Monday 26 March 2012

Chapter 6 - Scotland


“Don’t worry!  I won’t hurt you!  I want to help,” said the wizard.

The children were relieved and started to explain what had been happening.  They told him that they were on a school trip and that everything started with Nancy finding the baby dragon.

“Wow!  That’s exciting!  Where is this baby dragon?” and he looked around.

“I don’t know,” answered Nancy.  “It was here a moment ago.”

Suddenly they heard a loud, squeaky noise.  It came from the cat flap.

“Oh no!” said Nancy.  “The baby dragon is escaping!  Quick!  Catch it!”

They all ran towards the door but it was too late.  The flap closed.

“ROOOOAAARRRR!”

“It’s the mother dragon!” said Sam.

“Quickly!  Let’s hold hands,” said the wizard.

“Hocus pocus!” shouted the wizard.

There was a big BANG and a POP and a puff of smoke.  Sparks started to flash then …

Chapter 5 - Eire

Once they got to the base of the tower they ran to the courtyard, which

was next to the gates of the castle. When they got there they were

exhausted. Sam saw a rock and he managed to pull himself up onto it and

sit on it.

“It feels like the rock is moving!” exclaimed Sam.

“It is”, shouted Nancy, “It’s a wizard’s foot!”

They both looked up and saw an old man with a long beard and a magical

cape glaring down on them.

The wizard had already spotted them. They ran for their lives. They

spotted a tiny room in the corner of the courtyard. Under the door there

was a cat-flap. They jumped through the flap. When they got in they

spotted a key on a table. There were lots of books next to the table.

“This way to the key” said Nancy, pointing at the books. They darted

over to the books and helped each other up them. When they were on top

they reached for the keys.

As fast as possible they ran for the door. Sam lifted Nancy on his

shoulders. Nancy locked the door with the key just as they heard the

wizard approaching. He started banging on the door! Nancy and Sam

looked around the room for somewhere to hide.

When they were hiding behind the books they noticed they were spell

books. They started looking for a spell to make them big again.

“I found it!” declared Sam,
“Abracadabra!”

They were instantly turned back to normal. But the wizard was still

banging on the door. Just then, they heard the door opening….

Chapter 4 - France


A huge spider came down gently and approached Sam and Nancy.

-       "Ugh! A spider!" cried Nancy.

-       "Why do you say it like that Nancy?' asked Sam, as he got a splinter from the old tower floor.

-       "Help us!"

-       "But hang on a minute," murmured the spider, "I do want to help you both."

Quickly, the two children ran towards the spider, they jumped onto his back and guided him towards a mouse hole at the base of the wall.  Little Dragon too  followed them there.



What an event! They avoided the legs of the giant dragon who was spitting fire - he was furious since he had cut his feet on the bits of crockery on the floor. ROOAARR!! Mad with rage and in pain, he destroyed everything around him and ended up buried under a pile of rocks from the tower walls.



From the mouse hole, Sam and Nancy breathed a sigh of relief.

-     How are we going to get to the base of the tower now ? wondered the children.

-     Don't worry, I'll call my friends and family and we will make a chain.



The two friends jumped onto the back of the spider and then onto another and then another, followed by Little Dragon.

Once safely there, Nancy took some sweets out of her bag and both her and Sam gave them out to all the spiders as a thank you to them!



Little Dragon folded his tiny wings.

Chapter 3 - Scotland

Nancy and Sam had forgotten that the cannon fired every day at one o’clock!
“What a big bang!  That made me jump!” said Nancy.
“I had forgotten that the cannon was fired every day!” replied Sam.  “But wait a minute – what is that thumping noise?”
Suddenly Nancy saw an enormous dragon.  It was stamping its feet and spraying fire as it was looking for the baby dragon.
“Aaaah!” Sam and Nancy shouted as they ran away as fast as their legs could carry them.  The dragon was catching up.  Nancy shouted, “Run!  Get to the tower!”
They slammed the door behind them and started climbing up the spiral staircase, but the dragon breathed fire and burnt the door down.  After climbing up thirty huge steps they reached the top.  They were in a dark, square room with lots of plates sitting on shelves.  They were covered in cobwebs and some big spiders were running over the floor.  Nancy and Sam jumped back and bumped into the shelves. Plates started falling everywhere.
The dragon was still coming.  Just then Nancy touched the key and the children started to get smaller and smaller until they were tiny.  Just then the dragon appeared at the top of the stairs…

