Thursday, 31 March 2016

The Ant and the Grasshopper


The Ant and the Grasshopper
by Haylie 
On one sunny hot day in summer there was a Grasshopper playing in the meadows when the ants were getting food for winter. One of the ants went past. He said, “You need to get food for the winter”.  He replied “No never, my music is more beautiful than food”.  It was autumn. The leaves were all over the ground but the Grasshopper was still playing the fiddle around the meadow.  Now it began to get cold as winter was arriving but the grasshopper had no food stored for the winter.  The snow was as thick as a basket full of eggs.  The Grasshopper began to get purple as it started to get colder and colder over the time. The Grasshopper only had enough energy to get to the ant hill.  He froze outside like an iceberg.  Three of the ants grabbed the Grasshopper and put him in hot water.  The Queen ant announced to the Grasshopper, “take your fiddle and play a tune and you can live here.” The Grasshopper was not cold anymore.



The Grasshopper Musician and the Ants.
by Connor E
One summer day a Grasshopper was singing along with his fiddle then, he met a gigantic field of ants! “What are you all doing?  Why are you all working so hard? the Grasshopper said.  We are storing food for the winter grunted the ant struggling to hold onto his piece of corn. “Why don’t you come and have fun with me?” The Grasshopper said. “N-O spells no!” the ant said. “You should be collecting food too!” said the ant fiercely shaking his fists in rage.  But before they it, it was winter.  “And now its winter” snarled the ants who was now punching the grasshopper in the face who heeled in agony because it broke his nose.  “Now if you will excuse me I’m going back to my ant house” The ant ran off.  Like the ant the grasshopper had no choice but to go home too.  But on the way home, he froze! Luckily for him an ant came along with fire and melted the ice that had him secured.  “Next time make sure you stock food for winter when its summer” grinned the ant.  “And next time I will” the grasshopper replied.  “would you like to warm up in ant paradise? The ant asked with a boring voice. “Yes!” cried the grasshopper “I would love to!”.



The Ants and the Grasshopper
by Luke
Once upon a time there lived a million ants and one grasshopper.  When the ants were working hard the very annoying grasshopper came and interrupted them.  The grasshopper said to the little ants, “Why don’t you come and dance with me?” The ants said “No, not at all, now get out of here, now.” So the grasshopper left.  The it turned winter and the grasshopper had nothing to eat.  But he saw one more leaf so he rushed to bite it.  It flew way so he went to the ant tree.  He begged them for one bowl of soup.  The ants gave him one bowl of soup and put him in warm buckets of water.  Then the queen came and said “Move your butt out of this house and play your nicely tuned fiddle”.  So he played and accidentally splashed the queen ant.  They made a deal that he would stay if he helped them collect food.  So he did.

The Grasshopper and the Ants

by Alizae

Once upon a time there was a grasshopper, he was playing a fiddle. He was playing all day and saw some ants working extremely hard.  The grasshopper said to an ant, “Why are you working instead of playing.  The Grasshopper started to play the fiddle. Soon the queen ant saw the grasshopper and said, “Why are you not collecting food for the winter?” He said, “It is no where near winter.” He went home.  Soon it was Autumn.  All of the leaves from the trees fell off in the winter. The grasshopper was very hungry and he said, “The queen ant was right.” He saw the last leaf so he tried to get to it.  He started turning blue because he was freezing cold.  He saw the ant’s house and he tried to get to the ant’s home.  When he got there, he fell down.   The ants hurried outside and helped him inside.  The ants put him into hot water and fed him too.  The queen ant gave him his fiddle and said, “You can play your fiddle.” The ants and the grasshopper lived happily ever after.

The Ant and the Grasshopper 
by Brodie Workman
In the summer, a grasshopper was playing an electric guitar instead of working and collecting food for the winter. When an ant went by and the grasshopper exclaimed “why work when you can play?” “Let’s dance”. Then the Queen ant came along. She looked at the ant and scared him and made the ant get back to work.

The Queen ant warned the grasshopper “the winter is coming soon, you should be storing food for the winter so you don’t starve to death”. But the grasshopper didn’t listen and went along playing his electric guitar In the green grassy meadow.

Before he knew it, it was winter and there was no food for the grasshopper to eat. The grasshopper saw a leaf but he wasn’t quick enough and it fluttered away like a butterfly. The grasshopper then saw the ant’s hut and knocked on the door. He fell over because he was so cold. The grasshopper had turned dark blue because he was as cold as the Himalayas. Then an ant came out and brought him inside and got him all warmed up. The Queen ant exclaimed and have him his electric guitar and let him stay and play it for her so he could stay.


