Monday 12 December 2016

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

It has been a big fun year and I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  God Bless, Molly xxx

Otago Champs!

In the weekend I had Otago Champs which is a regional swim event.  I got:  bronze: 200m breaststroke, bronze 50m breaststroke, 4th 100m breaststroke, 5th 200IM, 5th 200 freestyle.  Our team did really well and it was really fun staying with the team.  We stayed at University College in Dunedin, there was games room and guess what movie was playing?  Harry Potter!


Social!

On Friday night we had our Year 7 & 8 Social.  The theme was Masquerade.  It was super fun, much more fun than we expected.  We learnt the dances it was a bit awkward, but everyone was fine on the night and had a lot of fun.  One of the highlights of the year!

Kotuitui, Young Vinnies Lunch, Chinese Calligraphy Competition

Today we had a fish and chip lunch for being a Young Vinnie. I like being a Young Vinnie because I like talking to people.  At Kotuitui we all got a badge and a certificate for being involved with Young Vinnies.  I also got a Merit award for Chinese Calligraphy!

Saturday 3 December 2016

Kiwi Challenge Swim Meet

Right after camp, I went straight into a swim meet!  I wanted to do this swim meet, because I wanted the challenge, to see if after camp you could still get PB's.  I was really, really tired and I did not get PB's, but I still swam and well and got bronze in 200m breast stroke and finalist ribbons, 4th in 100 Breaststroke, 4th in 50 breaststroke and 8th in 200 IM.  After I had finished all my races, my friend Zoe bought her underwater camera and we mucked around with and it was really fun!




Santa Parade!

Yesterday, I was on the Parish Float for the Santa Parade.  I was dressed up as an angel.  I saw heaps of friends in the crowd.  My arm got very tired of waving and it became automatic.  Yneke, Michael and I all agree that it would be not fun to be a celebrity or a royal!

Citizenship Cup

Just before camp, I was awarded the Citizenship Cup.  There is not a picture of it, because someone didn't return it from the last week.  Mrs Asi said I got the cup because I was respectful, well-mannered and a good friend to everyone.  She also likes how I give everything a go.  The week after camp our whole class got the cup for not being grumpy for it being rainy and missing out on stuff on camp.

Camp Iona 2016

On the 15th of November our class went to Camp Iona for the week.  It was raining the whole time and we missed out on heaps of activities because the river was too high and it was too wet and slippery.  On Tuesday we walked in Herbert Forest, we went down this track by a creek, it was really muddy and people kept slipping over and were covered in dirt!  We then went to a cave with lots of spiders in it.  It was really cool.  Then we went down a clay path down to the carpark.  My friend Peta slipped and started running and she ran the whole way down, because she couldn't stop.  On Wednesday, in the morning we played games inside and in the afternoon we did bivouacking and our team made the best bivouac.  Our team was Sam K, Fergus and Wills.  Then we made a fire in the rain.  We had Mass and camp performances.  On Thursday we made damper and crumble in the morning and then we did archery.  It cleared up and we went outside and mucked up the lawn playing bull-rush  We got really muddy and we went down the slide and went flying off the end and got bruises!! Then we did another session of archery.




Cromwell Swim Meet

On Saturday the 5th of November I went to Cromwell for a swim meet, with the Oamaru Swim Club.  It was hot and sunny and lots of fun with my friends!  I got 5 personal best times, 2nd in 200 breast stroke, 2nd in 100 breaststroke and 2nd in 50 breaststroke.


Sunday 6 November 2016

Creative Writing - What Is My Dream Holiday?

If I could go do anything in the world, I would travel the world. I would fly from Dunedin to Auckland. From Auckland I would fly to Melbourne, Australia. I would travel Australia and go to places like Sydney, the Gold Coast, Queensland and then fly to Tasmania. Once I had explored Tasmania I would fly back to Melbourne so I could fly to Fiji. I would fly to one island to another. From Fiji I would go to Tonga, from Tonga I would go to Hawaii. I would spend lovely hot days in Hawaii and the go to the U.S.A. From Hawaii I would go to San Francisco, then I would drive down to Las Vegas. I would keep driving down to the Grand Canyon then I would carry on to Los Angeles and Hollywood. I would then fly over to the other side of America, to New York. I would restock my wardrobe then fly to Britain - London. After that I would fly Ireland then go to France - Paris. I would also go to Cape Town - South Africa. I would then go to the British Virgin Islands. I would go there because it has beautiful and nice beaches. I would like to go to Dubai because it has cool architecture. I would like to be an architect when I grow older. After a long year of traveling I would fly back to New Zealand. I would fly into Auckland from Dubai. I would fly back to Dunedin. Then I would travel back to Oamaru. It would be nice to travel around the world but it would be nice to be back home.  

Tuesday 1 November 2016

ICAS Exams

I sat 3 ICAS exams this year, and I did maths, english and spelling. It was my first time doing ICAS and the reason why I did it was for the fun and to get the hang of exams. They are very hard, but now I know what to expect for next year!








