My Rhyming Verse

New Zealand

We're having a barbecue at the beach,

Please bring some L & P.

Its lots of fun out here in the sun,

With the surf, sand and sea.

Our country is famous for its green land,

Its beaches and its gumboots.

We have lots of cows and sheep,

And we grow Kiwifruit.

Land of the long white cloud,

Is the meaning of our name.

We've got huhu grubs and silver ferns,

And rugby is our game.

Taupo, Masterton, Greymouth and Levin,

Are the names of some of our towns.

Our country is very beautiful,

And you don't see many frowns.

New Zealand is a great place,

Is really quite amazing.

So come and see for yourself,

'Cause the beauty will have you gazing.

My Rhyming Verse

Nature

The wind moves the leaves softly,

Swaying from side to side.

Blowing them everywhere,

Finding places to hide.

Outside in the sunshine,

Having lots of fun.

The sky is a bright blue,

As for the clouds, there are none.

Children smiling happily,

They love the sunny days.

It means they get to go to the beach,

And they get to catch some rays.

As the sun goes away,

Its time to say goodnight.

As the people shut their eyes,

And they snuggle their teddys tight

Diamante Poems

Night Fall

Breezy, peaceful,

Chilling, darkening, frightening,

Whispers in the wind moaning softly,

Creeping, lurking, sleeping,

Spooky, eerie,

Twilight

Shoes

Colorful, strappy,

Shining, sparkling, shimmering,

Spending money buying expensive brands,

Shopping, liking, buying,

Creative, comfortable,

Scarpe

P.S: Scarpe means shoes in Italian

Haiku Poems

On Spring:

The sky os bright blue.

The grass is green and wavy.

Spring time in NZ!

On The Beach:

Massive waves crash down.

The sand stretches on for miles.

People everywhere.

Cookie Sale Review...

Today we held our cookie sale which was quite successful. We doubted we would be able to sell many as another class was raising money for the S.P.C.A cupcake day. To make matters worse they were in the class next to where we were selling our cookies. Our prices were cheap enough but perhaps too cheap. We sold one for 50c and six for $2. The packs didn’t really give us much profit as they were getting two free cookies. We sold them at morning tea and lunch. At morning tea the cookies did extremely well and would have sold out if we didn’t bring them inside to save some for lunchtime. At lunch the cookies sold out after around five minutes. We raised $70 which we thought was great. It was a brilliant way to donate money for those in need and we had a great time making them. We are now thinking of of running another cookie sale but might not have the six packs for $2 instead it would be the normal price of $3 for a bag of six. Everyone said they loved our cookies and it is great it’s going to a good charity. Overall, they were so fun to make and we spent around three hours making and wrapping cookies. It would be great to do this again with no competition and we all enjoyed it. All in all it was well worth doing!!! We have had many requests for another cookie sale, and some people even said they were the best cookies ever. One of our customers even brought over twelve cookies!!! We are donating our $70 to the Pakistan Emergency Appeal

A Big Thank You To:
Tabby’s Mum- for giving us the use of her kitchen, helping us with the oven and supplying ingredients.
Mr Crowhurst- For approving this 10% project and helping us put it all together.
Greer's Parents- For suppling ingredients and cellophane and ribbon for the six packs.
Mrs Bornman- For accepting our request to sell the cookies at school.
Our Customers- For helping to make this cookie sale a big success.
Kim- For coming up with the idea and helping bake and sell the cookies.
Tabby- For baking and selling the cookies as well as providing humour after spilling the vanilla essence EVERYWHERE!!!!!
Tear Fund - for making it easy to contribute to causes throughout the world such as the cause we have chosen, The Pakistan Emergency Appeal

About Somerville Intermediate

Somerville Intermediate

I am a year 7 student at Somerville Intermediate. I am in room 28 and my teacher is Mr Crowhurst. At school we have an astroturf, 2 basketball courts and a new Gymnasium.

The Gymnasium was recently built for all-school assembles and rainy PE days. It includes a stage for the school productions, 2 full sized basketball courts, 3 full sized netball courts, a room built like a classroom and a kitchen.

We have a very extensive range at our school canteen. We have meat pies, wedges, fried rice, spaghetti bolognaise, butter chicken and even macaroni cheese. We have a range of cold drinks like slushys and LOL drinks.

At Somerville we have a place called the street. In ‘The Street’ we have our library, our computer lab, our canteen, our school hall, our PAC (Performing Arts Centre) plus Year 7 and 8 classrooms. Also, we have artwork done by our Year 7 and 8 students, trees and our house point chart. We have a student notice board with important notices about events and fundraisers.

Our school has a lot of great facilities. We are lucky to have a school with so much equipment, areas and facilities that most other schools don’t have.

By Kim

Russian Fudge Recipe

RUSSIAN FUDGE

What You Need

3 cups sugar

Half cup milk

Half a cup sweetened condensed milk

125g butter

1 tablespoon golden syrup

Pinch of salt

Method

1. Put sugar and milk in a saucepan
2. Heat gently, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.
3. Add condensed milk, butter, salt and golden syrup.
4. Stir until the butter has melted.
5. Bring to the boil and continue boiling to the soft ball stage, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
6. Remove from heat.
7. Cool slightly.
8. Beat until thick. Vanilla essence or chopped nuts may be added to fudge before beating if desired.
9. Pour into a buttered tin.

10. Cut in squares when set.