There came a day- Poetry

We have been reading and writing different poems. We read the poem There Came A Day and we made our own versions of the poem.

Here are some of our poems...

The wintery day by Angelina

There came a day

that was wet and had snow

It was crazy for winter

frosty and cold

freezing and mad

what will we do with the trees?

said the day, said the day

we will sprinkle them with snow

said the day, said the day

what will we do with the ground 

said the day, said the day

we will cover it with ice

said the day, said the day  

what will we do with the leaves? 

said the day, said the day

we will make them fall off

and make them crunch under my feet

that is what we will do

There came a day by Millicent

And what shall I do with the darkness

the day said, the day said

wake them up and give them a cup

I hope it does not make them blow up

And what shall I do with the stars?

the day said, the day said

cover them with sticky blue,

and then it might cry boo hoo

And what shall I do with the moon?

the day said, the day said

pull it away to the other side

when it comes back well see if it’s cried

And what shall I do with the people

the day said, the day said
wake them up and give them a cup

I hope it does not make them blow up

there came a night

that took overday

pushed It away

hid the sun

There came a day- by Gretel

There came a day a where a ball travelled the pitch

The redness blinding

Took a gulp.

And bounced

In the middle of this oval

He took a breath and swung his bat

Landing on a single hat

The crowd went wild.

Why the face? Why the face?

It was the one that hurt.

Half a smile.

What was the other half?

He got carried off.

A match never forgotten

But in the back of his mind

It was the single hat.

He had to get out

put his foot down a take a swing

padded up again since that day

There came a day, There came a day

There came a day when it was raining TACOS by Takehisa

When the white cloud came

A little colourful thing came down,

slowly, slowly and slowly

It bumped my head hard,

Really hard

It felt bigger than a car crashing on my head

I cried and cried

It was a taco,

raining,

Felt very strange,

Ate all of them

I was hungry

Now all of those,

Are GONE In The WORLD…

There was another day

That it was raining tacos

I was surprised,

Really surprised,

I couldn’t eat them,

Because I ate a lot of them Last Week!

There came a day by Molly D

There came a day when  the clouds took over the sky

from cloudy

to cloudier

and cloudier

And what shall I do with sun?

the clouds said, the clouds said

Cover it up, Cover it up

Let no light shine through

And what shall I do with sky?

The clouds said, The clouds said

fly over it, fly over it

let there be no blue in the sky

And what shall I do with the people

The clouds said, the clouds said

keep them inside, keep them inside

the kids will thank me for that!

There came a day when the clouds took over the sky

But it's time to say goodbye to the clouds

And say hello to storm

The storm said, the storm said.

There came a day by Emma R

There came a day when summer closed her eyes went to sleep and autumn woke up.

Now what shall I do with people?

The day said, the day said

wrap them up warm and stuff them with apple pie they will never forget me till the day they die.

And what shall I do with the sky?

The day said The day said

take away the blue and white and paint it gray.

      

And what shall do with trees?

The day said, the day said

strip off the leaves and they will freeze stuff them in a heap.

There came a day and it was autumn his tail was a puddle.      

EBIS Visit

Past Worser Bay students came in to talk to us about EBIS and making the transition to intermediate school. It was great to see them and find out more about what it is like there...

Transition Friday

Year 3, 4 and 5 have been working together in Matariki and Mahutonga. It has been fun working with different people.

Wake your brain up: Netball

We did netball this morning as part of our "wake your brain up activity" this morning. We have been learning how to shoot, pass and defend. 


Netball from Matariki on Vimeo.

Sportsfest: Miniball

Miniball Sports Fest

On Tuesday we went to the Miniball Sports Fest, we had so much fun.

How it worked was we got a draw, and got straight into it. We played 6 games. We won one and we got into the Quarter final. Won that and got into the Semi final!

We were so Amazed.

It was tough.

It was the first time that ASB ran it and we were excited to get into the Semi Final.

Thanks to Vicky, Kerry-Lynn and Anna for helping with the Coaching and Managing!

Poets Shout Out!

Over the last few weeks we have met all sorts of incredible people, each with their own amazing story to tell.  We have been writing poems from these people’s points of views, using their ‘voice’, trying to understand what it must be like to live through these experiences.  

So what have we been actually learning? We have been:

• developing empathy
• showing manaakitanga, uplifting the mana of others  
• becoming writers with important things to say
• becoming aware of issues of fairness and justice
• understanding that there is a course of action if you feel that something is wrong or unfair
• learning about different community groups which are part of Miramar and considering the needs of these people

It is exciting to see people motivated and inspired in their learning and quite moving to read the poems they have been working on.

Homeless

Homeless, 
not a penny, 
no one to notice me, 
box as my home, 
best friend is a stone, 
my home is not like one of your

zap zap 
no drip drip fancy

homes, 
no one notices me, 

I am homeless

by Ben

I am Homeless

I wake same old empty stomach,

Scattered leaves no warmth,

Dense bush,

Over head,

Sunlight streams,

Gentle trickle,

None of last night snack,

Deserted forest,

Sadness takes over again,

No place of my own,

No home,

Birds whistling

Only spirited thing,

My only belongings,

Satchel,

Paper,

Box,

Rags for clothes,

No one cares,

No one,

No one noticed me,

I’m all alone,

All I am is homeless,

By Emma