Grade 3 NZ Speech Board Exam 2016

Lately I have been practicing speech for my Grade 3 NZ Speech Board exam. I had to write a technical speech, make a presentation poster and talk to it (I chose swimming!).  I also had to practice sight-reading, a prepared extract (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince!) and a poem.  In the exam we got put on the spot to do an improvisation.  I was nervous at the start, it was nice just to have two of us, not a big group.  I felt like I did well and I got Merit.  Competitions are fun.  Exams are harder than competitions, because they are at the end of the year with all the other assessments.  Performing at events is really fun, because it doesn't matter if you muck up - they don't know, because they don't have your words!!!
 

Monday 31 October 2016

Orca Labor Weekend Swim Meet

For the Labour weekend I went down to Invercargill for a swim meet. When we were going down we stopped in Dunedin. When were we going through Balclutha there was a sign saying turn left to Invercargill "The Scenic Route Tour". There was no other sign saying to go straight ahead. So we went the scenic route tour, we were busy taking photos and my Mum noticed there was not much traffic and there were only farm trucks passing. We stopped and asked a farmer, he said we could keep going and we would come out in Invercargill. We backtracked and went into a 4 Square. The lady in there said it would take 2 and a half to go the scenic route tour but it was really windy. We could backtrack and go back to Balclutha and go on the main road and it would take the same amount of time. So we went back to Balclutha. It was a 1 hour and a half detour! When we got to Invercargill and we unpacked. Then we went to the pool. It was a 50m pool. For 200m it would be 4 lengths instead of 8! I nearly got two thirds, it was only by point seconds! I was meant to get another ribbon but they ran out! I was also chosen for the Orca Challenge Relay. We got 4th out of 8th. We had a man that was 26!!! He was so tall! We had to do the team chant and Danny kept running away!  We took Imogen home with us and on the way home we got Pita Pit.









Saturday 8 October 2016

WATCH VIDEO: Little Gardens Video - How To Make!

I have been collecting these little gardens over this month and this is a 'how to and how they grow' video that I have made.


Special Olympics

In the holidays, Emily and I were invited to be part of the Special Olympics as support swimmers by the Oamaru Multi-Sport Club.  We went along and swam beside the swimmers. It was great to be part of it felt good to be back in the pool! Mrs Bartley said "It was a great day and our Athletes swam 1178 laps between them.  Having the support from the girls really kept them motivated.  My son was aiming for 100 laps, but ended up doing 300 so was an awesome effort."

    

Braces

On the last day of school I went down to Dunedin and got my braces put on! The colours I chose were pink and aqua blue. I get the colours changed every month! It was hard to eat the first few days, but you got used to it. It didn't hurt, it was just tight and tender when you eat. Sometimes the braces stick into your gum but you can put some wax on it so it doesn't hurt so much!
 

Tuesday 4 October 2016

North Otago Cross Country

Two weeks after school Cross Country, because I got second, I went to North Otago Cross Country. I got 6th out of a lot of year 7 girls. We had to jump over heaps of horse jumps. It was tiring, but it was fun. I saw heaps of people from my old school and my swimming friends too.

Monday 3 October 2016

READ BOOK REVIEW: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child


Harry Potter and The Cursed Child
      By J.K.Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne.

Introduction:
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is a fiction book. It is “Special rehearsed script” so it is done in scenes. There are four acts. They have written this because they had a two shows in London, part 1 and part 2.  I have done it in parts because I thought it would be easier, I have also done a sentence from each scene. Some scenes might have more than one sentence. It helps to have read the Harry Potter series, as this follows on.  (Just to let you know!)  The background of the story is about Harry Potter’s son Albus, who is struggling with being Harry’s son. Harry has killed Voldemort, but is Voldemort really gone, does he have a child?  What happens when Albus and his friend find a hidden time turner and time travel to bring back Cedric Diggory, who died in the last ever Triwizard Tournament.
  
Part 1 Act 1:
The story starts when they are at Kings Cross Station. Albus (it’s Albus’ first time) and James are going to Hogwarts. Albus is concerned that he is going to be put in Slytherin. Albus and Rose got onto the train. Albus wants to sit with Scorpius (Draco’s son) but Rose refuses and goes and sits somewhere else. They got into the Great Hall to be sorted into houses. Rose got sorted into Gryffindor, Scorpius got into Slytherin. Albus put the sorting hat on “SLYTHERIN”......... Two years went by and they were in the Great Hall again.  “Lily Potter. GRYFFINDOR” (Harry’s and Ginny’s house). Amos and Harry were talking. Amos wants Cedric back with the only time turner left. Albus heard all of the conversation. Albus is sitting in his room, he heard a loud noise from James’ room. James’ hair turned pink from a joke from their Uncle Ron. Albus got a love potion. Harry gave Albus an old blanket (the only thing he had left from his parents). They started to get into an argument. Albus went to pick up the blanket which caught the love potion. Albus ran out of the room. That night he had a dream and at the end of it you could here Voldemort’s voice……Haarrry Potttttter! Harry wakes up in pain with his scare! Fourth Year. Albus and Scorpius were talking about the Triwizard Tournament. Albus said about Harry and Amos talking about Cedric. Next they were on the roof of the train. The trolley witch popped out of nowhere “Would you like anything from the trolley dears? Pumpkin Pasty? Chocolate Frogs? Cauldron Cakes?” Albus took the lead and said the Cushioning Charm “Molliare” he jumps. Scorpius followed. Albus and Scorpius got to St Oswald’s Home for Old Witches and Wizards. They got a “wool women” and she took them to Amos. Albus and Amos started talking and Albus agreed to help Amos and Delphi (Cedric’s cousin) get Cedric back.  Albus, Scorpius and Delphi looked at a small bottle. It was polyjuice potion, so that they can get into the Ministry and get the time turner. Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Draco were talking about Albus and Scorpius going missing. Delphi/Hermione and Scorpius/Harry got into Hermione's office. Meanwhile you could hear Albus/Ron talking to Hermione. Delphi/Hermione and Scorpius/Harry were looking at the book case. There was a code. They unlocked the code and got the time turner!


