"In the Land of the Christmas Cracker" by Eleanor F, Age 7, Year 3

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In The Land Of The Christmas Cracker


One night I stared out of the misty window watching snow fall down and lights flicker in the distance. Grandma and granddad sat eating their meal. Mother and papa stood in the kitchen fussing about presents while Billy sat on the red carpet in the living room playing with cars. I sat there looking at frozen over lakes and houses getting whiter and whiter every second. Billy then screamed “POST” Timmy our pet dog ran up to the post picked it up and came running to me immediately and dropped it front of me. I picked it up and here was what it said:

Dear Abbey and Billy

Merry nothing Christmas has been ruined by evil Jack Frost and his slave goblins. I myself gives you my dearest love and courage to let you go on a powerful journey with a friend and of course Billy to the land of the Christmas cracker and defeat the evil goblins.

Dearest Love

Santa

I sat there amazed at the letter that had just passed my eyes. I was silent until a thrash of reins outside broke it and little light could be seen through the thin white curtain that surrounded my body. I got paler and paler at the sight and passed into a deep sleep.

I was awoken by a soft hand that felt like velvet and a little “Hello”. I saw two people quite a thin person very short as well standing by my bed. “Who are you anyway? I’m Abbey”. I could make the shape of one person my brother but who was the other figure?

By Eleanor F (aka Ellie)
Age 7
Year 3

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"A Cold Winter's Night" by Corey, Age 11, Year 6

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A Cold Winter’s Night

Snow dropping down like a cup being poured.
Snow balls shooting like a rocket.
I love winter.

The cat warms against the fire.
The ice drips down on the cold smooth snow.
The children play on the ice as loud as a lions roar.
I love winter.

A woolly hat is as soft as cotton wool.
Boots are as stiff as a rock.
My coat is as long as a million meter sticks.
Winter is as cold as the Arctic, I hate it.
I don’t like winter.

By Corey
Age 11
Year 6

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"The Winter Story" by David T, Age 6, Year 2

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The Winter Story

In the winter time I went to an old castle and fell down the wet stairs. So I went to a pond to see the fish instead but I tripped over a rock and fell in the cold pond. I got out of the cold pond and slipped on some ice, my hands were freezing.
Suddenly snow came down from the sky, and I fell in the snow.
I went back home because I kept falling over and fell in the wet, wet mud.
I must be the silliest person in the world. I am looking forward to sun coming out so I don't fall over.

By David T
Age 6
Year 2
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"The Mistletoe" by Elizabeth F, Age 10, Year 6

The Mistletoe

Before Christmas, most of us usually put up Christmas decorations. One of my most favourite decorations is the mistletoe. You hang it up in a door and wait until, one boy and one girl to go under … and they have to kiss! How romantic!

It was finally Christmas, and we were putting up the decorations for a party. Everyone was coming. Aunt, Uncle, friend, including my crush!

While we putting up the tree, I saw a funny looking box, with sparkly thingies in it. I thought to myself, shall I poke my nose into other peoples’ things? Of course, I knew what the answer was. Yes!

As my Nan says, the best things are at the bottom. I dug myself deeper and deeper; my eyes came to glance upon a plastic piece of … mistletoe. Then an idea went through one ear, but not out of the other.

I hung it by the front door. Perfect, I thought to myself. Really mischievous! Mum was calling to me. By the time I had got to her, I had completely forgotten about the mistletoe.

Ding Dong! Dong Ding! The first guest. [Bet you can’t guess who it is!] I opened the door. I did get a surprise then! My crush had come. I remembered… Oh no, the mistletoe! I looked up at the same time as him. I blushed a vibrant, bright red. So did he .

He lurched forward and gave me a great, big kiss on the cheek.
I will never try to pull a prank, for as long as I live!

By Elizabeth F
Age 10
Year 6
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"Winter Story" by Carl B, Age 9, Year 5

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Winter Story

As the trees howl
the snow falls
and the lightening strikes.


