Children’s Writing: Ryan’s Story: The Wizard that lost his wand.

The Summoning
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The grumpy wizard lost his wand.
He found the wand under the sofa.
He was happy then.

He turned himself into
a great, white bird and flew away.
He felt even happier then.

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Can you guess what kind of bird he turned himself into?

The answer is ……………………………………………………………………………….

(a swan. Ryan used a picture of seagulls just to trick you!)

Children writing poetry: Thoughts for Mothers’ Day: ‘She is the sound of the dishwasher closing.’

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My Mother

She is the sound of the dishwasher closing

She is the colour white,

the same colour as the washing machine!

She would be a comfy armchair

She is ice cream

because she is cool when things go bad.

She is a tiger because she protects me.

She is a golden daffodil, standing tall.

She is birthdays all year round.

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Here are some more poems for Mothers’ Day:

These poems were written using an idea

called ‘The Furniture Game’

from Sandy Brownjohn’s book,

‘Does It Have To Rhyme?’ (Hodder & Stoughton, 1980)

Children’s Work: Stories written by Senior Infants

 

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Lucy wrote;

Once upon a time there was a happy girl called Lucy.

She lived in a house near the forest.

One day a rabbit followed her home.

 

Once upon a time there lived a princess who lived in a castle.

One day she met a witch.

She lived in a cottage.

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Ben said;

Once upon a time there lived a clever squirrel

who lived in a hole in a tree and was always eating nuts.

 

Once upon a time there lived a hedgehog who lived in a hedge.

He was lonely. He always had to eat on his own

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These are Daniel’s stories;

Once upon a time there was a sporty kangaroo

called Kealin who loved boxing.

She lived in the outback in Australia.

She had lots of trophies.

 

Once upon a time there was a white rabbit called Robbie.

He loved to do magic. One day he got a job at the circus.

His first trick was to pull a man out of his hat

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This is what Tom wrote;
Once upon a time there lived a dragon, who lived in a cave.

He was happy. One day he met a brick.

They did some art and they had a fun time.

 

Once upon a time there lived a bee,

who lived in a bee hive. He was working well.

One day he met a fish.

They went to the shop.

They had a great time.

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Sofia wrote;

Once upon a time there lived a girl called Sophia.

She lived on the moon but oh no there was aliens on the moon.

 

Once upon a time there lived a unicorn.

She lived in a crystal cave.

She loved to play in the fields.

One day she met a princess who always wanted a unicorn

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Beth wrote this story;

Once upon a time there lived a witch

who lived in a cave on a mountain where there was a dragon.

She thought that she was able to defeat the dragon, but she was wrong.

The dragon blew out fire.

The witch tried to put spells on the dragon,

but the dragon had blown fire at the want,

so she couldn’t put spells on the dragon.

The dragon blew fire at the witch.

So this story doesn’t have a happy ending!

The End.

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Andrew wrote;

Once upon a time there lived an electric dinosaur.

The electric dinosaur was guarding the gold mine.

 

Once upon a time there lived a polar bear.

The polar bear was captured by an icy jail.

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Kyle said;

Once upon a time there lived…

Wow!

Where was I?

Oh yes.

Sorry about that.

I was just looking at Mr.Happy’s art.

He just drew the beach

and Mr Happy has more art to show.

First we will visit other Mr Men art.

We’ll see Mr.Strong’s, Mr. Nosy’s and Mr. Noisy’s art.

First on the list is … Mr Strong.

He has painted his weights.

Second on the list is Mr.Nosy.

Mr. Nosy has made a wonderful statue.

Next Mr.Noisy has painted Mr.Happy.

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These are Ciara’s stories;

Once upon a time there lived a furry rabbit who lived in a burrow.

She was a Mummy. She had a baby rabbit. The baby rabbit was cute.

 

Once upon a time there lived a black and white badger in a forest.

He was sad because he had no friends.

 

Once upon a time there lived a hedgehog.

He had sisters. He had six sisters.

He got fed up giving the six sisters food.

He was bored of feeding them.

 

Once upon a time there lived a fox.

The Mummy had kids. Then the Daddy came.

Then they met a shy otter on the river bank

Laura wrote;

Girl Child Education
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Elisa had a project to do for college.

It was about a bee.

It was a very very important bee.

