my weekend

in the weekend I did trickle treating, with all of my friends, it was lots of fun.

wet windy sailing by Harry Quinn

It was wet and cold as I sailed out to sea.
The birds seemed to be flying just above me.
The waves were rough, the sea spray strong, I knew what I was doing was very wrong.
I sailed on into the night, moving fast from the light.
My arms were eching from holding the rope tight.
My boat bounced around as we head out of sight.
I look overboard and I'm surprised to see a grey fin swimming close to me.
My heart does a shudder as I turn my rudder to head back to the bay, which looks so far away.
The wind whips up and pushes me through, the sea looks a horrible blue.
I see the land sparkling in the dull night light, and wish I was in my bed tucked up tight.
The fin speeds past, but leads the way right up into the bay.
I jump on out and leave my boat floating on the waves, I rush away from the bay leaving behind the frightful day.

Wednesday 22nd September

Tessa and I are putting Photos onto my blog and learning to create Voki's

My Weekend

In the weekend I played my soccer game at Nairvel Park. We played Onslow it was a draw 1 all. I also went to paint a house with my family it was fun.

my awesome week-end

On friday I went to the Phoenix game at the stadium. The game was good and they drew 3 each.We came home very late. On Saturday I played in the bush with Clara and after awhile we biked down to the school. We saw other friends at the school.Clara and I then got ready for the 'Mid-night madness' which started at 7.00. We ran from school to the Muritai track entrance and ran to the top of Butterfly-creek, coming out at Kowhai Street. We needed torch's attached to our heads and had to be very careful not to slip in the mud. It was exciting to have people rushing past, all sliding in the mud. We ran down the alley -way and onto the waterfront, which was pitch black and quite scary. We made our way back to school with everyone else. I was very tired at the end, but really enjoyed it.

My - Mihi

I am going to read my Mihi to the class today.

ko kau-Kau te maunga
Ko Hutt-te awa
Ko quinn te iwi
Ko Trish ratou, ko Frank, ko Betty, ko John oku tipura
Ko Mark raua, ko Lesley oku matua
Ko Harry toku ingoa

My awesome weekend!

Last weekend was great! I went to my friends house and cleaned out a bomb shelter. I also went up in the bush and played games. Then I stayed the night and watched a movie. Then I went home and relaxed.

Scouts

One of the things i do after school is scouts, I go there at 6 30pm. It is really fun because we do big activities. The other day we went to the H2o pool, we also do other stuff, camping, kayaking, beach-fires, spotlight, orienteering, games and heaps more.

And thanks to all the leader who helped us enjoy our time there.

week three

This week I have been doing art, and I have played soccer at lunch time. I am getting ready for a soccer tournament. We went to technicraft on Wednesday. I have been doing sewing which is good fun. I have designed and I'm now sewing an i-phone cover.

Harry's Scary House, Harry Q

Harry’s scary house. By Harry Quinn


When I walked up to the house ,I had a shiver down my spine as I entered through the rusty gate, I saw grave stones and then I saw bats flying and the wind howling through the trees. The front steps were moldy and very slippery and I knocked on the door.
A mystery person opened the door and said ‘hello’ do you want a cup of tea? I was shocked to hear an ordinary person, living in such a scary house.

tuesday 27 july

We have so much fun in Room 23.
From art to writing to unicycling,
buddies to just being plain silly
we do everything.

Mr Eames does heaps of fun stuff with us in class.
Sometimes we do juggling or PE but my favourite
was when he taught us how to make paper water bombs.

We have been focusing on science fairs this term. I did mine on Power Bands.

All About ME!!!

A Day In The Life of Harry Quinn.

By Harry Quinn

Hi, my name is Harry Quinn and I am 11 years old and I go to Muritai School.

My day begins with getting up and having breakfast and then I either bike or get a ride at 7.40 to Anne’s, where we do reading. I have to turn on the computer.

After Annes I come to school and play before the bell. I then have 10 minutes reading in class and then I go across the road to Sarah and I do reading, spelling and writing.

I come back across the road and its maths time with Miss Berry. In maths, I solve problems and do equations.

At 10.30 I have morning tea and then play football with a group of others.
11.00 the bell goes and its back to class for silent reading, and then I work with Francie and sometimes we do PE and other times we go to the library to choose and swap books.

Lunch time is 12.30, I sit on the bench to eat and then I play football. After lunch I go back to class for 10 minute silent reading and then I take the recycling and rubbish bins across the road and empty them into bigger bins and then wheel them back and join in with the rest of the class, which is usually inquiry.

At 3.00pm I bike home along the waterfront and often stop to play on the beach. When I get home, I have afternoon tea and then I invite friends around and we go up into the bush where we have made a base. We upgrade our swing which is a rope tied to a tree. We also take the wheels off skate boards and slide down the pine needles.

When it starts to get dark, I head home for dinner. We all sit at the table to eat and talk about our day. I go to football practice at the community centre and play on Saturdays. In the evening I play ‘Wii’ or read and then go to bed at 8.30.

Strike

Strike is a high energy drumming group which came to Muritai School. The drums were hit with drum sticks making everyone glued to the show. It was amazing!
The group have been together for 15-16 years and are outstanding percussionists. Percussion is producing a sound by being hit with an implement eg sticks, shakers, rubbed, scraped so the object vibrates. Percussion is a Latin word meaning to strike. The whole school had fun watching and listening to the show. What I liked best was them using coke cans to drum out a beat, which sounded awesome.

What is Matariki? It is a group of stars in the sky. It is a Maori festival. You can see Matariki in the sky in June. It is a Maori new year. Only seven stars in Matariki can be seen by the naked eye.

The stars of Matariki appear in the start of June and fade away in the middle of May. People celebrate at the beginning of June. All around New Zealand people celebrate Matariki in many different ways.

E.G, planting trees, Kapa Haka, Hangi, even flying kites and beach parties. I would like to celebrate Matariki with a Hangi or songs, books and maybe some games with Kapa Haka.

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