Following are some examples of the Year 5 classes of Manly West Primary School work:

Emperor Penguins
Emperor Penguins are birds. They live in Antartica on the ice and in the freezing sea. Emperor penguins have feathers but they cannot fly. Emperor Penguins hunt in the sea for krill, squid and fish. In late May or June the female Emperor Penguins lay one greenish white egg. In July or August the eggs are ready to hatch. The chicks must learn to dive, swim and hunt for food.
Penguins keep warm because they have such a thick layer of blubber under their fur. They huddle together to keep warm.
Damon P.
5B

The recipe for Australia
Ingredients:
Barbeque
blue sky
salt water
sand
sandstone
shells
sunshine
eucalyptus leaves

Procedure:
1. Heat a piece of sandstone on the barbeque.
2. Grind six shells together and mix it up with a bucket of blue sky and a teaspoon of saltwater.
3. Add some sand.
4. Mix together with a eucalyptus branch.
Cook on a sandstone slab all summer
Result : AUSTRALIA
Madeline N.
5MH

Antartica
A ntartica
N othing can survive
T reacherous crevasses
A land of ice
R emote
C old
T errifying to explore
I cy
C atastrophic
A place of beauty
David N.
5MH

My Favourite Place
My favourite place is a certain piece of bushland. It is lush, with rays of sunlight here and there. It has a quiet, trickling creek and you can smell moss and rain from the night before.
I love hearing the soft crunching of leaves beneath my feet and seeing the sky, blue water miles ahead of me. There are trees everywhere with dark green and bright green leaves.
You can follow the creek further down and see bull ants marching up a tree trunk. It is silent there, except for the croaking of frogs and the creeks slow murmur!
I can climb up boulders and see the magnificent water view in the distance. If you go far enough you can begin to hear the sound of waves crashing.
I wish I was there now.
Eva C.
5MH

A Recipe 4 Australia
What you'll need:
ochre, red dust
golden sand
sandstone
sunshine
blue sky
fluffy clouds
salt water
fresh air
a dash of friendliness

Procedure:
1. Add together ochre, red dust and sandstone, blend until smooth.
2. Mix salt water, blue sky and the ingredients from step 1. Put aside to be warmed by sunshine.
3. Whip up fluffy clouds, fresh air and a dash of friendliness. Stir with eucalyptus branch.
4. Slap on ingredients, put aside on a hot black rock, turn occasionally.
5. Sprinkle golden sand around sides, leave to bake in the sunshine.
Result : AUSTRALIA
Lucy T.
5MH

From my chair the scene was like a dream. It was a sunny, hot day filled with children laughing and birds singing. The weather was not too cold and not too hot; it was just perfect. The water was crystal clear and the sand castles were a magnificent tower. The clouds were just like a fluffy pillow.

There were happy children squealing with joy and delight. The sand was like a hidden desert from my sun chair. The birds were flapping, playing and eating in the breeze.

The sky was like a blue leather jacket on the horizon. The sun was like a shimmering diamond on the water.
Ivana
Year 5

Emperor Penguins
Emperor
majestic, inquisitive
waddling, diving, sliding
King of the freezer
Penguin
Gareth
5MH

My Favourite Place
When I first saw Hamilton Island (Queensland) it was from in a plane on a window seat. Even from up there it was the most beautiful island I had ever seen. It was a lovely small island with tall coconut trees on the shore and was surrounded by crystal clear, blue, sparkling water with coral underneath.
When we were at Hamilton Islands minature airport my family was stunned by the fantastic views from an airport!! From then on I knew I was going to love the island.
Hamilton Island has brilliant beaches, affordable apartments, spectacular scuba diving spots, cool coconuts and amazing activities to do. There is also a kids club which my brother and I went to one day and it was quite fun.
Robert N.
5MH

Train to Nowhere
Kirsten and I wait on Platform 13, we feel the wind on our faces, the tracks vibrate - the train is coming. We look on the sign board that shows the times of all the trains. Suddenly the train that we are supposed to catch at 9:15pm changes to 7:45pm and then 8:23am and keeps changing and changing. Then the destinations start changing. We are supposed to be going to Chatswood to meet some friends and then go home, but the destinations change to places we had never heard of (like Madeera and Barsvillea).
We are scared and worried until the sign board finally says Chatswood 9:15. When our train comes we are very relieved. As we board the train, I take one last look at the sign board - our train has been completely wiped off the board!!
I try to get off the train but it's useless, there is no way off this train. We start screaming for help but no-one can hear us. We run through the carriages but no-one is there, not even the driver - but the steering wheel is still moving somehow.
The train races along, passing through scenery we don't recognise. All these places are totally deserted - no signs, empty platforms and empty seats. We have to get off this train somehow. But there is absolutely no way off this train!
My mobile phone! As I turn it on, I hear a voice. I look around but there is no- one else on the train but me and Kirsten. The voice says "Come to me now and then my mobile phone flies out of my hands and disappears into thin air.
I try to open the windows by banging my fists on the glass, when all at once the glass flies out at me deeply cutting my arm and, with the glass still flying at us, we take cover under our seats. Kirsten wraps up my arm with a piece of her shirt.
My mind is a blur - the train speeds up heading towards the darkness of a tunnel. We enter the darkness screaming. The train suddenly disappears and everything is black. I think I am dead.

I open my eyes - sweat dripping from my forehead. Where am I? What happened? My mind is racing as I slowly realise I am in bed - it has all been a horrible nightmare! I try to slow my breathing and relax - Oh No!! I feel a sharp stabbing pain in my arm. I look down horrified. My arm is still wrapped in the cloth that came from Kirsten's shirt! I slowly unwrap the cloth and underneath is the deep cut from the glass on the train!!

The train still haunts my dreams. It is always the same train.
Holly S.
5B