Graduation Mass

Yesterday at 5:30, there was graduation mass. When we entered the church, there were lots of families, including my family. All the year 6's were waiting at the entrance of the in the opening song. After, our monsignor Bernard, was talking to us. When that finished, we were singing more songs. Eventually, we started singing Hark the Herald and Away In A Manger. Right after that, all the year 6's including me came up the front of the church and gave all the year 5's their leadership candle for 2019. Soon after, we performed our graduation song and it was called The Time Of Our Lives by Tyrone Wells. During the end, we were given presents and a certificate of graduation. The present we got was a photo of all the year 6's. Finally, we all left the church during the final hymn. When we all got out, the parents and other kids were crying because they were sad. The mass was very sad and we all were glad to be together at the last mass. And this is a photo of my graduation poster.

Sports Assembly

Last week on Friday, there was sports assembly for athletics. The events we did was 800m, 400m, 200, 100, shot put, long jump, discuss, high jump, and the relays. Before we did the sports assembly, we presented the haka we did for Eden Albert Kapa Haka. After that, we had the birthday and merit certificates. 
Soon later, we had the athletic certificate for the 5 and 6 year olds. 
Then, we had the 7 and 8 year olds. Later, there was the 9 and 10 year old. When that was done, the Irish dancers presented their dance. Finally, they had the 11 year old boys and girls. In 100m, I got 1st, in 200m I got 1st, and in 400m, I got 1st. I didn't want to do 800m though. I didn't get a place in shot put, I came 2nd in long jump, 3rd in discuss, and 2nd in high jump. And in the relay, our team came 2nd. The assembly may have been 20 minutes longer, but it was very cool to see what place everyone got.

Kapa Haka

On Saturday 17th of November, there was kapa haka for our school. The kapa haka took place at rocket park. The songs we performed were a school song that we came up with, Te Aroha, Hareruia in Maori, and Tika Tonu. We all  in front of the stage first waited till everybody came so we could get in order before we went on the stage. It was very intense performing because there were 1,000 people. After, we all were happy and we thought it was cool to be there.

Orientation Day

On Friday in October, me and other year 6 boys in my school went to the St Peter's College Orientation day. When we got there, we all waited at the entrance of the school for everyone who got in. Then, we got to see all the other people who are at St Peters. We first did a reading test and we all had 1 hour to finish the test.

 After, we had a writing test and lots of people were going to the toilet while the test was still going. Then, we had morning tea and we could meet some of the people in the school. Soon, we did a math tests and it went really well because it was a test we've done before. 

When we finished, we had a music test and for the music test, we had to put an answer to see if the instrument was played higher, lower, or the same. They played it twice and they played more than one note, they played about three or more. After, we had lunch and it lasted for 20 minutes. Finally, at the end of the day we got to go home. After that, everyone thought it was fun and cool to see their friends again.

Grandparents Day

On Grandparents Day, the first thing we did was go to mass. When it ended, all the grandparents headed to the library and got some refreshments. There were cakes, cupcakes, sausage rolls, and more. Later, we all waited for performances. There were Samoan dances, playing the ukelele, and Irish dancing. After all that fun, we headed back to our class and did some work. This was very fun.

My Rugby Tournament

Last week on Thursday, I went to a rugby tournament it Taupo. When we left it took us 3 hours to get there and had to fuel up twice for the trip. When we got there, other teams came then we played manhunt. The first game we lost to Clifton and lost the other game we played. On Saturday, we lost 2 out of our 3 games. Then we won the last game. Sadly we only played 1 game but we won. After we had to head back to Auckland. Even though we lost we still had fun.

Author Visit

Yesterday, a very famous author came to visit the school. His name was Raymond Huber. He came into our classroom and talked about how he started writing and things about his books. Some of his books are true stories and some of them are about bees. I really enjoyed this author visit a lot and was one of the best visits yet.

Mini BB Fair

On the 30th of August, it was the Mini BB Fair. The bb is books and baking. The baking sold for 50 cents and others were 1 dollar. And the books were 1 and 2 dollars. There was cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and cakes. I didn't get any books though. Everything was delicious and smelt really good. The reason we did this is because we needed to raise enough money for a moral for the power box. And we managed to raise enough money. 

Maungwhau Visit

In the morning, a few Maungwhau kids came to our school and performed a few things. They came because it was a cultural language week. They did a haka, a Pacific drumming, and a Sasa. The one I thought was the best was the sasa because they were making more than 1 sounds. This visit was very entertaining and was enjoyable.