Elmsted Primary School

 Children's Work: Year 5

FLOWER

by Courtney and Connie

Beautiful tulips swaying in the breeze.

Pollen around and lots of bees.

Sunflowers, daisies, buttercups too.

These are the many ones, that I like to choose!

 

The Happiness

by Courtney

Happiness is a joke or a smile,

a huge sensation throughout a mile.

Love, joy and peace,

let your happiness release.

Laugh out loud throughout a crowd.

A smiley hug

and don't forget love.

The riddle of a happy start,

starts with a laugh.

 

FOUR SEASONS

by Leigh

Summer, Summer is the best time of year.

You get your pool out and splash all around.

Autumn, Autumn is when the leaves fall off the trees;

they go on the ground.

The trees are bare!

Winter, Winter, it is all white and soft;

it's on the windowsill.

Christmas comes around.

Spring, Spring, the leaves are back on the trees;

they are all back alive.

 

BUTTERFLY

by Connie and Courtney

Colourful, bright, dull and light

flying in the skies;

beautiful sight, dancing around,

but not on the ground.

Beautiful butterflies chant

so they can dance.

 

LADYBIRD

by Connie and Courtney

Spotty and dotty

flying around - without a sound,

before the ground.

Landing everywhere,

sometimes in people's hair.

Ladybird lands - at last,

after flying so fast.

 

SILLY SPELLING STORY - 50 WORDS

by Courtney and Connie

The girl took the spare key.  A sign flashed enter.  As she entered she saw a display and a graph about  discount.  She picked up a calculator to work the database and currency out.  What was this?  It was in an alien language.  She had to use a strategy and constant confidence.

by William, Jimmy and Joey

The calculator went to the shop because there was a discount.  He couldn't enter because there was no key.  He used a strategy which was to display the database graph, with a currency.  It seemed very constant and he got very, very bored, very, very soon and gave up immediately.

THE DELUDED DWARVES

by Charlotte.

Click HERE to read an absolutely brilliant poem by Charlotte - "...she has taken an amusing new 'angle' on the Snow White story and cleverly weaved it into a poem. This is very mature and exciting writing - I'm delighted with it," said Mrs Chambers.

THE SQUIRREL AND THE OAK OWNER

by Sophie

A long time ago, in a land far away, lived a man named Mr Green.  Mr Green owned an oak tree that was over one hundred years old.  He loved his oak tree, but there was one problem.  In his beloved oak tree lived an acorn loving squirrel named Albert.  Acorns grow on oak trees, so Albert ate Mr Green's beloved acorns. 

"This has been going on for too long.  My acorns are mine and you, Albert, should not be eating them," screamed Mr Green.  His neck ached as he said this, because he was looking up at Albert.

"But without them I won't survive the bitter winter!" explained Albert.

Mr Green was old, just like his tree, so he couldn't bear to stand in the cold any longer.  He went inside.  When Mr Green speaks to pests he firstly understands what they say; secondly, he screams, so as to scare them off....

 

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

by Ellie

The wind shivered down Pip's spine as he stood in the damp graveyard, overgrown with nettles.  He could feel the wet, juicy grass beneath his feet.  Pip stood right in front of the moss covered grave that belonged to his father and mother. As he stood there he felt very sad and tired, because his brothers and sisters had all died, apart from one sister, who was married to the blacksmith.  Pip quickly looked behind him as he heard a noise from the bush.  He saw nothing and looked at the grave again.  As Pip never knew his mother and father he looked at the writing on the gravestone.  His father's writing on the gravestone described him as looking square, stout and with curly hair.

"You have described the graveyard very well.  Now I would like to know about the marshes and Pip's feeling and emotions," said Mrs Chambers.

A LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER 1870

by Oliver

Dear Honourable Prime Minister,

It is my duty to inform you that English children are in need of a school; rich and poor.  If every child in the country had an education we could have more machines, because if a rich or poor child gets a good education a child could grow up to be a mechanic or inventor.  You never know they might get famous, like Alexander Graham Bell, or Charles Dickens.  Mr Gladstone, one child could become a doctor and discover more medical advances to stop street children dying, and I think the Queen will be pleased about that!  We could get engineers to fix and design blueprints and so much more.

The Queen will then have a brilliant empire.

Your obedient servant. 

"Really well written, with excellent vocabulary," said Mr Buck.

KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLOURS

by Charlotte

Bang!  A kaleidoscope of colours explodes before my eyes as the first firework is released.  I can taste the smoke on the tip of my tongue as the firework fades away into the twinkling stars.  The tattered Guy Fawkes burns solemnly on the bonfire.  The ripped clothing slowly disappears, sucked into the fire.  Whoosh! Another firework; this one is a Catherine Wheel, changing colour as it spins red, pink, blue, yellow.  Then it showers down in golden hail, fading again, into the stars.  I glance again at the fire, the embers are sinking into the singed grass.

Bright shining colourful rockets fly through the moonlit sky, sowing round and round, trailing coloured smoke behind them, then exploding in a puff of sparks.

Haiku: 

"These are particularly good examples, " explained Mrs Chambers, "because the children have used the Japanese traditional 'cutting' technique, where two lines fit together and one line is slightly different in tone. Some of them also have good use of simile - comparing their subject to something else."

Owl

Swooping in the sky

Looking for his night time meal,

Wishing he was home.

Rain

Crying down on earth,

Droplets showering people

Maybe God is sad.

By Hannah

 

Reflecting Buttercup

Buttercup reflects the

sun, bright yellow like a light

bulb just been replaced.

By Sophie

 

Shark

Stalking for his prey

Swerving like a motorbike,

Tears the fish apart.

By Ellie

 

Dolphins

Grey shimmering skin,

Leaping out of crashing sea,

Like a diver, SPLASH!

By Ellie

 

Cat

Stalks through undergrowth,

Staring hard through amber eyes,

A mouse runs past, BANG!

Eagle

Soaring through grey sky,

Like thunder diving down

The prey is helpless.

Autumn Leaf

Trembling on its stalk,

The delicate stem snaps

Drifting slowly down.

By Charlotte

Deep Sea Diving

Delicate blue sheet

Smashes at your soft contact,

Ripples turn to waves.

By William 

SHORT WRITING

My Summer Holiday Poem

The pier is good fun

and cool, amazing and brilliant!

The pier is about fun.

 

Crabbing is so much fun,

but the crabs nip and hurt!

By Leigh

 

Where the Iron Man Came From

One day, in a far away galaxy, in a mikly way, a red giant burnt out; and, from the wreckage, emerged the Iron Man.  Falling into the sea, the Iron Man was born...... 

To be continued.

By Charlotte 

 

LOVE IS...

Love is caring for someone or something, treating it with respect and not being horrible.

My Mum

My mum is so loving towards me and my broyher.  She helps us with our work, makes our dinner, cleans the dishes, irons our clothes, goes shopping for us, fixes stuff that we break and a thousand other things.  It is not just me and my brother, she is loving towards her brother, her mum and her dad.  She tries to visit each one of them as soon as possible (even if it is for two nights!).  She is loving to everyone.

My Brother

My brother cares for me, my mum, my uncle, my nan and my grandad.  I would like him to improve a bit though. 

Love is nothing people say, but I think it is one of the most powerful things in the world.  It connects people together, takes people's pain and sorrow away.  Love is something people can trust, rely on and depend on.  It makes people a proper person instead of being a robot.  I would say love is enough to keep me alive.  I don't need money or fame, love is enough for me, even if I have to live on the streets.  Those who love are the dearest ones and God will treat with respect.

I also love my uncle and grandparents.

by Serena.

Wow Serena!  I really enjoyed reading this.  It made me think about if we can exist with just love.  Unfortunately there are also some people who have never had love in their lives!