Pikachu is in his bubble, too!

In case you didn't already know, Pokémon are also isolated within a bubble - a Pokéball!

We were asked to write a story about Pikachu’s day in the Pokéball that ends with him being sent out by his trainer, Ash.

Of course, many of us took inspiration from our current experience. This must be what those Pokémon feel like huh...

Pikachu is famous for not wanting to be confined to his bubble!

Check out some excerpts of our clever and creative writing below:

Pikachu slowly opened his eyes to see the slightly lit ceiling.
He just lay there for a while wondering what was going on in the outside world to make him need to stay at home so much.

- Solly Y

One day Pikachu was sitting on his tiny armchair in his pokeball watching TV, He was BORED, and he didn’t even want to play with his favourite plush toy of Munchax or play with his Lego model of ratata.
He didn’t even want a Bunnelby shaped sandwich. He just wanted to get OUT of his Pokeball and play in the fresh fallen leaves of Autumn.

- Will J

Kablooey! An explosion came from from outside. ¨Not another Pokemon battle. Ash really needs to stop with these...¨

- Billy B

“PIKA PIKA CHU PIKACHU” (translate mode: Pikachu is saying “NOOOO I HATE MY POKEBALL”)
“Hope you have a great day Pikachu” says Nicolas
*throws pokeball at pikachu*
*pikachu goes in the pokeball* 
“Guess I’m gonna stay in my Pokeball today...”

- Nicolas M

"I can't wait to train with Ash!" He headed over to the door. “Sorry Pikachu, we can’t train today. We're in lockdown. Humans in homes and Pokemon in Pokeballs.” 
"Nooo!”

- Greta L

“12:47 pm April 17, Days go by like shooting stars, it feels like an eternity now, no battles, no winning or losing,”
“Hey Pikachu buddy are you in there?” 
“Yes I’m in here” 
“Well you better not be drinking sugary drinks!!!” 
“Yeah ummmmm about that..."

- Cameron J

I am Pikachu and this Covid 19 thing has kept me from traveling. Ash and I were going to go to China for a battle yesterday, but I am stuck in my Pokeball all day and all night. I haven't seen the daylight in 7 days, well that's what my Dad's dairy sign says.

 - Chris G

One day, Pikachu was feeling a bit lonely 😔, so he decided to throw a friendship 👫 party 🎉!!! With drinks 🍹 and food 🍗. He invited all his friends 👫, except the humans (they can’t fit inside his pokeball). Every one came! “great 👍 party Pikachu!!!” said Dedenne. “Thanks!” said Pikachu. 

- Caleb W

Before opening the bottle he looked up at the ceiling where the whisky was. It was empty. Everyday it was the same, as if he thought it was going to magically refill. Then he sat down on his couch and drank his soda while playing video games. And hours later he was asleep. When he woke up, he was on the floor with Ash looking at him with a long beard and long hair with short legs. With a soda in his hand. They had both found their way of the lockdown.

- Eloi B

Sid the Snail: Quick Write

We wrote a story about Sid the Snail as a "Quick Write." The challenge was to include as much shape vocabulary as possible. We had 10 minutes to write...

Sid the snail was in a grumpy mood that day so he didn’t go for his big morning walk around his large pentagon garden. Surprisingly that day his potatoes grew to dodecahedrons instead of circles. His house was a triangular prism. His dog is a rectangle. Sid loves parallel things but his favourite shape was a sphere.
By Hunter T

A snail shaped story  
Once there was a snail called Sid. Although he was slow, he liked to roam around the the square garden and the cube bird bath. He loved to paddle in the small rectangular perimeter of the puddle in the corner of the square area in the garden. Sid wanted more than the square garden and the cube bird bath so he made his way out of the octahedron shaped gate. The world outside of the square garden,  the town, was full of shapes. The church was a pyramid and the town square was as beautiful as the garden the circular fountain reminded him of the cube bird bath.
By Kaia

Snail Shape Story  
Diamond the snail liked to go around the perimeter of the garden and liked to travel in a parallel lines. She went travelled through the area of the house. The house was a square. The table was a rectangle. The bed was a rock the shape of a pentagon. The face of the house was smaller and the bottom of the house was bigger and the roof was large but the backyard was the largest. She loved her ice cream cone. She ate it in her pyramid house and the ice cream scoop was a cube.

