wiggles and drops the toy back into the other toys.
-Daniel

One day my family and I went to Wellington. The first place we went was to a poorly named restaurant. My brother was eating for 30 minutes. The second place we went was Weta Workshop.
When we arrived, there were three trolls at the front. We went in but they were out of tickets so we just looked around. There was a model of Hobbit houses.
-Jack

In the holidays I was staying at home MW2 and I was CRAZY with that game. I was repeating that until school was ready. MW2 is Modern Warfare 2, a 2022 Call of Duty game. It is the newest game so far. But, oh no! Modern Warfare 3 is releasing in October 2023. How are you play is it is obvious and it is a 16+ game so all in this game is HORROR. We have to shoot enemies to stop Hassan from launching missiles.
-Leon

In the holidays we got a golden retriever puppy. His name is Blue. He’s only eight weeks old. He’s so cute and playful. Yesterday, Blue got stung by a wasp. After Blue got stung by a wasp, I got out of Ilinke’s room and got Blue. But the wasp are still angry and almost stung me. My brother cried. Blue is fine now. He’s healthy now and Blue’s hand is not thick any more. Hopefully Blue doesn’t play with wasps again.
-Louis

In two weeks it will be Tika festival. We will go to people’s houses and they will put Tika on our forehead. Then we eat snacks and sometimes I play with my cousins. Tika festival is for blessing. We call it Darshain. When I go to my grandma and grandpa’s house, they put Tika on our forehead and bless my family and my cousins. We can eat dinner.
-Darshan

During the holidays I wish I went to the South Island but I did nothing. I only went to the Esplanade. We had a long walk and a little bit of a play. It was a really boring holidays.
-Ali

During the holidays I went to Whanganui and went to the beach. Then I went to Kowhai Park and the arcades. It took me 40 minutes to get there and also I brought my cat in the car as well.
-Mario

I wish I had a brother that’s seven. My sister is so bad at playing WWE 2K23. She’s so bad, if you were against her with the lowest overall for her, it will be like if she was going against Roman rings.
-Schalk

Skygen
My Skygen is the best. It is a town Skygen and it is a RP and I have 4 admins. They are the best admins. We have 10 players playing and I am building it. Skygen it’s something that is in the sky that takes a lot of time and a lot of help. It has gens like wood gens, stone gens, iron gens, coal gens, diamond gens, netherite gens and you can buy shops, houses, and cars, and get jobs.
-Ayush

During the holidays I went to Wellington zoo and I saw a ghost cat and capybara’s. The giraffes smell really stinky.
-Dominic

During the holidays I played Roblox. My character is a banana. My banana can dance. I play Blox Fruit. I am in the second sea.
-Luka

During the holidays I looked after the house like a boss. I had to do the vacuum, clean, dry the dishes, and sometimes wash the dishes. I help my mum when she is sick. I do almost everything! And don’t get me started on the taxi drivers. For example, yesterday I told the taxi driver, “Can you go to Boys’ High so we can pick up my brothers? He said, “Their address isn’t here.” Then he had the audacity to call the ACC in front of me! He went to get my brothers after because I was right!
-Yasmeen

My mother is on the mend. That means I get to relax more, so I watched TV, and played Roblox. Previously, while my mother was in hospital, I had to do all the work so I deserve this. It is not that hard to do everything. While I was doing everything. I got an idea. I would be able to get my siblings to do all of the work, if I was to give them chocolate.
-Bilal

In the holidays I went to Whanganui with my sister, cousins, and my dad. We all went to splash centre and we all (except my dad) went in the pool. Then we got dressed and had fish and chips. We ate them at Kowhai Park. Then we all played hide and seek. We got bored so we played on some go-karts. The three kids came up to us and said, “Oi, ‘ello white kids.” My cousins, my sister, and I started to laugh. Little do they know, I’m part Māori.
-Keira

In the holidays we gave my dog up. Also, she was always scrapping with Alaska (my other dog), so we gave her to a different person.
-Molly

