Hippos.

Hippos

Hippos are large and heavy animals.They have short legs, four toes on each foot, a short tail, small ears, a big mouth,a large nose and they have very thick skin.

Where Hippos Live.

Some hippos live in Africa, near rivers to cool down, and to keep away from the lions.

What Hippos Eat.

Hippos eat grass on a hot sunny day.

What Hippos Do.

Hippos rest in water and sleep in daytime.

Hippos Babies.

Baby hippos have to stay away from the male hippos because some male hippos fight and the baby hippos get hurt.

Hippos Dangers

After feeding in the dark for a few hours, hippos go back to the water because lionesses come and hunt them for dinner.

Slaters

Rory Slaters from Pam Thomson on Vimeo.

This is why we have slaters in our classroom.

Matariki

Matariki

Elgrego

Yesterday, Elgrego came to our school and performed magic in an anti-bullying show.
When we were ready, he started the magic show. Our school walked in and Elgrego said, "Alright. Let's start." First, there were three birds in a big box. Elgrego put a blanket over it and said, "It better work. It better work," and snapped his fingers and a rabbit  appeared. The whole school was amazed at that trick.
Next, Elgrego performed the raspberry fizzy drink trick. He poured some  raspberry fizzy drink into a cup and put it in the ups and downs box. He turned it left then right and upside down
 and it did not spill. It blew my mind. "Wow!" I said.
After that, Elgrego was being a ventriloquist. He rushed out with an egg and a little green dinosaur popped out of the yellow and green egg. He got teased like me but he was green  and he sang some songs and Elgrego said some poems. He was a ventriloquist. A ventriloquist is someone  who talks for puppets. 
Finally, Elgrego did the trick of walking through a brick wall. First, he put the blanket over the wall. He stood behind it, then he said, "Aaaaagh! Eeeeeh!" He started to walk through the wall. He took away the blanket and he was standing in front of the wall. He had walked through a solid brick wall.

Confirmation

On Wednesday night, a whole entire group from our school received the gifts from the Holy Spirit in Confirmation.
We first went into the hall. We walked into the church and sang a song. We sat down and Mrs Readman called out our names.
In the middle of Mass, I went up to the Bishop. He was wearing a red top and wearing a hat. He put oil on my forehead and asked me some questions. Most of the answers were "I do," and I bowed down to the Bishop and said, "Amen," and "Also to you."  

A Fishy Tale

One day, my cousin and I went on a cruise ship.  

We put our fishing rods in the water and both caught fish.  My cousin’s huge King Snapper bit my Snapper’s body off so I only had the snapper’s head left on the line, then my Snapper said, “Gidday Mate!”.  

I screamed and wet my pants.  The fish bit my finger so I threw it in the underlay (an underlay is a rag that goes on top of a big bucket).  

I took him home and hung him on my wall.