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The tree of seasons
We have just started to read a novel in 6th class. It’s The Tree of Seasons by Stephen Gately. Stephen was a ex-pupil of ours and became world famous through singing with Boyzone. We are proud to read this book. The book is a fictional story with all sorts of weird and wonderful supernatural creatures. We've only read a few chapters so far and it seems to be a good read.

Pigeon Impossible

Here is the latest short animation we used in class - it was really great and helped in putting reports, stories, recounts and short dramas together - check out the characters, settings, ideas and sequencing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA

This small clip takes place in Washington D.C. outside a sandwich bar. A man walks by Walter Beckett and hands him a brief case with a small computer in it. A pigeon flies up to Walter and wants his donut, so he flicked a small bit of donut onto the ground for the pigeon to go for it. The pigeon wants the biggest bit but the man wont give it to the pigeon, suddenly the pigeon attacks the man so the man threw the donut onto the ground and the pigeon flew onto the brief case and it fell onto the ground with the pigeon stuck inside of it.

The pigeon doesn't know what to do so it starts to press a load of buttons. One of the buttons was shooting out a laser and another button shoots out gunshots. Another button makes the brief case fly. And while the pigeon was flying it was shooting out the gun shots and laser. When the man gets the pigeon to stop with the donut he throws it in the air so the pigeon wold be distracted and looking at the doughnut. The man brushes the pigeon out of the but the doughnut falls and hits the button and the button is set to launch a rocket towards Moscow and blow it up!

The rocket launches and the man flies up to it and tries to fire a few shots at the rocket with the few bullets he has left. So he chooses another setting to a mini-rocket and he is about to fire when the pigeon lands again on the briefcase in front of the mini-rocket, looking for the doughnut.

The man opens the briefcase and the doughnut falls out again down to the street and the pigeon follows it. So back to where the man is about to shoot the mini-rocket. He does and blows up the rocket and saves Moscow and a world war. The man then flies down and lands right beside where the bird is eating the doughnut.

And two seconds later a part of the rocket lands and squashes the bird. Brilliant!

By Sean T.

The Octopus Adventure

Here is another great short film which helped our writing - short stories, film reviews, recount and report writing! You can watch it at the link below but read my report first!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badHUNl2HXU

This story takes place in a small village in France where two octopuses lived. They lived in a seafood shop. The two octopuses were in love but one day the female octopus was sold to a tall, skinny man. He owned a van that sold seafood to restaurants. The outside of the van had a logo that showed octopuses being cut and served!

As the man started his van, the other octopus who remained in the tank leapt out and chased the van. The man took off - the chasing octopus scaled the side of the van and moved towards the window. He tried to help the girl octopus out of the box but the man sees him. As the man was trying to grab the male octopus the girl grabs the handbrake sending her and the boy flying out the window and making the man crash!

The man starts the van again and tries to run over the octopuses but they jump from a wall into a pool in a back garden. Now they jump from one pool to another as the man chases after them. They take big leaps from one pool to another. Eventually the man garbs the boy octopus - he thinks he has him. WRONG!!

The octopus grabs on to an electric wire and sits there while the man drives past in his van and falls into the water below the village wall. Now you think it's over. WRONG AGAIN!!
A seagull garbs the boy octopus from the wire and flies away. Now the girl octopus is mad so she pulls the wire back and swings herself towards the seagull. I pity the seagull.

By Jordan D.

Heavenly Appeals

Recently we have been watching short animated films to help our story writing, our report writing and our recount writing. Here you can read about the film 'Heavenly Appeals' and watch it when you click on the link below - it is really great.

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYq_35xJtFY

This story takes place outside the gates of heaven when a little man comes up from hell to try to make it to heaven. But outside the gates there is a little fat man who chooses who gets in and who doesn't.
The fat angel took the man's appeals case and pretended to read it. Then the angel took out a stamp and stamped 'denied' on the case, then he dropped it back down to hell. The little man was shocked and very sad that he didn't get in.
Then the fat angel started pull the leaver up and down. The little man was going up and down making him smack his head aginst the rock he was on. Suddenly the angel started to choke on a donut and fell of his cloud. The angel tried to fly back up but he was too heavy. He asked the man from hell to pull him up.
The little man helped him up to his cloud. They started to talk to each other for a while. Out of nowhere the angel pushed the man's weight off the rock and he fell with it. But the little man from hell turned into an angel and flew into heaven. Then the fat angel from heaven turned into the fat man from hell.

