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The forest was usual enough; it had

a hill, trees, a stream

and a bridge over it, and even some stairs

to climb the colossal cliff. My brother, my sister and I

did what children do - rolled carlessly

down the hills, dashed past the bushy trees, leaped on the

dull rocks coming out of the river,

attempted to climb the cliff, discovered crystals

doing nothing important

inspired by James k Baxter

= T-shirt poem =

My t-shirt is from Piha. Swimming in the salty Tasman sea. Climbing the enormous rock and trying to keep balance. Diving into the vigorous waves. I had an amazing holiday.

= = = My Hut =

What I loved was making huts in the ice cold winter. Ty, Ryan, Tyler and I would make huts in the bushy trees; on grassy hills; in the centre of expanding fields. We even made huts on the edges of the freezing fences

The smell of frozen water would create a cold feeling inside of us as we searched for colossal chunks of ice to make the walls and the roof.Every single day the hut would get even bigger. By stacking chunk by chunk we would construct a masterpiece.

We would go on all day until someone would fall over and break a wall then it wold all start,

" You broke the hut"!!

"No I didn't"!!

"Yes you did"!!

"No I didn't"!!

"Yes you did"!!

This would go on until someone would chuck a heap of snow at one of the arguer's face. Everyone would go quiet. The rest of us would creep up to the stunned person and help them up. Soon we would start repairing the hut until something else would happen. DUN DUN DAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

The Challenge

Speeches. The heart stopping moment that could end my life, not literally though. 400 living creatures staring at my face as i returned glances. I was so nervous that my heart slowed down to 1 beat per 5 seconds. The fear flowing through my body almost made me pee my pants, NO JOKES. As I stalled waiting for the judge to tell me to start, the little creatures wouldn’t stop looking at my face as if the appraising me or something.Then, the judge gave me the signal. I took a colossal breath and I knew that from that moment onwards, it was a matter between life and death and it was, at least for the next 3 minutes.



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In P.E we were doing an epic sport known as discus. We learned about all the points you need to throw a discus properly. For your legs you need to leen forwards and backwards consinstintly to transfer the weight forwards and back to get the ultimate launch. Next we practised our thrust. Most of the power comes the weight change but the extra boost comess from the arm action which is the arm swinging back and forth with a firm grip without using the thumb. After that we learned about the release which is one of the hardest points to perfect. With the realese you need to watch for the moment when the discus is directly infront of you so you relese it at the right tie. If you dont the discus will fly in another direction and you will FAIL!!!!!! Another key point of the release is keeping the discus flat so you get a high score in competitons.

= = = The Skatepark =

==== The wind blows fiercely against the complex structures on the flat are by the seaside. People preforming moves while the ramps resisted the blows as if they were in a boxing match. The sea slapping against the sand forming a noise like thunderclaps entertaining the listeners. Pain thrashing through the structures of the fallen skateboarders. Children grinning and sprinting carelessly in full revolutions while their parents attempted to control them. Trees bending till the surface till the split in half after ages of stretching. ====

= Cultural Day FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =

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Food. The delicious creation with many forms coming from different cultures and the reason I came to cultural day. I stepped into the silent room as I starred at the food then, Ms. Milne walked into the room and she said something that made my day. "You may eat" she said and we charged to the table to devour the food. The long, wide table infested with mouthwatering food set me off on a frenzy that could never be stopped. I shoved as much food as I could on my plate for me to devour. I grabbed my first selection and I shoved it in my mouth. "Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' I exclaimed. I ate for the next fifteen minutes and i was HAPPY!!!!!!!! :)