Month: March 2024

Bullets Fly Soldiers Die

When we have Mr A we learn about World War 1 in Gallipoli.  I like learning about World War 1 because I think that it’s a really cool part of our history.  At the moment we have been pretending that we are a nurse or a soldier, and are writing letters to our parents.  I have learnt that the Kiwi’s knew that they were going to be destroyed so they made it look like they were still fighting, and all the soldiers got into the boat.  I also learnt that they went to Eygept for some months and then went to Gallipoli.  Another thing that I learnt was that all the men were excited to go to war and they didn’t know what was going to happen.  But the nurse knew that they would be needed and knew that they were gonig to put men back together. 

Do you like learning about Anzac and World War 1?

In The Weekend – In The Mountain Biking Tracks

I was bumping up and down in the car as Dad drove Me, Micah and Bella up to the mountain biking tracks.  Mum and Joel were at home.  We pulled to a stop and we got out of of the car while Dad got the bikes off the back of the car. Once all the bikes were down Micah got onto his bike.  Then Dad got onto his bike, and hauled Bella onto the front seat of his bike.  And I got onto my bike.  

 

We biked down the hill to the track that we were going to bike down.  Micah went first then Me, then Dad and Bella.  I had to stop once at one corner then tried to stop at the next but it was too late.  I skied, then my bike fell on one side so I couldn’t get out.  Dad was behind me and he slid to a stop, then pulled up my bike and asked if I was OK.  I was fine except for my knee which was bleeding a little.  I  hopped back on my bike and biked to the end of the track.  After we did that one we biked to a  much harder track and did that one.  I had to stop heaps on that one, and had another 2 crashes.  After we finished that one we went back onto the one, that we had done before and it was way easier the second time.  We biked back up to the car and Dad put the bikes back on the back of the car.  Then we drove home.  The End

Do you like biking?

Hve you gone on mountain biking tracks before?

Top Team!!!!!!!

Today ( Thursday the 21/3/2024 ) our school and Kokatahi- Kowhitarangi got to do Top Team.  Top Team is when we do heaps of activities some including water.  We had to bring a spare change of clothes to get changed into if you got wet after the activities.  The day before we had gotten into groups going through thte alphabet to L.  My group was Team I and our group leader was Harmony.  First of all we did a sack race then a mineshaft maze then so on…                                                           We got points for all the activities that we did.  After we had done the dry activities we did one that included water.  I got really wet in that one.  We did 2 more water ones and then we all went to the turf to hear what team won.  Zoes team won.  Next we got changed into our dry clothes.  It was really fun!!!!

Have you done Top Team before?

 

 

Animals Escape From The Zoo!!!

Yesterday we did another Quick – Write.  This is what I wrote…

You work at the zoo and the elephants have broken loose! What will you do?

I would find all the other people who work there and the boss and tell them what has happened.  Then I will call the police and tell them what happened as well.  Next when the police come I will tell them which way I saw some of the animals go.  I will try to find some of them with help from the police, and I will go round asking everyone I see if they have seen the animals that ran away from the zoo anywhere.  I would also make sure no one was hurt by any of the animals.  And if they were badly hurt I would ring the ambulance if no one else had all ready ringed the ambulance. 

What would you write if you had to do something about animals escaping from a zoo?

Whats your favourite animal? 

Jump Jam

On Monday this week we did Jump Jam.  Jump Jam is when we copy off dance moves from people on the T.V.  We were practicing 2 diffrent songs that we were going to do on Monday.  I was kind of nervouse but when we did it, it was fine.  Some of the dance moves were hard to remember.  We showed the whole school and they copied us.  It was really fun!  We are practising a diffrent song this week to show next week on Monday.  I can’t wait.  

Have you ever done a dance and then showed it to heaps of people?

Do you like dancing?

Another Quick – Write

 

Today we did another Quick – Write.  This time we had to write from…

You climb to the top of the tallest tree in your neighborhood. What can you see that you couldn’t see from down below?

 

This is what I wrote…

I climbed to the top of a tree and this is what I saw…

A man 2 blocks away jumping up and down, I saw 7 blocks away some tourists running down the street with a dog chasing after them.  I saw 4 blocks away a horse chasing a dog and the dog chasing a cat and the cat chasing a butterfly.  I saw 1 block away a lady trying to work the water fountain and when she finally got it the water splurted at her which made her soaked to the bone.  I saw 9 blocks away a cat getting squirted by a hose.  I saw in the same 9 blocks away a traffic jam with around 250 cars in it.  I saw 3 blocks away a bunch of teenages laughing while walking down the street.  That’s what I saw from the tree.  

                                                       The End

 

Do you like writing about lot’s of diffrent things?

Swimming Races

On Monday we did swimming sports.  Swimming sports is when the seniors of our school go to the Hokitika pool to race each other.  The seniors from Kokotaki came too.  I did 1 length backstroke, 1 length freestyle and 1/2 length doggy paddle, backstroke or dophine dives.  We all had to pick at least 3 races to do.  I think I did pretty well because I got into distriks for 1 length backstroke.  I didn’t really want to do districs but I decided I would.  At Districs there were people from St Mary’s, Hokitika Primary, The High School and us Kaniere.  I knew everyone from our school and some people from other schools.  I had to wait for ages.  Finnaly when my turn came I was called up with a 4 or 5 other girls and we lined up on the chairs.  I was in lane 2.  When the whistle blew we hoped in the water and and held onto the handle of the diving boards and pulled our legs up so we were crouching.  Then they claped the wodden things together and we took off.  Once everyone was at the other side of the pool they blew the whistle and we hoped.  I grabed my towel and when I was dry I went into the girls changing rooms to get changed.  Mum had been watching my race and she came over we went out to the car and went home.  I got almost the whole day off school.  

Have you ever done swimming sports before?

Have you ever gone to Districs before?

Double Sleepover

In the weekend I had a double sleepover with my friends.  I’ll tell you the whole story…

First they picked us up from school and then went ot pick up Micah from High School.  We saw some of our friends on the bus.  Next we went back to our house and got an iceblock.  Then we went on the tramp and played a really fun game.  Next we had dinner while watching a movie called Alvin And The Chipmunks.  After that we played card game’s until 8: 30 P.M, then we went to bed.  One of my friends woke me up at 6:00 A.M (which was good because I had asked her to) and we went into the boys room.  We played games with them until 7:00 and then went into the lounge to watch T.V untill 9:00.  After that we went onto the tramp for a bit then packed up and went to their house.  

 

When we got there we went into my friends room and played in there for a bit then played a game with the boys.  Then we had lunch.  We played lot’s of games until 8:30 P.M then went to bed.  

In the morning we got up around 6:00 and played games for ages.  Then we went to church.  After that we went to kids day.   Kids Day was really fun.  We got lot’s of prizes and did lot’s of things.  After Kids Day we went back to their house and played cops and robbers and another game kind of like tennis.  Then we had tea and after tea Mum and Dad came to pick us up. 

 

( Mum and Dad had been helping people move to Invacagle.  That’s why we had a double sleepover. )