Stake Musical!!

On the 22nd of August we went to our stake musical.  A stake musical is where every ward gets given a musical to peform.
My ward (called Mckay) performed the Wizard of Oz.  My uncle’s ward was doing singing in the rain.  My dad’s friend was doing Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.  His name was Tau [...]

My Garfish and Crab

On Sunday me, my mum and some of my friends went  fishing out at Raglan Wharf.
We didn’t have any success so I went crabbing we caught a HUGE CRAB.  At the end we looked at two boys catching heaps of garfish.  We watched sombody put down one of the garfish.  I asked somebody if I [...]

My First Game of League

It was as cold as ice at Fairfield Park with only shorts on and a top.
The game started.  Our first half of the game we got puffed and nervous while people cheered for us.  My friend passed the ball to me.  We were tied 5 all after I got a score.  I got the ball [...]

Kayaking at Camp Karakariki

Way back in Term 1 we went to Camp Karakariki and went kayaking.  It was the Camp Rock Stars last activity of the day.
First we had to practice with our oar.  I was the first kid to get in the kayak.  I was in a single.
There was a tree stump in the middle of the [...]

The Sparrow

Today I was visiting my Nan’s house in Hamilton. My cousin came over to see my Nan with her two children Azra and Brayden and a little girl called Natalia. They were very funny.
Emma decided it was time for her to go as the children were starting to get tired. When Emma backed the car [...]

Going to Australia

When I went to Australia we went to the zoo on Wednesday.  We looked at a lot of stuff.
Then my mum said, “Carla laa here is something you will like.” Then I turned around and it was a butterfly house.  We went inside.  It was so cool, but when I looked there was a big [...]

Winning Cross Country

On Tuesday May 19 we had our school cross country.  I had butterfies in my tummy.

Then the year 4 boys lined up, then Mr F said on your marks, get set, go!!!!   Then we went off.  Then I was in front of everyone there.  I had to run 2 laps around Glenview Park.

At the [...]

Going to Australia Part 2

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I have been in Australia for 6 days now. We flew with Emirates, they gave us a great backpack filled with free things to do. There were over a 100 movies to choose from to watch.
We went shopping the first day as it was raining. On the second day we went to Dreamworld [...]

Player of the Day

Last Saturday I played Rugby.
I play for Melville and we played Varsity. I got 7 tries and player of the Day. My position is wing. For player of the day I got a ribbon, then we went to the club rooms at 5.00 and I waited for my name to be called out and they [...]

30 000

On Friday 1st May Room 9 had a celebration because we had the thirty thousandth visitor to our blog.  It was during the holidays on April 17th at 4:50:41 am.  They came from Madrid in Spain.
We had party table cloths with balloons on and we had delightful, delicious cupcakes.  Each cupcake was covered in white icing.  [...]

Camp Karakariki

At camp my group was called CAMP ROCK!
We did lots of activities.  One of the activities was BMXing.  Mr Fawcett showed us how to go over the hills on a bike.  Then four people from CAMP ROCK got a BMX bike and one person went at a time.  Everyone had a few turns going around the [...]

The Hamilton Gardens

On Saturday I went to the Hamilton gardens.
In the Victorian gardens we went to catch tadpoles. We got lots of them in fact we got so many the pond was nearly empty of its tadpoles.
In the jungle part of the glass house building we saw 3 pitcher plants, one was yellow, one was green, and one was red. In the desert part of the glass house building we saw some BIG cactus.
In the lake we saw [...]

Climbing the Tree

On Thursday we played lots of games at camp.
One was climbing a tree. When I went swimming it was freezing in the pool. My favourite activity was climbing the tree because it’s fun and its really high.
When I went half way up and I said “I can’t do it.”
Then a parent said “Yes you [...]

Camp Karakariki

On the 2nd day of camp there were lots of activities.
I did BMX for my 3rd activity and it was my 2nd favourite activity.  Mr Fawcett took a photo of me when I went down the hill very fast.  I didn’t fall off the BMX.
The BMXs were easy for me, but I went pretty slow [...]

Kayaking

At Camp my group was the SUPER STARS.
On Thursday at Camp Karakariki I went kayaking. First I got my togs on and got my towel. Then I walked to the kayaks through a gate. It took about five minutes. I was nervous because I thought that I was going to fall in. I was excited. [...]

Stick Insect

This morning my dad found a stick insect on our door.
He picked it up and put it in an old ice cream container with gladwrap on top.  He poked holes in the gladwrap with a fork.
I brought it to school and showed just about everybody in the school.  At morning tea Mr F took a [...]

The Weekend in Auckland

On Saturday, in Auckland, I had two choices.  Number one was to go to the museum.  Number two was to go to the star dome thing.
I chose the museum and it was really cool.  I saw a green moray eel and a moa.   I saw the dinosaur bones from the T-Rex named Sue.  I found out that the female T-Rex [...]

Hot Water Beach

This is me, my brother and my sister in the hot water at Hot Water Beach on

Waitangi Weekend.
We had to dig a hole with a spade so that the water would come up through
the sand, we could only do this 2 hours each side of low tide.
Our water hole was the hottest, I thought it [...]