the big one - Connor

    
I almost fell, I saw the giants when they step, it felt like a earthquake. The big steel pole he holds sees me. I run but I got tired from the man running after me. Boom the net came down on me 'I am stuck' I try to bite the net is to hard. This is not good I wonder were I am going.

 

The nets

The nets

 

 

I heard a truck coming our way the truck stopped. I saw giant people come out with huge nets I kept my eye on one of them but then a net got me from behind. I squeaked  and scratched the air and all the man did was laugh.

 

I was trapped

The Rats At The Market!!

The Rats at the Market!!

I stared at the men, and they stared back. They charged at me like a bull. He started to get closer and closer as I started to get dizzy. I melted into a shadow so they ran straight pass me. Then I felt a swish of cold air sprint pass me and I realised I was surrounded in a bumpy net.

I open my eyes slowly, everything was blurry. I heard a deep low voice saying “We found some rats.” Then in an even deeper voice replied “So what.” As the voices started to get closer I scrambled in and hurried towards the net. Then I heard another voice that sounded like a girl saying “SEE” when the men went away, the girl said, “Hang in there” in a whisper “I’ll get you out"...

By Brylee                                          

Friday 6^th of December                                                      

We are on our way to the market. I can’t wait to feast on the food. Then these random guys come around the corner and ruin it. They charge at us like a stampede of elephant’s. I yelled "Run!" and ran for my life. I heard a swoosh, a net came flying down. I leaped away from the net and zoomed off in to the shadows, but another net came down.
"Got you," said the man. I tried to nibble through the net but the material was stronger than metal. I’m watching the others get swiped into the nets.

I was terrified but when I figured out where we were going this was just the beginning.    

  

To be continued what will happen next.

Written by Eli 

Jake rats of nihm

Captured

‘Jenner’, ‘where are you?’ I see nets flying around and diving down like gannets. My first thought was to run, so I took off like a jet. Then suddenly a net came crashing down behind me, I escape by a matter of inches.

I scramble to cover. There’s nothing else to do but sit down and watch all my friends and family being captured. I can’t resist the urge to dive out into the open and try rescuing whoever I can.

Then suddenly a net smacked down over me, my legs tangled into the plastic like fabric. Captured. 

 

TRAPPED - Billie w

                         TRAPPED

I squeaked in terror. Then I felt weak as the thick black shadow covered me. The big net came over me, I felt powerless. I tried to squeak for help but all that came out was a little ''Squeak''!

I ran around the net franticly, ''What were they going to do with me''? ''Where were they going to bring me''? ''Will I die?"
 ''BANG"! I was in this big truck, then I was off with the tall giants.

Panic~William

Panic

I was waiting for the signal. I looked around at the other rats, they looked so much older than me. Most of them were 20 or 30, but I was only 12.

    Soon the signal was sounded, we ran as fast as we could, to steal as much as we could. Then I heard a rattle of small cages and the squeaking of rats. I looked behind me and saw a large person lowering his hands to grab me.

    Just with one touch I laid down pretending to be dead. Like most other rats but they weren't pretending. The person walked away with the cage in his hands. When I saw that he left I got up and ran, I ran as fast as I could and hide under a small box and melted into the shadow.

    Then when it was all quiet I snuck out but it was the wrong time. SNAP!!!!

I was loaded into the truck and taken away. In that cage I wondered where were they taking us, and will I escape? Then all that I heard for the rest of the ride was rats in panic.

CAPTURED - Gregor

We are writing the scene talked about in our class book. The rats tell about when they were living in a village and went to the Sunday market to eat the leftovers. The men from the laboratory come and capture some. This is that part written. Can you build up pictures in your head from our writing. Can you imagine the scene?


I charged at the left-overs like a crazed bull. Suddenly I felt a net slip over me with excrutiating speed and force.


I struggle, tossing and turning,  trying to nibble out of this night-mare, but the net is as thick as plastic. Not giving up I give it one last bite...


I managed to break free! I scamper away from that horrid place with my scrawny little legs and reach a bench! I fell safe enough to take a rest. So I did. But I never awoke again.

