My holiday

On the 24th of September i went to my aunty Rozannas funeral in Gisborne.We spent one night at the funeral and we watched movies on my brothers laptop at night. The next day we went to Opotiki because thats were my dad lives. And we spent three weeks with my dad and we went shopping in Whakatane at Kmart. When we went shopping we got one hundred dollars each to spend at Kmart. My brother got shirts, jumpers and other stuff and i got stuff i really needed for me. After we went to Kmart we still had a little bit of money left so we went to the Number one shoe house and got us some shoes. When we were in Opotiki we stayed with my cousins just down the road from my dads house. We sometimes went to go to school with my cousins Hineani, Iki and Rihari. Their school was a Maori school. They would always have to speak te reo to their teachers. We also went to a 21st birthday in Whakatane. That was my mum, brothers, sister and I who went to the birthday, but my dad didn't come because he was sick. At the birthday people were dancing, singing and they also made up speeches. When we had a kai the kids had to go on the kids table and the parents had to go on the parents table. The kids got lots of nice food like kfc, dominoes and we had fried bread and big huge lolly bags and we also had desert. After all of the stuff we did in Opotiki we went home and then we went to my big brother 'Te Manawa' birthday. We had a great time there in Opotiki. Natalie.

What a busy term we have had and hasn’t it just flown by.
We all enjoyed learning about dog safety in weeks 1 & 2 and the visit by the Police dogs.

Cross Country training was well underway by then, and everyone that participated tried their very best, and a great day was had by all. Cory secured a 4th place in the Yr 5 boy’s race and Natalie a 2nd place in the Yr 5 girls. Both were qualifiers for the next stage ‘Group Day’.

Daffodil Day followed in Week 4 and all who participated thoroughly enjoyed the event.

Tennis lessons with the wonderful Waiuku Tennis Club Coach “Ron” begun around the same time, and Room 12 loved learning new skills and being out in the sun, whilst getting fit and having fun.

The Life Education bus arrived a week later, with Harold ready to educate us about ‘Healthy Hearts’. It was a lot of fun, and we learnt heaps about how our internal organs work together and how to keep ourselves healthy.

And of course after lots of preparation and build up, the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony was finally upon us, and what a fabulous day we all had, and continue to have as long as there is rugby games to track.