Child Labour

The Special Tree

The Special Tree

Curling over in lashing winds

Protecting humans

Against the never ending harsh weather

Standing tall, Rocking side to side

Holding precious children inside

While listening to tieke chirping in sunshine

Waving around like a octopus in thunder

Sprinkling its angry flowers all over wet covered ground

The wind swishing the seeds around wet grass

Making them cry for their mum

Laughing away in soft breezes

While listening to people tell stories

In their kiwi summer clothes

Children gathering on the roots on christmas night

While grandparents share their traditional stories

During clear or rain

Children star gazing and slowly drifting off to sleep

Thinking about the pohutukawa tree

Children think about how thick roots stick up

Leading their way towards the big brown trunk

Branches guide its path

Towards red spiky flowers sitting in the tree

While stunning green leaves surround the special Pohutukawa tree

By Caitlyn Hamilton

Book Review

Book Review       Create - Literacy WALT write for a particular purpose and audience. WALT think critically about the texts we read.

We will have met the success criteria when we I have read a book within the past three months and reviewed it using the key elements of a book review. have shared our book review online. have entered a re-crafted version of our book review in the Paper Plus Book Review Competition.

“Anne Of Green Gables” by Dianne Bates

Illustrated by Lucy Corvino

Have you read Anne Of Green Gables before? If you haven’t you need to, because it is a
great book. It all starts when Matthew arrives at the train station to find a girl called Anne
instead of a boy. The orphanage had sent the wrong child. They went home to the farm
to Matthew’s sister Marilla, Marilla wasn't excatly happy, a but they had a trial peroid to
see if they would keep her. Anne starts school and starting an ongoing feud with a boy
called Gilbert(the smartest boy in the class). They then both get offered to learn a bit
more to get the scholarship. Do they end their feud and both get the scholarships?

The main characters in the book are Anne, Marilla and Matthew. Anne is a 11 year old
girl. Anne has bright red hair and a very mischievous personality with occasional kind
of streak. Marilla is a tall skinny old lady, but is a hard working, kind person. Marilla
was always quite shy though. Matthew is a 60 year old man, with a hard working
personality also. He is getting quite old and is finding it difficult to work on the farm.

Anne of Green Gables is a fiction book with adventure. I really think that you should
read this book if you haven’t because it is really good. I really enjoyed reading it because
it has got lots of different genres in it. I think this book is for 10+ because the language
is appropriate and easy to understand.

Dianne Bates is an australian writer and also a teacher. Dianne Bates was born in Sydney
and spent her early years in Appin, New South Wales, attending Campbelltown High
School. She has authored over 90 books and has won numerous awards.

Gecko Work

Kingdom: Animalia

Family: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Gecko

Gecko

 Naultinus gemmeus
Cold blooded eggs
Active in the day
Bright green, white stripes
Range between 15cm and 17cm
Transparent eyes they see through closed
Moths , Flies, Beetles, nectar, berries and fruit
Predators Mice, Rats, Hedgehogs, Bats, Ferrets, Cats, Possums
Habitat is foliage under trees, tussock grasslands, kanuka, manuka
By Caitlyn Hamilton

D.L.O Lake Daniell