Paper work all over my desk. As I right this on a Monday I excitedly talk with my friends before I leave for a six week holiday. “I can’t wait till we have the holidays” said one of my friends “me too I will be so excited” said the other. I looked at my desk and it was a disgrace. Time to pack some stuff in my bag. But I thought to myself what will I even do on the holidays? Will I go to my friends? Will I go to the beach? Or will I go on a trip somewhere? Like Adventure World. I have always wanted to go there. Well I might tell you about it next year.

Before

After

As tears ran down my face. With the sting still moving in my finger. “Ow that hurt, don’t pull it like that” I sadly cried to my father who pulled it out. “It is out of your finger” my dad said as he was sitting in the pool. I stood there in pain not knowing where to go or what to do. I walked around the pool but went strait inside. Cause it burned I couldn’t believe I got stung by a bee. I sat on the couch crying to myself why did I try and save the dang bee.

“But your outfit on we need to go before dark” my mother said on a Halloween night. As she put my sisters make up on I got my other sisters outfit on. It was a spooky night with ghosts, monsters, vampires and skeletons roaming the streets. My baby sister went round as a witch and my other sister was a terrifying dead mermaid. While I was a DEVIL. With red pointy ears fake blood dripping from my mouth and pale skin. As we knocked on every door we know had treats we bring along my American bully that had a lion mane on it. While we where going home my mum was scrolling through her phone and found something scary about HALLOWEEN. “Girls look at this” my mum said and we went over to her and we saw on her phone that just down the road there was a secret passage way that anybody dressed up was aloud to go threw. So we hoped in the car and drove down to the house. We parked the car across the road and went in and it was scary there was a person that looked like a statue and it scared us. Well that was my scary night I hope you had a good night too.

Have you ever wondered what type of person you are? Well I started thinking about it today and I started righting in my book about it. I found out that

• I am a caring, kind & good person
• I have been a strong working student at school work
• If I get chosen as a school captain I would surprise myself
• I could change the distractions around me
• My goals for 2024 are to be a good leader
• My highlight of the year has been going on walks with my family

Well that is what I right about and maybe you should right about it too.

On friday our class went on a feild trip to the past. We learnt all sorts of things that our elders did when they where kids this includes: washing clothes, washing dishes,polishing shoes, working. But the thing is they had to work most the day instead of going to school most of the day. Another thing is that they only had a bath once a week and the dad went first cause he has been working the most and then it goes all the way to the youngest. Sometimes the babies even died cause of all the dirty water in the bath.

“Wow” I just learnt about my heritage and how it all started. So I am maori but not full blooded. My great great GREAT grandfather was from England but he married a full blooded moari women. And I think my great great great grandmother’s dad is famous. And that is so great (there might be a lot of “great”). INTERESTING FACT there is still some full blooded maori people in the world. I thought they would have been gone cause when white people came they wanted to wipe them out and our language. If we spoke in our language they would yell scream and keep an eye on us for the rest of our lifetime. Now don’t get all exited about this but my mum is an Armstrong and you properly know about the first person on the moon well I think you should know about the first person on the moon. His name was Neil Armstrong and I don’t know yet if he is related to us. ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT when a family member sadly passes away all the family members all come together and sleep in the same room with the dead body ( the dead body is in a coffin). We put this kind of liquid on the body so it would last longer ( not to keep alive so it doesn’t get rotern ). This is a maori tradition. If there is any questions just ask me in the comments I shawl get back to you.

“Come in, come in”my teacher says as every parent sees there child’s work. Parents, nans and loved ones came in at 4.00 to 5.30 looking at what there children do at school. On this Wednesday was bring your parents or family in to show them your work in school. The school even put up a hotdog stand for parents and kids. The teachers were there talking about all the kids in the classroom. We got to draw in the art room ( a lot of people where in there), show parents what we can do in the music room and test kinds of things in science 🧬. That is most of the things I did with my nan.

Everybody is coming in with stylish cloths showing it of to everyone. On a Thursday at my school we were aloud to have free dress day it was soo fun seeing what people usually were out. But and this is a big but! There are rules I will tell you all of them in just a minute. So we are not aloud:High heel shoes(kind of obvious), Crop tops basically stuff you can’t run in for sports. I can not remember anything else you can’t wear so about how the day was. It was actually fun really fun I think everyone liked it. But I was wearing my mums jumper my mums t shirt and my shorts. Anyways thats all for now.

As I ran in the burning heat trying to came first while we were practicing for the *faction carnival*. I couldn’t do it I slowed down a little bit coming 3rd in one race and 4th in the other. It was stressful, after it felt like I wasn’t breathing properly but I did. Just to let you know we we’re practicing for a bid carnival we’re you have to get in your faction (the factions are red, blue, green and yellow). *Faction Carnival* A faction carnival is we’re you do races and games.

In spelling we have been doing sounds that sound like “d” for exapile: jumped. “ed” sounds like “d” it is very intresting what kind of words you can find. That is why I want to show you some story startes with the sound “d” in it. I will make the word with the “d” sound in it red. The first one is…

1. She gripped on to the saddle trying not to land in the muddy dirt.

2. The band made a big ding sound causing a disaster to the room.

3. Denna was paddiling in the pool when she heard a big skid in front of her.