Part 1 Act 2:
Haaaaarry Potttttter! Harry woke up, Harry flicked his wand for a light to come out of his wand.  Harry had a dream of Voldemort and Albus was in Durmstrang robes. (It was very clear.) “I know where they are,” Harry said to Ginny. Harry and Ginny went to Professor McGonagall’s office, they told Professor McGonagall about everything. Draco, Ron and Hermione  appeared out of the fireplace to come and help. Albus, Delphi and Scorpius were on the edge of the forbidden forest. Albus and Scorpius got dressed into Durmstrang robes so they can blend in. Everyone went into the forest to search for Albus and Scorpius. People started to melt away and Harry was left alone. Harry came across Bane, Bane was  not very happy because the Forbidden Forest is the centaurs land. Centaurs also read the stars, Bane said there was a dark cloud over Albus. Albus and Scorpius were at the edge of the forbidden forest. They had never seen the castle from that view before. They heard Ron’s voice, they took the time turner flipped it three times and they were gone into time travel! Triwizard tournament 1994. They heard a roar of the voice of Ludo Bagman, “LET THE TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT BEGIN!” First we have Cedric Diggory, Albus and Scorpius disarmed Cedric. BUT while they were doing that the time turner started to shake and a ticking sound grow louder and louder and they were whizzed back to time. “Hello Dad, anything wrong?” “Yes, you could say that!” Albus was running away and Harry was chasing after him. “I will run away again and I will make sure that Ron does not find me.” “Did someone say my name?” asked Ron as he appeared out of nowhere, he was just going to give him some chocolate from Padma and him. Albus has made some changes in time, which has changed the present day. Ron is married to Padma and has a son called Panju! Harry went up to the headmaster's office, he gave Professor McGonagall the Marauder’s Map to keep an eye on Scorpius  and Albus to stay apart. Hermione was the defence against the dark arts teacher. She docked 50 points of Gryffindor. Draco and Harry were talking. Scorpius was sad because he could not see Albus anymore, Harry changed all the timetables so that Albus and Scorpius don’t see each other. Is that the wrong reason? Harry and Draco started to fight. Ginny came into the kitchen “I only left this room three minutes ago! What did I miss then?” Albus and Scorpius bumped into each other in the library. Scorpius started talk to Albus, Albus was not sure but then they started talking about how Ron and Hermione weren't together, Hermione was a professor and Rose did not even exist! Scorpius cleared things up, Hermione and Ron went to the Yule ball together so Ron did not get jealous. As they were talking Professor McGonagall came  into the library  holding the Marauders map in her hands. She gave all the impression that she was coming into the room, “Albus?,  Albus Potter. Scorpius Malfoy. Are they in there together? Because I advise you not to be!” “I am coming in!” Albus had James invisibility coast, so they jumped under it. Hermione and Ron bumped into each other, Hermione asked what Ron was doing here. Ron said that Panju got in trouble for showing off. They were telling each other about Albus saying they were married. Harry wanted to find Albus. Meanwhile Albus and Scorpius were in the girl’s bathroom. They were figuring out the second task! The boys disappear into time travel as Draco and Harry came into the bathroom. When they came back to normal time, Dolores Umbridge was yelling at Scorpius to get out of the lake. He asked Professor Umbridge where Albus was, she said that Harry Potter was dead ages ago! Welcome to Voldemort's Day!