Examples of buddy writing:

Fortnite updates
There are billions of new update in Fortnite every 10 years! There are new guns in Fortnite. First, the cyber cannons. It comes from Optimus Prime, if you kill him.
-Isaac

Halloween update
Fortnite update for Halloween.
Fortnite brought back the flying broom and candy. There are zombie chickens. They can attack you and they can chase you. There is a new mode. You can kill the zombies with weapons. There is a new shotgun and there are large purple spawners that can spawn zombies. There are three rounds. There is a final boss on the third round. They added the cyber cannon and pumpkin launcher. The pumpkin launcher is from Jacko Lantern. Hex is on the map. There is a pirate ghost that points at the ghost chest.
-Malakai

The following probably needs a trigger warning but was very motivating for the authors.

Once someone called Noah came into my hotel. I was waiting under the bed. He never came. Then I saw him in the elevator and then I ran to get him and then my arm got ripped off. Then he got away. The elevator was coming up. I jumped into it and I was too heavy so it fell to the bottom where Noah was. I saw Noah and my friend the nun already hung by his neck. And then he pulled out a knife and cut the rope. He fell down and he stabbed my friend the nun. Then he ran to the café. The clown guy was there and Jigsaw and the clown guys soled him a weapon and he threw his half used nail polish at me and I died because it was girly.
-Xavier (as Giga Chad)

I needed to have this rando, Noah, to the gym because there was whistling . I’m waiting for Noah when… when… when… when he runs into the gym and looks up . Dead bodies were hanging from the ceiling . So I hung him… him… him… him . He got out . He killed me . I came back to hunt him as a ghost. Our friend came . He sold Noah a mini gun that shoots rockets . Woooo! He hears me. Wooooo! He threw pink nail polish down Giga Chad’s throat.
-Nixon (as the now-ghost)

I went to the giga hotel to stay a few nights. I said to the waiter, “Has any suspicious activity been around the hotel?” He said, “Yes, there is a man called Giga Chad.” I went to the elevator. I saw Giga Chad so I spammed to the close button. His arm got stuck in the door. So I was running to the gym. I heard the elevator slam down. It was Giga Chad with one arm bone. Dog was dribbling blood. I entered the gym. I saw a nun and dead bodies hanging from the ceiling. He hanged me up on a rope. I spawned a pocket knife and cut the Rope and stabbed the man and killed it. I entered into the cafeteria and bought a mini gun at the vicious clown’s store. I stuffed pink nail polish down Giga Chad’s throat and he died and I freed the hotel.
-Noah (the rando)

It should be noted that the kryptonite of Giga Chads is anything that is feminine so pink nail polish burns like acid.

Witch’s brew

This is a very big video. It is about half of Ms Finikin’s students. Times are given for all 28 of us.
We used a book without words and wrote our own stories. We then translated (by ourselves or with help from our families) the stories. When we read our stories, we did what we could to use more of our heritage languages than last time. Some of us read in just English. Some of us used a few words in our home languages. Some of us showed how bilingual we are. Some of us were more confident and fluent in our first language. Ms Finikin is proud of us all, especially those of us who really had to persevere to read. Those of us who also did Puppy Trouble have all shown improvement in our reading, writing, and language use.

Spiders

Some of the groups learned about spiders. Our before and after pictures show our increase in knowledge, although some of the children did decide to use the window. One of the groups was also learning about different crafts this term. This showed stump work for shading.

Dumb ways to die

While Leon was writing about his terrifying holiday adventure, he started singing Dumb Ways to Die. The rest of the group were very interested in this song.

We watched the official video, talked about rail safety, and grouped up to write our own ideas of dumb ways to die.

Daniel’s group:

Die by coolness
Drowning in shallow water
Dying from eyes popping out
Die by fire
Stabbed by a stick
Stuck in a vending machine
Die by book
Eating week old chicken
Go to the moon without protection
Die by screen time
Eat your body parts
Choke by a pen
Get eaten by a shark
Forget your parachute
Set fire on your body
Dying when the gravity turns upside down

Jack’s group did it as an acrostic.
We talked about structure giving us more room for creativity.