Elizabeth had a story to write and a story to read.

It was called Naughty Children.

When they were finished their homework Emily work up.

She wanted another bottle. Elisa made her bottle.

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Shannon wrote a funny story;

Once upon a time there lived a very silly Granddad.

His house was silly. He sleeps on a rock.

One day this silly man met a girl.

She was such a silly girl, the man loved the girl.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Sofia

At the beginning of the month, Sofia was writing lovely stories:

A Story by Sofia

Once upon a time, there lived a family of butterflies,

who lived in a forest.

They were happy and were always smiling.

One day this family of butterflies met a fairy.

They went to live in a castle. They had a fun time.

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Now her stories are even lovelier:

Once upon a time there lived a happy princess.

She lived in a big castle.

Every day the happy princess met a fairy.

They went to live in a zoo with the funny monkeys

 

Once upon a time, there lived a funny King.

He lived in a big flower bed.

One day the funny king found a tree.

The funny king pushed the tree and found a door.

He went in and he met a worm. They made friends.

 

Once upon a time there lived a small octopus.

He lived under the sea.

He had a friend, the star fish.

One day the two friends played and played until evening.

 

Once upon a time there lived a red deer.

She lived on a big hill.

One day the red deer met a funny otter.

He lived in a river on the hill.

The red deer met the otter.

They went to dinner.

 

I look forward to reading more of your stories Sofia.

 

.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Kyle

At the beginning of the month

Kyle was writing good stories:

Once upon a time, there lived a teddy

who was talking,

who lived in a toy box.

He was hyper and was always helpful.

One day this teddy met a penguin.

They went to the North Pole.

They had a happy time.

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He worked hard all month and now is writing great stories.

Once upon a time there lived Miss Sunshine.

She was stacking boxes on her shelves.

Just then a robber stole all the shelves.

So she called the police

but when the police got there

the police couldn’t see anything.

Then Miss Sunshine saw burglars.

Speaking of that…

some other things were missing.

As well Mr Happy’s pet was gone

and Miss Scary’s bed was gone

and they called the police,

the fire brigade

and the rescue helicopter 

and they did it.

 

Once upon a time Mr Mo went to get a job.

He tried a fireman,

bus driver,

teacher,

police

but they were no use,

so he went back home

and that was Nonsense Land

to ask Mr Silly.  

‘Be a garden,’ said Mr Silly.

So he had flowers on his shoulder

and blue bells on his head

and banana flowers of his nose.

Who ever heard of banana flowers?

They’re in Nonsense Land

and you can eat them.

 

Once upon a time there lived some bread

that was being sliced.

Mr Tickle and Miss Magic they didnn’t need a knife.

Miss Magic wayed her magic wand …

and presto it was sliced

but the magic went right down the stairs

and out the door.

It sliced jam on Mr Small but he didn’t mind

he was red all ready.

Then it spread.

Mr Happy had butter on his head.

Mr Strong had egg on his eggs.

If even dropped a toaster on Mr Jelly’s house

and did you know Mr Tickle

and Little Miss Magic didn’t know

but they didn’t not know that for long

because finally the magic

sliced an egg on Mr Tickle’s arms.

 

Once upon a time there lived Mr Skinny.

One day someone was knocking at his door.

He opened the door…

and there stood two loaves of bread.

They had eyes,

a nose,

and even mouth.

They walked straight in

but Mr Skinny’s wasn’t a house,

he was in a hotel

so if the bread walked in

then it will be a disaster.

Mr Greedy gobbled them up.

Well done Kyle. Keep up the good work. 

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Tom

At the beginning of this month Tom was writing good stories:

‘Once upon a time there lived a nice butterfly,

who lived in a gingerbread house.

He was happy and was always smiling.

One day this happy bee met the butterfly.

They went fishing. They had a funny time.’

 

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This week he is writing great stories:

‘Once upon a time there lived a friendly dragon.

He lived in a dark cave.

When he hiccuped he burnt everything.

One day he met a happy witch,

who gave him a potion to stop hiccups.

 

A big dinosaur eats a baby dinosaur.

The dinosaur had big big teeth.

His grandpa saved him.

 

Once upon a time there was a shy hedgehog 

who lived in a hedge.

He met a black and white badger,

who lived in a forest.

