One day a group of children decided they wanted to make some money. After a long time they decided to sell their old classroom couch on TradeMe. Each of the children wrote an advertisement and voted on the best.
After a few weeks they got a horrible email from TradeMe saying the couch didn't sell. The children were so disappointed when they found out. They decided to try and sell their old couch another way.
One of the children called Rick came up with fixing the couch up a bit since it was quite tattered. The rest of the class agreed.
So the next day they walked down to a small shop selling various types of fabrics. They bought a beautiful green material with pale yellow and pink flowers that looked just the same as the original couch fabric.
It took hours fixing up the couch, but the children enjoyed sewing up the holes since they didn't have to do actual work although they were a school. When they'd finished the couch looked great. The children wished that they could keep it at school.
They wondered where to sell it. Then one of the children said that one of her friend's was having a garage sale. Everyone was delighted. They rang the friend's mother to ask if they could sell their old couch at the garage sale. In reply they got a yes!
The next week they got an email saying the couch had sold for thirty dollars. The children were so happy to find that it had finally sold, for a lot more than one dollar!
By Emily
Friday, May 28, 2010
An Amazing Sale
It was a cold winter's day. As the rain poured down, a group of kids were thinking about the class trip at the end of term. Suddenly one of them realised that they didn't have enough money to go because of the rise in GST. One of them had an idea.
"Why don't we sell the couch in the cloakroom?"
That's a great idea," said one of the kids.
So that day the kids put the couch on TradeMe with a description about it.
As each day went past, more and more people were viewing the couch, but nobody was bidding on it. After a week the kids received an email saying that it didn't sell, not even for a dollar.
The next day the kids decided to fix the couch so it might sell. So they worked for hours fixing the couch, making it look better.
"Hey, isn't one of our friends selling lots of stuff in a garage sale today?" asked one of the kids.
"I'll go and check," said another kid, hopping on his bike and pedaling away fast.
After 10 minutes he came back on his bike smiling.
"He is," he said with joy.
So they wheeled the couch on some skateboards to the friend's house.
The next day the friend called to say that it didn't sell! So they decided to give the couch to the school fair. With each half hour that went past the kids would check and see if it had sold. Hours went past and people still wouldn't buy the couch.
It was the end of the fair and the kids sat on the couch and watched time go by. Suddenly a big man came over. He spoke in a deep voice.
"Can I buy that couch? How much?" he asked.
The kids jumped up.
"Really!!" they asked.
"Yeah. $100," the man said.
The kids were jumping with joy singing, 'Deal, deal, deal, deal!"
They were now able to go on the school trip after all.
By Jack
"Why don't we sell the couch in the cloakroom?"
That's a great idea," said one of the kids.
So that day the kids put the couch on TradeMe with a description about it.
As each day went past, more and more people were viewing the couch, but nobody was bidding on it. After a week the kids received an email saying that it didn't sell, not even for a dollar.
The next day the kids decided to fix the couch so it might sell. So they worked for hours fixing the couch, making it look better.
"Hey, isn't one of our friends selling lots of stuff in a garage sale today?" asked one of the kids.
"I'll go and check," said another kid, hopping on his bike and pedaling away fast.
After 10 minutes he came back on his bike smiling.
"He is," he said with joy.
So they wheeled the couch on some skateboards to the friend's house.
The next day the friend called to say that it didn't sell! So they decided to give the couch to the school fair. With each half hour that went past the kids would check and see if it had sold. Hours went past and people still wouldn't buy the couch.
It was the end of the fair and the kids sat on the couch and watched time go by. Suddenly a big man came over. He spoke in a deep voice.
"Can I buy that couch? How much?" he asked.
The kids jumped up.
"Really!!" they asked.
"Yeah. $100," the man said.
The kids were jumping with joy singing, 'Deal, deal, deal, deal!"
They were now able to go on the school trip after all.
By Jack
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Skating Demonstration
On Monday at lunchtime the whole school came to the hall for a demonstration of inline skating and sports on rollerblades like speed skating and uni hockey. The eighth best skater in the world came in and some famous hockey players did some cool tricks like twirls, spins and all kinds of other things. My opinion is that it was really cool and that they should come again next year.
By Chris
By Chris
In-Line Skating
Last week the whole school rushed into the hall at lunch to see four skaters talk about what they do and why they were here. Artyom got chosen to go up and put a pair of speed skates on and try to skate around in them. One girl/lady came up and did a few spins and twirls that were very impressive. Then one of the boys/men came up and showed us an ice hockey stick and everybody got to feel how light it was. He also could flip the ice hockey stick without the hockey puck falling off, but he said that about ten out of one hundred people could in New Zealand that he had met. At the end Artyom came back up and showed us how much he improved. At first Artyom kept on falling over and everybody was laughing.
By Abby
By Abby
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Sleepover
Sleepover
We were in the car going to my friend’s house for a sleepover. It was going to be so cool and fun. We were going to do heaps of stuff at his house. We parked outside their house and leaped out of the car and raced to the door and rang the bell. Ding Dong the bell rang, then my friend swung the door open.
“Hi,” I said.
“Come in, “said his mum.
My friend and I raced up the steps and into his room. We were in there for 2 hours playing lego and top trumps.
Later we came in the kitchen and got a snack from the pantry and asked his mum if we could go to the school and she said, “Yes”. We walked to the school and played ball tag in the playground. It got boring playing ball tag so we went back home.
The time when we got back it was 6 o’clock so we sat down and watched a movie called ‘Happy Feet’. After the movie we had some dinner then we went to bed and read.
