The Drone.
One day we went down Putikitiki so we can make the letters HES (Hamilton East School and when I looked the drone was going up it was hard because of the sun hurting my eyes so I had to put my hands over my eyes and I was thinking about “Oh, my gosh, I’m so far up!” and I also thought that the drone saw these kinds of birds: blackbirds, seagulls and brown sparrows.
Tommy
Two weeks ago we had a drone come to our school. The whole school formed the letters HES. Suddenly the drone took off in a zoom of it’s propellers. Everyone started to wave. It went up, and up, and up! The drone had a camera on it. It took a video of the whole city. It was the hottest day ever. Zari and my eyes were watering.
Isla
I stood on the floor then I went up, up, up. I could feel the hot breeze in the air, then I saw trees circling me. We made H.E.S. I think “Where am I going to land? Am I going to land?”
I think harder, “Is someone controlling me?” Now I finally go down.
Hodan
I looked up. In front of me were colourful things, moving and shaking their long bender grabbers. Seconds later I was up in the air! The colourful friendly things spelt HES. I had no clue what that meant. I turned around and I saw the world. There was very, very big broccoli and beeping noises. The sounds came from little robots. They were shining lasers. I didn’t want to look so I turned. I felt free like a bird soaring into the sunset. I got tired so I went below. I was spinning and spinning. I was really dizzy. I went closer and closer then I suddenly looked to the world one more time. I felt like I was on top of the world. I wish the clouds were cotton.
Piata
I was taking their video. I saw the city and the trees. I wondered what were those things. I wondered what was the H.E.S. I saw a lot of trees and houses. I heard a lot of noises. I saw the mountains.
Terangi
The drone saw some big trees and some kids making HES. He was a little bit scared but not many. The drone was moving very slowly. There was car noise and it was all noisey but the drone flew up.
Sofiia
This is my first time flying . I smell the green grass. I feel the great shining wind. I see the best thing ever. I see cabbage? That is not cabbage, that is trees. I taste the leaves. The drone was near the birds. The birds flew past him. Wait, are those ants?
Jawad
The Drone
When the drone rises it looks and there are these colourful ants. He wonders if the ants were really ants. When it rose higher he saw giant broccoli. Was it giant broccoli? No!! It was trees he thought. He looked the other way and saw a yellow and blue snake castle.
Zari
I see a whole bunch of loud children waving at me. Oh no, I’m going up, up, up. This is so boring, it’s a part of my daily routine. It’s so loud up here. There are birds chirping and wind blowing and aeroplanes flying by. What is that? Did the children draw on the grass or is that millions of ants, spelling H.E.S.? Now I’m feeling terrified going to another area that is Whaea Georgia’s house. I wonder if I can touch the clouds and the top of the redwood tree? Why do I have to do this? How would Daniel feel if he would have to do this? Am I landing? Finally, yes, back down again. I wonder if that’s a giant bundle of cabbage and broccoli and I’m starving, even though I’m a robot drone that flies. What is that? A giant terrifying snake that can eat anything it wants.
Anna
The drone thought it was little ants on the ground or black, green, blue, and red hats on the ground. A mixture of them. It thought, how did H.E.S. make this? How far up am I? He might have thought it was little - big to small. He might have thought the trees were broccoli. He might have thought that across the field was a yellow snake, and the people were ladybugs.
Sharisse
I can see the school and it is blue, green, black and red. I can see fast cars and kids. I can see homes and the city. I think, how many kids? I can fly and I’m brave. I see kids waving at me. Was that yellow?
Jahzique
I am a drone. The drone sees HES. I see lettuce giants. I see some broccoli and I look at something yellow and I thought it was a snake. So I went down and it was only a slide. When I went up the broccoli was only trees! When I went up to the clouds I thought it was candy floss. So I took a bite. It was nice. I went down and has a nice sleep.
Matiu
And left off, the drone flew up in the air. The drone could see people and they’re waving at the drone. The breeze is flapping soft and hard. The drone could see cars driving across the driveway and pools with homes. The drone would think: How far am I? How many people are down there? The drone was feeling not right. The drone could hear the birds flapping like a hippo jumping in the water. The drone could hear people saying “Look! Hi!” The drone could hear birds waving and flapping and trees swaying around in circles. The drone would feel kind of frightened and brave and kind of terrified. The drone could feel clouds going through the drone and making it not fly again. The drone was on the ground and everyone came and saw the drone.
Tyson
Up, up, up I go. Looking down I see light green trees around all areas with birds in them. But they look like broccoli and there are heaps of trees. The city, so lit by the sun. Everything is the same as usual. Boring! I thought, “He’ll take me somewhere fun.” “Wait! Do I hear something? Oh it’ll just be me flying through the air.”
I’m bored to death here. I wish he’ll take me somewhere fun.
“Sigh!”
Wait! I’m touching the fluffy, white clouds. The air is brushing against me. Finally, I feel amazing.
“Yahoo!”
“Oh, I see something, a word that says...H.E.S. Wow! They’re waving at me, yay! I’m famous. I’m going down, down, down to the ground. I had a very good day today. I saw the town, the loud kids waving at me. It was great!
Cassia
I can glance at cars and teachers and classes and the city. What can I think? Can I get it all in the picture? What can I hear? A white car noise. What can I feel? Scared. What can I touch? Cloud, soft, candy floss. I am flying. I can see grass. I can see people walking.