The rats of nimh -Abby

THE RATS OF NIMH

It was a usual Sunday,  a usual market day. The families of rats poured out to get a feast when the people left. Jenner and I stopped when we heard a jeep come along the market path, “QUICK RUN!” I yelled. “Jump into the bush”.  We were too late.

 “Got ya,” said the weird crazy capturing guy.  

 It was too late we were captured by big black men in black coats and beanies. We heard the other rats squeaking their heads off. It was so sad. We thought about Timothy, is he going to be alright?

-Abby

how hunter and i met

It started off with me and hunter playing in the sand pit and I asked if hunter and I could be friends. He ended up saying yes and we got along great, that was when we were 1 and a half.  Now we are at school and about to leave and we are better friends than ever. It is nearly the end of the year. Hunter is a year 6 now so that means he is going to a different school from me but that doesn’t mean we cant be friends anymore. We will be friends forever =)   

Traped-Nikki

The net came crashing down onto us. We chewed and chewed our best but there was NO way we could get free. Later on they were never going to get out. Then someone came charging like a bull right at us.

 

 

 

 

They came and picked us up, were we are going,? I do not know. We got eventually, they let go. We asked " Were are we?"

"Somewhere"

" Were"

 

" You will find out"

The truck rumbled down the road.

Captured -Kieran

We are writing the scene talked about in our class book. The rats tell about when they were living in a village and went to the Sunday market to eat the leftovers. The men from the laboratory come and capture some. This is that part written. Can you build up pictures in your head from our writing. Can you imagine the scene?



As the rats ventured through all of the market there was a sudden, awkward, silence. Then they heard big trucks storming right through the country side. An again another awkward silence but this one was followed by a huge raging attack on the innocent rats, they were everywhere. Left, right and centre.
Then shouting and screaming started from all of the frantic rats became terrified. All of the nets came swinging in on the rats at outragious speeds. One of them swiped down on jenner's tail, as she
escaped free in only a matter of seconds she was trapped again!
It was terrifieing.

100 WC - Gregor

100 WC

“Look!” “A secret passageway!” said Adam excitedly. “Let’s go check it out!” Justin agreed with Adam.

“Wow!” “Look at all of these colors! And there’s even an easel in here!” said Justin excitedly.

“You’re into art?” said Adam curiously.

“There’s a lot of things you don’t know about me.” said Justin. “Now, let’s get to work”.

“Finally! “My first Christmas Gingerbread man painting!” “I think I deserve a break”. “Wake me when it’s time to leave…”

10 Minutes later...

“What are you doing!?” yelled Justin.

“We've been in here for 10 days now. I needed something to eat.” said Adam.

Gregor  

TRAPPED ~ Cooper

We are writing the scene talked about in our class book. The rats tell about when they were living in a village and went to the Sunday market to eat the leftovers. The men from the laboratory come and capture some. This is that part written. Can you build up pictures in your head from our writing. can you imagine the scene?




The leftovers were delicious. There was so much leftovers we`re having are food will last for a week.  we were really full then.

I heard people surrounding me. I saw a net and I made a run for it. we couldn't run anywhere so we all cuddled up in the middle...... Where am I? I woke up in this cage looking thing.

Escape of the rats

We are writing the scene talked about in our class book. The rats tell about when they were living in a village and went to the Sunday market to eat the leftovers. The men from the laboratory come and capture some. This is that part written. Can you build up pictures in your head from our writing. can you imagine the scene?

I was hyperventilating in the cage while the man was taking us on a big shelf. We are in the cage waiting just trying to escape from this this place and stay calm. We don’t know what will happen to us.”

“We will try to make a plan for all of us just take deep breaths. I’ll make the plan and you got to stay calm ok. I’ll break the cages door and let the other go into air ducts and I and you will do the same with the others we must do it really silent and do it slowly we go fast if they come for us,” said Jenner

“Are you ready to do the plan?” asked Justin “Yes I am” 3 ‘2 ‘1 GO! You stay here Jenner and I will say you name when it’s safe. Do you” understand?”

