How strong are eggs?

Uranus

My Mum

Strike

The Noisy Strike

Boom! I got frightened when the drum played and I didn't pay attention. I started to look and it was so loud. I didn't block my ears because I wanted to hear rocking music. Mr T , Taka and Jimbo were the Strike people.

Bang! went the bass drum. Kapow! went the drum kit. The cymbals were in a good rhythm even the high top. Bash! It was so noisy I thought my ears would burst off.

The marimba was peaceful. It was like a lullaby. It sounded like the outside of birds yelling together. After that they called some volunteers to come and play. From our class Netani and Ashleigh went. Mr T told them what wooden parts to play. Ashleigh was confused which part to tap.

The teachers went down the steps and they played different instruments. They had a competition to see who played the best music and at the end they had to arm wrestle but they forgot that.  They both played really well. But they made a lot of noise. Mr T told them to do some flips.

They had a break and did some tricks with the cans. They did the cup song and Jimbo and Taka couldn't do the cup song. I laughed . When Mr T did the instructions one by one they started to get it and pass the cans to each other.

When they did the fire I thought they were going to blow it from inside their mouth. But they blew it from fire sticks. They used some sort of spray to blow the fire. It actually made music. They turned off the lights.

My favourite part was when they did the fire. I had a wonderful day. Sometimes I thought my eyes were going to fall off because I opened them so wide. The end.

Trip to the local Sikh temple.

Here are a few photos from our wonderful trip to the Sikh temple up the road for a talk about the Sikh culture and a delicious lunch.

Yesterday we walked to the temple. First we took off our shoes. Next we lined up and we put on an orange scarf to show respect. Raj talked to us for 1 hour. 

After that we walked down stairs and sat down. We ate rice and curry. The rice smelled like our normal rice. When we finished our food we said a big thank you for giving us food. We went to put on our shoes and got ready to walk back to school.

By Christian


In the temple we had to wear a scarf on our head. When we cover our head it is a sign of respect. I wore a sari. It is a sort of dress. 

The temple was as gold as coin. They told us all about their culture. I learned they can't cut their hair. On their right hand they can't steal because they have a bracelet that's sort of their god. It was made out of steel. 

They had the yummiest food ever. They had rice, dhal and best off all roti. 

By Ashley

Prefixes

A Scared Giant

On one cold day, a giant named Bella came home to take a rest in her ice house. But as soon as she looked at the newspaper, she got surprised that lava was coming to Antarctica.

She quickly closed all the doors and windows. She got so worried that the people who wrote the newspaper was joking. She was such a worried giant that she got her stuffed toys and hugged them all.

Bella didn't know what she was doing. Bella didn’t have much time so she quickly opened the door and set off to the airport. As soon as she went to the airport the flood of lava washed the car.

The  flood of lava went in the car, poor Bella’s  face got burnt. Sadly Bella  went to hospital and got bandages all over her face. Bella stayed there for 22 days.

It was Bella’s day to come out of the hospital. Her face was healed. When she came out of the bed she got a wheelchair. She first went home to see if everything was okay. But it was not okay. Everything was burnt even her mum and dad’s picture was cracked to pieces on the floor.

Bella  went to the builders to ask them to build a new house. She crossed her hands because she wanted the builders to make the house free. The builders said the house does not need paying for. “Good!” said Bella.

After her house was made she got the glue and fixed all her pictures up.

The End

Lion Masks

We are proud of our amazing masks made from natural materials! 

Colour Me Happy

Tamaki Makaurau

Long, long ago two tribes were enemies. One was called Turehu and one called Patupaiarehe. The Turehu had red hair and green eyes. The Patupaiarehe had blonde hair and blue eyes. In one team there was a prince and in the other was a princess. Did you know that the Patupaiarehe had rakau to fight with and the Turehu had patu to fight with?

When the prince went to get some ika, tuna, kina and a pipi from the awa, a beautiful princess arrived. The prince said, "Oh my gosh, you look so pretty!" The princess gave a giggle. Then slowly the princess came and said, "Can I come with you to your team?" The prince said, "Yes!"

When the Patupaiarehe found out they quickly told chief  Waitakeri that the Turehu had stolen their princess. The Patupaiarehe got their rakau ready and practiced their fighting. Soon the Turehu did the same thing. When they met face to face, they started to fight.

Soon the ground started to shake. It was Mataaho, the atua of the earth. The atua got so angry that he made two maunga and said, "You have to stop fighting and be friends". When Mataaho went away they decided to let the prince and princess get married. The enemies became best friends. The prince and princess had babies and they lived happily ever after.

More Who Am I?

I am a year 4, 8 year old girl and I am also Maori. I have long, brown, curly, shiny hair. My eyes are bit, sparkly and brown. I have light tan, smooth skin.

I am artistic and kind to my friends. I am very, very loud and smart. I like reading. I'm good at cooking chocolate mud cakes. I like to play fetch with my puppy Max. I love animals especially dogs and elephants. 


I am an 8 year old boy and I am Fijian. I have black, straight, rough hair. My eyes are dark, dark brown like the night. My teeth are very shiny and white. I am medium build for my height. I have light brown skin like sand.

I am a smart person at maths. I am good at lots of sports. My favourite sport is rugby. I am very fast and energetic. I am a hard working boy and I am respectful to other people.

I like eating ice-cream and ice-blocks mostly popsicles and chocolate. I like going to the park with my friends and I like to read books, mostly super-hero books or adventurous books. I am lazy at home.

I am 8 years old and my family is from Fiji. I have long, straight hair. My skin is rough, hairy and dark brown. I am a year 4 girl. I am medium short. My eyes are dark brown and shiny. I have henna on my nails and skin. My lips are light brown and a little bit red. I am slim like a bee. 

I am kind to my friends and show respect. I am great at riding my sister's bike. Sometimes I am good at holding heavy things but I fall down. I really like helping people. Whenever I find a spider I get my mum's sandals and kill it. I am good at cutting vegetables but instead of cutting it I cut myself. 


I have black, short hair. I am an 8 year old boy. I have dark brown skin. I'm short like a pole. My lips are dry as a towel. My eyes are brown. My feet have dark skin. My eye brows are black. My eye lashes are long. My nose is chubby. My ears are like Alf ears. My hands are as fat as fat peoples. 

I am an 8 year old girl. I am Pacifika because my Mum is Maori and my Dad is Cook Islander. I have short wavy hair. I have dark brown eyes. I have soft light brown skin. I am short and very chubby.

My favourite sport is soft ball. I like the colour red. I am kind, arty, friendly and silly.

I am an 8 year old girl. I have brown gold, short hair. My eyes are brown and bright. I have light brown skin. I am crazy and funny. I am a friendly girl. I have shiny gold earrings. I have long soft legs. I have red strawberry lips. I have long eyelashes and they are beautiful. My favourite food is cake and cupcakes. My favourite thing to do is gymnastics.