I will put into the box...

All our boxes are up now! Here they are:

It's taken us a long time but we've been working hard on our wonderful boxes based on our Magic Box Poems and they're nearly finished. Miss Whittaker helped us all to complete our work to a high standard.

Here's a video of most of our fantastic boxes, completed.

Making our treasure boxes 2

We've been getting things together to make our treasure boxes, bit by bit. People have been really helpful, lending each other things that they needed for their boxes, and now we can start making them.

In 4G:

Penny brought in a snow leopard for Pablo and a yellow flower for Maia.

Pablo brought in R2D2 for Gustavo, Duplo men for Tobias and General Greivous for Jacques.

Claudia brought in lots of things. She has lent some to Fernando and some to Amelia.

Clara brought in butterflies for Cristina, and diamonds for Claudia and Amelia and a sword for Jacques.

Amelia brought in a mini hot chocolate for Pablo and a little leopard for Alicia and a rabbit for Clara.

Mimi brought in a plastic strawberry for Alicia.

Jacques brought in a time machine for Gustavo and a gold coin for Fernando.

Well done everyone!

Making our treasure boxes...

We're going to be making some 3D treasure boxes, loosely based on the treasure box poems we've written.

Miss Whittaker helped us to get an idea of what this is going to be like by doing a poem and box herself. Here's the poem:

My Treasure Box

I will put in my box
a playful dolphin jumping through the Coral Sea
the gentle tropical breeze blowing over palm leaves
a fire dragon’s poppy red breath

I will put in my box
an underwater reef’s silent beauty
Atlantic surf excited by the new moon
New Caledonian shells washed up on faraway shores

I will put in my box
a pheasant perched delicately on a tree of life’s emerald branches
a Chinese lucky cat’s majestic purr
Totero, the friendly wood spirit

My box is fashioned from precious Indian rubies
which twinkle during a red moon,
I will have adventures with my box
we will swim through an eternal whirlpool of happiness together

And here's the box she's created:

Now it's time for us to start making our boxes...

My sea box

My treasure box is made of the sea,

I found it under the turquoise ocean

surrounded by gold fishes.

 My box is decorated with

A big diamond near the lock,

Several little shells on the edge of the box,

All decorated with sea plants.

CRISTINA

Treasure Boxes

We've been working on some poems based on Kit Wright's The Magic Box: