Times table fun...

We have been practising our times tables everyday but not in the usual way. In groups we move around lots of activities like the drawing in the sand, chalf, skipping, ball throwing. As we do the activity we say the table that we are working on.

"Take your marks get set GO!"Yelled the starter. Isprint down the hill, befor long I can see the finish line, my arms swoop faward my legs triple the speed.

"Yay!" I scream as I rip the tape off the posts.

suddenly I'm in a swarm of runners.
"Attention, Attention!" Said the loudspeaker.
"In first place is Justin Beeber! Seconde place is Michel Jackson! Third place is eminEm! lease stand on the podeum said the loud speaker.
I take my place with pride.  as I'm awarded my GOLD!!MedalI'm so full of joy I fell like I was going to exploid!
                                                                 The end.

                                                            By Natalie Woolfe.

Catapult

Anna felt like she could rip her brother in half. The way he had shouted at her had made her feel down in the dumps. She blinked her long red eye lashes vacantly. Anna wished she was with Flora-Rose, her best friend. She was travelling around the tropical islands right this minute while she, Anna McCruchberry was a grumpy old goat. "Anna!" yelled her former brother. That's what she was going to call him now. "Go feed Catapult!" he said appearing at the door, trying to mimic Anna's mothers voice. 

Down with Catapult in the barn, she felt soothed and now, Catapult's horsey breath swept all her angry thoughts out of he brain to the river. Mixing the alfalfa hay with the oats, and giving it to her horse, she talked to him about FLora- Rose and how she was travelling around tropical isalnads and how tomorrow she would be in Hawaii. The times with Catapult were the best. If shew as sad she would bury her face in catapult's spottie fur and weep as much as her heart would let her. Suddenly "crunch, crunch, munch, munch, I'm going to eat you!" said a distant voice.

"quick Cat! Let's go!" Anna yelled flinging the saddle that had only a few minutes ago been sitting absently on the saddle rack.

As she walked her horse through the mud, Anna found foot prints. There were three claws with a pointy heel. Anna tethered Catapult to a tree whispering "stay there cat". As she bent down she found a key. I wonder where this goes? In front of her, about ten metres away she saw a door with a lock. She walked over and put a key in. 

By Meg

Hooking the reader

Thud, thud, thump, thump. John was galloping on his horse Bell. Suddently he stopped to use the phone (and called 5893621976) to find out his location. John was in the locomoco Rainforest. He pulled out his map. He was half way there to find the Aroha diamond.
By Millie

The Fire At the Stable

Crunch, crunch, crunch! It was autumn and I had just came back from my holiday in Australia. 

"It was awesome!' I told Isi,my best friend, "Clifton Promise jumped it clear with a metre to spare! Oh, and you should have seen the look on Jock Padget's face!"

"Cool!" Isi said, amazed, " I wish I was there."

It was right there and then I heard it, the roar! The shout of people. I looked at Isi, she didn't look back, I saw the horror on her face. I look in the direction she was looking. The orange scorching flame rose even higher. We ran towards the hot metal gates, in we rushed. There was Annie the stable owner's daughter. "Rocky!" (She was shouting the name of her pony". 

"We will get him and all the other" I said.

"Oh thank you" she said "but you can't, you will get hurt".

"We will" I said "come on Isi". I rushed in. Undoing all the bolted doors, frightened ponies ran out. I started to cough. I was breathing it in. I ran out coughing and spluttering. "I've - finished" I managed, and fell to the ground and passed out. I woke up in hospital. I opened one eye. "Where am I?" I spluttered. 

"In hospital" said a voice. I opened my other eye, it was Isi. "Emma!" my mum smiled "say cheese!" Flash, flash, flash! The camera blinded me.

On Sunday I went to the stables, it was blackened. "The saddles and bridles were broken and apart from that everything was fine" said Annie, looking disapointed. "but mum has a friend who supplies saddles and bridles so they arrive today" she added brightly. Just then they hard a crunch on the gravel driveway. Joe the stable owner came out glumly. "I believe these saddles and bridles are for you?" said Mr Cameron. 

"Yes, they are" said Joe.

Once he had unpacked Joe got out her wallet "no need for money" he said and hopped into his car and drove off. 

3 months later, it was back to normal. The horses and ponies grazed happily, people rode around the arena, relaxed. Just then...

By Pip

lighing

 lighting

Crack! flash! the Tv turned black.

flash the house lit up.

I held my kittens close. Outside the trees were moaning an!

the terrified sound of my kittens made me shiver.

I look out the window at the lights boom flash bang.

All the lights go out.

I felt for my torch and flicked it on ;couted my kittens

1,2,3,4,''were is lilly?''

She appeared from under the bed.

''there you are I say''

I carried them into the solar power room.

I flick on the lights (the solar room is my mums room)

I lay on the bed with my kittens Lilly jumped on me we play for a little while then we fell asleep when I woke up the storm was over but had lost our puppy Sploch ...

By Athena. =] +]  =] +]

One day there were 2 little girls one named Bella and one named Violet. Bella said to Violet "please
come and visit my hut". 
"no thank you" said Violet.
 "please, it is really fun" begged Bella.
" ok but you owe me but there is one thing, it takes half an hour to get there.  Maybe we should stay here?  No no lets go are you sure, yes mum won't know, ok lets go. Then Bella and Violets mum came out. "Bella, Violet where are you? Bella and Violet could not hear. They were lost but they did not know. Bella asked "how much longer".
"Wait that half an hour was up" We are lost oho. Wait i've got lost down here before said Bella. Come on now, I know the way out. O good I was worried that we would never find our way out. What here comes Mum. "there you are" said Mum. I cannot believe your sneaking out, go to your room this is all your fault" said Violet. Bella snuck out her window and tried to hold on the best as she could and quickly jumped in to Violets window. Violet got such a fright that she fell off the bed and broke her arm on a wooden bar. She was crying then mum came in. Bella tried to hide but it was too late. Mum was so angry that she made Bella sty in her for a year. Bella was so angry. Selina which was her mum took Violet to the doctor to get a cast on. When the year was done Violet got her cast off and she felt fantastic. 
By Amber