Define 'Olympics'

We have been writing definitions for key words to do with the Olympic Games.
Thomas wrote this definition for 'Olympics'. Where do you think it fits on the SOLO rubric?

Weekly Quiz

Long Vowel Sounds

Last term we were looking at some spelling patterns that are used to make the vowel sounds in words. Here are some examples of the Long Vowel Sounds.

Olympic Homework

Today we began thinking about the Olympic Games. We had to think about what we already knew about this event. The words we came up with were combined in a wordle.

Early in Term 2 Room 12 learned about ANZAC Day and after this thought about war in general.
We wrote poems that created images for the reader.
Some of these are below ....

WAR

by George

Black smoke fills the air

Repeated red and white explosions

A whole country-side full of white ashes

Men’s lives are shattered

Fear embeds itself into a man’s heads

When will it end?

Can we survive the horror to come?

WAR POEM

by Hayden S

Lonesome in the pitch black night

Every time a gun goes off,

you get the biggest fright of your life.

All you can do for fun is to

sharpen your knife or clean your gun.

War is stupid!

War is bad!

Most people lose everything they had!

War is greedy.

Makes people needy

for food and water.

Save their son and daughter,

their wife and also their own life.

BEFORE THE WAR

by Ha young

It was blue sky before the war.

There was green grass before the war.

There were yellow flowers before the war.

There was red fruit in the trees before the war.

There were green plants before the war.

There were brown trees before the war.

There were many white houses before the war.

There were many people before the war.

WHEN THE WAR STARTED EVERYTHING TURNED THE OPPOSITE!

LIFE AT WAR

by Ellisha

War is bloody, full with dull colours.

War drapes its pain on everyone.

Mushy, squishy, dirty clothes and rats

creatures you have never known.

War is frightening, scared with fear.

It spreads its pollution everywhere

No swimming pools or bouncy balls,

Just a gun, it’s not much fun.

 

It’s a nightmare come true

But at least I am fighting for you

I just wish that angel wings

Would come and drape themselves on me.

In my head I picture me at home with my family

But no, I’m not there with the birds and the bees

I’m squished up in a trench

Like a bird in a nest.

WAR POEM

by Sam P

War is hard and very bad

War is emotional and very sad

War is the horror of them all

Oh Grandad, forget the war and let’s play ball

The smoke of bombs, fill the air

With shells flying everywhere

Men are dying all around me

Oh family, save me from war and let’s play ball

The stench of Bully Beef fills my nose

All the soldiers share a pose

I’m glad to be going home

Come on Sam, time to go back and play ball.