At the beginning of this term we did a Haiku Poem and a Haiku Poem is a Japanese poem and it has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second line and 5 in the third line. I had fun doing it because I’ve never written one of these before.

I was so nervous

 Cause the water was wavy

But I tried my best.

On Friday, 13 September when I came to school it was a special day. It was Mission Day! We were raising money for the Holy Angels orphanage in India. We were allowed to wear mufti. When we came to school we had Mass. After Mass we had Morning Tea and we had to set up our stands. After we finished setting it up Angelina, Elise, Ruzzel and I went  shopping and the other group had to work on our stall.

I bought a pink octopus, dinosaur and a daisy from the Crochet group in Room 8. After that I went to the top court to buy yummy lollies!! When the bell rang it was my group’s turn to work. We got a sugar rush by eating lots of lollies. After morning tea we watched a movie. After 15 minutes we had sausage sizzles and ice blocks. After the movie we had a HUGE!! tidy up and after that we had our Raffle Prizes.I was very happy at the end of the day!

Cycling Day

Last Thursday morning we were all excited when we came to school because we were going to have Cycling lessons. I was also a bit nervous because I am not confident.

When we started we had to get into two teams and one was Broccoli and the other was Carrots. I was in the team Broccoli. We started at the bottom court when we started biking. Stephanie told us how to check if our bike was safe. She said they have an alphabet to remember.  It is  A – Air, B – brakes, C – chain, D – direction, D – drop test, Q – quick release lever x3.

After that the Broccoli team went to the top court and then I went with some other children to the canopy. We had to practise our balancing by scooting with two legs. It took a little while to balance. Then I started to glide which was scooting and then lifting my legs up. I had to use the brakes to stop gently.

After morning tea I felt more confident and I went back to the top court and I started to pedal. We went around the outside of the court. It was fun and I was proud of myself at the end of the day.

Yesterday on Wednesday I didn’t go to the Rippa Rugby Tournament because I didn’t choose to go. In the morning we could choose a spot to sit at. I was sitting with my friends and two of the Room 8 girls. They had brought their crochet set and they started teaching me how to crochet. They gave me some yarn and a hook. After morning tea we went outside to experience what we could see, feel and hear.  We went to look and smell the flowers that are growing along the fence. They are called Freesias and they smell like vanilla and lemon, mixed together. Later I wrote this poem:

Do you want to learn about the Olympics but don’t know where to start? I got you! The first Olympics was held in Athens in Greece in 776 BC. The Olympics games had no medals and women could not compete in the Olympics. I am pleased that has changed because my athlete I chose to research is a girl.

Last week we had to choose an Athlete for our Olympics, I chose Fe’ofa’aki ‘Epenisa. She’s a Tongan Athlete. She was the first Tongan Athlete to represent Tonga at the Olympics games. In fact no males have represented Tonga at the Olympics in boxing either. My athlete is 28 years old and she hasn’t won any medals yet.

During this international language week, I researched my country, my culture and my language. I come from Tonga.

Turtles and Tortoises  are similar because they both lay eggs on land, and eat vegetables. They are both very slow movers as well. Turtles can swim, however Tortoises can not swim for long and live mostly on land. Turtles can live for 20-30 years while Tortoises can live for 100-150 years. Although Turtles have thin, flatter shells on top, Tortoises have thick shells with a round dome on top. Turtles mainly live in water and they come out on land to lay their eggs. Tortoises have toes and claws but on the other hand Turtles have big flippers and they have webbed feet so they can move easily through the water.

On Tuesday we brought plastic bags, cardboard boxes, newspapers, old magazines, ribbons and recycled materials to school for our fashion show. On Tuesday afternoon we started designing and on the red table there was a mountain of old stuff. My idea was a girl going to a party but I changed my idea and turned it into a beach girl. I used plastic bags for my skirt and my t-shirt. I cut the top and bottom off the plastic bags.

My friend Zenalia helped me make my outfit. We cut the bottom where we tied up the plastic bag and made it out of flowers. We got tape to put it on my skirt and my t-shirt. We got some decorations and put it on my shirt. My other friend Anna Maria made me a flower that I could put on my ear.

On Wednesday I made a bag and a fan. For my bag I used a tissue box and for my fan it was a cardboard box that Ms Yumal cut. Then I painted my bag pink and put a blue heart on both sides. Then I painted my fan pink as well and my other friend Ruzzel painted it with me. Then she went away and my best friend Angelina painted red hearts on the fan. It looked beautiful.

On Thursday after lunch we came inside and cleaned up Room 6. Then some of the Room 6 people went to help Room 7. After that we got ready for the fashion show. The whole school was coming to Room 7 and when we were in Room 7 they were waiting for us.

Mrs Agnew said to get in pairs so I went with Angelina, my best friend. When me and Angelina walked in everyone was cheering for us and I saw Sulia do the thumbs up to us and we were allowed to put our hair down. When we went outside me and Angelina were laughing, and we went two times and so in the end we all did the fashion parade. It was so much fun but we did work hard for it to be successful.