Part 2 Act 1:
Scorpius went into the Headmistress’ office. Prof Umbridge said he would be a good head boy but when she found him in the lake, and also being so interested in Harry Potter. He said that he can be trusted and he left the office. Everyone calls him “Scorpion King”. Polly asked Scorpius who he was taking to the Blood Ball (wanting him to choose her!).  You, Polly Chapman! There was a loud scream, “What is that screaming?” asked Scorpius, Polly said it was Mudbloods in the dungeons. What had he made this world into?! Scorpius walked into the library. Crag was doing his homework for Snape and it was not ready yet. “Did he just say Snape?” Scorpius walked into Snape’s office and he didn’t even knock. Scorpius started talking about the Triwizard tournament, Harry won and Cedric got humiliated. He became a death eater, he killed Neville who was supposed  to kill Nagini, to kill Voldemort! Snape thought it was a joke. “Harry Potter is dead, not in my world he isn’t! Please for Lily.” Colloportus, aren't you coming then? Scorpius follow Snape into the Campaign room, where Ron and Hermione were there. They are the only members of Dumbledore's Army left. They are in hiding because they have a price tag on them. If they are found they would get the dementor kiss (when the dementors suck their souls out of them). The time turned and they were on the edge of the forest. They blocked Albus spell and then the whizzed back to real time. They were above ground.. They were in big trouble now. The dementors started to swoop in on Hermione and Ron, Snape and Scorpius occupied their thoughts and started to walk down to the lake. As they were walking Umbridge appeared. She was very suspicious for years. “Run and tell Albus that I am proud that he carries my name!” The doe leads him to the lake and then disappeared. Albus appeared out of the lake and Ginny, Harry, Draco and Prof McGonagall were walking down towards the lake. “Myrtle told us everything,” said Ginny. Harry was sleeping that night and he had a dream that Aunt Petunia and he were at Godric’s Hollow, Graveyard. There was heaps of flowers on the two graves. As they were looking at them there was a voice, “I smell guilt, there is a stench of guilt upon the air!” and Voldemort's hand came out of the Potter’s grave! Then Harry woke up! Harry and Ginny were rushing through Slytherin with Professor McGonagall behind them. Harry pulled open Albus’ bed curtain and Ginny opened Scorpius. They were both not there. At that time Albus, Scorpius and Delphi were all up at the owlery. Delphi had the time turner, she snapped Scorpius’s wand. “Fulgair!” Ron was at Hermione office, eating porridge and talking about a marriage renewal as they were leaning into their second kiss, Harry, Ginny and Draco walked in! They told Hermione about the dream and that Albus and Scorpius were missing. “I’ll get some Aurors summoned immediately, I’ll-” Ron said it was all fine he saw him last night! He was drinking a couple of firewhiskey with Neville Longbottom, it was very late and he was wondering what floo he could use. He saw him by the owlery with his ‘older girlfriend’ with silver and blue hair.  Harry figured that he was talking about Delphi Diggory! It was about Cedric again. Harry and Draco walked into Amos’s room. They asked where his niece was. He said that he no niece, him and his wife both had no brothers or sisters. Albus, Scorpius and Delphi were on the quidditch pitch. Craig JR came running! “AVADA KEDAVRA!” Then there was a motionless craig on the ground. Delphi put her hand on the time turner and they were gone back into time! Delphi was floating in mid-air without a broom! She smashed the time turner and they were stuck in time! Back in time Harry, Ginny, Hermione, Ron and Draco were looking at the oak-panelled room. Ginny unscrewed a chimney off a lamp. There was this hissing sound. It was speaking Parseltongue. Harry heard it and it said ‘welcome Augurey’, it wants him to open it! He speaks in Parseltongue and there was a voice. It was a new prophecy, Cedric was a spare. “When time is turned, she has the time turner doesn't she?” said Ron. Words appeared on the wall ‘I will rebirth the Dark. I will bring my father back!’ Voldemort has a daughter?!


Part 2 Act 4:   
Albus and Scorpius were at the Aviemore Train Station, 1981. They figured out that it was the night before Hallows Eve. They went straight to Godric’s Hollow. They found Lily and James house and they needed to send Albus’s dad a message, but how? They saw Lily putting a blanket over Harry. That was it the blanket! They needed some Tincture of Demiguise because Pearl Dust and Tincture of Demiguise react. There was this rumor that Bathilda Bagshot never saw the point of wizards locking their doors, and the rumor was right! They went in to steal some wands and get potioning. Harry was sitting on Albus’s bed. He was looking at the blanket as Ginny walked. Meanwhile Albus and Scorpius are wondering what to write on the blanket. Does that say Dad, Hello Good? No that says Hollow and there are some numbers, ‘3...1...1...0...8...1’ said Ginny. “That’s a date 31 October, 1981! Get Hermione and Draco and tell them to meet us at Godric's Hollow with a time turner. They all turned up at Godric’s Hollow and then they went back in time. They found Albus and Scorpius, then they got into place. Harry became a fake Voldemort and the rest went into hiding in the Church. Harry/Voldemort found Delphi. She soon figured out that it was Harry when the spell started to wear off. Then the fight began, Harry had never fighted alone before and as he said that to Delphi, Hermione, Ron, Draco and Ginny came in with wands out! They were not going to murder her they were going to take her with them to go to AZKABAN! A horrible hissing sound came ‘the sound of death’ and Voldemort went into the Potter’s house. There was nothing to do but watch! AVADA KEDAVRA! And then they were back in current time! Harry and Albus were sitting on top of the hill looking at the sun setting. “I think it’s going going to be a nice day. So do I!”


Summary:
What do you think? I really enjoyed the book because it could be used as a play and it is also a great read.  It was a good mystery and the moral of the story, is don’t try and change the past, it would have happened for a reason. It all made sense from the last books. I would recommend this book to the people who like the Harry Potter series! If you haven’t read the Harry Potter series but you really want to read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child I recommend that you read all the other books so it makes sense!

Sunday 11 September 2016

Persuasive Writing - Pita Pit in Oamaru

I think we should have a Pita Pit in Oamaru.

Pita Pit is healthy because you see them cook the meat and make the smoothies. Also the salad looks fresh. In each smoothies there are 3 fruit. You get most of your 5+ a day in a Pita Pit and a smoothie.

 Pita Pit tastes good because it's fresh and healthy. I think it is 10 times better than Subway. There is also more variety with the salad and drinks. Plus the smoothies are made fresh.

I think we should have a Pita Pit in Oamaru because it is healthy and it tastes good. If you haven't tried Pita Pit you need to try it!


