Riddle

I am a band but play no music,
I have a body of rubber,
I contract like a spring,
What am I?

Iain Hanks - Year 5

Family

Thank you for families,
with their sweet love,
they've got the niceness of a dove,
thank you Christ my Lord.

Dominic Burns - Year 4

My Alien's Fact File

Name: Sanoolo.
Planet: Yummo - 50,000,000 light years away.
Eat, drink: Chocolate, sweets, melted ice cream.
Male/female: He is a male.
Family: No family, but they're out there somewhere.
Why come: To get help for my world for smelly things getting our clean things.

Shonagh Kelly - Year 6

Visit Lovely Lindal-in-Furness

Welcome to Lindal. It has loads to offer. It is situated just a few minutes from the beautiful lakes, mountains and views of the Lake District. There is a vast amount of various wildlife including the rare anonymous red squirrel, and don't forget the farm land full of cattle, and the massive number of hedgerow birds and wildlife. Also if you're here for wildlife you'll find plenty at Dalton South Lakes Wildlife Park, from spoonbills to hippos they've got it all. If you're a shopper or a partyer there are two local towns, Barrow and Ulverston. Also there are plenty of leisure attractions to visit, so come and visit Lindal with so many things to do.

Liam Covey - Year 6

Haikus

Spots on their body,
a long neck to reach up high,
and have a nice meal.

King of the jungle,
they give a huge, great big roar,
and eat you for tea.

Chitter chat monkey,
swinging swiftly through the trees,
having lots of fun.

Rebecca Lloyd - Year 6

Haikus

My giant grey ears,
and my water shooting trunk,
hear and make noises.

My dog is called Tess,
and my cat is called Smokey,
they are both so cute.

I'm very fierce,
I've got a soft fluffy mane,
I want to eat you.

Georgia Thompson - Year 6

My Hobby

My hobby is mountain biking. Mountain biking is a hard sport but is also very fun and I like a challenge. I spend my time doing mountain biking on weekends, where I do 11 to 14 miles. I usually go to Grizedale. For my sport I need a mountain bike, a helmet, a roofrack, a puncture repair kit, a tyre pump and cycling shorts. I became interested in mountain biking when I was watching it on telly. I thought it looked fun and had a go at it. My dad helped me most with my sport because he has helped and encouraged me all the time. In the future I plan to be a professional mountain biker and win a medal at the Olympics.

James Whipple - Year 6

Visit Gorgeous Bardsea

Welcome to Bardsea with its peaceful atmosphere and great view. The beautiful village is set in the Lake District with lots of places to visit, such as Ulverston, Lindal, Barrow and many more. There is a beach in Bardsea which you can walk to and go along it for great walks to a pub not that far away.

Bardsea has a mixed set of people, such as old, young, children, and middle aged adults. Your children can play at the park next to the village hall.

If you like big walks then go to Birkrigg where you get excellent views of the beach and the village houses. The nearby town is five minutes away with a leisure centre, museums and festivals that come each year. There are food shops and restaurants with great food. So come to Bardsea and live in paradise.

Rosie Wicks - Year 4

Poverty

Take a moment to think of the children in Africa,
that tomorrow, they find a home,
that tomorrow, poverty will be made history.

Scott McElroy - Year 6

Haikus

My pet is a cat,
He is very cute and sweet,
His name is Whiskey.

I have a pet dog,
He is coloured black and white,
He has the name George.

I like animals,
They are all shapes and sizes,
Cute or fierce, wow!

Emma Hoekstra - Year 5

Friends

Lord I thank you
for my friends,
who look after me when I'm hurt,
play with me, are nice to me.
Our special friends are the ones
who care and trust for us most.
My best friends are still my best friends
even when we fall out.
Amen

Erin Tubman - Year 5

My Home

Thank you for my home,
it means everything to me.
If I didn't have my home
I'd be more than upset.
I'd be crying my eyes out.
Amen

Erin Tubman - Year 5

The Magic Remote Control

Darn! It's my birthday. I'm one of the most unlucky kids in the world, first my parents die in a car crash, I'm living with my Aunt Sludge and my Uncle Sprot, and I'm being sent to Piranha Street Elementary. The reason I don't look forward to my birthday is, that as far as my aunt and uncle are concerned, I haven't got one. When they do remember, instead of a remote control car, or a computer game, I usually get something like a used hankie, or a 1 pence piece. Just now, my aunt and uncle are watching a documentary on the Burmese slug. If I can just sneak down and ... "ROBERT!!!!", "Yes Aunt?", "Have you been stealing biscuits again?" shrieked Aunt Sludge. "No" I yelled back. "Don't lie to me, you little worm! There are crumbs on the table cloth!". "Sorry Aunt Sludge, I won't do it again". "Just make sure that you don't!" screeched Aunt Sludge. She slammed the door, and there was silence.

I ran down the stairs and into the garden. I knew it hadn't been me. I don't even know where she keeps those stupid biscuits! I decided to go into the garden shed and have a rummage, you know, try to find myself a birthday present. I strode across the lawn (perfectly mown) and walked into the shed.

There were boxes everywhere. I walked over to the nearest one, and began looking. I was halfway through the third box when I found something odd. It was a control, the kind you use for a video, or a dvd. It was orange, squashy, and it stank of old socks. Hardly a good present, but it would have to do. There was a spider spinning a web in a corner. I pointed the remote at it, and just for fun, pressed the rewind. The spider instantly started walking backwards and sucked the web back into its bum. I pressed play and the spider restarted and did everything normally. Just then, I had a really excellent idea. What if I used the remote on my aunt and uncle, what if I paused them!

