The arrival of the man in Maple Town was an aberration. No one
had shifted there since the rumours had begun of there being a werewolf haunting
the town, which was, by the way, false. The original 78 inhabitants were the
only ones living there, with an occasional birth or death.
But the man dressed normally, said a cheery hello to
everyone and generally didn’t have an aura of misalignment about him. So the
people of Maple Town welcomed him thoroughly and without a second thought. They
were ecstatic to have a new addition to their town, and they talked to him
whenever they say him. The man, too, seemed to enjoy conversing with everyone and
replied with a merry voice and a merrier smile. After just 2 weeks of him living
there, he knew everyone’s name by heart and chatted with them as if he had
known them for years. He would come up to Mrs. Potters and ask her, “How’s Daniel
going in school?”, and she would reply with a smile, sunlight shining off her
refulgent white teeth and say, “Why, Why! You talk about him as if he is your
own nephew!”, and she would laugh a bit, and he would laugh a bit, and lo and behold,
they were off their own ways. Such was the nature of the man. He would regale
the children with colourful stories, and gladly help old Mr. Dennis carry his
shopping across the road and down the hill to his home. He would carry Mrs. DeMarco’s
infant around, and everyone would gasp because the little girl never let anyone
do that, but she would laugh a delightful laugh when he swung her around.
But his intentions weren’t good. No one could see that through
his well disguised pretence, he had an evil and avaricious brain, always
plotting about where to get the most wealth. Maple Town was planned out to be
one of his biggest projects, stretching out over a time span of two years. Of course,
he wouldn’t stay there the whole time. That was such a ridiculous and absurd
idea that when the thought crossed his mind, he laughed manically for 5 whole minutes.
He would stay in Maple Town long enough to gain the trust of these foolish and gullible
people (which he had nearly accomplished), then supervise projects running
contemporaneously with this one, although they were all shorter than this one. He
had never worked with 78 people before. The maximum he had done was only 12. But
oh, what a fortune he would make when he delivered them to all the planets;
each human was worth 20 milanos (Milemia currency), or 4,890 emultons (Eminile
currency) or, in earth US Dollars, roughly 46 billion per human delivered. He
currently delivered to 56 planets in 14 galaxies. Each one had about 7 humans
on it, and he made sure that they had a variety of ages and genders for more
entertainment. He made sure that they were infertile because if they bred he wouldn’t
earn as much money. But once in a while, for an extra fee, he would give the
planets a pregnant woman so that they could watch what a hatch-ling was like in
its very early stages. The youngest he sent them out from Earth was 8; they
were too much of an inconvenience otherwise. He himself wasn’t from earth,
though he shape-shifted to look like an Earthling. He was from Neuromalacus, a
planet much more advanced than earth and around 4 trillion light years away. The
Earthlings that he delivered were all grouped up in one spot on the planets,
and aliens travelled insane distances just to see one. They hadn’t seen any
alien species, so they were pretty keen to get a glimpse of aliens from a faraway
planet. When one of the Earthlings died, he would deliver another one; he did
that four times before asking for a price for further replacements. So basically
the humans costed them 46 billion dollars for 5, which the aliens were happy to
pay.
So, he kept delivering humans for the next 13 billion years.
But one day the earth blew up and then, the wily trader that he was, he started
to trade beings from his own planet.
25/11/2019
Border
We have been travelling for over a month now. The dream country, as my parents and I call it, is only three kilometres away. The criminal violence in Mexico is increasing, and my parents took the decision to flee to America when they killed Raffi, my seven-year-old brother, while he was walking home from school. We don’t talk about it or them anymore, although I can hear Mama crying at night when she thinks everyone is asleep.
Our group of refugees walk slowly, so that everyone can keep up. It’s the first day that I can see smiles on some of their faces. I skip between my parents, happy that I will turn thirteen in America tomorrow. I open my mouth to say something, but the leader calls out in Spanish: ‘Please get into an orderly line. The guard here will check you for weapons then take you inside to the bus.’
Everyone scrambles to get to the front, but Papa holds us back, and directs us to the back of the line. I know it is because Papa cares about the safety of his fellow Mexicans and that he wants them to be safe. The line moves along slowly, each person being thoroughly checked for weapons, though most of us fled Mexico without a thing in our hands. Finally, it is our turn.
The security guard consults a paper on the clipboard he is holding and looks at us sadly. He says something in English, and only I understand it. It feels like the world has gone silent. I can only hear the sound of my breathing and my heart thumping wildly, panicking. ‘He says that the American president has put an eighteen thousand refugee limit,’ I whisper in Spanish to my parents. ‘Only eighteen thousand refugees are allowed into America in a year. Just two of us are allowed in. One of us has to go back to Mexico.’
My parent’s faces fall. I think back to all the hardships we have faced; how much we have travelled and how much we have sacrificed just to hear this. I look at the guard and say, ‘please let us in. We promise we won’t cause any trouble. Please,’ I beg, with tears in my eyes.
The guard eyes us up and down twice, then sighs and tells us to wait on some seats nearby. We sit down obediently. Mama starts to cry. I know she is thinking about our family and all that we left behind in Mexico. Papa comforts her and I am left alone in my thoughts. I watch the guard making phone calls, talking to people and writing things down.
After about an hour, he beckons me. He tells me that we’ll have to stay overnight, as a lot of things have to be done. He leads the three of us into a small room nearby and tells us to sleep. But none of us can. We sit on the floor, huddled close to each other to protect us from the cold. I keep thinking of what will happen when the guard tells us that only two of us are allowed into America. None of us will leave each other, and we must make the journey back to Mexico. I think about Papa, when he led us to the back of the line. If he knew that this would happen, would he have done anything differently? Would he have pushed to get to the front, or would he have stayed at the back? I replay the scene of the guard telling us that the three of us aren’t allowed into America, but I stop myself. I think back to when we started this journey to America. It feels like a lifetime ago. I was extremely upset when we had to leave Mexico, but I had made a promise to myself. I had promised to stay strong and never give up. I had promised to be resilient. I had promised to have hope when I was facing hardships. Thinking about these promises, I shut the negative thoughts out of my mind and fell into a restless sleep.
I wake up to Mama tapping me. Mama nods towards the guard, who says, ‘The three of you can stay in America. You will have less than others, because you will be given supplies for only two people, but you can stay in America.’
I wasn’t expecting that. I thought that all security guards hated everyone and lived a solitary life. I happily replay the news back to my parents. Their serious faces transform into a field of happiness. They hug me tightly, a feeling that I missed. There is joy radiating around the small room, and even the security guard grins. He takes us to a small car. I don’t know what will happen after this, but all I know is that we will have a safer life in America. All the things we did weren’t for nothing. Sure, we left behind a lot of things, but this is life’s way of offering us new things and experiences, and God’s way of telling us that He cares.
11/07/2019
Episode: 46,872.
Flashback scene 1:
NAR: Previously on Rich and Spoilt,
episode 46,871, we have witnessed Brittany’s tantrum, Richards helplessness,
Audrey’s desire for revenge and also a trillion of Maria’s designer bags.
BRIT: Daddy! I want a Gucci Bag,
iPhone X, a Samsung galaxy 10, 4 designer dresses, 10 pure, gold bank notes,
um…. Oh, and an iPhone X. And I want it NOW!
RICH: Darling! Your being very
unreasonable for interrupting Audrey’s plans for the future. If you continue
this nonsense, I will take away 20 of your ponies and designer bag collection!
BRIT: On that note can I have another
pony?
RICH: Absolutely not! You already have
104 ponies!
(Brittany has a tantrum, storms off
and bumps into mum before fully storming off)
MAR: What happened darling?!
BRIT: Daddy isn’t giving me what I
asked him! (Brit fully storms off outside) (Maria looks at Richard and
explodes)
MAR: Well…YOU NEVER GIVE OUR DAUGHTER
ANYTHING! SHE WORKS SO HARD FOR ALL DAY JUST FOR YOU! (mini flash back: Richard
ask Brittany to do homework, Brittany replies saying she’s too busy doing her
nails.)
AUD: I’ll go get her. “Sigh” (Walks to
the stairs) Why are the stairs so far away?
Background MAR: So, you can get long
and slender legs like me!
AUD: Excuse me!
Mean while
BRAN:
Where is the house door? (holding pizza)
BRIT:
Oh my gosh! I’m instantly attracted to you! (go’s up to pizza dude)
BRAN:
Urr… Pizza delivery?
BRIT:
Yes! That’s... wait your mine! (snatches pizza)
AUD:
(jumps out from spying in bush, pushes Brittany through door, finger eyes bran
then signals punch to Brandon) I’m onto you.
Scene 2 –
Currently
10 second
theme song
AUD:
(attempts evil laugh, fails and coughs) So what’s for din dins,
RICH:
Weirdo
MAR:
The highest and best quality caviar!
AUD:
(pretends barf, pulls out the pizza and starts eating)
MAR:
Get that fatty food away from you, you’ll never be able to fit down the stairs!
AUD:
(looks to stairs and pulls face - disbelief) oh! By the way daddy, Brittany has
a crush on this ugly pizza dude! He is so disgusting!
MAR:
OH MY GOD! SHE IS GOING TO BE SOOOOOOOOOO FAT!
AUD:
Mum! No! She is dating someone poor! He only earns $50,000 per month!
RICH:
He is a disgrace to the whole family already! Your grandma must be turning in
her grave.
AUD:
Hang on, I thought grandma was still alive.
RICH
+ MAR: Errrmmmm…. Anyways…
(BRIT
walks in)
BRIT:
I’m in love! May I ask your permission in marriage?
(MAR
and Rich exchange glances)
BRIT:
PLEASE????!!!! Otherwise I’ll throw another tantrum because you still haven’t
gotten me what I asked you for.
RICH
+ MAR: (Think about it)
AUD:
Mum! Dad! Let her marry him! (*wink wink*)
RICH:
What?
MAR:
(Quickly covers up) Of course dear. It’s not like you’re my favourite daughter
and I don’t want you to run away with a random pizza dude!
AUD:
(Gesturing death marks at BRIT)
BRIT:
Okay. The marriage is on the 23rd and I’ll force him to buy me a
ring so we can get engaged. (Walks out) Distant voice: BUY ME A RING!
AUD:
I want her dead.
MAR:
*Whispers to RICH* How about we just kill the pizza guy instead? (RICH nods)
AUD:
I can hear you, but fine. I already have a plan to slay him anyways. Listen up.
How about we poison his wine when they are on a date?
RICH:
How do you know they are going to go on a date?
(In
the background BRIT: WE’RE GOING ON A DATE! BRAN: ummm. Okay?)
AUD
+ MAR: It’s inevitable.
DAY OF
POISONING
MAR:
How about we go over the plan one more time?
AUD:
Mum! We’ve already gone over it 100 times! Okay, you know what? I’m just going
to go for it.
RICH:
(salutes)
AUD:
(salutes back) (Dives under table) (Looks through binoculars)
BRIT:
OH MY GOD I CAN’T WAIT TO GO OUT SOMEWHERE FANCY!
BRAN:
erm. Okay?
BRIT:
OH MY GOD THERE IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH MONEY SPENT ON ME!
BRAN:
yeah…sure
BRIT:
OH MY GOD HAVE YOU BOUGHT THE RING YET?
BRAN:
Bye. See you at the café.
AT THE CAFÉ
AUD:
Ok, dad go for it. (pushes Rich to the table Brit and Bran)
RICH:
(at table with wine) urh. Hello! Would you love our wonderful wine? It is
on the house.
BRIT:
OMG, yes!
BRAN:
sure? Looks good.
RICH:
(pours wine, then turns)
BRAN:
(smells wine, then decides no) waiter! (calls back RICH) Can I get cranberry instead?
RICH:
(smiles tightly) SURE!
Brit
and Bran have a wonderful date.
RICH:
(walks back to AUD and MAR) He ordered cranberry juice instead!
MAR:
Oh no! What do we do? Audrey honey, you must have come up with a plan B.
AUD:
Duh of course! Why wouldn’t I? We poison his pizza! (smirks)
MAR:
(pushes RICH back to the table)
RICH:
Would you, urh… like some pizza?!
