The Solar System

My New Bedroom

Yesterday afternoon, I got my own little bedroom.
First, we moved my drawers in through the door way.
Next, we broke my bed up to fit in the door and, after that, we put it back together.

How To Make a Cardboard Print

You will need:
-thick cardboard
-thin cardboard
-scissors
-P.V.A. glue
-printing ink
-rollers
-paper

What To Do:
1.Cut out cardboard shapes to make a picture.
2.Glue onto template.
3. Let it dry.
4.Put paper over top.
5.Use roller to put paint on the template.
6.Put paper over top and press it with a clean roller.
7.Pull off.

Athletics Day

When I was nine years old, our school had an Athletics Day. We all competed in lots of events, like High Jump, Long Jump, Vortex, Shot Put, Discus and Sprints.
After Discus, I ran to Vortex. A vortex is shaped liked a rocket. You can get them in different colours, like blue, red, green and yellow .The area had lots of brown sticks 1 metre apart. Mrs Readman wrote our names down in order then we sat down in our order. We each had three throws. Mine  bounced on 6.3 metres. It was as easy as ABC. I got a big shock in my arm. The vortex had a noisy whistle. Cameron had a far throw. His bounced on 40.2 metres. He did very well he came first.After everyone had had their turn in vortex, we ran to long jump. In long Jump, there is a  mat and we had to jump from the end of the mat or that jump wouldn't count. The mat was blue, orango, red and green. The area at long jump had a sand pit with a mat. I slipped on 2 metres and 30cm. I leapt like a  tiger. The sand was as sandy as a beach. When I leapt into the sand, the sand fell on top of my feet. I came first. I jumped for joy.
I finished Shot Put. I walked slowly to sprints, then we had to walk back up to the start of the race. Mr Emms put us in to groups of six.The area at sprints had long grassy lanes that were as skinny as a snake.There was a huddle of children and adults. I was in the first race. Bang! went the noisy gun. I got a big fright, but  I still ran as fast as a cheetah. Click! Click! went the cameras. We had six races. I came first in four of them and came second in two. 
Next, we had our house relays. St Joseph came first, St Francis came second, St Anthony came third and St Anne came last. It was a fun day, but I was very tired when I got home from school that afternoon.

King Arthur's Castle

Mrs Death read us the story of King Arthur, then we used three different pieces of paper and combined them to show what his castle looked like.

Tahi's Lucky Day

One day a 9 year old girl named Hunter-Rose was talking to her mum about Pet Day at school.
“Mum can I take Tahi to school for Pet Day?” said Hunter-Rose.
“Ok! But you will need to take a collar and a bag.’’
“Ok Mum. Bye. Thank you.”
Hunter-Rose was walking to school.
“Hi Emily. Who did you bring to Pet Day?”
“I brought Blueberry to school."
“Cool. I brought Tahi to school."
“I thought Tahi barked a lot.”
Tahi was light brown with a white patch on his neck, tummy and back.
“Woof! Woof!”
“No Tahi. Emily, I guess you’re right. But anyway he is a really good dog.”
“Let’s see about that,” added Emily.
“Don’t be nasty, Emily. You never know. I could win first prize. Don’t listen to her, Tahi.”
Everyone made their way to the courts for the animal parade. All the classes made their way to their seats. Hunter-Rose was sitting at the front. Emily showed her pet calf,  Blueberry. There were lots of other pets. Hunter-Rose’s favourite animal  was the goat named Maddie.
Next was the dog parade.
“I hope we win, Tahi,” Hunter-Rose said.
“Woof! Woof!”
The children all walked around with their dogs. 
After that, they all stood and waited for judging to finish and the winners to be named. 
Hunter-Rose heard them call Hunter-Rose and Tahi! 
Hunter-Rose was bursting with joy. She would never forget that day.

The Paralympic Games

The Flamingo

Once upon a time, a sad teenage girl, named Emily, was sluggishly walking along a beautiful lake when she saw a blue flamingo. She noticed it was sick because it had yellow vomit squirting out its mouth.   She got her beach towel out of her beach bag and wrapped it around the flamingo and took it home.
The flamingo still had yellow vomit squirting out of its mouth.
“Oh no,” she said. `` I`m going to get some medicine and  a bowl.’”
She ran downstairs to the kitchen cupboard and ran back to her room. She gave the blue flamingo the medicine.
The yellow vomit stopped coming out of it`s mouth.
Emily released it into the wild and now when it was better, it was pretty pink again.

New Zealand's Olympic Legends

London Olympics

During the Olympic Games, I watched Joseph Sullivan and Nathan Cohen race for a gold medal in the 2012 Olympic Games.

The loud siren blew and the Kiwis were off in the crystal clear water. 

They were in fifth place at the start, but they got faster and faster until they got to first place.

It was victory and they were so proud, they couldn't stand up.

I jumped for joy.