Middle School Production

On the 2nd of December I went to Manurewa Central School. The minute I walked in the auditorium I heard Manurewa Central's orchestra playing their violins, viola, and the bass. The music sounded really lovely. One of my favourite dances was the black or white. The assembly was about diversity. It was about diversity because it was to show our parents all of our cultures.

When Masin said “Black and white” the black and white dancers stood up at the same time. They were standing very beautifully. They stood up so beautifully it looked like they were meeting the queen. The music went on and they started their the dance by pretending to play the guitar. The costume they were wearing was black pants and white t-shirts. Their moves were going up and down which made the dance look amazing. I was surprised that they kept in their lines and were doing the moves at the same time. I wished that I was doing it with them.

My 2nd favourite was the ukulele. Masin said, “Fiji” and the ukulele people stood up at the same time. They went down the stairs and got ukuleles. Masin said, “Toru, wha”. After that the ukulele people played their ukulele in the auditorium. They sounded beautiful.

I recommend that you should come along next year. The performance was absolutely amazing.

Robot

Once upon a time there were 4 best friends.Their names were James, Eldon, Riley, and Michelle. They all loved dancing. One day they went to in the science room. They were playing around and acting very silly because it was their day off. But what they didn’t know was that they were pouring potions together and then they created a evil robot.

One day later one of them accidentally poured one potion in the robot to make them take over the world. They only realised that the robot was a robot at a dance competition. They saw the robot doing things that no other person could ever do. Riley said, “That sort of looks like a robot because it has electric wires coming out of it.”

Riley and her friends went and snuck into his huge beautiful changing room. They hid in the closet. Suddenly  the robot came in the room. They all had a sneak peek to see all its electric wires. Unexpectedly the robot said, “Army come here.” After that his whole army of robots came straight away.

Riley went and got some gear from the basement. She got water guns, iphones from the lounge and 4 shields. After a while the robots army came to her backyard. All of them got their water guns out and shot them. They shot them like wild animals. They shot all of them expect for the last one, the leader. He was the hardest to get. So they all split up around the backyard. It was all up to those 4 best friends. They shot the water at him so fast he couldn’t breath. They were crying with joy.

Kiwi

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Hiwi the Kiwi Show

When Manurewa Central school walked through the auditorium doors there was groovy music on. First Minstrel said, “Okey dokey.” Then the crowd shouted out, “Hokey pokey,” and that meant we need to be quiet as a mouse so we could listen to Minstrel.

The first lesson he told us was to always have a fishing ruler when you're fishing.If the fish  is too big it might have baby fish in its tummy so you carefully put it back in the water with a wet towel. If the fish is too tiny you need to put it back in the water because it is a baby and it needs to grow much bigger.

Always pick up a fish with a wet towel because it has this special sunscreen on it and if you wipe it off by just touching it and putting it back in the water it will die.

When you catch your fish put the fish in salt ice because a fish lives in salt water and if you put it in fresh water it won’t taste nice.

Minstrel told us a story about life jackets.The story was... there were 3 strong men that were really good swimmers who thought that they didn’t need life jackets even when the boat was going really fast and the life jackets were in front of the boat.Then all the 3 men went flying out of the boat. They could swim but the boat left them and now they have passed away and that's why you should always wear life jacket.

My favourite part was when the whole school sang “Kai moana, fish from the sea. Kaimoana to feed the family. Fish for the future and there will always be more kaimoana for you and me.”

Pa Mai

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Duffy Assembly

Dancing with Mythology

On Tuesday the 5th of April Room 16 went to Vodafone Events Centre to learn about Maori language, Maori myths and to dance. When we got there we sat on the floor and listened to the stories about Pou Kapua. 

Gabby told us about Ranginui and Papatuanuku. She said that Ranginui and Papatuanuku had seventy boys.Ranginui and Papatunuku hugged each other and there was no light between them. Their seventy kids were between them and they were so squashed that they wanted to separate them. Tangaroa tried first but he couldn't do it. Then Tane Mahutu tried and he separated them.