Chapter 2 - Eire

At school, the teacher asked everyone to take out their maths books. Nancy put

her hand in her school bag and pulled out her maths book. Her pencil fell into

her school bag and as she was about to pull out her pencil something scraped

against her. She looked around the room. No-one was looking so she bent down

to see what scraped her. It was the dragon! Quickly, she slipped it into her

pocket. A couple of minutes later the teacher announced that they were going

on a school trip to Edinburgh Castle. ‘’Yes!’’, everyone shouted.

Soon Nancy was sitting at the back of the bus beside her friend Sam. Sam had

brown hair and blue eyes. ‘’This morning I found a dragon on the way to school’’,

whispered Nancy. ‘’Where is it?’’ asked Sam. ‘’In my pocket’’, answered Nancy.

Nancy and Sam sneaked a peek at the dragon. There was a little chain around its

neck and on the chain there was a little key. The key was gold with black and

purple crystals on it. When they reached the castle Nancy looked around

excitedly. A dark stone castle towered above them, there was a drawbridge

with rusty hinges and a very large court in the centre of the castle. It had four

towers at the corners. ‘’Wow’’, she gasped, ‘’it’s magical’’. Suddenly there was a

loud bang that made everyone jump!

Chapter 1 - France


Once upon a time there was a little girl named Nancy. She was an eleven-year-old blue-eyed girl with long blond hair. She was fair-skinned with lovely rosy cheeks. She was looking forward to her birthday, next March 17.

She lived in Kilmarnock not too far from the sea, with her little brother, Arthur, 4, and her parents. She loved the place because she had a lot of friends there. What she liked most was the sweet shop where she could get sweets, waffles, gingerbread and even 6-scoop ice-cream. Arthur and Nancy were fond of all sorts of delicacies. She also liked the new gym that was next to the tenpin bowling where she would still go every week. Almost everyday she enjoyed settling in the house her father had built up in the tree next to the river.

Nancy would love spending her time inventing silly things. One morning, while she was riding to school, she met the sweet shop keeper who was opening his shop. She asked him for some sweets.

"Thank you!"

Along the way she met a small dragon. She put it hastily in her bag. Once at school, she thought, "I hope the teacher will not find it!"


The Adventures of Nancy

Primary 2S have been writing a collaborative story along with eTwinning partners in Nancy, France and Blarney, Eire.

Enjoy the story!

Thursday 22 March 2012

Magic Key

I looked in my packed lunch box.  I found a magic key.

Beth

Mr Grinling’s Lunch

Hamish was in the basket.  The seagulls came down and ate the lunch.  Hamish was scared.  Mrs Grinling was standing at the window rolling the mustard sandwich on the rope.  The seagulls didn’t like the mustard sandwich.  She made the same lunch again.  Let’s go somewhere else said the seagulls.  They liked the other lunch.  Come on said the seagulls.  Let’s come here tomorrow they said.

Gigi

Mr Grinling

Mr Grinling went to the lighthouse but the door was closed.  He couldn’t get in.  He tried and tried to get in but still it wouldn’t open.  Soon Mr Grinling went home.  He got Hamish.  He was frightened.  He didn’t want to go.

Katie

Mr Grinling’s Lunch

Mrs Grinling got a delicious lunch for Mr Grinling but the seagulls ate the delicious lunch.

Mia

My Lunch Box

At school I opened my lunchbox and I found a toy Batmobile.  I went to tell my friends outside and Batman came out of the Batmobile.  He came alive and he talked to me.

Ruairidh

My Lunch Box

At school I opened my lunch box and I found a magic key in it.  At night it glowed and took me on a magic adventure.  It took me to a world called London.  Then it glowed again and took me back home.

Erin

The Magic Wand

My mum put my lunch in my packed lunch box.  Today I did not find my lunch I found a magic wand.  It waved and it took me on an adventure.  I love my wand.

