Some Quality Writing.

Here are two pieces of quality writing. The first is from Aimee Edmonds

My Favourite Place

My favourite place is my Grandma's place.

In my Grandma's flowery room there is a television, a cute dinosuar picture and an old wedding photo.

When I am in her bedroom I like to look at her photo album and the pictures of when she was a child.

She let's me use her old clothes and shoes for dress-ups.

Grandma bakes yummy apricot cake and I love it.

She lives on Levin with Grandpa and a fluffy cat.

It takes a long time in the car to get to Levin but it is fun when I get there.

Part of the success criteria for this story was to use adjectives to describe the favourite place and you can see Aimee has done this.

The next piece of writing is by Zion Bidois, also about his favourite place.

My Favourite Place

My favourite place is the beach. I like to go there in the hot weather.

When I get to the beach I swim in the cold water or I lie on my back on the warm sand.

The beach is fun and I make sand castles.

Awards

We only had one award last week and it went to Zion Bidois for a great "My Favourite Place" story. Well done, Zion.

Homework and Home Reading

Homework and home reading have been disappointing with a number of children not completing either. Children have spelling and maths homework every week. Children are encouraged to read at least 4 nights a week for about 15 minutes.

Awards

Again, homework for this week was disappointing. Students get spelling and basic facts homework every week.

This weeks award winners are: Jahde for great comprehension answers, Madison also for very good comprehension answers and Aj for a positive attitude to his work.

Only a few students did their home reading last week. This was very disappointing. I hope to see a big improvement this week.

Homework

Homework has started in earnest. Homework is set every week in Room 7. Students are also expected to do their home reading every week.