W.A.L.T to summarise a news story

On saturday the 3rd of August the Crusaders played the Lions from South Africa in the 2018 super rugby
finals. It was at AMI stadium Christchurch. Richie Mo'unga was named player of the Match for having
100% kick accuracy. My personal favourite is Ryan Crotty who scored a try. Sadly a Crusaders player got
the sin bin which is a yellow card. Scott Barrett scored a magnificent forward try. Jantjies had an equally
distinguished kicking record but the Lions match ended with defeat to the Crusaders.

Night Comes On

Night comes on

Silently the beasts come

When most animals are gone

Only the horses stay unlike some

White, black and brown in coat

When the going gets tough they surely can run

A wild horse hates being put in a float

Daily they have fun

Underneath the sun

They are horses brave, valiant and true

They don’t run while the bell of danger rings

True of heart, brave of soul

Death does not seem possible while the wind sings

All year round the battle for freedom continues

Sun burns and snow blows, in spring foals are born

On the other side of dawn

Andrew T3W2 E-Asttle Writing

Picture One

Look at the photo. Write to describe the moment in time it shows.

Use the details in the photo to help your reader get a clear image of what you can see in the photo.

Describe:

Think about: what your reader needs to know about the photo to know what you can feel, think, see and hear when you look at the photo.  How you are going to introduce your description the order of your ideas and how you link them. Describe the colours, textures, and shapes you see.

Remember to:

Choose your words carefully take care with

1. Spelling
2. Punctuation
3. Sentences edit – add or delete words or sentences to improve your work
4. Paragraphs.

Start your writing here:

Ugh! Suddenly one of the men on the bikes did a tight turn and flicked hot disgusting sand into my mouth now Daniel Carter on number 13 started to catch up. Driving quickly over damp sparkly bushes suddenly his front wheel lifted off the ground and he was doing a wheelie. Shooting past as fast as a bullet both men got closer to the winding track down to the green and colorful forest. But first the river had to be crossed is sparkled with the light of one million diamonds it was cold and icy compared to most of the terrain.

Dark clouds suddenly swarmed the sky and rain lapped down but when both men went through the river I through my head back in despair as most of the wet water from the river fell on me. “Sorry” came Dan Carter’s muffled voice through the helmet. Now came the dangerous bit driving their bikes down a meter wide path. Dan Carter releasing that whoever had the lead then should lead the way down the path to the forest twisting the throttle as hard as he could he tried to take the lead before the treacherous descent.

Awe shockingly the other rider kept a steady pace and was in front at the start of the path. He turned his head and laughed at Carter. Determined Carter stayed and building up speed he drove straight at the wall drove up the stone and landed on two wheels in front of his competitor. But unbalanced was his bike and fell on the hard stone floor having only his feet keeping him from an 60 meter fall. Suddenly he just fell down. Getting off his bike the other rider ran to the edge to see he had fallen in a bush and was getting out. Quickly he ran back to his bike and continued the race.

Spirit kept Carter going a sheep farm was what he’d landed in just in the next door paddock was a horse he through his helmet off and ran to the horse happily he saw it was already saddled with the girth pulled tight. Little did he know of how to put a bridle on but then it hit him. Hopping up on the horse he rode away to the forest bit of the track. He actually beat his competitor to the final bit of the course. With one hundred meters to go he heard the motorbikes engine and saw his competitor ten meters behind they both turned onto the home straight.

Neck and Neck they raced Carter on a horse the other on a motorbike. One minute Carter was in front and the next he was not. Two meters to go and the race was still the same but Carter fell out of the saddle without time to

Start your writing here:

Ugh! Suddenly one of the men on the bikes did a tight turn and flicked hot disgusting sand into my mouth now Daniel Carter on number 13 started to catch up. Driving quickly over damp sparkly bushes suddenly his front wheel lifted off the ground and he was doing a wheelie. Shooting past as fast as a bullet both men got closer to the winding track down to the green and colorful forest. But first the river had to be crossed is sparkled with the light of one million diamonds it was cold and icy compared to most of the terrain.

Dark clouds suddenly swarmed the sky and rain lapped down but when both men went through the river I through my head back in despair as most of the wet water from the river fell on me. “Sorry” came Dan Carter’s muffled voice through the helmet. Now came the dangerous bit driving their bikes down a meter wide path. Dan Carter releasing that whoever had the lead then should lead the way down the path to the forest twisting the throttle as hard as he could he tried to take the lead before the treacherous descent.

Awe shockingly the other rider kept a steady pace and was in front at the start of the path. He turned his head and laughed at Carter. Determined Carter stayed and building up speed he drove straight at the wall drove up the stone and landed on two wheels in front of his competitor. But unbalanced was his bike and fell on the hard stone floor having only his feet keeping him from an 60 meter fall. Suddenly he just fell down. Getting off his bike the other rider ran to the edge to see he had fallen in a bush and was getting out. Quickly he ran back to his bike and continued the race.

Spirit kept Carter going a sheep farm was what he’d landed in just in the next door paddock was a horse he through his helmet off and ran to the horse happily he saw it was already saddled with the girth pulled tight. Little did he know of how to put a bridle on but then it hit him. Hopping up on the horse he rode away to the forest bit of the track. He actually beat his competitor to the final bit of the course. With one hundred meters to go he heard the motorbikes engine and saw his competitor ten meters behind they both turned onto the home straight.

