Aria the Xmas Elf

Teapot Valley Camp 2010

Change,Change,Change!

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Cross Country

Last Thursday it was the Cross Country. The whole school participated in it. My Mum and Dad, Zoe’s Mum and Dad and Grandma came to watch me. Some of us had to get changed before the special event.

The year six girls went first and it ended with the year zero boys. Finally it was my turn. I had butterflies in my tummy as usual. Soon Dave smashed the two blocks of wood together. I ran and before I knew it I was going up the stairs.

Meanwhile Viv told me I came fifteenth. I was proud of myself.

Plants

Kangaroos

Kangaroos are large animals that live in parts of Australia. You can see kangaroos in zoos.

Kangaroos seem to be mammals but they are actually marsupials. Joeys and other marsupials are about a centimetre long when they are born. They cannot see and its back legs have not grown yet but it can smell and its arms are very strong. As soon as it is born it pulls itself up into its mothers pouch and finds the milk to drink. Male kangaroos are the head of the mob. A mob is a large group of kangaroos. If another kangaroo tries to overtake being the leader of the mob they both fight each other.

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Wreck of the Delaware

Long, long ago a place called Whakatu that a woman called Huria Matenga lived in was making up a storm. Huria was looking out the window at the sea but in her sight she saw a boat in need of desperate help so she went to get her husband Hemi to have a look too. He thought they should rescue the sailors. They ran to get Hohepata, their friend to help. They ran down to the beach, jumped into the sea and swam out into the furious waves. Now Henry Squirrell was a very good swimmer so he swam to shore with a rope and tied one end to the boat and the other end to the rocks. But Henry got scraped by the rocks and everyone thought he was dead so a man threw a rope and tied it to Henry and held the other end with all his might. He put Henry on a bunk and left him there
As Huria reached the beach the sailors were still climbing across the rope. Huria could tell that the sailors would not make it at that rate. Huria plunged in to the sea once again. She grabbed the sailors one by one and rescued them. Then Huria swam again to get the captain. While they got warm and dried they saw Henry calling for help but the rope had snapped and the sea was fierce so he had to stay there. It was sad because Henry drowned with the boat. Now Huria and her companions are famous throughout New Zealand.

How the Kiwi Lost its Wings

Thousands of years ago kiwi lived far up among the trees. Also kiwi had extremely bright coloured feathers. In the forest there were lots of other birds. There were pukeko, fantail, sparrow and lots of other birds. Soon Tane Mahuta, the god of the forest said he saw a plague of insects crawling into the forest. He also saw the leaves turning yellow. Then Tane gathered all the birds of the forest. Tane said, “Someone needs to give up their life in the treetops.” First Tane Mahuta asked Pukeko. Pukeko said, “No, I am wanting my feet dry up in the trees.” Then Tane Mahuta asked Morepork. Morepork said, “No, I absolutely love thr light. I am not the kind of bird that wants to live on the forest floor. Tiredly, Tane Mahuta asked Tui. Tui said, “No. I am afraid that I’ll meet something bad.” Then Tane Mahuta asked Kiwi. Tane was very surprised because Kiwi said, “Yes.”

Then Tane Mahuta said to the other birds, “Birds, I am unhappy at you.” “Tui, oh Tui for your punishment you shall have the mark of the coward, the white feather”

“Oh Pukeko., proud Pukeko, you shall live in the swamps.”

“And Cuckoo, from now on you shall lay your eggs in other birds’ nests.

“But brave Kiwi, oh brave little Kiwi, you need to lose your wings and beautiful coloured feathers

Then every bird was where they should be. Kiwi found himself on the ground and that is the story of how the Kiwi lost its wings.

My Weekend

In the weekend I went to the Trolley Derby. There was a Thomas the tank engine trolley.Carly's Dad raced in a purple coffin trolley.Then we went to get an iceblock.