By Lily V

There once was a snail called Sid and he lived in a beautiful rectangular garden with a lot of shapes in it. One day Sid the snail went around the perimeter of the garden, he saw a lot of shapes and that this were this story starts.
So slowly walking around the perimeter of the garden he first saw a cube through a triangular window. Next he saw a dodecahedron painting through a square window and when he turned the corner he saw a pyramid. He looked straight up to see some parallel lines then a circular window with 2 lines through it. A sphere was his favourite shape.
By Alex P

There was once a snail called Sid and he was very slow but he still liked shapes and he went as fast as he could round the perimeter of the garden then he went into the area of the garden and helped himself to the circle apple. The square garden was bigger than the park that was rectangular and bigger than the pentagon park. His house was a triangular prism and the top of his house had a triangle face. His favourite toy was a 3D square and he enjoyed eating at a semi circle picnic table.
By Alex G

Quick Write: Our Value of Respect

At Worser Bay school we have a value called respect. We respect ourselves by ignoring things we don't like. I respect myself by making good decisions.  
Another part is to respect each other. If people get hurt you can help them. You can give them an ice pack if they want one.  
We need to respect the school environment. You also have to respect school equipment and put it back in the PE shed. If there is something on the floor then you put it away. Computers go in the safe. I am good at putting the computers away in the safe.
By Lachlan

Our school value is respect. We care about ourselves, each other and the environment. When we care about ourselves we don’t rip our books we keep our tote trays tidy and we listen. When we care about each other we help out, we don’t fight and we respect other people's things. When we care about the environment we don’t snap pencils, we don’t leave chromebooks and ipads on the ground, we don’t leave wrappers and plastic lying around on the ground, we don’t pull leaves of plants and we don’t throw things around.
By Alba

At Worser bay school we have one main rule and it is respect. We respect ourselves and each other and the environment and our things. We look after ourselves by being healthy and we try to be fit. We look after each other by helping them and being kind and letting people play with us. We look after the environment by watering plants and not kicking trees or pulling of branches and we respect the birds to. We look after our things by putting then away in the right spot and plugging in computers and iPads when they are low on charge.
By Mia 

At worser bay we have one value, Manaakitanga, respect. At worser bay we have to respect ourselves by respecting our health and mana (power). We also respect our environment and our classrooms. By doing this we are not leaving pencils on the floor, not leaving Chromebooks on the floor and most of all we respect the schools sport equipment. We have to also respect each other and their uniqueness because being different is great!
By Elliot


At Worser Bay School we have One value, it is respect. We respect our things, respect ourselves/ each other and respect the environment.
If we don’t respect those things then we need to… fess up, fix up and catch up. That’s how we can solve mistakes. 
For example, if your mum told you to get ready for school. If you ignored her and do silly things, eventually you will get in trouble. 
If you want to make it up then...fess up,fix up and catch up.
By Liam S


At worser bay school we have 1 rule and it is respect for the environment each other and ourselves We call it Manaakitanga.
Respect for the environment you can help by not littering  clean up after yourself  and some other things. 
Respect for each other is be nice don't use bad language and do not bully people.
Respect for yourself  is not bully people don't make a clown out of yourself and anything you think is bad do not do it.

By Joel

Growth Mindset Splat!

In Nicola's Maths group, we have been thinking about growth mindset. We know that people are not born with a Maths brain and that when we challenge ourselves, our brains grow. In Jo Boaler's Ted Talk, "Believe in you Maths Potential" she says that it is important to see Maths visually. People visualise Maths in different ways. 

We have been looking at Splats and discussing the different ways that we see Maths. Here are some examples:

 

We watched Class Dojo and Maths and did a "Quick Write" about what we learnt. 

By Alex P

By Parker