Recommended Reading from David

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

My Rating: 5 out of 5
What the book is about - 
At the beginning of Hogwarts school year in a teachers office Harry Potter was signing cards when he heard a voice.Over the school year he begins to put the puzzle together. He matches the voice with the petrified people.At the end of the year he finds the Chamber of Secrets.In the chamber he finds who the voice belongs to        A GIANT SSSNAKE!

What is good about it - 
It's an exciting, interesting and mysterious book


What could be better - 
Instead of only Harry completing the quest it would be better if at least one of his friends could join him.



Other information - 
This is the second Harry Potter book

Tinfoil sculpture

We've had some visitors in room 4...

If you would like to make your own tinfoil sculpture, click here.

Compliments

I guess they were popular...

Compliments

If you are feeling low, and your bucket is empty, come tear off a compliment and put it in your pocket!

Using descriptive language.

Inspired by this video

Adam felt the strong wind pushing him away like a racing car. Swish, swish, the water goes crashing into the enormous boat. - Harmony.

Max was gliding through the sky on his gargantuan, enchanted pirate ship. Trying to slay a mighty beast called a killer beast that lives in the windy, stormy, rainy sky. - Manix

Harry swooped through the powerful wind. He was excited. The pearl part flew past like a rocket. Harry looked terrible, but he was too excited to get changed. He quickly climbed onto the rusty deck. Suddenly a burst of bright pearly light burst from the bird: there it was. - Nell

He has torn pants and top. He has makeup on. The wild breeze sweeps it away. - Jia-Li

One day when he was walking he saw something sparkly and white, he took a closer look at it, then he saw... it was a feather! Harry couldn't believe it looked so beautiful. - Suki

David had makeup falling down his peculiar face. David had a traditional challenge that awaited him and it was to catch a bird. - Levi

Whoosh! Harry felt the powerful wind whizzing through his torn clothes. The rainbow parrot flew down beside him as fast as a volcano. Harry couldn't believe what he was seeing. He was too excited, so he couldn't get dressed. Quietly he climbed onto the old, rusty deck. Suddenly a growling noise came over his old deck. A flash of light came crashing in. - Sunny

Adam was a lonely man holding a magic feather. - Audrina

Dan heard the thick air blow through the distance. He saw the world's largest bird. He wanted to catch it for himself. He was always proud of himself, but never smiled. - Xavier

The makeup was rolling down his cold and sad face. He felt so cold.  - Esha

Adam was a warrior that lived in the wild. He was fast and furious. Wherever Adam had explored around the mighty wild, Adam had only spent a little and extraordinary time there. - Danielle

Hanzo was the wisest man on Earth. he was very lonely. He had a beautiful man bow. Every day he went on his magical flying ship and set bombs all over the place. The reason he is there is because all his family members had passed away and he had no one to spend time with.  - Luka

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Recommended Reading - From David

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

My Rating: 4.9 out of 5

What the book is about - 
Harry Potter is a wizard whose parents have been killed by wizards. He doesn't know this until he is 11 years old. On September the 1st, he goes to Hogwarts wizard's school. Over the year he finds out about the philosopher's stone. At the end of the year he goes to find the stone, to prevent someone from stealing it.

What is good about it - 
This book is a mixture of adventure, learning and sports. It is exciting with some dramatic parts. It is well written. It has all the stuff like: spells, trolls, unicorns and centaurs.

What could be better - 
There is a bit too many narrow escapes. It is a bit unrealistic. You don't run into trouble that much usually.

Other information - 
There is a series of seven books. You should read them in order.

Wig wednesday

Wig Wednesday!

Getting ready for Wig Wednesday

Our great sentences!

The beautiful girl ate some horrible peas.

The little girl munched on some yum roasted peas.

The girl ate some poisonous peas.

The fancy looking girl ate some tasty peas.

The beautiful ate some small green peas.

The hungry girl ate a huge bowl of bright green peas.

The little girl ate a pile of peas speedily.

The young girl a bowl of fresh peas quickly.

 The little girl ate some fat peas.

The small girl quietly ate peas.

The girl ate some peas slowly.

The young girl hungrily ate some fresh peas.

The lovely girl ate some green magical peas slowly.

The gorgeous delicate girl ate some crinkly magical peas.

The small girl ate some gross peas.

The little girl quickly ate some green peas as green as grass.

Writing Great sentences

Then I saw a gross mammoth stuck in the cube. - Sofia

One freezing morning I woke up in a tent in the middle of nowhere. - Rayhan

It is huge and has very sharp tusks. - Billy

I saw some dead penguins that had died from the cold, freezing blizzard. Then I was petrified. - Minwoo

When I went on holiday to England I saw a gigantic mammoth. When I touched it my fingers twitched. I slipped over and got back up. It was frozen as a freezer. - Jia-Li

Writing great sentences

I was in the coldest ravine I ever have been in. When I stepped back one single step I felt a furry trunk sticking on my elbow. When I turned around I was petrified because i saw a humongous mammoth! - Xavier

I flew through the frozen world like a tiny snow owl riding an eagle. - Nell

The New Windsor Library blog

The New Windsor Library Blog is now live! Check it out from this link or access it from the school website. What is your favourite part of the new blog?

David's trip to Muriwai

On Sunday my family drove about 45 minutes to Muriwai to see the gannet colony.

It was about a ten minute walk to the first viewpoint. We stayed there for about 5 minutes. It was near to the end of the cliff. You could see the gannet colony just below you. There were lots of little humps on the edge of the cliff, and gannets sitting on them.

When the gannets flew, they glided. Despite the fact the wind didn't seem to be changing, they could change direction only by moving their wings. They were mostly white with a little bit of black, white wings and body. The ,most stunning part was around their head, where they had a light golden patch. There were about a hundred in total.

We walked for about three minutes to the second viewpoint, down a natural dirt path with some stones. You could see the gannets quite well from there. This part of it looked like the bow of a ship. The lookout had hard-wood posts and rails. There were some smaller wooden posts further down which were part of another viewpoint. A sign told me that gannets can dive at 145 km per hour - that's faster than you can go on the motorway.

There was a small island like a steam-ship's funnel, jutting up out of the sea. There were quite a few gannets on it. There also a smaller bit with seagulls nesting there.

More sculpture

We have been experimenting with using fishing twine for sculpture.