what makes a kiwi kid?

A kiwi kid is a kid that always wears jandals at the beach. Eating hokey pokey ice cream on hot summer days after spending 2-3 hours in the water, making pavlova and eating jaffas while playing chubby bunny.  kiwi kids are kids who jumps out of trees and onto trampolines, makes huts and isn't afraid of anything. Animals loves us kiwis as we tickle their tummies and pat their backs. A kiwi kid is all about having fish and chips on the beach with your family, having bbq’s at friends and staying up late. kiwi kids like me love eating cheesy-might buns and having sausages, bacon, eggs, chicken nuggets and hashbrowns for breakfast (delish!).  watties tomato sauce is great with just about anything.(train smash in other words). Kiwi kids listen to music and are always with friends or buying lollies at the shop. Kiwi kids love jumping on beds and playing in pools.

Children play up and down coldasacks

while playing cricket or bat down soccer or rugby

or even just scootering down the street.

Us kiwis are always with our cuzzies and having family get togethers. kiwi kids are lucky to have shelter and food unlike some people in nepal.    

We all have open minds and are very creative with all of our               adventurous talents and uniqueness.

BEING A KIWI KID IS ABOUT BEING TRUE

I remember....

I remember the day mum went out to hang a big load of washing.

Amy and I were inside in the kitchen, a bright colourful pink box of yummy food grabbed our attention.  It was on the second shelf in the pantry. Another little person who was exploring with me and was also taller than me could reach the second shelf.   Amy stretched up and reached the small pink box and we ripped the cardboard box apart right there on the kitchen floor.  Inside was a white shiny bag which we tore open to get the yummy pink treasure.  Do you know what happened next?

The pink treasure  went everywhere. The kitchen floor was covered in pink crystals and they were all over Amy’s and my face, down our white tops that were now a shade of pink and on our pants.

I remember mum and nana walked back inside and we just smiled and they looked shocked and gasped, then just started laughing at us.  Mum nearly ended up on the kitchen floor with us as it was so slippery from the tiny little crystals that were now everywhere.  Mum  took a photo of us so dad could see what adventures we had been up too that day when  he got home from work.  I remember mum had a big mess to clean up and plus  loads more washing and we got to have a pink bubble bath as we had pink crystals in our hair and were sticky from our little heads right to our little toes and everywhere in between.

Godspell

Lights, Camera, Action. The lights went off and the music started and children appeared on the stairs. The Godspell show had started Lindisfarne and Iona college did a production and we were lucky enough to go and watch it. At the beginning it was awkward because they all looked like zombies and then more appeared and they were in neon colours.

What I liked about the show:

In the show I liked how they were all in time and the songs that had been chosen because they were ones I hadn't heard before. The students are good singers and great actress.

What I didn't like about the show:

The thing I didn't like was that in some parts I couldn't understand it and some of the sounds and words people said were hard to understand.

The Trinity

We have been learning about the Trinity and this symbol is  what I chose because

I was colourful and I like lots of colours.

In side of it we had to make space so we could write God Father,son & holy spirit.

My story

Let’s play hide and go seek

By Megan

Do you want to play hide and go seek with me and my friends?Today I am going to play hide and go seek so I have invited 4 of  my friends to play with me there is Me, Amy, and my 4 friends are Hannah, Georgia, Lily and Atalia.I’m in so 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ready or not here I come.

I looked under the table and …. I found you Lily we ran outside and is there nobody in the tree nope. Anybody in the playhouse? yep.I found you Georgia I knew you were in their   we kept looking and we got to the boat

“Hey road trip by any chance, is there anybody hiding In you”Boo I gave Atalia such a fright that she almost piddled her pants.

Where oh where could they be? my last friend and my sister.

I stopped, I thought, I got it

I ran inside and there was Hannah under the bed.How many is that? 1 2 3 4 so where is Amy?

                                 hmmmmmmmmmmm

Where does she usually hide?

I know in the garden….

But nope she's not there so I thought long and hard about this one. She’s in the hot water cupboard with all the nicely folded clothes I was right.

Vocation Prayer

I glorify you in my mind body and soul. God our father help us to follow you and make sure we don’t make bad choices and that we are gentle kind and loving. We have passed our final steep and we now hold masses so please help us to be good  and help us to grow in God’s love and life.

Please help me to take care of the sick and elderly and the people going through hard times. We thank you for all of our unique  and funny personalities. We thank all the priests that make  us holy and God for giving us his body and blood.

ANZAC Herald

For our study on ANZAC I did a herald on poppies and here it is.

WW1 ANZAC writing

Term 2 has been all about ANZAC.

