Hello

Today I am writing about my cross country.

I loved it but also hated it because I got a really bad stitch but I am happy because I got first in the year 5 girls.I was only competing against Chelsea and Natalya though which wasn’t that hard. (Also Chelsea had diabetes and Natalya had asthma .)

First We had to watch the year six’s race and then it was our turn.Secondly we started the race and I fell behind but then I Quickly caught up and we had to run three laps.Next we watched the year 1,2,3 and 4 race and then we got the results the next day .

The challenging part was to run the three laps because they were super long!What should I write about next?

Goodbye.

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Kia ora. The first thing we did was watch the other classes do their laps for croos country the year 1-2 had to do 1 lap the 3-4 had to do 2 laps and the year 5-6 did 3 laps around the school for cross country. Secondly , we got to have some sausages after the race what were really good after the race my legs were really sore. The most challengeing bit was the race beacuse it was slipprey  at one bit. My most favourite bit was coming 4 place. Have you ever ran a cross country? thank you for reading my post see you next time.

Hi,

Last week we did cross country.

The trail went into the fort and we ran all around the school up a little hill into the fort.Down a hill and up a hill again and then came out of the fort.

The person that is in first is me with the blue shoes.

The challenging part was not slipping because it was a bit wet.

My favourite part was coming first.

Does your school do cross country?

Thank you for reading my post good bye.

Kia Ora

During cross country I got stitch in the fort and i was very very close to coming 5th but i came 6th  because Logan ran while we were in the fort after cross country the matatu team came and they ran through some drills with us and my favourite bit was them signing my hat. what is you’re favourite player?

Hello ,This week we have been working on fictional space writing and being descriptive. For example in stead of, I walked the dog. Put my name instead and where we are going. So the sentience would be, Josh walked the dog in to town.

All we had to do so far is the brain storm/ideas. This is is my brain storm.

do you use the 5 W’s when you are writing?

thank you for reading my blog.

Kia ora, on Tuesday we did our cross country around the school we started on the field then went around the bike track then up into the fort and out we carried on with running then through the fort entrance and up the hill then you would turn left then carry on out of the fort.We did three laps I came 2nd which means I am carrying on for the next cross country I will be competing with other schools.

Can you run 2kms?

Thank you for reading my blog

Make sure to leave a comment!!!

Hello

this week we finshed our ANZAC letters. I did Alexander Craig Aitken because his artefact was a voilin string and it came in an envelope and I just wanted to research the voilin string. We put paper in trays filled with tea then we got tea bags and put it on the paper to make it look like it had been in the war and it was old. Then when it dried and we had got all of our research then we started writing on it what we did atfer we had writin on the tea paper we put it on the wall with our artefact.

Have you ever researched a peson who went to war?

Do you have a family member who went to war?

Bye Bye!

HELLO,

on thursday, the Matatu rugby players came. We did lots of cool training drills like passing the ball down a Long Line,  and once the ball reached the other end, you had to pass the ball all the way back. Then you had to sit down, and we came first twice when we were versing other teams.

. My favourite part was winning the passing game twice

. Have you ever seen or heard of the Matatu people before?

Kia Ora   (Means Hello)

Our school did cross country! All the classes did it! First it was year sixs second year fives third year ones fourth year twos fifth year 4 sixth year threes! I came 1st in year fives! It was very fun and exciting. This is the top 3 for year fives: Me 1st Leonardo 2nd Felix 3rd! Do you like running? I was super puffed when I finished I fell onto the ground when I went past the finish line I could barely breathe!

Bye-bye see you next time

Hello

This week the Matatu rugby womens club came to our school and taught us about rugby.

My favourite part about it was them having us do a passing drill. It was my favourite part because it was very fun. They also made us do a running/try drill.

There were seven people that came and there were three drills and two groups one group was with all the seniors and the other one was with.

Do you play rugby?

Kia ora on Friday May 15th we made our own names for the day. We had to make our own names for the day and my name was Kyle. My favourite part was introducing ourselves to the class. also the reason I had the name Kyle is I saw it on Youtube. The challenging part was thinking of a name.

Have you ever had to make your own names for the day? Goodbye have a good day to you guys.

