A Tangi (Funeral) by Hone Year 4

On a Saturday a long time ago my Uncle Frank died. His son and daughter rang us up and told us he had a heart attack.
My mum and Nana felt sad. I didn't know him but he was really close to us. When we went to his Tangi, we had to kiss my uncle. His face felt like spongebob! He felt cold.
It was the scariest experience of my life.

by Hone ~ Year 4

A Tangi (Funeral) by Ngaio ~ Year 3

Last year my dad's mum died at the hospital while she was having a smoke. We were all in her room at the hospital. She was in Room 42. While she was having her smoke, she just collapsed on the floor. My dad was the first to see her lying on the floor. We were all devastated but we said she has gone to a special place now. She died at 1:30pm and at 4:00pm we buried her at Waimanna. My dad said good things about her and that she was a good mother to him. Then we went to the Marae to have a feed. That was a sad day for me and my whole family.


by Ngaio ~ Year 3

Write an explanation for a Robotic Toy of the Future

My robotic toy's name is Raden 360. Raden 360 can make music and it is an MP3 player. It plays any music you want it to play. When it flies, it sprays out perfume in different colours. When you push a button, you can make it do anything you want it to do. It can grow up to one inch bigger than you. There is a switch that makes the robot's arms bigger. The robot glows at night.
It is a great robotic toy of the future.

by Hone ~ Year 4

Poem by Logan adapted from A.J. Hynard

...And a fly swooping to some rubbish,
And dogs barking loudly at people,
And lovely flowers in a beautiful garden,
And smelly garbage waiting to be picked,
And children dancing outside,
And a plane flying high above the sky,
And birds sing superbly in the blue sky,
And green grass waving at us,
And the sound of music coming from the hall,
And a basket ball hoop ready to catch a ball,
And peoples' tagging by the entrance gate,
And soccer posts watching out for a ball,
And a cat having a nap next to a car,
And dogs barking loudly at people,
And a fly swooping to some rubbish...


by Logan ~ Year 3

Poem by Micheal adapted from A.J. Hynard's Poem

...And a plane soaring through the air,
And children screaming as they run,
And a tree waving at us,
And a park waiting to be played on,
And a sandpit waiting to be built on,
And monkey-bars swinging to and fro,
And logs that have been stepped on,
And music singing through the air,
And birds chirping their cheerful songs,
And a mailbox eating up the mail,
And a car waiting in the driveway,
And children screaming as they run,
And a plane soaring through the air...

by Micheal ~ Year 3

Rainbow's End Recount by Jayden - Year 4

Five weeks ago I went to Rainbow's End. I went with Chase and Papakura Fitness Centre.
When we got there the first thing I did was the bumper boats. We had so much fun spinning on the bumper boats and getting wet. I went on the bumper boats about seven times. Both of our pants were soaking wet! After that we met a boy named Jake and we asked him for a game of bumper carts and he accepted it. So it was a challenge for Chase and I but he said there's a bunch of teens going in there and we should challenge them. So that meant that we were a team. Chase and I said lets do it!
So it was teens vs kids. I was shaking like a leaf! Then we made a plan and Jake said I'm red, Chase is blue and he's green. So the bumping started. One teenager really packed a punch to me and I flung backwards driving in reverse and then it was over! Kids won!
The kids congratulated us for a terrific game. It was a splendid day at Rainbow's End.

Whanau Evening Recount by Britelle - Year 3

On Thursday 8th November, Kelvin Road School had a Whanau Evening at 4pm - 7pm. The PTA was raising funds so we can upgrade our school.

Room 12 made a delicious Boil-up. Some parent helpers came to help. In our boil-up we had vegetables, meat and watercress. Destiny, Rahera and I sliced the cabbage. Some boys and girls scraped the carrot's skins off. There were dough-boys in the boil-up. After we cooked the boil-up we went back to class and we had developmental. It was nearly hometime so we packed up, went home, got changed and then came back to school at 4pm.

At 4pm the Whanau Evening started. There was popcorn, ice blocks, drinks, lucky dip, games, sausage sizzle, boil-up and a darts game. The coolest thing of all was the Kapahaka that was so amazing and great. To watch the Kapahaka, you needed two tickets. I saw it twice. When the boys were stomping their feet it was going bang, bang! I was eating my popcorn as well as watching the Kapahaka.

It was great fun, amazing and cool. I liked it so much at the Whanau Evening. I really enjoyed myself.


by Britelle ~ Year 3

Duffy Award - Caught Being a Good Grandparent

At this morning's school assembly, Eruera's grandmother, Teone, received the Duffy Book Award for "Caught being a Good Grandparent". The book she got was called "Paradise" which is a photographic journey through amazing New Zealand. Teone was overjoyed and almost in tears to receive the award. I chose Teone because she supports Eruera and Room 12 with our school activities. She accompanied Room 12 on our field trip to Sky Tower and Motat this year. On Thursday 8th November Teone helped Room 12 to cook a boil-up for the Whanau Evening's fundraiser. This morning she surprised the Staff of Kelvin Road School with a scrumptious cake that she baked herself. Teone really deserves the award for being a good grandma - we all could do with a grandmother like Teone.
Thank you Teone :-)
Kia ora
Mrs. Raman & Room 12