Time Traveller 3000

Room 12 and the rest of Red Beach School have all been very busy putting on an amazing production. Read all about it ....

This week Red Beach School had a marvelous production live on stage! There were five different stalls from five different countries, India, Africa, Scotland, Samoa and Korea. There was also a New Zealand stall that sold gumboots. The school did the show so they could entertain the parents and raise money for the junior playground. A group of very clever children wrote the script and the music was great. "What an amazing show!" said one parent after Thursday night's final performance. - Mia


Red Beach School has done a big production. Room 12 has done six dances named Korean, Kiwi, Samoan, Indian, African and Scottish. In each dance there are two groups the Monday, Wednesday group and the Tuesday, Thursday group. Each of our dances has lovely music. I was in the Albatross community. I say “Annyong Haseo.” I have six people in my beautiful dance. I am really happy. I enjoy my magnificent dance. – Poppy

On Monday the 20th of September half of Red Beach School did an amazing production. We were entertaining the parents and we were raising money for the junior playground. The children at Red Beach School did a performance. There was an African, Indian, Korean, Samoan, New Zealand and Scottish group. What an amazing performance. – Alannah

This week Red Beach School are putting on a production called Time Traveller 3000. They are doing it to entertain the parents and to raise money for a Red Beach junior playground. Today, the Monday, Wednesday group is fantastic. Come and see them perform. – Jed

Red Beach School is raising money for a new junior playground. A group of children wrote the script. All the classes take part. Red Beach School also did it to entertain the parents. Red Beach went on stage in their hall. When Room 12 did it there were many different countries. – Matthew

Last night the Tuesday, Thursday people in Red Beach School did a play. It was fun because we were raising money. My group was called Samoa. When I got there I was nervous. – Tyler S

Red Beach School is doing a production. We are the Albatross community up on the stage the whole week. They are trying to raise money for the new playground. The children were amazing for the production. – Olivia

The school's awesome production. On Monday, the Monday, Wednesday group did their production. I am a Scottish dancer. I loved it. We are doing it to entertain the parents and raise money for the junior playground. The children at Red Beach School did it. It is called Time Traveller 3000. – Hamish H

Red Beach School is holding an amazing production with eight communities. I am in the Albatross community. Red Beach School is raising money for a new junior playground. I have had fun. – Jaydee

Red Beach School is doing a production. It was fantastic. The Mums were loving it. I was nervous because there were so many people. But it was fun. I didn’t believe how many people there were. There were as many as 400 parents that were looking at me. There were mums, dads, nanas and uncles. It was fantastic. – Remy

Red Beach School is doing a fantastic production and it’s called Time Traveller 3000 and my dance is a Sasa and I’m in the Samoan group and they are cool too. I bet the crowd will love it. – Jayden

This week we had a production at Red Beach School’s hall. Adults and kids were there but the kids were doing the production. We did it to raise money for the junior playground. I am in the Albatross Community. The production was held with eight communities. I was in the African group. – Mary

Red Beach School kids are doing a production on Monday to Thursday and they are doing it to raise money for a new junior playground. Hayley W’s part in the production is the happy joyful Scottish dance and I hope they don’t make any mistakes! They are going to look gorgeous. – Hayley

The Red Beach School children were on the stage. They were doing a production. The play is called Time Traveller 3000. They were raising money for the junior playground. – Riley

The whole of Red Beach School is doing the production. I love my costume. The finale song is “Together”. We are raising money for the junior playground. – Tyler L

Red Beach School has done a big production on the stage. My community is the Albatross community and I say “Namaste, come get your hot curry here!” My dance is the Indian dance. I wish we could keep the costumes. – Paige

Yesterday the Tuesday, Thursday group went into the hall for the production. It was very dark when we went there and when we got up the stairs we were cold. My feet were cold. The whole school was sitting on chairs. I was nervous. I loved the production. It was fantastic. Then I went off the stage. – Charlee

Red Beach School has a production. It was fun. I was dancing and the others danced too. – Hamish F