 

Once upon a time there was a bold cat.

He is bold because he sneaks into our garden

to get the bread for the birds.

 

Once upon a time there lived an uncle.

His name was Tom.

He was happy and was always joking.

He had a friend whose name was Tom as well.

They went to the shop together 

to buy chips and lucozade.

 

Well done Tom 😀

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Ben.

At the beginning of February Ben was writing good stories. 

Once upon a time there lived a giant,

who lived in a castle.

He was grumpy and was always busy.

One day this giant met a wizard.

They went fishing. They had a happy time.

By the end of the month he was writing great stories:

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Once upon a time there lived a red deer

who lived in a forest.

He was wild

and was always ripping the leaves off the trees.

One day the deer met a clever fox.

 

Once upon a time there lived a grey mouse

who lived in a hole.

Once upon a time, there lived a red squirrel

who lived in a hole in a tree.

 

Once upon a time there lived

a black and white badger who lived in a forest.

One day this badger met a deer who lived in the forest as well,

but the badger lived in a bush.

 

Once upon a time there lived a brown rat

who lived in a rubbish dump.

One day this rat met a mouse who lived in a hole in a house.

He met a mouse who lived in a hole in a house.

 

Once upon a time there lived a clever fox.

He was so clever that he could jump and and grab a bird from the sky.

Keep up the good work Ben.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Andrew

During the first week in February,

was writing good stories:

Once upon a time, there lived a robot,

who lived in a robot house.

He was hungry and thirsty and was always tired.

One day this robot, met another robot.

They went to the robot restaurant.

They had a nice day.

By the end of the month, 

Andrew story writing was even better:

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Once upon a time there lived a bird.

The bird was building a nest.

The bird laid three eggs.

The eggs started to crack.

In the eggs there were three baby birds.

 

Once upon a time, there lived a tiger.

The tiger lived in the ground in a hole.

The tiger met another tiger.

They had a nice day.

 

Once upon a time there lived a lego dragon.

The lego dragon was hungry.

The lego dragon eats fish,

shark,

whales

and icecream.

He eats big burgers,

big hot dogs

and big meat.

He drinks water.

 

Once upon a time there lived Emmet.

Emmet met a lego dinosaur.

Emmet was brave.

He climbed up on the dinosaur’s back.

Well done Andrew. Keep up the good work.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Shannon

In the first week of February,

Shannon wrote some very good stories:

Once upon a time, there lived a fairy,

who lived in a tree.

She was magic and was always happy.

One day the fairy met a little elf.

They went to the forest.

They had a picnic together.

After a month of story writing

her stories were even better:

Octopussy / Haeckel serie (repost)
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Once upon a time there lived an happy octopus

deep in the bottom of the blue

and she had so much fun under the sea

and swam all day in the sea.

She had to swim all day and loved it so much.

 

Once upon a time lived a nice king.

He was so happy

for his queen

she was a happy queen

of all the earth

 

Once upon a time there lived a bunny.

He met another rabbit.

He asked would you go on a date with me.

So they went on a date with each other

and they lived happily ever 

 

Once upon a time there lived a tiger.

He was not a nice tiger.

He never tried to be nice to anybody,

but one day he became a nice tiger.

Well done Shannon. Keep up the good work.

Story Writing from Senior Infants: Well Done Lauren

Lauren wrote a good story in the first week of February:

Once upon a time, there lived a happy dog,

who lived in a kennel, with his Mammy.

He was happy and was always playing.

He had a friend who was a laughing cat.

They went to a party together. They had fun.

She practised her story writing all month 

and her story writing got better and better:

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Once upon a time there was a magic swan.

She was called Elizabeth.

She lived in a big pond,

with her Mummy and her Daddy

and her baby sister Emily

and her big sister Eliza.

One day Elizabeth and her Mum

and Emily and Elisa went to Zoom.

(Zoom is a play centre).

 

Elizabeth met her friend Ben

the red squirrel in Zoom.

Then Ben said ask your Mum

can we have a play date

Elizabeth’s Mum said ‘Yes’.

‘Yippee,’ said Ben.

Emily started to cry.

They went home to feed Emily her bottle.

It was nap time for Emily.

When Emilly had her nap,

Eliza and Elizabeth did their homework.

Elisa had a project to do for college.