 Hello this week  we have been learning about space and this is my idea

Angus  and Robert  are the people in my story. Robert carys a bat with a 1 spikes on it  and   he is groot. Angus  has a big black puffer jacket  and a camo pants he has a big  rainbow mustache and  a  is a lizard  from Hungary

On Tuesday  6/7/2026 it is very cold today. Robert was playing with his bat and ball to hit the ball threw the engage and then the ship crashed on potato 

At 20000 million km away from earth in  the place called potato and then the ball when potato and ½ of the planet is water and  lava  and the others ½  plant and fire.what is your favorite planet?

Bye

Hello

On Tuesday we have been doing Cross Country. We got a sausage sizzle (Free) Lachlan was first, Leo was second and Felix was third (Me). We ran about 2000 meters it was very fun we had to run around the class rooms and up a hill and down the hill and we ran to the entry to the fort. Then, we went to the exit of the fort and then we turn and run down the 50 meters run and that is the end of the track. The year 1’s and 2’s did 1 lap the year 3’s and 4’s did 2 laps and the year 5’s and 6’s did 3 laps.

Do you like to run?

Please leave, a comment.

Bye Bye

Hello. It’s another week and on Tuesday there was cross country and I will share some photos at the bottom. I think I came third last or fourth last.  The certificates will probably come out next week. Anyway first the year six boys went then the year six girls before the boys finished. Jasper came first for the boys, Tane came second and I don’t know after that. After the year sixes it was the year fives then the year ones and twos, then year threes and fours.

Do you do cross country, put an answer in the comments. Please leave a comment. Thank you for reading my post.

This week my goal was to Use figurative language in my writing.

Do you think I achieved my goal?

Tanner puffed up his chest, I’ve got this! He thought. He quietly stepped forward and pushed aside the flap of the tent. Inside the tent there sat a man, he was staring intently at Tanner like an owl stalking its prey. 

“Um, hello.” Tanner squeaked, all his confidence disappearing in an instant.

“Hello,” replied the strange man, his voice was cunning and knowing.

Tanner breathed in shakily, he clenched his fist and stood a little straighter.

“I am here for the riddle.” He said in a confident voice.

“I know, young Tanner. You have to be worthy to receive the riddle.” The man said in a voice as smooth as silk. He grinned at Tanner, a smile which sent shivers down Tanner’s spine.

“H-How do you know my name? And what do you mean I have to be worthy? Maybe the villagers are right and you are crazy.” Tanner stammered, as scared as a mouse in the mouth of a cat.

“Oh, I know a lot of things about you Tanner. And it’s too late to back out now, you’re already here. I can sense you are worthy of my riddle.” The man said mysteriously. 

Tanner noticed for the first time that the man’s eyes were shaped like keyholes. 

“Let’s begin, I assume you know the rules?” The creepy man questioned. Tanner tried to back up but stopped, he was so close to his goal. 

“Can you repeat the instructions? All the rumors are different.” Tanner asked, nervously fiddling with his shirt collar. The strange man stilled,

“You have one riddle, I will flip this hour glass and by the time the last grain of sand slips through you will have given me your answer. If you get the answer wrong you will be doomed to be my servant for forever. However, if you get it right, I will give you a great treasure. Do you understand?” The man’s voice had gone deep and grim.

“I understand.” Tanner said, excitement bubbling in his stomach. 

The man grinned and started the riddle.

“I have a metal body but no hands,

I have a head but no brain,

I can open the smallest box,

But I am lost to all, and no one knows where I lay.

What am I?”

Tanner thought as the man flipped the hourglass. He thought maybe a key, but that was not lost to all. He was starting to panic as the last grains of sand slipped through the middle. Just as the time ran out Tanner blurted.
“A Lost Key!” 

The man looked confused and slightly shocked.

“Well done! You got it right!” He said with a hint of surprise in his voice. Tanner grinned, He did it! He was about to get the great treasure the man had promised.

“Pick a key, any key. Just chose wisely, this is the great treasure I have promised.” Tanner looked around and realised for the first time that there were heaps of keys on hooks all around the room. 

“Um, that one! The one over in the corner!” He said, excited and a little disappointed. The man reached up behind him and grabbed the key Tanner was pointing to. He then handed it to Tanner as if expecting a reaction.

“Thank you. What is it for?” Tanner said, examining the key. 

“You will find out, young Tanner.” The man said mysteriously and shooed Tanner out the door. Tanner turned around to get one last look of the tent. He was confused, what was this mysterious key for? What did it unlock?… 

We have been learning about to make an image in our head. We also have to imagine how they feel and what they are doing. The teacher Mrs Fearn gave us some cards to help us.