BRIT:
Love to! (batters’ eyes at BRAN)
BRAN:
Fine I’ll pay! (rolls eyes)
BRIT:
Let’s take a…pepperoni pizza
(Background:
MAR: Oh no! My favourite daughter is going to be fat! AUD rolls her eyes)
RICH:
Sure, sir, hold on a second. (Goes to MAR and AUD and gets pizza) Here’s your
pizza. (Walks. Off with an evil laugh)
BRAN:
I don’t think this restaurant is fancy enough. Let’s go to Dominos. (BRIT and
BRAN walk off)
RICH:
Hey, what about my tip?!?!
MAR:
Audrey honey, you must have a plan C.
AUD:
Car crash!
MAR:
(Does a perfect evil laugh)
(AUD
looks at her with disbelief and envy.)
RICH:
But how do we follow them without them finding out?
(AUD
pulls out a cardboard box labelled “BUSH”)
MAR:
You’re so smart! But Brittney is still my favourite.
AUD:
Well, how about now? (Pulls out binoculars)
MAR:
Honey, your eyes look like a dead fish! I can’t believe that my daughter is so ugly!
(RICH
+ AUD run off with bush while MAR continues talking to herself.)
MAR:
Wait where did they go? (Follows them)
RICH:
Hey guys! Look! (Pulls out dynamite and throws it at AUD and BRAN)
MAR:
No! My favourite, amazing, slim, pretty, amazing daughter!
RICH:
It didn’t work.
MAR:
Plan D? (AUD shakes head) BEEP! x6
AD – DEODORANT
NAR:
Next time on Rich and Spoilt, what’s going to happen? Stay tuned for the
preview to find out.
BRAN:
I suspect your family wants to kill me.
BRIT:
Oh, I suspected that ages ago.
BRAN:
Do you want to elope with me darling?
BRIT:
Oh my god I have been waiting for this day for so long.
(BRIT
and BRAN walk off)
BRAN:
We literally just met two weeks ago.
(BRIT
and BRAN continue talking soundlessly) (Dynamite blows up)
THE END
03/12/2018
Graduation Speech
Late last year, I
remember sitting on the gravel in front of the podium, with my stomach filled
with butterflies thinking: “please hurry up I need to know who is school
captain for next year.” Then I got called up to that podium, and things have
gone so quickly from then. I can't believe that this week is the last week of
school because this year went by so fast!
A huge thank-you to all the teachers who
taught me and helped me out throughout my school life. From prep, when I was
learning how to write, to grade six, when I am working confidently with long
division, you have nurtured me to who I am today.
With Ms Higgins
and the school captains, I have grown in many ways. First, I got over my
shyness; you have to if you're going to sing the national anthem in front of
six hundred people. It was also the first time I had signed up for a play; that
is unforgettable and Japan was when I learned to be truly independent.
With the school
captains and Ms Higgins, we have accomplished so much. Ben organised a clothing
drive for SALVOS and Amelia and her team have made a beautiful model of the new school building that will be
here in place of King’s Hall. Hazel has sung the national anthem with pride and
I have written to Coles asking them to sponsor us with fruit for fruity
Friday's. We have made a much stronger friendship together and will keep it
throughout secondary school.
And thank you so
much Ms Higgins! What will the school be without you? You bring all the
laughter and colour to this school. I remember the moment you welcomed me to
prep to the moment when you smiled that
brilliant smile of yours as I got announced as school captain.
I am so grateful
for this opportunity of being a school captain. Respect, friendliness,
teamwork, creativity, resilience and love of learning are the words that shape
this school and I’ve aimed to demonstrate each value as a school captain. This
year I’ve learned that leadership isn’t about the badge but rather a huge
responsibility. I will carry this responsibility for years ahead.
Now that we have
reached the end of school, I realise just how much fun I have had in primary
school. Thank you everyone for making these six years of my life so special. I
will never forget them.
15/10/2018
Mysterious Diamond Dragged Through Farm
Melbourne, Aus
By Freya Jain
-A newspaper article
On the 19th of September in a county farm
in Melbourne, a huge diamond dragged through Dan Adams’ farm.
Scientists predict that an alien space
craft dropped this rock, identified as 100% pure diamond, and geologists
estimate the value to be 4 trillion dollars.
Dan Adams, 42, had come out to get some
fresh air when this incident occurred. Here is what he says: “I was just out on
my front porch when I saw this diamond, around as big as your average car. It
was just dragging through my field, and I was like holy pepperoni (He farms
pigs)!”
The diamond has also damaged an electricity
pole, so Melbourne should be expecting unreliable energy for the next few days.
Scientist have also told us to keep a sharp lookout for anything unusual, but
they predict that the UFO has already reached another galaxy.
Will they come back for their property?
Will this lead us to meeting aliens for the first time? Read tomorrow's
newspaper to find out more about this mysterious discovery.
10/10/2018
Design Brief
Design
Team: Freya Jain, Lily Rhodes and Su Mercan
Client:
Minchin family
Robert Minchin (father) 43
years
Lisa Minchin (mother) 40 years
Albert Minchin (grandfather)
70 years
Elizabeth Minchin (grandma) 68
years
Lilly Minchin (child) 6 years
Liam Minchin (child) 6 years
Liam
and Lilly are twins in grade one, enrolled in Oakleigh Primary School. Robert
works at Qantas in customer care and he is a dentist as well. Lisa is a brain
surgeon. Elizabeth and Albert are retired architects and also Robert’s parents.
Project Name: 3-storey bungalow
Date: 10/10/2018
List of things the Minchins want:
The
Minchins have chosen a range of sustainable features to add into the new house.
➔ Green roof with path for extra space
and absorbs rainwater and reduces carbon dioxide
➔ Solar panels to generate sustainable
energy
➔ Tesla because it is one of the most
sustainable cars
➔ Big backyard for family time
➔ Multiple bathrooms (3-one on each
floor) for convenience
➔ Multiple bedrooms (5-still debating)
for extra space
➔ Swimming pool (heated) for
entertainment
➔ Powerwall to store extra energy
➔ Lots of windows for heat and light
➔ Big house for adequate space
How does the Minchin family live?
The
Minchin family is a multi-generation family without pets. There are two
parents, two grandparents and two six year old children. They previously owned
a west-facing house and would rather an east-facing one. The kids share a
bedroom, the parents share a bedroom and the grandparents share a bedroom. Both
parents work. They used to live in a one storey house and want a larger one.
Spaces in new house:
Each
floor contains three rooms including one bathroom on each floor. There are two
car spaces so the family has one and there's one for a visitor.
➔ Living room - ground floor
➔ Kitchen - ground floor + dining table
➔ 4 bedrooms - first floor (kids +
parents), second floor(grandparents + guests)
➔ 3 bathrooms - big ground floors,
smaller top floors
➔ Cupboard under stairs - storage
➔ 2 car spaces
➔ Backyard
➔ Front yard
Analyse the list of wants:
We
have put thought into the list of wants and have narrowed it down to some
priorities.
➔ Green roof
➔ Solar panels
➔ 4 bedrooms
➔ 3 bathrooms
➔ Living room
➔ Kitchen
➔ Storage under stairs
➔ Backyard
➔ 1 car space (Tesla)
➔ 1 powerwall
➔ Lots of windows + big north facing
window
➔ Double glazed
➔ Floor, ceiling and wall insulation
➔ Eaves
➔ Water tanks
Goals and priorities:
A
list of things we would like to achieve in the house from the type of to
features and rooms.
➔ TO MAKE AN ECO-SUSTAINABLE HOME
➔ Budget: 3.5 minutes million dollars
➔ Land: 1635 m2
➔ Big backyard for multiple people
➔ 4 bedrooms - necessary
➔ 3 bathrooms
➔ Big kitchen
➔ 3 storeys
➔ Green roof - doubles as a veggie
patch
➔ Solar panels
➔ Eaves
➔ Clerestory
➔ Insulation - floor, wall and ceiling
➔ Double glazed windows
Finalise the list:
This
list comes from the wants and spaces to create a final list of features and
rooms.
➔ 4 bedrooms - ensuite in guest bedroom
➔ 3 bathrooms
➔ Eaves
➔ Solar panels
➔ Powerwall
➔ Big backyard
➔ Double glazed windows
➔ Ceiling, floor and wall insulation
➔ Green roof - veggie patch
➔ Kitchen
➔ Living room
➔ Water tank/s
Summary:
We
are making a three storey bungalow, with a green roof and solar panels. It will
have a clerestory with eaves. With four bedrooms and three bathrooms (one on
each floor), this house will function seamlessly for a multi-generational, six
person family.
The
backyard will provide adequate space for the children to play as well as the
parents and grandparents to relax and enjoy.
With
the ground floor featuring a living room, a kitchen and a big bathroom, there
is a nice family time space. The first floor has a bathroom and kitchen, as
well as the kids and parents bedrooms. The second floor has the grandparents
and guest bedrooms plus a bathroom for convenience.
18/09/2018
Just Another Duck
Hi!
I'm a duck. Not what the people call us, “Just another duck!” No. By day, I'm
any other duck. But by night, I am Super Duck! Oh, you know, just helping out
Batman and Superman, only I'm better.
I
mean, hey! You gotta be famous if you've even inspired three songs about
yourself! Ever heard of the duck songs? But I tell you, I am not that annoying!
And grapes are disgusting anyway!
Talking
about disgusting grapes, you know who eats them? The other normal, uncool
ducks! All they do is swim around in their ponds and get fat from the human
breadcrumbs. I don't like them. I am alone and happy.
By
now, you can probably see that I am very talkative. That's what makes me better
than other superheroes. I talk to the human, and they feel relaxed, not tense
and nervous. Oh, and also, I don't wreck half the city in trying to save one
person!
I
have so many more things to say that I can probably keep on talking to you
forever, but my super duck bill smells trouble. Flapping my wings, I arrive at
the scene of trouble. It's a woman hanging off a cliff! I start talking
immediately. Old habits die hard.
“You
silly lady! Whad’ya think? You could climb a cliff? Naw! Leave that stuff to
Super Duck!”
I
quickly analyse my situation. I'm going to have to fly her down. I have done
short journeys carrying humans, but this is too long a journey. Hey relax! Even
Super Duck has his weaknesses!
There
is only one option left. Ummm...Should I? No. Should I? No! Should I? NO!
Uuuugggghhhhh! I sigh. I will have to call my uncool, normal duck friends to
help. I heave another sigh. And I send my signal. In a flash, the other ducks
arrive. And just in time as well!
The
lady falls onto a blanket of ducks. They carry her down safely.
And
when I go home that night, I think. I think to the point that my brain nearly
shuts down. Are they really that bad? Should I really treat them this way? And
should I actually try grapes?
Okay,
I have decided. I like them. (Not the grapes, the ducks. Grapes are still
disgusting.)
And
now, they help me out as well! They're not all just another duck, we're all
SUPER DUCKS!
P.S: But I'm still better.⌒ー⌒
13/09/2018
Wheel and Axle
Imagine a world without any transport
and hardly any machines. This is what the world will be like without the wheel
and axle.
The wheel and axle is the most important
invention ever made.
As labelled
in the picture, the axle is the rod that holds two wheels in place (the second
wheel isn't shown in the picture). In between the connecting point of the wheel
and axle, are ball bearings. They are small metal balls that cut out the
friction at the axle.
The wheel and axle has made our life so
much easier! Think about this: you have to push a huge rock to the top of the
hill. This will take a lot of effort, force and exertion, as the Rock is
rubbing against the ground, causing friction. Friction is the resistance between
what you are trying to move and the surface that you are pulling against. Now
imagine that you have to pull a huge rock up a hill on a wagon. Your work will
become so much easier, as nothing is creating friction.
Before the wheel was invented, people
used sledges and rollers. Sledges worked well on snow. Rollers were logs placed
side by side, as a heavy object was being rolled on top of them. As the object
moved forward, men took the logs from behind and put it in front or the roller.
The idea of the wheel may have come from
rollers. The first wheels were made from single pieces of stone or wood, but as
the materials were hard to find, people started making wheels from two or three
thick boards that were held together by beams or bars called crosspieces. This
is called the spoked wheel, and it was invented in 2000 B.C.
The axles that connected the wheels
together used to be spinning. That meant that the axles turned with the wheels
to keep them moving at an even speed. But this made it hard to turn corners as
the wheels have to move at different speeds to keep the vehicle from dragging.