Well done Lauren. Keep up the good work.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Beth

At the beginning of this month

Beth was writing good stories:

Once upon a time there lived a nice king and queen.

They were called Anna and Jack.

They lived in the forest where the grass was long.

There were butterflies.

There lived an elf, who lived in a castle.

He was crazy and was always rushing and forgetting things.

By the end of the month her story writing was even better:

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Once upon a time there lived a clever fox,

who lived in a den in the snow.

The mother fox had a baby girl.

It was gorgeous.

The Mom married a Dad Fox.

They went out for dinner.

 

Once upon a time there lived a red deer,

who lived on a hillside.

He met a reindeer.

He was delivering the presents with Santa.

One girl got a gingerbread house with a teddy inside.

She was amazed.

Her Mom and her Dad they thought it was very good.

She played and played with it.

 

Once upon a time there lived a quiet King.

He married the selfish queen.

They had a big party.

Everyone went to the party.

There was

a bossy giant,

a busy goblin,

a funny unicorn,

a bouncy alien,

a cool spaceman,

a sleeping starfish

and a friendly octopus.

There was lovely food.

Then they went home

and went to bed.

Story Writing in Senior Infants – Well Done Lucy

At the beginning of February,

Lucy was writing good stories like this one:

Once upon a time there lived a bumble bee.

She lived in a big hive. Her name was Lucy.

She was always busy making honey.

One day she met a butterfly.

The butterfly lived in a garden.

They both lived happy ever after.

By the end of February

her stories were even better:

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Once upon a time there lived a happy whale.

Her name was Lucy.

She lived in the sea.

One day she met a giddy octopus.

The name of the octopus was Daniel.

They both played all day.

 

Once upon a time there was a lonely bear.

He lived in a cave behind a waterfall.

One day he met a girl bear, while he was fishing.

They swam in the river together.

The bear was really happy.

 

Once upon a time there was a bubblegum princess.

She lived in Candy Land.

One day she went to a Marshmallow mall

and met a marshmallow friend.

They went shopping.

Story Writing in Senior Infants: Well Done Daniel

At the beginning of February

Daniel was doing well writing stories:

Once upon a time there lived a crocodile,

who lived in the Amazon river.

He was very nasty

and was always snapping at all the fish.

One day this crocodile met a friendly pelican.

They went to eat fish and had a very nice time.

By the end of the month,

Daniel was writing even better stories:

Love Potion Number 9 & 3/4
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Once upon a time there was a witch.

The witch met a dragon.

He had the hiccups.

The witch made a potion

to make the hiccups go away.

 

Once upon a time there was a kind princess.

She met a magical unicorn.

They loved playing Monopoly

and Snakes and Ladders.

 

Once upon a time there was an Easter Bunny.

She gives all the chocolate eggs

in the whole wide world.

 

Once upon a time there was a hedgehog.

He was very shy.

He never ever spoke to anybody.

Once upon a time there was a young wizard.

He loved to build stuff.

One day he made a Lego car.

He used his want to make it real.

 

One day my tooth fell out.

That night I put it under my pillow for the tooth fairy.

When I woke up there was money. I was so happy.

Well done Daniel. Keep up the good work.

Children’s Work: Even More Stories from Senior Infants

A True Story by Beth

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Once upon a time there lived a trampoline, who lived in the garden. He blew down in the storm. He hurt his bars. We are getting new bars on the weekend. We are getting someone to help my Dad pick it up and we will be getting new bars.

A Story by Daniel

Heart Like a Lion
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Once upon a time there lived a lazy lion called Larry. He lived in Dublin Zoo. One day this lion met a tired tiger named Tim. The zoo keeper made them exercise together.

Once upon a time there was a greedy goblin who lived in a mushroom house. All the children were very sad, because he stole all their sweets.

Stories by Lucy


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Once upon a time, there lived a happy penguin. He met a nice starfish. They lived in the ocean. They had a great time in the sea.

Once upon a time there lived a pretty princess who lived in a pink castle. She had a magical unicorn as a pet. They could fly through the sky for fun.

A Story by Andrew

Three Wise Men
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Once upon a time there lived a bird. The bird was building a nest. The bird laid three eggs. The eggs started to crack. In the eggs there was three baby birds.