Monday 29 August 2016

Persuasive Writing

I don’t think the pool should be closed for a month. I know it is closed for maintenance but it is to long for swimmers like me.


All the swimmers are going to lose all their fitness that they have been training so hard to improve their times, and now it is going to be wasted. We are probably going to miss some swim meets that we could get into Junior Nations. So it is going to be a limited swim meets now to qualify for Juniors. If we did train for swim meets we would have to travel a long distance to get to a pool. Plus all the icy roads and winter weather. If we went down to Dunedin or Timaru we would get home late.

Couldn’t the pool be closed over a week? Then we could train that weekend so we don’t lose all our fitness. Or could it be closed over a weekend and maybe half of a week. If there is no visual difference it would be no point for the pool to be closed for a month.

All the elderly / injured people need the pool and the spa.  If elderly people  don’t go to the pool for a long time the would lose all the their fitness, and the elderly need the pool for aqua jogging and the spa. Injured people need the spa and the cold tub to heal their injuries.

I have a strong agreement that the pool shouldn’t be closed for a month. I know that they have to do maintenance but does it have to be a month.     

Sunday 21 August 2016

House of Spies-Chapter Summary

                    House of Spies
                                           Griselda Gifford
                             Chapter 1:
WW2, 1941. “I could hear the thud, thud of bombs falling but I couldn’t move. My legs were pinned to the bed. I had to get down to get down to the cellar. I had to be safe from the bombs…….”  This book so far is quite a sad book. A bomb just landed outside of their house.  They had to be moved down to the local pub. The cat goes missing and Pip tries to go and find it. She found the cat but it was by the bomb and the soldiers did not let her past. She met a boy who had lost his goat, they decided that they are going to get the cat and the goat that night. Will they be in trouble? What will happen?  


Chapter 2:
That night she went to bed. She fell asleep. There was a loud voice down stairs. It was Harry, Harry was wondering where Pip was. Pip’s mum shooed him out. After about 10 minutes she went downstairs. It was pitch black outside. She looked around to find Harry but he is nowhere to been seen. This hand grabbed her, “You're late” said Harry.  They went to Pip’s house to find the cat and the goat. They found the goat and the cat but the goat ran away and went near the bomb! BANG!


Chapter 3:
The next day the army took all the bomb remainders away. Pip got a big telling off. Pip’s and Nurse Robin’s house will need fixing. They got Thomasina the cat back. A carriage pulled up by the pub. A big lady came out followed by Harry. Mrs Seddon said that Harry was very sorry and she said that she would like to return something for what she did. Mrs Seddon thought while your house gets rebuilt that you two can stay with us. They said yes. Once they had settled in, they did Harry’s choirs. Then they went for a ride on the horse.  Harry said that townies don’t know how to ride. So Pip wanted to prove Harry wrong. So she kicked on the side of the horse and galloped into the distance. When Harry caught up, there was a gunshot!


Chapter 4:
“My heart literally thudded against my ribs as I wondered how far a bullet could go” The trees got thinner. They came to a clearing with a house. Pip and Harry saw a thin, white headed boy running with a golden dog. They followed him. The boy turned around, Harry grabbed the boy’s arm, “Did you take my goat?” The boy turned red. “I just wanted some company” said the boy. The boy carried on his story saying the people he lived with  were Germans, and saying the were very cruel. The boy asked if Pip and Harry could hide. They said yes. They took Max to Harry’s sisters bird watch house. They were going home to get food for Max.


Chapter 5:
They went home. Pip’s mum was waiting for them at the gate. They had tea. Harry asked if once they had done their jobs if they can go for a ride. Harry’s mum said yes. Once they had watered the lettuces, put the geese and the hens away, they went for a ride. Before they did that Pip went to see how Thomasina and the mice were. As she opened the door Thomasina went flying out of the door. She saw a tabby and they went sprinting into the woods. They hopped on the horses and went to see Max with some food. When Pip was riding she kept calling Thomasina’s name, but she was know where to be seen. As they approached the hut they heard sobs. They went into the hut, Max was losing his mind a bit. He did not know where his mum was and his dad was fighting in the war. They gave Max some money, water, food and gave the dog some dog biscuits. Max complained that the food was dry and Winston the dog needed meat. They promised that the next day they would go to the shop and get some food for him, they also promised that they would think up a plan for Max to go somewhere. Then they went home.


Chapter 6:
The next day they went to the shop. Harry’s mum wanted a loaf of bread and oats. They got some food for Max, then they went to the butcher, to get some meat for the dog. When they got home PC Thorogood came. He said that a boy went missing (Max) and if they swore him to say so. Harry and Pip didn’t say a word. After that the postman came. He delivered the mail and talked. Percy the postman gave a letter to Pip’s mum. Pip and Harry went and got all the stuff for going to see Max. As Pip went into the cabin, she saw her mum crying. She went in. Her mum stopped crying and said it was hayfever (when she didn’t!). Pip snatched the letter, it was from her dad. He said, hope everything is alright, he was seeing another girl and that they were deeply in love…... Pip burst with anger.


