The Zoo Trip

It was a bright sunny Wednesday morning. Our class was going on a zoo trip. We had earned this zoo trip because we were being good kids all year and got all the marbles in the jar.

Once we arrived, we split up into our groups. My group had five people in it, including me. My mum had transported us to the zoo and she was going to be the group leader.
Once we entered, we saw quite a lot of people and a few other schools, as well. I looked down at the map and thought to myself where we could go first.

“Hmm,” I said, as I scanned the map from top to bottom. Finally, I came up with a small route we could take first. I showed Mum the route I had planned and told her I would add more on soon. We then headed in the direction of the Weka Walk.

Opening one door at a time, we entered the walkway.  We walked along the path and saw quite a lot of birds walking around and flying above us. We finally came to the exit so we decided to leave. I looked along the path, looking for the sign that pointed to the red pandas.

“There it is!” I said, as I pointed to the sign.

Once we got there, I saw a fuzzy red panda with a long tail and big brown eyes. It was sitting and eating in a little hut that was supported by a sturdy wooden pole.

“Its so cute!” We all said one by one.

It took a while for us to stop watching the red pandas but finally we decided to head back and look around for the other animals.

I looked at the map as we walked around, trying to find the last few animals we had to see.

“Ok, straight forward is the savannah. Keep going,” I said, as we walked down the hill. 
We made it down and the first things we saw, were the tall spotty giraffes that practically towered over us. I looked around at the other animals in the enclosure, like zebras, emus and cantaloupe. In the cage beside it, there were two types of animals - deer and a type of bison. Once we were finished looking at the animals, we headed back up to the cafe for lunch.

We arrived at the cafe with our bags. We found a spare table and sat down after our long walk and ate our lunch. Just as we finished our lunch, it was our turn to go into the Education Classroom. We met up with the rest of the groups and lined up outside the classroom.

Once we were alllowed to go in, a nice man, named Matt, came out to greet us. He led us in. He told us to sit on the mat and said that, after we had talked and asked our questions, we could have a good look around the classroom.

We saw lots of animals that used to be alive a long time ago. We saw turtle shells, some animal hide, a lot of reptiles like a live lizard and an Axolotl. I touched some animal skulls like a horse skull and a gorilla skull down to a fake human skull. 
After we had our look around, it was time to head back to school. We got into our travel groups and hopped into our cars. We drove all the way back to school. Luckily, it was the end of the day so we just had to put our booklets back on our desks. We waited a little while for the bell to ring so we could go home. Finally, when the bell, rang my mum and I headed home.
That was the best zoo trip I have ever been on. I hope we get to do it again sometime.

My Bird Painting

The Hamilton Zoo

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Miracle

                                                 Chapter One WHen It All Started

When Kelly was born she was really small, but thankfully from the help of the doctors she grew up perfectly fine. When she was old enough she got her own pony. They had many great times together.

Sadly, those times had to end.

                                                 
Chapter Two The Earthquake
All the happy moments ended in The Earthquake.
All the horses neighed and kicked in the sables as the ground shock like crazy.

“Don’t worry Lemon! I'm coming!” Kelly said as she ran to the stable.

But Claire held her back.

“No Kelly. Its too late.” She said as she took her back to safety.

Days later people found a horse and her foal that survived the earthquake.

“Its a miracle! A mother and her foal survived!”

                                                  Chapter Three Moving Elsewhere.

Kelly had to move in with her uncle Herman after she lost her parents and her pony in The Earthquake. She hardly knew her uncle. Kelly was also a pretty popular rider and thats just what her uncle needed.

                                                Chapter Four There Might Be Hope

A few months later Kelly had been training another horse named Rain. She was due to start a big race soon.

“Another race eh boy? Well lets get it over with then.”

3...2...1… GO!

The sound of the gun banged loud in the air. The horses all raced off at full speed. The sound of the hooves clopped against the yellow sand. Kelly and Rain were on a roll until suddenly Rain got his hoof stuck in a hole. They struggled to get out so Kelly had to stop the race. A vet came and drove them back to the stables.

“How bad is it?” Asked her uncle.

“Its not to bad but it will take a few months to heal.” Answered the vet.

“We don’t have the money to wait for it to heal. We will have to sell him to a farmer for LOTS of money.”

And with that both the vet and uncle Herman left the stable.

                                             Chapter Five Saying Goodbye.

Kelly stood in front of rain not saying a word. Her two friends named Lisa and Lilly came up to her.

“Did you hear that?” Lilly asked.

“You can’t let him do this!” Exclaimed Lisa

“We have to stop him!” They both shouted.

“Kelly? Hello? Kelly?” Lilly said curiously.

