Class effort

Press, 22 April 1986, Page 18

Class effort

A special $2O prize in the form of a book voucher goes this week to Room Two at Ohoka School, in Kaiapoi. Nine of the pupils in the class, all aged nine or 10, sent in a poem. They based their poems on one shown them by their teacher called “Beans.” The class' used the same format for the poems and produced some clever and amusing pieces. Lunches By HAIDEE CHAPMAN, aged 9 Small lunches, Big lunches, Boring old school lunches, Large big majestic lunches. Those are just a few, Lovely lunches, Yuk lunches, Super duper picnic lunches, Red-hot ouch lunches, Fish and chip lunches, too, Jammy lunches, Don't forget peanut buttery lunches, Last of all best of all, I like going out lunches.

Cats (1) By LISA CARMICHAEL, aged 10 Fat cats, Skinny cats, Black and white scratchy cats, Lovely little friendly cats, Those are just a few. Clean cats, Muddy cats, Those that win a prize cats, Also any size cats, Three-legged cats, too. White cats, Ginger cats, Pouncy bird-catching cats, Last of all best of all, I like my cats. Music By CELINE FREWER, aged 10 Loud music, Soft music, Lumpy, bouncy, springy music, Rock and roll and pop music, Those are just a few. Jazz music, Modern music, Orchestral, conducted, classical music, Piano, violin, organ music, Percussion music, too. Happy music, Sad music, Don’t forget recorder music, Last of all best of all, I like party music.

Mums By ANN FORREST, aged 9 Fat mums, Thin mums, Nice happy friendly mums, Angry spanking growly mums, There’s still more to come. Fun mums, Dumb mums, Funny laughing joking mums, Angry shouting bossy mums, There’s still more, kinds of mums to come. Busy mums, Potting mums, Hard-working fit mums, Last of all best of all, Is my own special mum. Books By LOUISE TAYLOR, aged 10 Red books, Blue books, Brand new shiny books, Old scruffy tatty books, Those are just a few. Great books, Good books, Long hard silly books, Short little easy books, Poem books too. Sad books, Happy books, Silly funny joke books, But the thing I like dong is. Reading, don’t you?

Presents By CELIA OFFWOOD, aged 10 Big presents, Small presents, Long, thin and square presents, All size and shaped presents, Those are just a few. Purple presents, Red presents, Black, white and blue presents, Striped, spotted and ribboned presents, Little parcels too. Triangular presents, Circular presents, Often badly wrapped presents, I love all presents, I bet you do too. Cats (2) By KATHERINE FAGERLUND, aged 9 Big cats, Hairy cats, Long thin spotty cats, Fat strong bossy cats. Those are just a few. Sad cats, Glad cats, Chubby white mad cats, Naughty, nasty bad cats, Stray cats, too. Scrappy cats, Happy cats, Pretty litte lady cats. Last of all, best of all, I like kitty cats.

Homework By BELINDA WRIGHT, aged 9 Good homework, Bad homework, Quickly done scruffy homework, Neat slow perfect homework, Those are just a few. Long homework Boring homework, Maths and spelling, tables homework, Really drive you mad homework, Tiring homework, too. Lots of homework. Awful homework, Don’t want to do it homework, Last of all best of all, I like no homework. Bears By NAT OLSEN, aged 9 Big bears, Small bears, Large black hairy bears, Soft little cuddly bears, Those are just a few. Growly bears, I Scowly bears, i Floppy old lazy\bears, Funny nutty; crazy bears, Sleepy bears too. Polar bears, Grizzly bears, 1 Furry fuzzy golden bears, Last of all best'of all, I like honey bears.