Chapter 7:
Pip jumped on the back of Bracken. “Are you racing me” asked Harry. Pip didn’t want to answer. They heard voices, when they approached the bushes. There was two boys who were shooting black birds. They had tired Max up. Pip went and got Max. One of the boys called Spike and Harry had a massive fight. They were punching each other. Max started to ran away from the boys. Spike said to the other boy Benny to chase after them. As this was happening German planes flew over. The air-raid siren alarm went on. A silver egg came flying down thru the trees. BOOM! After the siren went off they went to find the other people. They found Benny. He was badly hurt. Harry and Pip had a disagreement because all Harry cared about was her animals, and Pip wanted to stay. Harry went on to find Bracken and Pip stayed. “Flies buzzed round Benny’s snotty face but he didn’t move. Was he dead? Would Harry come back? If she didn’t-what could I do.”


Chapter 8:
Pip tried yelling at Benny. “It hurts” said Benny. Pip had been to some of her mum's first aid classes. So she did first aid on Benny. Then they started walking back to the farm. Harry court up. They put Benny on the horse. When they got to the farm gate, they saw Pip’s and Harry’s mum and a RAF man. They were very glad that they were alright. They thought the bomb hit them. They walked back to the house. Nurse Robin came to fix Harry and Benny up. They all started talking about the Germans who live in the woods. The people in the wood might be spies for the Germans. Harry’s parents sent them out to search for the missing horse. While they were looking they got very thirsty. That drove them to Pip’s house. Pip went inside. Winston came rushing out. “If Winston’s shut in here that means’………. Harry didn’t finish as I opened the larder door and saw the dim shape of a boy, crouched under the shelf.”


Chapter 9:
They found Max by the shelf. They said he had to do a mission. His mission was to go back to the Germans in the wood to get proof that they were spies. He went and washed himself. But Spike came running out of the house. “Where’s Max?” “He’s not here” said Pip and Harry. He went back in the house. All of a sudden there was a loud THUMP.  The house had fallen on top of Spike. There was a small “HELP” from the rubble. They quickly left to go on with their mission. Max didn’t want to go so Pip went with him. They knocked on the door………… What will happen?



Chapter 10:
The door opened. “Mein Gott! Maximillian!” said the old women. There was a strike of lighting. Pip looked up there was a gun glinting down. There was a gunshot. “Hide me!” said Max, the old lady took him and Pip went running into the bushes. She found Harry. They went back to the farm. “I don’t think they are spies said Pip” It was silent. When Pip went to bed that night she wrote in her diary.


Chapter 11:
“The next day, I was woken early by Harry prodding me.”  The Seddon’s got ready for the market. Benny hopped out of a truck. He said that Spike was in deep trouble for borrowing his dad's gun and going into their house. The truck's engine turned on. “I got to go” said Benny. When the Seddon’s went to the market, Harry and Pip went and did their jobs. After they did their jobs they went to Pip’s house to see if they can get Thomasina down. The builder was there to fix their house. They used the builder’s ladder but Thomasina would not come down.


Chapter 12:
Harry and Pip went outside at 10:30pm. The got Bracken and set off. When they got to the German’s house they shone a thin thread of light. Max came out. He said that he didn’t find anything. He overheard that there was all these clues at manor. Max had to go. They went back to the farm. As Pip went into the bedroom Pip’s mum woke up. She said that she went to the toilet. The next day she woke up late. One of the pigs was having a babies. Pip and Pip’s mum went to Church.





Chapter 13:
When Pip and Pip’s mum got back from Church there was a vet to help the pig. Lunch was a bit upside down. Mrs Seddon kept checking on Bertha the pig. Pip and Harry went to groom the ponies. They started talking about Max and the Germans. Pip overheard at Church that they are sending people to investigate them. Pip now doesn’t think that the Germans are spies! Harry disagreed. Pip went to see what her mum was doing, she was asleep on the old rocking chair. There were bottles of plums beside her. Pip could he Mr and Mrs Seddon talking upstairs in their bedroom. Pip went to the hut where they were staying. She went and checked on the mice. She gave the mice food and water. She pulled out a book which was Mel’s old diary.


Chapter 14:      
When Pip went for dinner Nurse Robin was there. She was dressing Dick’s arm. She stayed for tea. She said there was a meeting at the pub about the Germans. Dick stood up so suddenly the chair tipped over. He was out the door like a flash. Nurse Robin chased after him. After Pip and Harry washed the dishes they snuck out. The went to the pub saying that Pip’s mum left a pen there. Mrs Jarvis let them in. They saw Dick talking about the Germans. As they went through the door they left it open a little, so they could hear the conversation. Mrs Jarvis caught them and she shooed them out. As they were walking out Harry’s dad turned around. He got angry and told them off, Harry said the were looking for a Pip’s mum’s pen. As they were walking home a motor bike went passed, it stopped. It was Don. He gave them a lift back home. When they got to the drive way they saw Pip’s mum. Don asked her if she would like to go for a ride and the went off. The next day at breakfast there was a knock on the door. There was a telegraph boy standing there in a smart blue uniform. “A telegram for Mrs Armstrong,” he said. Pip’s mum took the envelope. “As I fell into darkness I knew I had killed Dad!”