“I do and how long will it take for you?”

“Well we only have 6 hours before morning  and it will take about 20 minutes.  But  we’ve got to do it really !”

Patch My my BMX bike

                                    My BMX bike
I got a BMX racing bike.  The brand of bike is red line it is an expert.  The bike was $220, it is a awesome bike. I love it to.

I got the bike off trade me.  Its red and silver.
We went out to Oakura to get it.

When I get too big for the bike I will give it to Barnie, then he will give it to Deno when he outgrows it, and then we will sell it.    

Patch the writer

Trapped like Animals ~ written by Shikain

Chapter 2

Trapped like animals

”Richey we are going to rob this house!  This creep is going on a holiday. We are going to steal almost everything in that house. We will watch the house for a little bit longer and look through the windows to see if he is gone.

 “I’ll check the windows. He is gone I can’t see him!”

 “Let’s do this.”

“Wait, do you hear that? I see someone, it’s him. Quick get up stairs and lock the door do it fast and hurry Sam!”

“Ok, but there is no key. I’ll have to push that shelf on to the door so he can’t get in.”

“Who’s there?,” said a voice outside the room

“I know that voice, it’s Jimmy. How did you get here jimmy?”

“The owner of the house kidnapped me and tied me in this rope and left me here to starve to death, do you have any food?”

“No and we are really sorry but maybe Sam does.”

“ Yes I do, here is a chocolate bar, this is all I have. We can’t get out of here if this creep is down stairs waiting for us. We need a plan to get out of here but how will we get out.”

 “How’s this? I’ll disturb him while you guys sneak up behind him and I will hit him in the head so he gets knocked out.”

 “ That’s perfect, we will use that and we will have to get a plank of wood to knock him out. How about this baseball bat? That’s better than a plank. “

“Ok the time is here do Sam do you have the baseball bat?”

 “yes I do”

 “Ok let’s do this.  3 2 1 NOW!:”

 ” Hey creep come and get me”

“ Ok, Sam sneak up behind him whack him in the head”

“I got him”

“Ok check if he is knocked out”

“ He is out Richey. Let’s get out, oh no the door is locked and the body is gone”

“ Let’s try the windows, they are locked too.”

“Back upstairs QUICK!”

rats ~ Jacob

     We are writing the scene talked about in our class book. The rats tell about when they were living in a village and went to the Sunday market to eat the leftovers. The men from the laboratory come and capture some. This is that part written. Can you build up pictures in your head from our writing. can you imagine the scene?   


  The trick

My feet started to take me away. All I could hear was frantic screaming and shouting from other rats. Big giants got most of them stuck in unchewable rope. Lots of the rats were stuck but I was yet to be captured. I felt shaky and gripped with fear. I could not see any other rats around me so that means I am next.

        

Then I saw something falling. To my horror I realised what it was. A giant hand that was about to grab me but I rampaged away. I found a way out and sprinted to my escape I ran like a rocketing race car.

“Don’t let him escape!” screamed a voice. It felt like I was getting chased by a mob of rampaging elephants. His hand right behind me about to close in. 

“Snap!” His hand closed at just the wrong time. The lady gripped me weakly but I quickly slid out like an oily fish.I was so close I was sure I could escape. 

“Bang!” My head hit into an invisible wall as If I was hit with a hammer. Everything started fading and all I saw was blackness. So close yet so far away.

     

 Everything came into vision again. I found myself in a small room.

“Look the injection worked!”  

“Yes!, the resurrection worked! I thought he was long gone when he hit the window ” I heard a lady say.

“Great we can test him with our new DNA” said the leader.

“Injection time,” said a man holding a pointy pin and a needle In his hand.

Collaborative Learning - helping each other to get the job done

It's painting time

The capture

We are writing the scene talked about in our class book. The rats tell about when they were living in a village and went to the Sunday market to eat the leftovers. The men from the laboratory come and capture some. This is that part written. Can you build up pictures in your head from our writing. can you imagine the scene?

