RIS JUBILEE

It was scorching hot day on the 29th of November and the whole school was getting prepared for one of the most important days for the school. And that day was the 50th anniversary, which meant a lot o practice. For the last few weeks our whole school have been practicing really hard to be really quite in assembly to show the 3 R’s and to be kind to those who are speaking. The whole school also practiced our school Haka so that we had a Haka after the sculpture was unveiled.

At 10.30am all of the school headed of to the courts, so that we could enter the hall house by house so that there was no collision. When the whole school had entered the hall we had to wait a while because all of the Manuhiri (Visitors) were having a little catch up so we were sitting there for a long time. When the Manuhiri (Visitors) were ready to get welcomed all of purple house and some other people from other houses, welcomed them on with a Powhiri. It was really quite amazing.

When assembly started to take off some past students and staff had a little talk about there days at our school when they were young. They also talked about what they did back then. We were sitting on the ground for a very long time about 2 and a half hours. And it was really boring in there but we had to still show the 3r’s. One of the men that was talking to us was one of the past staff and he had a really long speech but every now and then he threw in these really funny jokes that had to do with his speech it was really hilarious.

After assembly house by house like the way we came in we exited the hall as quietly as possible and we went out into the front yard to see the sculpture get unveiled. Firstly this man said a karakia and talked about the land and stuff like that. Then these two people on wheel chairs unveiled the sculpture. This man blessed the sculpture and told us about the statue and what it was called. The statue was called Manaia and it was made out of marble and it looked absolutely amazing. After the sculpture was unveiled the whole school did the Haka and it was the best time that we had ever done it and it was really quite something.

When that was all done it was time for lunch and we all rushed over to where our team was and had our sausage sizzles. The sausages were free so we could have had as much as we wanted 2 maximum. I had two sausages but I couldn’t even eat them and I hate sausages so I don’t know why I ate them. There were some more sausages left over but I didn’t have any. After lunch we got to just hang around and do what ever we wanted. And that was pretty much all day.

Fun at the Aquatics.

On the 21st of November all of gold house went down to the Aquatics for a free fun swim. Gold house was aloud to go there for free because we fundraised the most food cans and foods of packets.

When we got down there we were all excited and it was a scorching hot day, so we all needed a swim. When we got to the pool, we were so anxious to get into the pool and when we were aloud to hop in we all rushed to the pool as fast as we could and splashed into the water. All day we got to do whatever we wanted we could of gone in and out of the pool as we pleased, we could go inside and by some food from the vending machines and we could play on the playground as well.

At 12.30 we had our own little prize giving just for gold house. In our class there were lots of people that got certificates and a few people got badges. At the end of the day we were all exhausted from our fun day, but on the bad side was that we got a little to much sunburn.

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Health Expo

Today was awesome because today we got to go to the Health Expo. At the Health Expo we got lots and lots of cool free stuff. At the Health Expo I saw Debbie, Debbie was my Nana's old next door neighbor, she was working in the Healthy Food Stall, the food was yummy and healthy at the same time.

The Health Expo wasn't the only thing that went on today, we also had electives. The elective that I go to Is Art and in Art we are learning about Aboriginal art. Today at electives I just finished drawing the pencil lines on my Canvas and I've put a little bit of colour into it. Well that is basicly all that has happened today, So Bye.

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Chloe's Birthday Party

On the 26th of October I went to Chloe's Birthday party. Before Chloe's birthday I was at Sammy's house and we were coming up with a surprise for Chloe. When I left Sammy's house I went home to get ready for Chloe's Birthday. When I got to Chloe's birthday I was the first one to arrive. The people that were coming to Chloe's birthday were, Rhegan, Sammy, Jazmine and I. After me Sammy came then Rhegan then after Rhegan came then Jazmine finally arrived. When we all were here we started to pick some flowers from the garden to put on the table. And then we went and set up our beds. Chloe showed us all of her pets like her Mice, Cat, Rabbits, and Fish and lots lots more. When we finished getting our beds ready we started throwing this blow up ball at each other it was funny.

At about 6.30 we went to the Polynesian Pools I was so excited. When we got there we saw this really cool slide, but it wasn’t that big but it still looked fun. We went and got changed into our togs and then the first thing we did was go on the slide. It was really fast. Then we saw that there were some hot pools, so we spent like half the time in them. Near the end we started to play Octopus and it’s a game when there are 0ne or two Octopuses’ and the other people are in a line and they are called fish, and the Octopus has to try and catch the fish by tagging them, before the fish get to the other side. When it was time to go home we had one last turn on the slide and then we went home.

When we got home we had some pudding we had this Cheese cake and some chocolate mosse. When Jazmine and Sammy went to sleep Chloe, Rhegan and I weren’t tried so we went and played with her pet mice. In the morning we got to stay until the afternoon, so most of the time we were playing with the animals and making an obstacle course including the tree hut, I was really fun. Some of the time we played on the little tiny skate board and we went down the hill was awesome. When it was time to go home I thanked Chloe and then I went home.

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Personal Recount and Factual Recounts.

Personal Recount- A personal recount is when the writer is involved in the event. And a personal recount has a beginning a middle and a end.

Factual Recount- A factual recount is a recount when the writer is not in the recount well does not have to and has the same structure as a personal recount, because it has a beginning, middle and a end.

The difference between a personal recount and a factual recount are that a personal recount is when it is a personal moment that you have experianced and a factual recount is when it's a moment that the writer has not experianced but has seen or thinks it is interesting to write about.

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My Super Fantastic Holiday.

Hi this is a recount about what happened in my holidays. On the 3rd of October I went to my friend’s birthday party. For her birthday we went to Rainbows End in Auckland. The people that came were Sydnee, Sophie and I. My friends name was Kathy. Brian Kathy's dad picked all of us up and we headed off to Auckland.

When we got to Auckland the first thing we did was go to Rainbows End of course, and we went to go get our tickets. The first thing that we did when we got to rainbows end was go on the dodgems. Dodgems are little cars that have a little bumper thing around the bottom edge. The dodgems were really really fun because we were just crashing into each other. The next thing we went on was called the Log Ride or whatever it’s called, and that was really awesome. Then we headed of to the fear fall and that was so so so so so so so so so freaky. After that we went to the SpongeBob Square Pants 3D movie, then we went to the Gold Rush, then we went to the bumper boats. Near the end I went onto the roller coaster that was my favourite ride because it went upside down and that was freaky and I got to do it twice. At the end we went to the pirate ship that was really cool.

After a long day we went to Matamata and had Mac Donald’s for dinner and that was yummy. And when I got home I wanted to go there and do it all again because it was so so so so so fun.

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