More Stories from Tom

God's Opinion That The World Should Go On
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Once upon a time there lived a baby, who lived in a rock. He was happy and was always crying. He went to school and he was screaming. Teacher was mean in the story.

Once upon a time, there lived Mr.Happy in a cottage. He was happy. He met Mr.Strong. They went for a coffee. They had a happy time.

Stories by Ben

Pixie Snip
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Once upon a time there lived an elf. He lived in Greystones. He was lonely.

Once upon a time, there lived an elf, who lived in a teapot. He was funny.

Once upon a time there lived a witch who lived in a cottage. She was grumpy.

Once upon a time there lived a goblin who gobbled every one up. He was shy.

 

Kyle wrote so much, it would have made this post very long, so I put

Kyle’s stories on another post, which you can find here.

Children’s Work: More stories from Senior Infants

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Ben’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a wizard who lived in a cottage.

He was happy and was always smiling.

He went flying.

One day this wizard met a giant.

They went fishing.

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Tom’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a boy who lived in a swamp.

He was sad and were always sleeping.

One day this ant came.

They went on holidays.

Once upon a time there lived a boy who lived in a boat.

He was happy.

One day the boy went for a walk.

He met a fly.

They went to the pub.

They had a happy time.

The Little Things in Life
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Ciara’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a tooth fairy

who lived outside and met a butterfly.

They went to the shop and then she said a magic word.

Once upon a time there lived a shop.

He was happy and always fun. He was a sweet shop.

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Daniel’s Story

Once upon a time there lived two monkeys called Mario and Luigi.

They were always naughty and throwing bananas and coconuts

at the other animals.

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Shannon’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a princess.

She lived in a magic castle.

At night the castle began to lift off the ground by magic powers.

The castle flew through the clouds to a faraway land and had so much fun in the castle.

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Lucy’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a parrot who lived in a rainforest.

She met a toucan. He also lived in the rainforest.

Once upon a time there lived a snail. He met a worm.

They lived in the trees. They both loved eating leaves.

Once upon a time there lived a spider.

She met a lady bird. They both loved eating grass.

They lived underground.

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Andrew’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a dragon

with 100 heads and 300 wings and 500 legs.

The dragon had powers.

Tornado power and lava power and ice power.

Once upon a time there lived a snake fish.

The snake fish had wings and legs and electric wings.

He had powers too.


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Kyle’s Story

Once upon a time there lived Mr Cheerful.

He went fishing. He decided he was a bit lonely,

so he called his friend Mr. Small,

but he was out,

so he called Mr.Happy but he was sick,

so he called Mr. Tickle and he was able to come.

Once upon a time there lived Mr. Fussy.

He made a Gingerbread Man.

When Mr. Fussy put him in the oven,

he jumped out and went outside

and he met Mr. Happy

and he sang

‘Ha ha you can’t catch me’.

Mr. Happy chased him.

Mr Bump was getting a pail of water.

Then the Gingerbread man was bumped.

Mr. Bump had squashed him,

but he was still alive.

He had a nap then.

Some one picked him up.

It was Mr Rush.

He ate him all up.

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Beth’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a pencil

who stole Ms. B’s crayons.

The pencil got put in the bin,

because he wouldn’t get sharpened.

The crayons got put in the bin.

They wouldn’t do what they were told.

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Sofia’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a happy princess she lived in a big castle.

Everyday the happy princess met a fairy. They went to live in a zoo

with the funny monkeys.

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Lauren’s Story

Once upon a time there lived a snow leopard, who lived in the snow. 

His name is Quiemo.

One day Quiemo went to the shops with his Mummy.

They got ham, apples and pears.

They paid for it. It was 10 euro.

He went to the swimming pool with with his Daddy.

He did lots of things in the pool.

He did a flip in the pool and a back flip.

Then he was sopping wet when he got out.

Then he had dinner.

He went to bed after.

‘Wake up Quiemo,’ said his Mum.

He woke up.

Quiemo got dressed.

He went down stairs.

Then he went to school.

He learned lots of things in school.

It was big break.

He played with Sam and Jack.

They were playing pirates.

The bell rang.

They lined up.

They went inside.

Quiemo finished his homework.

It was tidy up time.

Senior Infants hope you enjoyed their stories.

You can read earlier stories from Senior Infants here.