The Ant and the Grasshopper 
by Fiona McLellan
The grasshopper lives in the meadows and her name is Lily. Once upon a time there lived a grasshopper called Lily. Lily had six children, one called Rose, another called Tiffany and many others. Lily played the bodhran drum. Her six children played the violin.

One summer day Lily and her children saw loads of food being carried by ants to their store house. Lily asked “what are you doing working so hard?” The ants replied “We are storing food for the winter and you should be too!” “Winter is far away” Lily said. But she was wrong because the next day it was Winter.

“Oh no, what am I going to do?” I have to feed myself and my little ones!” She panicked. Then she saw a leaf. She tried to grab it but it blew away. Then she saw a light in the distance; the ant’s house! She quickly went to the ant’s house but when she got to the door she fainted. When she woke, she was in the ant's house and it was like a warm bath.


The Queen ant came over and gave lily her bodhran drum and said “play for us”. And she did. They lived happily ever after.


The Ant and the Grasshopper 
by Shuun Yokoyama
In the summer the grasshopper was playing on his fiddle all day, and he was dancing around so happily that he was starting to get hungry.  So the grasshopper was searching for food in the dangerous jungle.  He found an ant with a gigantic barrel with cherries in it.  Then the grasshopper distracted the ant and the ant started to dance with the grasshopper.  The queen ant came then the ant quickly got back to work.  The queen ant warned the grasshopper to get lots of food in the summer otherwise he wouldn’t have any food in the the winter.  The grasshopper replied back to the queen ant and he laughed, “It’s nowhere near winter”.  Next day it was winter.  It was so cold that the grasshopper didn’t even feel like playing his fiddle.  He couldn’t find any food because the ground was covered in snow.  But he found one leaf and he was about to get it but the wind was too strong that the leaf flew away.  He turned purple because he was cold.  When he fell over he saw the ants having a big party.  Some ants came out and helped the grasshopper come into their huge party in their house.  They quickly warmed him up.  The grasshopper felt better.  The queen ant gave the fiddle back to the grasshopper and said, “Play your fiddle for us”.  In the end they were friends. As he walked the grass started to crack.


The Ant and the Grasshopper 
by Hayley Paterson
Once upon a time there lived a grasshopper who chirped all summer long.  One day the grasshopper saw that the ants were collecting food for the winter.  Grasshopper was still singing his beautiful music.  Then in the meadows the saw a little cottage with a long trail of ants carrying lots of food to the biggest tree in the meadows.  Then one of the ants came over and said in a cute voice “Mr Grasshopper, why aren’t you working and not getting food for with winter?” Then grasshopper replied and said in a proud voice “Winter is far away and anyway I have no need to get food for the winter because summer is the season for playing in the sun” said the grasshopper so he kept chirping.  Then he went to sleep.  In the morning grasshopper was sad his home was ruined.  He was wrong.  He walked in circles trying to find food.  “I found some food” the grasshopper cried.  But the leaf few away  Then he saw the ants home.  So he ran to the ants home but before he could make it he froze.  Luckily an ant went outside to take the trash out.  The ant saw the grasshopper and yelled “Grasshopper are you alright?”  The grasshopper could not talk.  He was blue because he was frozen.  So the ant screamed “Hospital ants out here right now”.  So the hospital ants ran out and brought the grasshopper in the tree and put him in boiling water.  When the ice melted the Queen ant came in.  Grasshopper sobbed, “Ow Queen ant all I want is food.  I’m starving I-I-I “.  “Sssshh” Queen ant said nicely.  “We all want to hear you and you get all the food you want”.


The Grasshopper and the Ants 
by Ruby Thorpe
One day there was a really green grasshopper, he was having a disco.  He laughed and sang a lovely song.  The grasshopper wanted to go for a walk.  So off he went.  On the way he heard a buzzing noise.  He said “I wonder what that is?” So he went over to have a look.  “Ha ha ha, look at those foolish ants,.  Can’t they stop?”  The youngest ant was named Pipsqueak.  He wore red pants and a white t-shirt with a little white and red hat.  Grasshopper said “Hello” and Pipsqueak squeaked back, “Hello, my name is Pipsqueak”.  “Nice to meet you, Pipsqueak.  Would you like to dance with me?” “No” he screamed.  “I’m doing work and you should be doing the same”.  “Well then” groaned the grasshopper.  Soon winter fell.  The grasshopper turned green to blue.  He whined and whined until it started to rain  He struggled to the ant hill.  He fell down with sadness.  One ant came out. “Why are you here?” “Because I didn’t listen to you” “Oh come in it’s fine.  We've got lots of food” the ant said happily.  He came in.  The ants wanted music so they cried, “Music, music!”. He played the fiddle and they lived happily ever after.

