My Birthday

On the last day of the holidays, it was my birthday. It was an exciting day for my family and I.

My auntie Blin, two annoying brothers, cousin Mia, and my mum came to my birthday. We went to Buffet King, which is a restaurant in Manukau. We ate for about two hours!

Getting tired of eating, I begged my mum to go home to watch two movies. One of the movies was about war, and the other movie was scary. In fact, the first time I watched it, I kept on screaming!

After watching the movies, I turned the t.v. off and went to sleep.

While I was getting ready for bed, I was thinking to myself and wondering if my birthday next year would be as exciting as this year.

Nana's Birthday

Two weeks ago I went to my nana's house for her birthday. She was turning fifty five.

At my nana's, while I was waiting for the birthday to start, I went into the kitchen to look at the delicious cake that they were baking. The cake was heart shaped. When it was finished baking, my auntie said that I could help decorate it.

After that we had to wait for the rest of the family to get there. I couldn't wait to eat because I couldn't stand the smell of the food - it was too tempting. Finally my uncle arrived.

As soon as he came, everybody ran to the table. Then my cousin Tom, from Australia, said the prayer, "Thank you God for this glorious day that my nana turns 21 and make sure that everybody has a good time, in Jesus name, amen."

For dessert, we had cake and ice cream. The cake was delicious because of the melted chocolate running down the sides. It was so chocolately, I couldn't even finish it!

A while later, we had a dancing battle. I had to dance for my nana, along with my little brother T.J. and my big sister Lata. My dance battle was with my uncle's girlfrined. She burned me out. So then I learned my lesson...I know now not to mess with her!!

Drifted Away

Realizing that the ship had drifted away, he commanded his crew to bury the gold and silver. Some of his mighty men chopped driftwood to build a strong raft so they could paddle out to find their ships. Digging out the treasure, they dragged it on to the ship.

Soggy Wallet

One sunny afternoon, a boy was digging in the sand when he suddenly noticed a soggy, old, leather wallet. Carefully, he opened it, searched through it, and discovered two odd papers.

Brave Man Named Kupe

A man named Kupe had enough of an octopus who had been stealing their fish. So he went with his wife and some men on a journey to sea to search for it and slay it.

Suddenly out of nowhere, the octopus burst out of the dark blue sea and grabbed hold of the waka. Kupe jumped out of his seat and sliced the tentacles with an axe. It took a long time for Kupe to kill the octopus.

Kupe and his crew felt tired and hoped that they would never ever have to face a battle like that ever again.


**Laita had excellent ideas and worked hard with her teacher to edit her work.

Laita's coded message

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Beautiful View Of Auckland

After waiting for a long time to go on the trip, we finally went. We went to Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill).

Arriving early at One Tree Hill, we looked around the place. We took photos on the wall that said Cornwall Park.

Mrs. Jarman said, "It's time to come into the little cottage and sit down." There was a young lady called Nadia. She was a person that was going to tell us all about volcanoes

As soon as it was finished I was so glad because we could get started climbing the volcano. Walking up the side paths, I thought to myself that I was not going to make it! Half way up the mountain I could see the side crater - it looked like a u shape.

Struggling and thirsty, I finally made it up the mountain. As I walked up to the summit, I saw the beautiful view of Auckland and some volcanoes. I counted 5. The volcanoes looked like a lighter painting of volcanoes.

We visited the main crater. Once I saw it, I could see cooled lava rocks from the eruption. It was funny because the rocks spelled out "Will you marry me?" "I love you," or just names.

After looking at it, we took a short cut down the mountain and had lunch!

On the weekend, I was so happy I couldn't stop jumping up and down because my cousin, Tom-lee, who came from Australia, was staying here in New Zealand for good! Every Saturday, my cousin plays on a rugby team, and when someone gets injured, he goes in and plays that person's spot.

After my cousin's game, we were just in time for my cousin's baby's birthday - his name is Tarangi. His birthday was the coolest birthday ever because we got heaps of lollies and chips. I got 125 lollies in my gift bag and from the lollie scramble.

Laita's Disaster Animation

Laita and the Flowing Lava

Laita has been working hard to write a good paragraph about lava - have a listen.

Dry Ice Experiments

Dinosaur Cloud

We were so surprised when Mrs. Barks told us to go outside on the field but never told us what we were going to do. She told us to lie down on the grass. As soon as I sat down on the grass, I could feel it tickling my skin. I closed my eyes and could hear seagulls crying, and cheerful chirping birds. Finally it was time to look up in the sky! I could see a dinosaur cloud roaring in the sky. It was kind of funny when the dinosaur was cut in half.

Laita The Brilliant Chef

In the summer for Christmas we had a Christmas party! We invited our family over! I helped my Auntie with the barbeque. She said, "You should grow up and be a chef!" I said, "Yeah I should Auntie!"

My family brought heaps and heaps of presents for the children. I forgot to mention that my Auntie made a delicious trifle. I helped her with it. She thinks that I am a brilliant cook because I made the trifle look yummy and tasty. Everybody wanted seconds but there wasn't that much left. There was only enough for one each!!!

Earlier that morning we had filled up the pool and we wanted to just jump in already! First, we had to eat then open the presents before we swam in the pool! Two days after Christmas we decided to go out for a picnic. We had to eat before we could go and fish. We ate KFC before we went to fish. I caught five fish for dinner because my mum said I have to catch some fish for dinner. I caught enough for everybody. She said, "If you catch some fish for dinner, I will give you $14."

The next day I went to my Grandma's house. When it was raining we played in the rain. My brother couldn't come out to play because he was sick. It was just me and my sister and my family having a water fight. In New Zealand we say having a "squirt" when we are having a water fight. I felt happy because I had a good summer holiday!