At the beginning of this term we all learned how to write a Haiku Poem. This form of poetry comes from Japan and it is 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second line and back to 5 in the third line. I had fun writing my Haiku about our swimming.

I was excited 

Because the boat was moving

Nervous but happy.

Last Friday, on the 13 September I was so excited for Mission Day  because Mission Day is a day where we all have fun and raise money for the Holy Angels’ Orphanage  in India. When  the bell rang we went to St Patrick’s church to celebrate Mission Day Mass and a new priest was there! After church we set up the Fishing things for our Mission Day stall with prizes and then it was our turn to go shopping. Then I was getting some food for my sisters and I, I got drinks, lollies, and other food.

When I went to the canopy I saw the Raffle stand so I bought one. After I bought one it was my turn to run the fishing stall and lots of people won prizes like slinky, yo-yo, lollies, pinball and more! After the whole thing we some of us cleaned the school, my friend and I took the tables back to the library and classroom. My class and I watched a movie called Pete’s Dragon and then Mrs Foden came with the sausage sizzle and gave me 2 sausages because I ordered 2. After all of my sausage Ms Kyle let us have some candy and we continued with the movie and then we finally had ICE BLOCKS!! My favourite. Then it was home time and I had a happy day!

Last Thursday morning, Room 6 and Room 7 had to go and sit on the benches near the bottom court and there were these pretty girls named Stephanie and Lucy.  Lucy told us about the alphabet standing for words we need to remember when checking a bike for safety. She said it was A B C D D Q and Room 7 And Room 6 were confused. Actually they mean A- air, B- brakes, C – chain, D- direction, D- drop test, Q- quick release lever. Right after they told us about the safety of a helmet.

Stephanie told us to grab a bike so we did and then she told us to go down the bottom court and ride, so Lucy was our teacher. Then we had to ride around the court for a warm up and it was kind of like red light, green light but in a circle. The first game we played was fun because if you put your feet on the ground you’re out. Then one of the Room 7 won and then we played again but instead Lucy played but she won but at least we all tried our best.

The bell rang so then we ate some  delicious fruits and our yummy lunches and had a play down on the bottom court again. After the bell rang for bike time again! I was so excited for biking time so then Lucy sorted the bikes and gave them back to all of us and we did a warm up again. We played the box game which is like when teams do sign signals like look, hands and look again and use the brakes when  you’re in the box. We played again! After that we had one last free bike ride and then we had to pack up. It was so much fun.

On Wednesday my school and I had to walk down at 8.45am to Dunkirk Park to play Rippa Rugby against other schools in the area. Everyone packed fruits, mouth guard, water bottles and lunches. First the seniors had to play and then my team had to play. My team and I versed Panama  Rd and we played for 10 minutes and we lost but it’s okay! Then we had a long break. Next we versed Panmure Bridge and it was my turn to have a run and I versed my best friend from my rugby team. When I ran she got my tag so then I passed the ball to one of my teammates and he got a try! We still lost the game overall. Then we versed Panmure District School and we lost again. Then finally we versed Point England and I scored 3 tries in that game and my teammate got 6 tries. My other team mate got 4 tries and  we WON!! We celebrated with a photo. My school and I walked back to our school and waited until the juniors came down to the gate. I was so happy that I was selected and I hope I can go again next year.

Did you not know? The first Olympians were from Greece. My class and I had to choose an athlete, I chose Ato Plodzicki Faoagail because he is my uncle and he does boxing and he is fighting for Samoa. He played at North Paris Arena and he versed Victor Schelstraete. The Paris Olympics finishes on the 11 August and started on 26 July.

Do you know Keith Haring? He is an artist and my class and I had to draw our athlete like his drawings. I drew someone boxing and my whole class did different drawings. My best friends did boxing, gymnastics, badminton, and other sports. Mrs Agnew gave us coloured paper and the choices were green and blue for the background or blue and yellow and green and yellow but I choose green and blue for the background and yellow for the body and then orange for the boxing gloves. It was fun:wring

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Turtles live in water but Tortoises live on land. Also turtles and tortoises both have shells on their backs. On the one hand tortoises have toes and claws while turtles have big flippers and webbed feet. In contrast tortoises live for about 100-150 years while turtles live for 20-30 years. Turtles and tortoises are similar because they both lay eggs on land! Turtles eat vegetables like tortoises do but they also eat small water creatures, worms and fish.