After all the talking we played a game. The game was to flex our bodies to make an animal or a boat. We formed into groups. Our group started first. Our group did an animal. The animal was an ant. We tried to form an ant but it looked like a nest. But someone guessed it. I was glad because my back hurt!

Now it was the next groups turn. Their group did a falling tree. The other group did the waka (the boat). The last group did Rata looking at the beautiful tree.


Click on this link to see an image of Pou Kapua at Vodafone Events Centre

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Mihimihi

What if story

What if I lived under the sea? The first thing I would do under the sea is do a bunch of back flips and front flips. 

Any way my name is Incredible Fish Girl. I’m so incredible my teeth are as long as a human’s leg. My body shape would be made out of metal so when someone try’s to attack me it won’t hurt.

I would only eat chocolate and lollies. I will be allergic to vegetables and meat. I would have saved 200,345 fishes. People would call me pretty because I saved them. I like saving people because I like to be kind.

Who Am I?

I am an 8 year old boy from Auckland. My family is half Maori and half kiwi.

I have dark brown eyes like hyenas fur. My hair is as scruffy as a ripped coat. My ears are like an elf’s pointy ears. My feet are like a monkey’s feet. My eye brows are dark brown and fuzzy. My lips are pink like a flamingo.

I am good at cricket, rugby, hockey, soccer, tennis, and other sports like running. I like my pets and ice-cream. I also like a game called JURASSIC WORLD. It has heaps of dinosaurs in it.

I am lazy, adventurous and imaginative. I am all those because I watch TV a lot. I get my toy out and play outside. I sit down and be imaginative.

I am 8 years old and I am a year 4 girl. My mum’s family is from Tonga. My dad’s family is from Singapore and Christchurch.

My hair colour is dark brown. It’s as brown as a block of chocolate. My eyes are as sparkly as the sun. My skin colour is as brown as a baby bear. My arm’s are very short. They’re like kangaroo arms. My body shape is a bit chubby and a bit skinny. My legs are as long as an elephants trunk.

I’m good at swimming and playing basketball. I like playing bulrush, prank’s and baking cupcakes. I also like ice-cream, chocolate chip cookies, reading and playing the ukulele.

I’m kind, caring and humble.I’m shy, silent and brave. I like helping my mum with dinner because I get chocolate and lollies. I’m brave because I killed a moth by standing on it for my baby sister. I’m kind because I cleaned my older sister’s room.

I am 7 years old and I am a boy. I've got shiny white teeth. I am Maori. 

My short hair is as brown as a tree. My skin is tan. My eyes are big, brown and shiny. I am skinny.

I am good at playing on my playstation. I am also good at running fast.

I am a very bossy boy but sometimes I am very lazy at home.

I am a 7 year old boy. I was born in Auckland. I am half Chinese and half English. My family is from China. My little sister is from Auckland too.

I have blackish hair. I have styled hair too. I have 2 shiny eyes. I have shiny teeth. I have 2 skinny legs.

I like playing rugby on the field and kicking balls over the goalpost. I also like making new things.

I am helpful because I sometimes help my mum cook. I am brave because I can talk to other people that I don't know. I'm honest to the teacher when I didn't do somethings that I wasn't allowed to do. I am respectful at home to my little sister and my mum too. I also respect  my Chinese homework too. I am a friendly and kind boy too.


I am 8 years old and I was born in Australia. My Mum is from Tonga and my Dad is from Australia. I come from Australia.

I have shiny and black hair. I have soft, smooth, brown skin. I'm a tall boy and I have strong muscles.

I like playing soccer and rugby.

I am kind and I have good manners. I am noisy at home.


I am a girl. I'm from India. My whole family is from India but not my brother. I am 7 years old.

I have black sparkling hair. I have brown glittering eyes. I have pink rose lips. I have light brown skin. It is smooth as a cat's fur.

I am good at swimming in the pool. My favourite thing to do at home is play with my brother and my best friend at my house.

I am kind. I am shy at school and when I make new friends. I am most happy when I go swimming. I like doing the gliding. I am a very happy person when I see my friends and when I play with them.