Afe's Family Hair Cutting Ceremony

Wohooo! Today we started off really well! Have you ever been to a Very Very Special Hair Cutting Ceremony. Well today I have experienced this my third time.

Firstly, as we arrived we waited outside for some members that we knew. After a while my friend Karl showed up and I was glad to see him arrive through the gates of the school.

Next we strolled over to the hall and found some seats. I was thinking that we were the odd ones out, because we didn't know anyone except for Afe and Joseph. As we waited Afe came over and spoke to my father and Tsana. ( Karl's Mother)

After a while we were shown to the front seats and seated there for the whole time. We were introduced to the main person of this ceremony, but I never paid attention to the names because I was bored.

Sooner when they invited some special people to the front front seats, the main persons mum spoke some very interesting words and inspiring as well. When she finished talking we were invited to eat. This meal was sooo delicious.

After the fabulous meal we had some very nice ice-cream and Jelly, which also followed along with chocolate cake. When I was done with my ice-cream I was sooo full and wanted to go and play outside with Karl and my brother Saia.

When we were allowed to go outside my brother and I decided to go and play soccer with a ball that we found. Karl was sooo busy climbing the wall and being a famous conqueror.During our soccer game some boys asked if I wanted to play tag with them and I said not at the moment. Once I was bored of loosing so much to my brother Saia, I gave up. Saia then noticed that I didn't want to play so he asked if I wanted to go and play with the boys who wanted to play Tag. As soon as we set foot they asked straight away if we wanted to play and my brother said yes.

We started off with one of the boys being in. We played so much that even I was getting puffed in the icy cold winds. Unfortunately for my brother he never got tagged because he was so pro at climbing around the park, It was if he was spider man. Sooner my dad called out to us and we went home.

Hair Cutting Ceremony

Wow!! Thrilling, just waiting for the Hair Cutting ceremony to start, and also listening to some groovy music as well.

Docking Days

Docking Days by Amanda Jackson

WALT review stories we read

This story is about a family docking the sheep.

First Aunt  Mollie pulled the cover off  Mikey and the narrator. Then Aunt Mollie, Uncle Tama, Mikey and the narrator got their docking gear ready for docking the sheep.

Then the family left in their old van for the paddocks that was near the sea. When the family got to the field where the sheep were,they started to dock the sheep but the sheep made a lot of noise so they had to scream at each other.

Next, when the all the sheep came down, they heard a noise coming from the the top of the hill and it was the chocolate truck. The chocolate truck rolled over and hit a tree.Then the family went and help the chocolate truck driver collect all the boxes of chocolate that had fallen of the truck. While  they were helping the truck driver,  Aunt Mollie was getting the picnic ready.

The characters in the story is Mollie,Mikey,Tama and the chocolate truck driver.

This story takes place on a sheep farm that was near the sea.

I liked this story because it tells us about how docking is done and about life on a sheep farm.

Lees Than one Second

WALT review  stories we read

This article is about Ashley and Shiree who are having are slot race.

The car weighs less than 150 grams each. The race lasts less than a second! Ashley and Shiree are the only children competing in the annual slot car Drag Racing Nationals in Nelson.

They are competing in races against each other as well as against adult racers. All the races are run as a best of three”. You have three chances to get the fastest time. At the start of a race, the racers line up in twos beside the drag strip.

Above them is a TV screen. The racers have to watch the screen for a green light. As soon as the green light flashes on, each racer presses down on their handheld control button to start the car.

They need  to have a very fast reaction time. If they start their car before the green light comes on, a red light flashes. This means that they are disqualified for that race.

Within a split second, the cars can reach speed up to 193 Kilometers per hour. Times are recorded on the computer. They are accurate to a thousandth of a second.

The track is 12.8 metres long. The world record for the fastest slot car drag race over this distance is .448. In that race, the car reached a speed of 222 kilometers per hour

The characters in the Ashley,Shiree and the adults

I like this story because it has heaps of cars.

Types of transport

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