This is why a non-spinning axle was
invented in 2500B.C., but this invention only became common about two thousand
five hundred years later.
********************
When
wheels spin on axles, they create friction. People tried to solve this problem
by adding lubricants like water and grease. In 100 B.C., the problem was solved
by Danish wagon makers who put small wooden rollers in between the wheel and
axle to cut out the friction. This idea didn't catch on until the late 1700’s
when ball bearings, which worked the same way, were invented.
I hope you now understand why the wheel
and axle are the most important simple machine.
Thanks for reading!
08/08/2018
Good evening everyone! I'm
Freya, one of the lucky ten people who got to go to Japan. I had a really great
time there. I got to make lots of new friends and experience Japanese culture.
When I went there, I had
three families to meet, and that made me even more excited. I got to meet two
of the prior families that I hosted and I got to meet my new host family as
well. Basically I had three mums there instead of one to take care of me.
In Ishigase it was really fun
and we had activities that we were doing all the time. We even made dyed
clothes.
The welcome ceremony was so fun and I loved to
see the cute preps dancing to their song. The food was so different and I loved
it. I never thought that there could be such delicious vegetarian dishes in
Japan.
On the weekend my host family
took me to a theme park on Saturday. We enjoyed a lot of different types of
rides there. On Sunday, the two families that I had hosted earlier and the
family that hosted me all went together on a trip to Tokoname city. We made “Doro
Dango” which means clay ball, went
It was so sad to leave
Ishigase Elementary but we had so much fun ahead ! My favourite place that we
went was Nara Deer Park, but I stepped in deer poo which wasn't fun at all!
When we went to see the deer, we held a piece of food over their head and they
bowed to you three times. There was also a fawn that had just learnt how to
bow! He was so cute!
We also saw the biggest
statue of Buddha and crawled through his nostril, which meant that we had good
luck for the rest of our life.
I had so much fun at Japan
and I hope you consider going for it because it will be worth it.
Now here are some photos of
Japan showing the places we went. Thanks for listening!
03/07/2018
- The
One and Only Ivan
- Once
- When
You Reach Me
Dear Ms Y,
I would really like to read The One
and Only Ivan because I really like animals and I like the style that the
author has written in by reading the first few pages. I like her each page has
a separate subtitle so that we know what's the purpose of that page and it is
the clear meaning to the page. I would really like to read The One and Only
Ivan but if needed, I am fine to read Once.
I like the book Once because I like
Morris Gleitzman and the style he writes in. I know this because I have read
another one of his books, Aristotle’s Nostril. As I have also read the first
few pages of Once, I really want to know if the carrot is a sign or not. If I
am reading The One and Only Ivan, I would like to ask if you have a copy of
once in your bookshelf.
I am not very keen on reading When
You Reach Me, but if I have to read it I guess it'll be okay.
The two books that I really want to
read the most are The One and Only Ivan and Once.
Yours sincerely,
Freya
12/06/2018
How to make Avocado Sushi
Ingredients
Seaweed
Rice
Rice vinegar
Rice cooker
Fine sugar
Fine salt
Avocado
Water
- Roll
out the seaweed so it is flat.
- Put
one cup of rice in the rice cooker and let it cook.
- Make
the rice vinegar.
- Mix
3 tablespoons rice vinegar, one tablespoon fine sugar and one teaspoon
finely ground salt.
- Put
about a one centimetre thick rice over the seaweed, leaving around one
centimetre at the end of the seaweed.
- Put
two or three long strips of avocado in the middle of the rice.
- Roll
up the sushi.
- Put
some water on the one centimetre strip and stick it to the sushi.
- Enjoy!
08/06/2018
Freya
Jain, St Kilda Primary School, Grade 6
This
is my perspective of the first meeting of the Aboriginal and Britishers, when
the First Fleet arrived in Australia.
British Perspective
I am the most important
person in the whole first fleet. I am the captain, Arthur Phillip. We are
advancing steadily into land. A new place for the British. We start to anchor
and the authorities and I come down. That's when I know we made a big mistake.
I see lots of eyes. Staring, whispering, scared, excited. But I am most
surprised when I see the skin colour. The darkest brown, probably from the sun.
The next thing that I notice, is that they are hardly wearing anything. Most of
them have a leaf around their privates, but some are naked too! I give a signal
of the convicts to come down. They are silent. They must have noticed the
people. They were all smiling at me. But my first thought was to get them out.
Indigenous Perspective
I was
looking for crabs when I saw the ships. 11 in total. They were quite far away
but I knew straight away that those weren't our ships. They were huge, and made
of something else. I was frightened so I kept finding crabs to calm myself. But
I just had to look with amazement when they came closer. Those ships could fit
hundreds, maybe even thousands of people!
As they were about to dock, I saw lots of excited and scared faces
peeking over the edge. They were all white! Ghosts? Spirits? I didn't know what
they were! I ran and hid behind a big
rock. The ships all came to shore one by one. By now I could see my father,
standing in the shelter of the trees so I went and hid behind him. Then, people
started to come down. There were a few men who came down first. I couldn't
believe my eyes! They were all wearing what looked like heavy coats and all of
their bodies were covered except their face. I looked down at myself. It was
summer, and I was only wearing a leaf around my private parts! Then hundreds of other people came down. They
wore thin, dirty clothes. They looked tired and thin. I was amazed. I smiled to
my father, and I knew we were thinking the same thought: we had found friends.
But we couldn't be more wrong.
17/05/2018
Find
My Treasure
Freya Jain
I
see it there, on the table
It
is my treasure and I am glad.
I
take large steps, I want it now
But
now it's gone and I am mad.
I
chase it all around my house,
And
then I stop, breathing quick.
I
won't let it run away,
So
I plan a trap, very slick.
I
set it up, and then I pause,
I
know it will run here sometime soon.
I
wait and wait for a long, long time,
Even
with the rising moon.
Then
I sadly go to bed,
My treasure
has been lost now,
In
the morning, I awake,
Then
I see it and I say ‘wow’!
This
was all a bad, bad dream,
My
treasure is right next to me,
I
hold it close to my chest,
And
I am happy as can be.
05/05/2018
6Y
There once was a class called 6Y,
And one day Ms Y said “Oh my!”
Cause Freya and Georgia
Can always forger,
The best poems (that is no lie)!
Harry Potter
Have you ever heard of Harry Potter?
He can sometimes be an otter!
He beat Voldemort
And then built a fort
Then Voldemort was a rotter!
01/05/2018
Australian Federation
Before
1st January 1901, Australia was a continent with six different British
colonies. All of the colonies had their own set of laws and armies.
The colonies had even built railways using
different gauges, so if a person had to travel from one colony to another, they
would have to change trains. In the middle of the train journey, an immigration officer could also
ask for immigration papers and check your luggage.
Their
army was ill-equipped to defend themselves and people feared that there could
be attacks from countries like Germany, France and Russia.
Knowing that the colonies would be stronger if
they united as a nation, Henry Parkes
gave a rousing address in 1889.
He called for “a great national government for
all Australians”. His speech provided the momentum that led to Australia
becoming a nation.
Later, the first National Australasian
Convention was first held in Sydney from March to April 1891. It was attended
by delegates of each colony and New Zealand’s Parliament. The minister of the
convention was Henry Parkes. While the convention was on, Edmund Barton, who
later became the first Prime Minister of Australia, made the famous quote “a
nation for a continent and a continent for a nation”.
The
National Australaisian Convention spent five weeks discussing and writing a
draft constitution which became the basis of the constitution that we have
today. Under the draft constitution the colonies would unite as separate states
within the Commonwealth, with power shared between federal parliament and state
parliament. This action would create a federal government for Australia.
The
delegates took the draft back to their colonial parliaments for them to
consider and approve. But as they were faced with escalating economic
depression, the parliament lost their enthusiasm for federation. Meanwhile, the
minister of the federation retired from politics and the succeeding New South
Wales government did not think it was a good idea to become a country. Even
though the colonial parliament had rejected federation, the public were now
keen on the idea. Groups such as the Australian Federation League and the
Australian Natives Association continued to push for federation.
In 1893,
in New South Wales, Corowa, a people's conference was held. In this meeting,
people agreed that it will be best for Australia to federate. The Corowa
Conference agreed to Victorian delegate John Quick that:
1. The parliament of the colonies make a law
that allows the direct election of delegates to a new federation convention
which would create a draft constitution and
2. There
would be a referendum so the public can vote if they like the draft
constitution or not.
In Hobart
1895, a special premier’s conference was held at which most of the colonies
agreed to Sir John Quick that his proposals were valid. Queensland did not
agree to his proposal. By now, New Zealand had decided not to take part in the
federation process.
The next
year, the Bathurst Federation League was frustrated by the inaction of the
colonial parliaments, so it held a second people's conference, at which over
150 delegates renewed calls for a new federation convention. After that, in
March, there were elections held in New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and
South Australia to choose convention delegates. The convention contained
delegates from all the colonies except Queensland.
The
second National Australian Convention met three times during 1897-98, using the
draft constitution as a starting point for deliberations.
On 16
March, 1898, the convention agreed to the constitution in the form of a draft
bill to Constitute the Commonwealth of Australia. After the colonial
parliaments agreed to it, the electors in the six colonies were asked to then
approve it in a referendum.
In June 1898, referendums were held in South
Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. The referendum was passed in
Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, but New South Wales didn't have the
minimum amount of vote needed. Queensland and Western Australia thought that if
Australia federated, Victoria and New South Wales would have power over the
less powerful states. That is why they didn't have a referendum.
In
January 1899, the colonial premiers met secretly to figure out a way to get
Australia to federate. John Forrest, the Western Australian Premier didn't
attend. To win the support of the Queensland and New South Wales parliaments,
the premiers made some changes to the draft constitution: 1. The capital of
Australia will be made in New South Wales, but at least 160 kilometres away
from Sydney and 2. Federal parliament will only have to pay the states their
customs and excise revenue for the first ten years of federation, rather than
making it permanent.
In
between April and July 1899, referendums were again held in Victoria, New South
Wales, Tasmania and South Australia to vote if everyone agreed to the improved
constitution.
The
result was that all the states had a “yes” vote in all the colonies. Next
September, Queensland got a narrow “yes” vote just by 54%. Western Australia
still refused to take part.
Before
Australia could become a country, the constitution had to be agreed to by the
British parliament. In order to do this, in March 1900, an observer from
Western Australia and a representative from each other colony went to London to
present the constitution. The
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act was passed by the British government
on 5 July 1900, and was signed by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1900.
After
three weeks of the rest of Australia
federating, Western Australia decided to hold a referendum. The “yes”
vote outweighed the “no” vote tremendously. Once Western Australia realised
that the other colonies will federate without it, their parliament reversed
their opinion about federation.
Australia
finally became a country on 1st January, 1901.
08/04/2018
WORK HARD AND
LIVE UP TO IT
I always try my best and if I succeed, the results are good and I can
enjoy my hard work. One time I did this was in the process of becoming a school
captain. I had to work hard preparing for my speech and interview. Even if I
was nervous, I had to push that aside and I had to be my full potential to
become school captain. Now that I have become a school captain, I can live up
to the hard work I did.
If you work hard, your dreams will come true rather than you just
thinking about how good it will be if you could accomplish your dream.
Your voice will be heard more because people will think that you are a
hard worker, which you will be. You can then live up to your fame.
For example, Steve Jobs made the company Apple. Today it is world
famous. But what if he just couldn't be bothered to do the work because he
thought that it was too hard?
That is how he made his voice heard and how you will make yours.
04/04/2018
Finding Bailey
“Bailey! BAILEY?,” I shout into the
starless night. I am used to my black cat going away for a few hours in the
day, but she has never been gone overnight for this long!
My heart is racing with fear as
possibilities spring up into my head. What if a car or truck runs her over?
What if the vicious neighbourhood pitbull attacks her? She will never be able
to survive him. I curse myself in my head. What if she never comes back?
It is impossible to go search for her,
as I won't be able to see her sleek, dark body in the darkness. I look for my
flashlight but it is dead and we don't have any spare batteries.
I go back into my home, with tears in my
eyes, looking into the soft basket she sleeps in. Her food bowl lays untouched.
