Dino Assembly

Dinosaurs are really big lizard like animals that are now extinct.

On the first day of term 2, we had an amazing immersion assembly and learnt about our new topic which is 'Dino-Might'. (It's about dinosaurs)

Mr Burt and the teachers all dressed up in costumes and did little items about our topic. Team One had a really cool one about how dinosaurs are extinct but teacher's are'nt. Team Two did a cool rap and dance about dinosaurs. Team Three were dressed like scientists and pretended to search for dinosaur bones.

Mrs Nua from Team Four, talked about the section in the library where we could find books about dinosaurs. The number was 560. Then we watched a video clip of Team Four.

Some dinosaurs are herbivores (eat plants) and some are carnivores (meat eaters). They were all different shapes and sizes and now they are extinct. I'm really excited that we are going to be studying about dinosaurs and learning more about them.

Easter and the Easter Show

Easter is very special and cool. Its special because that was the day that Jesus rose from the grave, and it's cool because we have so many lucky things to do and get.

There's the Royal Easter Show where there are some activities, great games and some cool competitions. If you won at any of these things you would win some awesome prizes!! I didn't go to the Easter show but I'm sure there was a ton or more than a ton of people that went to the show.

If you're a chocoholic then Easter would be your thing. We had a terrific day on Saturday. My aunty put out 3 Easter eggs for me, my sister and my cousin. She hid them and we had our own Easter egg hunt. I always found the first 2 and my sister found the last one. The best part was eating it.

Easter is full of love and chocolate!! I can't wait until the next Easter, next year in 2010.

Yr5 & Yr6 Camp Aratika

On Wednesday the first day of camp for 2009 started. We all got separated into our separate groups and set off for our activities.

The different names of the groups were the Participators, True crew, Care crew, Responsibles, Thinkers and the Honest crew. I was in the Participators.

We did a lot of FUN activities, from orienteering to kayaking. My favourite activity was rock climbing because it really challenges you to get to the top and because I'm not really scared of heights. My other favourite activity was something I know I'm good at. This activity was kayaking. I like it also because its just something I enjoy doing.

The camp food was delicious, from baked beans on toast, to mince, vegetables and bread. Those cooks really know how to cook.

On the last day of our camp Aratika we all set of to Swim-a-Rama (in Panmure) so we could end our camp with a big SPLASH!!!

Thanks a lot to all the teachers and supporters because without them camp would have never happened!!

A "KIWI" VISIT

It was a Friday and as normal we had assembly. But at this assembly we had a special visitor coming.

The visitors name was Keith and he worked for the rugby league team the Kiwis. His part for the team is like the media but the proper name is public relation (PR).

Oh he came to show us the ''Rugby League World Cup'' that the Kiwis won last year. The cup was as big as a classroom chair. But it wasn't really shiny, I guess it would be like that because it is quite old.

After assembly some of us got to stay behind and take photos of the cup. I was even lucky enough to get to take a photo with the cup. A lot of teachers especially Ms.Vaafusuaga
were eager to take photos.

It was an exciting assembly.

My Holidays (Last Year)

This is my very first story that I've written in 2009 but the story is about my holiday that I went on last year.

In the holidays my whole family went to Tonga. It was AMAZING.
During our visit we went to a beautiful beach called "Keleti". There were some huge waves and the water was so clear that I could see the bottom. In the water were little fish that would bite you if went to close too their territory. Luckily I didn't get bitten.

Another thing was that my bigger cousin and brother lifted me up on their arms and SPLASH I went when I jumped off into the water.

While we were doing that my grandma and the adults were sitting on the sand having a picnic. They were watching us doing bombs. I bet they thought we were crazy.
Keleti has got to be the best beach I've been to in a long time!! Hope I go back next year (actually this year 2009).