Chapter 15:
Pip woke up on the old sofa. It was very quiet, Dick gave Pip’s Mum a bit of a hug. Harry’s mum said to Pip’s Mum to lie down but she was determined to go to the canteen. Harry did the farm jobs while Pip sat down for a little bit. Harry called Pip over she found were one of the geese were laying her eggs. One started to crack. The goose came running. They went into house. Mrs Seddon agreed to take Mr Seddon to the hall. Pip and Harry went to the Gamekeeper's house to warn them. They knocked on the door. There was a silver bit of metal. The door was opened by Max. He said that they can’t stay and that Hans has shut himself in the room. Suddenly the air raid siren wailed. German planes flew low. A bomb landed on the house. Max, Harry, Pip and the old lady were outside. There was a cry of help. Max got the lady and Pip climbed up. There was a shout for her to come down. She got down. There was all the help even Dick was there. Max got Winston out or the kennel. Dick and the Blood brothers went in. A fire engine came clanging up the path.


Chapter 16:
“Then two men came out coughing carrying a limp body.” Dick lay beside the man. Hans was dead. Pip took Max away from the fire and started talking about anything but the fire. He fell asleep. Mrs Seddon and her mum came. Mrs Seddon went to the fire. Pip’s mum said that she saw what had happened from the canteen. The Germans were going to London and dropping unexpected bombs here and there. They went back to the farm. Max and Ulla (Mrs Smith) were sleeping. PC Thorogood came and talked to Mrs Smith. She applied along time ago to become British. She was telling the truth. “I’ve got a worse feeling about the black pit under our feet. When the everyday ice cracks we fall in!”




Chapter 17:
Pip and Harry waited for the school bus. Max had gone to another school so it is not a 6 mile travel. Two boys came running up it was Spike and Benny. Spike took Pip’s and Harry’s hat and chucked the on the road as the upcoming bus approached. Harry whacked Spike with he gas mask. “Hurry up you kids! The ticket collector shouted. Don’t you know there is a war on?!”




Overall Summary:
This book was a good book. I would give it 7 out of 10 because it is really interesting. It has !got good hooks and it leaves you wanting to read more! There were a couple of spelling mistakes but otherwise it is a great book. I would recommend this book to 10-12 years of age because there are some quite scary bits in it. If you like war themed books this is a book for you

Saturday 20 August 2016

Cross Country!

Last Wednesday we had cross country! I got 2nd. It was the best I have ever done before and I think it was because I have been training so hard in swimming. This Monday I am going to North Otago Cross Country! It's the same course!


Timaru Swim Meet

On the 6th to the 7th of August, I went to the Timaru Swim Meet. I got three medals. I got gold in 200m breaststroke and I got bronze for 50m and 100m breaststroke. I got a couple of PB's too. We took a swimming friend up with us, which was fun. We had Pita Pit twice, it was delicious, we need one in Oamaru!

Inspirational Quote of The Week!


Saturday 30 July 2016

Birthday Present!


On the 21st of July it was my birthday! I turned 12. I got a Blue Koru Flower Design kit, from my cousin Jaimee. This weekend I made it! This is what it looked like!


Saturday 23 July 2016

Ruby Marris Scholarship Fundraiser!

On Sunday the 17th of July there was a concert. I got asked to play the part of the grand high witch from the Witches by Roald Dahl. We got to use the head set, microphone and we got to have a spot light on us too! In the photo I am beside Sophie Marris, she was playing the part of granny!

Tuesday 19 July 2016

Saying Goodbye to Mrs Jackson our Principal and Getting a Principal Award!

On Friday the 8th of July (last day of term 2!), we said goodbye to Mrs Jackson our principal, who was leaving and going to Australia. Mrs Jackson was a great principal and we will miss her very much! She also gave out the last principal awards too. Peta and I both got the last two for "setting up the hall respectfully!" We also got a free Subway voucher with it!

Speech Competitions

On the 20-22 of May I had the Oamaru Speech Competitions! I participated in 6 events! I got one 2nd, three Very Highly Commended and 2 Commended! It was very fun and it was worth the practice!

PB's And In The News Paper Again For Swimming!


Sunday the 3rd of July was the Oamaru Swim Meet! I got two PB's (Personal Bests!) The blue one is for 100m IM and the purple one was for 200m Breaststroke! I also got a DQ (Disqualification) in 50m Butterfly!
















I was also in the paper for the Oamaru Swim Meet for getting a great PB! I took 10 seconds off my 200m Breaststroke! (In swimming 10 seconds is a lot!)

Film Makers Awards!




I was part of the film club! We got to make a movie and then it went away to get judged against other schools. St Josephs came 2nd! Cameron Mather got best actor, and I got nominated for best actress!

Sunday 26 June 2016

Light And Color For Science

For light and color, Aria and I we used mirrors and a marble. We put the mirrors in a cube shape then we put the marble in the middle. This made it look like thousands of marbles.

Sunday 19 June 2016

Expecto Patronum (Narrative)

Expecto Patronum! The green light streamed across the forest. “Go, to your destination!” snapped Snape. The sparkling silver doe sped into the darkness of the forest. It was as quiet as a mouse;it weaved in and out of the giant trees. The light shone bright as the moon, it galloped at lightning speed, suddenly stopping as it came to a clearing of a meadow, full of daisies and luscious green grass. He playfully leaped through the meadow, and then he approached the dense part of the forest.


The was a winding path, but in the way was a hooded black finger, who stopped the doe. The large black finger looked just like a hand, with a finger pointed-his nails were as sharp as a knife (all you could see was the nail). The long black cloak trailed behind it like a sinister mist.