In the morning we woke up and went on the PS2. We had French toast and it was so nice that we hat to go back for seconds. Then we had to go outside and play. At 2 o’clock I had to go home. The last thing we did was to take shots at goal.
After that my mum was there so I had to go home. That was so much fun. Next time he will come to my house.
By Hamish
We were in the car going to my friend’s house for a sleepover. It was going to be so cool and fun. We were going to do heaps of stuff at his house. We parked outside their house and leaped out of the car and raced to the door and rang the bell. Ding Dong the bell rang, then my friend swung the door open.
“Hi,” I said.
“Come in, “said his mum.
My friend and I raced up the steps and into his room. We were in there for 2 hours playing lego and top trumps.
Later we came in the kitchen and got a snack from the pantry and asked his mum if we could go to the school and she said, “Yes”. We walked to the school and played ball tag in the playground. It got boring playing ball tag so we went back home.
The time when we got back it was 6 o’clock so we sat down and watched a movie called ‘Happy Feet’. After the movie we had some dinner then we went to bed and read.
In the morning we woke up and went on the PS2. We had French toast and it was so nice that we hat to go back for seconds. Then we had to go outside and play. At 2 o’clock I had to go home. The last thing we did was to take shots at goal.
After that my mum was there so I had to go home. That was so much fun. Next time he will come to my house.
By Hamish
Monday, May 10, 2010
Nanny Piggins and the Wicked Plan
This extremely hilarious book is great for children aged eight to twelve. It is a book about a very funny flying pig that is a nanny to three children with a horribly mean,grumpy dad called Mr.Green. His children's names are Michael,Samantha and Derek.
Nanny Piggins has a really fat brother who is a bear. He loves honey and is Russian.
Join the five of them as they adventure the world and miss school (a lot).
I think it is really enjoyable and funny.
By Hila
Nanny Piggins has a really fat brother who is a bear. He loves honey and is Russian.
Join the five of them as they adventure the world and miss school (a lot).
I think it is really enjoyable and funny.
By Hila
Thursday, May 6, 2010
The Zoo Sleepover
It was Friday afternoon and the bell had rung for the end of school and me and my Friends were all jumping about screaming.Mrs Gusterson dismissed us. My mum picked me up and we went home packed my bag,had dinner and left to go to the zoo.On the way there we saw Mr Riely walking past so we picked him up. We were nearly there and Mum was having trouble finding a park. So I asked mum if I could jump out of the car, get my bag and run to my friends. She said yes and so I did. Mum parked the car. She came out and I kissed her goodbye. Mum left and I played tag with my friends. Me and my friends were shouting, screaming and jumping. Shanon,the man who was in charge of the key, the zoo and taking us on the night tour, came to talk to Mr Riely and and Mrs Gusterson.Then he told us he was staying here too. He asked us if we could follow him to the back of the zoo. He opened the door and we all walked in. We walked to our camp site. You could run from one side of the room to the other in only 1minute. We dumped our bags and all our stuff on the floor. We got our mattresses and put out our sleeping bags and pillows. That took us about 10-15 minutes. After that we got told the emergency exits. Then we went on a spooky night tour. We were all shivering and quivering like mad. We were lead in the cave and we had to tip toe all the way to the end of the cave. We all got back about 9:00 or 9:30 and got a hot chocolate with 2 biscuits. My hands were really cold. We went to bed at 12 o'clock. We had competitions of who could go to bed the fastest. Olivia won! I fell asleep eventually.That morning we woke up and had breakfast and cake and went home.
By Margot
By Margot
Spider Bite Review
My little brother lay in the bottom of the basket with his head slumped sideways. I took a closer look. Jordan's face was blue... that was the back of an awesome book called Spider Bite. When Sam Fox's twin brothers, Harry and Jordan, are carried off in a runaway hot-air balloon, Sam tries to save them-only to end up trapped himself! What starts as a joy-ride turns into a life-and-death struggle when Jordan is bitten by the worlds most venomous spider the Sydney-Funnel-Web spider!
Will Sam be able to land the balloon in time to save his brother? 25 chapters of action-packed problems such as, Kodiak Bear (second biggest man-eater on four legs), Komodo Dragon, Lion, Spider, wires with 30 000 volts of electric, three huge trucks, a 747 Jumbo Jet and so on.
Read all the books of EXTREME ADVENTURES by Justin D'ath.
My favourite part of the book.
"HARRY!" I yelled at the top of my voice . "CLIMB UP AND TURN THE GAS OFF!"
"There's a spider on me!"he said.
"CAN'T YOU BRUSH IT OFF!" I asked "HARRY IT'S ONLY A....." I stopped short because I remembered something. Didn't the red-haired woman say a spider had bitten the pilot and made him UNCONSCIOUS!? There was only one spider with a bite that bad... The Sydney-Funnel-Web Spider.
It's a great book.
By Harvey
Will Sam be able to land the balloon in time to save his brother? 25 chapters of action-packed problems such as, Kodiak Bear (second biggest man-eater on four legs), Komodo Dragon, Lion, Spider, wires with 30 000 volts of electric, three huge trucks, a 747 Jumbo Jet and so on.
Read all the books of EXTREME ADVENTURES by Justin D'ath.
My favourite part of the book.
"HARRY!" I yelled at the top of my voice . "CLIMB UP AND TURN THE GAS OFF!"
"There's a spider on me!"he said.
"CAN'T YOU BRUSH IT OFF!" I asked "HARRY IT'S ONLY A....." I stopped short because I remembered something. Didn't the red-haired woman say a spider had bitten the pilot and made him UNCONSCIOUS!? There was only one spider with a bite that bad... The Sydney-Funnel-Web Spider.
It's a great book.
By Harvey
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