When I Grow Up!

When I grow up I want to be an animator because you get sneak peaks of movies. But I am not very good with computers. When I grow up I want to be a singer because I want to be rich and famous. But I can’t write songs. When I grow up I want to work at the S.P.C.A. because I want to save animals. But I don’t want to scoop the poop. When I grow up I want to be a movie star because I want to be famous and I love to act. But there are no buts so this is the job for me. By:Bella

Jack's Jellyfish Tale

Splash! Splash!! Splash!!!. Last Saturday I went to Mairangi Bay beach. I went with my Mum, my dog Harry and 2 friends called Islay and James. We were splashing around in the water until 3 kids called out to us “Hey!! Wanna see some jellyfish?” So we paddled over to them. They each had a plastic cup in their hand containing little jellyfish with red dots inside their head swimming around. One if the the kids said “There everywhere! See look there’s one!”. After we saw those jellyfish we were playing around with them and putting them in the other kids cups. Eventually the 3 kids were gone, but the girl came over to us so I shouted “Wanna help us find more jellyfish?” But then the girl said “Sorry but were going now, but, do you guys want the cup?” so we said yes. After around half an hour we started digging a hole in the sand to put water in them put in some jellyfish that we found. We built a moat and everything but things started turning bad... The worst thing that could happen while building a sand castle or building anything near the sea, the tide coming in. We needed to hurry, after about an hour from when we started we had around 10-15 jellyfish left. OH NO!! The tide just washed out around 5 jellyfish!!. Now we only have like 7!! But it was too late the tide just wiped all the jellyfish away. The other bad thing was after that my mum said “Were going back home for dinner now, ok?” But at least we still had one good thing left. I saved one of the jellyfish and put it in a bottle and took it home... I wonder if mum will notice.

Swimming Days for Room 13

Please remember your togs for our weekly class swimming sessions on Monday,Wednesday and Thursday. Be prepared to have fun and develop your swimming skills.

Meet the Teacher!

Remember to remind your parents about the Meet the Teacher session starting at 7:00 pm tomorrow. The will be able to see and hear what you have been up to so far and meet Mr Gordon.

Welcome Back to Sunnybrae!

Welcome back Room 13 of 2014! Hope you have enjoyed the holidays and ready to start Year 6. Remember that we have swimming on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for the first 5 weeks - so bring your togs and towel and be prepared!

My Puppet

My puppet The puppet I created is a random girl. She has extra accessories - a scarf and a small bag I made. She has a blue headband and dress. Her shirt is purple and goes up to her elbows. Her hair is black, but she has no face! I chose to do my image of a random girl because I wanted to create my own new character and not copy off another. It would also take more time to get the exact materials and shape them up. Many people did different characters - from WallE to dinosaurs and even Sonic, Iron man and Spiderman! Making the puppet’s limbs at first was very frustrating and annoying, because you had to wrap a piece of paper around a small metal wire, but it kept unravelling, over and over again, but, later on I found a cheat, so it became fun and easier. After I made the arms and legs, it was time to make the body and the head. My has 13 points of articulation. Everything is connected by wire, in the middle. But the hand and feet were made when I made the clothes. The best part was making the clothes (and accessories). There was a large selection of materials and different types of styles to use and shape. But the hair took me the longest. If I were to do it again I would do a character or another random girl or boy. Later this term, my puppet will in a movie, as a model called Veronica Vegas. She is a rich girl and can also act very well. She is secretly a spy, with her friend Clara Vonsmith, who is a famous ballet dancer.

My Puppet

My Puppet The small puppet I created is a character from a game called Prototype 2 and he is called Heller the mutant. I created my puppet for the reason of how much I enjoy this game, and how easy, but how outstanding, it looks. My puppet has has a whip for the left hand and a blade on his right hand. My puppet also has no nose or mouth. I started with all of Hellers limbs then his head and finally the hands and feet also the body after that. I have no hands on my puppet instead I have a whip and a blade. I had PVA it all then I put on abs and strips of armour. In the middle there is wire that have loops and hooks to attach all of the parts together then string it up. The best part was painting and putting it on display in the art gallery and seeing the final stage when it was finished. If I was to do it again I would change my character to Alex from Prototype 1 and put a sledge hammer in one hand he will also have no amour and lots of facial hair. Finally later this term my puppet will be in a movie as the super villian and co-starring Super bad guy. By: Ihiraia.