Will the ever come back?
25/03/2018
Netball
Netball is a sport similar to
basketball, as the aim of the game is to put a ball in a basket, more times
than the other team. But in it’s own way, it has a lot of rules different to
basketball. Here is a guide to how to play netball.
There are seven positions on each
team, so there are fourteen players on the court at a time. The players are:
Wing Defence (WD), Wing Attack (WA),
Goal Defence (GD), Goal Attack (GA), Goalkeeper (GK), Goal Shooter (GS) and
Center (C).
Before we learn where the players are
allowed to go, I will show you what the Netball court looks like.
WD is allowed in the opposite team’s
goal third and the Center third, but they are not allowed to go in the goal
circle. Their main job is to defend and stop the other team from getting the
ball into the netball ring.
WA is allowed in the Center third and
the goal third but not in the goal circle. Their job is to bring the ball to
the GS and GA to enable them to shoot the ball into the hoop.
GD is allowed in the Center third and
the opposing team’s goal third , including the goal circle. They defend the GA
from the other team from scoring goals.
GA is allowed in the Center third and
their team’s goal third and their job is to shoot goals for their team and
bring the ball towards their goal. This is the same as the GS but the GS is
only allowed in their team’s goal third, including the goal circle. So GA is
normally a stronger player than GS.
GK is only allowed in the opposing
team’s goal third and their job is to defend the other team’s GS from shooting
goals. The GD and GK should be equally strong players because defending the
other team is a big part of netball.
The last player is C. The Center is
allowed all over the netball court except the goal circles. This is one the
main players and they should be very strong in defence as well as attack. They
should be able to run a lot too.
Now that you know the players and
where they can go, we will learn the rules of how to play netball. You are not
allowed to run with the ball, and are only allowed to hold the ball for three
seconds before passing to a teammate. There is a footwork called “ice-cream”
which may help you. In “ice -cream”, one foot is “ice” and the other foot is
“cream”. So the foot that is “ice” has to stay on the ground while the foot
that is “cream” can move around in a circle.This action is called “pivoting”.
It is useful if you want to pass to someone behind you.
When a person from another team is
passing the ball, and you want to defend them, you have to stand at least three
feet away from them. Then if you want, you can put your arms in the air and
lean forward for strong defence.
I hope you enjoyed reading and that
this has taught you how to play netball.
Thanks for reading!
05/03/2018
Toy Story
Freya 6Y
I think that BTN, the four year old
kid and the parents are right. Why should we have “girl” and “boy” toys? Boys
could want to play with Barbies as well as girls who want to play with monster
trucks!
I understand that companies want to
make more money, but they should think about what will happen with all these
stereotypes in the future.
The boy/girl stereotype is decreasing
right now, but it could grow in the future.
I really think that we shouldn't have
boy sections/colours and girl sections/colours.
23/02/2018
Tiger iMovie
Script
Tigers
are solitary big cats that are striped orange or white and black. They not only
have striped fur, but their skin is striped too! Every tiger has a unique
stripe pattern, just like our fingerprints. The average weight of a male tiger
is from 90-310 kg and a female weighs from 65-170kg. The male tiger’s length
can be 2.5 to 3 meters and a female is 2-2.8 meters long. Their tails are around one metre long and
their claws are up to 10 cm long, used to grasp prey.
Tigers
live mostly in tropical and evergreen forests. They are mainly nocturnal
hunters, but they go for a snack whenever they find a chance. They depend lots
on their sense of sight and hearing. To capture their prey, tigers can run at a
speed of 49-65 kms per hour in short bursts. Their diet consists mainly of
moose, deer, pigs, cows, horses, buffaloes...etc. Each tiger consumes about 50
deer sized animals per year, about 1 per week.
Tigers have the largest canines of all big cats, that are 6.4-7.6 cm long.
They too, like us have milk teeth that fall out and become permanent.
There
are 9 types of tigers, three of which are already extinct, which are the Javan,
Balinese and Caspian tiger. The rest are Siberian, Bengal, Sumatran, South
China, Malayan and IndoChinese.
Tigers
have an approximate lifespan of 20-26 years in captivity and 10-15 years in the
wild.
Tigers
can mate and reproduce any time of the year, but they mainly reproduce from
November to April. Females are ready to mate when they are 3-4 years old and
males around 4-5 years. The male will not have anything to do with the tigress
and the cubs later. The mother has a gestation period of 3.5 months. She gives
birth to a litter of 3-4 children. They are blind at birth and stay in a cave
that their mother has prepared for them for the first 2 months of their life.
As they grow older, their mother will teach them to hunt, which they will be
able to do when they are around 1-2 years. Unfortunately, half the tiger cubs
will die before they reach the age of 2.
The
population of tigers is around 3890. I hope you enjoyed listening to this
information report and that it has been useful to you.
08/02/2018
Acceptance Speech: School Captain
Hi, I am Freya, one of the St Kilda
Primary School Captains for this year. I am really lucky and excited to be
working with Ben, Hazel and Amelia. I love to lead and this position has given
me so much more confidence and interest in how to be a good leader. I have been
at the school from prep and have looked up to the school captains. I now get this wonderful opportunity and I
will try my best to fulfil it well. Now a bit about me. I love tigers and my
favourite fruits are mango and raspberries. I was born in India and lived there
until I was four. Thank you for reading about me and I hope you enjoyed. :)
01/02/2018
Grandparents and Special Friends Day Speech
Amelia: Blue
Hazel: Green
Ben: Cherry
Freya: Pink
Hi,
we are the four School Captains Of St Kilda Primary School, I’m Amelia, I’m Ben, I’m Freya and I’m Hazel! Welcome to Grandparents and
Special Friends Day, a day when we can celebrate the loving bond between
students, family and friends.
We
thank you all for coming here today. We know that some of you have travelled
long distances to be here for our students, and we are very grateful for that.
We all share a love with our grandparents and special friends and we’re sure
you share a love with your grandchildren, and friends.
This
afternoon we hope you have enjoyed spending time with the students, and
engaging in activities that the children have prepared.
This
afternoon we also have the Kelly Woodford cup, which is a fun event where
children verse their parents in a friendly game of footy. You may want to
extend your day by staying till 4:00 to enjoy the Kelly Woodford Cup, food, and
beverages.
We
hope you enjoy our afternoon tea and we
hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
23/09/2017
Fete Poem
The Fete! The Fete! I cannot wait!
The rides, the slides, the wonderful times!
The food, the mood, the festive mood!
The talent show, my face is aglow!
I cannot wait for the beautiful Fete!
The Fete! The Fete! I cannot wait!
The games, we aim, we win the games!
The stalls, in the hall, the magnificent hall!
The notebooks, the joke books, there's books of all kinds!
The Fete! The Fete! I cannot wait!
The food, I chewed, the delicious food!
We’ll have fun in the sun, we’ll have tons of fun!
The music, the music, oh the fabulous music!
The Fete! The Fete! I cannot wait!
06/06/2017
The Day I Met Santa
It was the 24th of December as I went to bed.Tomorrow was Christmas and me and my family would get so many gifts!
I went to bed thinking this.
I open my eyes. It is pitch black outside.The groaning noise that woke me up is still there.It is 3:37 in the morning.My stomach gives a funny jolt.Could it be… Santa!?!?!I run downstairs quickly but quietly so as to not wake anyone up.
Santa may run away if he hears too many noises.
As I get to the bottom of the stairs, I can hear that the groaning is coming from the chimney. “Santa,” I call softly. Suddenly Santa drops down the chimney. I notice that he is miraculously clean. He has a twinkling smile as he says “Couldn’t get down the chimney because I had eaten too many cookies and drank too much milk,” he says. “And as you are the first one to see me, you get whatever toy you want.” “A fidget spinner,” I reply defiantly. Suddenly, in my hands I am holding a beautiful brand new fidget spinner in my hand. “Thanks,” I say, beaming to Santa. “No problems,” he replies. “Now go back to bed before everyone sees me,” he adds. I smile while going up the stairs. This is going to be a great story to tell everyone!
24/05/2017
The Monster in my Basement
The basement is the favourite part of my house. I have made it into a kind of cubbyhouse. In one corner are my all-time favourite story books, in another corner are games and activity books and also a really bright torch. In the middle of that beautiful place, is a king-size, bouncy bed to hang out and bounce on. The bedsheet has a floral pattern with pretty swirls separating the nine-petalled flowers. Because I spend most of my time there, my parents have fitted in LED lights which flash colours when I press a button.
And now it’s even better. You know why? Because There’s a monster in there. Yes, a real, living monster that only I can see and hear. Her name is Delilah. Now, you may be thinking that it’s the type of monster that destroys houses to rubble, and roars so loud that it pops your eardrums or whatever nonsense like that. But this amazing and generous purple creature is the best friend you could have in your life. She’s so kind and plays with me when my parents aren’t at home. She’s about 12 ft tall and as wide as a car.
One day I was playing Ludo with Delila when suddenly I said, “I think that Mum and Dad should know about you.” Delila said, her voice soft as a harp, but firm. “No. If your parents will find me or know about me, they’ll get scientist to open me up and they may find out about Monster Topia, my planet. I can’t let my fellow friends be in danger!” “No!”, I soothed. I’ll let them know and they’ll understand - they always do!” Delilah looked slightly doubtful but she said we could try.
So a few days later, I have announced that I need a family meeting. Mum and Dad are in a frenzy, trying to finish their work before coming to the dining table to talk. I can see that they are annoyed and stressed that I called them on a busy work schedule. Delilah is standing next to me to see how the conversation goes, but of course no one can see or hear he except me.
When they come to the table, I can hear Dad’s tapping foot and Mum is looking like she is about to explode. I start launching into my explanation before they can interrupt me. “I want to talk to you about something … there is a monster living in our basement. At this, Mom really exploded and shouted, “Do you think we are here to hear this utter nonsense?!?! We have got better work to do than listen to your made-up fairy tales!” Then she stormed off and Dad followed looking as annoyed as Mom. “Huh”, I sighed and Delilah tutted. “We have to try plan B.” “It just won’t work, leave it!”, she said in that soft voice. “I will make it work, I promise you. Just give me one more chance!”, I pleaded. Delilah gave a knowing sigh and gave in.
So here I am, again sitting at the dining table and I have chose the perfect time when Mom and Dad aren’t as stressed. “So”, I begin, “Just promise that you will listen until I finish.” This time, I carefully phrase my words, “Only I can see her and hear her, but I think it is time for you to know. There is a monster called Delilah in our basement and it’s true - I can prove it. Delilah, can you please get me the flowerpot from that tea table?” at this point, Mom was about to shout, but thought better of it. But two seconds, their mouths fall open, for they see a flowerpot in mid air coming towards the table. It lands with a soft thump. “Is there really a m - monster in our house?” “Yes”, I reply, happy that they finally believe me. “But you can’t tell this to anyone, no-one at all,” I add hastily. Dad gives me a knowing smile and says, “We promise we won’t.”
So now my big secret is out and my parents haven’t told anyone. Delilah and I can now play whenever we want without hiding in the basement - but my secret cubby house is still my favourite place.
Also guess what. Delilah has messaged one of her Monster Topia friends and she’s coming to visit Earth for monster school vacations!
The End
14/05/2017
Lost in the Bush
"Come on!" I shouted to my parents. We were going
on a bush walk and we were just about to get on the track. My parents didn't
listen. Typical of them. I decided to start myself and they could catch up
later. I really wanted to see the different types of birds and insects. I was so excited, I practically flew down the
track, not even knowing where i was going. After I was out of breath, I
realised something...I was lost in the bush! I didn't know where I'd come from,
taking all those lefts and rights. My only hope was to continue the trek and
try to find someone to help me. I had been on the track for two hours, and it
was hard work, climbing the rocky slopes. My water was nearly finished and I
was sweaty. Suddenly, I saw something. It looked like...a cafe! I ran with all
my might and pushed open the door. A refreshing blast of cold air hit me. I
went up to the cashier and asked if I could use her phone as well as have a
glass of ice cold water. I gulped down the water and called my dad's number and
after hearing how worried they were and how stupid I was, I told them that I
was in the Anna Cafe. After about half an hour, I was being smothered by h-word and k-word and I vowed that I would try to be more patient in the future.