By Taylor C

The Dagger of Truth

The Dagger of Truth

The Amazon. A jungle that contains many secrets. The Mayans once inhabited this jungle. They built amazing temples. Inside these temples were amazing treasures. Treasures that today would be worth millions. One man is seeking out these treasures.
He has tracked down an item known as the ‘Dagger of Truths’. He is now closing in on the whereabouts of this ancient artefact. This search has lead him to a temple in the heart of the Amazon jungle. The sound of the animals in the jungle echoed. Startled. Not by a tiger or a puma, but a man. This man was about to make history.
The sun overshadowed the temple as the man stepped through the undergrowth of the jungle. He continued to the temple. The doors were bashed in. Inside the temple there was no light. He walked on. On the ground there was a torch. Luckily he had brought his lighter. He lit it. Now he could see.
Engravings on the walls told the story of a chief. It describes how this chief brought the dagger here. As he walked on the temple started to widen. Soon he was standing in room that had giant pillars equally spaced all around. In the very centre there were steps. Atop these steps was what he had been looking for. The ‘Dagger of Truths’.
He walked towards the steps not noticing what was about to happen. He had stepped on a stone tile. It began to go down. It was a trap! He ran for the dagger. Arrows firing form both sides of the walls. Missing him, but only just. He managed to grab the dagger by the handle. The arrows stopped. The daggers blade was glass and green. The handle was silver. A secret door opened at the other end of the room. He went through. Inside was a small room.
In this room there was a giant circular stone calendar at the end. He walked over, cautious of his actions. The calendar was set in years, months and days. He noticed something in the middle. A slit small enough for the daggers blade to fit in. This could be another trap. He was about to gamble his life. He shoved the blade of the dagger in.
At first there was nothing, then the calendar began to turn. First the closest to the blade. The day. Then the month and after that the year. It came to a halt. The entire calendar pushed into the wall. All except for the top three symbols. It was now clear.
The symbols revealed a date. Probably the most important date in our history since the birth of Jesus Christ. The end of the world!
“He’s here, I know it”. He was astounded how quickly they had found him. He took the dagger and began to look for a door. He started by looking at the walls. It didn’t take long. He pressed a tile on the wall and soon a door appeared. He went in as the door closed behind him. A man walked into the room with the calendar. Followed by men with guns.
“We’re too late”. He walked towards the calendar. “ Get me Professor Decovek”.

Part Two - coming soon to a blog near you . . . .

By Alex Fay

A Dark Night

It was a dark night. I was walking by the old house on the Third Avenue of Seville Place. Suddenly Vlad the Vampire appeared in the window.
It was a dark night but I didn't care. I ran up the stairs to see if he was still there. He was lying in the middle of the floor. I tried to take a picture but he disappeared into the air. A fire started in the house! I ran down the stairs but Vlad the Vampire locked the door. I had to jump out the window and into a lode of thorns! OOW!!
I called the fire brigade. They went and put it out.The house was black from the smoke. I went back in and went up stairs to see if he was still there. He wwas there. He was dead but his picture was still on the wall, the fire did not touch it.

By Karl McCarthicus

The Big Match

It's Manchester United versus Arsenal, the cup final!
Straight to it - Manchester United are messing around - oh no! Neville loses the ball! Arshavin gets it. Vidic is desperate - he lunges. Crack!!! Vidic fouls Arshavin. Silence. The ref slowly moves his lips to his whistle - oh no! It's a penalty to Arsenal and a red for Vidic!!. Ferguson fumes! But Van der Saar comes to the rescue! and saves it.
Then Giggs runs the pitch, shoots and hits the top bar, it was so close! Next Rooney gets the ball outside the box, 20 yards out and gets lifted. It's a free kick. The final whistle is next. It is up to Scholes. He shoots. "Go on" scream the crowd together. He scores!
It's a miracle, MAN UNITED WIN THE FA CUP !!!

By Jake 'The Ledge'cake' Kelly

A Visitor

One day a tourist from Ireland went to visit a country called Romania, in the year 1722. His name was a Moses Murphy. During his holiday Moses decided to visit a gallery. He was at an art gallery looking at the work of Popescu when he felt sleepy.
Suddenly he woke up. He was in a castle! He was in shock! People were surrounding him. People with big long faces, big long nails and eyes. They were closing him into the corner.
But suddenly...... 'Stop' says a deep voice. 'I'm so sorry for my butlers troubling you'. Moses says sleepliy " What am I doing here?". But the man in the big black cloak did'nt respond.
Moses asked again. The man said "You had a bad fall in the gallery this morrning'. So the man asked Moses to eat with him. Moses thought sure why not. Moses asked the old man his name. The man said "Count Dracula''!
Moses said 'how can it be so?? Oh no!!'. Dracula pounced on Moses and drew the blood from his neck! The last thing moses said was 'how can it be!!'.
So still to this day Moses walkes around as a VAMPIRE in the castle in Romania. Be careful if you ever go there!

By Jake 'The Ledge'cake' Kelly

The 155th Floor

The Burj tower, 155 stories high. To be the worlds tallest building. There I stood with only a parachute. I got in by disguise, as a builder. It was the easy part. Here comes the hard part. I started climbing the crane perched on the top of the tower. I was careful not to slip, if I did I would fall and most likely die. Finally I reached the top of the crane. The cold air around me. Hard to breath this high up, but I still felt confident about this. I wasn't going to back down from this. With one last gasp of breath I jumped. Falling for 7 seconds. I pulled the cord, but it was jammed. I kept calm and tried to fix it, success. Just in time. I started gliding gently towards the ground.
August 6 12:32 pm I jumped from the Burj tower.

By Alex Fay