.This story we have been writing about is called The Eruption we had to draw the picture what we created in our head. We each got a prompt.  In the book a family was really tired and they all went out to see what the diggers and bulldozes were doing.

I feel very happy with what we did!

I would work on putting more detail in what I’m saying.

I think it was easy to say what I think they could hear but I found it was hard to make an image in my head.

This is the picture I based my story off this week… I hope you enjoy reading my story.

“Scabadard, sit!” Ignoring the old man the weird looking beast continued to push his ugly snout deeper into the ground. Rolling his eyes Celiac, put his goggles back on his face. Bending down he continued scraping with the metal tweezers he had carefully shaped for this specific purpose. Excitement grew within him like a fire travelling towards gun powder. The metal helmet had strange white sticks poking out of it and bits of a red stone stuck onto the metal.

“This last piece and then it will be ready and I will rule the world! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!”

He cackled a peculiar laugh and his peculiar pet stopped his digging and looked up at his owner with a look of question on his wrinkled face.
“Don’t judge me!  It is how all the wonderful scientists laugh.” Scabadard shook his head as best as an Azoth could. The old scientist turned around and added the finishing touches to the helmet. The hairless rhino, mole rat, and dog pushed his head deeper still into the hole he had dug. Carefully the Celiac stuck the last piece onto the metal bowl. Picking it off the rock table gingerly he stuck it on his bold head with much care. Scabadard looked up a second time to see if the old man’s experiment would actually work. Nothing happened for a few seconds and Celiac’s grin vanished. He began lifting up his hands to take off the metal contraption but as he did so the ground began to shake. A soft mist engulfed the dark cave and a glow erupted from the delighted scientist’s head. Scabadard was so astonished he stood still and stared around him. Millions of tiny, glowing rocks drifted towards the glowing helmet and Celiac laughed his cackle a second time. Though this time Scabadard didn’t say anything.

We’re already into week three of the term, and it’s hard to believe how quickly the time is flying by.

This week we’ve included a photo of Nevaeh’s special wall in her classroom, which helps her peers see what she’s been up to throughout the day, as mentioned in a previous post.

One thing we’ve really noticed lately is how naturally drawn Nevaeh is to nurturing and caring for babies. We’ve been leaning into this interest as an opportunity to build on those lovely innate caregiving skills. With some dolls, a crib, stroller, and other baby items added into the space, it’s been an absolute hit. When Nevaeh first saw the crib, she immediately went over, said “sleep,” and carefully tucked the baby into bed. Such a cool moment to witness.

Nevaeh is also forming some really nice friendships with Jackson and Dakota, which has been wonderful to see grow over the past few weeks.

She’s also been doing some practice for cross country, which was a great lead-up to yesterday’s event. Nevaeh completed her lap in the sunshine and absolutely loved it.

Olivia has also been doing some fantastic work with Nevaeh using the mirror to support conversations around body parts, integrating lots of speech and language opportunities while focusing on identification and communication.

I’ve honestly been so impressed by everything Olivia and Jackie have been doing to support Nevaeh while we are without specialists. From physio and occupational therapy through to speech and language support, they’ve both done an incredible job making sure Nevaeh’s needs continue to be well met. Thank you so much, ladies.

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            🙁 !!!THE DAY WE HAD NO POWER LINK!!! 🙁

 (No Changing The Story Or Banned Or Kicked From Story) (I’m Always Online)

On the 8th of May 2026 WE HAD NO POWER!!! So when it started was when I finished a basketball game Me and dad went to big bites to get our food but when we got there the power of the whole hokitika was off! But some of our food was finished before the power went off we only got our chips and souvlaki BUT our pizza was half ready so we didn’t get our pizza but we got a refund. So when we got home my dad was getting the torches so we had light then me and Giaan played poison for a little bit then me and Giaan got bored and got the bluey monopoly game out then we played a little bit then we got our chromebook but we didn’t have power so we didn’t have internet but google drive doesn’t need internet so I started writing all this! I have written a lot look at all of it! WOW I am proud of myself right now! When my dad made cup of teas for everyone the power turned on and me and giaan where dancing then I went on our deck and started dancing at the neighbours and don’t know they saw me or not but i just danced at them! There is going to be a photo of me and Giaan playing bluey! PHOTO: Me and Giaan Playing Bluey.