We have researched, read, written and made final designs. We have made poppies and put them on the outside wall of room 12. We have done lots of researching, lots of poppy making and plenty of work.

Well doing this study I have found out about

9/523 SGT .R.C. Travis VC, DCM, MMM,CDG

Richard Charles Travis Grew up in the United Kingdom and  was in the Army force. He also was in world war 1 from 1914 - 1918 until he was killed by a shellfire on the 25.7.1918 and he was only 43 when he died. He was buried in the British Cemetery. He was the son of James and France and He served in Gallipoli and Egypt.  

In class we drew a poppy dyed it and wrote a poem

and mine is the ODE because it is important to the ANZAC’S.

I have really enjoyed doing this topic because I found out more about ww1 the soldiers trenches and and how they died. The only thing I didn't like about this is that it was hard to find some information because ww1 was a long time ago.  

ANZAC Poem

In class we made poppies.

We drew the poppy and then dyed it with red and green and with Indian ink for the black dot.

Olivia the fairy princess

Olivia the fairy pig princess is a big drama queen and also has a very creative mind. This morning Olivia has been talking to her dad about all sorts of things.

She has tall ears, about 11 centimeters high, little button eyes, big snout with a little triangle at the end, chubby cheeks and an enormous smile that almost touches her eyes. She has short skinny legs and  short arms. She likes to wear fashionable clothes.

Olivia is a big bossy  drama queen, she acts like she knows everything and tries to boss everyone around.  Olivia likes jumping up and down and getting all the attention. Olivia has a very wild imagination

She is so slow when it comes to getting ready it takes her at least 20 minutes just to get ready for school. Her family loves her bossiness because it makes them laugh. When Olivia makes it to school each morning she dances and prances around the corridors like a fairy princess. During school, Olivia is a monkey she is always telling people what to do and causing trouble. She dances everywhere !!!. But  always has an answer to everything if the teacher asks a question.  Olivia is always the first person to put her hand up.  

So what do you think of Olivia? do you think she is a funny pig?

well I think she is funny even though she is bossy.

I liked doing this because it is encouraging me to write straight after hearing something. Next time I think that I could describe some things a little bit better.

lantern shop

One miserable day I was strolling the bare streets of Vietnam. I turned the corner and and saw tents and big feet.

There was a big tent of colourful  lanterns I climb the table leg and stood in front of the lanterns wow I thought to myself. Then a  man saw me and said“ You must leave get out of here fast,” then he got out his broom and started shoving  me off the table then I lost my balance and …… ARRRRRRRRR I fell and landed in a lantern. He could see my shadow in the fant sun and started banging the lantern it got holes in it and started to rip then the rip was so big I fell out. The scary man was chasing me down the street till he stopped  but I kept  running till I got lost.

The weather got worse and worse until it turned to custard. I was and cold, sad, alone and frightened without my family friends and no shelter.  Being lost in a county I didn’t know was scary plus I didn’t know my way did not know my way home so it was even more scary.  I wanted to cry. I didn't but I was still sad and upset. Then crash boom bang what was that a really bad cyclone was was here and it was ruining everything houses and lots more I was flying but it was NOT fun I went past a light post and grabbed it so I didn’t fly away.

Over night it died down. morning was here and everything was ruined and I was still not home but I think I might be here for a while.

Saints- Mary Mackillop

We were asked to pick a saint of our choice and I choose St Mary Mackillop of the cross and I learnt lots more about her and what her parents names are.

Full name:  Mary Helen Mackillop

Date of birth: 15 January 1842

Birth town: Fitzroy Melbourne

Passed away: 1909

Her parents names: Alexander Mackillop and Flora MacDonald

Information

She was the oldest of 8 children with 4 brothers and 3 sisters and

at the age of sixteen she went to work for her family as they were sick and needed money.

In 1866 at the age of 25 Mary adopted the name religious sister Mary of the cross.then Mary suffered a stroke in 1902.

She was the first saint of Australian and was best known as St Mary Mackillop of the Cross.

When Mary was sick in hospital 41,909 people went to visit her in her sick room.

Mary went to work as a teacher in a little country town in south Australia called Penola.

 

The colour monster painting

  At the moment we have been doing some paintings  and they are called picasso paintings we hade to do bright bold colours and then outline it in black. I have really enjoyed this because it is fun and you don't have to get everything straight and perfect.

Cricket skills

When we were doing cricket skills with Mr Hastings he taught us all of basic skills to become a champine cricketer.

