My Mihi

My Mihi

Tena Koutou

Ko Taranaki take maunga 

Ko Patea taku awa

Ko Aotea taku waka

Ko Ngati Pakeha taku iwi

Ko Hooker the whanau

Ko Isabel taku ingua 

Planting Beautiful Marigolds

Arriving at Pukeiti* was a beautiful sight, bushes and trees decorated with flowers. All I could hear is the the chirps of the birds and the chattering of the people around me as we strolled through the bush of Harakeke, ferns and native trees for our last activity. I was in a group named Ranganui. I could just spot a clearing it was really bright because in the bush the trees are blocking out the sun. As we strolled out into the clearing and I saw what looked like a hut.

"Hello and welcome everyone" a lady said "does anyone know what this seed is?" It was a Marigold.
She told us to come to a table to fold a pot each out of toilet rolls  then filled it with soil. She handed us the seeds and we planted them. After we had planted our Marigolds she told us how to look after it, water it every couple of days.

                     Facts:

1. Marigolds close when it's going to rain.
2. Marigolds close when it's dark and opened at day.
3. You can eat the flowers straight from the plant!

If we wanted we could try an eatable seed, to me it tasted like lemon. There was also a bean you could eat but I didn't want it. She showed us how to fold the top like an envelope. That was my favourite thing about the day.

*Pukeiti Gardens is a small sort of forest on the mountain. We had gone there last year. Its latest upgrade is a garden it still needs the plants. It is a beautiful place filled with bush and amazing nature.



Emma: Next time you should add some punctuation. I like how you hooked the reader in at the beginning, I also like how you said how the seed tasted.

Aylah: Next time you should more exciting words. I like how you put arriving at pukeiti it was a beautiful sight and fact's about marigold.

Great job Isabel

Pascoe: I like how you started your story, next time you should use some more punctuation, I like how you put some facts.

Yay

Summing Sports 2016

"Year 6 girls to marshaling area" I followed Emma nervously to the marshaling area and two ladies split us into groups I was in the B-'s. In that race I was the only girl from Toko School. I kept thinking about my first race, was I going to do a belly flop or not. I collected some advice from Emma for diving she said bend your knees and bend over.

On Your Marks...  Get Set...  HOOT! Splash! Sometimes I kept kicking on an angle, into the side of the lane and then back to the middle of the lane. Nearly there, PUFF, PAINT, nearly there, PUFF, PAINT.....  I did it for the first time!! Racing is not my thing, I came last it doesn't matter I gave it my best shot. That was freestyle. Next was backstroke. 

Mum was going to go home she went past me and said goodbye but I told her the I was going to do backstroke so she stayed and watched my race. Me and Emma was in the same race I came last too, I was in lane five. 

Emma: I think next time you should use some more descriptive words, I like how you said nearly there nearly there, and racing not my thing and I did it for the first time.

Aylah: next time maybe add more words that make it more exciting. I like how you put puff paint puff paint and racing is not my thing
Good work Isabel!

Heidi: I like the way you used PUFF PAINT PUFF PAINT next time you could double cheek your spelling I also liked how you used paragraphs.