At dawn deep in the ocean a submarine and ship collided attracting all the fish, especially the rainbow fish. This curious fish swam up to the submarine and looked for an entrance. He found a small crack and swam in. He heard noises from inside a vault. The noises startled him so he swam away quickly, accidentally bumping a lever. To the sound of air rising, he realized that the submarine was resurfacing so he swam away. Early in the morning the ocean was filled with cheers of relief.
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The Rainbow Fish – Jack (aged 10)
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Tuition Tip – Write Because It Is Fun
Recently I purchased an electric bicycle after many years of riding a conventional push bike. I also had some time on my hands and sought out Henry Lawson for some inspiration for a reply as to why I bought an e-bike. Here is what we came up with:
My solution for “When my knees begin to go” – An electric bike
When Your Knees Begin To Go
When you doubt that rising road and the gears just don’t seem right,
And the fear of climbing keeps you tossing through the night.
You don’t know how to take it, or whether your mates would care;
Because in the past you were fast; the cyclist with all the flair.
There were no mountains, just long hills with every one to win,
No ride too long, no wind too strong; you took it on the chin.
Of late things have altered and they create a troubled mind
As you start to run out of steam and are being left behind.
I’ve noticed without exception, as no-one escapes this devil’s play
“The gears are wrong”, “The wind is strong”, “Was that a fast kay?”
Coaxing words to lift you from friends that gather around;
Are to no avail, your breath still fails as you give to them more ground.
When laborious legs toil the thoughts of torturous reason
The mind seeks solace of just what might be sports of a lighter season.
Is there a way a cyclist may still ride with the pack;
Or is there a time you will find you just can’t wind it back?
You too will face the passing of the people that you know
When the rides are long, the wind is strong and your knees begin to go.
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TUITION TIPS – CREATIVE WRITING WITH WORD GAMES
If your child hates to write, try this.
Ask them to write a simple sentence about a cat: “My cat is fat.” Don’t worry about spelling unless you cannot work out what they meant to write. In that case ask them to rewrite it with the spelling corrected.
Then ask them to make that sentence one word longer: “My cat is very fat.”
- Try again, “My cat Biffy is very fat.”
- Try again, “My old cat Biffy is very fat.”
Then use another word for fat.
- “My old cat Biffy is very large.”
Now for a prize …. extend this sentence using the word ‘and’ somewhere.
- “My old cat Biffy is very large and lazy.”
There you are – from four words to nine.
Do it just before dinner, make the prize “You decide what we are having for desert” and it’s all fun.
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The Photographer – Callum (Aged 11)
Late at night as the wind howled, the amateur photographer remained silent in the garden. Even though he was frightened he scraped through the opened window, crept down the dark corridor and found the combination safe where he knew his equipment was being stored. Hastily he considered his options. Last year he practised in the gym and he was strong. He picked up the safe and sprinted with a big grin on his face.
Callum (Aged 11)
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Sparrow – Dardo (aged 8)
Once there was a bird in the Amazon Forest. He was a sparrow who had very big wings so he could glide three miles. One day when he was chasing an electric eel he got stuck in an underwater cave and couldn’t breathe until he swam up to the dry land. He began to explore the amazing cave system but soon he got completely lost and began to cry miserably for help. A vampire bat flying out of the cave rescued the relieved sparrow.
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The Very Cheeky Mouse – Jemima (aged 7)
In the morning the mouse was in a dark, dark forest. She had pretty pink ears and she wore a black t-shirt, a red bow and black and red pants. When she woke up she had cheese for breakfast. After eating she put on her cheeky clothes and went outside and poked her tongue out at the teachers at school. At night she put on her pyjamas and slept in the very, very dark forest.
Jemima (aged 7)
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Christmas Day – Jack (aged 10)
One snowy Christmas morning at her uncle’s farm a young girl called Karen felt magic in the air as she watched her cousins opening their presents. The adopted ten-year-old girl had never before spent Christmas with a family of her own because her parents were killed in a warzone and her uncle and aunt didn’t even know she existed until two months before. All Christmas day, Karen hoped that someone would remember to give her a gift but all she really wanted to do was spend the day with her new family. After lunch her uncle and aunt asked her to go outside where she saw a pink and yellow float arrive and a beautiful pony trotted out. “Happy Christmas Karen,” exclaimed her uncle and aunt.
by Jacko
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The Elf’s Journey – Steffi (aged 9)
In the North Pole just before Christmas, the eves were busy wrapping presents for big and small children. The smallest elf worked very hard like all the others but he could stretch so that he could stack the highest presents on the very top of the gift mountain. One day he stretched so high, he reached up out of the factory where he saw the world and was interested to find out more. He packed his bags, took a reindeer and sped off across the ice, over the mountains until he reached the edge of Greenland. Instantly he missed all the other elves and wondered if they were thinking about him too.
by Steffani (aged 9)
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The Cat’s Adventure – Arun (aged 7)
Once upon a time in a cave there lived a magic cat whose power was to fly as fast as a spear. The cat had a fluffy tail, black eyes and grey fur. One day a person called Mimi, whose power was mind control, came and wiped out the cat’s memory so he would forget he could fly. The cat was a fast thinker and he remembered his power and so he flew off back to his cave. The magic cat lived happily ever after.
By Arun – aged 7.
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