Thank You Letter to the Jam Bus Team

Dear Jam Bus Team,

Thank you for your time and effort that you have put into the CD for us. Thank you for giving us this opportunity of recording and for the 2nd chances that you gave us when we made mistakes. Thank you for giving us a free CD!!

I really appreciate it and I always listen to our fantastic songs that we have produced. Thank you for recording our 2 songs, Haere Mai and Something in the Water. This was my first experience of recording a song and I think that it was magnificent.

How I felt about this was awesome and wonderful. I hope that in the future you will come and Record St Pius X again.

Yours sincerely, Alecia.

Amber the Lonely Girl

This is a book an the site that we used was a site called 'Storybird.' It is really cool and I hope that you will my Story.

Squash!

“Awesome!” ” It is going to be straight after Morning Tea,” Miss G said. “ I wonder how to play Squash?” my friends said.

Today the first day of Term 4 , we are going to be playing our first Kiwi Sport of the Term, Squash!! Finally Morning Tea had ended and it was time to go. I felt very excited and puzzled at what we were going to be playing. We were playing Squash so we could get some exercise, so we can learn how to play Squash then teach over people and also to have fun!!

When we entered the hall we saw rackets, little yellow balls and a big blue wall. Now I was really puzzled at what we were going to play. When I saw 2 men standing next to the big wall I knew that they were our Instructors.

We sat down next to the wall and the Instructors introduced themselves. Their names were Phil and Michael.

First they asked us if we had ever played Squash. Most of the Class said “no.” So they had like 5 rallies and Michael won nearly all of them. Michael was really good. Now I felt really excited because Squash looked really interesting and fun.

After this Phil and Michael told us some rules. Like the rules were that the ball can only bounce once on the floor. If the ball bounces twice then you are out. If the ball comes back to you just after when you have hit it and the other player is just about to hit you then that is called a Let and that means that this is a replay. Another rule is that whenever you serve you have to serve over the 2nd blue line. And also if you hit the ball over the 3rd blue line then you are out.

After when the Instructors told us the rules we they split us into 2 groups. 1 group will go and play some real Squash and the other group will learn some skills. My group was the group that got to play Squash because the other group wanted to learn some skills first.

SO my group had a period of time to play and I had to admit it was pretty fun. But most of us that played wasn’t very good but then I knew after the 3 sessions we would make a improvement. I felt kind of tired after playing because it was pretty hard.

After playing Squash we went with the other Instructor Phil. He taught us some skills like bouncing the ball on the racket and bouncing the ball on both sides of the rackets. And also we could bounce the ball on the steel edge of the racket, Phil was really good at it. He taught us a lot of tricks and skills. These skills were really cool as well.

After the tricks and skills our lesson was over and everyone had to sit by the blue wall again. Then after this Phil and Michael asked us what what was the rules that we learned today. We only said like 2 or 3 rules.

Squash was created in the 1830’s by a School called Harrow. The Students discovered that Rackets, Balls and a wall could be such so fun. They soon discovered that it involved 2 opponents then started to play with 2 people, then later on it became an international game. The 2 best people to play Squash are Ramy Ashour and Nicol David. Ramy Ashour is the best man and Nicol David is the best woman. Their usual points that they usually score are around the thousand’s

When you play Squash you would need to wear a t-shirt. Some comfortable shoes and some protective eye wear. You have to wear protective eye wear because the ball that you hit is really fast and then it might come and hit you in the eye then that would really hurt.

After this awesome session I really enjoy playing Squash because it was really fun and challenging. Next time I go to Squash I hope that I have improved. I like Squash.

Typing Test Term - 3

The Day of Days!!!

“ It is finally here, I have been waiting for this day for 2 terms, it is finally really here!!! ” I said over joyed inside my head as I walked into the Backstage. This was the day of days. It was here the Kids 4 Kids Concert!!!  I was waiting for a very long time for this Event to be happening and now it’s here.

We all had to wear nice bright clothes also with some comfortable shoes (flats only, no high heels or sandals.) There was about 15 other schools coming. When I arrived Backstage I saw my friend Fale’aka, then I saw Paul. Miss G gave us a packet of Knuckle Bones to play with while we wait for the others to arrive. Along came Seuati, after that Tokilupe, then Joanna, then Annalise etc.

After all of the waiting Dayna called everyone to gather around her and listen. She said “in a few minutes time we will be going out on stage, unfortunately there is no curtains so everybody will see you”. I was pretty nervous because our 2 main people Rosalina and Kanesini were still not here when it was nearly time, I was getting really nervous. When it was nearly time they both came at the same time. I was relieved that they came because if they didn’t then it would've been a disaster.

