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Wednesday 18 November 2015

Under Pressure

The class was quiet and stationary. We turned our brains on and started to think of ideas we could include in our recount writing test.

I thought back to last year to my cousins memorial. All my ideas flowed from my head, to my pen and onto the blank white lined paper. I also tried to include as much detail as I could.

Ten minutes went by in a flash. I was panicking because I had little writing on my paper and time was running out. Then I remembered that it's about quality not quantity. I put my head down and continued writing.

Thinking back to what happened brought tears to my eyes and also joy. It was fun spending time with my family and I thought I did the best I could for my test but I could've improved it. 

Its was a fun 45 minutes!

We were sweating big beasts with bright red cheeks competing and having an amazing time with our Touch coach Trevor. He knows how to have fun!


The majority of my class love touch and it was great to get extra practice into our day! First off we started with learning how to plant the rugby ball properly between our legs. Then things got heated and teams were getting competitive. Lucky for us the activities took place on the top field where the wind was blowing against our faces.


My favourite activity was when we passed the rugby balls clockwise and if you dropped the ball or had sloppy passes you were called out and had to sit in the middle of the circle. Bang, Bang, Bang! It went from 15 to 2 real quick. “Miria”, sit down Trevor giggled. I managed to make into the top 5 for both games.


It was the most fun time my class has had in a long time.

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Poetry Recital

Two weeks ago I was selected to say my speech aloud to the whole school next Friday.  I made the cut because I got the highest mark in the class. I was over joyed that I was selected to be apart of this and I recited my poem to myself while looking at my reflection in the mirror at home. Unfortunately on the day I was unable to make it because I was sick but on Tuesday morning Mrs.Golder handed me a certificate of participation.

Tuesday 3 November 2015

Tyrone Toka

Tyrone Toka came to our school to get his community behind him as he  won his heat and made it into the semi-finals on Homai Te Pakipaki. He attends Tamaki College and won $1,000. He preformed a song to us which was called The Kiss That I Never Had by the artist Kolohe Kai. He also played the Ukulele
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