Ormaru Creek

Last week we walked to Ormaru Creek. First we sat on the pathway and sketched what we saw with a pencil and I saw beautiful trees, flax bushes, ducks and eels. Then we got in a line of people that finished sketching and went back to class and sat on the mat waiting for our teacher to give instructions.





Then we got into partners and painted the bank, creek and the sky, it was so much fun! After that it was morning tea time. When the paintings were dry we got to add detail with crayon. Then we out lined it with black crayon. Finally we painted the other bank on the other side and then we were finished.

joining sentinsis

This is my activity on working together to join sentinsis.

the legend of Rahi

Once upon a time there lived a man called Rahi. he had a beautiful wife called Ti ara. One night a enemy tribe kidnapped Ti ara from her whare. When Rahi woke up he realised that Ti ara had been kidnapped. Rahi and his people built a kite to rescue Ti ara, then he got some bird eggs for his journey. The god of wind helped Rahi fly with his kite, but then Te Puhuru the leader of the other tribe cast a spell on the forest so Rahi could not get through. Rahi flew to the ground with his kite and was safe, but he wasn't safe for long because Te Puhuru used the sun to burn Rahi. Then he found shelter under a rock, after a while a taniwha came but lucky that it hated the shade. He finally got to where the bad guys were. Rahi said “ give my wife back!” Then the bad guy said “ never!” Then Te Puhuru through his teeth at Rahi. After that Rahi finally got his wife back.

Ki-O-Rahi

Last Thursday we went to kiwi sport and played Ki-O-Rahi, but we also played another game called Taniwha and Kioma in the hall. Ki-O-Rahi is like ball tag, but it has a lot of different rules. Taniwha and Kioma is a game where if you say taniwha then kioma chases taniwha and if they say kioma then taniwha chases kioma. After we played both of those games we sat down and watched a video about why the game Ki-O-Rahi was made. It was made so you didn't have to fight, whoever got the most points won. After that we answered some questions and went back to class to have a drink of water and do our work.   

omaru creek

Omaru Creek has an awful stench because of the discarded rubbish. It is like a filthy soup that is destroying our environment. It has overwhelming pollution and it has been filled with rubbish. Teamwork can make a differen

ce. Respecting our environment can restore nature to its best. An abundance of animals crowded around me as I jumped into the pristine sparkling water. Omaru Creek is finally clean enough to swim in. Omaru Creek is pure tranquil beauty.

Christmas

On Christmas we woke up and we saw a big tramp out of the window!! We were so happy, but there was a big sack of presents on the trampoline. In the sack there were four presents two for me and two for my brother. There were presents under the Christmas tree. My mum said " open the presents we got you first." I was so grateful that I got lots of gifts. My brother got a paw patrol zuma and a light up scooter from Santa and I got the monopoly game and some little hachtimals. We were so happy with our gifts.