Red Beach School did an amazing production. The teachers called the production Time Traveller 3000. Red Beach School entertained and raised money for the junior playground. – Anya

On Monday we did an amazing production. There were bright shining lights. They were really colourful. My community did the stalls. – Ethan

I was in the second group in the production. All of the classes took part. The little kids were raising money for the junior playground. - Oliver


The amazing production. Red Beach School is doing a production to raise money for a new junior playground. The production is called the Time Traveller 3000. All of the classes took part. The production was in the hall at Red Beach School – Atalia

I am Wian and I dance for the African group. My dance is about Africa and I am in the Albatross community. It is an amazing production. – Wian

Poem of the week

Every week the class will vote for the Poetry book that they think best illustrates the poem of the week. This week the class voted for Charlotte's book. Well done, Charlotte!



The Billy Goats Gruff

Down by the river,
Live the Billy Goats Gruff.
The wool on their bodies,
Is just like fluff.

A grumpy old troll,
Who huffs and puffs,
Lives under the bridge,
Of the Billy Goats Gruff.

This grumpy old troll,
Wears fluffy earmuffs.
He hates the sound of
The Billy Goats Gruff.

He hears their hooves,
And sniffs and scoffs.
Then he bellows out loud,
"WOULD YOU GOATS CLEAR OFF!"

African Sunsets

Room 12 has been studying Africa and in Art we have been looking at silhouettes, backgrounds and foregrounds. Look at these breathtaking sunsets that show the beautiful African plains.

African sunset on PhotoPeach

Spring Day

In today's writing, Room 12 were trying to use topic words and we were trying to create mind pictures about spring. Some of us are working on using similes and describing words. How do you think we did? Please leave us a comment and tell us what you think.





It's the first day of spring. I am so excited because the days are getting longer. The blossoms are gorgeous. I just can't believe it's spring. baby lambs are playing in the cold breeze. Baby goats are doing head knocks and foals are having races on the bright green fields. Spring is so beautiful! But I don't want a bee sting - ow! - Hayley

Spring is a beautiful season. Flowers are blooming bright and colourful. I like spring because its warm and baby animals are being born. Spring is fantastic. I like playing in spring because the days are longer. I love spring. - Matthew



Today is the first day of spring. In spring baby animals are being born and hatching. Bright colourful flowers bloom. In spring baby leaves are growing on trees. You can hear birds singing up in trees. Spring makes me happy because I know it's getting warmer. Flowers are as colourful as a rainbow. - Charlotte

Today is the first day of spring. I like it when the birds sing in the morning. In spring the days are longer. There are new leaves growing as well. New baby animals are born in spring. Bees will get pollen. - Jed



Spring is my favourite season. It is the first day of spring. It makes me feel happy. Spring makes the flowers grow and spring makes the animals have babies. The days get longer and warmer. - Wian

It's the first day of spring. Lovely baby animals are born. The birds wake up with their gentle singing. The days are much longer. - Jaydee





I like spring because it is a beautiful season. In spring there are so many beautiful flowers. I like spring because baby animals are born. Spring makes flowers grow. In spring it is warm and sunny. - Charlee

It's the first day of spring. Spring is the time when new things are born. The kind of animals that are born are ducklings, calves, playful lambs , puppies, kittens, kids and birds. Did you know that the days are longer? Beautiful colourful flowers bloom and fresh baby leaves grow. - Anya



Today is the first day of spring. Days are longer than winter days. Some days are warm and sunny. Colourful, delicate flowers grow, like blossoms. Blossoms are white, pink and sometimes purple. The petals shimmer in the sun. - Alannah

Our Puppet Show

Room 12's Puppet Shows on PhotoPeach





Yesterday our class did a puppet show. My puppet was a beautiful orange mouse. Hamish’s was a big, mean wolf and Tyler’s was the frog and Atalia was the frightening cat. Our fingers had to get through the head and arms of the puppet. Our show was magnificent. – Poppy

Yesterday Room 12 did a puppet show. It was an awesome puppet show. I wish we could do it again. – Tyler S