Summer
It goes like biizz. The trees look like some cabbage. When you’re up high it looks as though we are ants. When the drone starts to take off it could see us waving. It could see some little tiny things moving around, and the Waikato River. It looks green in there.
Tom
The whole school went down to Putikitiki. We saw the drone. It flew higher and higher. I could see us. The drone stared at the whole entire city. It might have felt the clouds. The drone was really high! It might have thought that the tree was broccoli. I think, “When am I going to land? Maybe in the USA, maybe in Australia.” I could hear. I saw birds flying past. I saw trees. The drone saw mountains. The drone stared at the Claudelands Park and Boys’ High field. It might have thought the trees were cabbages or broccoli. It might have felt the soft cloud. It could see us too.
Maddison
I am scared high in the sky. The children have made a HES. I think they have put coloured paper on the field. I can see the whole of Hamilton. I can see lots of people waving at me. I am flying high in the sky. I think I might drop down to the ground. I wonder what that tiny black dot is. It might be heaps of ants stacked on top of each other. I think I can see some giant broccoli.
Nick
I think the drone could see us making the HES. The drone sees the humongous city. The drone could see all the cabbage and redwood trees. It could see all those kids waving. The drone could see the Boys’ High field. The drone could see all the classes in Hamilton East School. The drone could see the bouncy clouds. The drone could see some tiny cars moving across the black and white road. The drone could hear some birds chirping. The drone could feel the wind blowing against the drone. The drone could feel the bouncy clouds going through the metal. The drone could see the kids with colourful tee-shirts.
Lucas
The Drone
When the drone started gliding he wasn’t scare but after the drone went higher and they got scared. Then the drone got brave, then he smelt the wind and saw the HES sign and saw all the kids waving at him, plus they were talking. The drone thought people painted the HES sign but it was just the kids creating the HES sign. The drone was taking a video and photo of us. The drone was thinking about if he would fall but he went higher again. He thought the trees were lettuce. Also the drone saw the playground. There was a slide and a swing.
Nishant
If I was the drone I will see kids forming hes and I will see the class. I couldn’t hear the cars framing past. I feel strong and I feel the heat. I wonder why the kids formed HES. I think the H stands for Hamilton and the E stands East and the S stands for School. All together it spells Hamilton East School, in short Hes.
Aniket
When the drone was on the ground it was going even higher and it was making a noise like this - gggaaarnn. It was making a video and a picture. We made HES and he thought we were ants. He was going up and he saw a person and he saw my cousins and me.
Trey
I see the naughty kids. I fly high. I can see Hamilton East School children. I am looking for a place to land. I can see the country. Some colourful cars are in the video. Two slides are there. There are many trees. There are many houses. My fans help me to fly. I have four fans. I know HES means Hamilton East School. I have lights to see in the dark. I can see the birds.
Rishi
If I was a drone I would feel nervous going up in the sky. When I went up all the clouds look like candyfloss. I stop in the lovely sky. I feel the wind. It gave me goosebumps! So I went down but then I went up and up into the sky. I look down. All the kids look like ants. I start to get higher so I took a big bite out of the clouds. I took a fly around Hamilton, then the school and cars. I start to get sleepy but then I went down. Then I went up, up, up. Then I went down. I said “What an adventure!”, then I went down to sleep.
Eden
“Wow! I can fly but why am I going so high? I look down, I can see the city the I saw a field of flowers shaped as HES. I felt scared. I heard car noise and kids swearing. I heard a lot of noise. I felt the wind. It gave me goosebumps. I feel nervous. At last I landed then everyone came crowded around me, but then I went home.
Aaisha
I’m a drone and I can see people moving around. I wonder what they’re making? There is heaps of screaming down on the ground because they’re trying to say HELLO very loudly so I can hear them. I started to wave back and that made me feel absolutely fantastic. When I was high in the sky I felt humongous blobs of fluffy air, and also I could smell food and taste air. I took some pictures of them and after all that big fun I went home. I felt a bit sad so I said one last goodbye then I went home. Actually, I forgot to tell you one more thing… I saw the whole of Hamilton! The city of Hamilton was so, so, so BEAUTIFUL. I thought that all the trees were big fluffy broccoli and cabbage, but they were not broccoli and cabbage they were trees.
Ruihana
The drone
When flew up in the air I felt like I was some kind of superhero. I saw cars and trees, for a second I thought the trees were Enormous Broccoli. I saw these ants, well I thought they were ants until I noticed that the ants were waving at me. As I look closely there were MONSTERS and then I thought about it and I realized it was humans waving at me! I tried to wave back. As I got higher I was scared I said “what if I collapsed on the ground”. I went between the clouds. I felt the clouds. It felted like cotton candy, as I tasted it, it just tasted like a pillow! As I went higher the humans or kids were trying to spell something. When I was reading it spell H.E.S. I wonder what did they mean as H.E.S. I landed on the ground safely. I was glad I landed on the ground safely.
Phoenix
Drone.
I awoke seeing myself in a sudden case. Suddenly someone opened the case and puts me on a bench. I flew up up & away. I could see different green shaded fluffy broccoli. I saw huge atoms in the colour red, green, orange, blue, yellow, black, brown, purple, white. I zoomed in closer, suddenly there were children. They were spelling the letters HES (Hamilton East School). I went higher and I could see Claudelands park & Claudelands arena where the A&P shows are. RED, ORANGE coloured lasers bursting my eyes. I was slowly going down as I fell asleep..
Anab
Phoenix 
Hamilton East School (HES) has a gateway to welcome people like parents and visitors.