“What are YOU doing?” said the voice under the cloak. The doe tried to get past but he couldn’t, the way was blocked by the evil finger “Who are you looking for?” said the hooded finger. The doe, who could not speak projected an image of Harry Potter. “Very, Very Interesting;I know where he is, follow me”, the finger whispered in a barely audible voice.

The doe projected a question mark. “Why are you unsure?” breathed the finger. The doe sprinted away, off the track and into the distance...

Wednesday 15 June 2016

READ ESSAY: How We Could Make Waitaki Plastic Bag Free

What is deadly, you use it just once, often for thirty minutes, it floats away like a parachute and it ends up in the world’s biggest floating garbage dump. What is it? It’s a plastic bag. This essay is about why we shouldn’t use plastic bags and how they affect the environment.  What can we use instead of plastic bags?  Who else has already gone plastic bag free? Around the world we use 1 million plastic bags a minute;and 500 billion plastic bags get used a year!


How do plastic bags affect the environment?
Plastic is non-biodegradable. Plastic is harmful for the environment because bacteria can't eat it and it can’t break down on land or in the water.


Plastic bags get gathered up in the sea, twice the size of Texas! The world's biggest dump is the middle of the pacific ocean, it’s in between Japan and Hawaii, and America and Hawaii. On some of Hawaii’s beaches the beach is full of plastic and most of it is plastic or plastic bags!


Plastic can kill animals; Plastic bags kill more than 100,000 marine animals a year. If the sun gets to the plastic the plastic disintegrates into little pieces and fish think it’s food, eat it and die.  A little fish eats the plastic, then the bigger fish eats the little fish and so on.  We sometimes eat fish that has eaten plastic.  It is a domino effect.  It also strangles animals like birds and animals can swim and get caught up in plastic.


Who has become plastic bag free and how did they become plastic bag free?
Hawaii, Countdown Waiheke, Bali and Dublin are places that are plastic bag free. How Dublin became plastic bag free, was they taxed people. People got fed up with having to pay for the plastic bags so they brought their own reusable ones. By 2019, the UE want to decrease the amount of plastic used by one person by 90 bags a year;and then by 2025 the UE wants to decrease the amount of plastic bags to 40 bags per person, per year.
Two students in Bali have been trying to reduce plastic bag use by education, getting people to use reusable bags and have talked to their government about banning plastic bags.  They are aiming for Bali to be plastic bag free by 2019.  They have a website and Ted Talk.


Why do we use plastic bags? Plastic is easy to make, and you don't need very special equipment to make plastic bags. Plastic in most cases is the best, and most-cost effective way to keep food fresh and protect it from damage.  They are easy for supermarkets to use and they are set up to use them.  Advertisers like to put their logo on them. They are lightweight, easy to carry and you can get rid of them easily (or so people think!).  Shoppers use them, because they can get them for free and they don’t have to remember to bring them to the shop.


What could we use instead of plastic bags?
We could use brown paper bags. One of the good things about brown paper bags, is they are cheap for companies to buy in bulk, which if companies are buying in bulk it would be an average $0.22 per bag. A not so good thing about brown paper bags is, if they put in it wet, damp, or heavy things, they will easily break.


We could make bags! You can use clothes and make them into bags, a good thing about this is you can get rid of old clothes, rather than them going to landfill! We could also use environment friendly bags, baskets, boxes and reusable bags. One good thing about this is that we can fit more things in than a plastic bag, and you only need a couple of bags/boxes than heaps. They are easy to just keep in your car. At Pak’n’Save you can have the choice of buying reusable bags, or using boxes;which makes the boxes have more than one use of just packaging groceries to the supermarket.


For your rubbish bins (or wheelie bins), you can put your rubbish in without a plastic liner and once it goes away to the dump, you clean it out with water and soap.  It won't smell too much. You will have way less stinky rubbish if you recycle your cans, bottles and plastic.


When you go into a supermarket what do you see? Plastic. Not just plastic bags, but almost everything else is wrapped or bottled in plastic. At the back of the supermarket there is acres of shrink-wrap, pallet-wrap and bubble-wrap all used to deliver food.


EPTech has made biodegradable bags. EPTech is based in Tauranga.
They only take 6 months to several years disintegrate, compared to the normal plastic bags that take 50 to 500 years to disintegrate. Their bags can disintegrate in water or on land.


One of the shops that use EPTech biodegradable bags is Garden Fresh Oamaru. They were going to use paper bags but the weight of the pumpkins and large veggies, would rip the paper bag. There was two other types of bio-degradable bags. The biodegradable bags have a small logos on them say that they are biodegradable, if the bag does not have the logo it is not biodegradable. “They do cost more but they are better for the environment” said the shop owner.

Next time you go shopping think about all the plastic bags you get, and what you do with your plastic bags afterwards.  Ask yourself how long they will be in the landfill, or think of the plastic bag dump in the sea, think about how many sea animals you will kill. Then think, all the other options instead of plastic bags.  It may cost more initially to get recyclable bags, but in the future you would be thankful. #Save The Earth

Saturday 11 June 2016

Today I Was Confirmed

Today I was Confirmed! There were 23 of us getting confirmed by Bishop Colin and Father Wayne. Miss Tangney was my sponsor. It was a very special morning.



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