Kapa haka

On tuesday last week we did Kapa haka, I got to lead the haka and tried my hardest and did my best.  If you were in front row you would get a moko(face tattoo) across your whole face. We sang through 6 songs and did a performance for nui and wai. I enjoyed it and like being the kaea(leader) 

Green team

 "Hi my names Sean and today I will be presenting the green team" Today we sat in the ilminster hall they greeted us with a story, of how nanny koura saved us from the aliens. 

Long ago when nanny koura was at the party a queen 3 aliens and there servant robot appeared with a loud BANG! As they proceeded to dump all there rubbish in the skate bowl. Then they decided to get rid of the 1 month old robot, after they left 4 kids arrived. They wanted to skate and bike but there was to much rubbish.

The kids came to nanny koura and asked for here help, but first they had to contact the aliens and the robot had to follow orders so he called them. When the aliens arrived they where mad. The nanny koura and the kids said STOP PUTTING YOUR RUBBISH EVERYWHERE! They aliens who thought that nanny koura was there long lost queen, so they obeyed her. Then the kids thought they didn't have to help but they did and they helped clean up everything.

This play was really good, and left me wanting more. They did an amazing job.

Speeches

 This weeks focus has been on speeches, I wrote mine about saving and the benefits of it. I'm nervous to say my speech, have you ever said or wrote a speech?

I think its that there'll be lots of people watching and listening (you guys)! Maybe if I liked my speech I wouldn't be as nervous. Do you LIKE your speech? If I could write a speech about anything I LIKE it, I'd want to write about a three day weekend. Imagine it, 4 days of school and 3 days off it would be dreamy, having 3 sleep overs in a row. 

Big long muddy walk

Our class wanted to walk to the end of our Awa (Hamanatua) on the walk to the farm we noticed that there where many different streams and rivers that lead to the same way as our Awa. First we had to jump a little river to get to the first hill then we made our way through bogs and mud to the first stop. Then we had brain break.

Then we ventured through more mud and paddocks to get to the second break lunch. We had a look and found the end a huge wetland which technically went further but we called it a day. We saw so many tributaries which are mini streams that feed into our river. We made our way back to school I was relieved it was finished.

Jean Batten

 On Tuesday the 21st, MLH dedicated a day to famous solo flyer Jean Batten. Our teacher brought us into our school hall, at first glance everybody got super happy and excited not knowing how challenged we would be. The first task was like a treasure hunt and there were clues, Our group had an easy one for the start. We had to find each blue letter from a text that ended up spelling where is the fire alarm. We looked up and saw two envelopes sitting next to the fire alarm, we opened them and we and to join with Betsy's group. We had to use code words like for C was charlie and I was India which are places too. So we read each other the codes and found the places on the map. We brought our answer to Koka Ngaire she gave us our next task.

 We had to use Morse code, Koka Ngaire gave us the code and we put it into a sentence. The sentence read leaves England, we brought it up to Koka Ngaire. Then we had to figure out the numbers this one is hard to explain but ill try. There was some numbers this is the correct on, 402 some are correct but one is in the wrong. The answer was 4:20 she left England at 4:20. Next we got let out morning tea. 

Cross Country

 On Wednesday, we walked to the cross country track. I was nervous, stretching before the race made me feel better. "On your marks, get set, GO!" Off I went running my hardest, coming round the first corner. Then, Jogging the uphill and sprinting the down. I had a good method going, until then came 'the dip' this is what slowed me down, that down, then up, was horrible. I sprinted all the way till my first lap was done.

At this point, I kept going and made my way to the finish. I was totally exhausted but proud. "Yes!" I said, as I gulped my water like a thirsty camel, after a 100 day trek across the Saharah desert. The rain was now spitting and it was starting to get cold. LUckily, it was time to head back to school. As I had brain break, I felt very happy finding out I came 10th.

   

Cross country training

 Panting, gasping for breath, my legs were on fire, a waterfall of sweat dripping down my face. "Me haere, me haere!" I said to myself, I pushed through the exhaustion with my first lap done. I ran down the ditch falling over half through the steep part recovering only just. The air felt heavy, almost like a truck was on my back.

I got around Koka Pip, she said "keep running", it was intense, I couldn't hear anything else except my own thoughts. Coming around Koka Rozie for the second time "home stretch" she said. I zoomed down the ditch, not falling this time.

I was coming through the bollards, I shot off like a racecar "YES! YES!YES!" I'm finally done. I fell to the ground, it felt like I had jumped in a volcano, getting harder and harder to breath. A wave of relief rolled over me I layed and waited for everyone else to finish.