4/05/2017
The Soccer Final
There were 30 seconds left for the soccer final to finish.
Our team was named The Socceroos and we just HAD to win. The other team, The
Stars, had just scored and the score was 2 all.
I waited impatiently for the referee to blow his whistle. As
soon as I heard the shrill whistle, I side-tackled the ball from one of the
Stars and did a quick pass to Lil. Suddenly, Max, the bully from The Stars
tackles the ball off Lil. She looks outraged, but luckily because of my fast
running skills and great tackling, I regain position of the ball and pass it to
Tasha, a teammate. With a quick, precise pass, she kicks it to Lil and just as
fast as Tash, I am in control of the ball.
I try to kick a good goal, but the goalkeeper has great
defence and catches the ball and throws it at me. I look at the time. 3
seconds. I focus and kick a hard goal in the top left side of the net. It
touches the back stitches of the goal. We have won by one goal! We have won the
Grand Final and we get the Soccer Cup! after lots of posing for photos, I am in
the car with Lil, coming over for a sleepover. "Today was a great
day!", I think. We practise soccer all afternoon to practice not being in
such a small time gap the next soccer game. We are so going to win the Grand
Final again!
11/04/2017
Little Story on Gratitude
10/04/2017
Little Poem on Gratitude
10/04/2017
Fairy Wish
Freya is about to go to bed when she notices a hint of sparkle outside her bedroom window. She opens it, and there, she finds a fairy the size of a pomegranate. The conversation goes like this:
Freya: Who are you and what are you doing here?
Fairy: I am a fairy, as you can see. I’m here to do a survey to all the kids of the world who can talk. Here’s the question: would you want everything that you touch to turn into gold?
Freya: Hmm, it’s tempting, but no.
Fairy: Why?
Freya: well the main reason is that I won’t be able to have food.
Fairy: Why?
Freya: Because at home, Mamma and Papa can feed me, which would be nice, but at school…
Fairy: OK. That is one valid reason, give me another.
Freya: Well of course, I wouldn’t be able to touch anything! Isn’t that enough?
Fairy: Freya, you have made the right choice. Not many kids choose this option, and right now, the ones who have, are in big trouble. Because of your wisdom, I will give you another three wishes.
Freya: Oh thanks, my first wish is that Dadi can come to Australia and live here without getting bored, we are the richest people in the world and how much ever I watch electronics, my eyesight will not grow weak and I will never get glasses.
The fairy clicked three times, everything changed according to the wishes and no one was surprised because they had forgotten what happened.
The End
12/12/2016
A Birthday Gone Wrong
It was Emily’s birthday in a week and she was going to an amusement park called Wonders of the World! She was sooo excited!
Just to inform you about her, she was 8 years old and was going to turn 9 on July the 7th. She had short, black hair, tan skin and brown eyes. Emily was kind and funny.
In what felt like years, Emily’s 9th birthday finally came. She woke up at 3:30 am and yelled as loudly as she could, ‘IT IS MY BIRTHDAY RIGHT NOW’ purely because she was born at 3:30 and she had also put an alarm on to wake up. Anyway, back to the story. She fell back asleep immediately because she and her dad (her mum had passed away) had gone to sleep at 1 o’clock in the morning. Her dad had also said ‘gooo…...snoooore!’ but she was already asleep. And so was her dad. He was going to say ‘good’ but...too late!
In the morning at 9 am Emily and her dad woke up, got ready and left the house at 10am. They reached Wonders of the World or for short WW. There they went together on many rides like the Scissors, Enterprise, Scenic Railway Spider, Twin Dragons and…. OK, you get it.
After having pasta for lunch (at WW) and a frozen coke each, they drove home. When they were driving home, an unexpected question popped into Emily’s mind.
‘Dad,’ she began, ‘do you think we could go to Swan park today? You know, just for a bit of fun?’
‘Why not sweetie? It is your birthday today.’
Normally her Dad used to listen to the news but on this special day they were listening to music. If they weren’t, then they would hear that a hungry tiger has escaped from the circus and has already injured 5 people!!!! And the news reporters predicted that the tiger was heading for Swan park!!! When Emily and her dad got to know the news and were safely hidden behind a bush, this is what Emily said: ‘Look on the good side it is my favourite animal.’
‘Look on the bad side, it’s hungry!’ her Dad said in an angry whisper.
Now Emily was going to do the most dangerous thing in her life! She was passionate about it.
There was a guy right next to her with a dog so she quickly took the leash off him (without asking!) and approached the tiger who was looking around for food. As quick as a flash she put the lead on the tiger and started to shout for help to hold it because it was trying to run away. After a while the people from the circus (who were frantically trying to find it) came and took Lillet (for that was her name) back to the circus. The rest of the day was nice, peaceful and awesome.
They had pizza for dinner at their favourite restaurant, Pizza Hut.
The End
PS: A note from Emily is that she will never forget this day even though a tiger was about to eat her.
20/11/2016
Holiday in Paris
We have been planning a holiday in Paris. We had to include all the rates of accommodation, flights and car rentals.
We were leaving on the 15/3/17 (March 15th Wednesday) and returning on 12/14/17 (April 12th Wednesday). We chose this time because it is Spring in Paris, and Summer is really crowded in Paris.
These are the flight timings: Departing Flight: 9:40pm to 5:45pm. It is going to be 30h and 5m. There is going to be 1 stop at Beijing.
Returning flight: 8:20pm to 2:35pm. It is going to be 34h and 15m. There is going to be one stop, again at Beijing.
The total cost of the flights is $886 or 
615.43 (one dollar is .69 cents).
After that, we are going to rent a car from the airport at 10:00am. It is going to be a mini. For 28 days, it is going to cost $675.21 or 
468.79.
Then, we are going to a hotel called Hotel Bourg Tibourg, next to a road called Rue de Rivoli. The cost per night of the hotel is $317.51, or 
220.55. We are going for 28 days, so the total price is $8890.28, or 
6169.17.
The total price of the hotel, the car rental and the flights is $1451.45 or 
1034.94.
In our trip, we were also allowed to choose 4 things we could buy using 200 of our chosen country’s currency, in this case, Euros. I chose to buy a dress for 
45. Here’s a picture of it.
Freya chose to buy a dress for 
24.99. Here’s a picture.
Then, we chose to buy a hat for ourselves. Mine was 
6.94. Here’s a picture:
Freya chose this hat for 
8.94:
The total of all of the things that we bought is 
85.87.
THE END
18/10/2016
HUNTING SHOULD STOP!!!!
By Freya 4J
People hunt everyday. Whether it be fishing or hunting in the wildlife, many animals are getting killed and even more are getting endangered. We need to put a stop to hunting and take care of our animals like our family.
Firstly, many animals at the top of the food chain are getting killed for their beautiful furs, but what about all the animals that the animals at the top of the food chain eat? There will be overcrowding of those animals and we don’t want that.
Secondly, many parents are being separated from their children. How would you feel if you were separated from your children? Depressed, wouldn’t you?
Thirdly, if animals at the bottom or in the middle of the food chain get killed, then the animal above them wouldn’t have food to eat, so they would either starve to death or eat their species, which will go on to create an animal war zone!!!
In conclusion, I strongly believe that hunting and fishing should be banned in every country because it will endanger many species and it will also create an animal war zone.
14/10/2016
Freya 4J
The Journey To New Holland
I’m struggling to survive as I write this. I’m Eliza and here’s a description of me; I’ve got brown hair tied in a ponytail and I’m wearing a ragged and dirty dress. It’s the 14th of May and the Friendship, a ship in the First Fleet, left just yesterday. I am sitting down, writing this in my diary. The diary I stole. That’s the main reason that I’m on this ship.The police didn’t take the diary away from me because they were too busy seeing if anyone else was stealing anything. I am very grateful for that.
Then I saw this girl, about my age, towering over me. I quickly shut my diary and looked up to her. I’m expecting the girl to be rude to me but instead she says, ‘I’m Elizabeth, who are you?’
‘I’m Eliza’, I reply.
Just then a plump man comes in through the wooden door and says ‘Lineup every body and get your weekly rations’. We all push and shove to be first in line and I’m second. Elizabeth is behind me. ‘You get 3 kgs of biscuits made of water and wheat, 1 kg salt pork, 2 kgs dried peas, 1.5 kgs oatmeal, 1 kg of salt beef, 170 gms butter, 340 gms cheese and a quarter litre of vinegar. There were murmurs of ‘why?’ and ‘yuk!’. The man put his hand up to silence us and said ‘it’s to prevent scurvy’. As we started munching, Elizabeth told me her whole story. She had been sold for the price of a bag of chestnuts. She had then escaped and stole an apple to survive. She had too been sentenced to 7 years transportation. Soon, we had such a tight bond that I doubted we would ever leave each other.
Days of starvation and misery pass. One day, the ship put it’s anchor down.
I was talking to Elizabeth when suddenly I was alerted with the loud ‘thud’ that the anchor made. That plump man came in again and said ‘in case you can’t keep track of time, it’s the 5th of August and we’re in Rio De Janeiro. We’re going to get supplies and leave.’ I had more food than I’d ever had in a day! Every convict got 10 oranges to keep off scurvy and a loaf of bread a day! We left on the fourth of September.
One month later, on the 13th of October, the plump man who was now thinner said ‘we have reached Cape Town.’ There were very high winds and we got delayed leaving so we departed on the 13th of November. We reached Botany Bay, New Holland on the 19th of January but the soil was too poor to grow crops on so we continued searching for a better place.
On the 26th of January, we landed at Port Jackson. Woohoo! Journey accomplished!
7 Years Later…
Elizabeth and I became free citizens of New Holland today!!! I am so excited! Finally Elizabeth and I can live freely in the Great New Holland!!!
The End
17/08/2016
There Shouldn’t be Shark Nets
By Freya 4J
Dear NSW government,
I am definitely and strongly against shark nets because the sea belongs to marine creatures.
Firstly, there could be another alternative that doesn’t include any animal or human getting killed, for example, shark spotters could spot sharks and the speed boats could herd them out to the sea, or if the sharks aren’t swimming out, there could be a siren to get people out of the water.
Secondly, the sea belongs to sharks and marine life, and humans have been pushing them out of their habitat and taking more and more of the sea to themselves over the past few decades.
Thirdly, not only the poor sharks, but 15000 other animals have been killed including endangered Turtles, dolphins, Dugongs, stingrays,seabirds, harmless sharks, Orcas, penguins, and even TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!
Fourthly, surfers could buy a device called the Shark Shield, which will save their lives from being eaten alive by a shark 9 out of 10 times. A Shark Shield emits a frequency that repels sharks.
Lastly, fish may be able to still survive if their gills weren’t caught, but the net gets into them, which really hurts the poor fish a lot, but also stops it from breathing.
In conclusion, shark nets should not be installed because they kill waaaaaaay too many animals, there is a shark repellent device and there is another alternative that doesn’t kill any types of marine life.
THE END
08/08/2016
Two Best Friends
Emma Jacks and Lucy Findler were best friends. Emma had lovely blue eyes, blonde hair and her face was covered with light brown freckles. Lucy had long, jet black hair, tanned colour skin and green eyes. They had really mean parents who didn’t even take care of them! They shouted a lot at the girls and didn’t send them to school so they used to go to the park and play there. Emma often thought about her kind grandma who lived just 4 kilometres away. She was seventy years old but always scolded the girls parents to be nicer to them. One day Emma dragged Lucy down the street towards her grandma’s house. ‘We’re running away to my granny’s’ she explained. ‘Okay?’ said Lucy confused. ‘Oh I’ll explain later!’ said Emma impatiently. ‘Our parents will catch us!’ ‘What about our ragged old clothes?’ asked Lucy. ‘Oh stop asking questions! I know the way perfectly!’ they ran a lot (huffing and puffing) and finally reached Emma’s grandma’s large, red and cosy brick house. They had some nice warm garlic bread and were even sent to school with brand new clothes! Meanwhile, back at the parents house, they had forgotten their daughters and were having a party!!! When they realised that their children were missing, they shouted ‘WHOOPEE!!!’ Emma and Lucy lived their happy life without any trouble at all!