If I made a puppet show up I wouldn’t have much fighting. I would have 19 characters. We would first make a plan. Our characters would face the audience. – Jaydee

On Tuesday my class did a puppet show. We were happy and laughing. Mary, Charlotte and I were in the group. We were the funniest ones. – Wian

Yesterday our class made a puppet show. There was a frog, a cat, a fox and a mouse. They were in a dark scary forest. They saw shiny treasure. – Remy

My perfect puppet show. It would be set in a house and there would be a cat and a mouse. The cat would chase the mouse and the cat would fight every day. It would be funny and the funny mouse would win. The plot would be the cat trying to catch the mouse. – Jed

In my perfect puppet show the setting will be in the woods. The props will be a little house with a trap door, a castle and a treasure box. The characters will be frog, mouse, cat and wolf. I will face the audience and speak loudly and clearly. - Hayley

Our African stories

Room 12 has been writing amazing African animal stories. Read these wonderful tales ...




My African Story. How the cheetah got its spots. Characters – Man, cheetah, Zebra and Giraffe. Now the story begins …Once upon a time there was a cheetah and a man who lived in a cold and frosty place. It was so chilly that the man said, “Let’s run away from home because I’m sick of this weather!”
“Okay,” replied the cheetah, “But where?”
“Africa!” screamed the man, “Can’t you remember?” So off they went and traveled for one thousand days. When they arrived in Africa they were so exhausted they had to sleep for a week! Africa was so hot and dusty that the man started turning brown. A few minutes later a stripy zebra and a dotty giraffe plodded by. “
“Hey, what’s happening to that cheetah’s golden skin?” cried the zebra.
“He’s turning spotty like me!” The giraffe said. (in a shocked voice) They crept closer and saw the mans fingers (which were turning brown) cuddling the cheetah. He started moving his fingers around and left spots on his body! So that’s the story of how cheetah got his spots! – Mia



In the African planes there was this angry leopard called Lightning and there was a mouse called Timmy that was so curious. Timmy had a plan. One night in the cold frosty winter, when Lightning was sleeping on his wonderful comfortable tree, Timmy went to a store and stole some soil and stole a pot to carry the soil in. He ran out of the shop and went back to his house to get ready to pour it all over Lighting. Timmy asked his best friend Pork the Morpork to help carry the soil. When they got to Lightning’s favorite tree, Timmy asked Pork to help carry the soil and him up into the tree. When they got up into Lightning’s favorite tree, it had sparkly castle lights glowing all around them. They spread the soil all over him. Lightning was asleep. Timmy jumped onto Pork’s back and they flew as fast as the could back to Timmy’s house. The next sunny beautiful morning, Lightning woke up with a fright. He saw that someone had poured soil all over him. He shook himself off and after he had done that he saw that he had black spots all over him and he couldn’t be angry anymore. And the animals lived happily ever after. – Hayley







Here comes the lion
It was a hot day so the lion went to the pond. Then he saw three flamingoes. Then he hid behind a log. This will be a good tea. He jumped out then he let out a mighty roar. The three flamingoes zoomed off. Then he hopped into the cold refreshing pool. The three flamingoes felt sad. Then the lion saw Ele the elephant. She got scratched on the back. He got put in animal jail because Ele’s dad was a policeman. – Anya




Once upon a time in the forest a water buck lay in the shade. Water buck went to eat. There was glue on the tree. Water buck got stuck. Elephant came to help. Elephant pulled his hardest. Some tree pieces came out. Now water buck has got horns. - Jaydee



My African story of how the Springbok became so fast. Once upon a time there was a Springbok called Poppy. She saw a lion. The lion saw Poppy and ran after her. She ran for her life and when she was running, she was getting faster and faster. Soon she was as fast as lightning. (But she was not as fast as an All Black!)

The Lion King

This is a great story set in Africa. It was first a movie and then it was made into a stage show. We are studying what makes a powerful performance. Have a look at this performance from the Lion King and discuss with your family what the actors have done to make this so successful. Look at the costumes and the way the actors move too. What ideas can we use in our production?