Homes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Homes homes,
Where-ever we rome,
Ther's no-where better than home,
A home is a shelter,
A home is a welter,
A home is our shield,
A home has a celler,
A home has a yeller,
You can travel the world,
You can travel the seas,
But at the end of the day,
Home is what you want to see.

By Billal

What are homes?

Home sweet home,
Some homes are big,
Some homes are small,
Some homes are long,
Some homes are short,
Homes are cosy,
Homes are safe,
Homes keep you warm,
Homes protectyou from storms,
Homes are special,
Homes take care of you,
Homes are where you live,
Homes are where you rest,
You can watch TV,
Homes are where you can play,
And have lots of fun,
Homes are where you have breakfast,
Lunch Dinner and supper,
Read books, do art and all other things,
Watch DVDs, films or make a phone call,
And imagine that you're something!

By Hamad

Home

Home sweet home,
Home is where,
Me and family live,
Home is where,
I love to be,
It's full of happiness,
And joy,
It completes my day,
With a cheerful cry,
In happiness I,
jump up and down,
Because i've got a home,
A very special home too,
Where me and my family,
Live happily!!!!!!!!!!

By Mariyam

Rochdale Readers on the 10th July

Here we are again, writing poems for National Poetry Day
The theme is Home
Although the day is not until the 7th October there is a competition in the libraries in Rochdael, write a poem of not more than 20 lines on the theme of home.
Entries must be returned by 7th September
there are two categories - under 16; over 16

My Home!!!!!!

my home is very special no matter

what the size

myhome is very special no matter

what the price

my home is very special to me

but not in your eyes

my home is my first prize

my home is my suprise

my home is the best to me.

By Billal

HOMES

HOMES ARE COSY
HOMES ARE SAFE
HOMES ARE SWEET
HOMES ARE SPECIAL
HOMES KEEP YOU WARM
HOMES ARE ANY SHAPE AND SIZE
FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS

BY HAMAD

Gearing up for National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day may not be until Thursday 7th October but Rochdale Readers are honing their poetry skills already.
The theme is "Home" so we've been thinking about words that come to mind, here is Rachel's poem.
Rachel's Words
Welcome to my
Nice
.....New
.......Lovely
.............Wonderful
...................Comfortable
Home

Of course, Ray being Ray he couldn't help adding his own slant to Rachel's words

Tap dripping, Mum flipping,
Dad fast asleep (wonderful!)
Cat's been sick, that's a new trick,
Dog's chasing sheep (nice!)
Roof leaks - two weeks
No slates seem loose (comfy!)
Could move, change groove
But really, what's the use? (lovely!)

Faiza joined us on the day and was inspired to write this poem

Faiza's House
Come inside to my
Colourful, comfy house.
It has a beautiful
Kitchen with yummy
Food and a lounge
Which has a big TV.

Thanks for those brilliant poems, Rachel and Faiza. I suppose we have to put up with Ray (well, he does bring the squash and biscuits!)
We're all looking forward to 10th July when we meet up again

Space Hop - The Summer Reading Challenge 2010

We're gearing up for Space Hop already here. We have been looking at the recommended reading lists. First we played a game, trying to match the "blurb" with the book covers. That gave us time to think about each book, so here are our recommendations, we want to read these for Space Hop this Summer.

Rochdale Readers' Fantastic Fifteen
Lauren Child - Clarice Bean What Planet are you From?
Thomas Docherty - Big Scary Monster
John Dougherty - Zeus on the Loose!
Jonathan Emmett - Bringing Down the Moon
Kes Gray - Daisy and the Trouble With Kittens
Amanda Li - Intergalactic! 150 Cosmic Jokes About Space
Andrew Murray - Ghost Rescue and the Space Ghost
Shoo Rayner - Ricky Rocket Vorg World
Chris Riddell - Mr Underbed
Gillian Rogerson - You Can't Eat a Princess!
Hannah Shaw - Evil Weasel
Lesley Sims - Moon Zoom
Jacob Martin Strid - Little Frog
Steve Voake - Hooey Higgins and the Shark
Kaye Umansky - Alien Alby

Castles can be high
Right up to the sky
Sometimes it can fly
People think it's haunted
But it's always magical
Or maybe sometimes funny

Billal, Hamad, Kiran, Mariyam, Nisa

We are still catching up with our Christmas stories here, we have been so busy on other projects we haven't been blogging for a while.

Rudolph wanted to play with the other reindeer but when the reindeer looked at Rudolph they called him names. The next day Santa came and asked Rudolph, "Will you be my team?"
On the other side of town, Coldee, the snowman woke up and saw Santa standing there. "Will you come to the Snowman Christmas Party?" he asked Coldee, and Coldee siad "YES!". Then they set off and Coldee had a great time. Pengee the Penguin was in the North Pole and wanted a party, as if by magic, Santa appeared and invited him to the snowman Christmas Party.
Then it was the night before Christmas and everyone was asleep, then Santa came and delivered the presents. In the morning, when everyone woke up, they looked at the presents and opened the presents. Everyone was happy and they wanted to play with them all day long. It was dinner time, the mums called the children in for dinner but they didn't listen! Everyone lived happily ever after.

Billal