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We have some year six book club students sharing their reviews of books they have enjoyed reading in book club.

If you think you might enjoy these too, then come to the library for some holiday reading.

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

The book I am Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world. She is a hero, standing up for your rights, learning and loving is the one and only way to achieve a goal. This book explains Malala’s story – how she was once a normal girl reading her nobel Quran, going to school and shopping at the bazaar. One day a Taliban soldier shot her and her friend. Miraculously Malala survived. She earned two prizes speaking at the UN and telling her story. This is all a miracle.

I loved this book. It wanted me to read its words. Malala Yousafza is my hero and will always be in the future.

Reham

Lord of the Rings

By J. R. r. Tolkien
I think the book was very emotional . A lot of the people in the book had great characteristics. I would recommend the book for people if you are looking for an emotional, or action or adventure, or even fantasy read. I very much enjoyed it because of the suspense and it made me feel in the moment.
I would rate it 4.9
0.1 was bad because I wanted it to go longer.

By Corby

My New Zealand Story

Canterbury Earthquake   2010-2011

By Desna Wallace

The story of the Canterbury Earthquake 2010-2011 is a very marvelous diary. The book is sad because of  the earthquakes in 2010-2011. It was an humongous earthquake. The book is amazing because you get to learn about some of the history in 2010-2011 and the history of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Namasvi P

            Hapless hero Henrie By P James

Have you ever wondered how much trouble you will be in when you’re a girl but you were supposed to be a boy. You have broken the family tradition! But it’s not just a family tradition, Melchiors have only been birthing boys for 200 years! Alone at home a mysterious postcard says that they will tell more about her parents! Ellie said that whatever happens if it is not an emergency to NOT leave the house! Should she disobey Ellie? What happened to her parents? What will happen?…

Natsuki

Children have been busy making Matariki Stars at lunch time. Lots of conversations taking place and busy hands creating beautiful stars.

This is an amazing result after a year of hard work. Fundraising, which is essential to the survival of any school, is dependent on the time-generosity, persistence and perseverance of a formidable team of parents. A huge thank you to each and everyone of you for everything. Without your dedication we would not have these wonderful new resources. A salute to you all.

Last day of term and the holiday feeling is everywhere. There is still plenty of time to come and get some books out for holiday reading.

Over the last few weeks we have been learning about Monarch butterflies. Classes were given a tray of seeds to try and grow swan plants to encourage Monarch butterflies to our gardens.

Our caretaker Mr Walker will be looking after them during the holidays and hopefully when we return in two weeks some of the seeds will have popped their heads out from the soil.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and find some warm sunny space to read a good adventure, mystery story or a book to make you laugh out loud.

See you next term.

Today some  Room 17 children shared their book reviews with some year 6 students and myself. Lovely reading and wonderful writing. Thank you for sharing.

The book they all liked was

How do dinosaurs get well soon?

by Jane Yolen.

What a fantastic morning here at school today. The year 4, 5 and 6 students all had a session with the wonderful Fifi Colston.

Fifi is a writer, illustrator and World of Wearable Arts winner. We loved her creativity and how she talked about the process of making her wearable works of art. Fifi offered us lots of ideas for how we can make our own creations using things around the house, especially things we can recycle and reuse.

Even though Fifi came down from Wellington she brought a suitcase with her loaded up with her creations. So much to see.

We have her books in the library but if you want to check out her website you will find other ideas too. You can click here to see some of her wonderful entries for the WOW.

Thank you so much to the NZ Book Council Writers in Schools program for making this visit possible.  Huge thank you Fifi!  Everyone is buzzing with excitment and keen to get started on their own wearable art.

Don’t you just love her dress! Zoom in and look at the cats. Awesome.

Mark Inglis was at school today for a visit with everyone from year three upwards. Students were fascinated, enthralled, and inspired about his life and everything he has been through and everything he has achieved. As our students are focussing on heroes and what it is to overcome challenges, Mark was a perfect example as he has had many hurdles to overcome. He achieved success in overcoming the hurdles because of his positive attitude and because he was courageous, determined and focussed. He is still the only double amputee in the world to climb Mount Everest. That is one amazing achievement!

He is kind and generous and does so much to help others. 

We really were very lucky indeed to have him visit us.

Check out his website if you want to know more. 

His belief  sums up what we are learning here at school for our inquiry.

“Attitude Determines Your Altitude

Challenge is the essence of life”

Thank you for coming to share the story of your life.

Once again we are indebted to the generosity of CERT for their very kind grant which is providing us with many new library books this year. The photo shows just the first books. They are all lovely, shiny and new and will be available to issue soon. We have novels, picture books and non-fiction books to enjoy. Thank you also to the PTA for making this happen. Reading for pleasure is one of the biggest gifts we can give our children so this is just wonderful for our students.

Thank you CERT from all of us here at Fendalton School.

Yesterday Stu Duval came to visit the senior classes. Stu Duval is a writer, illustrator and storyteller. 

We loved how creative he was. He had great expressions when telling stories. He had good plot twists and a great sense of humour. 

We laughed lots especially at the sound affects he made.

Stu Duval created this awesome painting using chalk. It is about a young convict boy coming to New Zealand in the 1800’s.

We were really inspired by Stu and so lucky to have seen his performance.

By Maggie and Emily

You can find out more about Stu Duval here.