When I went fishing

I still remember the day I went fishing.
I caught this really big fish 27cm long 14cm width. I never wanted to touch it because it was really "yucky".
I think it was a gurnard. It was. I took it hometo cook it.
"Yummy," I said. "Gurnard is my favourite fish," I said.
My brother and sister were cathing small fish. I laughed. " Hahahaha!"
I caught the fish at Perfume Point. I catch lots of big

fish there. I have a pink rod. I like my rod because its pink.

Jasmine

kapahaka

Last night at Tamatea Intermediate the Kapahaka group from Porritt Primary and other schools performed for the audience.
The boys had to wear only shorts and the girls had to wear their dresses.
The massed songs that we sang were Maori hangi tonight,Utaina,Omarapiti and the audience could join too.
First the juniors went up and perfored for the audience.
Then the seniors went up and perfored for the audience too.
The songs we sang was Toia mai,Te whero,Utaina.
The bit that I liked whas when we did the Haka with the other boys.

JT

white pine bush and lake opouahi

Last Tuesday we went to white pine bush.
We went for a walk around the bush with Pip and Kingi. They showed us plants and trees.
Next we went to Lake Opouahi we planted some trees. We had to be careful not to dig too deep and don't eat the tree lollies and don't pull the plant bit.
Then after that we went to walk around Lake Opouahi bush and pip showed us a weta and traps then we went home.
There were different kinds of trees like kahikatia and ongaonga. Ongaonga is spikey and it's poisonous.
It was fun and exciting.

Capri

The ducks

The ducks are having a nap or trying to keep warm, and to protect them from the
ghostly cold frost, straight for them killing the summer.
The water stands still, gleaming like hundreds of smashed diamonds. The trees fear as the wind tears apart the leaves and the frost zooms on the branches killing them all.
All the ducks try to find a safe place to keep themselves warm. They try to find a warm spot to rest.
Thinking about how cold their webbed feet will be, probably in the Atlantic. Wondering if the ducks are excited to be warm and cosy for summer to come, and so the leaves grow back on the branches.

Dusan

tree planting

Yesterday room13 and room15 went to White Pine Bush and Lake Opouahi.
Kingi and Pip looked after room13 and some of room15 and Kingi almost fell off the side of the edge of a cliff and some of room13 slipped but Benjamin slipped on his butt when we ran down the hill.
There was lots of mud and it was squishy and there were a lot of trees. Kingi was showing us the inside. There were eggs in the trap. The kiwis were asleep in the bushes but you couldn't see them. We planted trees. You had to dig a hole in the ground then you have to take the plastic bag off the tree and put a tree lolly in the hole.
Justus

Olympic Ceremony

In the weekend, the Olympics began with a ceremony in London.
First of all everybody gathered in the Olympic stadium, ready for the ceremony.
Then the ceremony began with a countdown starting from ten. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 - the games were underway!
After that the teams came out in alphabetical order.
Nigeria, then New Zealand.
Nick Willis, the young silver medalist, was chosen to carry the flag on Sunday two weeks ago. Each team came with a copper petal. The Olympic torch was brought inside the stadium by the British rowing champion. Some Olympic hopefuls lit the copper petals. The fire came together and made the Olympic cauldron.
I'm very glad that the Olympics are underway.

Dayne