Chapter 2 - My Family

                                                             

My little baby brother is 6 months old and he is so cute. When he cries he sounds so funny just like a clown. He never stops crying unless he gets what's he wants.

by: Mayleen & Khin Hla.

My big brother is 16 years old his name is  Hunter and he always finds a way to pick on me. I’m dieing to find out what lies behind the door to my brothers room.  He says that it is a man cave and only manly people can enter but I don’t believe he’s not manly at all. I’ve heard him scream all the way from my room “Aaah! spider, spider”. I say that I am very manly but of course he won’t believe me. Then he says “Who jumps in mums bed when thunder strikes. Huh, Huh?”

by: Jumaanah & Tina

My Grandma is the closest person to me. I’m her second favourite Grandchild, her first favourite, is my pesky younger sister , which makes me so jealous.

By Shireen & Thomas

I have a cousin who is so epic ! His name is Barry and me and him LOVE to play sports.  We even like the same things like food and drawing. We love to run around as well and we take each others stuff.

By Jeevan and Noah

My aunt Emma makes me food to eat, and she is precious to me. Auntie Emma would take me to school safely. She is my favourite, loving aunty. After school my auntie would take me home safely. Whenever she has money she would give me the money, so I can buy some lunch when mum forgot to make me some.

Caroline and Ala

My Dad is really kind his name is Josh, he spoils me when I am sad. My Dad is cool, he is the best. You would wish he was your Dad. He helps me all the time, for instance, he helps me on my homework and he helps me with anything I need help with. His personality is helpful and he uses his initiative. His skin tone is brownish and he is strong as well, he has a mustache and a small beard.

By Brandon & Masiha

My mum is the most coolest mum ever to me because she spoils me alot. My mum helps me with my homework, She is a very nice and kind mum. When I don’t feel well my mum gives me a hug. My mum loves me the most out of the whole family.

By: Fardosa & Abdul                                                                  

My Grandad is really kind to me I’m his 3rd favorite, but when I go to his house he has no money. He only prays to god for the food and money and he always takes me to the mountain to pray to god to give food and money to him. He’s a ball of happiness. Thanks to god for my grandad to be alive. He is not allowed to go to church because it’s a secret.

Presley and Petera

My little sister is a big ball of energy. She doesn’t get to clean up ,cook and do all of the chores in the house. She always does the little annoying puppy eyes to get away with everything. She makes me angry! She breaks everything and blames all of the things she broke and blames it all on me and my brother and sister! My sister never pays attention to anything. She always mucks around. She is a real pig when she’s really hungry and when she eats. Crumbles always comes down her mouth!   

By Alisi & Tapu.

My older sister is really annoying.                                                    

She’s always being mean to me and she always bosses me around.

She treats me like I’m her little slave. If I do something to my older sister she will start chasing me around  the house.I hate my sister but sometimes she is a bit nice to me, like when I’m sick she would always give me my medicines.

Sometimes I really like my sister but not all the time. But even though she’s mean I still think she’s a great sister.

By Sylvia & Dylen

My loving uncle is kind nice and helpful but he can be a little irritating at times.He’s my favorite uncle and my only uncle. My uncle gives me a lot of presents. Last christmas he brought me some new shoes, even though we are poor.

By Angela- Honey.K

My 21 year old brother always has fights with my 16 year old brother. They always argue then have nasty fights in their room. I sometimes try to stop the fight but I just get hit back so hard. They are so big and rough like giants. My 21 year old brother never gets along with my 16 year old brother.

By Reuben & Kahu

I have two younger, three year old, twin siblings. They look cute and get along well with each other, maybe just a little too much. They are always up to mischief together and seem to enjoy being cheeky to me. I would describe them as a nightmare dressed as a daydream.

Setu, Maasoama, Honey p

                                                                                                         

Chapter 1 - My Country

In my country it is so hot that we have to wear ragged clothes. I hate wearing my ragged clothes.We have to go places in bare feet. Being barefoot hurts a lot because our ground is made out of concrete.

Sylvia, Dylen

In the city there isn’t enough concrete to fill in the huge gaps. Sometimes people fall in those gaps and hurt themselves because there isn’t anyone fixing it.

Reuben, Kahu

I live in a horrible apartment in the middle of this polluted city.Our apartment is really filthy and old, we have a little bed which I have to share with my little sister. It’s really hot in the apartment, so we have to open all the windows all the time, but all the polluted gas comes into the room which makes us cough.

Jeevan, Noah

In my country flowers are polluted because the  pollutants are affecting our trees and flowers. It is so bad people are dying. The pollution is killing our kids, birds and many other animals.

Presley, Petera

I live in a country with so many, people. The roads are always blocked and the supermarkets are packed. Everywhere you go, you’ll find yourself surrounded by strangers.Even trying to find my mother in the carpark, is like searching for a slice of cheese in a hay- stack.

Maasoama

The lonely streets are left empty at night because if the big bad police see anyone on the street without a street ticket that you get from the ticket booth 16 kilometers away, they won’t waste time they will just shoot you down.

Jumaanah, Masiha

It is really hot and it is hard for me to find water. While I am in the desert I would travel on some camels if I want to get some water.

Mayleen, Khin Hla

I never get to go to the church because the only people we are allowed to  worship is the cruel and nasty government. The only reason I never get to go to church is because I never got the freedom from the government.

Thomas, Shireen

We use pencil and paper for our education. It is so hard to write with pencil on paper. We don’t have any playgrounds we just run around or play tag.

Caroline, Ala

The food here is sometimes yuck and sometimes yum but usually Dry. We always have Rice with some kind of Deadly meat. It sometimes takes awhile to find some food.

Isaac, Setu

In my country Not many people can find a job and there aren’t that many jobs in the city which means we’re poor.

Honey K, Angela

I am so poor that I have to share my things with my brothers and sisters. My parents cannot afford any new clothes to wear.  I wish that we were rich so my parents can afford new clothes for my whole family.

Fardosa, Abdul

Our Buddy Caesar

Hello! My name is Caesar and I am Room 15's newest buddy!  Over the last few weeks Room 15 have brought me to life, writing my story. We all have a story and I am looking forward to sharing mine with the world.  Room 15 are a digital class so I am pretty excited that I have my own special page on the blog to record my journey.

My story begins in a country called Lythopia where I lived with my family (you can read more about them in the chapters below). Please share your stories in the comments below. Maybe you have come from another country or can relate to some of the things that I share. Remember to to comment in a positive, kind and friendly way.

#caesar #buddydaynz

Caesar

Healthy Crepes

Chris taught us how to cook some healthy crepes using vegetables from the school garden.

Kids Can Cook

After we had tasted the crepes we gave the thumbs up or down to show whether we liked the taste or not.

Education Outside The Classroom 

Week 8 Term 1 2015

The Kauri Team were involved in a wide range of activities throughout the week including...

Day 1

A visit to the Mt Albert Wave Pools and Rocket Park.

Day 2

Preparing art boards for painting.

Day 3

Painting

Painting

Day 4

Rehearsing for the May Road Idol

Day 5

Bike Riding 

Check out Room 15's Children's Blogs for more details- They will be uploaded soon. 

2015 ... Watch this space!