07/07/2016
True Best Friends
Sophie was 9 years old with long, blonde hair running down her back all the way to her waist. She always had a bright smile on her freckled face and she was very popular in her school because of her positive behaviour.
‘Trrrinnng! Trrrinnng!’ Sophie’s pink alarm clock blared. “Yay! Time for a great day of school!” said Sophie excitedly, because she knew that a new boy was joining her class.
As soon as she reached her school, she ran over to her BFF Tiffany who was talking to their teacher, Ms Honey. “Come on girls, the bell’s about to ring, go to line up,” said Ms Honey, walking away to the 4H lineup.
After everyone was settled, Ms Honey called the new boy to the front of the class to introduce himself. He was very fat, with his little piggy eyes looking nervous. He had lots of yucky little dots of food spread all over his face. He eyed the class worriedly as he spoke, “Um...my name is Horace and um...I’m 9 years old and...yeah.” Sophie started to get bored listening to Horace talk. She stretched her hands high up in the air.
“Excellent, Horace,” said Ms Honey staring at him picking his nose and eating it. She made a mental note that she would never ever ever shake hands with Horace.
“Now, as Horace is new to this school, who will show him around the school?” asked Ms Honey. She saw Sophie, and called out her name before she put her hand down. “Ah, Sophie! You can show Horace around the school for the next two days!” said Ms Honey. “Oh, yes you’ll also be sitting next to him in class!” Miss Honey said cheerfully. “But...but I was just stretching!” protested Sophie. “Oh Sophie, I do feel sorry for you, my dear,” Ms Honey thought, but she said “Oh Sophie! Come on now! You’re such a good girl and you’re not-” “OK, OK I will” said Sophie because she had never fallen into trouble before.
1 HOUR LATER…
Ding! Ding! Ding! The bell rang for snack. Everyone rushed out. Sophie trudged out reluctantly with Horace. “Look, no-one in this world likes me, not even my parents, so I can just sit on the friendship band chair while you play and then when the music rings, then you can come to the FBC and then it will look like you’ve played with me,” said Horace sadly. Suddenly, Sophie felt like crying. It was like a boulder hit her heart! “Horace,” said Sophie, trying to stifle her tears, “I want to help you improve” Sophie said. “Now do 50 pushups” she boomed, like a coach. Horace and Sophie laughed. “Yes madam” said Horace gleefully and happy that he already had a friend. “No, no, no” Sophie said. “First wash those….things, I guess, off your face.” As Horace waddled away, Tiffany saw Sophie and started to get jealous, thinking that Sophie had a new best friend. Just then, Sophie saw Tiffany at the bubblers. As soon as Tiffany saw Sophie, she started teasing her. “Ooooh! Sophie’s got a boooyfriennnnd!” Tiffany’s other friend Emma laughed, and she joined in too! Soon, other people joined in too and they started laughing too! To Sophie, it felt like the whole school was laughing at her! Plus, Tiffany was now her enemy! As Horace waddled back, he saw Tiffany and her gang. “Eeeeeeeww! We don't wanna be catching boy germs” Tiffany sniggered as they backed away, giggling.
Just then, the loud bell rang. “Come on, that’s the bell to indicate that playtime is over and we have to line up” said Sophie bitterly. “Look, I’m sorry about-” “ruining my life?” screamed Sophie, getting worked up. Horace looked alarmed and lots of faces were staring in disbelief at Sophie because she had never messed up in her school life before. “S-sorry, I didn’t mean that. Let’s go to class.
After maths, with a whole lot of sniggers from Emma and Tiffany, the lunch bell rang and Sophie spotted Horace quite easily in the crowd because of his huge size, and jogged over to him. “I’m sorry about snack” she whispered “I’m sittin’ under that big Oak tree alone. Come over if you need me.” Sophie sat in the shade of the Oak tree. However, Horace didn’t need Sophie, so he stayed on the Friendship Band Chair. Tiffany and Emma saw their perfect opportunity to bully Sophie and came to the leafy oak tree. “Broke up with your boyfriend did ya? Don't worry, loads of people out there who you can-” “stop!” shouted Sophie getting up. “You are a bully and bullies are WIMPS” said Sophie and stormed away. Lunch seemed to go on forever, but finally ended. After a boring session of the history of human beings, Ms Honey said, “ Pack up for assembly, put your chairs up, get your bags and line up at the door.” In assembly, there was the normal stuff, like the national anthem and the performance that the Preps gave, counting to 100 by fives. Then, Mr. Watson announced something that he usually didn’t say. “There is one person who is leaving. I’m really sad to announce that Emma from 4H is leaving this school. Please come up to the stage to get your certificate.”
Sophie automatically looked at Tiffany, who looked as shocked as a polar bear who had lost all his fur. “Serves you right.” thought Sophie, as Mr. Watson droned on about this and that and who knows what?
After assembly, Sophie could see Emma and Tiffany hugging and saying how sad they were. It was like Tiffany had never been friends with Sophie! “I hate her and I’ll never be friends with her!” thought Sophie, walking home.
The next day at snack, Sophie went and took her place under the big oak tree. Again, Tiffany came along, but this time with a solemn expression on her face. “ I - I - I shouldn’t h - have bullied you,” she stammered. “ You are the only friend I have, now that Emma’s left. If you could forgive me, I’ll never betray you”. Tiffany held out her hand. Sophie was about to shake it when: “He’s gotta play.” “Who?” questioned Tiffany though she knew very well who it was. “Horace” said Sophie firmly. “Fine,” sighed Tiffany. They got up and ran to Horace at the friendship band chair. “Tiffany’s got something to say to you.” said Sophie, nudging Tiffany forward. “I’m sorry about teasing you. We are going to play together from now on.”
A smile passed on Horace’s face that Sophie had never seen before. It was the happiest smile ever. He jumped up and the three new best friends played together like they had never before.
4 years later…
“Danny, Sophie and Tiffany, you guys are in a team for the project,” said Ms Hailey.
First of all, let me clear up Danny. Danny is Horace but he changed his name because, let’s face it, Horace is a really weird name. The three friends had begged and begged to go to Elwood college. Their parents had agreed and Danny was now the most muscular boy in the school! The three friends also had a secret handshake! In short, they were BFFs and were never going to leave each other.
The End
24/06/2016
My Pet, the Tiger
When I was about 15 and a half years old, I went to a puppy shop and got a baby tiger. I know, it sounds really weird, but the person who ran the shop, had mistaken her as a puppy. I don’t know how, it was obvious that she was a tiger. She had eyes as brown as mud and her soft, furry hair was starting to turn an orange and black colour. I chose her anyway and my Mum and Dad didn’t seem to mind that I had gotten an animal from the wild cat family who was still small. I named her Sparkle. I got Sparkle the best meat I could find. When I turned 20 and Sparkle was a fully grown tiger, I started working in a circus. Sparkle was the animal clown. I fed her the normal pork because that’s what Sparkle likes to eat, put my Dad’s extra large size business suit onto Sparkle and made her walk on two legs to the car.
In the middle of the show, when the children’s stomachs, mouths and ribs were aching from laughing, Sparkle suddenly fainted! That wasn’t part of the show, so I quickly ran over to her as there was a big gasp from the audience .
One person ran up to me… my 18 year old sister, Stephanie!
I whispered to her, “Get the show going. I’ll call Lisa.”
Lisa was my other sister who worked as a vet, while both Stephanie and myself worked in a circus.
“Lisa!” I said urgently on the phone, “Sparkle’s unwell. Get ready for surgery. We are coming in 20 minutes.”
“Okay,” Lisa replied to me.
4 hours later...
“Is she O.K?!?!?!” I cried when Lisa came out of the operating theatre.
“Well, it actually looks like someone vomited and then a pig ate it up...and the person who had vomited had consumed some drugs!!!” my sister said in shock. “Then,” she continued, “ You ended up buying and feeding that pig to Sparkle.”
“Oh no!!! Will she be okay?” I asked fearfully.
“She’ll be in hospital for 1 week but she’ll be fine.”
“O.K.” I said. “I just want her to be O.K.”
1 week later…
Sparkle was doing a good job making people laugh again. She knew exactly how to act just like our Dad when he was in a rush to get to work.
In the show, my friend Tom did Dad’s voice perfectly.
Our show was...I can’t even describe how good it was! Well I guess I could describe it as great x 100000000000000000000000!
The End
11/06/2016
The new puppy
Girls or boys!!!!!????? Seven or eight!!!!!????? Bark
or squeak!!!!!????? The answers were all going to come when Sparkle was going
to have her puppies. If I am totally confusing you reader then I must explain
to you that I am in an animal hospital (I really can’t be bothered learning all
that unuseful stuff. Like the name of this place) and our pet dog Sparkle is
having her puppies and- is she all right? Yes she jolly well is. Said the vet
who was jolly good at being annoying. Eight puppies to be exact sweetie 8! Can
I see them? I asked. My mum was standing up and I was dancing around in
circles! Sparkle had had puppies!!! And, reader you should know that after 2
weeks when the puppies started playing, how hard it was for us to look after
them. They widdled and pooed everywhere and they needed so much puppy food and
there was so much hair around the house even in the toilet! And all of them ran
to you at once and licked you all over…. except one little girl puppy, who we
had named Olive. She was always sticking to her mother. She looked as if she
didn’t know the human world and she was not too happy about being in it. It was
like she was always hiding with Sparkle and never left her. From that day on I
knew that there was something special about her. One day I even tried to pet
her but she hid behind Sparkle and Sparkle growled. So I think that Sparkle
feels more protective of her too. Olive never came to me even when I showed her
doggy treats! One day when I was snoring away in the night, some thing- not any
old thing a dog’s fur, softly nuzzled me. It was Olive’s fur! She got under the
comforter and- and her body was so cold. She was whimpering. At once I
understood that she was cold. I put her in the middle where it was warmer.,.,
and fell asleep. In the morning when I woke up, Olive was playfully nudging me.
It looked like we were best friends already! I don’t actually know how we came
to be best friends but we were!
THE END
26/05/2016
Classwork Poem by Freya
15/05/2016
New Poem by Freya
23/04/2016
This morning I saw the delivery boy’s bulging apron and told
him to come to my office. I saw that his apron was full of 17 oranges! I told
him to wait there as I locked the door from out side and went to get a
colleague. I don’t know how it happened but when I came back, there was nothing
but air left on the table! I checked every where but I couldn’t find evidence
any where. I finally guessed that the cheeky boy had eaten all of the oranges
along with the peel and the pips. But how could he have done that? The oranges
were very big. I had no evidence so I had to let the boy go and beg the
colleague not to report me to the police.
Signed, Pongo
18/04/2016
Helios
One day, on a planet
called the Tinkle-Tots, a Helio decided to go and visit Earth. So it went in its
spaceship that by the way was a mini sphere with striped purple, pink and blue
moons all over it! After sitting in the space ship for 9999999999999999999
years (one earth second), the Helio was walking in soft dirt when it a saw a
big mansion. It made a perfect home for itself in the smallest daughter Masie
Hillsbrough’s top dressing drawer with enough to eat because of the nail
polish, eye shadow, lipstick, foundation, mascara and blush. Maise never used
these things because she was only 8, but she was getting into the habit of
using them. Then one day when about to go to a concert, she opened her dressing
drawer and shrieked. Because there was a creature covered in all her make-up
and eating some nail polish. Eeeeeeeek!!!
The Helio shouted. It then stayed
silent. Then without a warning it fell down and looked dead. It was because the
strange creature it had consumed too much poison. Masie didn’t want to
catch something herself, so she quickly grabbed a pair of tongs and put the
Helio in the bin. A little while later, the Helio woke up and got up and
started walking towards his spaceship. He wasn’t really dead, he was
unconscious! Once he went back to Tinkle-Tots, he correctly decided never to go
and visit Earth again.
The end
30/03/2016
ONE DAY I SAW A DOG.
THEN I SAW A CAT. THEN I WENT TO SCHOOL. THEN I WENT HOME. THEN I DID MY HOME
WORK. THEN I ATE DINNER. THEN I SLEPT. THE NEXT DAY I SAW A CAT. THEN I SAW A
DOG. THEN I WENT TO SCHOOL. THEN I WENT HOME. THEN I DID MY HOME WORK. THEN I ATE
DINNER. THEN I SLEPT. THE NEXT DAY I SAW A DOG. THEN I SAW A CAT. THEN I WENT
TO SCHOOL. THEN I WENT HOME. THEN I DID MY HOME WORK. THEN I ATE MY DINNER.
