2. Our teacher Miss Anderson was showing us how to write stories
when Mrs Gresham walked into the classroom.

3. She said, “I hear you are
learning about insects.
Let’s go on a trip to see
some.”
“Hooray!”

4. We followed Mrs Gresham onto the
Owairoa Magic School Bus.

5. Matthew and Ella yelled
out,
“ We hope none of the
insects bite us, as we
have forgotten our insect
spray.”

6. She pushed the red button and
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
The bus changed into an Ant.

7. Cory looked out the window. “Oh no!” he said, “We have shrunk!” Michaela yelled.
We are in a forest next to an ant hill.

8. Mrs Gresham drove us into the ant hill.

9. We saw lots of ants doing different
jobs. Frances said, “Look at those
ants. They are carrying food with
their mouths. They must be very
strong.”

10. All of a sudden soldier ants came running
to protect the Queen. “On the bus
everyone, quick!” shouted Mrs Gresham.

11. Riki- Lee tripped over as she was running to
the bus. Miss Anderson quickly picked her
up, just in time!

12. Mrs Gresham quickly
pressed the pink button
and the bus turned into
an insect with wings.

13. The Owairoa Magic School Bus flapped its wings.
“We are really
high off the ground!” said Edie-Rae.

14. The bus landed on a
tree in a rainforest.
“Look at
all the butterflies on
the tree,” said Jase.
We all looked
out the bus windows
and there were
thousands of
butterflies on the
trunk of the tree.

15. “According to my research,” said Frances, “Butterflies don’t like the cold so they fly
away to another place that is warm.”
“Oh wow!” said Isabel.

16. The bus stopped on a
flower and we got off.
Slurp! Slurp!
“Mrs Gresham what is the
bus doing?” said Ryan.
“Well! the bus is drinking
the nectar from the flowers.”

17. “According to my research,” said Cory,
“nectar from flowers tastes just like
honey.”
“Yum! Yum!” said Bradshaw and Jase,
“We like honey.”

18. Mrs Gresham
pushed a green
button and woosh
we were back at
school.

19. “We loved learning about
ants and seeing the
Queen ant,” said Frances
and Edie-Rae.

20. “We think flying and tasting the
flower’s nectar was the best,
when we were a butterfly,” said
Bradshaw and Jase.

21. “I hope we do this
again one day,” said
Matthew.

22. Director: Kody Cooskley
Sound Director: Frances Roxas
Photographer: Cory Hansen
Image Editor: Lianca Biddulph
Script (story): Kody Cooksley
Georgia Perilli
Michaela Abbenes
Ella Wildbore
Frances Roxas
Special Effects: Kody Cooksley
Sound Effects: Jase Pua
Ryan Hayward
Bradshaw Taumoepeau
Cory Hansen
Joshua Lee
Ella Wildbore
Actors and Actresses
Bradshaw Taumoepeau
Ella Wildbore
Jase Pua
Jizelle Tau
Isabel Li
Matthew Horton
Kody Cooksley
Cory Hansen
Riki-Lee Powell
Joshua Lee
Edie-Rae Little
Ryan Hayward
Frances Roxas
Michaela Abbenes
Lianca Biddulph
Miss Anderson
A big thank you to our special
guest Mrs. Gresham.