Kia ora bloggers and veiwers
Today we had to write a recount letter about the orchestra trip we went yesterday. We didn’t have to actually give it someone but if we want we can. I wrote it to my sister but I am not going to give it to her. We first brainstormed as class about what we did and some of the instruments name.
My highlight for this activity was adding paragraphs to my letter because it make s it look neater and more writing.
The hard part was remembering each activity or song we listened to and remembering the instruments names.
have you everwritin a recount letter to someone about your day?
Have a nice day and here is my writing and few photos.
Wednesday 10th April 2024
Dear Sister
I am writing this letter to tell you about the amazing trip we went yesterday to the Manukau Symphony Orchestra at Due Drop Event center, but year 1 and 2 had to miss out and only years 3 to 6 came on the trip.
We had to board the bus at 11:30am and would board back to school at 2:00. We weren’t going to bring our bags so we had to eat lunch at morning tea time so we wouldn’t get hungry and starve. When the bell rang for the end of morning tea we got on the bus and the ride was about 15 -20 minutes.
We finally reached the Due Drop Event centre but when we got off the bus there were other schools that came before us and were leaving but then other schools came but not all of them were primary. There were 1 or 2 college people or intermediate students. We had to wait for the performers to get ready and do some tries so meanwhile the people that had to go to the bathroom went and the others just sat and talked among themselves.
Finally we got to go inside and take a seat but there were a lot of people so it took some time for the other classes to get seated, but we did wait and when I got my seat I got the middle one and that was the best place so I was so happy. All the performers were not there yet but some of them that were on stage checked if the instruments were working properly.
When all the performers were there I was so excited and was ready to listen but everybody was talking. Then the MC came on stage and said a Pepeha and then he explained what is going to happen and introduced the conductor and the leader of each instrument.
Then the conductor signed to start and then the performers played music to start with. I loved the violins because the music of the violin was really calm and beautiful. After the first song they played another one and it was also lovely.
The Mc came onto stage and introduced Suzy Cato who was the storyteller and she used to have her own show. There were 3 stories and she read the first one which was down in the forest and when she read each word the performers played a note and the story sounded more interesting with the music.
After The story the conductor introduced the harp and cello player and they played the “ Swan in the lake”. The harp was the lake and the cello was the swan. That was my favourite one because it was so calming and it made me imagine the beautiful picture.
Next there was another story which was “The Stolen Stars of Matariki”. I read that book and then in the morning at breakfast time my teacher played a video of that story with the orchestra to show how it might be.
Next was another song which was really nice and after was another story which was “ The Emperor and the nightingale” which was really interesting to me and was my second favorite piece of performance.
After the last story The conductor gave us a surprise because then a star wars song was played and there was a disco ball with hundreds and thousands of lights. After the song Suzy was singing goodbye and the college students performed kapa haka to say thank you and after that the MC, Conductor and Suzy took a photo. Then we boarded the buses and went back to school.
From: Krisha
