Messy Weather, by Anthony

Anthony used his observation of a rainy day at school to write an excellent descriptive poem full of imagery.

Exploring Unchartered Planets

This term the learners at PNS School are learning about exploration. We have thinking about what kind of planets may exist outside of our own solar system. We watched this video by Andy Martin about 12 planets he created and then we had a go at creating and describing our own planets.

The Native Garden

There is a beautiful native garden at Papatoetoe North School. It is full of plants, insects and birds. We went exploring one rainy day to see what we could observe and notice. We then used these observations to write poems. Here are poems by Linda and Vaughan. 

What Ethan Loves

Here is a poem by Ethan about the things he loves.

The Comment Queen

Meet Papatoetoe North School's comment queen! This is Alysah and even though she does not come to PNS Writing Club, she takes the time to  leave comments on almost every single post we make. She thinks really carefully about the feedback she provides and we REALLY appreciate it. Thank you Alysah!

The Moon's Creation

Armaan is no longer in the Writing Club and he is doing some amazing writing in his classroom about the Moon. Here is a report he made about the Moon's Creation. He used iMovie to publish his report.

More Looking On

Here are more poems written based on our observations around the school. 

Empty Space, by James

Abandoned School, by Sadiyah

The Looker-on

We have been studying a poem by Frank Kendon called The Looker-on.

Using the same structure, we decided to have a go at writing about our environment. Each group chose a place around the school. They sat down and took observational notes. They used their senses to describe what was around them. Here are some of the results. Can you guess what part of the school they are writing about?

Here is Caleb's poem:

Here is So'otaga's poem:

Here is a poem by Sophie:

These I Hate

All this discussion and writing about the things we love, got us thinking about the things we hate. Linda and Vaughan have extended their ideas further by writing poems that describe the things they hate or dislike

What Mercede's Loves

Here is another poem based on The Great Lover.

Mercedes did a fantastic job describing the things she loves.

These I have loved:

Here are some more These I have loved poems.

These I have loved:

We have been tapping into our memories or past observations. We used this excerpt from a poem by Rupert Brooke to structure our own poems about what we love.

Here is Amron's poem about the things he loves.

Here is Asalemo's poem.

DRUM, CORNFLAKES, LION, DANCED, EXCITING

Here are some more responses to the 100 WC. The prompt this week was to write 100 words using 5 compulsory words.

100 WC: Laval vs The Ice Bears

Here is Caleb's 100 WC response. He used the prompt to write a narrative based on Lego Chima. He has published his story using iMovie.

100 Word Challenge Week #30

Mercedes and Linda both chose to write a news report for this week's 100 WC. The challenge was to write 100 words using the words: DRUM, CORNFLAKE, LION, EXCITING, DANCED.
Linda has used iMovie to publish her 100 word report.



Here is Mercedes' news report.

Breakfast Geographic from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.