Cafe Day!

On Thursday November 1st our Moana Learning Hub held a cafe day. We decided to do this for last terms topic, actions speak louder than words. Our goal was to invite elderly from our community to serve them with food and drink for free!

In the morning we started to set up. Tables and chairs were coming in, vases and flowers, table cloths, fragile China, bunting, food and lots more! As we set up, the rain was doing its thing outside. After maybe an hour and a half of pushing and tidying we were finished. We chose our badges and waited for people to arrive.

When orders started coming in we were pouring cups of tea and coffee in the kitchen. Charlie K, Karma, Henry, Bjorn and I were caterers. The boys were in charge of the coffee and the girls took orders and poured cups of tea. More and more orders started coming in and the stress started to come in as well. Some performers took the stage while people enjoyed their meals.

Slowly the people were leaving. When we finally got to the end, the rain kept going down and we carried tables back to classes. The hall didn't look as beautiful as it did before. Our goal was a success and we went back to class.

Craft Fair

On November the 17th we had our School Craft Fair!

There was lots fun rides including sumo wrestling and pony rides (and lots more). Not only that but there were TONS of stalls, including school ones and other peoples. Kya and I ate lunch at the fair, she had nachos and I had a beef burger. There were quite a few choices for food so later on I had a real-fruit ice-cream. We went on this ride where we had to stand on pillar sort of things holding big 'sticks' (not actual sticks, rubber ones with rubber 'weights' on each end) and had to knock each other down onto the bouncy platform within the time given. We also did sumo wrestling.

I had a great time at the Craft Fair. Eating, playing and bumping into people we know. The traditional, annual craft fair, except this time the hangi wasn't on the same day (we still haven't had it) and unfortunately no dunk the principal.

Overall I had a blast! I definitely recommend coming to our craft fair next year if you live near or in Gisborne. Here are some pictures:

Wonderful William!

In my reading group, Huia, we have an assignment to share some information about William Shakespeare, and explain why we think his writing is still valued to this day. We were instructed to make 3 slides with our information (title and end pages not included) and present to the rest of our reading group on the deadline date. Since I have finished, I have made a blog post sharing the information I have collected to share to you. Enjoy!

'Amazing' Athletics

Yesterday (6.11.18) it was athletics day. It went all day and yet we had to finish the rotation this morning. We got to wear our house colours and could bring $3 for an ice-cream or ice-block- this was a fundraiser for the children of Samoa. 
Yesterday for sprints I came last on my first race and tied with a friend on the 200m sprint. I'm not sad or mad that I didn't get a placing because I tried and I'm proud of what I achieved. Later on at long jump, I did a bit better. I was confident and went further than I anticipated. Today we did ball throw and high jump. High jump was a choice so I decided not to. I watched the Y6 girls and Y3 boys do their thing on high jump, while the others like me played twisted, concentration and other games. Moving on to ball throw I waited in line for a while, when it was my turn I think on one of my throws I threw 11.3m. That's all I heard though. When we were done, it was already morning tea.