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AS WE REACH FOR THE STARS !

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From Room 11, 2012.

Fireworks Pictures

We used an iPad app called "Glow Draw" for these.

12 November 2012

Guy Fawkes.

Gleaming lights zoom through the sky.
Boom! Crash! Pop!
Balls of fire explode high in the sky.
Bang!
One shoots out like a rocket
Blasting into the sky,
It pops into a bright colourful flower.
They sound like rockets
Whistling through the air.
After they pop, they sprinkle down
Like glowing snowflakes.
Some explode like cannons,
Blasting everywhere.
Some smash into shapes,
And some pop into all kinds of pictures and
colours.
Fireworks popping in the sky.
Colourfully, fireworks crash to gound.
Bang! 
goes one firework. 
Pop!
goes one more.
We clap. 
We laugh. 
I love lound sounds. 
They make me feel excited. 
I wait in anticipation.
I feel the next firework.
I wait for it to surf into the sky.

08 November 2012

“Yes! We’re going to the beach!” The sun’s rays reached up and pulled itself towards the sky. It was glistening through my window. I raced into my sister’s bedroom and woke them up. My little sister Ysobelle was so excited because we hardly ever go to the beach. I grabbed the towels and tossed them into the back of the car.

I rushed out of the car and threw myself into an enormous wave. It was so big that it tossed me into the air. For a minute, I thought I could fly, but I just fell straight back into the water. We had a great time playing in the sand but eventually it was time to go fishing. My dad was the first to catch anything. It was a massive kawhai. It was so big that we had enough for dinner so it was time to go back to shore.

We jumped into the car and my sister started to cry She didn’t want to go home.  
“Run, run, run!” I was excited. Sprinting to the cricket nets we go. I got ready. “Batsmen up!” I went down the long, waiting, green pitch.

“Come on. Throw the ball to me”. After a bit, my cousin bowled it to me “Bash!” I smashed the ball past Kensington and past the glowing, burning sun. It looked like the sun was about to catch it. New batsman up! It was my cousin’s turn. “Get ready!” I yelled over again and again. He got ready and went sprinting down the pitch with joy. “I’m ready”, he said in an echoing voice. I took my run up. “Woosh!” I threw it to my cousin. He missed it completely. “Bowled!” I had knocked over the stumps.

“I win!” I said in a loud, bragging voice. After a while, we packed up all our gear. It was as heavy as an enormous elephant but we still ran, ran, ran, home.  
I stood on the diving board, shaking as if I were in Antarctica. I had enough butterflies in my stomach to cover all of America! I took a glance at the water with a nervous face, and then at the crowd, and back at the water again. But this time, it was even scarier. Am I going to win? Will I take out this race? Eventually, I heard these words crawling through my eardrums, “Take your mark, get set..........”

I dived into the water, leaving a splash. All I could hear was my mind telling me “Go, go, go!” as I swam to the surface to take a massive gulp of air, and back down again. I could feel the water running past me, up against my skin. Before long, I was half way through the pool, when somebody tapped me on the head. “What's that ?” I stood up to see what had tapped me on the head.

Immediately, my face transformed into the reddest apple on the planet as I looked around. Back at the start, my opponents were still standing like statues, watching me. I could tell that they were laughing inside but they didn't want to let it out, just like soda that’s been shaken in a soda bottle. I slowly plopped out of the pool, trying to hide my face, and climbed back on the same block as I was on before.

On your marks, get set,
“Bang!”
FIREWORKS !

Cracking, whistling, bopping.
The fireworks were jumping into the night,
Like shooting stars,
Orange cheese balls, blasting into the air. 
A sudden rocket goes up high.
BOOM!
Wow! What’s that?
BANG! CRASH!
Flames leaping, dancing up high.
Catherine wheels whizzing around.
Pop! Pop! Colourful fire in the dark 
Crack! Smack! Popping in a circle.
Watch the fireworks go bang.
Tickling the sky with bright fingers.  
“Hooray!” I said, as I unwrapped my presents. I was screaming extremely loudly because I had loads of presents. I was amazed that my mum could afford them all because she is really poor. After a while, we were all awake, ready, and the rest of my family had unwrapped their presents.

After that, we had a race to see who could get to the car first to be buckled in. By the way, everyone was included in this race. Eventually, we set off for the journey that lay ahead. On the way, we got petrol for our car and some groceries for lunch. We were at our friends’ house by 10.00 am. After an hour, everyone had joined us. Soon, everyone started arranging everything. By 11.30 a.m. everything was set up. At 12.00 pm we had lunch. But I was feeling sick. I vomited a lot , so I was told “go and have a lie down”. In my dreams the sun was millions of cheese balls, running around the earth. I woke up from a deep dark sleep about an hour or so later. I ate some more delicious food and then I played with my annoying little niece who is only two years old. Who knew that a two year old girl could be so annoying?

Late that night we went home and I felt even more terrible so my mum made me a hot chocolate so that I felt happy.