Conrad Smith Jones

Conrad Smith Jones was a shop keeper the would war 2 began in 1939 and it finished in 1945.Conrad Smith came home with a big smile because the would war 2 ended then he had to find a job he was walking down the path to find a new job so Conrad Smith Jones built a big dairy shop it had heaps of stuff like radios heaps of fruit like apples bananas tomato even there vegetable carrot Conrad Smith Jones had brown skin he is sort of tall he is really bulky he has brown eyes Conrad Smith Jones wife name was Rosy she was looking after the kids well her husband was at war Conrad Smith Jones finished work he saw the Italy plans and then he ran home quickly as he can his wife  and kids all pack there bags Conrad Smith Jones went to war he went to would war 2 it was really a big battle Conrad smith Jones was in New Zealand he had to battle Italy New Zealand fired bombs and guns at Italy was fired bombs to New Zealand Conrad Smith Jones got really angry Conrad Smith Jones grabbed a bazooka and guns he fired a bazooka at the Italy finally the war ended in 1945 Conrad Smith Jones came home. His kids and wife his brother gave Conrad Smith Jones big hug. Their kids and his wife also gave Conrad a big hug and they lived together.

By Fa'alolo

The Fight for life

Henry Sanford Smith had been fighting for the Allied countries in France. One day he got shot and he crawled through puddles for hours. While he was going through the puddles he saw his reflection in a puddle. He put his medium sized hand through his dark brown hair. He brushed off black ashes on his face, his black pants had holes in them. He didn’t realise that the bullet wound was dripping blood. But he did realise that he was starving for four hours. He had a blackout and woke up in his trench with a medic beside him fixing up the bullet wound in his leg. Suddenly a plane crashed nearby and Henry was in more pain. He had a blackout again and had de je vu because another medic was beside him. This medic was a different one she had been shot too but she still fixed him up. Ten weeks later Henry arrive back to his home, New Zealand. He soon went back to his job being a mechanic.

BY Sanford, Year 6, Aged 11

James Alto

Once there was a man called James Alto who had a wife called Alice Alto and two kids. Their names were Jonathan and Jane. One day James said “Let’s go to the jewelry shop and have a look.”

Then suddenly a man came in with a letter about World War Two. It read, “Dear James Alto. You have been selected by the Government to go to War. I’m sorry you have to leave but it’s a matter of life or death.” 

Then James decided to go to Egypt. It was the day to pack for war. Then it was time to go on the boat. Then he went to say goodbye to his family and a man said, “All aboard the boat of war!” He got on the boat and before he left he bought some food for his family. James felt very sad because he was leaving his family and he might not see them again. 

By Jeremiah, Year 6, aged 10

The Littlest Clown Fish

Once upon a time, there was a little brave clown fish named Red. Red lived in a world full of water that has huge sea volcanoes and heaps of beautiful coral.
One day, Red was forced to go to his Granny's anemone to give her some of the best seaweed in the world. While he was swimming to his Granny's anemone, a Great White Shark named Sharky appeared out of nowhere.
Sharky said, "Where are you going with that basket?"
"To my Granny's anemone that is yellow," Red said, not knowing that Sharky wanted clown fish for dinner. Suddenly, Sharky stole Red's voice.
Sharky then went to yellow anemone and said in Red's voice
"Granny, can you please come outside."
 Granny went outside and Sharky stole her voice and then he ate her up.
Red gained his voice back after a while and went to his granny's anemone and said, "Granny, are you here?"    
"Yes I am," said Sharky in Granny's voice. Red then went to his Granny's room, not knowing that Sharky was in a clown fish suit.
"Granny, what big eyes you have," Red said.
"All the better to see you with," Sharky said.
"What a big mouth you have," Red said.
"All the better to eat with" Sharky said. Red knew that Granny didn't like eating that much, so he instantly knew that it was Sharky.
"What did you do Granny?" Red yelled.
"I ate her up and now I going to eat you up," Sharky growled. Suddenly, a pack of ten orcas went inside the humungous anemone and killed Sharky. Red then went inside the body and pulled Granny out. They lived happily ever after.

By Kyle, Year 5

Hitler and Germany!!!

This Keynote is about Hitler and the way he treated people. He also invaded lots of countries. I learned that Hitler was a horrible man for the way he treated innocent  Jews.



WELCOME TO JAMIE AND LOVELY'S KEYNOTE ENJOY!!!!

Cube master

Well I learnt my tricks from my dad. My dad leant his tricks from my uncle. I am really happy that I can do a cube on my own. I am proud of myself.

By Zeniff, 10 years

The coolest shoes in the world

These are my favourite shoes. They are called air max. I like them because they have bright colours on them. I got them from the dressmart nike store. They've got the best shoes. I look after them very well

by Tyreece

Room 11 Coke'n'Mentos experiment!

In class our topic is 'Chemical Change'. Jonathan, Gus, Zeb and William did the Coke'n'Mentos experiment.

How to do this:
Put mint Mentos in a full Diet Coke bottle.
Screw cap on... Fast!!!
Shake up the bottle
Place on the ground
Unscrew the cap.
Watch in amazement.

