Korero Pt England comes from Pt England Primary School in Auckland, New Zealand. KPE is produced as part of the school reading programme. The students are reading books by New Zealand authors and presenting short reviews to inspire potential readers. Each episode focuses on one book that is of interest to primary aged readers and new episodes are added each week. They are really keen to hear from their listeners.
"Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?" KPE 242
Posted: September 2009Do you really want to know? Well then, Aidan and Cruz from Room 15 discuss this book which has delighted countless New Zealand kids; "Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?" by Dawn McMillan & Bert Signal. This fun story provides an answer to the age old question and Dawn tells us that Bert Signal first heard about it in an old 1930's rugby song. That would be fun to listen to as well.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."Lucky Feather" by Joy Cowley KPE 241
Posted: September 2009Like most New Zealand school kids, Lepa and Matthew from Room 15 have read
"Lucky Feather" by Joy Cowley. Have a listen as they discuss this well known story and see if you agree with the message they have identified from this book.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."Swimming for Gold" KPE 240
Posted: September 2009"Swimming for Gold" is another book of Joy Cowley's. This time the podcasters are Selena and Mubasshira from Room 15. Mubasshira tells us that this book is about a girl who uses a wheel chair to get about in on land, but is a very good swimmer. In fact she is a very good swimmer with a BIG heart. When disaster strikes and a boy lands up in the water, it is Esther who dives in and rescues him before the able bodied people around her do anything about it.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."Drum" by Joy Cowley KPE 239
Posted: September 2009Erene and Joshua have created a lively podcast to share the latest book they have been reading about a dog called "Drum" and it is written by Joy Cowley. Drum is a stray dog who turns up in a small town and becomes sort of a town pet. The book talks about some of the adventures the kids in the town have with Drum. And our podcasters recommend this story as a good read.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."Tall Tale" by Chris Bell KPE 238
Posted: September 2009Ala and Reina from Room 15 have been reading "Tall Tale" and bring us this latest podcast. They tell us what happens when two kids are forced to be pen pals by their teachers and make up a whole series of tall tales in order to make their letters to each other sound more exciting. It sounds like a fun read.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."Jellylegs" by Elizabeth Pulford KPE 237
Posted: September 2009"Jellylegs" by Elizabeth Pulford
Leoden and Blessing talk about the book Leoden has read and tell us about the Pt England cross country event that they have been training for - along with the rest of the school. They get onto talking about the cross country because this story is about a girl who is training to run in her school marathon event.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."Hark the Herald Angel" by William Taylor KPE 236
Posted: September 2009"Hark the Herald Angel" by William Taylor was read by Sela from Room 18 and her classmate Paulitia is her DJ for this latest episode of KPE. This is another book in a series about a boy called Charlie Kenny and his entertaining nemesis, Alice Pepper. The subscribers to KPE may well have listened to the podcasts we published about "Knitwits" and "Numbskulls" in previous years. This book was just as much fun to read and it is based around the school Christmas play. Alice gets to produce the play and Charlie has to be 'Hark', which is of course the name of the Herald Angel.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."Putting on a Concert and the Television News" KPE 235
Posted: September 2009"Putting on a Concert and the Television News" was written by Roger Hall and illustrated by Rob Mancini. Angela and Selena from Room 15 bring us this podcast. This picture book is a story about a group of kids who need something interesting to do in the school holidays and come up with some creative ways to entertain themselves and others.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."The Star of Bethlehem" KPE 234
Posted: September 2009"The Star of Bethlehem" comes from an anthology called "The Book with No Name" by 27 Tauranga writers. This podcast was created by Mubasshira and Sylvia who are Year 5 students in Room 15. They selected one story to discuss in detail and it centres around a family who go to a Garage Sale and the daughter who brings home a star - the Star of Bethlehem.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."A Present from the Past" by Jennifer Beck - KPE 233
Posted: September 2009"A Present from the Past" by Jennifer Beck is the subject of this podcast by Toreka and Selena - two year 5 students from Room 15. They tell us of a story about a young girl who is reluctantly waiting at the airport for a distant aunt to arive. But she is excited when she discovers that the aunt is carrying a special gift from the past.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format.Ron Bacon Books - KPE 232
Posted: September 2009In this episode of KPE Gaby and Maree from Room 17 discuss two books they have read by the same author, Ron Bacon. "Pania the Woman from the Sea" and "How Weaving Came". These are both retellings of Maori legends and the girls discover a surprising number of similarities between the two stories. have a listen and see what you think.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format."Walking Lightly" by Fleur Beale (KPE 231)
Posted: September 2009Jarna and Seini-Mino have published their first podcast for KPE. It is about the book "Walking Lightly" by Fleur Beale. This story is about a rich girl called Millie who wasn't like the rich girls we see on TV. She didn't like shopping and stuff like that - in fact she didn't spend lots of money. She liked doing things outdoors that don't cost money like camping and tramping. Of course this didn't make her popular with the other girls in the class at her school for rich kids. They thought she was weird.
An audio/enhanced podcast in the AAC format.
Whilst all the podcasts listed in this directory are selected in line with our criteria, we do strongly recommend educators that the contents of all podcasts, podcast feeds and channels are regularly auditioned to ensure that they are suitable and appropriate for the age range of the children and young people.
Thursday, 17th May 2012