Children’s Work: Stories by Senior Infants

A Story by Tom

Once upon a time there lived a nice butterfly,

who lived in a gingerbread house.

He was happy and was always smiling.

One day this happy bee met the butterfly.

They went fishing. They had a funny time.

Miniature Gingerbread Houses
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A Story by Ben

Once upon a time there lived a giant,

who lived in a castle.

He was grumpy and was always busy.

One day this giant met a wizard.

They went fishing. They had a happy time.

The Machines Attack!
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A Story by Sofia

Once upon a time, there lived a family of butterflies,

who lived in a forest.

They were happy and were always smiling.

One day this family of butterflies met a fairy.

They went to live in a castle. They had a fun time.

A glimpse of orange
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A Story by Andrew

Once upon a time, there lived a robot,

who lived in a robot house.

He was hungry and thirsty and was always tired.

One day this robot, met another robot.

They went to the robot restaurant.

They had a nice day.

PanMietek
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A Story by Daniel

Once upon a time there lived a crocodile,

who lived in the Amazon river.

He was very nasty

and was always snapping at all the fish.

One day this crocodile met a friendly pelican.

They went to eat fish and had a very nice time.

On the log
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A Story by Ciara

Once upon a time, there lived  a witch,

who lived in a cave.

She was happy and was always joking.

One day this witch met a rainbow.

They went dancing.

They had a funny time.

umbrella... shadow... rainbow... field of wheat...
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A Story by Kyle

Once upon a time, there lived a teddy

who was talking,

who lived in a toy box.

He was hyper and was always helpful.

One day this teddy met a penguin.

They went to the North Pole.

They had a happy time.

The Journey of Harry the Teddy Bear
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A Story by Shannon

Once upon a time, there lived a fairy,

who lived in a tree.

She was magic and was always happy.

One day the fairy met a little elf.

They went to the forest.

They had a picnic together.

i call this elf ralphie
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A Story by Lauren

Once upon a time, there lived a happy dog,

who lived in a kennel, with his Mammy.

He was happy and was always playing.

He had a friend who was a laughing cat.

They went to a party together. They had fun.

Cat VS. Dog
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A Story by Beth

Once upon a time there lived a nice king and queen.

They were called Anna and Jack.

They lived in the forest where the grass was long.

There were butterflies.

There lived an elf, who lived in a castle.

He was crazy and was always rushing and forgetting things.

Disney - Magic Kingdom (Explored)
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A Story by Lucy

Once upon a time there lived a bumble bee.

She lived in a big hive. Her name was Lucy.

She was always busy making honey.

One day she met a butterfly.

The butterfly lived in a garden.

They both lived happy ever after.

Flowers in Fog
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 You can read more stories from Senior Infants here.

Granny’s Garden – FINAL Follow Up Activity – The Diaries

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Click on this link to read about ‘Granny’s Garden’.

 

Witch’s Diary

Monday:

Fly to shops for mice and frog spawn.

Tuesday:

Pick up kids from fire breathing class.

Wednesday:

Cup of tea with Witches on Wednesday

Thursday:

Broomstick Yoga.

Friday:

Take cat to vet. He fell off the broomstick.

 Enchanted Garden
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Granny’s Diary

Monday: Gardening

Tuesday: Weed the vegetable patch.

Wednesday: Flower arranging.

Thursday: Shopping for goodies and weedkiller.

Friday: Baking in the morning

Children coming to tea.

Saboten-Con Tea Party
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Tara’s Witch seems to live a very full life 😉

Monday:

Appointment at Grizzly Groomers for Fluffy. Buy more toads in Polly’s Petshop.

Meet Hetty for lunch in the Evil Kettle.

Tuesday:

Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Plan the destruction of this town. Book plane tickets.

Annual Book Club Dinner.

Wednesday:

The eggs finally hatched. Six adorable baby dragons. Pack suitcase.

Graduate Witch Meeting.

Thursday:

Pippa’s daughter coming for a play date. Teach her to cause havoc.

Shop for disguises.

Friday:

Put my evil plan into action for destruction of town. Unleash dragons, toads

and Pippa’s daughter. Book taxi to airport.

Saturday:

Meet Lulu in Volutera and plan our return to the Kingdom of the Mountains.

