Visiting Storyteller

The storyteller was musical and he showed us how to play the instruments. It was funny and I laughed.

Flynn S.

We went to Tui classroom. A Maori person (storyteller) came. He was really good at playing musical instruments. He read a book to us about a lolly tree.

Peter

On Thursday I went to the storyteller and it was amazing. I liked his musical instruments. I liked how he did the sun with the string and we did a poem. He had a bird bone and he blew into a shell. He told a story.

Jesse

Today a storyteller came to our school. He played all his musical instruments for us. He stayed for one hour. The storyteller’s name was Apirana Taylor. He was a musician, an actor, a painter and a storyteller. He read us a book with a story called The Lolly Tree. His music was beautiful. I loved it!

He made a sun out of string. He used string to tell us a story about a boy and a grandma. Once there was a sun- not a good sun. The sun was always silly. It went too slowly and too quickly. People got angry with the sun. So they captured the sun. One of them said “Behave yourself”.

Scarlet

WW1

In World War 1 they used 303s. They had leather pouches to put the bullets in. They had a little spoon and the spoon dropped some oil on a cloth. The cloth cleaned the barrel of the gun. They used different settings to change the angle of the machine gun with a special instrument.

Spencer

Mr Bryant won a trophy for being the best cadet in Nelson. Mrs Bryant brought some things in. She brought a pocket made of leather and a dummy cartridge used to practise loading and unloading.

Kiera

A shell will damage your ears. The big shell case is 70 centimetres high. It is made of brass. The cardboard case carried packets of 75 bullets.

Elijah

In World War 1 there were lots of explosions. The shells had shrapnel inside them.  The shell we saw in the classroom was made in 1917. They had to carry 75 bullets for the day.

Freddie

At school our teacher Mrs Bryant brought in some things from WW1 to show us. I got to see a thing that carried bullets. It was a cylinder shape. We also got to see a cleaning bottle that the soldiers used to put oil in to clean their gun. Another thing that we saw was a traffic light. They used it to see in the dark. It had little bits around the sides so that it only shone forward because the soldiers did not want any one to see them. Another thing that we saw were some pouches that had some bullet shells in them. They carried the pouches on a leather belt. I also got to see a really big shell made of brass. Another thing that I saw was a shell that was made into a trophy. At the top of the shell it was curved to make it look fancy. It was for Mr Bryant for being the best cadet. I learnt a lot about World War One. It was fun. I like learning about World War One.

Bella 

Retelling a Story

The Bantam and the Soldier

Once there was a farmer who lived on a farm and he had lots of hens on his farm. One of them was a bantam. All of the bigger hens pecked the bantam. Bertha usually slept outside in the bush. The farmer let the hens fend for themselves. One day a shell hit the barnyard and then Bertha got stuck between the branches. Then a soldier came and sat beside Bertha. Suddenly Arthur saw something moving inside the bush so he carefully pulled it out. It was Bertha. Suddenly the leader called “Hurry up!” So Arthur slipped Bertha in his coat. When the soldiers were at war Bertha laid eggs. When the soldiers were going home the leader said “You need to leave Bertha here”. So he left Bertha on the grass where poppies were growing.

Ayla

The Soldier and the Bantam

One day a bantam lived in the shed. It collapsed but the small bantam survived. She got stuck in between bushes. Some soldiers were coming to rest. One of the soldier’s names was Arthur. There was a noise coming from the bushes and Arthur found a bantam.

Freddie

The Bantam and the Soldier

On a sunny day when war was going to happen a farmer rounded up his animals. He took off leaving the hens behind. Suddenly the shed collapsed into dusty bricks. Bertha got thrown into thorny branches. Arthur slipped Bertha in his coat. The captain said “Times up”. They kept on walking. They walked for miles. The fighting got heavier and heavier. The soldiers collected grubs and worms. She deserved them because she laid eggs. They were happy. Arthur said we might be able to survive. Arthur shared the eggs with the other soldiers.

Bianca

Food for the Troops

These yummy smelling biscuits are for our Red Cross parcels for the soldiers. We hope they like receiving them.

The Donkey Man

Great Jack Simpson

Simpson went to Turkey but he was planning to go to Egypt. Simpson went out and made a friend, not just any friend, a donkey. That is how they carried people. Simpson gave the donkey a head bandage with a red cross to identify him. Jack Simpson saved more than 300 people. One day while Jack was walking he got shot. The bullet went through his heart. They buried him with a cross on top of him – it said In Loving Memory Jack Simpson.

Lily 

Simpson Who Helped Wounded People

Once upon a time a long time ago there was a person called Simpson. Simpson grew up to be in the war. One day he saw a donkey that was doing nothing at all. Simpson slowly went to the donkey so he could be friends with her. Simpson called the donkey Duffy. Simpson worked with Duffy. They carried water to the soldiers. They also helped wounded people a lot. Duffy carried the wounded people. Simpson saved three hundred people. But Simpson died because he got shot. Then Simpson was buried. On top of him there was a cross that said Jack Simpson.

Alice 

Future Black Caps

Our Museum Trip

People sold lead toys because they didn’t know that they were poisonous. People didn’t call people on the cell phone. There was a lever and if you pulled it the other end would flash. Elizabeth I used the morse code machine and it was fun. Most horses had things on the side of their eyes to stop them getting frightened. Scarlet The soldiers lived in a big tent called a bell tent. A dog named Stubby sent messages. Kyle The sand bags stop bullets from hitting the people. Kiera