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Cricket Tournament

Cricket Tournament.

On Tuesday morning my school had a cricket tournament after morning tea.

First we started by going to our houses, the house I was in was Kauri And were against Rata. While the round was playing I surprisingly catched the ball and everyone was cheering for me, but for some reason I felt awkward because I wasn’t used to people cheering for me that loud. at first Kauri was winning but Coach Lucas was being a partner for Spencer because he didn’t have any, and when he hit the ball it was stuck on the fence and they were running back and forth back, back and forth and every time they ran they gain points we were having a hard time getting the ball because it was hit way high up the fence but luckily geo from rm6 climbed the fence and threw the ball back down. Then it was kauri’s turn to bat, my partner for my team was Franceska, After a bit of cheering and waiting for our turn it was finally Franceska and I’s turn to bat I knew I was bad at batting but I had a really good time playing cricket and I think that me and Franceska work really well together.

Then it was Totara and Rimu’s turn. We all sat down on the pathway and cheered for Totara and Rimu. After a bit of cheering and shouting we finally finished the tournament and went out to eat lunch.

Real or Fake?

Today we were learning to be observant when we saw different images. We watched a video about a house hippo and thought about what we already knew about hippos. We asked ourselves “Did this make sense” some of them were tricky like the photo I put up.

We looked at different images and talked about why they were real or fake.

Leave your answer in the comments with the reason why

Mainakalani Film Festival Recommendation

My favorite part of the movie was at the end when the clowns were dancing at the window and also the part where Brittany Snatched Lisa’s wig.

I would recommend the Happiness Infection if you enjoy hilarious movies because the Happiness Infection is hilarious and entertaining.

Our Stone Cottage Visit

 

On Tuesday morning our class had a visit to the Stone Cottage. I was very excited because I have never seen the inside before and was very interested. We walked our way down the path to lead us to the gate, and we waited for cars to pass so we could cross.

After arriving at the Stone Cottage we were greeted by a lady named Terry and she introduced us to Patrick. Terry started telling us some of the histories as she let us inside.

When we went inside she showed us a tour of the house. The first place we went was the living room and a lady called Josephine was sitting on the sofa. Terry started showing us some portraits of some people in the olden days. She also showed us some embroidery and I thought that the women in the olden days were really talented because it was really pretty and had lots of stitches.

  The next room was the downstairs bedroom. The downstairs bedroom had a crib with two baby dolls. One of them was really old and the other one was not that old. Terry started to tell us some of the things inside the rooms. One thing was used for the men to use as a toilet. It looks like a bowl which the women would clean the next day.

After the downstairs bedroom we went to the kitchen where there was really cool stuff. In the kitchen Terry showed us what they used for washing clothes and it looked interesting because it really doesn’t look like the laundry we have today. The next item were bellows and these are used to push air into the fire to keep it alight and to reach a high enough temperature to make the iron hot enough to use.

The next rooms were upstairs. The stairs are really steep so we had to hold on to the rail. I was kind of scared that I might fall. After we went upstairs we went to the artefacts room which were very interesting. They were cool because they were in perfect condition from the olden days. There was an old computer, a perfume bottle and a really cool crystal.

The next room was the kids’ bedroom and there was a mannequin in it looking out the window. At first I thought it was real until I saw it had no face. There was also a crib next to it and inside there was a baby doll and on the bed there was clothing for sleeping. 

I loved this trip because there were so many things to see and hear about so close to our school. Everyday we go passed that house and we never knew anything about it. Now I can tell my family about it.