Do you want to verse me on 8 ball pool?

On the weekend, my family and I went to my cousin's Holy Communion celebration at Valentines.

When we arrived there, I went upstairs because the celebration was up there. The stairs were red which the bulls hate. When I reached the top, I saw Lasike playing pool. I didn't want to play because I'm not that good at playing pool. He said,"Do you want to play?" I said, 
"Yep!" He gave me the stick. I used the stick to hit the ball and I got the black ball went in. Then our team won! Then I realised that I wasn't that bad at it after all. I actually did pretty well.

Finally it was eating time! I grabbed garlic bread, lasagna, lollies and drink. I sat down and ate hungrily like a dog keeping the bone to itself. I finished everything on my plate. 

After I finished eating, I asked my cousin if we could go and play pool again and he said "Sure!"

It was my turn to break. When I broke, I got two balls in and I was proud of myself. It was still my turn because two balls went in. I got six balls in and I won in the end. I couldn't stop smiling because I felt really happy.

I had so much fun playing pool with my cousins. I hope we can play pool again soon so I can keep practising my skills.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

I know I can do this when I describe my emotions using metaphors.

School Holiday are always fun!

On the weekend, my family and I went to Lasike's house for a sleepover. When we arrived there I went straight upstairs to Lasike's room to play some games. Once I was upstairs, I asked Lasike, "Can I play?" He said "No!" I felt that he was like a greedy dog wanting to keep a bone to himself. I asked him a second time "Can I please play?" He replied, "Yes!" I was as happy as a clown.

When it was my turn, I played my favourite game Minecraft! I played online Sky Wars. When the game started, a person came straight at me and I hit him so he died. I was laughing. When my friend and I were the last men standing. We fought each other. I ran to him like I was a police man chasing a thief. I hit him hard when I reached him as if it was a match between Mayweather and Pacquiao.

I played the second time and lost because I jumped off and died in the game. I was angry because I don't like to lose. After a while, I felt hungry so I went to the kitchen and ate a pie. I played on the PC for a long time and I was still playing until Lasike called me to go and play Pay day with him. Pay day is a shooting game, it look boring but it was fun when I played the game. I shot everyone and it said "You have won". I felt sleepy and slept.
I hope I get to Lasike's house a bite earlier next time. I might ask my parents to drop me off earlier.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in my writing to make it more interesting.

I know I can do this when I  use metaphors and similes to make my writing more interesting.

Weekend is always better than a day of school!

On the weekend my family and I went to the Valentine's to celebrate my cousin's birthday.

When we arrived there I was extremly excited because I couldn't wait to see him. We went inside, and my aunt the mother of the birthday boy said "Alu o kume a tabela." My mum said "Eo!" (Translation- Aunty, Go and find a table.- Mum said "Yes!" So we went and found a table near the window and while we we were sitting I felt shy because there were lots of people coming to the celebration.

Then it was prayer time. I said in my head while they were praying, thank you God for my family and please look after my cousin because it is his B-Day. Amen. Finally it was eating time I got some fish and chips, sushi, extra chips and a fanta drink. I sat down to eat quietly. I ate the sushi first because it is my favourite food in the whole entire world. I ate hungrily like a lion keeping the meat to himself. I drank fanta and it made my stomach very full because I ate yummy, yummy sushi and all my food on my plate.

It was time to open the presents. The first present was a cuddley pillow pet and a shape of a extremly big bee. He's second present was a Nike shoe with a big tick like how my teacher ticks my school work and the colour was red and white. His last present was a tablet with a white case. We ended the celebration with a prayer! 

After that we went back home safetly and sound. I hope that we can celebrate more bithdays with my cousins in a very special way just like the one we just attended.

     We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.
 I know I can do this when I use appropriate similes and verbs in my writing to make my writing more interesting.

Do you want to join my rugby team?

On the weekend my family and I went to my rugby game at Orakei. 


When we arrived there I ran as fast as the wind to play kicks with my team mates. Our warm up started with kicks, passes and tackles for only three minutes. The referee  said, 'Warm up is over, it is game time.
The game started. 

They kicked the ball to us. Skips caught is and ran like a crazy bull and smashed, them like a recycling truck. 

But there were one of the players shoulder charge him. He got a penalty and got a yellow card mean 10 minutes out of the game. We picked to kick it to the goal posts. I drop kicked it and it went is! I was happy like my little sisters. It was half time.
The second half started. 

We kicked the ball to them and the ball went up in the air like a  flying bird. Josh jumped like a hopping bug and got the ball and got tackled. He released the ball to me and I grubbed the ball in a straight line and our wing Jack got the ball and got a try.They did not tackle me and I got a try! 



The final score was 82-0 


We  are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.

I know I can do this when I use appropriate similes and verbs in my recount. 

Do you want to join my rugby team?

