Year 5
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Shreya Mistry (Year 5) will be the Oldfield Representative for the 2012 RBWM Writing Competition. All the children in Year 5 and Year 6 took part and Shreya was voted the winner. Please read her entry below:
The Bag
Sirens were screaming, cars were roaring. Lucy and Ben were peering out through the kitchen window at the blazing torches and the flashing lights. Ben sighed and Lucy yawned- the search for Mrs Poppy Williams had been going on for 3 nights. Lucy and Ben’s mum and dad were helping with the search. Lucy and Ben were alone with nothing to do but play with Pip the dog.
Suddenly Pip began to bark; he wagged his tail mischievously and bounded right out of the back door. The children leapt to their feet and bounded after him. Pip squeezed through the hedge and disappeared into the darkness. He seemed to be heading straight to the house next door. No-one had lived there for years. The children scrambled through the hedge, brambles scratching their faces and nettles stinging their bare legs.
Finally they appeared outside the old building. The garden wasn’t pretty with tiny clipped rose bushes and little red and green gnomes, instead it was overgrown hedges, ivy climbing up the crumbling bricks and dead little trees holding up the sky. Pip was scratching at the heavy oak door making the noise like a nail running down a chalkboard. Ben rushed forward and heaved open the door.
A musty smell wafted around them. The house was bare except for a small chest at the back of the room. Lucy ran up to it and untied the moth-eaten ribbon. A leather bag rolled onto the dusty floorboards. The children leaned closer; carefully they unzipped the bags, and the contents fell out. There was a leather book with no writing in , a rusty old key and a crusty letter.
My Dear old friend Poppy Williams ( the letter started)- |I am so excited about coming over to the place where we grew up. As you probably know my Fred ‘went’ many years ago, as did your husband.
Can we meet on Monday at the station cafe at 11am?
See you soon
Love Ellen
Lucy grasped this belonged to Mrs Poppy Williams. “ She must be here somewhere “ Lucy cried. The children searched, and just as they were about to give up they heard a whinny noise coming from the garden. There was a red-brick well surrounded by bushes. They crept up and peered inside. It was dark and it smelt like boiled cabbage. Mrs Poppy Williams was staring up at them with emerald green eyes.
Lucy leapt back in surprise. A hoarse voice found their ears.
“Help” it cried weakly.
“I need help” Mrs Williams pleaded.
The children pulled her out using a rope.”Why were you in there?” the children asked curiously. “It was my friend Ellen, she put me in there!”
Let’s go home, you can tell us the story there. Ben, Lucy, Mrs Williams and Pip found their way through the old house (dodging the cobwebs and avoiding a shattered chandelier.) They silently crept inside and shut the door behind them. Lucy went into the kitchen to get some biscuits and a drink.
Mrs Poppy Williams told them her story, about how her friend Ellen had pushed her down the well. Why, she didn’t know. Suddenly there was the sound of a door being opened.
“Mum and Dad are back” cried Lucy.
Dad strode through the door. His mouth dropped open in shock, as if he had received an electric shock. He darted towards the telephone and dialled a number. Pip was barking loudly, sirens were screaming, cars were roaring.
By Shreya Mistry Year 5
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Year 5 Invitation to School Dinner
2011 Borough Rotary Writing Compettion
The task we were given this year was to produce a creative piece of writing from two points of view, we submitted our best five pieces. The winner for Oldfield was Evie Russell, congratulationes Evie, and she will now attend the final being held at the Holiday Inn on Monday 7th February.
Evie will have to read her own piece to the judges along with the other contestants and then an overall winner will be selected.
If you would like to read our entries please click on the links below
The Real Jack And The Beanstalk by Julia Hickson
Jack and the Beanstalk by Charlie Scott
Writing competition by Amira Ben Rejeb
Giant and Beanstalk by Evie Russell
Homelearning Journal for Term 4
Homelearning Journal for Term 3
Homelearning Journal for Term 2
Homelearning Journal for Term 1
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