Immersion Assembly.

I walked into the hall for Immersion Assembly, thinking "What is our topic for this term is?" We sat down behind RM 14. The hall was buzzing with chatter."Te Na Kotou Tamariki Ma" shouted Mr Burt. Assembly had just begun. Mr Burt showed us what our topic was. "Mighty Mariners" Shouted the school. He showed us where he had travelled in the holidays. "I went from Auckland to America" then a map came up on the screen with a yellow line showing the destination.

" Give it up for Team 1!" They did an animation of the seven waka's. My favourite was team 3 because they threw out chocolate coins and shot confetti out in the air using guns. What a fun Immersion Assembly, i am waiting for what next term is holding

Bring It On!

My uncle is in a dance group for Onehanga High and he participated in a dance comp. It was Bring it on. Here is a link to youtube so you can watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6vNT8ePzEc

GLEE

Glee is my favourite TV show in the WORLD! It is about a teenagers life in High School when they join Glee Club. Their names are Rachel, Finn, Mercedes, Artie, Quin, Jessie, Puck, Quirt, Mr Shoester and Coach Sylvester. They get teased and they even get drinks splashed in their faces! It happens because people think they are nerds. Do you know what a Glee Club is? Well it a group where you express your feelings through songs. If you want to watch it, it is on TV 3 at 8:30 or on Wednesday at 7:30 on C4. My favourite song that they have sang is Gives you Hell. Please watch it as it is very funny.

Circus Quirkus!!

Circus Quirkus!"Get changed"said Mum,"We're going to the circus. It's at the ASB stadium in Selwyn College."
We got there and there were a lot of people waiting, it was packed. In the queue I saw Rita and Chante, they were with their families. It was so cold waiting in line for the doors to open.
All of a sudden Harold the Giraffe appeared and he started giving out stickers and taking photos with people. The line started to move. The other two doors started to open and two different lines were formed. A lady at the entrance ripped our tickets.

Mum led us to the stage and told us to sit. Rita walked past and sat at the front. My dad said "Let's go sit at the top seats." "Sure!" Mum said. We made our way up the stairway and sat on the end chairs, the numbers were 16,17,18,19.
A man name Christophe came out and started to blow balloons and give them to people but they POPPED!! It was a very funny joke.

The lights dimmed and a voice started speaking "Hello, Welcome to Circus Quirkus! "Hhhhh hhh"cried my baby sister because she was scared. So my dad had to go to the back to calm my baby sister down.

All the circus people came out but instead of walking on to the stage they did cartwheels, flips and tumbles. "Cool!" I said to my mum with excitement. Music started to play and they did a little piece to show what was going to happen in the show. There were 3 men that were dressed up in African suits. Another man was dressed all in orange. Two ladyies were dressed all in blue. A man came out and started to bounce balls on a metal platform.

The next act was the lady that did gymnastics. It was my least favourite because it was boring. But the next act was very exciting because it was the men in African suits. They were jumping all over the place and flipping. Every body started to clap and cheer "Whhhhhhhoooo." "That was cool!" I said to my Mum, with a smile that spread right across my face.

A man came out and started pulling tiny bouncy balls out of his mouth. "Uwwwwwww" said my baby sister. A giant ring came on stage and the man hopped in it and started rolling across the stage. That was my favourite act. Christophe came out and asked for a volunteer. He picked Rita. She had to balance a balloon on her nose. She was sooo funny. My mum yelled "Go Rita!" she did so well.

After Rita's act was a 15min interval. In that time Khaia and I went down to join Chante and Rita. Interval finished and the men in the African suits came on stage and brought a table with them, along with 10 chairs. Unfortunately I did not watch it because we needed to go to the toilet. We came back and it was end of the show.

That was really cool thoroughly enjoyed that day. Thanks mum and dad for taking us to Circus Quirkus.

BIGFOOT BIKES!!!!!!

"Yeah"Rm15 yelled when Ms Squires said that it was our turn to go on the bikes.

The bikes were from Big foot Adventures.Two people came.Their names were Adrien and Tony. They were here to tell us about bike safety .