Sunday, 20 March 2016

Princess Sarah Recounts


Princess Sarah 
by Bella

Princess Sarah came two Fridays ago and we drew a portrait of her.  She was wearing two rings on her fingers.  It was nerve-racking for me.  When we finished doing the portrait, we added a frame to put the picture in it then we put it on the wall in the classroom by the door.  Now when we come in the door we see pictures on the wall.  Then she left us and flew away with her shimmering unicorns. I liked her coming here because she told us about her tower that day when she came.


Princess Sarah’s Visit 
by Rory Shand

Some Friday’s ago, Princess Sarah visited, but it was just Matilda’s mum Sarah. First we got a piece of paper and a special pen. We all started once we got the paper and pen.
I started with Sarah’s head, hair and tiara. I hated doing the face because it looked like a pig face squashed up. Then I did the ruffles on my Mum’s peach coloured dress. After that I did the sash and the little brooch, it was shaped as the letter J. I carried on with the dress.
I had hated doing the feet because I made them too small. I only put three toes on.
It was so disappointing that it wasn’t a real princess but it was fun.

Princess Sarah’s visit 
By Slyvie Moynihan

One day Princess Sarah came in. All of the class had to draw her. It was going to be so hard. I got out my kneeling table and started to draw. It took sooooooo long to draw her. She looked so pretty I just had to touch her dress. It was stunning to see a real princess. Maybe princesses aren’t so strict after all.

Princess Sarah’s visit 
by Luke Jordan

When Princess Sarah rode her unicorn I could feel dust from the magic handbag. She was sprinkling it. When she came in I was shocked and thought to myself is that a real princess and why did she come?
When Prince James came he played with the Mobilo. When we sat on the mat the teacher said “everybody, today we are going to do a portrait of Princess Sarah”. So we got a piece of paper and a pencil and then we started. When we were done, Princess Sarah went away on her unicorn. When she left I felt sad and I hope she comes back someday.

Princess Sarah 
by Brodie Workman
Two Friday’s ago, Princess Sarah came into our classroom. We had to draw a portrait of her. I made lots of mistakes. I realised that Princess Sarah was actually only Matilda’s mum. On her hand bag she had diamonds that sparkled like stars. Her handbag was as gold as golden money.
She had three rings on her fingers. One was as green as our green highlighters. Her sash was as blue as our uniform. Her hand bag was also as gold as the frames on our portraits. When we finished we put them on the wall.
I hoped that we wouldn’t have to do it again because I’m a terrible drawer, but I didn’t give up. When Princess Sarah (Matilda’s mum) left, little speckles of fairy dust were drifting down as slowly as turtles giving eachother a high five. Then she disappeared from sight. I saw her again the next day but she was back to normal.

Princess Sarah Visited Room 7
by Bao Tram

On Friday it was a special day.  We had a special visitor. Before she came I was so excited. I couldn’t wait.  I wanted to scream. When she came in she was so tall and pretty.  She had a beautiful long dress.  I liked everything on her, especially her jewellery. It was so shiny. I like her shoes. They were beautiful.  We drew her portrait. It was fun.  When we drew Princess Sarah I had to look really carefully.  Princess Sarah came by unicorn.  She was beautiful like my teacher. We have a special visit everyday.  It is our teacher, she is beautiful too.  Princess Sarah said she has many tiara. I want to see all her tiaras she has and all her jewellery and dresses.  Princess Sarah came like a shiny sun coming into Room seven.  The crown was as shiny as a royal crystal.  The dress looked like silver and gold.  Her high heels looked like a golden shoe.  She was tall like a mountain.  When she was gone, everyone was still talking about her.

Princess Sarah
By Haylie Walton

On Friday Princess Sarah came to Nayland Primary School for an observational drawing. My Canning let Pam down, so Pam sent to minions, Bella and Fiona, to get Princess Sarah.
Princess Sarah wore a white silky dress with a blue sash from her left shoulder down and back around to her shoulder. On the sash there was a brooch made of diamonds and metal. She also had a gold handbag and it had little diamonds scattered everywhere.
When I started to draw the portrait it was new for me to draw a royal. Princess Sarah had to stand for awhile.
A few days after, room seven made frames with gold paint and pastel. New they are on the wall by the back door. They look awesome and I liked doing the portrait of Princess Sarah.


