Lion Dance

 Today our class learned about the Lion dance. We waited for Mrs Nelson-Latu's class to finish with their learning then walked in and met Winsome. He told us to find a partner and I went with Jess.

Jess went to grab a belt from a pile. Later we had to hold onto the belt. to know where to go. Winsome showed us a gong, drum, and symbols. Me, Jess, and some other kids got to go in the suits first.

The first few minutes were fine but then something happened. My back began to cramp up as a result of bendng over for so long. I nearly cried in the suit because of it. I tried to endure it but I couldn't then went to see Whaea. I sat out for the final few minutes.

Winsome told me to lay on my stomach to help my back. It did. By the time I was better the dance was done. The other group began and the real cat Ed came in. He wandered around for a bit then Lilley put him outside. When we were done we thanked Winsome and left. 

Labour Weekend

 I didn't do much on labour weekend if I'm being honest. But on Sunday my mum took me to the public tennis courts to practice. We were both pretty bad. She had bought a racket prior so she could play with me.

Apparently my dad couldn't come because he's 'too good'. Me and mum missed alot but she mised more thn me so that felt good. Once I accidentally hit mum!

At one point I hit is so hard and high that it flew over the fence and onto the road. I convinced mum to get it because I was to scared. She came back and we continued playing. I hit it on the road 2 more times.

Once we were done I realized how much time had past. What I thought had been ten minutes had really been 40! After that we went to the supermarket. I got bored in the car so I learned to juggle. 

The next day we went to the fruit & veg place in Manakau and to see and feed some our horses (Pauanui and Clover). Nui saw us first. She's pregnant with a baby that comes in 2 months or so. Nui called to Clover who came running and nearly ran us over despite her old age. We put down their feed and pat them before leaving. 

My Holiday

 In the holidays I took up a new sport with my friend Jess. We started playing tennis. On the first Tuesday of the holidays we got to tennis at 10:30AM. Me and Jess walked inside the courts and waited for it to start. When it began we got split into groups of -7 and 8-12. Jess is thirteen but she got let in. We started learning how to hold a racket. We also learned how to server, what the names of the lines were, and just a few excersises. My legs hurt really bad the next day. 

The next lesson was in the next week because of the weather. The next lesson we learned a little bit about backhands, but mostly the same material as last lesson. There was a competition to win a free racket but me and Jess lost.

The day after that we had another lesson. This time we had to play in the rain. It was bearable, but soon enough the rain got so bad we had to go inside the club house. Me, Jess and another older girl had to set up a new net inside. The older girl did most of the work but me and Jess helped with the net part. For the rest of the day we just did rallys.

On the final holiday lesson we did a lot of games and rallys. At the end he asked who would be coming for the free term 4 program, Me and Jess and a few others raised there hands (but they weren't there on Tuesday).

The next day I went out with my mum to buy tennis gear. First we went to Rebel Sport to buy some shorts and a racket. We came out with three tennis balls, a racket, and no shorts. Then we went to the warehouse to look a little further. I wandered off to look for a new book in a series I'm collecting (I'm only missing 2 books in the series). 

But there was a problem. The only book they had was a book I already owned. I was standing in an aisle of childrens books and was starting to get embarrased. But then I had idea. I began to check behid the book I had. But to no avail. It was the same book. I was beginning to lose hope. But I perservered. I checked behind the book again. As soon as I did that, my face lit up with joy. It was a book I wasn't aware even existed from the same series. I snatched the book and ran to my mum who was browsing clothes and present my newfound book to her. I said I wanted to spend some of my birthday money. "Are you sure?" She said I nodded. I was ecstatic. After that we went home and finished our holiday.

Mandatory Vaccinations

 It has been announced that in order for teachers to work with students in NZ, all teachers need to be fully vaccinated by January 1st 2022. I agree with this for a few reasons. The first being that in general if more people are vaccinated the less lockdowns there will be. The less covid that will spread. Yes, there is still a chance you can catch it but better safe then sorry. 

Another reason is that it is safer for the children the teachers work with. Being in a cramped room is practically begging for a highly infectious illness to spread. Especially if the children they work with can't get vaccinated. The risk of a full school covid is very high if the teachers aren't vaccinated.

My final reason I can think of is that it may encourage parents who aren't already vaccinated. It could make them think that they're endangering their children by not getting vaccinated and exposing them to covid. Therefore getting a small step closer to everyone getting vaccinated.