Harrison

My Lunch Monster

I usually get noodles in my lunch box but instead I got Avatar.  I got taken to the village of Avatar.  It was America.  It took me to a new adventure with Spongebob.  I saw Patrick Squidward and Mr Crabs and Gary.  I had a crabby party.

Lachlan

Packed Lunch

Yesterday I found a cat in my packed lunch and it jumped out.  It chased a mouse that was in the bin.

Callum

Conner’s Birthday Castle

On Sunday I am going to Conner’s party.  I am going to animal magic.  I have not been there before.  I wonder what it will be like.  Arron, Ruairidh and Alexander are coming too. I don’t know if I am going to his house to play or who is taking me there.  I am going to spend some time playing.  I am going to have fun there.  I really like spending time with Conner.  He is my best friend ever.  I also like Arron too.  He is my second best friend and my third is Rebecca and Ruairidh and Alexander.  I love spending time with my friends and family too.  I love everyone who I know.

Robbie

The Spy!

Once there was a boy called Ben.  He lived in a hideout.  He had a fire blade.  It was very poisonous.  It was attached to his arm.  One night he was fighting Galaxar the bad guy.  Then he hid with his rope attacher.  He was opening up a new box.  What is that?  You’ll see.  Is it something evil.  Ben shot his revolver and killed Galaxar.  The parcel guy was not dead so he came down and shot his head with a revolver.  He was knocked out.  All the people in the town were cheering for Ben.  Then Ben saw a giant monkey.  So Ben got his broom and flew up to the monkey and got out his revolver and shot him.  Then he was in the newspaper and then a guy suggested that they catch him.  He put him in jail but he was not in jail for long.  The next morning he escaped.

Conner

The Magic Key

I found a magic key.  It took me to Toys’r’Us.  I bought most of the toys.  I got the dragon cuddly toy.  It was big.  I got all of the Ben 10 figures.  I even got all of the Star Wars figures.  I got them for free.  It took me back to school.  It was home time.  When I got home I played on the computer.  I went into the computer game.  It was cool.  I could run as fast as Sonic.

Ollie

My Lunch

I found a magic key in my lunch.  It took me in my lunch.  I ate my lunch when I was small.  As I ate I got bigger and bigger.

Molly

The Magic Lunch Box

At school it was lunchtime.  I found my packed lunch. It didn’t look like mine but it had my name on it.  I looked inside but it sucked me in.  A wee computer with numbers on it appeared in front of me.  I typed 9055.  It took me to the dinosaurs’ world.  In front of me there was a T-Rex.  The T-Rex gave me a show round.  I could understand the dinosaurs.  They hadn’t seen the human world, so I took them home to the human world.

Tom

My lunchbox

When I opened my lunchbox my mum always gives me ham sandwiches but I saw a monkey in it.  It ate my apple and I took it into my class.  When I was doing maths the monkey was making a racket. It bit me on my finger and it was bleeding.  My monkey came home with me.  My granny said, ‘Abbie why is there a monkey in your bag?’  His name was Arron.

Abbie

My lunch box

Once I looked in my lunch box and I saw a magic flower.  It was calling my name.  Its petals were different colours.  Its name was zoozoo.

Madison

The Princess Mermaid

Once upon a time there was a mermaid called Alena.  She had the most beautiful voice in the entire ocean.  But one day an evil witch took her to the witch’s castle dungeon.  But one day a prince found out about Alena.  He went to go and rescue her.  He went through the scary ocean.  It was dark and scary.  The prince was caught on a seagum.  The seagum is pink with purple polka dots on it.  The prince demanded the seagum to let him go but the prince didn’t know that the seagum was just trying to help the prince.  The seagum said ‘Don’t worry.  I just want to help.’  He helped the prince get out of the forest.  They found the castle but the witch found the prince and the prince ran as fast as he could.  He stopped and took out his sword and killed the witch and let the princess free.  The princess and the prince lived happily ever after.

Caitlin


My packed lunch


When I got my packed lunch from the trolley and I found a mat.  It was a magic carpet.  It flew out of the window with my sandwiches and I felt very hungry.

Daniel

My lunch



Yesterday at school I opened my packed lunch then I found a monkey.  The monkey ate all of my food.