Mordiford Loop, dragons house? #dailyshoot # herefordshire
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‘Granny’s Garden’ – Follow Up Activities – Responses to the Story 2

Erin’s Story:

I enjoyed going to the Kingdom of the Mountains. We were trying to rescue six children from a witch. The witch was ugly with a long nose, but otherwise I didn’t think she was very witchy. Luckily when she gave us her cake, it didn’t have any poison in it. There was two goblins by the lake. One was called Redhorn. We went to the Castle of Dreams and met Daniel. We saw Jessica in a secret tower in the forest where pompom trees grow. There was also a Giant on the hill. he asked if he could eat us. We said Yes, but the giant didn’t eat us. He gave us a stone. I really enjoyed the adventure.

Cuddle
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Mia said:

This was a great fun adventure. The witch was scary at times. The children were fun to find and not too easy. They were hidden very well. The City of Dragons was a part that you needed to think about. When I went to the Castle of Dreams I met Daniel. In the tower we met Esther. We went to the forest but there was a fire. We met a Giant. He asked us if we wanted to be eaten. We said yes, but he did not eat us. I really enjoyed this adventure.

Bartestree Cottage #dailyshoot
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Caoimhe’s Story:

I’m here in Granny’s Garden. I followed the raven to an old cottage. I get a funny feeling as I walk in and find Anna. She is very annoying so I am trying to find the others as fast as I can. When I get to the Giant’s hill. I was very scared when he tells me he is going to eat me. Then I went to the Dragon Farm, where we had to tame all the baby dragons. We had to feed the dragons to get Clare back. I found all the other kids and then we went back to Granny’s garden for some tea.

Imagination of a little boy
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Alex’s Story:

I had so much fun saving all six children. But I have to admit, it was really hard, trying not to meet the wicked witch. But when I had to, she gave me the fright of my life, with her big green nose popping out of her face, with that big, black mole on her face. Anyway, when I found the first child Anna, I think, she said that I was family, that I was related to her, and to her brothers and sister.

Fairy Tale
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Hayley wrote:

When I walked into the witch’s cottage, I heard her talking on her  iPhone 5.

‘I don’t want to eat the child’ she moaned and hung up.

She came out and offered me some cake.

I took it and left.

I rescued all the children but they were terribly annoying.

I was glad to give them back to their parents

and to have a cup of tea with Granny.

 Seljalandsfoss waterfall
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This is what Michelle had to say:

I loved the trip to the hill where the giant was

but my favourite part was

where the Giant says

‘Shall I eat you?’

but you have say yes

so you can trick him.

welcome in wonderland
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Isabella said:

As I walked into the cottage, I could sense the witch.

It wasn’t just me being a baby.

There WAS a witch and she offered me a big slice of cake.

I asked her could I have it and suprisingly she gave it to me.

I Love October
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Ciaran’s response:

That was a dreadful day. To be honest the Witch scared the living daylights out of me. I fell neck deep into the swamp and I still can’t wash out the smell. The children that I rescued were so annoying. The wood was as dreadful. I can’t tell you how many times I was ambushed by a blood thirsty bear. We set up camp. In the middle of the night the tent blew away. Man, that’s the last time I am doing that.

The Journey of Harry the Teddy Bear
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However we did enjoy playing Granny’s Garden.

You can read our other responses here.

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Granny’s Garden – Follow Up Activities – Headlines from ‘The Daily News’

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Breaking News: Giant won’t eat humans.

A local Giant has admitted that he refuses to eat humans.

The big sissy says he is a vegetarian.

The  Witch says ‘He is not worth hiring’.

The children say ‘He gives free piggy back rides’.

Whose side are you on?

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Other news inside:

The King and Queen are kidnapped.

 

Baby Dragon Apocalypse.

 

Granny gets married.

 

Dragon drinks too much Fire Aid

Non stop fire breathing. Not good.

 

The Talking Toadstool

auditions for X Factor.

 

Redhorn gets plastic surgery.

 

Baby Dragon goes missing.

Looking for witnesses.

 

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Class Poem about My Brother

This is a class poem we wrote about
My Brother

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If my brother was a cereal,
he would be crispies
because he is full of
snap, crackle and pop.
Fizz
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If he was a drink
My brother would be a can of pop
because he is full of fizz
Thank you to W.J. Bill Harrison
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If he was a fruit
He would be a grape
because he really likes to
hang round with a bunch
of his friends.
Crackers
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If he was a biscuit,
at times he would be crackers.
El potro
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Sometimes he is a dark horse
but  usually he is …
golden leaves
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sunshine
He is smiles
He is fun
I’m glad that he is my brother.

