Black water rafting

Vroom! Rustle! Vroom! Roared the engine of my nana’s car! Vroom! Rustle! Rustle!

It was still a LONG drive to the mystery adventure. “Nana PLEASE tell me where we are going!”
I groaned “No! It's a surprise!” I couldn’t stand it anymore. My stomach growled in impatientness

Soon we past Te Awamutu. “OMG! We are so far away from home!” I said to myself in my mind.
Soon we passed some signs saying “Black Water Rafting” I then thought I knew where we were going.
“I know where we are going, we are going to black water rafting!” I said. “No, I'm too old to do rafting,”
said nana “we are going to the glow worm caves!” When we got there we came past this lady with a camera. The lady made us stand by a green screen to take photos of us. After that, we were in a HUGE
lobby with lots of seats. ”1:00 PM tour!” the tour guide announced and we came with him.
In the caves it was super dark. In the cave, there was a boat. When you go on the boat there are
glow worms, it's like a glow worm galaxy. When we got home the house was a hobbit house!

By Eden

Writing about our home

We have been writing about our homes. Our homes are special places and we all have different memories when we think about our homes.

We are learning to write a personal story including our senses. Please leave us a comment or question about our writing.

My house

When I am out of my house I go to the pathway and see what my house looks like.

My house looks green on the top of the roof and it looks white at the bottom.
Then I can see a deck in the front and the back.

When I go inside my house it feels warm and cosy. When I'm inside my house I can see my living room and inside the living room are four couches and one table.

My favourite couch is the black couch because it feels so soft and warm. I put a pink blanket over me and then I have a nice rest and a great nap.

By Fine

Outside summer

When I walk in my house it is shouty. It has two toilets. I like it because there is a mirror, four bedrooms and it has a garden. The garden died, so has the fruit too. The grass feels smooth and prickly. It’s also ticklish. The garden is huge and when I go outside the sun reflects on me. I feel happy because the grass is cozy.

By Hamdi

When you step into my driveway you can see a Rainbow fence. The fence look’s very rough, ‘’scratch, scratch" goes the cat as you walk past.

By Arabella

The New Zealand Shake Out

Today we participated in the NZ shake out. At 9.30 we listened to the sound bite of an earthquake and followed what to do in an earthquake.

We kept ourselves safe by following-   Drop, cover and hold!

We waited out the earthquake and prepared for after shocks. Then we checked to see if people were injured and talked about what we would do after an earthquake. 

This week we have taken home forms to fill in with our families to make sure our homes are prepared incase an earthquake or other natural disaster occurs.