The old man is in his house with the cozy fire. He looks out the window and finds a boy walking alone by himself. Then all of a sudden the boy crossed the slimy slippery road and slips. The old man had seen this and went out with a scarf and a coat and invited the boy in. The man gave him a cup of tea and then played Monopoly. Then the boy said thank you to the old man and went on his way. But when the boy left the lightening hit him and the house and left two poor people to go to hospital and also left the old man with a burnt house.


Carl B
Age 9
Year 5
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"The Christmas Story" by Annabelle, Age 7, Year 2

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The Christmas Story

It was Christmas Eve.
I woke up and I tiptoed downstairs.
I saw Father Christmas, then he saw me, and smiled.
I thought that he would take me for an adventure.
But first, he asked me if I would get dressed and then feed his reindeer. Then he took me for an adventure.
Over the trees and houses we flew.
Then I asked Father Christmas, “Can I put a present
under the Christmas trees?”.
Then Father Christmas said, “Would you like to go to my home?”.
“YESPLEASE!”, I said, really loud.
When he took me to his home I said, “Wow!”, then I thought I should help them, so I did.
Then Father Christmas said, “Would you like to help me?”.
I said, “YES PLEASE!!!”.
So he took me on an adventure.
Over the parks, roads and trees.
I thought that I should help every Christmas.
Then Father Christmas said to me, “Would you like to go home now?” .
“Yes Please”, I replied, and he took me home then he tucked me into bed.

The End

By Annabelle
Age 7
Year 2
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"Jingle Bells" by Chole, Age 8, Year 4

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Jingle Bells


Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride with cookies on a sleigh – hay!
Jingle bells, jingle bells
through the hedge and trees
Oh what fun it is to ride
and say my ABC.


By Chloe
Age 8
Year 4

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"My Christmas Tree is so Beautiful" by Emily, Age 8, Year 4

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"My Christmas Tree is so Beautiful"


MY CHRISTMAS TREE IS SO BEAUTIFUL,
MY CHRISTMAS TREE IS SO WONDERFUL,
MY CHRISTMAS TREE IS SO LIKEABLE,
MY CHRISTMAS TREE IS DEAD!

BY EMILY
AGE 8
YEAR 4

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"Snow Falling" by Sean G, Age 6, Year 2

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Snow Falling

Once upon a time there lived an alien called Kieran. Kieran had not seen snow before. Then it started snowing. He thought it was monsters from the sky.

Suddenly a real monster came. It was made out of fire. The snow put out the fire monster and the fire got turned into gas.

Afterwards Kieran saw a human and asked what it was falling from the sky. The human was called Sean and Sean said: “That is not a monster, that is snow.”

Sean showed Kieran how to throw a snowball. Kieran said, “terrific”. Sean and Kieran made a snowman and they became good friends. The best thing of all was the snowman. It came to life by magic and they called it Thomas and it became their friend too.

The End

By Sean G

Age 6

Year 2

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"The Dinosaurs" by David T, Age 6, Year 2

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The Dinosaurs


The giant orange Triceratops lived in the jungle and played with Tyrannosaurus Rex and Diplodocus. Then one day he was looking for his friends and Sam caught him and Sam took Triceratops to a cage and locked Triceratops in the cage, and the next day Sam went away. David came and unlocked the cage and Triceratops ran back to the jungle and then David went to Sam's house and told Sam how naughty it was.

The End.

David T
Age 6
Year 2
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"My Time Machine" by Sean G, Age 6, Year 2

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My Time Machine

This story is by Sean G age 6 who is in year 2 - mum has helped with typing it.

I pressed a button to turn on my time machine. The time machine made a big beeping sound and we travelled back in time. I looked around and saw nothing. I heard a massive roar. I nearly fell over because it was a Tyrannosaurus Rex. I looked up and in the distance I could see a green thing with big, big claws. I hid behind a branch and then I sent my friendly Parasurus to chase the T-Rex away. It was too dangerous there so I went home in my time machine.

