Recount of a Folk Dancing Festival by June

Hooray! On Tuesday the 17th of August 2010 ,Glenbrae students got to wear mufti to school. Everybody wore colourful clothes. We went to the ASB Stadium for a Folk Dancing Festival.

At the ASB Stadium initially performed the Grand March and we saw different schools. Some schools did their dances differently. We performed line dances,circle dances and partner dances. Then we had Morning Tea. After Morning Tea we performed a few more dances.

On the way out we got balloons from a lady and we ran out to the bus. Some of our balloons popped and the bus driver got a fright. I really enjoyed the Folk Dancing Festival and wish I could go back next year.

Recount of a Folk Dancing Festival by Layla

Hooray! It was the Folk Dancing Festival on Tuesday the 17Th of August 2010. Glenbrae School students and staff went to the ASB Stadium. We got there by bus.When we got into the ASB Stadium we lined up in our class lines.

We went into a big hall.Glenbrae School then had to sit down and line up in their dance group lines.The music played. Our school and the other schools had to perform a march. We danced to the music individually and sometimes with our partners.

I really enjoyed the Folk Dancing Festival and Id like to go there again because it was fantastic.

Recount of a Folk Dancing Festival

This is a recount of the folk dancing Festival that Mateo attended at the ASB Stadium.

Narrative of Peter and the wolf rewritten by Danielle

Early one morning Peter opened the gate and walked into the big green meadow. Waddling behind Peter was a duck. There Peter saw his friend a bird.

The duck was delighted that Peter had not closed the gate for he wanted to have a swim in the pond in the meadow. Then Peter’s Grandpa came to the gate. He was disappointed that Peter had come out of the gate. The bird said: ‘‘How can a bird not fly”? Then the duck replied: ‘‘How can a duck not fly”? While the bird and duck were arguing a wolf came out of the forest. The bird flew up to a branch of the tree and the duck climbed as fast as she could. The duck got out of the pond and ran as fast as lightning. The wolf got closer and closer until he caught the duck and ate her with one gulp.

All the animals were sad. Peter had seen everything that had been going on. Peter had found a heavy rope. He asked the bird to go around the wolf’s nose. The bird was twisting round and round while Peter put the rope around the wolf’s tail. Then some hunters came out of the woods. The hunters were going to shout but Peter said, “Stop! The bird and I already caught the wolf.”

They took the wolf to the zoo. Peter’s Grandpa was pleased with Peter and they lived happily ever after and if you listen quietly you can hear a quack in the wolf’s stomach for the wolf had swollen the duck alive.

Folk Dancing Festival

This is a video taken at the Folk Dancing Festival held at the ASB Stadium on Tuesday the 17th of August 2010.

Folk Dancing Festival

This is a dance called the "Jiffy Mixer" that was performed by Glenbrae School students at a Folk Dancing Festival.

Narrative of Peter and the Wolf rewritten by Jonah

One day there was a boy named Peter who lived in the woods with his grandpa. Early one morning Peter opened the gate and went out. Then he saw a bird flying around the tree.

After that he saw a duck following him and the gate was opened because Peter forgot to lock it.
He heard the bird asking the duck :“What kind of bird you are if you can’t fly?” and the duck asked: “What kind of bird are you if you can’t swim?”

Then a cat came and he thought that it was a bad cat. He jumped higher and he missed.
A big wolf came from the woods.Then Peter’s grandpa told Peter to come into the house.

The wolf ate the duck and the cat ran away from the wolf. Then Peter climbed on the tree.He caught the wolf right on his tail and two hunters came to the woods. They shot the wolf and Peter saw them and he shouted :”Don't shoot the wolf. I already got it.” Then the hunters got the wolf in the zoo but the duck was still alive in the wolf’s stomach.