THEN I WENT TO SLEEP.
THE END OF MY REALLY
BORING STORY
22/03/2016
ANKLE DEEP FLOOD REPORTED IN INDIA
31-3-2008 THERE WAS AN ANKLE DEEP FLOOD IN MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA, THE DEEPEST OVER AT AASHIYANA TOWERS. AN OLD
LADY JUST TRYING TO PASS, NAMED LEELA JAIN HAS SAID, ‘I THINK THAT FARMERS AND
ALL THE REST OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN MUMBAI WILL BE VERY HAPPY BECAUSE OF THIS
COINCIDENCE.’ ALL SCHOOLS IN MUMBAI HAVE CLOSED DOWN AND WILL NOT BE OPENED
UNTIL THE FLOOD HAS CLEARED. A 4 YEAR OLD GIRL NAMED HEEVA SAID YAAY AND HER 1
YEAR OLD COMPANION WHOOSE NAME IS FREYA JAIN SAID ‘GOO GOO-WAAAAAAA!’ IT IS A
VERY BIG COINCIDENCE INDEED BECAUSE IN INDIA
THERE ARE 11800 VILLAGES DYING OF THIRST-20,0,00,000 PEOPLE.
20/03/2016
My Ultimate Dinner
It was a freezing cold night.
Lily and Emily walked along shivering, a plan forming in Emily’s mind.
“Hey”, said Lily interrupting Emily’s thoughts, “You know how I stole Mum’s credit card, maybe we could go to that disgusting old restaurant called “Just Veggies”. We should have taken another route when we ran away from home to Grandma’s home, but at least we should get some food.”
“Well it is the only restaurant around here, let’s do it!” said Emily irritated that she had to eat veggies.
When they entered the restaurant, they couldn't believe their eyes!
In front of them was a room bigger than a palace! It looked like the walls were made of solid gold! A person who looked like a butler, with not a crease on his blacker-than-black suit, told us to have a seat at a table, so long that we couldn’t see the end of it! The chairs looked more like thrones, with the soft as cotton red cushions.
As we sat down, the butler told us that we could order whatever food we wanted to have!
Lily ordered margarita pizza, I ordered pasta and we both ordered a strawberry-vanilla cake for dessert. As soon as we had placed the order, there were chefs in their whiter-than-white masterchef hats and clothes, coming with real gold plates that were really heavy towards us. We started munching on our super-delicious food.
The pizza was so good! The cheese would melt in your tongue and the warm tomato sauce was a smooth, continuous taste over the pizza.
The pasta on the other hand was mixed up with delicious tomato and herb pasta sauce and the welcoming warmness was just the right amount to make me feel warm all over! Let me just say, the food wasn’t too hot or too cold, it was just purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfecto! When we had food at our house, it would be so hot, that even if it was your favourite, you wouldn’t even be able to gobble it up!
The second we had finished our food, in the blink of an eye, there was the biggest cake you had ever seen with pink, purple and light blue icing! They were our favourite colours! In light green icing, there was written “Lilly & Emily!”
For a second, I wondered how they knew our names, but the sight of the cake made my mouth water so much, that I forgot it and we both stuffed ourselves with slices of it until we couldn’t fit a crumb more of it into our bulging tummies.
We could have all of that plus a ride over to Grandma’s in a cool, red sports car for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The End
11/03/2016
The
Flood
Elisa lived in Nigeria
where it rained heavily a lot and the highest flood ever recorded was 20 metres
deep!!! It rained everyday and most of the days the children had to play with a
raincoat. This is a time about when there was a flood knee deep!!! They had
never had a flood more than up to the soles of their feet! The teachers sent
home as many kids home as they could, and kept the other children in the huge
staff room which was pretty much everyone. Their parents tried to walk in the
water and carry their children at the same time but it was impossible that’s
why their children had to walk which was not a problem because everyone in
Nigeria was born 2 metres tall and as thin as a pencil. 4 days later every thing was OK.
The
End
04/03/2016
A story written by an 8-year old
A day at the moon museum
I
couldn’t believe it! We were going to the greatest moon museum in history for
my birthday! I was an eight year old turning nine in two days and I was
different from all the other girls. They were interested about Hopkins and girly stuff like that, but I was
interested in space. I didn’t like space before, it was just when term 3
started, and we were learning about the solar system that I started getting
really interested in space. Now that my birthday was two weeks after term 3
started, my Dad and Mum decided to go to the biggest and best moon museum in
history!!!.......
.....the
last night some drunken people had found their way into the museum and had sat
there drank beer next to the big hydrogen filled balloon of the moon.
....at
the museum they were finally about to reach the big hydrogen balloon of the
moon, when one of the drunk guys started to light a cigarette. In a flash the hydrogen
balloon caught on fire and then burst and the whole big room caught on fire! I
snatched my mum’s phone because she was checking face book and she hadn’t even
realised that the room was on fire. I called the fire brigade and the police. They
were there in less than a minute!!! They put out the fire and the police caught
the drunken guys but the museum was a wreck. It was lucky that my dad, a
builder who was desperately looking for a job, could re-build the room.......
The end
23/02/2016
Dear whoever is reading this,
I would like to inform you that I just wanted to write a
random letter on a random topic to the world.
And in this time the first topic that I thought of WAS…
the weekend!
At the weekend, (including Friday) I first had a sleepover
with Anna. For dinner we had burgers and for breakfast we had a cheese toastie.
Anna left at 9:36 and then I went to PCYC, my dance class from 10 to 11. after
coming home, I studied for 2 hours. The rest was aaram.at 4:00 we left the
house to go to big W to buy my helmet but sadly, I didn’t like any of them Then
we went to white night. It was too early and there were hardly any performances
so we ate fries, a burger and an oreo milkshake at Lord of the Fries and went
to Luna Park. We returned home at around 11:45
and slept at 12:00. At Sunday I studied for 2 hours and did literally nothing.
Sincerely, Freya
16/02/2016
It doesn’t
matter!!
Sophia and Emma
always fought with each other. They were worst enemies and they were sisters!
How weird is that!!?? Today was particularly bad. They were arguing about
weather the baby in their mum’s tummy would be a girl or a boy. BOY!!! Screamed
Sophia. GIRL!!! Screamed Emma. BOY!!! GIRL!!! BOY!!! GIRL!!! ENOUGH!!! Shouted
their mother. GO TO YOUR ROOMS!!! NO MORE WORDS OUT OF ANY OF YOUR MOUTHS. AND
I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE BABY! UNDERSTOOD?!!! The girls ran to their
rooms, crying. Another day passed… Sunday, at Sunday their parents had a big
talk about arguing. They also made a chart that showed how many stars for not
arguing and for being together. It looked like this.
The gold
stars were Emma and the silver Sofia’s.
Sofia only had
2 because she had started a fight but Emma didn’t get involved in it. The
person who would get the most stars would get to choose where to go out on
Friday to a restaurant to eat and the first week Emma chose. After that days
were always happy….!
01/02/2016
The Blue Sapphire
Once in the eleventh centuries, there was a girl. Not any ordinary girl, a WITCH! She wasn’t the type that went around on her broom killing whoever she could, she was the proper kind who healed animals, made potions and had a magic wand. She lived in a forest called the Dark Windlewoods. No-one really came there, so she had built a village of witches called “The Windlewood Witches”. She also had a flying pet toad called Warty and a cat who was practically dead because she had been paralysed for 8 years by a potion the witch had made her drink to test out. The kind witch was also finding a herb to heal her though she couldn’t find any yet. You could describe her as “warty”, for she had three warts on her left foot and four on her right. She had a mole on the tip of her nose, with three proud hairs sticking out of it and her skin was as wrinkly as an elderly person who was 4444 years old. In fact, she was 4444 years old! Her voice was sweet and loving, not like other witches with croaky voices like toads (no offence if you are one of those people!). She lived in a lovely little cottage and when someone rang the doorbell. It was a sweet melodious sound. But if you went inside, then it was as messy as a pig sty.
So one bright, sunny, day, as the great witch Candice Delarosa, as she was known, was flying on her battered broomstick, she noticed something odd.
As she swished past another witch, Abigail Whitmore, Abigail scowled at her! She was normally so nice and kind and she chattered non-stop for hours but today she scowled at her?
All over the nice and busy village, witches were scowling at Candice and looking at her as if she was some foreign alien who wanted to destroy their village and colony!
After this went on for a few days, Candice couldn’t bear it, so she went to the great goblin, Qilex Kneetongue. His name sounded grand, even though he was green, wrinkly and disgusting. The witch took a deep breath and started talking immediately.
“Well everyone’s behaving really weirdly and I think that the Sapphire gone crazy so that’s why I came here to see you….”
Now, Need to tell you a story. Once upon a long, long time ago, there was a small, young goblin named Quilex Kneetongue. One day when ho was roaming around, he found something sparkling and blue dug up under the soil. He gave it to his father who tested it. “It is the greatest power in the world,” he had boomed. “It controls the magical and non-magical world. When I die, son, you are going to look after it. You have to feed it exactly one drop of…” he paused looking at the sapphire. “...One drop of water. Clean at exactly 12pm every week, Sunday.”
Now let’s return to our story.
“Yes, I know that it has gone crazy!” said Qilex worriedly. “Everyone here is behaving strangely too! I think that...ah! Yes, I forgot to feed it this week because my servant’s dragons, Stella and Stan flew off but we found them just yester-”
“Oh yes! OK,OK I get it. Stop talking and get to the point. You drift off a lot”Candice said obviously irritated. “Do you think I should make… Questeropia? It’s the strongest cleaning potion that I have. If you want it, then it will be ready by tomorrow.”
“I hope it will work, but anyway, make it,” said a worried Qilex.
Candice went home and immediately started making the potion.
Herbs, Lizard’s tongues, cockroach legs, all of it went in!
The next day, Candice quickly went to Qilex’s castle.
“Password?” asked a guard. “Fried fish” said the witch worriedly. She went into the room where the Sapphire and Qilex were waiting. Candice carefully picked the Sapphire up and put it in the huge cauldron filled with Questeropia. There was a big hissing noise and green spark. Wait a minute… green sparks? Questropia was the same colour as the Sapphire!!! Suddenly a green thing in a shape of the old Sapphire emerged from the cauldron. “What?” shrieked Candice. “Calm down Candice. At least we have the Sapphire back to normal. It is kind of weird to see a green Sapphire, but… well it’ll be OK.” said Qilex.
So from then on, there was a perfectly normal green Sapphire that Qilex never forgot to feed it. Oh yes! I nearly forgot to tell you that Candice’s cat is okay! What a happy ending to a great story!!!
The End
28/01/2016
My vacations in India
First I went to mumbai and
the only interesting thing there that I remember that I did there was going to
essel world which was boring. I had gone to borivali to meet my dadi. I had fun
with her but I was bored. Then we went to banglore. There I played with the
chutko called aarin. I also sgot bored there because he wasn’t friends with me
but he was still kind of okay. Then we went to udaipur. There it was the same as banglore
because everyone came there.
The end!!!!!!
03/12/2015
Giraffes
“In the morning when I woke up, I
found myself in Africa! God knows what I was doing there! I quickly hid under
an acacia tree. Just then I saw 4 long spotted legs which I knew belonged to a
giraffe! I went outside and asked the giraffe Excuse me? Yes my dear? he also asked.
Um er agh. I didn’t know what to say. Can I touch you? It was probably the
stupidest thing I had ever said! But the kind giraffe didn’t take it that way.
Of course you can he said in a loving tone. Once I was safely up on its back,
it started to eat the acacia leaves. Don’t eat them! I shouted they have got thorns
on them! Oh, its okay, I have
thick hair on my tongue which helps me to not get hurt. I wanted proof. So I
asked, show me then. He stuck out his tongue. Wow, not only hair but what a
long tongue! It is about 21 inches long! I exclaimed. Then I added, I’m
thirsty. While it was running, I told it that it was running at 50 km per hour,
and it told me that it ate 45 kg’s of food every day! Now at the waterhole, the
giraffe asked me to have a drink. Oh no, no, no! I said. I might as well have a
drink at home. I hadn’t thought about how I was going to get home but I was
having so much fun that I nearly didn’t care!