Dive into a pool with piranhas
Under a triple bunkbed
Murder the king or queen
Be eaten by wolves

Whack a person
Attack a king
Yeet a wasp
Sell your brain

Tell your mum you hate her
Open a wasp nest

Drive into a wall
Invent a killing machine
Eat green rice

Holiday stories

Here are our stories from the 2023 winter holidays.

During the holidays I went to Australia and we had a barbecue and a lot of my family members came. It was a lot of excitement. The day after that, in the afternoon, I had Froyo and Hungry Jack’s.
By Ayush

During the holidays there was a party. All the parents were talking so I went to Daniel. He was playing a game so I went back to the table. My brother and cousin were taking turns playing a game. I went to Daniel again.
By Jack

In the holidays, on the first Thursday, I went to Wellington and it was terrifying. The other cars were going down and I was going up and a silver crazy Karen was driving in the MIDDLE of the road and crashed at every car except my car because I was far from the silver car and that silver car just drove off like nothing happened.
By Leon

Ice Mountain – Cool
Last Thursday Mum, Dad, my brother, and I were packing to go to Ice Mountain. It took two hours to get there. When we were there I wore three clothes under my shirt with gloves and a beanie. We also had a sledge. Then it was -5°C. I went to eat first then I played with the snow. Also, I puked because of breathe in cold air and then I went to slide on the snow.
By Daniel

During the holidays, on Saturday, it was my uncle and aunty’s anniversary. I was singing and Nepali song to the whole of my family, and I was playing Roblox with my little cousin. After that I watched a martial arts movie and we all went home.
By Darshan

In the holidays I went to Auckland for two days. The first day I went to a friend’s house. Then, on the next day, I went to Rainbow’s End. I have been on the Fear Drop. If you go on there, you can’t breathe for two seconds. After, I went to a big white rollercoaster. It was scary. I almost vomited.
By Louis

In the holidays my brother and I played video games. Then the next day Inwoo and Matthew saw fish and we grabbed fish with our hands.
By Doha

In the holidays I went to Wellington and there were bunkbeds. I was my brother’s neighbour and I said good night when it was night.
By Daeun

In the holidays I saw the New Zealand plane. It just landed at Palmerston North and it flew away.
By Mia

The holidays I had my birthday and it was a party. I also had a good party. I got to lots of presents.
By Joy

In the holidays I went to Wellington and I saw a McLaren and an STO. The McLaren was a blue car and the McLaren was parking by the Lamborghini and the STO was red.
By Tyson

Holidays my mum left to China and I bought an STO. It was a red STO. I am a master at driving.
By James

In the holidays my mum went in an aeroplane. When she came back she gave me a surprise. It was a toy sheep.
By Ameerah

I went to the arcade. My mom and dad bought us cards to play. In the arcade my card ran out too fast and I still want to play more so I found my sister and beg her to play. I know how to get more points with the last bit of money on her card. She said yes.
By Schalk

In the holidays I went to Castle Point. It was fun. It was windy. The wind pushed me. I climbed rocks. I liked it a lot. Then I rode some paddle boats. It was fun.
By Ranvir

In the holidays I went hunting with my uncle and my auntie. I shot a big deer. At the place there were a lot of small deer. I came first with the biggest deer. By Dominic

In the holidays I went to Wellington. In Wellington I went to the beach and the beach was very close to the airport and the planes were very close to us.
By Ali

I went to Auckland and the Sky Tower. I stood on the Sky Tower glass. I looked down through the Sky Tower glass. I saw buildings and a bungee jump.
By Yena

In the holidays I went to Whakapapa. I skied. I played FIFA with my brother. Every game I won. I had play fights with my sister and I got sad because the school started.
By Lucas