KiwiKidsNews J.M.S

WALT read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves.

3 Captivating headlines are:
-Man Gets Tattoo On His Eyeball
-Leech Found Living In Woman's Nose
-4 kg Hairball Removed From Girl's Stomach

5 Interesting sentence starters are:
-There's nothing better than spending a hot summers day in the pool...
-A 58 year old New Yorker has undergone a rare procedure, having his eyeball tattooed...
-Coming home to find a unexpected guest lounging in your swimming pool is not all the best...
-Indonesian teenager has been nicknamed 'Snake Boy' due to a condition that leaves his skin shredding every 2 days...
-An African Grey parrot who spoke only English, went missing for 4 years before returning home and speaking Spanish!...

4 Riveting topics are:
-Worlds Deepest Swimming Pool
-Biggest Attempted Front-flip In Mountain Bike History
-Dancing Traffic Light
-Japanese Hit By Typhoon VongFong

After reading an article Dancing Traffic Light I learnt:
That 81% of people in Portugal stop when the dancing red man is shown and smile while they wait. A simple pedestrian can just walk into a simulator and dancing, that will be shown on a traffic light and anyone can join in.

articles L.S S.B K.L

Wednesday 15 October 2014
WALT Read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves.
4 captivating headlines are:

• 4kg hairball removed from girl’s stomach
• Leech found living in woman’s nose
• Man gets tattoo on his eyeball
• missing parrot comes back speaking spanish

5 interesting sentence starters are:

• Scientist has discovered...
• In 50 years of medical records...
• There’s nothing better...
• It will be as soon as early next month,...
• Coming home to find...

4 riveting topics are 

• 4 kg hairball removed from girls stomach
• World’s deepest swimming pool
• The 7 year sneeze diary
• Man swallows fork

After reading an article about hairballs, we learnt....

• Never to chew/eat your hair
• That it stops your digestion
• Sever stomach pain
• It can  add up to  4kgs (or more) 

Article K.R K.K

W.A.L.T:

Read articles in order to write our own article ourselves!

5 captivating articles!

!Missing Parrot returns speaking Spanish!

An African Grey parrot who spoke only English, went missing for 

4 years before returning home speaking Spanish!

Pool Party!

What would you do if you found a black

 bear in your swimming pool?! This guy grabbed a camera!

This bear is definitely not Winnie the Pooh, 

and he is definitely not someone you would expect 

 (or want!) to run into in your own backyard. 

!Snake Boy!

Indonesian teenager, 

Ari Wibowo, has been nicknamed ‘Snake Boy’

 due to a condition which leaves him shedding

 his skin every 2 days!

!Pranksters Handbook!

With Halloween around the

 corner, the pranksters are out to play 

with lots of ideas from some nasty tricks.

A handbook has been released with a list of pranks 

that are sure not to disappoint.

!Dancing Traffic Light!

In order to reinforce road safety and encourage more pedestrians

 to respect the red ‘don’t walk’ man, Smart 

Automobile have come up with a way to make waiting 

fun! Introducing….the dancing traffic light.

Interesting sentence starters are .........

• An African Grey parrot
• What would you do 
• Indonesian teenager
• 
  

  In order to
•  With Halloween  

five riveting topics are ..........

• Parrots
• Bears
• snake boy
• Halloween prankers

kiwi kids news ******

Wednesday 15 October 

Walt: read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves.

 3 captivating headlines are:

• Dancing Traffic Light
• Ability to smell bacon key to life
• Free range egg criminal sentenced

3 interesting sentence starters are...

• In order to reinforce road safety and encourage more pedestrians to respect the red ‘don’t walk’ man, Smart Automobile have come up with a way to make waiting fun! Introducing….the dancing traffic light.
• Scientist have discovered that your ability to smell bacon maybe a predictor of your health and also how long you have left to live.
• A New Zealand egg farmer has been found guilty of  selling 2.47 million eggs using false advertising.

3 riveting topics are...

Dancing Traffic Light

smell bacon key to life

Free range egg criminal

After reading an article about the dancing traffic light , we have learnt:

• The inventors of Germany’s Smart Automobile experimented with their new creation in Lisbon.
• A video feed transmits the booth dancer’s moves to the pedestrian light, which results in the ‘red man’ copying the dancer’s moves
• the experiment showed that 81% more pedestrians waited until the green light came on before crossing than before the dancing man.

m.w and j.s pool party

Wednesday 15 October 2014

W.A.L.T  read articles in order to write them ourselves.


3 interesting headlines


Pool party 
Trampers missing in the Kaimai Ranges
A spooky shattering

5 interesting sentence starters

What would you do if you found a black bear in your swimming pool?!

Search and Rescue groups have spent the night searching through thick bush for any signs of two 
missing tampers.

Staff at the Barnsley Auction Centre in South Yorkshire believed there had been a break-in 

Two weeks ago, the Japanese volcano Mount Ontake erupted causing huge plumes of ash and stones to fill the sky.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes after Typhoon Vongfong hit Japan on Monday morning.

4 riveting topics are.....

•  A black bear in a swimming pool

•  Two trampers are lost

•  There has been a break-in at Yorkshire 

• volcano erupts in Japan

• typhoon hits Japan

We have learnt

Black bears get really hot in summer in California

Stick to the track when tramping

Be aware of when volcano's erupt

Learn to be ready for typhoons

kiwi kids news H.D and R.F

Wednesday 15 October
WALT read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves

3 captivating headlines are:

1. McCaw breaks All Black record.

2. 4 kg hairball removed from girl’s stomach.

3. The 7 year sneeze diary.

5 sentence starters are:

• All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has become the most capped All Black following his sides recent game in South Africa.
• A teenage girl has undergone surgery to remove a hairball weighing almost 4kgs from her stomach!
• How often do you sneeze?
• Paul Fletcher knows because for the last 7 years he has kept a sneeze diary.
• Meet Nigel the parrot! 4 years ago he disappeared but now he’s found his way home…speaking Spanish!

4 riveting topics are:

• 4 kg hairballs living in stomachs
• A 7 year sneeze diary
• Leeches living in noses
• 130 feet deep swimming pools 

After reading this article about the 4 kg hairball we have learnt:

• Don't eat hair and hairy stuff
• Hairballs can weigh up to 4kgs
• Only go swimming where the water doesn't have any little creatures
• Hairballs look revolting 

Articles on odd stuff NS and WC

 WALT read articles in order to write interesting articles ourselves.

3 captivating headlines are...

• Leech found living in woman's nose.
• 4'KG hairball removed from girls stomach.
• Prankster Handbook.

3 interesting sentence starters are...

• A 24 year old backpacker from Edinburgh, Daniela Liverani, found an unwelcome hitchhiker in her nose!
• 18 year old, Ayperi Alekseeva, from Kyrgyzstan, spent many years picking up hair off carpets and eating it, as well as chewing on the tips of her own hair.
• With Halloween around the corner, the pranksters are out to play with lots of ideas from some nasty tricks.

4 riveting topics are...........

• Leeches
• Pranks on Halloween
• Hairballs
• Typhoons

After reading an article about leeches, we learnt

• Never go swimming in a slimy leech infested lake!
• Leeches can live in noses.
• Leeches can be found in Cambodia and Vietnam
• Leeches in your nose will cause them to bleed.