The Hobsonville Run

The Hobsonville run

On Sunday the 26th of May, some of the running club kids did the Hobsonville run. The run was at the Hobsonville point. There was a 3km event and a 5km event. I was doing the 3km event. Once the Waikowhai Primary kids arrived, Ms Sands our running coach and class teacher gave us a special shirt. It was navy blue with a stripe of yellow on the sleeves and neck. at the back it said WAIKOWHAI in bold capital letters (also yellow) There was a sticker on the front of the shirt saying a number with three digits on it. Once the race was about to begin, you had to tie a little electric chip to your shoe. That little chip could say exactly how long it took you to run the race.

There was a man near the start. He had a hand horn. Once he pressed it, we were off. We ran on the pathway and through the bush. After 15 minutes, I had reached the finish line. I was given a gold medal with a yellow ribbon. My friend Abigail got a medal just like mine. After receiving the medal, we all relaxed and went over to Ms Sands. She gave us our results. I had come 6th out of 62 people. Abigail had come 5th out of 62 people. there were ice blocks and ice creams for sale as well as hot dogs and burgers.

I was proud of myself and thought that I would do the 5km next time.

Anti bullying day & letter drop off

Anti bullying day & letter drop off

On Friday, the 17th of May, it was anti-bullying day. Some of us (not including me) wore pink shirts or jumpers supporting pink shirt day. We also had another activity do.The teachers printed out some t-shirts on card, and cut them out. All of us had to find a quote and copy it down onto the card in good handwriting. Then we had to colour the t-shirts as well. Some of the students coloured them pink. We were planning to do another letterbox drop-off. After coloring the t-shirts in, the teachers divided us into groups. Then we were given our cards. We headed in different directions to different streets. My group posted letters on Quona avenue. As we walked along, we posted letters to different letterboxes. We went on the letter box drop off near the end of the day, but for me, it felt as if I had only been at school for 15 minutes. the day was so fun, I had lost track of time!

Here are some of the shirts down below.

Anti bullying day is important because it is a day where we all support each other, and stop the bullying.

Remember, spread kindness, not hate!

My narrative

Narratives

In week 8 and 9, we were all as busy as beavers with our narratives. A narrative is a story that is made up completely by you! It can be as crazy as you want it to be, but there are some main things it must include. You have to have a setting, characters, a problem and near the end comes a solution. We have also tried to use onomatopoeia, alliteration, similes, adjectives and such. Slowly, bit by bit, out narratives built up. once we had finished, we had to go through the whole story and check for spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. It took quite a while, but we all managed.

My story is about a sengi ( the english word is "elephant shrew. shown in this picture) that helps others and defeats a big wolf with others, he also knows karate! her name is Elana. She has four friends and they go on heaps of different adventures together. I am making it a series and this is book 1.

I think I did quite well with my story, even though some of you may think it is weird. I like all the things I added and the quirky details. Next time, I will do even better.

Here is my narrative below            (click on the title, it is a link.)