Memory book 2019

Cliff

I was walking around a carnival with my family walking past the stands where you can play a game and win a prize. As we walked past a stand that had these stuffed rock toys I told my dad that I wanted to get it so he said OK but you have to play the game first. The game was called shoot me. What you had to do was try and hit a moving object with these fake guns that shoot unhurt able bullets and also the object was moving really fast. So I sat up on these chairs and started to play I was shooting and shooting and then bang I hit the target and got a stuffed rock toy. As the guy passed me the stuffed rock toy I said to dad that I was going to name him cliff.

 Then my family started walking around again looking at things. When we were walking around my older sister saw this ride and asked me if I wanted to go on it and I said yes.

 So we ran over to the ride and hopped on it but as I was about to hope on it the guy that was working there said I wasn’t aloud to take cliff on so I placed cliff next to the rubbish bin and hopped on the ride. A few minutes later, my sister and I hopped off the ride and walked back to our family without remembering to pick up cliff.

We keep walking around and I still don’t realise that cliff is gone. Until we passed by the stand were I got Cliff from and that’s when I realise that he has gone. I tell my family and we start looking. We went everywhere around the carnival but we still couldn’t find him until my sister tells me that she remembers me putting cliff down by a rubbish bin because we couldn’t take him on the ride. So we ran back to that same rubbish bin next to the ride that we went on and there he is sitting down on the ground right next to the rubbish bin. I picked him up and said I will never lose you again cliff.

Otaki gorge

On the 26th of September I went to Otaki gorge with half of the year 7/8's. It was really fun. Also the year 11's came as well. Everyone got into groups and we all got 2, 3 or 4 year 11's in our group and they would show us how to make shelter, rafts and even a fire that we roasted marshmallows on. At the end of we played capture the flag. It was year 7/8's against the parents, teachers and year 11's. The year 7/8's won twice and the year 11's, parents and teachers won twice as well.

El Rancho trip

On the 10th of September, the year 7/8's went to El Rancho. On the first day half of the year 7/8's went and on the second day the other half of the year 7/8's went. I went on the first day. On each day there were 7 groups and each group had 3 activities. Also you didn't get to pick the groups or the activities and there were about 11 people in each group. Once we got to El Rancho we went in a room and had morning tea then we went straight to our first activity. The first activity that my group did was soft archery which was normal archery except on the ends of the arrows there were these marshmallow things on them. First You got in to 2 groups and then the 2 groups went on each side of the playing field. The aim of the game was to try and hit every opposite team member to try and get them all out and we did have these face masks things to protect our face just in case we accidentally got hit there. Also there were these big blow up object things that you could hide behind which was helpful. The next activity that my group did was go carting. When we got to go carting the guy talked to us about all of the safety rules and also that one of the go cart wasn't working so we just had to use one go cart. After the safety rules we lined up and put hair nets on. Probably so our hair would not get in the helmets. I was 3rd in the line so I didn't have to wait that long. When my turn arrived I hoped in the go cart, put the seat belt on, went through the safety rules one last time and then drove off. I drove around the track 3 times and then drove back to the bit were I hoped in the go cart. Once everyone got there turn including Renee that had to go with a guy in a double go cart we still had 10 minutes left some people got a second turn on the go cart and some people including me got to go on the double go cart which you didn't drive but it was still fun because the driver went fast. Then the go carting was over and before we went to our last activity all of the groups met at the playground and had lunch. After lunch everyone went to there last activity. The last activity that my group did was raffling. So first when we got there we sat down on a little bench and went through the safety rules and of how to use the gun. There were 2 sides that had 1 gun each. So my group spited up. One half of my group went to one side and the other went on to the other side including me. Also On each side there were this big large metal pipe thing that you shot down and the bullet would go through the pipe and come out the other side where the targets were. So the groups lined up and had a few turns to shoot. When it was my turn I actually hit the targets which was surprising. Half an hour later we started walking back to the park and met up with all he other groups then hoped on the buses and went back to school.

My essay

This is my essay. My class has been writing a essay about A long walk to water. We had to choose a character that we thought was interesting and then write about all there emotions they had in the story.

In the story 'A long walk to water' by Linda Sun Park, a character I found interesting was a boy named Salva. Salva showed he was Brave, sad and Quiet in a number of events.

In the story, I found that Salva was very brave. I thought he was brave because In one point of the story, his group that he was walking with left him alone in the middle of the night. Salva had to stay by himself for a long time and also he was in the middle of nowhere. Another reason that I found Salva brave is because he led a big group of young boys from Ethiopia to Kenya and safety. There were about 1500 boys that he helped make the journey and 1000 of them survived. I think he was incredibly brave because If I was in that situation, I wouldn't of have known what to do at all.

In some bits of the story I think Salva was Sad. I think he was sad because when the village got attacked he had to run and leave his family and home behind. Another reason why I think Salva was sad is because Salva's group got attacked by rebels and the rebels stole all of the groups stuff. Then they sadly killed uncle because he was the leader. One more reason is because when Salva was walking with the group half of the time that they were walking Salva didn't know anyone.

Salva was very quiet in the story, because he didn't complain at all and he always stayed at the back of the group and didn't talk. I think it was good that Salva was quiet because if he talked a lot the group probably thought he was really annoying and didn't want him to be walking with them. But when Salva found his uncle he came out of his shell and wasn't that quiet.

In summary, Salva was brave, sad and quiet. He showed this in a number of ways throughout the story and this made him a character that I thought was great.

Valiant little Taylor.

I was walking through the forest coming back from a training session for my fighting that I do. Until I come along some trolls laying down in the forest. Those exact trolls are My friends called Leo and Jim. Leo and Jim are my best friends we do everything together, But the one thing that can annoy me is there stupid pranks. So I thought to myself that it is time to get them back. “ now it is going to be very hard because two on to one can be tough but it is time for payback”.

 So I thought of a prank that would be very good. 5 minutes went by and I had come up with my prank. “By the way, don't judge this is the only thing I can think of.'' So the prank that I am going to do it through pebbles at them and see what they do.

While Leo and Jim were sleeping, I went to go and find some pebbles. Surprisingly, there was heaps. So I picked up a handful and walked back to Leo and Jim. When I got back, I hid behind a tree so they wouldn’t see me when I was throwing the pebbles. Next thing later there was pebbles flying through the air and crash landing onto Leo and Jim. Probably about 1000 pebbles later Jim and Leo jump up and start talking about what that was.

But then they started walking around trying to figure out what it was. I saw them coming my way so I ran back home so they would not find me. A few hours later they came around to play and all they were talking about was what happened today when they were sleeping and all I was doing was laughing.

Why I think summer is the best season of the year.

I agree that Summer is the best season of the year because it is always sunny and hot.  The sun always makes me happy and when it is hot, I go for a swim at the beach or have an Ice cream at the park.

Another reason why I like Summer is because the long school holidays are in summer so that means I don’t have to go to school, instead I get to be sunbathing on the beach.

Where I live in the Summer the whole community gets together at our local river and we have boat races every year. I always compete in them. There are lots of different kinds of races like kayak races, swimming races, double kayak races, standing up kayak races, Backwards kayak races and even a creative race. A creative race is when you get to make anything you want and you have to paddle init down the river. One time someone made a bed and it surprisingly floated but it didn’t win. Also the races are in different year groups.

The last reason is because in the summer all my family can come around and we can have a bbq. Also we light the outside fire so then me and my cousins can roast marshmallows and we can light some fireworks.

So that’s why I think Summer is the best season of the year.