Ninja Banana by Senan.

Well done to Senan who today

went to collect his Write A Book Award. 

This is the story he wrote:

Chapter One
There was once a bowl of fruit
and there was a bunch of bananas in it.
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And there was a little boy banana
and his name was Bobby.
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One day a person came
and picked him up
and tried to eat him,
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but he slipped away and hid behind a curtain.
He opened his eyes
and found he was in the future.
He searched high and low
and found a Ninja Master.
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He asked him to train him
so no one would try to eat him again.
When the training was over
he was a black belt ninja.
 Chapter Two
Bobby Banana was sent on a mission.
The Sensai Chief told him to go
and defeat The Man Who Took Over The Future.
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This was a challenge.
Bobby Banana bravely went off to find him.
To do this he had to get past
a big castle surrounded by robotic guards.
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The guards saw Bobby Banana
and came at him with high tech futuristic weapons.
He fought the guards with all his might.
Eventually he was victorious.
Chapter Three
Now he was going for their boss,
The Man Who Took Over The Future.
When he got there he saw the man.
He was about to eat Banana Sundae.
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That was Man Who Took Over The World’s only weakness.
The Ninja Banana was enraged.
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He used all the skills he had learned
from the Sensai Chief.
He rescued the bananas
who were about to be split
and made into a dessert.
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He rescued the banana
and he bravely defeated
the Man Who Took Over the Future.
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Rebecca’s story about a ‘Secret in the Forest’ involves some ‘monkey business’.

There is a secret in a forest

deep,

deep,

deep,

on the coast of Africa,

behind a sign that says:

‘A Secret Hides In This Forest’

Jungle
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And behind it was … a ….

monkey

 What?
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It was full of all types of monkeys.

So it opened as a Monkey Park.

Three of a kind
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They had over 10,000 visitors

in only one year,

but there is only one problem.

We need more monkeys.

So if you see an unwanted monkey,

you know where to bring them!

So please,

please,

please

bring any type of monkey,

we won’t mind!

Remember it is in Africa,

Giraffe at sunrise
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so don’t run,

take a plane!

Jake wrote about ‘A Dark and Stormy Night’

It was a dark and stormy night.

Noche de luna llena - Full moon night
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I was out.

The last of the Autumn leaves were falling.
رو به سردي

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The air was heavy.

Dark eyes were watching.

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We walked along.

Razor sharp brambles

snagging on our clothes.

Brambled & Barbed
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Vicious thorns too.

Making our way

to an old ramshackled cabin,

montana cabin
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we opened the squeaky door,

we found a dying fire.

L'Amore è un fuoco Nascosto...
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There were rotten walls and broken glass.

I got a text.

It said,

‘Where are you?’

It was my Mum,

‘I have to go home’,  I explained.

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I was glad to go home.

Alice’s ‘Secret in the Forest’ stars Alice The Brave

A secret hides in the forest.

This is the secret in the forest,

the secret is a jewel

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that can made the world end.

 

Only a very brave lady

shall find the jewel

and break the spell…

 

Young Alice The Brave.

Domani scuola....  Tomorrow school...
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The Queen of the Forest

and the young Alice

go through horrible storms

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to get to where the jewel is.

This is in the Winter of 1912.

 

The Queen and I travelled

through thick forest.

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They meet two birds.

 

One says it is safe.

The other says it is not safe.

 

I am not trying to  be horrible

This is my reply

“I do think

I would be

angry

with myself

if I didn’t try.

 

There it is..

the jewel

 There is always a beginning...
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I took it.

I had succeeded by myself

The world was safe.

Kila’s ‘Secret in the Forest’ is a ‘Magic Tree’ but there is a problem.

When I was in the forest,

I saw a magic tree.

Le refuge du marais...!!!
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It talked

and then the tree moved.

Then me 

and the tree

called Ella

got to know each other.

We had fun.

BUT, we can’t go out of the forest.

So it was a bit sad

and if you did

an alarm will go.

Snooze
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