Mum, dad, when could we go back to the lake? By Shannon

On Saturday the 25th of April, it was a sunny bright morning at my cousin's house. My family, cousins and I went to the lake at Hamilton for some exercise. We started walking at 11:30am and came back home at 12:30am.

When we arrived at the lake, we started jogging for about 20 minutes. Minutes rolled by and we started to slow down and finally we stopped. "Ugh! I'm so tired", I said.
"Let's walk instead", replied dad. My mum was way after us. She wasn't tired at all! My dad, cousins, sister and I were looking for fish, baby fish or lily pads. Suddenly, my dad stopped and said, "I found baby fish!"
"Wow! They're so tiny!", my sister said. I was surprised. 13 minutes later, we went back to the car. My mum was waiting there for us and she had been waiting for seven minutes. Then we drove back to my cousin's house.

My cousins, sister and I played Kinetic Sand. I had fun playing with it because I loved making creations. A few hours passed by and we were all still playing outside. Then we decided to go inside to have some food.
We had fish, potato chips, potato fritters and sausages. "Yum!", my cousin said. It was so delicious that I couldn't stop eating! After that, we watched a few movies. That was one of the most interesting day because I have never seen a lily pad and a baby fish before.

The lake was so interesting with fascinating creatures. I hope I get to go again soon so I can explore some more next time.

WALT understand and use descriptive language. 
I know this when I use appropriate adjectives and verbs in my recount.

Wow, do you know how fun Safety day was? By Kayla

My awesome weekend!

Have you ever been to an awesome Safety day before?

I got up in the morning and changed. After I got changed I woke up my mum so I could do to music class on time. It was nearly nine o'clock, so we hurried into the car. When we dot there , I saw Launoa , Folau, and Akesa. I went to sit down and our teacher asked us if we can play the notes E,F,G.I did it of and I nailed it. Then all us practised the notes in a circle.

After we learnt, notes we played E, F, G backwards. Then we practised B,C,D again and again. Then the class ended. It was really funny because after our teacher told us some jokes. After that my mum picked me up and went home. When I got home, I was so excited because I was going to the Safety day for kids and families.When it was nearly eleven thirty, I changed and got ready to go.

When we got there, I saw Rosary and her sister. So I went up to Rosary and asked if I could hang out with her because I felt lonely. We went around together and saw Jayden and Celeste waiting in line for sausage sizzles so Rosary and I waited in line as well.After we got our sausage sizzle,  my cousins came I told them how much fun it was here at Safety Day. Then Rosary and I went to the fake smoke house. The smoke house is a fake house that has smoke coming out. I got out of the door safely back outside.

When it was two o'clock, Rosary and I went to play with with my cousins.Then it was time to go home. My mum let me sleep over at my cousin house that night so I went in there car and said goodbye to “Goodbye” to my mum.

It was a really awesome day and I hope next time I can learn even lots more about being safe when a disaster strikes.

WALT use the correct structure in my recount.

I know this when I write the orientation, followed by the events and then the conclusion.