Christmas Market

Buddies

Every Monday Sonic go to different classes with there buddies. We do different activities every week, it depends on what teacher you have. Sonic help there buddies get better at writing and all types of different skills. Here is a poster of what we did in Alanna's class, it is about the threats Kaka have. 

Year 8 Wellington Camp

News Report

Alert 
Young Girl Died

At midnight last night a young girl

died a tragic death

caused by a bear. His name

was Baby Bear. He became

so angry and frustrated

because Goldilocks broke into their

house, broke his chair, ate his

porridge and slept in his bed.

So when she came back 

the very same day

Baby Bear had set a trap

and that is how Goldilocks died

a tragic death.

Jack The Giant Killer By Tony Ross

T-shirt tote bags!

My Pathways

This is Cook Island Maori and I did this for my pathways

 Kia orana- hello 

 Ae-yes 

 Tane-man 

 Kai-food 

 Maunga-mountain 

 Ra-sun 

 Kia nanuia-may you enjoy good fortune 

 Ka kite-see you later 

 Kare-no

Vaine-woman

Capital E Wellington

Here we are at Capital E for our TV programme - Once Upon a Time. Here are some of pictures of us getting ready to film. 

Parliament

This morning we visited Parliament and learnt about how laws are made in NZ. We were lucky to talk with Amy Adams and see MPs in action in the debating chamber.

The Boys Being Let Loose In Wellington

War Memorial

War Memorial

Yesterday we got to experience the National War Memorial. It was a fantastic look into World War 1 and all the hardships that the soldiers went through. One of the highlights was seeing the model of ANZAC Cove that Peter Jackson created.

Wednesday on Camp

So cool at Zealandia got to pat a tuatara and watch the takahe on the lawn and spy the giant weta.

Our Morning At Zealandia

We spent the morning at Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary. A highlight was being able to touch a tuatara and we learnt a lot about native animals and plants. Do you know the difference between native, endemic, and introduced animals?

Year 8 Visit to Gallipoli Exhibition

We have just seen an amazing exhibition at Te Papa. The figures are so realistic and life like.

Golem At Wellington Airport

Year 8's Arrival In Wellington

We have just arrived in Wellington and the day is looking great. The girls have started spending their money. Our next stop is weta workshop and finding out about Peter Jackson and his films.

Gavin Bishop Visits Springston School

Today we had Gavin Bishop the author come to visit us at Springston School. He came and told us about his book Teddy One Eye and also read some of his book called Piano Rock. The stories he told were about his childhood and growing up in Kingston. It was interesting to hear about his life growing up. Some of the children asked for his autograph afterwards.


Here is a photo of Teddy One Eyed and Gavin at school.

Sonic Blog's Video on Sunday, 15 November 2015

All Black Day

On Wednesday last week the whole school dressed up in black to celebrate the success of the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup and to welcome back Mrs Carter from the Rugby final in London. We are really proud of her son Daniel Carter and all the All Blacks.

Group Day

On the 5 November it was group day at Greenpark Domain which is only a 5 minute ride from my house. Here are the people from Springston School who went to Group Day. You needed to do a project about your animal to go.
I got 2nd for my chickens. My plan was to be the only one to have a chicken but then school had a chick adoption and then heaps of people brought them.

The Wolf

On a cool winters night in a gloomy forest a shadow appears from behind a huge pine. The shape stops and sniffs the air. His eyes are alert and shining. He has been on the hunt for ages and his stomach growls in desperation for food. His matted fur is no longer white. His ears are ripped from his last battle with an opponent who was fierce and fought with no mercy.

His alerted ears hears a slight rustle of leaves, his beady eyes instantly dart to the sound of the rustling leaves. What he finds pleases him because there is a young buck trying to untangle himself from the intertwined roots of the pine tree. The wolf starving and impatient stealthily sneaks across the dried leaves and pine needles. The wolf pounces and sinks his sharp teeth into the soft tender flesh. He twists the neck of the deer as blood spews out like a fountain.

When the wolf has finished the deer he makes his way down to a stream to wash the gore from his matted fur. He makes his way home....

Top Team

Top Team is a day where years 5-8 do tons of fun team building challenges. On the day we were split into teams that were based on our house teams. There were 2 water challenges. One of them was where a big pipe had a ping-pong ball at the bottom and your team had to pour water down the pipe But the pipe had holes drilled in it - so your team had to use their fingers to plug the holes. The other one was where you had to carry a bucket of water that had holes drilled through it and you had to carry the bucket across a obstacle course. These were fun challenges.

My Character Description

The Last Words of Alfar Hunter

The tide of the battle is changing, I can hear the triumphant battle cries of men, dwarves and elves alike. But their cries soon turn to hoarse screams, the enemy is here. I rush toward the sound of the commotion to a horrible sight, the Dark Lord, surrounded by the bodies of his foes. 
Aenox is a monstrous sight, his helmet is pointed like a black crown. Where his eyes should be there is only bottomless pits of evil. I struggle to comprehend how we are going to defeat this killer. His very armour is engraved with the faces of the tortured souls of his enemies. His hands crackle with power, all stemming from that helmet. He is a cruel and vicious tyrant, and he will show no mercy...

Book Day

On Monday the 2 November we had book day. For Book Day we get to dress up as our favourite book character. We had judges who went around Step, Stride, Sprint, and Sonic and picked a winner from each of these sections.
The winner from Step was Freya. She dressed up as the Rainbow Fish.
The winner from Stride was Taylor. She dressed up as a book rather than dressing up as a character. The winner from Sprint was Henry. He dressed up as Steve from Minecraft.
The winner from Sonic was Bryn. He dressed up as Hagrid from Harry Potter.
Overall I think this was very fun we all had a great day.

Scene Description - The boy and the birds

In the past few weeks Sonic have been looking at fairytales. Specifically describing a scene. Here is my scene description:

The Boy and the Birds 

The young boy exits the tree he once entered. He looks up and he'd never seen it so beautiful.

The sunlight was peeking through the trees and the wind was whistling. You could only hear the chirping birds and the buzzing insects. The birds followed him as he crossed the wooden bridge. It squeaked as it broke the deafening silence. The boy then wandered up to the the nearest tree and he ran his hand along it. He could feel the soft moss as it passed through his hand. After that he carefully sits down on a rock and he curiously looks forward and beyond the green bush. His eyes widen.

The boy jumps up startled and he then streams down the dry dirt and along the twisted path. The birds are still following him and as he gets closer he sees…

  
Picture by Yngve Martinussen - Digital Art

Character Description

This Term Sonic have to write and describe a fairy tale character. We have to go through all these steps and the once you have completed it you can publish it in your publishing book.

Heres my example:

Young and Dumb

As she skipped along the path her long, blonde, silky hair blew in the wind. She came to the door, banged and crashed but no one was home. So she stormed in. Goldilocks was young and dumb and very impulsive, she was so careless she destroyed their house. First she gobbled up Papa bears porridge into her mouth but didn't like it because it was too hot. Next she crammed Mumma bears but it was too cold. Finally she strode to Baby Bears and it was just right.

Stomping her feet against the floorboards she reached the chairs. Sits on all of them, breaks one, and makes herself at home! 

Yawning her head off she finds three beds...