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My Poems

 Lellow 

Lellow is bright like the sunlight, smart and cheerful.

Eyes that shine like the sun.

Moves like blooming blossoms.

Carries happiness.

Relaxed breath.

Dust 

Dust doesn't talk.

Eyes are as blue as the ocean.

Touch of glass.

Wears a cloak of shame.

Sounds dark and hidden.

Drifts away and says “don't bother finding me.”

Chilli

Burning red eyes like slices of chilli.

Walks like he's on fire.

Carries a handful of chilli seeds.

Breath smells fiery and burnt.

Sounds like a maniac he says “I'm too hot to face.”

Bubble

Bubble is soft.

He’s comfy and fat.

Walks bouncefully like a beach ball.

Wears a baby blue witch hat.

Talks sweetfully.

And says “bubble blue”.

Sunset

Sunset is yellow and blue with a touch of purple.

Wears a sunhat.

Walks in joy.

Smells like lollipops.

“Says have a nice day.”

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The Farm Poem

 The farm was usual enough; it had

Clear blue skies, woolly sheep, Grandma, singing birds,

And even a big glass house

I never went in. My grandma and I

Did what we liked to do- lay down in the squishy moss,

Counted the noisy birds going by over and over again,

Made huts in the dark scary forest, raced our paper

Boats down the stream, fed chickens or swung on the swings.

Doing nothing important. 

We used the recipe for James K Baxter's poem The Town and made it into our own poem

Maths this week

 

This week for Maths we are working on how to explain place value this is me saying the number and splitting them into the right columns.

Saying the number 7,482,561

 This is me saying a 7 digit number. I'm saying the number 7,482,561. The 7 is in the Millions, 482 is in the thousands, and the 56 is in the Tens, and the 1 is in the ones.

Planting Day !!!!!

 Today we planted our seeds in Rawhiti school garden. 

It was a sunny day with a peak of clouds. We had a net for the beans and chickpeas to climb up. We had our own little garden to put them in, my beans were called Kev which was smart, and Devil the mean one. Before we planted them in the garden, they were planted in a bag that was made into a greenhouse. But then they got too big so we had to give them more room, so we planted them in a biodegradable pot. We waited a few days until they got bigger. When they got big enough it was time to plant them. I planted mine at the back of the net. There were chickpeas and beans. the people that were here the day we planted them got the beans, and the people the next day got the chickpeas. So far the beans are growing the best. We have also started growing plants in tea bags,  plants in eggs, and taking the bottoms off carrots then growing them again. For our next inquiry there's alot of choices to pick from,such as: getting an avocado pip and growing an avocado, making houses for the plants in the garden, a watering system, and lots more. We had lots of fun planting plants in the garden. I wonder how tall my beans will grow.