                                  Princess Sarah
by Reuben Johnston

On last week, Friday, Princess Sarah visited us. We drew Princess Sarah and I am terrible at drawings! Oh I forgot to tell you, she is 30 years old. She was wearing a pretty dress and it looked like it was sparkling with glitter. Other people were drawing and I was nervous that their pictures were better than mine. Once that was done, my picture was really ugly. The hands were all messed up. My picture was bad. I felt kind of proud of what I did.


Sarah’s Visit
by Connor E
A couple of days ago Princess Sarah came to visit room 7. Before she arrived we were all thinking who is Princess Sarah? What does she look like? But then she just turned out to be Matilda’s mum. We had to draw her portrait for like half an hour, seriously, we’re not servants! After that we had to make our own frames, really even more servant stuff! Sarah’s not even a real princess so she shouldn’t even have slaves! Yeah yeah, sorry about all the rage I just wanted you all to know the truth. She had a peachy dress and heaps of jewellery. Lastly pageboy James flew the Unicorns back to the castle to have a massage with Aqueous cream and Champagne for a drink with lemon. Then the portraits of Sarah sparkled in their golden frames. We decorated the frames with white and grey pastel. Then Sarah was gone for good. I really hope she can come back sometime, it was an amazing experience meeting her.


Princess Sarah
by Jackson Fraine
Two Fridays ago Princess Sarah came over to visit our class. She was very tall like Jack and the beanstalk, and she was very beautiful. She rode her unicorns over here and her lovely prince came. He was very charming and her purse, oh her purse was spectacular. It was golden with Diamonds. Her dress was beautiful. After Princess Sarah had gone we made frames with grey and white pastels. It was so amazing and so much fun. I felt that we were the luckiest class ever.


                                     Princess Sarah
by Bella Haynes
Princess Sarah came two Fridays ago and we drew a portrait of her. She was wearing two rings on her fingers. It was nerve-racking for me. When we finished doing the portrait we added a frame to put the picture in it and then we put it on the wall in the classroom by the door. Now when we come in the door we see pictures on the wall. Then she left us and flew away with her shimmering unicorns. I liked her coming here because she told us all about her tower that day when she came.

                                Princess Sarah's Visit
By Bailee 
When Princess Sarah came on Friday.  She got lost on the court.  So Pam sent her minions to go get her.  
She came so we could sketch her.  All of the sketches should be beautiful just like Princess Sarah because she had diamond earrings in her. 
 She had bangles on her bracelets.  Pam said have we all drawn a picture in our minds.  "Yes Pam" we all said.  Now it was time to draw Princess Sarah. 
 The sketches looked beautiful just like I imagined after all.  I think everyone knew it was Matilda's mum Sarah.  A few weeks latter all did our frames for the sketches.  
The frames looked so fancy and beautiful.  Also for the frames we used grey and white pastels.  
I like the portrait of Princess Sarah. 

                                     Princess Sarah's Visit
By Darcy
One day Princess Sarah can to room 7 .  We had to draw Princess Sarah.  It was so hard work, but I did it.  When we finished we got free time yay. 
Princess Sarah was tall and had a pretty dress.  Princess Sarah has diamonds on her wallet.  It was very shiny I thought it was amazing. 
 I also really liked Princess Sarah's lovely high heels.  On Princess Sarah's head there was a tiara it was pretty.  
On her finger she had three different rings, they were very fragile and cool (But anyway) Finally we all made awesome gold frames the next day.  
We did sliver and white pastels on the gold paint, only when it was dry you had to very carefully glue the gold frame on to your picture.
  Luckily Pam helped me.  Yay, I was done. 

                                  Princess Sarah's Visit
By Hayley P
Last Friday Princess Sarah came so we could draw her.  
Before Sarah came we got annoyed with Mr Canning because he did not take Princess Sarah to our Class so we had to sent Fiona and Bella H to get Sarah. 
Sarah came in her beautiful dress.  Sarah came to Nayland by her magic unicorns.  
Prince James stared the unicorns her.  When the unicorns flew above us fairy dust came drifting down.  
The beautiful dress was Rory's mum's peach coloured dress.  Her tiara was the colour of the ocean glimmering on the sun. 
It was so fun I wish we could do it again. 

                              Princess Sarah's Visit
By Cohen 
Before Princess Sarah came we were waiting anxiously but Mr Canning didn't listen to Pam.  So Pam had to sent some minions to get Princess Sarah. 

She got here with flying unicorns Prince James flew them here. 

She wore Rory's mum's peach coloured silk dress,  Handmade shoes, Jewellery and a Tiara.