Why this happens:
In the Diet Coke there is caffeine, potassium benzoate, aspartame and CO2 Gas. In the Mentos there is gelatine and gum arabic ingredients. All the chemicals contribute to the 'Jet Effect', causing a Coke geyser.

Make sure you have parental supervision when attempting this experiment.
The eruption can reach higher heights than our one in this video!
By Zeb, Gus, Jonathan and William

THE WAR

Nicholas Landall was working on an old spit fire engine when he heard a car roll into the car park. His brown messy hair popped around the door. It was the local air force wanting him for war. Nicholas refused to go but he had too. He went back walking along the foot path with the sun shining on his tan skin. When he got home dinner was waiting for him. The sad news was shared that he had to go to war, his hazel eyes started to go watery. His mother cried her eyes out when they shiped Nicholas out to Greece. He flew an old spit fire, his six foot two body squished inside the cockpit. His leg got burnt in his plane when he landed back at base. Nicholas was thinking about his mum at the time. He felt a pain in his leg. Nicholas had a fifty calibre bullet stuck in his leg from a gun in Greece. When the war finished he returned home with a big scar on his leg. He was twenty four years old. His was the same, apart from him seeing men, women and children suffering in the war.          

By Mitchell year 6

World War 2

Nick lived in Auckland with his mum and dad. Nick had two brothers called Joe and John. They were the same age. They were born in 1895. Nick had brown eyes and has spiky hair. He was tall. Joe had flat hair and he was fast. John had curly hair. Nick, Joe and John all went to Grey Lynn School. Nick was in room 11 and Joe was in room 15 and John was in room 16. Then these people came to their house. They said, “You three have to come to fight in Italy.” The mum and the dad said “NO!” but they said “Yes!” It was three against two so the mum said, “Yes, okay.”  The man said, “Let’s go boys. We need to get you in shape and get you in army clothes.” 

They got in shape. They were skinny. The plane came to get the army people. They fought in Italy and France. Two brothers came back alive but one didn’t. It was Joe. They had a funeral and it was really sad for his twin brother John. They went to visit his brother every day at the cemetery he was only 20 years old.

By Sene, Year 6, 2010  

BOMBS IN WWII

BOMBS

Our class Room 11 has been learning about WWII

I learnt lots of things about bombs.

BY SANFORD

James Smith

James Smith was sitting in the tent running his hands through his straight black hair thinking about his four sons at home in Grey Lynn. Since the war had started it seemed like the only things he could hear were bombs and guns shooting at people and exploding everything around town and destroying everything. James started to cry when he thoght he might not see them again. James had been at war nearly one year. His brown skin shook because he missed his family. He coudn’t believe that he was at war with all his men. James was hit by the Nazis. As he lay in the hospital tent he thought about his four sons. The oldest son’s name was Mathew and he was four years old. His second son’s name was Ethan and he was three years old and the third son was named Jackson and he was two years old. He felt really sad because he had not yet seen his new born son who was two weeks old. He wondered if he wold make it home alive.   

By Zeniff, Year 5, 2010

Geffard Verkerk

Geffard wiped the sweat from his brow and combed his fingers through his blondy brown hair. He had just come back from the Sunday market. He had traded three pails of milk for a sack of flour. Geffard returned home, herded the cows into the shed, drove the herd of three hundred sheep into the barn and put the five hen house doors down. That was when he heard a car horn. Worry filled Geffard's blue-grey eyes as he turned around to find the army Commander stepping out of a army truck. He finished putting the hogs away, wiped his slender fingers on his muddy brown pants and went to ask what was up.
"Er, hmmm...you, Geffard Verkerk, have been commanded to go to war,” recited the commander.

“But I...”

“No buts.”

“What about my kids? They’re only eighteen, I mean who would look after the farm, the sheep, hogs, cows, hens and the horse. They might stuff up, break something, kill something or...”

“What comes first farm or country huh?”

Geffard turned his back muttering,

“Bloody army, bloody General.”

He went to tell his kids who immediately started asking questions about what to do, how to do it and lots more. Soon Geffard was all packed and in uniform. His bulky arms just fit in the sleeves. Then he jumped into the General's car and drove away as the farm disappeared into the distance.  

Famous people of WW2.

This term I learnt how to make a slide show and do lots of stuff on this slide show.

This was interesting because I  have never done a slide show in my whole

life.

Zion

What's your favourite kind of bread?

Famous people of WW2.

This term I learnt how to make a slide show and do lots of stuff on this slide show.

