The Sound Collector

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The Sound Collector 

A stranger called this morning
Dressed all in black and grey
Put every sound into a bag
And carried them away.

The whistling of the kettle
The turning of the lock
The purring of the kitten
The ticking of the clock

The popping of the toaster
The crunching of the flakes
When you spread the marmalade
The scraping sound it makes

The hissing of the frying-pan
The ticking of the grill
The bubbling of the bathtub
As it starts to fill

The drumming of the raindrops
On the window-pane
When you do the washing-up
The gurgle of the drain

The crying of the baby
The squeaking of the chair
The swishing of the curtain
The creaking of the stair

A stranger called this morning
He didn't leave his name
Left us only silence
Life will never be the same.

 ROGER MCGOUGH

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I Have Always Been Lucky

I have always been lucky.

When I was seven

my parents gave me a red bicycle.    

I rode it every day until

it became a part of me.

~taken from James Brown's poem, The Bicycle.

Here is a video showcasing audio highlights from some of our poems based on The Bicycle by James Brown. You can find the full poems and more on the Tree of PRIDE branches (student blogs) to the side.



Superstar Poems from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

Here are links to the poems:

• My Laptop by Imaan (Presented with Sock Puppets)
• My Rugby Ball by Crighton (Presented with Voki)
• The Scooter Poem by Emma (Presented with Sock Puppets)
• The Cricket Ball by Joshua (Presented with audio player)
• The Scooter by Me (Bree) (Presented with audio player)
• My First Motorbike by Tracey (Presented with audio player)
• My First Music Toy by Hemani (Presented with audio player)
• My iPod by Hannah (Presented with audio player)
• The Computer Poem by Zeb (Vocaroo audio player)
• My Own Blackberry Phone by Shivom (Vocaroo audio player)
• My New Dog by Liam (Sock Puppets)

Break Open the Treasure Chest of Learning

Tyrone's winning slogan

Tracey's catchy chant

Room 16 has stepped up to the Learning Slogan challenge. We had a competition and voted for our favourite learning slogan. Tyrone won.

We have combined Tyrone and Tracey's slogans to create a song/chant/waiata to share at assembly tomorrow. Listen to the audio player to hear our noisy practice!

Here are some of our learning slogan posts:

• Emma
• Zeb
• Elijah
• Zach
• Tyrone
• Tracey

WALT use our senses effectively to create a story

Success Criteria:

• Really use the senses so the reader can visualise
• Correct sentences 
• Short, sharp sentences to build tension (in parts) 
• Paragraphing groups of sentences
• Beginning, middle and end
• Problem and resolution

Here is our writing prompt, including words that we visualised from the prompt using our senses. I wonder how well we will achieve the criteria of the story.

We are off to a good start! These voice recordings are from various students' first steps to create a story generated from the visual prompt. 

Casey reading from "Branches"

Alexandra reading from "Once Upon A Time"

Parris reading from "Mysterious Tunnel"

Jacob reading from "The Forest Of Gold"

Kharn reading from "Little Blue Riding Hood"

Bianca reading from "The Four Friends"

Jake reading from "The Peaceful Path"

Hannah reading from "The Thing That Is Following Me"