Whakatauki

He ika kai ake i raro, he rapaki ake i raro.

Developing new skills requires much practice.

Camp Moment

            Camp Moment

I’m so -”pant”- tired. I feel like my legs are going to fall off. I’ve been pedaling so super fast on the mini red mountain bike around the tall, towering trees for what feels like years. Finally we had a little break. I got my drink bottle “gulp”  I took a deep breath “ahaaaa”.  I could smell the freshness of nature and I could taste the clean, fresh air floating around. The birds sounded very calm and soothing like you were strolling through a very green, tropical forest. I felt like I was dreaming… but I wasn’t. 

Before today I couldn’t but look at me now! I am 100% proud of myself. Our instructor Sam called us back because he was going to give us instructions to ride on the ramps. As I listened I thought that riding on the ramps might be a bit too much, so I kept on riding around the pine forest. I looked down at the handles to change gear… “BAM!” Who put that tree there?

By Gaby

The Log Cabin

        The Log Cabin

As I walked through the chocolaty dirt path of the undisturbed forest I could hear the calm noise of the waterfall as it dripped onto the rocks. I could see the big area between the trees as I heard the echoes of the cicadas chirping in trees.

As I walked through the relaxing forest, the trees were shaped like an archway with a triangle at the end. I could hear the birds chirping like the angels were singing me a lullaby from heaven. Oh no… The path split into 2 ways, which one should i take!!??? I start to take the one on the left but then I think to myself… “Actually I’ll take the one on the right… But what if the correct one is the left one?” So I start to move to the left like I am being controlled by a remote.

Finally… I arrived at the cabin I was looking for. It had a snow roof with a calm porch. It wasn't any ordinary cabin, it was a mouselike log cabin because the shape and size of it was as small as a mouse house. The grass was mellow green while the colour of the cabin was creamy brown! I could feel the warmth of the air as it glided across the woods.

               I made my way to the front door...

Fact or Fib

Two of these sentences are true and one of them are false, can you guess which one is false...


1. In the holidays I went to see a really funny movie. 

2. In the holidays I had an AWESOME New Years party.

3. In the holidays I stayed at a nice friend's house for 3 funny nights.

How the giraffe got it's purple tongue Myth

How giraffes get their purple tongue?

1.5million years ago in the African Safari, where it smells like old and dried grass,you can see different types of mammals and loads of trees, there lived a family of giraffes.


One day,one of the giraffes ran away to find food.The other giraffes saw him run away and they mischievously whispered about something.They knew that the giraffe wanted to find food and they knew that he loved berries.So they made him learn a lesson to not run away from the family and not to eat things that he is not supposed to eat.


While the giraffe was still running away,the family followed him.When the giraffe stopped he saw some bushes with blueberries and blackberries.The family thought that wasn't fair because the giraffe was the only one was eating it. So while the giraffe was eating the berries the family sneaks up behind him and started to put purple dye on other berry bushes.The giraffe saw lots of big juicy berries which were the ones that had purple dye in it.So he went up and ate most of it.

After the giraffe ate one berry the family of giraffes was giggling at the giraffe because they knew that it would stain his tongue.

The giraffe felt embarrassed when the family pulled a trick on the giraffe because he had to learn his lesson for stealing the nature’s berries. So that night for the giraffe sneaked and put dyed berries in their dinner. Ever since, all giraffes have had purple tongues.

 THE END
By Gaby, Olivia, Emma and Nene

My Mihi

Tēnā koutou katoa,

Ko ____Kawau________________ te maunga – My mountain is…

Ko ____Blue stream________________ te awa – My river is…

Ko _Air NZ___________________ te waka – My canoe is…

Ko ___Ciro_________________ te iwi – My tribe is…

Ko ____Sanchez________________ te hapū – My sub-tribe is…

Ko__Gabriela__________________ taku ingoa – My name is…

Ko _Pinehill School___________________ taku kura – My school is…

Nō ___Colombia/NZ_________________ ahau – I am from…

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greetings to us all.

                            E.O.T.C DAMPER

We ran excitedly to the big wooden bench. As soon as we got there 2 chocolate colored chunky sticks just laying there as still as a statue. There was also a big round silver metallic gas tank standing on that bench. Our instructor lit up our gas tank so we could cook up our delicious pancake damper that was as sticky as slime. I was the first one to start off cooking. The gas was whistling and hissing while the damper was burning. I felt the hot steam flowing across my face. Even the damper was as hot as the sun. My emotions were dull and sleepy like an old lady! 10 minutes later I started to feel quite hungry. 5 minutes after the damper was ready to eat. The damper was super burnt, but we still ate it anyway. My emotions then were proud and fascinated.  The damper was super delicious, but it was kinda wet, sticky & slimy.