We have been reading the story ‘Cosmic’ by Frank Cottrell Boyce in literacy to link with out ‘Space Explorers’ topic . Lots of writing has been stimulated by it and in Jamaica Class’ assembly today some of the children read out extracts from their writing. Here are some snippets for you to enjoy.

The hot blistering sun blazed over head. In the shadow of the Infinity Park I could feel the overwhelming heat rain down upon me. I could barely catch the gentle dry breeze that whistled in my face. The smell of burning toast wafted through the air as I thought about food and most importantly of all, water. My mouth was full of the last precious drops of saliva, just at the thought. From the north I could see a few clouds drifting towards us…

By Shalin

We trudged thorugh the crip gold sand while our team’s panting became nerve-wracking. The hot blistering sun shone in our faces. I saw a blurred vision of a shadow that could of been the ‘Possibility Building’. The shadow loomed over all of us like it was mocking us. The climb of the dune seemed impossible without having heatstroke. We walked up the steep hill, each step was agony. A few metres in front of us was Max, who lokoed as he had already reached the mounty top.

As soon as I had seen him, he had vanished. I looked over the other side, there he was. Still remembering I was a dad I shouted, “Max!” Luckily he was okay, he was clearly delighted. We cheered. Our faces lit like an elegant chandelere in the night. We were releived. Suddenly out of nowhere Dr Drax appeared, we were overcome with joy to klnow it was over. “You’ve done it, I knew you could do it”…

By Ben