UHPS Room16 2011

Mr and Mrs Millett had a great time in the UK, and they saw lots and lots of old buildings and castles! They also went to the Edinburgh festival where Peter read his Boy Zero books to international audiences. It was exciting to meet some well known authors including Andy Stanton, ("You're a bad man Mr Gum"), and Phillip Adagh, ("The Fall of Fergal"). They also had the pleasure of visiting two primary schools in Linlithgow, Scotland. Here are some photos from their journeys!

Maybe Room 16 can set up some pen friends with the kids in Scotland!

This term we have been writing character descriptions. We have been practising using language features like similes and adjectives to enhance our writing. Here are some samples of descriptions of "General Pandemonium" from Peter Millett's books, "Boy Zero Wannabe Hero!"

General Pandemonium is an evil mad man who wants to take over the world with all his weird creations!! His nose is like a elephant trunk. His evil creations fail all the time. The pointy stick up bits in his hair are like twigs. He has swirly eyeballs. It looks like he's hypnotised. He's got chunks of snot up his nose. He's also pretty hip and a show off too. His chin is like a fat sword. His teeth are little bricks. HE want to destroy Boy Zero and take over the world! By Rebeccca

General Pandemonium is a strange show off and a greedy rock star! His ears are like monkey's ears and he has a sharp, pointy nose like a sword fish or a needle. He is an evil, plotting master and a greedy evil genius. His hair is like devil's horns and he fights "Boy Zero" until he would win. He is a fiery volcano burning villages down and he is a hypnotizing, brain-washing master mind. He is very tempered and has a puppy called "Miffy Whiffy" By Gareth

General Pandemonium has a difficult name. The General is un-calm about almost everything. General Pandemonium has big googly eyes that stare blankly at the outside world. General Pandemonium also shows off to everyone. He tries to take over the world with evil plans like making a pop song that turns people into break dancing zombies. Even though the General is a super villian he loves poodles! He doesn't think about what he says so when he is finished he realises he shouldn't have said that! The general has a nose as long and as pointy as a parrots beak. Wicked ideas come pouring out of his evil mind.General Pandemonium is always hungry for fame!! By Nadia

General Pandemonium has brain washing eyes like he has just been knocked by a tennis ball. The evil man is trying to take over the earth with his vicious plans. All his plans are failures. His long nose is a base ball bat. His cruel mouth spreads across the universe. He is a volcano that erupts every second with plans. His chin is like a lazer that is about to fire. What is he going to do next? He is always silly x 3000. By James

Today in our Inquiry lesson we talked about all of the communities we belong to, and how we connected to each community. We started by exploring our local communities and then expanded out to regional, national and global communities! Watch this movie to find out about how we are connected to these communities!

Here are our exciting weekend recounts. Today we focused on including as many language features as we could into our weekend recount. When we had written about our personal experience we highlighted any examples of adjectives, similes, metaphors, alliteration and onomatopoeia in the work. See if you can spot the language features in these two recounts!

The trampoline. By Joshua Still

Boing, boing, boing! I was happy like a bumble bee. I felt dizzy. I was on the trampoline. I was super dizzy!

I could hear birds singing and clanging springs. I looked out and saw a car and a garden that looked like a jungle. I wanted to get off. So I did!

The TV Shoot. By Jade Petry

"Wake up Jade! Wake up!" cried Tyler, jumping up and down. I got dressed and ran downstairs, a whole movie crew was sitting at the table. After I ate we started filming. "Scene five, take one!" I said. Then CLAP! went the clapper and I dashed away out of the camera. "Good job!" said Tyler, flapping her arms like a bird that has gone crazy.

We sneaked over to the living room. We were like mice trying to get cheese. "Cut!" yelled Simon, the director breaking the silence. The scene was finished and my mum asked someone, "So you want a real cup of tea this time?". I laughed and said, "Next scene!"

Tyler, the crew and me marched outside and started the scene. The leaves were little claws on the driveway. The dog barked in one scene and we all giggled at the end. Finally Simon said, "That's enough for one day!

It's great to be back after the holidays! We all had a busy time, some traveled overseas, and some stayed back home. Here are this weeks picks of holiday adventures!!

The best holiday ever! - By Prinisha N

"I'm having the best holiday ever in my lifetime!" my mum said. "Do you want to go and watch a movie?" I said, "OK!"

We went to the Event cinema in Albany. The mall was busy but we were lucky to get parking quite close. We watched KungFu Panda 2 in 2D. I got a flake, fanta and popcorn to eat. My favourite characters are Po the panda and Tigeress. After the movie we went to McDonalds for lunch. I ordered a HappyMeal with a toy. I was given "Tigeress"- my favourite character!

After lunch we did shopping. My mum bought some clothes for my sister and I. I saw a pink woollen jumper and I said, "Mum, can I have this jumper?" "OK, you can have it", said mum. My mum also brought a pretty dress for my little sister. We were tired when we got home. We played scrabble at home. My mum is rally good at scrabble, she won the game. I also made some good words. "Well done!" she said.

I had the best time ever!

The Pool- By Liri Jonas

I was running to go on the little diving board. I went on it at again and again and again, until I told my mum that I'm going on the big diving board. So I went on the big diving board. Once when I dived I hurt my tummy and once I moved my teeth.

Then my brother said, "Let's go to the slides!" So we went on the slides. It was like a big hole that you go in. The slide was very fun!

At the start my mum bought me goggles. I was very lucky because my mum had said, "Not today, we will buy your goggles some where else."