Silhouette Art

Waka Races

Today, we walked to the riverbank to watch the Regatta waka races.

When we got to the riverbank, we sat down to watch the races. The water was sparkling and the crowd on the other side of the river was shading under tent tops. Some crews were getting into the waka to go up-river for their races.

Harrigan’s crew was racing next. We cheered for them. We were shouting as loudly as we could. We shouted, "GO, ST PAUL'S! GO, ST PAULS!’’ 

I had a big smile on my face. They were going as fast as they could.When they were going past, we called out, "GO ST PAULS! GO ST PAULS!’’ We were shouting as loudly as we could to make them paddle faster and faster to the finish line. The boys in the waka were paddling in the waka so they would win the race and make it to the finish line. We won.

Room 4's Favourite Food

Live Simply Day

Today is Live Simply Day.We live a Live Simply Day so that we can stand in solidarity with the poor people in our world. To live simply means to go without anything that isn't needed for us to survive, such as technology, and electrical devices like a toaster, a car, a bike and a scooter. It means to go without sweet food. Our school ate rice for lunch.

My Shell

My shell comes from Matauri Bay. It is smooth and very white. 
The shells are very beautiful and the colour of my shell is light brown with a bit of yellow on it. 
On the shell, there are some bumps.
The shell smells like fish and it is precious. 
It looks like it came from Australia. it might have been in the water.
In the ocean, you can find different shells. Some people on TV found shells with pearls in them. 
When the ocean is shallow, you can go way out to the deep. Sometimes, you step on shells. You can find starfish in the sea.

Ash Wednesday

Honey Bees

What I found out: The bees get the nectar out of a flower and turn it into honey, then they put it into a hexagon. When the hexagon cells are full up, the beekeeper has this machine that takes out the honey. When it's done, they put it in a jar and take it to the shop. They sell it to people.