Eliza

=Water skiing =

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I was hanging off the side of the boat shivering like crazy while my dad put on my water skis. As dad pushed me away from the boat he said “you can do it” in an encouraging voice. So there I was in the middle of lake Waihola with major butterfly in my stomach. Mum threw out the handle and I grabbed it as tight as I could in the cold water. I yelled “ok” and took a deep breath as dad started the boat. Up up slowly I went but I lost control and I fell down. It was okay though because I was going to have another try. “Go” I yelled and I went up with a wobble, but I stayed up. About 2 minutes later mum called out saying “go over the wave”. I went over and I did it! So I did it again. I could tell my ride was coming to an end because my legs felt tired, but oh no here comes trouble! Another boat came past which made really big waves and my tired legs could not hold on so I let go of the handle and splash! I landed flat on the water. As I lay there waiting for dad to come back and pick me up in the boat I felt really proud and happy with myself because I did it. Dad finally came to get me. Then I heard dad say “Calum it’s your turn”. ======  media type="custom" key="4379689"

SPRING IS THE BEST SEASON

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When the baby animals are born it’s exiting going outside and seeing the baby animals running around in the padlock. It’s great fun when I get to feed some of them and I even get to make new friends. ======



Eliza Booth
 * The Peaceful War ||

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I chose the text “war in peace” because I wanted I express Te Whiti’s peaceful war. I chose the images of a sword and a bird because the sword represents war and the bird represents the white feathers of peace.

I chose the text “harvest” and “taken” because I wanted to express the Europeans pulling out the harvested crops that people of Parihaka had planted. I chose the images of crops and of bare land because the crops represent the planted crops and the bare land represents the crop pulled out. ||

Pakihaka poem The sun rises over Parihaka town People already up And away They fixed their plants Nailed their pegs And put up their fence Parihaka was not A giving up kind of place The birds would fly Through the air When the Europeans With their guns came by The girls skipping ropes Couldn’t give them a fair fright Then the sun Goes down In Pakihaka town With the remembrance Of the Europeans frown

How the Octopus got it's 8 legs

A long time ago in the deep, blue sea an Octopus lived without any legs. He was one big, fat, purple blob. Everywhere Octopus went the other fish would laugh at him.

Octopus’s good friend Seahorse had a very unique shape. When Seahorse came over in the morning Octopus thought, no one laughs at seahorse. “I wish I could be like you,” said Octopus to Seahorse as he swam by for breakfast. Octopus was eating some crabs when a school of fish came by laughing and saying, “ I’m glad I don’t look like you Octopus because you’re ugly.” Seahorse said, “It’s ok,” to Octopus as they went for their morning swim together.

They were enjoying their swim when suddenly the ocean turned dark, as Octopus and Seahorse looked up very frightened they saw a huge, grey ship passing overhead. Octopus looked beside him to see if Seahorse was ok but when he turned around seahorse was swimming away as fast as he could down to hide in seaweed for safety.

Then within a second the ships propeller chopped Octopus body. ”Arrrrrrgh”, screamed Octopus at the top of his lungs. As Octopus looked down at where the ship had cut him, he was thrilled because the boat had chopped some perfect shaped legs. There were 8 by count but Octopus didn’t care he was just so happy to have legs and not a blob any more.

The next day when the school of fish came by again and didn’t say anything because they didn’t know what to say. “ Hi “ said octopus as he smiled at Seahorse who had came over for breakfast. “ Hi “ said the fish still in shock.

To this day the Octopus still has 8 legs and fish might still be jealous.