Room 2 has been learning how to write a poem.
First we looked at a poem by a seven year old girl
who has written a whole book of poems.
Her name is Laura Ranger.
It inspired us to write our own poem called the PAUA.

PAUA
The patterns are a colourful swirl of rainbows.
The shape is a gigantic oval like an easter egg.
The colours shine bold and loud as a star.
The shellfish is eaten by an excited diver.

Written by Room 2    Mangonui School  Age 6-7

THE FOOLISH LION - A narrative By Dhannis

Long ago there was a small, brown mouse and a gold, angry lion. The mouse was making a    burrow next to the sleeping lion. The mouse was disturbing the lion.

    Suddenly the lion woke up and caught the mouse with its sharp claws and paw, and said,  "mouse  can't you see I'm sleeping."  "Ooh!  sorry king, please let me go, "said the mouse.  So he let go of  the mouse and the mouse ran far away from the lion and went to sleep.
  
At night a hunter came and set a net trap. The lion was caught. When the lion woke up and went "roar, roar,  roar' the mouse thought that it was the lion. She ran and ran to the lion. She could see that he was trapped in the net. The lion saw the mouse and said, " please get me out of this net". So the mouse bit and bit day and night.
Finally he was set free and the lion said,  "you can sleep in my stinky den.
Lastly they lived happy ever after.

A Maori legend-Narrative By Brooke

In the beginning Rangi the father had red eyes. He was strong. He had tatoos, patterns and shapes on his arms. Papa the mother is brown like the earth. Brown  as  the  soil.
Soon  they had  kids. They were named Tu, Tane, Tawhirmatea, Tangaroa, Haumia and  Rongo.
The  kids were sick of their parents because they didn't like being in the dark. They decided to split up their parents. Every kid tried but they could not split them up.
 Tane tried. He put his feet up and pushed his parents apart. The children were very happy because they were in the light, not the dark.
Tane turned into the God of the forest. Tangaroa became the God of the sea. Tu was the God of man and war. Tawhirimatea became the God of the wind and storms. Haumai was the God of wild foods and uncultivated foods and Rongo was the god of peace and agriculture.
The Maori say when it rains it is Rangi the sky father crying for Papa.

By  Brooke    Age 6

A Narrative about being trapped.

Trapped in the fire    -            By Sasha   Age 6

One summer night Sasha and Brooke were cooking tea, when they put on the frying pan. It started a fire in the house. The fire was hot and had huge flames. Luckily Sasha was able too dial 111 and then 1 minute later the fire man arrived. They blew out the fire. The girls survived. They were very greatful but had to live in a tent. They got sent food from their family and friends. The families had to save their money again to build a new house. They were terrified but at least they got to get a new house. To fix up their house they went shopping for furniture and food. That night they had some tea and they were very happy. They went to sleep.

The Heritage Trail By Sasha

THE HERITAGE TRAIL
On Tuesday, room two went for a walk on the Mangonui Heritage trail.

 Firstly we walked down a steep hill. On the hill trail we saw the old, old school house. At  the bottom of the hill we saw the beautiful water patterns in the harbour.
 After we walked past the shops  we walked past the old Police station. The old Police station is where I live.
It was a beautiful day. I liked it walking. It was a lovely walk and it was adventurous.

By Sasha

We Went for a Walk  
On  Tuesday  we  went  for  a  walk.  We  had  a  map ,  our  bags  and   our lunch.  We saw some old buildings and we walked up to the school. Then we had a photo. We went to play, the bell rang and  we  went  to  class.
By  Bradley.

The Long Walk By Brooke

The  long   walk          by   Brooke 

 On  Tuesday,  room  2   and  2  mums  went   on a walk  around  Mangonui  heritage  trail .We   walked  down  a  steep  mountain. We looked  at  the  old  shops   and  houses. Next  we saw  the  the  police  station, then  we  went  through  a  dark  tunnel. We saw  some patterned  water to. I  hope  we  will  go  again. I  liked  the patterned water. When  room 2  got  back  we  had a photo  beside  room 7.