By Sean G
Age 6
Year 2
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"Secrets of the Deep: Part 2" by Keira J, Age 10, Year 6

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Secrets Of the Deep Part 2

Recap:
I had just swum out too far in the O.W.S.C.S (Open water Swimming Competitions) and a sea creature changed my legs into a tail!!!

Part 2:
The creature swam away. I was left floating there, totally speechless. I could not believe what had just happened. I felt my neck. There were two gills there.

Feeling very scared, I began to swim around, hoping to find someone or something that would help me to understand. When nothing came, I decided I might as well get used to this life, and began testing out my tail. I could swim 15 times faster than the average human, and there was no need to hold my breath any longer.

When I went down to the bottom of the sea, I saw an underwater cave. It was brightly decorated, with gold and jewels, and even one or two corals. I wondered why that was there. Was it part of an underwater display? Maybe divers had done something for charity.

However, when I went to investigate, I found… More merpeople!!!!! Mermen and women, merchildren, even one or two mercats!! It was unbelievable, I felt like I must have been in a dream. But sure enough, this was real.
“Hello, are you new here? I don’t think I’ve seen you before,” smiled a beautiful mermaid with long, golden hair and big blue eyes.
“Yes, I was competing in a swimming competition. I swam too far out and this…. thing began merging my legs into a tail!” I explained.
“You must be confused. Don’t worry, I’ll explain everything. What’s your name?”
“Samantha, but everyone calls me Sam.”
“Samantha,” she repeated, “I’m Imogen.”
“Nice to meet you, Imogen.”
Imogen smiled, “thanks. So, I guess I’d better explain. There is a sea creature. The most beautiful and magical sea creature in the world. There are less than three of them in each ocean. It takes coincidence, destiny, and luck for one to find you. This creature is called the mermafish. It has the power to turn humans into merpeople, and merpeople back into humans. However, to turn back, you must be transformed by the same mermafish that turned you into a mermaid. So, not very many merpeople get changed back.”
“Were all mermaids humans once?” I asked.
“Most of them. The original mermaids died out ages ago, so this is the only way to become one.”
“Wow,” I whispered. So much had become clearer; I now realized how lucky I was to have swum out too far. From what Imogen had said, very few people were chosen by the mermafish.
“What I have told you are the secrets of the deep. You cannot tell anyone if you ever turn human. The merpeople that have changed back are sworn to secrecy, they have been ever since they were told. If anyone finds out about us, marine biologists would be dissecting us in labs.”
“I won’t. Besides, who would believe me anyway?”
But I have broken that promise. I have told you, but I know you will not tell anyone else.
But I must warn you. When you are swimming out in seas, avoid the mermafish. Although I am now a mermaid, and I quite like it, I miss all of my old friends, even Kimberley. So that is why I passed this story on to you. So that you can tell others, who will tell others, and eventually the mermaids will die out. There is, however, one problem........

Who would believe you??????

By Keira J
Age 10
Year 6
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"The Footballer" by Robert C, Year 5

Robert has mixed a little football history & fiction, writing about some sporting heroes:
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The Footballer

Once a upon a time lived a footballer called Ronaldo. On Tuesday it was a beautiful cloudy day but a little bit sunny. They went to the woods and they had a picnic with Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez and Nani. They all play for Manchester United.
One Wednesday they had to play with Chelsea and Nani, Rooney and Tevez almost got 1 goal 4 Manchester United, but then 5 min later Ronaldo scored and Lampard scored 4 Chelsea . But John Terry almost got it in when the goaly was out and the defender blocked it so it wouldn't be 2/1.
They had an extra time but it was still 1 all so they had a penalty shootout and the score was 6/5. So Manchester United had won the premiere league trophy.

By Robert C
Class 5
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"Secrets of The Deep - Pt 1" by Keira J, Age 10, Year 6

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Secrets Of the Deep - Part 1

I come up to the surface. I look out towards the beach. Many tourists are there, lounging, on sunbeds and towels, buying ice-creams, preoccupying their children. It reminds me of the old life I used to have before that day I had at sea............