17/11/2015
Should skate boards be allowed on
foot paths
There are
reasons for skate boards to be on foot paths and not to.
Firstly,
people might get annoyed if they are having a peaceful walk and a skateboard
just whizzes past.
After that,
skateboards might have to go very slowly because a group of people are blocking
the foot path.
On the other
side, skate boards should be allowed on foot paths because if there are kids
then they might be scared of riding on the road.
Lastly, if
kids are with their mum or dad, they might not want to go on the road and get
separated from their mum or dad.
In conclusion, I believe
that skate boards should be allowed on and off foot paths.
13/11/2015
The winning goal
“5 minutes
to go. One team has to score a goal.” I was taking all of the information in.
We were playing a netball game. We had
had a draw and now we had 5 minutes left and the teams had to try to score a
goal. I was so tense that my knees were quivering. The game had started, they
were about to score a goal and they……………..missed! Allysa (our team mate)
snatched the ball and passed to me. I ran to where the ball was being thrown to
and caught it just in time. I passed it to Courtny (another team member), I ran
into the goal circle and Courtny passed it back to me and I shot a goal. It
missed. I caught the rebound and shot again. This time it went in just as the
siren went off and I was squashed with hugs and all I could hear was loud cheers
over boos. I had won the Grand Finals!!!
12/11/2015
(But this outing is from 7-7-2090)
The zoo
On Saturday,
I went to the zoo!
First we saw
my favourite animal, the tiger. The ride on its back was awesome.
Unfortunately, you can’t ride on the other animals! What a shame! The elephant was next. Its skin
was awesome! It was just like my grandma’s skin, just harder. Then came the
giraffe's turn. The top of her head was like a high lookout, only better! I hate
to say it, but then it was time for lunch! Boo-oo-ooooo! Anyway it was still thrilling! You would love
to have a Super-lolly smash sandwich with lots and lots of caramel on it, won’t
you?
After lunch
it was the thrilling gorillas! “Oh gosh!” It would be hard to forget the
fantastic ride on its back! Then it was the swift deers. Oh-oh I lost the race
but my dad had a draw. To cool us down, we had some Lonkle-donk. “Boy, that
was refreshing!
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Into the canhead and back home and straight into bed for me!
The end
27/10/2015
Dear Mrs Lady,
I really want to be the class
captain and I have some good reasons.
I am really good at sorting
out problems like remember when Eliza and Emma had a melt down. At lunch I had
actually sorted them out and that’s why you thought it was a miracle.
I am also good at following
instructions like when the class started to have a toilet paper fight and I
told them to stop and they did?
I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally hope
two reasons with their examples would be enough to let you choose me to be the
class captian.
Yours truly, Freya
24/10/2015
The talking fish
I couldn’t help it. I had to
get out of home and investigate what the rumour of the talking fish was. I was
a kind of a girl who liked solving mysteries. I now really, really, really
hoped I was back at home in bed. But now it was way too late to turn around and
go home looking like a big fat scaredy cat!!! I… had…to…keep…up… I thought
clutching the stich in my chest. I was nearly at the jungle. I gulped. I’d
reached the room where the rumour of the talking fish had started. I quietly
opened the door and saw a barrel: just like in the rumour. I gulped several times and took only one step inside. “I knew
you would come here” said a soft but spooky voice. Just then a fish dived out
of the barrel and turned into my best friend Becca! B-b-be-Becca! I stammered.
Now Nancy, she
said in her stern normal voice not a word about this to anyone! Threatened Becca.
Quick as a flash I took out my knife and slashed through Becca’s neck. Phew, I
said and ran home back in to my warm, cosy bed.
22/10/2015
All children should learn to dance
I believe all children should
learn to dance.
Firstly, kids would have more
fun
After that, kids would get
more exercise.
Lastly, kids would be able to
meet new people and have more friends.
In conclusion, I believe kids
should learn to dance because they would have more fun, get more exercise and
would be able to make new friends.
10/10/2015
It’s my birthday today
but……. Oops!
“It’s my birthday today! Hooray! Hooray! Happy birthday to
me happy birthday to me! ” Sang Cristana as she skipped down the stairs to hugs
and kisses from her dad.
Sorry, didn’t tell you about Cristana.
She was a pretty girl with long blonde hair, green eyes and
was so kind you couldn’t imagine her kindness. Her nickname was Chris. Her mum
had died on the day she was born due to terrible tummy aches when Cristana
wriggled around. (Even her father didn’t now how that could happen!) Chris also used to have a pet cat named Leltra.
Now about her dad.
Her dad was bald, had green eyes (like Chris) and had raised
Chris from until she was born.
Chris smelled something deeelicious. She saw a fresh batch
of royalty cupcakes on
the table! (well at least they looked like that!)
Without warning, Chris grabbed one of the cupcakes, liked
the icing off and gobbled down the cupcake.
Sorry again, I just needed to tell you Chris’s dad made the
best cupcakes EVER!!!
After gobbling at least three cupcakes, Chris and her dad
were off in the car to a “surprise”.
When Chris saw where they were, Chris shouted ‘hooray!’ so
loudly that even her dad jumped in his seat so high he hit the roof.
“Keep ouch! It down ouch! Chris!!!” scolded her dad.
“Sorry dad, it’s just that I’m soooooooo exited to be at
the……. aquarium
Hoorayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
This time her dad got so afraid that he lost control of his
driving and bumped his head on the roof.
“If you make one more noise in the car then we are going
back home right now!” threatened her dad.
Once inside the aquarium, Chris heard a steady beat. Soon
she got the rhythm of
it and started clicking along to it. But not for soon though, ‘cause just after
that she saw the most cutest, baby crab ever! But she also didn’t see Nipper,
the naughtiest crab ever escaping the enclosure. A crab on the loose! If Chris
heard it she’d be screaming her head off for hours!!! She was different from
all the others. Literally all of the girls in her class loved dolphins. Chris’s
favourite was a whale. Anyway, back to the story. After she had seen crabs, the
dolphin show, seal show, penguins, coral reef fish and whales, she saw a orange
figure darting across the shark enclosure. She stopped for a second and saw the
awesome hammer head shark but then kept on going along and finding out what
that little orange thing was.
Once she found it, it was a crab and she screamed. But the
crab didn’t move and it didn’t even try to come to her to bite her. Her dad was
following and she asked him if it was OK to touch the crab. “Be careful, but …
wait, I have got some gloves which I always keep around, so here, have them and
touch it. It is not baring its claws at you … so go ahead, but be careful.”
Chris put on the gloves swiftly and touched the crab with
the tiniest touch you could ever do. It didn’t move. So Chris started stroking
it. It didn’t move either. So Chris gave it to one of the staff and he quickly
put it back in the enclosure so that it didn’t bite him. “The crab didn’t bite
me”, said Chris, after Nipper was safely back in the enclosure with his kid.
“He probably would have liked you”, said the staff.
After the incident with the crab, she saw sharks, alligators,
water snakes, jelly fishes, puffer fish and blue rays.
When she reached home, she gobbled down four of the cup
cakes, because she was so hungry after a whole day at the aquarium. “That was a
big day for you”, said her dad and he also had a cup cake.
The end
10/10/2015
SCHOOL UNIFORMS
Intro: I believe we should not
have school uniforms.
Firstly, if we have other clothes and we don’t wear them
throughout the week for nearly the whole year they might get too small and then
it will just be a waste of money.
Secondly, kids would probably
prefer to have to different clothes all year.
After that, school uniforms
might be itchy and uncomfortable for kids.
Then, school uniforms might be
too expensive to buy.
However, if we have school uniforms then if we get lost then
teachers can spot us easily.
Lastly, uniforms show us as a part of the school.
Therefore, in some ways school uniforms are good and bad for
us.
25/09/2015
Comparing 2
(Animals)
Dogs aren’t better than cats
.? Are they? Or are cats better than dogs? Sorry,sorry-my mistake. Are dogs
better than cats? Cats are probably better because they are peaceful and calm.
But aren’t dogs better because you can train them, play with them and they are
better buddies?
You think cats are better?
Yeah I agree with you. Oh, you think dogs are better? Sorry cat liker, I’m on
the dogs team. Oh, another
cat liker? CAN SOMONE TELL ME WHAT IS
BETTER?
24/09/2015
Comparing
(Writing)
Typing is way better than
writing. In writing your hand aches and a 2 hour text can be typed in about 30
minutes. All you have to do is press some buttons. But wait. Speaking is even
better. A 2 hour text can be said in just 3 minutes. Way better than typing it-
soooooooo boring and tiring pressing so many buttons. But isn’t just dreaming
it through better?
07/09/2015
THE STRAY
Hi
guys I’m Andy and I am going to tell you a story about a stray I found on the
pavement .
It
was a ….. I know you wont believe it but it just a tiny tiny goldfish swimming
in a bowl. I quickly went to the pet store bought the fish food, took
advice about how much to feed Goldie (I named her that) and fed her just
a tiny pinch. She gobbled it up in less than 10 seconds so the shop keeper said
to feed her a little more.
After
Goldie was safely back home I changed
the water in her bowl and the next day I bought Goldie to school to show
everyone; all of them loved her because of her size and name.
Days
passed happily until one day there was a phone call from a lady named Joe. It
was about the gold fish. I knew I had to give it to her so I did and in return
my mum got an even cuter and smaller one and I named it exactly Goldie.
The end
08/08/2015
In the movie The Wizard
of Oz………..
Dorothy a little girl is
the main character. This is what happens in the movie up to where I have seen
it……………
First a lady takes Dorothy’s puppy
away, luckily he jumps out of the basket from the back.
The lady is actually a witch. Then
there is an earthquake. Dorothy’s house flies away. While it is flying she sees
men, women, houses and the witch.
When the house lands Dorothy is in
a strange land…………………..
In the movie PK ..........
PK an alien is the main character.
This is what happens in the movie up to where I have seen it…………..
Three spaceships come to earth but
they leave only 1 alien behind. It is PK. In his planet he doesn’t wear clothes
and they talk telepathically. He has also got a locket so that the spaceships
know where to find him. He then saw a thief…………….
In the movie Minions…………
Bob, Stuart and Kevin the minions are the
main characters. This is what happens in the movie up to where I have seen
it...........
The minions want a master. They try out all the
different sorts but they don’t work. Then they find an Iceland and they play
there but they get really bored and so Bob Stuart and Kevin go out of the cave
and try to find a master…………………
11/06/2015
The birthday party
The
food. The cake. The park. Everything was set beautifully for the birthday party
by my mother and father (except the park!). I was soooo excited and my insides
were churning with happiness and I couldn’t wait for the party to start and I
wondered who was going to reach the park first.
It
was already 2:00 I had called them at
1:00. tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Seconds passed. Minutes passed. I
really wanted to play but I didn’t dare move from my spot. What if someone
came? This was gonna’ be the worst party ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cake cutting
time came. The knife was about to go in when I heard lots of voices being sung
in chorus. It went like this. “Happy birthday to you happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear Freya happy birthday
to you. Hipip hooray *3” I swirled around. There was everyone!!!
This
was gonna be the best birthday
ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
07/07/2014
Lola’s Trip
Lola was bored, she didn’t even have any parents, they died. Now that’s a long story, so I'm not going to go into it. So anyway, all Lola did was get dressed every morning and go to school and come back and have dinner and all that stuff, but one Saturday that was enough! And enough is enough!!! So Lola sat down and thought about what she could do and the first one was it! She was going to learn to swim. She researched on her dad’s old laptop and that was decided that she was going to learn to swim at MSAC (swimming centre) but she was a little worried because she didn’t know how to swim. But that was fine, because she was going to LEARN. So she went over to MSAC, it was huge to her! So she got dressed and went to pool she was meant to go in and found her swimming teacher. She was well entertained by how her swimming could swim. Her teacher asked to kick her legs, holding on to the edge of the pool. But she stopped again and again for breaths. Soon after Lola’s swimming lesson, she was all wrinkly. She was so happy that she decided to have lots of swimming lessons. She also decided that every year she would have a different sport, so she never got bored again.
The End
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