Hi I’m Liam and I’m a rat, our lives are not easy. Every Sunday my family goes down to the nearby market to get food for the week.

One day when we went down there we noticed that something was wrong. There was much more food than usual but we went over anyway.

Later a truck came we try to get away as soon as possible so we wouldn't get seen. The next thing we know, swoop, a net flew past me, I ran into the shadows but they were just too fast.

Five minutes later I thought they had all gone so I came back out to find that they were still there, but once again all of them went to catch me all at once. “Help!” I screamed but no one could hear me.

They made me run for so long that I ran out of energy. I stopped to take a breath but I was too late. I was in the net trying to get out, but it was no use.

I was trapped with no way out.

The rats

                                           
We are writing the scene talked about in our class book. The rats tell about when they were living in a village and went to the Sunday market to eat the leftovers. The men from the laboratory come and capture some. This is that part written. Can you build up pictures in your head from our writing. can you imagine the scene?

the rats


I see all the rat's sprinting to hied.  I see rat's getting chased and caught.  A net flew past my home.  One of the rats was bleeding and one had its tail cut off.  Some rats got caught.  The people got some and went away.

Dad and me

                                       Dad and me
"Jo, me and patch are going on the scooter."

"See ya," said Mum 

"Patch we don't have any  pechall,  We wiil yuos turps, don't tell Mum." 
" Bye Mum".  
"Dad can we go see Kalm and chas".  
"OK".
"Patch we are rning out of turps, we have to go homes".
"OK Dad."

  Dad got me a scooter helit for me, so I can go on the scooter tothor  
                                        

                       this is like Dad scooter at homes.
                                            By Patch





















    

Paper mâché

 

This is some of us adding the white paper layer to our dragons.

Big bruises

                                        Big bruises

I was going down the steep down ramp. Then I was not going to make the 2 meter gap. Neck-minute  I flip over the bars and got a big bruise. I got winded, I fell from about 3 meters high. At BMX

                                                from patch

My burning arms.

My arms burning on the bound. They are about to give up on me and fall off. I was kind of confused where to go and what action I should do. We only went straight ahead. The army crawl burnt my arms. We didn't have enough time to finish. We were acting like headless horses fighting for "apples.

We finally made it to the end it was really painful. I felt tired and sore.

Liam

Liam getting very excited when he was writing on google docs and suddenly a comment from Mrs McA popped up!

My Newspaper - Natalia

Top Headlines

Thursday, September 7, 1854

Cause of Cholera disease discovered

The disease Cholera has been affecting London killing hundreds of people for at least a fortnight. Now Doctor John Snow, a pioneer of disease and father of epidemiology, has his theory of how the city's water has caused of all this sickness and death.

"I have been working day and night to find the cause of this disease," Doctor Snow explains. "I have the locations of the victims' homes and discovered that the closest pump to nearly all of them is the Broad Street pump. The victim's families also explained to me that they used that water pump in particular."

Reverend Henry Whitehead has also been investigating this case and is willing to share his story.

"At first I thought the epidemic was caused by divine intervention," Whitehead explains, "but that was before I heard about the baby with diarrhoea. I went to investigate and discovered that the baby lived on 40 Broad Street. The cesspool at the front of the house was 3 feet away from the pump. I asked for the ground to be dug up and a crack was found that allowed the contents of the cesspool to enter the well contaminating the water. The whole thing was unnecessary. If London's drainage and sewer systems had been made better this would never have happened."

Sorry this isn't a newspaper the site didn't let me generate it.

Newspaper - Gregor

Kieran's newpaper

Hope you all like it :)

Jeffrey

      Jeffrey chapter two

“Put your hands up where I can see them”

said a police from the building to Jeffery. Instead Jeffrey pressed a red button. boom! The tower exploded and crumbled like an avalanche and turned into debris and dust. Two helicopters came. Jeffrey quickly pulled out a rocket launcher boom! One helicopter fell. “open fire”! The other helicopter started shooting teaching dirt how to fly.”Dang I lost him”. Police started rampaging after Jeffery.