It started out like any other day. Nothing special happened, I just woke up and got out of bed. Simple. Although I did have butterflies in my stomach. The Open Water Swimming Competitions (O.W.S.C.) were to be held later that day. My friend Cassy and I would be competing for the golden trophy. Everyone at school had been talking about it, and we had had many people wishing us luck. It was almost annoying.

When I met up with her at school, we were both pretty quiet. I could tell that she was nervous as well. When we finally did talk, neither of us mentioned the O.W.S.C.s. Well, at least not until Kimberley came up to us, and started rambling on about how her brother was stung by a jellyfish and had to be taken into Hospital when he entered the O.W.S.Cs. Gee, some people really know how to cheer you up.
“Excited?” asked Cassy.
“Nervous,” I replied with a grin.
“Oh, nerves do not help at all,” continued Kimberley, “that’s why my brother got stung, because he was so nervous he didn’t concentrate.”
Cassy and I exchanged glances. Kimberley obviously misunderstood this.
“Don’t worry, it’s been ages since anyone died.” Kimberley sympathetically whispered, “Five years ago Jim Harold pricked himself on a poisonous coral, but...”
“English books out, copy the first passage from your books,” said our teacher, Mrs Diggal.
Kimberley went back to her place. Cassy and I sat and murmured about the competition.

When the bell went for break time, Mrs Diggal called Cassy and I over.
“I just wanted to say good luck. I heard everything Kimberley told you, and remember, that was five years ago. They have changed the location to a safer place now. If you do have any worries or concerns, tell the person in charge."

When it was finally time to go, Cassy and I got onto the bus. We said goodbye to everyone, and heard Kimberley say something about sharks, although Cassy and I were slightly annoyed by this time.

After arriving at the beach, we did a warm-up swim. We swam 50 metres out, then came back. Finally, it was time for the races.
“Front Crawl Races, ages 8-12. Contestants: Eleanor Kikki, Rebecca Sooht, and Cassandra Gold.”
I wished Cassy good luck, and went to watch the race.
“Three, two, one, GO!” shouted the instructor.
Cassy was very fast. She was at least three metres in front of the others, and won easily.
“Freestyle Races, Butterfly category, ages 8-12. Contestants: Elizabeth Hordes, Caitlin Tirrace and Samantha Benette.”
“Good luck Sam,” whispered Cassy.
“Three, two, one, GO!”
I shot off like a rocket, my arms whirling so fast they were a blur. I kept going, and going, and soon I was very tired. Should I stop? Surely I must have completed it by now. But what if I hadn’t? I would have let everybody down, and that’s something I hate doing. So I kept swimming.

Soon, I found I had absolutely NO energy left. Whether I liked it or not, I had to stop.
I emerged from the water. Uh-oh. There was no one, nothing in sight. What had happened? Had I gone too far? Surely I must have. But they would have stopped me. Wouldn’t they??

I began to feel really scared. On top of all of this, I had no food, no drink, and definitely NO energy left. What would happen to me? These thoughts all rushed around inside my head.

Suddenly, a fin appeared. Was this a shark? Yet it didn’t feel like a shark. It had a sort of magic about it. I knew that it would not hurt me. So, I swam towards it.

It began to go berserk. Biting and chewing on my legs. And yet-it didn’t hurt. I just felt changes. BIG changes. My legs felt… odd. In fact, they didn’t actually feel like legs any more. They felt like… no, surely not, that was impossible. But I had to check.

I looked down. And sure enough, just as I had imagined, there was a tail.

What happened next? See part two.

By Keira J
Age 10
Year 6

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"My Own Story" by Hannah T, Age 9, Year 5

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Hannah has created her own modern day fairytale:

My Own Story

Once upon a time there lived two girls one called Hannah one called Amy and Hannah was rich and Amy was poor and one day they met each other and they said would you like to be friends. So they were friends now and then Hannah sent Amy a £10000 watch and Hannah and Amy became really good friends.
Then Hannah gave Amy enough money for Amy to be rich as well and then they were best best friends and they shared secrets and everything and they lived happily ever after!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Hannah T
Age 9
Year 5
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