            The skills we learnt :

• Brush your ear when you bowl
• Keep your eyes on the ball
• Have your hands straight on the bat
• Keep your arm straight when you bowl
• support all of your team mates

It was really fun with Mr Hastings because he is good at teachings us cricket skills and he is really funny because if you bowl wrong he knows and says no try again. Practise these skills you might become a professional cricketer.

Megan

Hi my name is Megan.  I like outdoors, animals and water sports. I don’t like shopping, beetroot and rose thorns as I am allergic to them.  I have an awesome family My Mum is an office administrator,  my Dad is a service manager  and my older sister Amy that is really funny. I live in Hastings (Mayfair) near Hastings theme park Splash Planet.

Hawke's Bay is a great place to live because it doesn't take long to get anywhere. We have parks, skate parks, cycle trails, night markets, cafes, art deco, art galleries, farmers markets on a sunday, we have one of our best loved park called Cornwall park. We have an A and P show  blossom parade horse of the year and a few other things that  we do once a year.I love Te Mata Peak and going up there with Dad we run and walk up the peak. We are known as  the fruit bowl region of New Zealand.

St Mary’s school is a great school it has so many things to offer all of it’s students. There is a sand pit for the new entrants,  playground / fitness track for the intermediates and don't forget our a bike track skills track and pump track for everyone to use.  All our classes have access to  technology and the seniors use chromebooks for their learning and juniors and middle school use ipads.   We go on cool school  camps and school trips and  to get to tech arts. We take a bus to Havelock North Intermediate. Some of the teachers personalities and so funny especially Mrs Neilson our  Religious Education  Teacher. We take on from St Mary Mackillop of the cross and one of her sayings are never see a need without doing anything about it.

These are our school leaders for 2015.

This is John key opening our bike track.

I am the one standing next to Tamaiti one of the news men and the other St Mary’s students at the top of Te Mata Peak.

I am a follower of Jesus

I am a follower of Jesus                

       Looks like:

• Helping others when they are hurt
• Never see a need without doing something about it
• Including others
• Being kind and caring to others
• Going to church

            

          Sounds like:

• Saying sorry when you need to
• Owning up when you have done something wrong
• preaching and spreading the word
• praying  and worshiping
• praying in different ways to God

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My Mum

Do you have that special lady in your life the one who gives you hugs and kisses and laughs with you? She has a soft gentle hand that always strokes me and a beautiful smile and hazel brown eyes that twinkle at me.

My Mum loves to shop and she buys me clothes to keep me warm.  She gives me shelter from the rain and sun. She likes to watch movies and read books most mornings she is sitting up in bed reading.

Mum loves to spend time with me and help me with things when I am struggling my Mum is always there to help me.

Mum  is always there supporting me on the sideline in everything and all competitions that I do. She helps me with my homework  my reading and with lots of other things. She always is there for me in the good and rough parts of life. She is always there when I am sick and she will take me to the doctors so I can get better.

My Mum is a great Mum because she makes sure that everything is clean if we are going to have visitors or friends. She makes sure that Amy and I  are not fighting but do you think we would fight? She makes sure we are warm and cosy or nice and cool at night when she comes down to see us.

My Mum is a great Mum because she has a funny laugh and her funny languages like “serre mouse.”  I have to be honest that is so funny when she says it and she certainly knows how to make me laugh. That is why I love her to the moon and back! That is one of our favorite sayings. So thanks for being the best Mum ever.

ICC Cricket World Cup

I enjoyed learning about the Black Caps and the history of New Zealand cricket.  I learnt that they played their first game in Auckland.

Memoir - Weka Point

The breeze in my face my head out the window, over the big bumps in Jack’s driveway. 3...  2 ...  1...   splash! through the river we go, water all over the windscreen like an egg smashed on the kitchen bench. I'm now soaking wet but that didn't stop us from  going up to get to the ninety meter water slide.  Right at the top you can see the start of the water slide going down a hill at Weka Point.  I'm first out of the car and race straight up the hill and owowowowow! I am sliding so fast, you can feel all of the sticks and stones under the slide which are painful on your bum.

But the cool breeze is nice on my face from the burning sun shimmering above me. “Splash,” I have landed in the mud pool at the bottom of the slide and that was one of the best water slides. We all headed out of the mud pit  to the river to wash off  all the mud and have a swim before we head home after a fun day at Weka Point.

Dear God

Thank you for my loving family

and help us to treasure each day

and take care of all the living things around us.

Amen  

Dear God

Please help all of the families

that are going through

hard times and please help them

to get through them ok and

not to think that they are alone.

Amen

Dear God

Thank you for the long grass

that tickles my feet and for the breeze

that blows in my hair and the colourful

Autumn leaves that blow in the cool breeze.

Amen