This was interesting because I  have never done a slide show in my whole

life.
Zion

Hitler

Movie by Paige and Savannah with a guest appearance from Stella as the 'Survivour"

WW2 Weapons and Artillery

I really enjoyed learning about the weapons and artillery that were used in WW2 because I have always been interested in weapons and artillery.  

by Daniel

Todd Carney

Todd was in the army and went to fight against the Italians who had sided with Hitler. He saw the Italian army and he loaded his tank and he shot until he had no bullets left. He left to go to war when he was 25 years old and came home at 31 years old. He lived in Grey lynn, Auckland, New Zealand in a small house with his kids and his wife. Todd was born in Wellington, then he  moved to Auckland. That’s where he meet his wife and that's where his wife had kids. When Todd Carney came back he lived a good life with his family. He was lucky to have survived the war. 
By Tyreece, year 6

Anne Frank

In Room 11 we have been learning about WW2 and things that happened around that era. I studied Anne Frank. It was very interesting to learn about Anne because I didn't know much about her at first. Learning about Anne Frank made me think about how lucky we are not to be living during WW2, like Anne Frank.

By Lucy 

Anne-Marie Edwards

Anne-Marie Edwards sat in the dining room listening to the radio, waiting for a war article to come on. Four years ago Anne-Marie and her five children had farewelled Mathew Edwards (Anne-Marie’s husband and the children’s father) off to war. The past four years had been a worrying, frightening time and every once and a while Anne-Marie would burst into seas of tears, her usually pretty, brown face, swollen from crying. Her gleaming brown eyes would go a scary shade of red and her gracefully gentle smile would turn into a heavily pronounced frown.

Anne-Marie sat in her tattered but strikingly clean dining room, still focussed on the radio article. There was  nothing too facsinating on the radio. 

She stood up and found her eldest son David staring at pictures of his father with tears in his eyes.

“He will come back, won’t he?” sobbed David.

“Well, the war has been going on for four years. It can’t go on much longer,” answered Anne-Marie.

“But he will come back, right?” demanded David. 

Anne-Marie hesitated, “Yes he will come back. And even if he doesn’t, we’ll cope.”

“So Dad’s coming back!” squealed David with delight.

“Yes he will, I know he will.” Anne-Marie now had faith - something she hadn’t had in the past four years. 

Loimata, Year 6, Room 11, 2010

The missing piece

There was a knock at the door and a big white van pulled up. Mathew Sheppard hopped in, fighting back his tears. He waved at Florence and then the van drove off. Florence picked up her youngest child James and started crying, making her mascara run. She did not know when her husband would be back from war. Florence put James to bed and then sat on the couch looking at her old photos of Mathew, which she then lay on the mantel piece. Florence ran her slim, long, fingers through her golden curly locks and then slowly made her way to bed. 

In the morning, forgetting that her husband was gone, she went to give him a big hug, then remembered he was not there. James walked in and gave Florence a big cuddle, wondering were his dad was and whether he would be coming back. Florence got up with her night gown dragging behind her. Everything was ever so quiet since Mathew had gone. 

Nearly three months had passed and there was no letter from Mathew. Every night Florence sat listening to the war news on her cheap radio. So far New Zealand soldiers had been sent all over, some in Poland, some in France and some to Gallipoli. 

Days went by slowly. Florence played with James trying to forget about her heart ache. While she was doing this Mathew was fighting Germany in Poland, wishing he was at home and missing his wife’s quirkeness.  Florence went to sleep dreaming about their marrige and the day James was born. 

Florence woke up in a sudden start and ran to see if James was still there. Florence walked into the lounge and laid her hand of the photo of James and Mathew. She started crying, wondering were her husband was now. Looking at the time Florence decided to go back to sleep. In the morning Florence walked up to the mail box, her black boots drenched in mud. She opened the mail box thinking there would be none. She peered through and there was a letter jammed in the back. She walked in with the letter in one hand she sat down and reed the letter.

Dear my darling wife and handsome son, 

This may take a while to reach you, so please be patient. I am in Poland.

My friend Jake was in medical care because he got shot in the arm.

I’m all good though. By the time you get this I will probably be somewhere else.

Miss you all deeply and wishing I see you soon

Yours Truly

Mathew 

P..S Sealed with a kiss 

Hope lifted Florence. She finally knew her husband was alive. There was no longer a missing piece in her heart. Florence told James and they were both overwelmed. Letter after letter had arrived, month after month. It felt like Mathew was there all along. 

By Paige , Year 6

Jake Sinclair-Adams

Jake Sinclair-Adams was lying in his bunk on a boat going back to New Zealand when he had a flashback of him sitting in his friend’s Gold Coast house, eating his breakfast when there was a knock on the door.

It was the postman. He gave Jake a letter and walked off. Jake opened the letter.It said...

Dear Jake, 

You have to come back to New Zealand. I got a letter from the war office yesterday and it said that you have to join the New Zealand army! They know you’re with the Australian army so they know you’re good. 

Safe travels,

Mum.

A couple of days later Jake was on a boat travelling back to New Zealand.

Jake was a average sized nineteen year-old and was having his twentith birthday very soon. He had light brown hair and sky-blue eyes. He worked as a trainer at the Austrailian War Academy (AWA), and was a very determined individual. Jake was smart, funny, very loyal and used to live near the city of Wellington, on the hills.

It felt like a very long ride but then Jake felt the engine slowing down and stopping. Jake got off to see a very tall and staunch man. 

He walked over to him and said, “How was the trip

Jake?”

By Zeb. Year 6, Room 11 2010