Riding Lesson

On Thursday October 24th I had a riding lesson. It was at Beach brook Stables which holds camps and birthdays as well. They have over 18 horses and they can all be ridden. I ride my own pony though, Scooby. The lesson was with Jess and Jorgia.

We started out with simple trots and exercises then our instructor Gill took me in for a lunge. She made me canter and it was really fast so I got to hold onto the saddle. Then we did trotting poles. We soon moved up to jumping our ponies. Jorgia was on Moose and he could just trot over the poles. Same with Jess's horse Eeyore. Scooby had to jump over though because he was 2.1 hands smaller than Eeyore and Moose. He would land on the other side in a canter.

When we were finished we did some tricks like around the world, where you spin on your horses back, and standing up on your horse. When it was Jess's turn to stand up her horse collapsed, bucked and cantered away. She fell and I jumped off Scooby and ran to help her. She was alright. After that she got back up on her horse and finished the lesson.

Cricket Rounders

Today we played cricket rounders. I was on team Mathematics and the other team was Reading. Mathematics was doing fielding and bowling first. I had to stand next to the bowler, Manase, so I could catch any close bats. At one point I got hit in the leg really hard. I kept on playing though. At the end it was only Ronan W with the bat. Manase had swapped bowling with Ronan C who hadn't warmed up and it was late in the game.

We eventually swapped teams and Mathematics was batting and Reading was fielding. I got out early-ish and got to go on the swing while other people played. Reading won the game 55-34.

Writing is Sensational

Writing is a fun activity where you can use your creativity. It can be used to argue, write stories,
inform and explain. Writing is a subject at schools worldwide.

When you write your imagination can open up and you can put down all of your ideas on one sheet. It may take while to plan, but you can create brilliant stories. You can share your ideas with people around you and your family. You can also use knowledge for information reports and arguments for different subjects.Your hands help you let your mind flow on to the paper/device in front of you while generating new ones in your head.

Lots of writing (mainly stories) can be enjoyable to write as you can create intense moments, happy moments, sad moments and angry moments. A writer can take their audience on a boat full of stormy seas and sunshine. Writing can even be turned into a thrilling movie!

With writing you can really get into the depth of your characters. You might feel their emotions, their parents might have died and they came back to life or they could  meet a pet that they will be bonded with forever. The characters emotions are important as long as you think it fits the scenario.

Writing can be enjoyable in many ways and emotional at the same time. Your imagination will create daring and fascinating scenarios for you to 'oooh' and 'aaah' over and share with your family.

What I did in the Holidays

In the holidays I did a lot of exciting things. On the Monday of the first week of the holidays I got my ears pierced . We went to the Otaki Pharmacy where Jess got her ears  done. Me, my mum and my sister Emma walked in and there was another girl getting her ears done so we had to wait 5 minutes. When she was finished we came in and there was a nice lady waiting. She made 2 dots with a marker on my ears and said I had "good lobes". Another lady came in they both used the gun at the same time. One of them got stuck in my ear and I got nervous. It came out and we could go home.

The next day my mum said her, my big sister Maddie, my little sister Emma and me had to go pick up some hay from Levin and it was about a 20 minute drive to the place. When we pulled up my mum turned around and said, "We didn't come to pick up hay, we came to look at a litter of puppies". I got excited and when we got out a man and woman greeted us and showed us the mum. She was a black and white with ticking (dots where she goes white) Heading Dog that was the slightest bit skinny. We went to see her puppies and there were about 6 of them. We ended up choosing a blue eyed one with a black patch over it's eye.

The second weeks Saturday we went to a park in Foxton , my mum, my little sister Emma, my aunt Helen, my cousins Brooke, Carter, Lachie, Finn and me all went. Me and Brooke made our own little obstacle course that was pretty hard. We went on a tight rope and a got rope burn on my tummy from falling off.  I then scraped my leg on a metal boat which hurt a bit. When we finished playing we found a spot in the forest and had a picnic. We played hide and seek and nobody won. Then we played tag and I bumped my head on a tree.

Folk dance 2

The School Fancy Dress

On Wednesday night, 18th of September 2019, at Ngā Purapura our school held a fancy dress.
People dressed up as princesses, animals, cowboys and cowgirls. The teachers were themed as
western and Holes characters. Matua Kahura was dressed as a wolf though. I was dressed as a pink
flamingo. I had a pink tinsel wig, a tutu, homemade beak, feathers and a few other things.

Most classes did a folk dance but some did a South African dance. Our class was second to last to dance
so we had to watch a lot of other dances. My little sister Emma’s dance was first. Her dance was very cute
and simple. Next was Room 2 and 10 and I liked their dance too. 7 and 8 went after them and they did the
Gumboot Dance and it was cool. My friend Joy in Room 6 went up with Room 5 to dance the Virginia Reel.
They did one of the most complicated dances of the night. Next it was us.

My partner was Charlotte who was dressed as a panda. She had face paint with a panda dress. The
class stood up and paraded their costumes across the room and peeled off to our groups. Charlotte and
I were first so we started as soon as the music started. Charlotte was first to go round so I waited. When
she finished I went round and when I finished we both did it. The other partners did it and me and
Charlotte had to do it again. Once we’d finished everyone came together in a group and started
swapping arms with their partner. When the music ended we all did poses that said “Ta da!’.

Mr. Curtis announced, like for every other dance, that we had to grab a parent to dance with us. I chose
my mum. Most of the parents were bad at the dance since they only watched it once. They kept on
going to the wrong people and going out of focus, all sorts of things! It was super fun dancing with my
mum. Me and mum were last so we had to go quick and it didn’t really help that she was clueless. We
finished the dance on time though in cool poses to the audience.

Room 12 and 3 were after us  and danced ‘5, 6, 7, 8’. Most of the people in those classes were dressed
as cowboys and cowgirls. At the end, we all had ice-cream and danced the Macarena. A  lot of people
had left Ngā Purapura though so there weren't many people dancing. They had all thought that the ice
cream was the end. We were forced to stay because Emma was pulling us back. Everyone that was
there had a great time. Overall the dance was super fun.

By Ailie

Class Dance

We're doing a class dance for a school event with fancy dress and all sorts of costumes on. We have to connect our right arms and spin once with a buddy, and the person on the right side of 2 lines will go to the person on the left, next to your buddy. Spin with them and go back to your buddy. Do this until you reach the end of the line. When you reach the end your buddy will do the same thing but on the right side of the line where you were. You follow them along the line and start to do it again but both of you do it this time. When you're done go to the end of the line and people will come to you for a spin and with them always use your left arm, but with with your partner use your right.

I'm pretty bad at the bits where you have to use your left arm when I use my right arm/hand for EVERYTHING (sorry left hand, you're just not good enough) but sometimes I can do it. I'm also bad at timing and dancing. We have to dance while we wait for the music to come on and I don't know what to do there so I just shake my arms. I'm also horrible with timing and instructions, I can't deal with more than 1 instruction. But I wanna know if you can do this dance.

Grab at least six friends and get dancing!

holes Review

Holes is a story written by Louis Sachar, about a boy name Stanley because his last name Yelnats is Stanley backwards. I think holes is a brilliant story. It has a great way of time going by and brings a lot of feelings like anger, concern, sadness and confusion. holes doesn't have a capital letter so I won't be using one.  We are reading holes in our class and we are all doing activities about holes. I think it is a great book and recommend it to people who like cliffhangers and intense stories.