I ran into the house, went to the living room, aimed at my aunt and uncle, and paused them. They froze.....

Alastair Fleming - Year 6

Seasons

Spring
Thanks for the time that spring arrives and the sun warms the earth. What a wonderful time for rebirth.

Summer
Thanks for the summer that warms our skin and thanks for the water so we can go for a swim.

Autumn
Thanks for the autumn and the fruit that it brings. A time for collection and the hymns that we sing.

Winter
Thanks for the winter and hopefully the snow. Thanks for the icicles and the way they glow. Thanks for the fires that keep us warm. Thanks for my house that shelters me from the storm.

Sam Procter - Year 6

Song!

Odysseus Odysseus!
Come, come to our wonderful land!

Of lovely lilies, lovely lilies  and
pretty pansies all around!

This is our song of sundance praise!
So come, come, listen to our beautiful song of praise!

Odysseus Odysseus,
Please, please, please
Come and join our fun, fun, fun!

Come, come
Dance, dance
Come and join our fun!

This is the tune to celebrate.
Do come and celebrate.
This is the tune to dance and sing.
Dance and sing!

Caitlin Braithwaite - Year 4

Homework's Coming Home

My opinion on homework is half and half. I think homework is stupid in the way you do at least four hours work a day and then you get homework. Also the thing is if you have activities it can get in the way and me myself would rather go swimming, play tennis, read etc than do homework.

The other opinion is that if you want a good job you need extra work really. Also if you do history, science and so on you can find out lots of interesting facts, like the moon has crater holes on it. I also think you should be able to relax after six hours of school.

I think homework is boring sometimes so it should be jazzed up a bit. I think you should get more homework in SATS etc .... so overall I think homework is OK.

Cian Grace - Year 6

A Book Review on "Midnight" by Jaqueline Wilson

"Midnight" is a funny book but in bits it's quite sad. It is a book about a girl called Violet who is mad about fairies. She has loads of books about fairies. She writes letters to the author and puts them in a special box. She makes fairies and hangs them from her roof.

At school she didn't have any friends. A new girl came to her school and Violet made friends with her. Violet made a special fairy for her. Violet's new friend is called Jasmine. Violet's brother is adopted and he has a crush on Jasmine. Violet's favourite fairy is the Violet fairy.

There is a really exciting bit near the end and that's my favourite bit. I couldn't put it down. I recommend it for 10 years and over. "Midnight" is a good book for girls.

Sophie Ridyard - Year 6

The Sirens

We three Sirens of the island
We love you Odysseus
Where the grass is green
Come to our island
Odysseus you'll be king
We'll look after you forever
You will never leave us ever
Thank you very much.

Scott Garnett - Year 5

The Stream

The stream...
is a snake pouring, smooth as rustling silk,
a road drifting and shifting through time,
the moor's intestine gut-grinding rock to gravel,
a curve of smoke, a ghost of early mist,
a worm burrowing, eroding its certain path,
a ribbon plaiting tangled strands of hair,
a knotted string of rocks and roots unravelling,
a sentence in the story of water, earth and air.

By pupils of Years 4, 5 & 6

The Swallow's Story

Hi, I'm Sally the swallow. It's nearly time for my long and truly terrifying journey, back to South Africa.

My first terrifying adventure
Oh no, look over there, it's the narky ugly very moody cat. I've go to try and escape him. Over there, there is an open window, if only I can just fly over and ... I know, I'll throw a stone to distract him. 1, 2, 3, fire. Now here's my chance, yes I made it but only just.

My second and third fright
I now know what season it is, it isn't spring or summer, it's autumn. It's getting colder every day and I'm having to put on weight so I don't freeze to death at night. Anyway it's soon going to be over.

My fourth nightmare
The hobbys over there really big and scary. He's massive and he's a bird of prey. I'm so sorry but I just can't talk about it. I might not live from now so listen to my will. Tweet, tweet, tweet, with a tweet, tweet, tweet, here a tweet, there a tweet, everywhere a tweet, tweet.

My fifth crisis
Oh no, now it's time for my 1000 mile journey over the English Channel. It's really scary. I've got to do this, so here goes.

My sixth problem
Ah, why can't the weather change. Please weather man, have faith in birds too. Make it nice and sunny please!!! Sorry about that but I hate all these storms. Hey, what do you know, it's sunny again. HOORAY!!! I feel like having a woomy wiggle.

My seventh predicament
I whizzed past the Mediterranean although the weather's awful again, it keeps pushing on my wings.

My eighth emergency
Too hot, it's just too hot. I need to find water but I can't 'cause I'm in a hot, hot desert. No, a burning, fire blazing desert.

My ninth scare
I'm so scared now, all these people hunting me and my family and friends. One of these days I'm going to die and all my friends and family , and we're, we're, we're going to be extinct.

My tenth horror
The python and the mongoose, my two deadly enemies. They are both ugly and no way as pretty as me. I, the most beautiful bird in the world, even prettier than humans. Anyway I've got to do this. I've survived everything else, so I have to survive this, so here goes. Yes, I made it back to South Africa. Hooray!!!

Jenny Collings - Year 5

South Africa

Visit South Africa, a hot relaxing place with swimming pools and beaches. In the summer you have a barbeque almost every night (if you're lucky). Some of the main attractions are sky scrapers, markets and the beaches. The plane ride is relaxing and you get a TV in the person in front's seat. The hot sandy beaches get over 1000 visitors a year. The safari parks are filled with wildlife and some horrible sights. In Cape Town coconuts and bananas are grown.

Connor Thatcher - Year 6