“I don’t care as it doesn't trouble me.” Kelly said bluntly as she walked outside of the stall. Her friends looked at each other with worried faces.

                                           Chapter Six The Newspaper.

Meanwhile Kelly stood in her room speechless holding a piece of newspaper in her hand.

The piece of paper had a picture of a brown horse with a white mane on it. The paper said.

“3 year old Arabian horse for sale!” Kelly stood there lost in her thoughts.

                                          Chapter Seven Should I?

There Kelly was debating with herself whether or not she was going to buy the horse or not. She finally said.

“Why not just ask uncle Herman if I can? Can’t get a better offer right?”

She walked down the stairs and asked her uncle if she could get the horse as she held out the piece of newspaper in front of her.

“Hmm.” Answered her uncle…

                                      Chapter Eight The Decision

The sound of a truck interrupted his thoughts.

“Oh! That must be the farmer coming to buy rain!”

Kelly sighed as she put the piece of paper away.

“I don’t know if that was a yes or a no but I have a feeling this isn't going to end well.” She said to herself.

                                    Chapter Nine All Happy.

Kelly watched out the window as the farmer drove away with Rain.

Herman came back in with a smile on his face.

“Now that Rain is gone and we have A LOT of money we can buy that horse you wanted!”

Uncle Herman announced.

Kelly’s face lit up as she beamed with joy.

“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

She shouted as she ran to get into her riding clothes.

Once she was finished they drove out with their trailer to pick up their new Arabian.

They soon arrived at the farm and instantly Kelly saw the farmer standing with the beautiful mare in front of them. They hopped out and Kelly ran to the horse.

“ Aren't you a beauty.” She said as she held her hand out to the horse.

“There's something very special about this horse.” Said the farmer. “She was the foal that survived The Earthquake."

He said proudly.

Herman smiled at him as Kelly led her new horse into the trailer.

"I think I'll name you Miracle." She beamed

They were finally ready to head home. They said goodbye to the farmer and drove back up to their house.

"You've picked a nice name for her Kelly." Herman said proudly

Kelly stayed quiet as she was thinking of the fun times she was going to have with Miracle just as she had with Lemon and Rain.

Once they arrived Kelly led Miracle into her new paddock.
At the end of that day everyone was happy.
Kelly was happy with Miracle.

Herman was excited with his new horse Miracle.

Kelly's friends were proud of her because she was happy again.

The farmer was pleased with his new horse Rain.

Miracle was joyful with her new home.

The other farmer was delighted that someone brought his horse.

And of course Kelly's parents and Lemon were happy in heaven because they were proud of her and how she was getting on.
                                                        The End

Horse Riding In Fiji

Last year My Dad My Mum and I were in Fiji.

It was the day finally. The day when I got to ride horses along the sandy beach with two friends I had made.

It was a bright sunny day. My Parents and My friends walked down to the beach with me. The palm trees blew slowly in the breeze as the sun blazed through the leafs and down on us.

When we got down to the beach there was three men waiting for us with three horse by their side. There was two brown horses and one white horse.

The other girls picked the brown horses so I picked the white horse. The three men also sat on the horses with us. The men hopped off every now and then to lead the horses at slow paces.

Once we started to ride our body's bounced up and down slightly. The men made the horses go faster into a gallop. The horses didn't run too fast just in case we fell off. But it was enough to keep us happy.

We galloped along the beach as the cool breeze flew in our faces.

We then started to slow down. The men hopped off the horses and began to lead them and turn them around so we could head back the other way.

When the men hopped back on the other horses trotted in front of us at different speeds. as they were in front of us my horse began to pick up the pace. We all began to gallop. I watched the sea splash against the shore feeling the wind blow my hair behind me.

We finished a few minutes later. My mum and dad had waited for me where we started. I hopped down off the horse and stroked its neck before I ran to my parents.

That was one of the best experiences of my life.

Fish N Chips For Dinner

I am getting really sick and tired of having home made meals for dinner every night so I think that we should have fish n chips once a week for a change.

My first reason is that the fish in fish n chips is healthy and delicious and the chips can be a little treat along the side. You can also choose to have some tomato sauce or any other sauce you like to have with your fish and chips.

My second reason is that it will stay warm for a while and when you are driving home from the takeaway shop it will keep your legs warm on the way back.

When you have finished eating you can use the leftover newspaper for special shared lunches or other things in the future. My last reason is that the leftovers can be a good for another dinner or lunch, you can heat up the leftover fish if it not raw. If your friends are over for dinner and you still have leftover fish from the fish n chips you had a few days ago you can just heat that up and have a little meal with it and a bit of extras.

