Hi!

It’s the Funkiest Monkeys of the Funky Monkey reading group here!  For reading we have been looking at graphic novels!

So far we have read:

American Born Chinese

American born Chinese is about a Chinese-American boy struggling to fit in at an American high school. His story is linked with Danny, an all-American boy, whose cousin Chin-Kee’s annual visit is ruining his life, and the Monkey King, who just wants to join the ranks of the gods. We found this a really strong, interesting book and liked the way the ends tie up, just enough to let you decide the small details of the end of the story. 8/10

Anya’s Ghost

Anya’s ghost is a great novel about a not-so-popular teenage girl who’s life just gets worse when she falls down a deep hole to find it haunted with a ghost who died 93 years before. She seems friendly but is there more to her than meets the eye? This is a highly recommended graphic novel - you must read it! 9.5/10

Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl is a hard hitting Graphic Novel which is great for someone that likes a bit of complexity and a bit of fun. It is hard to read at first but don’t give up, It does get better. Some strong Sci - Fi action and some interesting characters. Artemis Fowl is a great Book/Graphic Novel.    7.5/10

Ella, Georgina, Reilly, Lucy

Father Daughter Breakfast

Hi Isabel and Zelle here!

Some of us in 7OM went to our school’s annual Father Daughter breakfast. This is a real popular date on our school calendar.

The reason we have the Father Daughter breakfast is to have a special time with our Dads.

If someone’s Dad is too busy, the girls invited their Grandads or Uncles instead.   

It is loads of fun. Our Atrium was full of noisy chatter, joking and laughter.

Coraline:

Coraline is a 12 - year old girl who shows a lot of courage trying to save her mum and dad. It is an adventurous and freaky story. We rate this book 8/10 because some of the parts were a bit disturbing and creepy. Not a bedtime read! 

  

Smile:

Smile is about an 11-year-old girl called Riana. Riana gets into a lot of trouble even though she doesn’t mean to.  There are lots of embarrassing and funny moments but all Riana wants, is to be normal. We think this is a 10/10 because there is lots of humour and drama. We didn't want to put it down.

                      







The Baby Sitters Club:
Kirsty Thomas is a quirky teenager. Kirsty has to cope with her mum’s boyfriend whilst she is trying to figure out plans with her new best friends about her new club idea. She and her friends struggle with the Babysitting Club but they perserve and their friendship survives. We rate this book 7/10 because we found after awhile it started to become predictable.

Have you got a great graphic novel you can recommend?

Year 7 UNESCO Visit

HiYa! It’s Georgina and Ella here!

Yesterday we went on a UNESCO trip (UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organisation) We went to St James school and helped film their preparation for a Kids Can Cook competition.

They prepared a welcoming Ceremony and let’s just say… WOW,  It was amazing and included the Samoan and Maori cultures as they sang songs in those languages, lots of different children sang solos.( There is such a musical talent at that school) There was this one child who was only 7 yrs old and she left us speechless… just think when she’s a superstar on TV in 10 years time we are all going to go: “Hey, that’s that kid that sang for us ten years ago! Wow, she is even more amazing now… how is that even possible???!!!” See we told this school had the X - factor, didn’t we ? ( Rhetorical question )

They made us lamb wraps for lunch (which is what they are cooking for the Ellerslie competition) they are delicious wraps with a twist. Because their school is 95% Samoan they decided to make a healthy Samoan dish. It included peanuts, lamb, salad, chilli and lettuce. They put all the fillings in the lettuce  and wrapped the lettuce up. Cecilia and Prescott (the kids that are doing the competition) taught us how to make the wraps which was really cool! They were eager to share their cooking skills with us, which was great that they showed so much enthusiasm!

All in all, the day was lovely and the school had a fun, bouncy atmosphere and the kids were all eager to get involved and meet us. It was nice seeing the contributing factors to make the Salad wraps so lick-your-lips-delicious and seeing how much the school was involved with their gardens.

               

 It was a Great day! Thank you St James.

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Introducing 7OM

Over the next few weeks, each 7OM girl will share a blog post
 introducing themselves.
First, we have Brigitte and Annabelle- here's a sample to wet your appetite. To read about everyone in 7OM, click here. 

We welcome your comments!

Make a balloon rocket

Our first science lesson. Can we make a balloon a fly?

Balloon Rocket from Bridget Compton-Moen on Vimeo.