Redcliffs Kids Take Over Blog

Year 5 students (9 and 10-year-olds) have taken over this blog posting. Partners discovered what they had in common. They used this information to tell you about themselves. Do YOU have anything in common with these kids? I have given them the URL (the computer address) for this blog site so they may be reading your answers!

We both like having pets. Rachel has a dog named Elsie and is about to get two kittens. Lucy has a goldfish named Hokey and is getting a puppy. We are both small girls and have long hair. We both love chocolate and reading books. Rachel likes fantasy and classic books like ‘A Little Princess’ and Lucy likes adventure and funny books by Paul Jennings. Lucy’s favourite subjects at school are art and music. Rachel likes writing and doing productions at school. ~Rachel and Lucy

We’ve both got blonde hair and freckles. At school we like playing on the bars, netball and swimming. We are both really busy doing things like having piano, swimming, dancing and French lessons. Ella loves Harry Potter books and a book called Stormbreaker by Antony Horowitz. Hannah likes the authors Andy Griffiths, Paul Jennings and Roald Dahl. Neither of us has a pet at the moment but we are both getting dogs soon, probably a Labrador, a Fox Terrier or a Spoodle, which is a cross between a Poodle and a Spaniel! ~Ella and Hannah

Both of us like reading books. Joshua’s favourite author is Lemony Snicket and Charles’ favourite author is Christopher Paulini. Joshua likes cricket and Charles likes to go skiing in winter. Joshua’s favourite take-away is Burger King and Charles likes Subway. Joshua’s favourite movie is Stormbreaker and Charles’ is Blue Streak. Joshua has got a pet cat named Clown. Charles has a dog called Perdy. ~Joshua and Charles

We both like playing on the bars at school a lot. We both have blue eyes. On the weekends Bridget likes shopping and Amy likes to play on her trampoline and can do forward flips! Our favourite subjects at school are Maths and English. We both like playing netball. Bridget loves watching ‘Shortland Street’ on TV, which is a New Zealand made soap opera and Amy likes to watch ‘That’s So Raven’. Bridget’s favourite food is Cookies ‘n Cream ice cream and Amy loves Hawaiian pizza! ~Amy and Bridget

Chloe’s favourite food is fish ’n chips and Madison loves chocolate! Madison plays netball, swimming, keyboard and does jazz dance and ballet. Chloe comes from Canada and has only just arrived in New Zealand. She loves it here! She used to play soccer, swim, play violin and do belly dancing. We both like drawing, Maths and have our ears pierced. In summer Madison likes to go to the beach and swim in pools and Chloe goes horse riding on the beach. We both love animals! Madison has a Labradoodle named Charlie and a mouse named Milo. Chloe is going to have a dog and two guinea pigs soon. ~Madison and Chloe

We both love sports, especially soccer. We both like going to each other’s house to play. Both of us have pets, Ollie has a cat named Monty, and Bradley has two mice named Tiny and Teeny Tiny. We are both ten years old but Ollie is older by four days! We are really good at school work and are in the top groups for everything! We are also in the same cricket team and get up really early, 3am, to watch World Cup Soccer! Our favourite take-away food is Burger King. We like Indian food too. ~Bradley and Ollie

We’re both quite good at running and gymnastics. We both like eating lollies, especially chocolate ones! We both like chocolate coloured Labradors. Sylvia likes to go surfing at Sumner Beach. Ellie has a waterfall near her house that she likes to play in. We both like hanging out with our friends, shopping, going to the movies and gossiping! At school our favourite subjects are Maths and Art. We also like to go ice skating in our free time. ~Ellie and Sylvia

We both love Surf Life Saving and went to the South Island Champs. Brittany came second overall and Isabella came fifth overall! We enjoy the same pop music like from the movie High School Musical. Our favourite celebrity is Lindsay Lohan. We both love eating lollies and Pringles. Brittany is half Indian and Isabella is from Melbourne, Australia, but we both look similar and love eating Indian food! ~Brittany and Isabella

We both have large gardens at home. Charlie is from New York and this is his first year in New Zealand. Zak is from England and has lived in New Zealand for just over a year and a half. We both like watching the Simpsons on TV. We both like doing Maths at school. On the weekends Zak likes playing with his cat, Smudge. Charlie likes drawing pictures and going on vacations. His favourite place to visit is Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, which is where his cousins live. Zak loves playing soccer and Charlie goes swimming on Mondays after school. Charlie has two cats named Eleanor and Gerty.
~Zak and Charlie

We both like pets. Blaise has a cat named Cloudy and Clem’s dog is called Stella. Both of us like chocolate! Blaise does Surf Life Saving at Sumner Beach and we both like shopping. Clem likes drawing and we both like playing on the computer. Blaise does Jazz and Clem does Ballet. In summer we both like going to the beach and Clem always takes her dog. We love swimming in summer and going on holiday! On TV we like watching Spongebob Squarepants, and Bro’ Town, a New Zealand made programme. We also both like doing sports like swimming, netball, tennis, skiing and volleyball. ~Blaise and Clem

We have our names in common. We are both Olivia! Olivia R likes dancing, hockey and swimming as well. We go to swimming together, actually. Olivia S likes to go horse riding and she has a dog called Rachel. Olivia R has four guinea pigs named Patch, Skin, Snowy and Gingerbaby and a cat named Ruby. Olivia R goes to Brownies and her favourite thing to do there is grass-sliding, but once she just about broke her arm doing it! Olivia S likes playing on her computer and both of us like reading.
~Olivia S and Olivia R

Neiden is a vegetarian and his favourite food is carrots. Lucas’s favourite food is Nachos. His favourite sports are rugby and running. Neiden’s are cricket and soccer. On the weekends Neiden likes to go down to the park and play cricket or soccer with his friends. Lucas likes playing with his friends on the weekends. We both like having pets. Neiden has 18! Most of them are goldfish. Lucas has a huge Great Dane named Boy. ~Lucas and Neiden

Monique likes sport and she is good at it! Rebecca likes to do Maths at school. She also likes to play on her roller skates in her free time. When Monique has free time she likes to go biking. Rebecca’s favourite food is Spaghetti Bolognese. Monique doesn’t have a favourite. She loves all food! Her dog’s name is Tura. It is a German Shepherd crossed with a Border Collie and he’s only six months old. Rebecca has a cat named Winnee and two guinea pigs named Fluffy and Pippy. Both of us like reading books and Maths. ~Monique and Rebecca