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Our Salling Day

Last Thursday, Room 6 and 7 walked to Panmure Basin for sailing. It was so sunny and a little windy when we got there. Room 6 had to do some land activities. Room 7 was in the water on tiny boats when we were learning about knots and pulleys.

 

We were going to learn about pulleys first. Did you know that  people say that if you use a pulley it would be easier to pull a heavy thing? So we tested it. We got a bag of sand and we all held the bag of sand and it was heavy. Then we tried carrying it with a pulley. We all tried pulling it and  we all said it was so easy with the pulleys. When we were finished learning about pulleys we learned about knots. We all tied a reef knot and it was super easy. After Room 7 was finished sailing, then Room 6 had our turn to sail.

 

When we all got in the boats there could only be 2 people in one boat. We had 11 people so Spencer had to go on the speedboat. I was with Paula and we were doing super good. Then Steph threw some rubber ducks so we could get them and Spencer had Frank the rubber duck. Then Steph came and switched Paula and Spencer. Then Steph said that we could flip the boat and jump off. Spencer and I flipped the boat and we fell out of it. It was so funny and fun. When we got back on the boat we could see Angelina and Tahlia both fell out of the boat and could not get back in the boat. So I went to help them. I had to stay on the boat for a little because Spencer went in the speedboat. I was having so much fun.

 

Then when we were finished I was freezing cold so I got my towel and changed. Then we walked back to school. Paula, Jaeden and I were never tired. When we came back to school Mrs Agnew was reading us a story and I almost fell asleep but I didn’t. Then it was the end of the day so we all prayed at the end of the wonderful day and we all went home.    

 

I had a super fun day. I really wish I could go sailing again next year.

 

 

 

Our visit to the stone cottage 

            

Yesterday at 10 o’clock Room 6 was lucky enough to go to the cottage. Panmure  I never knew what was in it and I always passed it many times  when I went to and from school. When I went inside there were so many old things inside to look at.

An old lady called Terry  showed us around the house and we first went to the living room. There was another old lady there as well. Terry showed us old photographs of what Panmure looked like in the olden days.

After that we went to the bedroom and there was old stuff like a sewing machine and some old clothes. There were two dolls in a crib. They looked creepy to me.

Then we went up the stairs. It was so steep I almost fell all the way down. There was a small bump and my head almost hit it when we went up stairs. There were two rooms: an artifacts room and a bedroom. First we went to the artifact room. There was an old boot and an old perfume bottle and an old map of Pamure There was a hat stand there as well.

Next we went to the bed room there was a mannequin with old clothes on it. One looked like she was looking out of the window. There was another crib with a doll in it that was 110 years old.

we have been talking a lot about what we experienced at the cottage and it was surprising to see so many old things there that people really used to use like the potty and shaving bowl.

 

Swimming Lessons

Two weeks ago Room 6 went swimming lessons. We brought goggles, a towel and swimming togs. We only had 2 weeks of swimming lessons but it was very cool. When I went to the swimming pool I did some swimming.  At first I did a hand stand under water  and it was hard but I could do it because there  was water under me and it made me float and then I did freestyle. It was fun but it took some time for me to master it but I finally did it on day 5. On day 6 we did some jumping into water. I did a canon ball while the rest did a manu.

And we did fake drowning one day. We had to be in pairs and one had to jump in and pretend we were drowning. Then the other person helped to recus them by throwing a rope to them.

Izzy my teacher for swimming lessons  was very funny. On the last day of swimming we did five different jumps into the water. It was lots of  fun because she threw the sinkers down into the water and it was a race between me and Wycliffe to get there first. It was so intense. I was so scared but then I dived into the water and then got the sinker and won. I love swimming.

 

Matariki

Matariki and Tawhirimatea’s story.

The parents, Ranginui and Papatuanuku were stuck together and could not move with their children. There was darkness all around them. The god of war told the children to beat their parents to death.  One son, Tane decided to stretch his legs and push his father into the sky and he stayed up there and the father made light. They could all see the world. The mother stayed down on the earth and is happy to provide food for her children.

Some gods were happy and the god of wind was not happy. The god of wind was so angry he pulled out his eyes and crushed them and threw his eyes up into the milky way and that is how we see the Matariki stars now.

Maori people come together at this time and think about their family who have died and also wonder how the year ahead will be for them.

Characterisation of Storm Boy

I am a small boy, and my father is Hideaway Tom.  We live together in a humpy on the Coorong. My name is Storm Boy and I got this name because once when it was a very cold and wet and rainy, stormy day I went outside to pick up shells. Two men came by, who thought I was lost. When the men turned around I disappeared and they thought I was in trouble. I was not but I did not want to be found. My friend is Fingerbone Bill. who has taught me all I know and is very knowledgeable about everything in nature

I am …………………………Storm Boy

Our ki o rahi tournament

Yesterday we had our first ki o rahi tournament ever at our school. Everyone was happy and excited because it was a nice warm day outside.

The first team was Kauri  versus Rata. Unfortunately Kauri lost and I was very sad but I was a little happy because I was going on for next game.

Next round was Rimu and Totara and I was very happy but then I was sad because Rimu lost. I got very down next round was Totara verses Rata    I was voting for Totara, but then Totara lost.  We played right until lunch time and then we had the final two games after lunch.

I was the happiest boy of my life. The finals were Rimu and Kauri  and I was so!!!!happy again because Rimu WON. The semifinals were between

Rata and Totara again but I was very sad because Totara lost. 3 place were Rimu and Rata, 2 place was Rata and  1 place was Kauri.

 

 

 

ANZAC Biscuits

ANZAC Biscuits

 

Last week on Thursday we ate ANZAC cookies because we had celebrated ANZAC Day. ANZAC stands for Australian, New Zealand, Army Corps and during war men and women went to fight a long way from home.

 The  ANZAC cookies felt like a bumpy crunchy hard rock. It smelled like coconut and oats. It looked like a brownish, tan circle from the moon. The ingredients were butter, golden syrup, flour and baking soda. When I tasted it, it tasted like a butter coconut oats and It was delicious.  Women made ANZAC cookies in world war 1 for the men fighting in the war. They had a long way to go so they had to last for a long time.

 

On Friday morning I felt like sunshine, full of excitement because we were celebrating St Patrick ‘s Day and not any St Patrick Day but it was our 175 years jubilee.

My favourite activity during our tabloid sports was the boot throw. I even threw further than Theo, my brother.

On Sunday we went to church and we sang and prayed with everyone else. After all of that we went to the hall where we had to do the Big Singing in front of a crowd!!! WE stopped and sang songs of joy and we were awesome. We were singing Mo maria, te Iwi e, the Irish blessing. Everyone was taking videos but unfortunately I couldn’t stay for long because we had to go home. 

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