In the weekend I went to my rugby game at Marist Eastern. When I arrived there I searched for my team mates. After just a few moments, I found them.  Yay! I said to them, "Our warm up is passing, kicking and tackling". While we were warming up the referee said, "The game will start in twenty seconds." I felt disappointed but excited at the same time because I felt like our warm up was being cut short.

Then the game started. We kicked the ball to the other team and one of their players caught and ran as fast as lightning towards me. I tackled and lifted him up then dropped him on the ground.  I got a penalty. Damn it!!!

The ball is in the other team and they passed it onto their other team mates. I intercepted it and got a try.  I felt extremely proud and happy like my silly little sisters who were cheering for me!! After I scored a try, I passed the ball to Ollie and he passed it back to me so I kickked it out and it was half-time.

We were given a minute break to sort out our teams before the second half starts. When the second half started they kicked the ball so hard that it flew high like an aeroplane. Josh from our team jumped like a kangaroo and caught the ball in the air. He got tackled as soon as he landed so he had to release the ball to Leo and Leo passed it to the other Josh in our team. Josh passed the ball in a straght lineand it reached the wing. Our wing ran as fast as a cheetah and scored a try. (The score was 14-0).

I scored a try because I chased after the ball on the try line.

Next time, I will pass the ball to others so we can get more  tries. (The final score was 22-0).

We  are learing to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.
I know I can do this when I use appropriate similes and verbs in my recount. 

Yay! We won against Waitamata Sharks!

On the weekend my sister, dad and I went to my rugby game at Waitemata Rugby club, out of Auckland. When we arrived there, I went to my team to do warm up because it was very cold. My fingers and toes felt like they were numb and I thought I would freeze like a statue. After we warmed up the referee came and told us that the game was starting in two minutes. The  referee was wearing a striped T-Shirt like a zebra and  black pants so that it will be easy for us to recognise him. Our final two minute warm up was passing the ball and push ups and we all had to do it twenty times.

The game started. The other team kicked the ball to us. I caught it and passed it on to Josh,  who is in our first five position. He ran as fast as a bolt of lightning and almost got a try. But the other team’s fullback was angry like Mayweather when he fought with Manny Pacquiao in boxing, he tackled him with all his might so Josh offloaded the ball to me and I got a Try! Everyone in my team loudly cheered me. I felt so happy and proud of myself.

Then it was our turn to kick off the ball. They caught the ball and that person ran as fast as a cheetah towards me. I tackled him and and threw him down on the ground. It got a penalty because in rugby, throwing people out is dangerous. I made a mistake of not following the safety rules. Then the whistle blew for half time.

On the second half they scored and so the overall total score was 25 to 25. It wa a TIE! We had to break the tie so there will be a real winner. Our team kicked the ball to them and they kicked it back to us. Then my friend Levi caught the ball and passed it on to me so I ran as fast as “Flash”  and scored!  Again, we kicked the ball to them and they caught it and passed it to their player on the wing. He ran and sidestepped our wing and almost got a try. Immediately,  I ran after him and chased him across the field like Tom and Jerry.  He tried to pass it to his teammate so I snatched the ball off him and scored a run away try.

Then the whistle blew and that was the end of the game. The final score was 45 to us and 25 to them. We were all very happy and we congratulated each other by patting each other’s shoulders like silly little monkeys.

I did my best and scored 3 tries. I will try very hard not to get a penalty next time. Although we won, I felt that I let our team down by not giving my other team mates the opportunity  to score a try.

WALT use descriptive language to make my writing intresting.

I know I can do this when I use appropriate similies in my recount.

That was the best birthday ever!

It  is summer time so we are going to the beach. In the holiday my family and I went to the beach. First I put on my swimming togs and then I got onto the water. When I first got in, it was very cold and the water tasted salty.

After I tasted the salt water, I vomited my dad carried me back to the shore to calm down. Then when I was calm

I went back into water to have a swim. When I got in, I jumped onto back he grabbed me and threw into the water. I did a front flip and I landed in my back and it was sore. My brother laughed at me.

After we swam, we went and had something  to eat. I ate tuna sandwich and drank same juice. After I ate I went back to the waster for a bit. Then we played rugby. I threw the ball and I ran straight to my brother because he had the ball. And when I ran to him, he pushed me and I went flying like a frisbee.

After that, my mum called us to blow the candle.

The cake was on the table so my brother and I raced to it so one of us could blow it out first. “Get ready get set go!", said my mum. I was the first one to blow it out. After that, we sang the birthday song to my nana and she was crying because she was so happy.

Then we went home in my dad’s car. It was very safe because my dad is a very good driver that was the best birthday ever and I’m looking forward to my birthday.                       

WALT: plan our writing by focusing on the important information.

I know this when I write the keywords about my holiday using a brainstorm map.