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p56 9j987 weekender drens page things are picking up grade 5 students at reesor park public school joined the pitchin campaign wednesday and pick ed up litter and garbage around the wootten way school here from left jessica warwick erica mover tricia curling and maaja kukla seem to be enjoying the work brent lowery spaceship with martians lands right in my house martians invade earth once upon a time a long time ago back in the 1800s a spaceship came down from space it was odd look ing it landed right in my house everybody ran to the living room we all looked in the spaceships window a weird- looking face peered back it had two heads one eye on each head one nose and two mouths on each head and punk rocker hair it was wearing strange clothing it had clawed hands and feet the creatures came out of the ship they came towards me and put a lazer on me and i started to go up in the air it must be a grav ity lazer i thought they wouldnt let me down all of a sudden it shut off and i fell into a haystack i wasnt hurt but i thought i was then i saw the twoheaded martian i came up behind him and tried to punch one of his heads but the other head turned around and caught my fist with his hand the other head turned and the other martians started to chase me i ran as fast as i could but they were faster and they took me captive in their spaceship it was big inside and there were all sorts of controls my hockey game my hockey game well it started when i had a hockey game on saturday at 1145 when i woke up i turned on the tv i was watching the gummi bears then my father came downstaris i said hi come sit down my father said what i said can you make me some breakfast my dad said sure i finished my breakfast it was 11001 had to leave for hockey i put my hockey uniform on and went onto the ice my cousin my friend and i were on first shift and of course are defence men i scored the first goal right off the faceoff my cousin shot and he scored the buzzer sounded and the next shift came on time passed we scored three more goals and we won my cousin told me great game steve sukovski grade 4 they handcuffed me so i couldnt touch anything when they put mein a jail cell they re moved the cuffs soon they went outside there was a window in the cell with bars in front of it so i peeked out the martians were starting to invade earth was doomed the martians were snatching lollipops from little kids and pick pocketing from adults then they returned to the spaceship and put all the treasure inside i could hear police sirens i looked out the window and they were coming this way i thought oh good the police started shooting at the spaceship but it was invincible i looked outside the jail cell and there were the keys on the floor i grabbed them and opened the cell i took their lazer guns and shot at them then put a net over top of them next i opened the passage to the spaceship so the police could get in then they congratulated me the aliens w- hark to their own plane the mayor gave me a medal fo capturing the aliens what a day for a hero trevor harren grade 4 spring nice to have around spring spring is nice to have around birds chirp out a musical sound the bear comes out of his cave to give winter a farewell wave randy rambajohn grade 4 spring fun spring is a time for riding bikes wc can go on many long hikes well pick some flowers on our way and then well make a spring bouquet upi hoonjan grade4 spring in the spring come pussy wil lows waking from their warm soft pillows sun and showers help the flowers birds wake up and flap their wings then they start to tweet and sing in spring the easter bunny comes insects are busy and bees hum come on people easters here its time to give a springtime cheer sarah bernard grade 4 spring f is for friendly sunshine l is for lovely fresh green grass 0 is for orange flowers w is for wet raindrops e is for easter a day we love r is for roses that smell good s is for spring here laura mills grade 3 james robinson public school grade 1 pupils write about being flowers if i were a flower if i were a flower i would be a rose because they are pretty but one day a squirrel jumped on me i was flat on the ground i am sad now the squirrel jumped on me so hard sonia sidhu grade 1 if i were a flower if i were a flower i would want to be a rose i want to be a rose because i love roses i hope some one would water me everyday and pick me one day i woke up in a purple and pink vase one day when i was sitting on the table a baby pushed me off the vase broke i fell on the floor and near ly died but the girl came and picked me up i was alright in a new blue and purple vase ciaran stevenson grade 1 easter lily i am a lily i am an easter lily im white as a fresh sprinkle of snow im put in a garden that is as pretty as can be im glad that the children take care of me very well but one day a dog came along and stepped on me very badly i hope one of the kids come and pick me and put me in a vase on a special day and the i will be safe and alive i will be very very very happy then thank you children erin crawford grade 1 flowers if i were a flower i would be a rose because roses are beautiful and smell so lovely when i was little a girl planted me i was just a seed i grew and grew into a beautiful rose but one day a lit tle cat came and stepped on me the next day a little girl found me n the floor dead she took me in h r house and put me in a vase thi j was pink gaganpreet ghuman grade 1 spring poem sreezes blowing green grass growing flowers blooming birds are singing children playing children skipping spring is fun andrew brown grade 1 easter is fun easter makes me full of joy it makes me very happy i hope people will like it too because like spring everything is new kim twaddle grade 1 if i were a flower if i were a flower i would want to be a rose one day a dog ran over me with muddy feet now i am dirty and droopy a girl came out an picked me and put me in a blue vase kristen rudy grade 1 spring spring is fun spring makes flowers grow it is good that spring is here sukhdeep hoonjan grade 1 if i were a flower if i were a flower i would be a daffodil i would be yellow i would smell beautiful one day a dog bit one of my leaves it fell off it never grew back i hope some one will come and pick me and put me in a vase kevin frizzle grade 1 flowers if i were a flower i would be lily i would be picked on a spe cial day i would be put on a table this would be on easter day when children would have egg hunts it would be a surprise for mom and dad k euiott grade 1 if i were a flower if i were a flower i would be a rose id be planted in the garden id grow up so high people would be a fan for me i would grow up so high for the chilren they would smell me and would say i smelled pretty i am in the prettiest gar den i am the red rose lesley clayton grade 1 if i were a flower if i were a flower i would be a rose i would be red i would smell good too that is why i like roses mohammed khader grade 1 if i were a flower if i were a flower i would be a lily ill be all white i would be in a garden i hope a dog would not step on me i hope someone would pick me today and put me in a vase f t t i i andrew tewsley grade 1 flowers my name is rose adam i am very very very sad because a cat stepped on me someone cut me now i am happy today a person put me in a vase the vase had other flowers in it on the vase it had different colour designs it was beautiful adam varma grade i