Neck and Neck they raced Carter on a horse the other on a motorbike. One minute Carter was in front and the next he was not. Two meters to go and the race was still the same but Carter fell out of the saddle without time to

Start your writing here:

Ugh! Suddenly one of the men on the bikes did a tight turn and flicked hot disgusting sand into my mouth now Daniel Carter on number 13 started to catch up. Driving quickly over damp sparkly bushes suddenly his front wheel lifted off the ground and he was doing a wheelie. Shooting past as fast as a bullet both men got closer to the winding track down to the green and colorful forest. But first the river had to be crossed is sparkled with the light of one million diamonds it was cold and icy compared to most of the terrain.

Dark clouds suddenly swarmed the sky and rain lapped down but when both men went through the river I through my head back in despair as most of the wet water from the river fell on me. “Sorry” came Dan Carter’s muffled voice through the helmet. Now came the dangerous bit driving their bikes down a meter wide path. Dan Carter releasing that whoever had the lead then should lead the way down the path to the forest twisting the throttle as hard as he could he tried to take the lead before the treacherous descent.

Awe shockingly the other rider kept a steady pace and was in front at the start of the path. He turned his head and laughed at Carter. Determined Carter stayed and building up speed he drove straight at the wall drove up the stone and landed on two wheels in front of his competitor. But unbalanced was his bike and fell on the hard stone floor having only his feet keeping him from an 60 meter fall. Suddenly he just fell down. Getting off his bike the other rider ran to the edge to see he had fallen in a bush and was getting out. Quickly he ran back to his bike and continued the race.

Spirit kept Carter going a sheep farm was what he’d landed in just in the next door paddock was a horse he through his helmet off and ran to the horse happily he saw it was already saddled with the girth pulled tight. Little did he know of how to put a bridle on but then it hit him. Hopping up on the horse he rode away to the forest bit of the track. He actually beat his competitor to the final bit of the course. With one hundred meters to go he heard the motorbikes engine and saw his competitor ten meters behind they both turned onto the home straight.

Neck and Neck they raced Carter on a horse the other on a motorbike. One minute Carter was in front and the next he was not. Two meters to go and the race was still the same but Carter fell out of the saddle without time to

kick his feet out of the stirrup. Jumping back in the saddle with one meter to go and Carter got every last bit of speed out of his horse. It was a photo finnish. Looking at the photo it looked like Daniel Carter won it by a nose. Cursing the stranger got off his bike and stormed away. On the loudspeakers the announcement was “Daniel Carter is the winner” followed by “Unlucky for Danny O'Donoghue.

Weekly tasks

The Legend of how the Thistle became the flower of Scotland

The prickly purple thistle was adopted as the Emblem of Scotland during the reign of Alexander III  (1249 -1286). Legend has it that an Army of King Haakon of Norway, intent on conquering the  Scots landed at the Coast of Largs at night to surprise the sleeping Scottish Clansmen. In order to move more stealthily under the cover of darkness the Norsemen removed their footwear. As they drew near to the Scots it wasn't the only thing hiding under the cover of darkness. For one of  Haakon's men unfortunately stood on one of these spiny little defenders and shrieked out in pain, alerting the Clansmen of the advancing Norsemen. Needless to say it was the Scots who won the day. The first use of the Thistle as a royal symbol of Scotland was on silver coins issued by James III in 1470

Poems of WW1 Part 2

Stars shine bright     
On christmas night
Bayonets gleam
Under the stars I start to dream
Life without the war
It seemed impossible anymore
Khaki and brown uniforms
I looked at the rainstorms
Slowly a pale light starts to rise
Now the kea cries
We are ordered to get into parade formation
because it is time to see another nation
As we go back we see some Aussies
Next we see some Tommies
The orders are charge now christmas later

Going above the rise
Scarily we are in there eyes
Now there are some cries
Next we need to see how the land lies
Then there is a bombardment phase manny Kiwi soldiers get hit
Now we need to run up the hill with our kit
Suddenly German machine guns start firing
Finally the enemy are in my eye ring

Five Kiwi soldiers rush over to a shed
Luckily enough there is a injured New Zealand Commando on the bed
Horrifyingly the shed turned into flame
The German Air Force was to blame

Poems of WW1 Part 1

Planes buzz and whirr around me
Only when I open my eyes do I see
Khaki uniforms on the ground
With machine guns spitting out round after round
Silver of Bayonetes
Before the waves and waves of Air Force Jets
Men leaving the safety of the safety of there trenches
Then more run out with hopes
Night finally comes


Now there is one more charge of the West Coast Battalion
As I leave my trench suddenly shouts ring out in Italian
Running foard the man next to me falls
"Forward men" an officer calls
My skin got teared with something cold
I fell to the ground and thought my life had been sold
A purple colored liquid started seeping to the dirt
There was a humongous rip in my shirt
Close to me a bomb landed on a poppy
I waited for it to coppie
But it unfolded
Slowly I reached out to hold it
It had not given up so why should I
Slowly tears sprung to my eye
Stood up and kept running up the hill and got through the enemy lines
There was celebration of all kinds