The Fantastic Week 13

 This week on Wednesday, we went to the Kapa Haka festival, it was quite interesting. First we got our mokos on, Fly put ink on the tracer and put it on our cheeks, also we took off our t-shirts and sweatshirts and our socks, shoes and our pants because we put on skirts. We left the nametags on the table, we got the skirt from and put our socks and shoes there too. I was trying really hard not to touch my moko and I didn't touch it because I didn't want it to smudge, but it was extremely itchy, I resisted. 

Then the bus arrived, I got in. It was really cramped, so three people had to sit on one seat even though 2 people could fit on it, it was hard but I managed to stay comfortable. On the way there we sang our waitas and the haka too. We also did the songs that we sang last year, we also saw an extensive golf court it was colossal, what was surprising was that the kapa haka festival was going on right beside the golf court. So we made it there, it was exciting. we came out and went to the grass to go to the toilet in the porta potties. We also practiced a little bit too.

When we were ready we went inside and waited, when it was our turn we stepped up on the stage, the crowd went wild. We got in our rows and started singing. We sang beautifully and at the end of our waita they cheered loudly. Then we did a haka, it was strong the crowd was impressed, when we did our last song the boys went to where the audience was. The boys sang still, and the girls went down too, at the end we watched the other kids do their performance and went in the bus and went back to school.

The Fantastic Week 12

This week is I got some good news, the craft fairs coming up! It's going to be extraordinarily exciting and also immensely fun too. I just can't wait, i've been to the craft fair a couple of times but it's still fun after years of celebrating it. They have lots of fun games like cow pat bingo which is when people pay money and wait for the cow to poop on a square they bought and whichever square it lands on first means that the person who bought the square wins lots of prizes. There is also lots of other things like food drinks and a whole lot of other entertaining games, like prizes dip where you put your hand in a mystery box and pull out a random prize.

Also there is some inflatable bubbles that you use to ram people down and, there is no points and it is only for fun. You can also by drinks from the soda van, they sell sprite, coke, lift and a big variety. Waffles are also for sale with chocolate sauce and whipped cream(which is mouth-watering). They have bouncy castles too, and a game where the kids are moles trying to steal all the balls from the bopper. The bopper bonks you on the head with a hammer to try to stop you from stealing all the balls, also if the kids get all the balls they win.

There is also a festival coming soon, it is called diwali. Most indians celebrate it and they light lots of lamps and light fireworks and celebrate and eating lots of sweets,Diwali is called the Festival of Lights and is celebrated to honor Rama-chandra, the seventh avatar (incarnation of the god Vishnu). It is believed that on this day Rama returned to his people after 14 years of exile during which he fought and won a battle against the demons and the demon king, Ravana. 

The Fantastic Week 11

This week has been incredible. The year 6's were sent to camp and all the year 5's and 4's stayed, while they were gone we practiced kapa haka and athletics. It was quieter without the year 6's, we saw them in photos and were they were.They were at a napier prison observing and exploring, also they went to white pine bush and the napier pā (village). They went to the arataki honey factory and got some honey and a thick strip of beeswax which they used to make a beeswax candle.

When they were going to sleep, they went to their cabins which they shared with a buddy or two. I'm sure they were having lots of fun at camp as it was expensive, it was two hundred dollars per student. For breakfast they would eat weet-bix or peanut butter on toast, and for lunch they would have a brownie or a muffin and an apple or an orange. They were at camp for about four days.

In the end they came back at around 7:30 and everything was back to normal, when we did our hakas and waitas they were louder and stronger, which was great as it was going to be the kapa haka festival soon, it was great with the year 6's back. Camp was done for them but not for the year 4's and 5's, I can't wait to go to camp because it sounds very fun.