While Tony was telling us about safety precautions,we listened attentively to get the right safety equipment. The correct safety equipment includes Helmets,Bright Visible Clothes and good Foot Wear. We carefully adjusted our helmets so it was tight and snug.

On the Obstacle course I cautiously went up the ramps and around the cones ,wobbling and wibbling .I careered down the track,apprehensively manoeuvring.In the end I boldly went down the last ramp,"Yeah!"I said because it was over.

Before long we switched over to the hard courts to learn hand signals. Adriene asked us what the hand signal was for Stop. We did not know so she showed us. The track we had to go down was a cor

Before long we switched over to the hard courts to learn hand signals.Adrien asked us what the hand signal is for Stop. No one knew so she showed us. The track we had to go down was a course to practice our hand signals. Chante was up first,she turned left but never did the indication. "My turn" i said.I turned right and did the indication. I carefully manoeuvred down the track,happy.

I am great full that Big Foot Bikes came because their bikes and lessons were fun .I cant wait until it happens again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CREE!! XOXO

Today my baby sister Cree turns 2 years old!! Happy Birthday Cree Cree love you so much from your big sister Shoal.

Her day was full of fun. Mum took her up to the library to read some books. My mum said she went into this shop up in Glen Innes and Cree saw a doll she wanted and a toy car. So mum bought them for her. They both went to McDonald's for lunch where Cree got a happy meal. Mum took her to the 2dollar shop and got her some colouring pencils and a colouring book. My dad came home with a cake, it was a chocolate sponge cake from The Cheese Cake Factory. Dinner just finished cooking. I set the table and put the heart plate in front of her. She said "Ohhh Pretty!" we all laughed . Dad put the cake on the table and we sang"Happy Birthday To You!!!" but she just sat there and looked at us. We lit up the candles and she started to cry because she was scared. So Dad,me and Khaia had to blow them out. They were cool candles because when you blow them out they light back up by it's self but this time they would spark,like a sparkler. We got straight into dinner after I said the prayer. We had Meat Balls and Potato Bake. Cree was only interested in the cake and licked the icing on top of the cake. I had heaps of Meat Balls. So I didn't have any cake because I ate to much. I had just a little bit of ice cream. "Bed time"my mum said after I packed the table. The next day my Aunty and Uncle came with my cousin. They brought her a present. They were Adidas shoes. On Sunday she is going to go shopping and buy her a new wardrobe full of clothes! Lucky Cree.

We had a wonderful day. I hope Cree had a fun day, too.

MOTHERS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dad gave her the breakfast that he had made,it was his specialty eggs bacon his famous Hash brown and mushrooms. While she was eating I rang up my two Nana's to wish them and my aunties a Happy Mothers Day.
After that I cooked some Bacon for my breakfast. I also cooked eggs.It was yummmmy!!!!!!!! I cleared the table and had a little rest. We got up and took our blankets and mattress's back upstairs (we had movie night downstairs where we watched Iron Man until I fell asleep). Mum had a shower, as well as us. She had 3 choices movies, shopping or dinner at restaurant of her choice. She chose shopping and we headed to Dress Smart to see if we could find something that she liked. Me,Khaia and Mum went in and looked in every shop and there was nothing that she liked. So we headed to Albany Mall where the Sky City Cinemas were. My Dad bought the tickets to BOY "Yessssss"I said. We had to wait 2 hours because it Starts at 6:55. In the mean time we had lunch and took a little walk around a pond area outside Albany mall. Then we looked in the shops but there was nothing that she liked so we went back to the car and drove the car to the under ground parking. We stayed there and waited. At 6:44pm we went into the theatre. We sat down on the seats at the back row I numbers 2 3 4 5 and 6. The movie started and my baby sister started to cry so her and Dad went to get some lollies. They came back and she settled down eating her treats. The movie took 2 and a half hours.

My favourite part was when Boys auntie said get a job and he replied you took them all.

we went to the car and drove back home.

I had a wonderful day and I think Mum did too.