Christmas Poem

Christmas is...

• Love for God
• Joy and family time
• laughter
• about happiness and fun
• Love ever after
• time for getting together again
• Jesus' Birthday
• A time for loving
• To see people and say merry Christmas
• a special occasion
• time for having people over
• time to go on holiday
• a quiet time
• giving
• hugging our friends and family
• celebrating
• no school
• believing
• peace
• good wishes for Santa
• singing Christmas carols
• spending time with family
• helping people who need help
• joy
• playing with new things
• fun with your family
• is reaching for the stars
• putting up trees
• surprising people
• Santa's favourite time of the year
• visiting friends
  
• everything you want it to be
  

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If my bed grew wings... by Hamish

If my bed grew red wings I would fly
to Hundred Acre Wood.
Next I would go to a yellow castle made of
gold and coins.
I might see knights fighting on horses.

What if my bed had wings... by Flynn

What if your bed grew lots of golden wing with feathers sticking up.
It might drop you at super ice cream land.
Everything would be ice cream.
The house would be ice cream and all the bells and
you are allowed to eat the bells.
You are allowed to eat anything,
because it just grows back!

Rhyming Couplets

Today we read a very old poem and talked about it. It is made up of lots of rhyming couplets.
A couplet is two lines that usually rhyme and are of a similar length.

From a Railway Carriage
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.
Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And here is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart runaway in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill, and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone forever!

Here are our first attempts of rhyming couplets.
Ice cream covered in chocolate sauce,
To deserve it I have to do the chores.
by Holly

We used to have a teacher, his name was Rob,
and his friends all wanted to call him Bob.
by Nicholas

I have a friend called Jack,
When he scores a try he goes 'All Black'!
By Finn

I have a friend called Isabella House,
She is as cheeky as a mouse.
by Payton

I have a friend called Georgia Walker
She is a very, very good talker!
I know a person called Samuel Chae
He had such a very big day.
2+2=4
I like knocking on the door.
by Charlotte

I have a cat called Molly.
I also have a friend called Holly.
by Lucy

I used to have a teacher and his name was Rob.
He left us alone to get a new job.
I have a friend and her name is Abby.
She likes to write and she is very happy.
by Clara

I have a friend called Nick
He tricks until you feel sick.
I have a pet his name is TomTom
We could have called him PomPom.
I know a lady Mrs Hubbard
She likes to look in the cupboard.
by Isabella

My name is Abby
I am so happy.
I used to have a teacher and his name was Rob.
He was very fit and went for jogs.
by Abby

When we go to Lincoln
We sometimes call it Lincoln blinken.
I have a friend, his name is Jack.
When he is sick he turns black.
by Yusuf

I have a brother, his name is Jack.
He sneezed one night and went all black.
By Austin

My friend is Charlotte Idiens
She knows how to count in millions.
by Georgia

One of the girls, her name is Jasmine
She likes going to the Tasman.
My brother is called Sam
He loves playing sumo slam.
by Nick

I have a friend called Nick
Blocks are always his first pick.
I have a friend called Will
He is as still as a pill.
by William

I have a brother, his name is Jack.
He went through a puddle and then turned black.
by Flynn

My favourite friend is Nick Cooke
He always has his nose in a book.
My brothers name is Sam
and he likes to eat some jam.
by Will B.

I had a friend called Isabella House
She was as squeaky as a mouse.
by Eden

I have a friend Nick
He showed me a trick.
I have a cousin called Mack.
He has a brother called Jack.
By Jasmine

I've got a friend called Nick.
He plays lots of silly tricks.
I know a boy, Hamish Bell.
He likes playing with gel.
by Zach

My friend Charlotte by Isabella

Charlotte is very cute. She is very tall. Charlotte has dark brown eyes. She has a big smile and she has lots of teeth. She has light blond hair. Charlotte is very special to me as a best friend. Charlotte and me love to talk together. She is very happy and friendly and helpful.

Charlotte loves to play on the bars with me. Me and her love to write. She loves to run because she came first in the Cross Country. Charlotte smells so sweet like a rose. What a great friend.

Will doing karate by Finn

Will is nice. He looks like an All Black. He has dark brown hair. Will looks like Daniel Carter and he races.

Slime Rickey by Yusuf

Slime Ricky is green. He came in a magazine. He is really squishy. He likes to wobble.

Bad Jelly by Georgia

Bad Jelly is a witch. She has black hair, she has silver eyes. she has a pet giant.

"Stinky poo, stinky poo, knickers, knickers, knickers," is what she says.

She turns people into sausages. God kills Bad Jelly and her broom stick. She is so mean!

Flynn by Samuel

Flynn is a good boy because he is my friend and he helps me with maths. He plays with me. Flynn is my best friend for ever. He likes me so I like him.

Josh by Nicholas

Josh goes to school. He does running and soccer. He is friendly and nice. Josh sounds like normal. He has blond hair and blue eyes and he is my friend.

My mum by Clara

My Mum is special. She has beautiful golden, silky hair. She has big, greeny blue eyes. She runs up the street three and a half times before bed. I really sometimes like her delicious yummy dinners and breakfast. She sounds like a tweety little bird. Also she sounds friendly when she talks. I llove her precious little smell of roses.

Zach by Josh

Zach is my friend. Zach goes to school. He plays really lovely - he doesn't exclude. He is helpful. he smells like pine trees. He has a curvy head. He is nice. I love him.

Isabella by Jasmine

Isabella smells like flowers. She smells like roses and lavender. She probably puts on blueberry perfume. She likes to draw and write and play on the monkey bars and read. She's got blonde hair. Isabella has blue eyes. She's got light pink skin, it's smooth as well. Isabella has got long eyelashes.

She sounds like she is laughing. When I look at her she looks happy. Isabella is my friend.

Robin by Flynn

My Dad lives in Christchurch. He has brown hair. He is furry on the legs like a tiger. He tickles me one thousand times a day. He's a good Dad he really is. He smells like aftershave. He coaches river rugby team as well as you would dream.

Megan by Austin

My mum has long hair. She has brown hair. She laughs. She is tall. Her meals are really good.

I love my Mum.

Chloe my little sister by Eden

Chloe is pretty. She is careful and she has her own feelings. She is learning to help people. She sings beautifully. She points her foot. She thinks she's a mum. She walks everywhere. She smells like roses. She sounds like fairies wings in the wind.

Sister.

Georgia by Abby and Holly

Georgia has black eyes. She has green and blue eyes. She loves to play on the playground and read and write. She smells like flowers in her house. I love Georgia.

George by Nick

My brother looks like he is taller than me. He has dark brown hair, he has green eyes like the light-green grass. My brother smells soapy after he has a shower. He sounds like a roaring giant. He plays tackle rugby and he sings a lot.

My friend Nick by Will

Nick is very fun and he plays sport. He plays cricket and athletics and rugby. He smells like a man. He looks like Dan Carter.

Dad by Payton

My Dad has brown hair. My Dad has blue eyes. My Dad sounds like a lion. My Dad smells like aftershave.