Ami

My Lunch Box


Once upon a time I had a lunch box.  My mum always prepared it.  When I opened it I didn’t find my lunch I found a pirate hat and it took me onto a pirate ship.

Fraser

The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch


On Monday Mr Grinling was waiting for his lunch to arrive.  But his lunch never arrived.  It was spotted by three seagulls.  On Tuesday Mr Grinling wanted his lunch but his lunch didn’t arrive again.  The three seagulls got to it again.  There was nothing they could do.  It was too hard.

Calan

My Lunch Box

 
When I opened my lunch box I didn’t see a thing.  Suddenly a portal turned up and it sucked me into the portal and it took me to a different dimension into an alien planet.
Alexander

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch

 
One sunny day Mr and Mrs Grinling were eating breakfast.  We can’t starve that cat to death.  Hamish heard what they were saying.  Hamish was sad.  Starve that cat?  Oh my shivering ginger whiskers!  Nobody starves the lighthouse cat!  So Hamish ran away to the town.  Nobody wanted Hamish in the town.  It was night time, so Hamish climbed a tree and his owners found him.
Lara

Magic Wand

 
On Friday I found a magic wand and it had a star on the top.  It was pink and silver and shiny and sharp on the ends and very sparkly too and it took me home.
Holly

Lunch Box

 
In my lunch box I found a key but it wasn’t just an ordinary key.  It was a magic key.  I told my friend called Thomas.  He fainted.  I took him back home.  I put an ice pack on his head.  The next day I had a magic adventure.  It was fun.
Bethan

In My Packed Lunch Box



In my packed lunch box I saw a magic key and it took me on a magic adventure.  It took me to the land of the dinosaurs.  I saw an Apatosaurus and a T-Rex.  I got to slide down.  Soon the key began to glow.  It took me back home.  I told my mum and dad but they didn’t believe me, but then I showed them the magic key.
Arron

Magic Lunch



Yesterday I opened my lunchbox and I found a pencil and the pencil hit me and it flew at home time.  I called it Arron.
Nairn

The Lighthouse Keeper

 
Mr Grinling lived high up on the cliffs.  Mr Grinling had a lighthouse but Mrs Grinling put Hamish in the basket by mistake.  But it was too late because the basket fell down and Hamish tried to get out but he couldn’t because he was a bit sick.  Mr Grinling was cross with Hamish.
Ewan

The Doll



I found a Barbie Doll in my lunchbox.  She had blond hair and a hairband with a plait. The doll was alive.  She went home with me.  She climbed in my box of Barbies.  I got changed to go outside to play with my friend.  When I came back in I found the doll and it glowed.  She took me under the sea.  It took us in front of a castle.  I swam through the castle.  I saw this bridge which was made of sand and shells.  I crossed it and it didn’t break.  Soon I came to a whirlpool.  There was a queen in it.  I rescued her and whoever rescued the queen got a tail.  It was a pink tail and my doll had a tail too.  We swam together.  We both built some powerful necklaces so that we could become human or a mermaid any time we wished.  My doll glowed.  It took us home.  That was a fun adventure.
Aimee

Saturday 3 March 2012

The Octopus

The octopus lives in warm seas.  An octopus has 8 tentacles and 240 suckers on each tentacle.  An octopus is completely deaf. If one of its tentacles gets cut off it grows a new one.

Ruairidh

THE OCTOPUS

The octopus lives in warm seas.  It has a soft body and it can change colour so other creatures cannot eat it.  It has 1 eye on each side of its head.  It can live for up to 2 years
Erin

The octopus

The octopus lives in warm seas.  The octopus has 8 tentacles with 240 suckers on each tentacle.  The octopus lays thousands of eggs.  They squirt ink when they get scared.    
Ami

The Octopus

The octopus lives in warm seas.  The octopus has 8 tentacles and 240 suckers on each tentacle. Octopus has a soft body.  It can change colour.  The octopus is completely deaf.
Madison

The octopus

The octopus lives in warm seas.  The octopus eats shellfish and shrimp.  If it gets scared it squirts an ink cloud.  If a tentacle gets cut off it regrows another one.  When an egg hatches it swims to the top of the sea.  The octopus lives between 6 months and 2 years.

Lara