Aesop's Fables

Aesop was a slave that lived 2,500 years ago.The fables Aesop wrote usually had a moral or a lesson. Like in the "Lion and the Mouse", the moral is no matter how small you are, yo can still help others. In the "Tortoise and the Hare", the moral for the fable is slow and steady wins the race. But when Aesop told his fables he could sadly never write them down. But because of Aesop's fables his master let him free from being a slave. Aesop died later but everyone remembered his fables.

 

Reported by Milan

 

Mt Tongariro's Second Eruption in 2012

Mt Tongarioro has erupted on the 21/11/12 and last time it erupted on August 2012. It is the 2nd time in 2012 Mt Tongariro has erupted. The eruption was 2km high and lasted 5 mins. Flights around Taupo, Gisborne and Bay of Plenty were cancelled and the crater that erupted from was Te Maari Crater.

Reported By: Elyshia and Shivaansh A6

East Idol 2012

Papatoetoe East school held their very own amateur "EAST IDOL" competition on Friday 16th November. All the acts were awesome and inspiring and the judges had a really hard job choosing the winners.

Our famous judges this year were:
-Mr Hei Hei
-Mrs Osborne
-Mrs Clark

Hosts 
Ta'a D4
Miss Nola D5

It all came down to the finalists who were:
Highly Commended - Liana
3rd - A-listers
2nd - A direction
1st  - Denzell

                                                 Congratulations to you all!!!


Animoto movie and report from Shivaansh and Elyshia

Poopypants

There is a really cool website called Poopypants. You can change your name to captain underpants style. Some examples are . . . .

Pinky bubble sniffer   -Muskaan

Pinky potty buns   -Manraj

Crusty toilet brain  -Elyshia

Snotty lizard buns   -Shivaansh

Butter cup Gerbil chunks    -  Mrs Thompson

pinky gizzard lips    - Milan

Fluffy pizza head    -Gaureesh
 
So please check it out in the discover folder!


Reviewed by Muskaan and Manraj

Story Starters

 

Once upon a time a Princess was sailing a pirate ship in space... WHAT?
Well with the new website "Story Starters" you can dream of anything! This website can be used by any level - Kindergarten to Yr 6. There are 4 themes to pick from like sci-fi, adventure, fantasy and scrambler. You have a reel to pick your story topic like you could find "write a description of a funny looking computer programmer  who found crystals that can power spaceships forever".  
So you get it! The possibiltes are endless with this website. So next time you're writing a story then use story starters to write the weirdest, most iditotic story ever which maybe hilarious!!!

To access it : Google http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters or go to Discover and find story starters.

Reviewed by: Shivaansh A6




  

Shakespeare

                                                 

Shakespeare was a famous English writer who created amazing plays. One of his most famous plays is Romeo and Juliet, the story of Romeo who falls in love with a girl named Juilet. But their parents would not let them marry, so they decided to run away, unfortunately they both died and you can find out the rest if you come and read about it in the library. Many of his stories are about murder and romance. There is a folder in Discover about Shakespeare that you can check out at any time. There is also a link to globe theatre - you can check out this theatre where Shakespeare's plays are still performed today!
Fact
He died on April 23rd 1616 on his Birthday.



By Vaasu, Avdeep, Andrena

Halloween

Halloween is on the 31st of October. Long ago, people believed that the dead came back to life and this is how the idea of Halloween began. In the old days they called Halloween 'All Saints Day". Hallow means saint.

Do you know what trick-or-treat means? It means give me a treat or I will trick you and scare you. . . People dress up as scary things and we often get sweets on Halloween.

By:Elyshia and Manraj