And that is why I want to have fish n chips once a week. I hope you have agreed with me and my reasons. I know at least some people would have agreed with me.

The Commonwealth Games

Holiday Rock Climbing

In the holidays my brother was looking after me for Monday and Tuesday. so we went out somewhere. He asked me where I wanted to go so I replied in my usual answer “I don’t know,” so he asked me if I wanted to go rock climbing in a place called Climbing Edge. I said, “Sure why not,” so we hopped into his car and drove all the way there.
When we got there I was excited and scared at the same time. We walked inside and the heat changed from a cold and windy breeze to a warm and cozy summer air.
A friendly lady was there to greet us at the front desk. We paid first and I wrote my name and age on a small clipboard. Then the lady put a tightly firmed harness around my waist. She told us the instructions on what to do when we want to clip onto the climbing walls and then she pointed to the kids rock climbing area to the left. I got so excited I could hardly wait!

We walked over to the colourfully themed rock climbing walls and saw a lot of joyful kids with their family and friends. I walked around looking for a spare and fairly easy wall.

I found one soon enough and my brother helped me with clipping on. When he was done I started climbing up. I was kind of scared and the rock climbing wall was slippery but I knew I would be safe. 
When I reached the top I looked down at my brother and smiled. He smiled back at me and said, “Good on you,” as I swung down from the green and orange wall.

When I got down my brother said, “If you can get up to the top of two more, I will buy you some treats from the front desk.”I nodded my head and unclipped myself from the wall.
We walked around for a while looking for another wall and sure enough I finally found one. 
It was bright and colourful and it was themed on kites. It looked a bit harder than the last one but I felt confident enough to try it.
I clipped myself on and started climbing up the wall. I was almost at the top so I looked down. My brother was looking up at me from the floor so I smiled at him confidently and continued climbing up. I made it to the top and looked down. I was so high up, I got chills in my back. As I swung to the floor, My brother said to me, “Good job. Just one more wall until you can get a treat.” I smiled and looked around for another wall and surprisingly the girl on the wall just beside me was just about to get off so I stood behind her and waited. 

The wall was themed on a volcano it looked hard and quite scary but I had the confidence to climb it. 
Finally it was my turn so I clipped on and started to climb. It took about a minute to get up to the top and I felt pretty proud of myself when I did get up so I looked around at all the walls and all the kids that were climbing. I was amazed at how high I was. 
When I was finished looking around I swung down from the top. My brother clapped as I unclipped myself from the wall. I did a few extra walls for fun but when I was finished we walked out of the kids climbing area.

We walked up to the lady at the front desk and asked her to take off my harness for me. 

My waist felt a bit weird after my harness was off but I got used to it. My brother brought me some treats like mini cookies and a chocolate bar from the front counter. I felt so delighted and proud of myself as we walked outside and back to his car.

Term 2 Title Page

How I Made My Kite

Equipment Needed

- A plastic shopping bag

- 5 straws

- Sellotape

- Twine

- Scissors

- Felt or marker

Method

1. Push all the straws together in two lines.

2. Sellotape them to the bag in a cross shape.

3. Draw lines connecting the straws in a kite shape.

4. Use an extra piece of the bag as the keel.

5. Tape the keel to the back of the kite

6. Cut around the kite shape lines.

7. Make a tail then sellotape in to the bottom.

8. Wind some twine around a pencil and tie it to the back of the kite.

The Red Panda

Skye and Storm

One day, near Christmas two children came home from school to open a colourfuly wrapped present. The kids were excited to open the box. They lifted the lid of the top of the box and their faces changed from calm to surprised. Their eyes were wide open as they looked inside the box. A black and white
puppy poked its small fluffy head out of the top of the box and look around. The boy picked it up and cuddled it. The children squealed with glee as they cuddled and played with the two puppies. One of the kids was crying tears of joy. Both of tthem were very emotional. The parents were laughing as the kids were playing with the playful puppys. They were both thankful for the little bundles of fluff that they got that day. The puppies names were Storm and Skye.

Bullying Poem

Don’t be a fool.

Use your tools.

Shame on you.

I don’t like you.

I cry quiet tears.

I wish you would just disappear.

I am filled with fear.

I just shed a tear.

Its bitter sweet.

I will hide in a sheet.

It’s the worst feeling.

It feels like my skin peeling.

I cried and cried throughout all the night.

But I know next time you will do it with all your might.

No bullies have friends.

So don’t try to pretend.

Are you feeling sad inside?

If so I can be by your side.

If you stopped bullying me and other people to.

People will then come close to you.

