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Ezekiel's Dove

This is my buddy Ezekiel and he came to my class Room 8 after Pentecost mass. When he was here he colored in a dove representing Pentecost. So this is his dove.

Actionworld

Actionworld

On Saturday the 4th of April my family and I went to Actionworld at Paihia to celebrate my nephew’s birthday.

It was a long ride to where Action world was I went with my cousin Kim and my little nephews Noerene and Connor. When it seemed like we would never get there we arrived at ACTIONWORLD  I was already getting excited looking at all the fun things you could do there.My other cousin Christle paid for me to get in and I hurried to what I thought looked interesting, the first thing I tried was you had to jump off this not so high platform and jump onto a mat with softer mats underneath I than jumped off and felt comfyness under me.I was then off again to a long slide one rule they had there was you had to get a potato sack to slide on while coming down I got one and started climbing up the inflateable stairs which I found very difficult. I was then up the top and I heard my little sister Brielle at the bottom waiting for me yelling out

“Go Talia go” in a excited voice.

I hopped in the potato sack and slid down I was going fast and then camp to a jump that made your heart beat fast I was than on the mat of comfiness I found that slide very exciting. But then I heard my cousin Wiremu yelling my name out

“Talia come hop on here and try beat me”with a proud voice he had

It was a bean that one person had to be at each end and the person opposite your end you had to try and push them off to win the game but it had little battons that you had to use instead of your hands. I went on and found my balance not so well my first three steps I was struggling with do I already knew I was going to lose so all I said to him was “Laters”,

and jumped off the beam onto another mat of comfiness all I could hear was the laughter of my cousin’s voice and he then jumped off the beam straight after.

It was then time for the long slippery water slide which looked very fun my little nephews were already on there and I was watching them for a little while, then I decided to go on my first turn I thought was bumpy but after 2 turns I loved it my older cousins then got on they were Molly,Mara,Christle,Logan,Kateana,Kolio,Wiremu and lots more. I loved the water slide but got hungry so I had a quick bite to eat and then held my little nephew Mesiah who was just born 7 months ago so he was still little which I thought was cute. I held him until my mum came and said to enjoy my time since there was little time left. I held a little more turns on the water slide then went on the trampoline they had there it was super bouncy and fun which was cool. I went on the long slide again showing my cousin Mara how to do it and I was tired out after that so I just did little things that they had there like hollow hoping,putting the rings in the little pole,trying to walk along a tightrope and the rock climbing wall. After all the small activities I got to hold Mesiah again so I took him around showed him where everyone was and what they were doing and after showing him everything it was time to go and get dinner to eat by the beach.

I loved my time at Actionworld and mostly spending time with my family I hope I get to go there again.

Welcoming The Malama Honua Voyage

Welcoming The Malama Honua Voyage

On Wednesday the 25th of March all the manaiakalani schools in Auckland New Zealand gathered to welcome two waka’s coming all the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.

An hour before we welcomed the people to our country schools started filling in their spaces coming after each other there was

Pt England, Saint Patrick’s, Sommerville Special School, Ruapotaka, Glen Innes, Panmure Bridge, Glenbrae, Tamaki Primary, Tamaki College, Stonefields, St Pius and  Te Kura Kaupapa those were all 12 schools that joined us on the amazing day. For every school there had to be at least two or more people that represented their school for my school it was Johnnie, Giovanni and myself Natalia. The people that got chosen to represent their school were taught 3 songs and actions, 5 weeks before we welcomed the waka’s, and had to teach their school those songs and actions.

After every school was seated on the cold, wet grass behind their leaders who were on the beach in front of everyone you could see the waka coming from the side and another waka in the middle of the river.When the visitors stepped onto the sand we started the first song it was E Oho that was the song with the actions to it the leaders started off then the schools followed on we did it 6 times until it was finished. The sun was burning hot but we still remained in our positions. The people from Hawaii gathered into 3 lines and someone from our side of the beach went up by the microphones and said a few words in Maori welcoming the guests to our wonderful country. Then it was time to sing another song the song was called Nga Waka it was all about the 7 wakas that came to New Zealand years before our time here on earth.

Then a man from their group said a speech in Hawaiian and a lady then sang a song again in Hawaiian after they had finished their song 3 students from Pt England school came up and said a mihi with pride. After the mihi Mr Burt a teacher from Pt England came up and told everyone why we are gathered here and what it means to be in the manaiakalani cluster.Than it was time to do the IMPOSSIBLE yes that’s right all 2000 students there at Pt England Reserve were to shake hands with the group of people from Hawaii all at once in a long, long line we were all thinking it will be too hard but we were wrong every single student there shook hands with the people from Hawaii.

It was done we completed a fascinating day of heritage and greetings and I will never forget that day where I got to represent my school doing  something I love.