“Hes getting away release the guard dogs” all the dogs ran slobber dripping showing too many sharp teeth like a knife.   

injury after injury made by Kieran

A minute ago I visited a fella called Paul who works as a physio.
I am going to the physio to fix all of the injured mucles in my legs. Paul says "it is a injury that needs to be dealt with emediately".
What happened to start everything up was my imflamated heels and my the akilies, they lead to the pain in my calf, selevies and knee problems. So with all those problems on both legs I limp, and when I limp I stir up my hamstring and gluetiusmaxsimas.
With that said and done I have got a whole load of exercises and strengthening workouts to get me back feeling 100% in 10 days!! I have to take full care of myself for the rest of the time I have got before a trip to Napier.
I cant wait to start the journey I am about to begin.

100wc muso mic chapter 2 william

 “It’s the Syco killer’s house from the news” said the scared face investigator.

   “Wait doesn’t that guy have two angry man eating pets?” Said the investigator.

“Yes a pig and a sloth” said the scared face investigator.

“Wait so where are…” he paused in an instant.

The door started to creek open and out came two angry animals a sloth and a pig. But there was something strange, they both had a knife. The pig that had sharp teeth dropped the sloth and bit the scared face investigators arm off and he let out a scream louder than the sloths.     

 

Me Eli and Liam.

In the holidays Me Eli and Liam went to go dirt biking at Marfell park. We had to walk the bikes up to the park. When we got up the hill we rode the bikes up the hill. Liam asked if he could ride the other bike up the hill.


 When  Eli, Liam and I got up the we got the helmets on and rode off

then my bike kept on stopping. Nathan checked my bike if It had gas. "Nathan said you have bugger all gas mate. then I had to go down to the house and get the gas out of the shed. I had to find the gas and it was right beside the Go-cart. When I got back to the field I went over to Nathan, he filled up my dirt bike.





Then a wile later an grumpy old man came along. "Nathan walked up and they had a argument "Nathan said we don't want your trouble. Its not hurting anyone please just go away. when we got home our legs were all numb. Then we had a ice cold drink and a big rest in the lounge. Our hands legs and fingers were all worn out and my sister was really tired.

It was a really cool holiday.

Nikki- My storry

"Move it" said midnight the cat
'Yes," said the gang. " Don't you think that midnight is starting to get the best of us?
"Ya, said  bucket and bambe the pander
"Well I think she is not"
"But she is"
"But she is not"
"Yes she is"
"Well I think that we should start being nice to her"
"We tried our best to be nice"
"fine I will be nice to her ok"
"Good"
"Hey midnight"
"What do you want"
"Do you want to come to my pool party
"Why"
"Because"
"Sure what time and what day"
"On Sunday and 5:00"
"Hey do you like the party so far"
"Yup"
"We all want to known if you want to be are friends"
"Well how would say No"
"Come on let's go and hop I the pool"
  
                                                                 And they were best friends for ever!!

My tramping trip

Saturday   morning I was watching TV at my house and my friend named Joseph called me and asked me if I wanted to go for a tramp up the mountain and I said yes.  I got my gear ready for the trip then Joseph came with his uncle to come get me.

When we got there I couldn't wait to start walking

We were only a little bit in to the mountain and I heard there was boar a.k.a wild boar  was in here I wanted to run out I only had a knife but I kept on walking.

Then we walked up so high we got up to 500 feet and I started getting hard to breath but it was just me overreacting.

It was really dark in the mountain but not to fare ahead I could see light and I ran out of the thick trees and there was a hut I look down the mountain we attest 1200 feet above sea level.

In the hut there was a bench with chars and a big room

With two bunk beds the beds could fit at least 12 people at once. Outside there was a toilet and a solar panel and a great view off the mountain. We walked around for a while then we start to walk back down the mountain. We just got back into the bush I was still a little worried about the boar but my Joseph uncle was striking us So I kept on walking. A Little bit down the mountain Joseph and I started running when we got out  Josephs uncle was a little bit angry with us but he was fine and we finally went  home.            by Eli.