Easter Egg Hunt

On Easter Sunday morning I opened my eyes slowly and I saw, sitting there on my bedside table, a little bucket with the face of the Easter Bunny on the front. I sat up and picked it up. I peeked inside it and picked up a little note that had all the places where I had to look. The first line told me to go out into the living room. My legs were dying to get out of bed and onto the soft fluffy carpet to run to the first place. I hopped excitedly out of bed and ran into the living room. I was looking around and then I saw two Easter Eggs covered in pink and yellow wrapping sitting on the TV stand. I picked them up and placed them softly in the bucket. I looked around for more. My mum came down to the living room to help me. She spotted two Easter Eggs wrapped in spotty tinfoil on the coffee table. I stared down at the note. I read it out loud, “Go upstairs into the room where you like to spend most of your time,” it said. My mum knew where to look but she waited for me. I sped up the carpeted stairs and opened the  white gate into my office. I turned my head from side to side, looking around the room. I walked to the small white shelf at the side of the room and I saw two big Easter Eggs. One was wrapped in pink tinfoil and the other was covered in blue. I was finished in that room so I read the next clue. We had to go outside to the backyard to search. I slid the glass sliding door to open it and stepped outside onto the wooden deck. My face had a determined look on it because I wanted to find all of the Easter Eggs. I jumped onto the pavement excitedly. I stared at my tall Kowhai Tree. I grabbed two Easter Eggs from it. With a smile on her face, Mum pointed to the clay flower pots. I ran to them. My face was beaming with joy as I picked up the two Easter Eggs from the pots. I laid them into the bucket and ran inside. That was the best Easter Egg hunt I have ever had.

The Solomon Islands

Holy Thursday Liturgy

Holy Thursday Liturgy

It was now the time of Passover. Jesus’ followers came to Him and said, “We will go and prepare everything for the Passover Feast. Where do you want to eat the feast?” Jesus answered, “Go into the city. A man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. He will go into a house. Tell the owner of the house, “The teacher wants you to prepare the room for the Passover meal.” So the followers left and went into the city and prepared the Passover Feast.

In the evening, Jesus went to that house with the twelve. While they were eating, Jesus took the bread and gave God thanks and praise. He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Take this, all of you, and eat it; this is my body which will be given up for you.”





  
When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again he gave God thanks and praise, gave the cup to his disciples, and said: “Take this, all of you, and drink from it; this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in memory of me.”


After some time, Jesus got up from the table and went to a different part of the room.  He put a large towel around him, making himself look like a servant.  After that, he poured water into a large bowl and began to wash the disciples' feet.  He then dried them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.

When Jesus had finished washing all of the disciples’ feet, he returned to the table.  "Do you understand what I have done for you?"  Jesus asked them.
Jesus is like a King - but even greater than a king, He's the King of Kings!  By washing the disciples’ feet, He was doing something that only a servant would do.
This is an example of how you should treat others.  You don't have to actually wash other people's feet, but do kind things to others and act like a servant for Jesus.

Silhouette Art

Live Simply Day

Today is Live Simply Day. We live a Live Simply Day so that we can stand in solidarity with the poor people in our world. To live simply means to not use things that we don't need to survive. We also can't wear nice shoes and clothes. To live simply means to not eat lollies and sweets and only rice and fruit. Living simply means to not use electronic devices such as: computers, laptops and phones. Living simply also means to not use any transportation devices like cars, bikes and scooters.

Hot Air Balloon

Today, our school walked onto our grassy field to take a ride in Wildfire, the red, orange and yellow hot air balloon.

Finally, it was my turn. I was nervous and excited at the same time but I hopped into the small basket anyway. My heart was pumping but I knew I would be ok. I saw the man who was controlling the balloon put his hand on a small handle and pull down on it. A small flame appeared on the top of it. The balloon started to slowly inflate and lift off the ground then it started to hover in the cold misty air. I looked down at all the people. They all looked like tiny ants on the grass, then we started to go down very slowly and we had a bit of a rough landing. We got out of the basket and on to the grassy ground. We saw three other people hop into the basket as we walked off with smiles on our faces.           

I thought that the ride was really fun and I would love to do it again.

St Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March the 17th every year. It is celebrated all around the world in different ways.

In New York, people drink green coloured beer and they put green lights on the Empire State Building.

The people who live in Auckland, which is in a country called New Zealand, paint the Sky Tower green and talk about Irish things. People also listen and dance to Irish music and they have parades that are Irish themed.

Australian people have parades at 12pm. Saint Patrick’s Day is also a family day in that country.

In London, England, they have colourful floats and marching bands in a parade.

Tokyo and Japan also have parades on Saint Patrick’s Day.

In Germany, the people have bands that play Irish music and the people do Irish dances.

The people in Belgium wear green suits and they also have parades.