Te Tuhi

Te Tuhi

Class five was getting ready to go on to a trip. We were going to Te Tuhi to learn about pacific stories. We left  school like about 9:30 in the morning . Once we were at Te Tuhi we lined up in front of the building  getting ready to go in. Once we were inside a man name Jeremy introduce his self to us , he told us that he is going to be taking us around and showing us interesting things.

First thing we done was went to this school program area. Once we were inside we had to sit down and wait for some instructions.  Jeremy told us what we are going to do , we had to make a tapa. He introduce to us three different kind of tapas and what they are called. One tapa was from Fiji. In Fiji they call their tapa  Masi .On the tapa it had different designs like diamonds and flowers. Next tapa came from Tonga .In Tonga they call a tapa ngatu. On a Tongan tapa they had an eagle , flower and these little triangle patterns. Last but not least it was a Samoa tapa They call their tapa siapo. On a Samoa tapa it only had a flower , a really big nice one .

After Jeremy had talked about the three different type of tapa he showed us his tapa that he had made. On his tapa he had four squares , in the first square it had a picture of a tree and circles of how much people is in his family , in the second box it had a picture of his home , in the third square it had a picture of  something  he is interested in like rugby  and for the last square he had a picture of something from his culture. When he finish showing us we had to do one ourselves. We took like about  20 or 30 minutes to do our tapa, once we were all finish we had to go out to do the next thing.

We went to this area we Jeremy told us that a person had made a really long wall paper . On that wall paper it  had a picture of people from different cultures  . They didn't have the full episode because it was coming out next year. After we finish looking at the video , we went to look at this painting that had sound effects from the ocean. Then it was time to go . We all said thank you and then Serenity and Iziah had say a thank you speech to Jeremy , then we all went outside to wait for the bus.

Athletics

Athletics Day

I woke up feeling pleasant and enthusiastic . Why you may ask well its because we had athletics . I quickly brushed my teeth and got ready for school.  Walking to school I was thinking in my head ‘’ do we have athletics’’? . Rain was pouring down I had a feeling that athletics will be cancelled.

Once we were at school we checked the time and it was only 8 o'clock. We went walking around getting prepared for athletics. My hands were shaking as if I was a bowl of jelly   , I felt nervous with butterflies flying around my stomach.  

After morning tea the whole school came to the courts to get everything prepared for the day. The  sun was shining down , I felt like  I was  getting  cooked in a pan. Mr Burt talk to us and then we had to say our prayer for the day.

First thing we done was softball throw . I was glad that it wasn't shot put or discus.

Finally it was my turn . I threw  the ball and it went far . I was really happy because that was my first time throwing a ball really far.

After we finished throwing the ball we went to relays. First thing we had to do was sit in your colour houses. I was sitting in Matatua. ‘’On your marks , get set, go’’ Moe ran fast down and back up. We all done teamwork and manage to finish first.  We had a little break because we were all  really tired. After our break we had to go to the next  course.

We went to shot put and I had butterflies all around me . I was nervous because it  was my first time doing shot put. When it was my turn , my hands were shaking , my feet was moving and I was really nervous. I threw  it and it didn't really go far . I failed my first try , second try and my last try. But I still had next year to come.

The bell rang and I  was so happy . Sweat was coming down my face and I felt like I was put inside a hot volcano. We all came back to the courts to hear what we are going to do.

We all ate our lunch and went to go and sit under the shade.

To finish of athletics we went to do 100 meter race. I was really scared but I still gave it a try . I had to race first with five other girls . My heart was beating really fast.’’ On your marks, get set ,go’’ . I ran as fast as I can . Wind was blowing on to my face as I was running. After we had our 75 meter race I was happy because I came first and Josephine came second . Our next race  I had to race all the 7 girls that came first and second . Mr burt yelled  out ‘’go’’ but I  wasn't ready I ran fast and ended up coming forth.For my last race I came third so I didn't really make it into the finals. After we finish having our races we came back to the court to head back to class and that's how we finished our day for athletics.