Mr Frisby's Death - Gregor

Mr Frisby’s Death

His heart was racing at 100 Miles Per Hour. He took one big shaky step towards his greatest fear. It was staring him right in the eye, and he was doing the same. With sweat pouring down his face he ran for it like a cheetah chasing their prey. As he saw him take a giant leap, He realized it’s the other way around. But he’s too late. His claws are razor sharp, With fang like teeth. The last thing Mr Frisby saw was his knife like claws. This is the end for Mr Frisby.

 

war.

Heart pumping in the trench. Bullets smashing to the dirt. Man down dying, slowly. Lost in action. Heart stops. Going to the light. Lives lost. Dodging Nazi trains. Rifling them and men gone. Trying to save the world from Hitler.

Rocky all set to be a star YVETTE BATTEN - NORTH TARANAKI MIDWEEK

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Weeding the garden, gate-crashing parties and joining sporting matches is all part of a day's work for Rocky the cat.
The Tongaporutu feline's antics have made him a prime subject of the North Taranaki SPCA's fundraising 2014 calendar.
For a fee, people could submit photos of their pets. All photos appeared in the calendar.
His owners Denise and Richard Burton submitted a photo of the puss taking a ride home up the Tongaporutu River on a paddle board after gate-crashing a party.



"He really has got the most loveable nature," said Denise.
It was love at first sight when the Burtons saw Rocky at the SPCA. Shortly after adoption, in May 2012, Rocky became ill with a sinus infection, which still plagues him to this day.
"We have to keep him on antibiotics," Denise said.
When he did come home the curious puss began to wander.
"He'd go down to the bottom baches [further down the river] and somebody would have to bring him home. We'd get phone calls."
At first Rocky only had the Burtons' phone number on his collar.
"He went visiting the bottom baches and people didn't realise he was in their bach and shut up and went home," said Richard.
"The neighbouring bach saw him in the window. They had a key and somebody grabbed him and took him home to Eltham."
Now Rocky also carries an address tag on his collar too. There's even a notice about him on the fridge in the nearby community's hall.
"So people know where he lives and that he actually belongs around here."
Rocky also regularly visits his neighbours too. Often he'll pop in to see one lady in her 90s for a cuddle and a snooze.
SPCA spokeswoman Jackie Poles Smith said his photo was one of 170 photos featured in their fundraising calendar.
"We're just finding every year this calendar is more and more successful," she said.
"People love it. We love it and basically the [photo] entry fees covered the cost of printing the calendar so all the money from the sales of the calendar look after animals here at the SPCA."
Pets featured this year include cats, dogs, goats, donkeys, lambs, chickens, turkeys and llamas.
Other information includes general details about the SPCA, animal welfare and some stories of the pets featured inside.
More than 700 copies of the calendar, costing $15 each, are available.
Pick one up from the shelter on Colson Rd, the SPCA Op Shop on Liardet St, Mitre 10 Mega, Animates and various vets.

Orientation day at Highlands

Orientation day at Highlands

Today, all the year sixes that are going to Highlands intermediate next year are going to Highlands today it is because it is Orientation day, I can’t wait! I am a little bit nervous.

 

_{I’m excited because I get to see the school and classes, and I think Mr Shaw will show us around, and my Mum said that there is going to be an Assembly and they are going to tell us about Highlands, my Mum said to listen, I think they tell the rules and about their school.}

 

_{I am nervous because it is a Big school and there are big kids, and when it comes to bullying or teasing I don’t really stick up for myself. But there are some small people at Highlands.}

_{What happened after I’ve been:}

_{It was very great! There was nothing to be worried about! Everything was 100% AWESOME, The Kappa Hakka group sang and did the Hakka, they had really good voices. Their voices are all doing different tunes like high pitch and low, it’s like the Choir too. When the principal (Mr Shaw) gave me a sheet about Highlands I said thank you nice and clear and he kept on saying how lovely it was to say thank you, HE is the lovely one. I wasn’t expecting that!}

_{Thanks for reading, By Billie w}

 

 

 

 

 

A healthy lunch - Evette/Lucy