Soon Dayna called us all together again then asked us to get into our places that we were in at the rehearsal. I was in Row 2 and I was sitting next to Joanna and Fale’aka. I was so excited that I was going to explode!!! I was waiting for quite a long time to get to my Row because it started at Row 11 and counted down. When it came to my row we had to be really really quiet. We had to be so quiet that we could hear a pin drop.

When we got onto the stage I was overwhelmed because of what I saw. There was a huge crowd of people on the left, right and middle. Also I saw flash, flash and more flashes of cameras. There was so much flashes that whenever I blinked I saw the flash again! I was super-duper excited.

When it started Jackie and Nathan came out with bright clothes,  they looked very fancy. Also who came out was a man named Chris. Chris was part of the Funky Monkey group. He showed us the actions and what to do, he was the Conductor. The Kids 4 Kids wasn’t actually what it looked like from my point of view.

When Jackie and Nathan talked a little bit and the first song that started was a song called ‘Haere Mai.’ It was our entrance song. The Theme of Kids 4 Kids this year was Everything is Kapai and the entrance was the perfect song to start the the Show. I felt very special to be a part of it with other schools.

Some songs were songs for soloist people. On the Rehearsal people Auditioned to be either a soloist or a Ukulele player. And only 5 people could be soloist. The 3 songs that were for soloists were called ‘Maybe Tomorrow, ‘Weather With You’ and ‘Sensitive to a Smile.’ There was only 2 people from our class that was Soloists and that was Rosalina and Kanesini she sang with another girl from a different school. The name of the song that they sang was Weather With You and Kanesini was a Ukulele player for Ukulele Melody.

One of my favourite songs were called ‘Welcome Home.” I liked it because it was a sweet song and also because it explains a lot. It tells about welcoming home people that have either been overseas or to another country.

When it was time for halftime we all had to go Back Stage in our rows to our Teacher to have a break. Dayna lead us out quietly Back Stage. When we got there we saw our Teacher and we ran to her. She had some snacks to share with us and some games such as Knuckle Bones and Monkey Barrel. They were really fun. Later on Miss G asked if we wanted  to go Toilet most of us said ‘yes’ and ran.

A few minutes later it was time to get back on Stage for the second half.  Everyone lined up in their Rows line like  how we did in the start and we waited to get back on Stage. I was so excited again to get back on Stage. When I got back on Stage all I saw again was flashing Camera’s. I sat on my seat and waited for the second half to begin again.

After all the waiting finally Jackie and Nathan came out. But  then they came out with some unusual clothes on. Jackie was wearing a baggy shirt, some shorts and with some Gumboots!!! Nathan was wearing a singlet, with some shorts and Gumboots!! I was thinking to myself, “ why were they wearing these unusual clothes. ” They looked like they were living on a Farm.

After that the next song that was going to begin the second half was a song called ‘Gumboots.’ I think that was why Jackie and Nathan dressed in Gumboots. I liked the song Gumboots because that was the song that we had the most fun in.

After about 2 more songs there was the last Soloist song. And it was called ‘Weather With You.’ That was the song that my best friend Rosalina auditioned for and she made it. So she’s the Soloist for this song. I was very excited for her because she has a really lovely voice. She was singing Solo with another girl from another school. The song was very short but very good. I was very proud of Rosalina because I know for her it would've been very nervous to get up in front of thousands of people and sing Soloist.

After some other songs of the second half it was nearly time for the grand finale. The final song was called ‘She’s A Mod.’ For our grand finale song we were going to have some dancers on the left and right of Jackie and Nathan. It was a party going on in the Life Convention Centre. It was so awesome to be singing with Jackie and Nathan.

When it was all finished Dayna told the parents to pick up their children/child Back Stage. Then she lead us all out like on the second half. How I felt about Kids 4 Kids was so awesome. I liked Kids 4 Kids because it was so cool to be singing with Jackie and Nathan in songs, I wish that I can just do it one more time.

What Kids 4 Kids is really about is about bringing great memories to kids. It is also about helping poor children in poor countries. This time Kids 4 Kids is helping a poor country called ‘Marlee.’ Marlee is one of the poorest countries in the world. By just adopting one child that could make a real difference in their life. You don’t even need to adopt one you could just donate some money. That could money could provide food and water to 1 or 2 children. Kids 4 Kids is working with World Vision on this. With peoples help you could save 1 child or even 2!!!

Healing

Matthew 25:36

Physical - What Physical well-being means is to look after your body and keep it healthy.

Social - Social means having your family and friends to support you at all times.

Mental - Mental means to tell other people what you think and feel.

Spiritual - Spiritual means to be believing in God.

Kids 4 Kids!!!

On Friday the 13th was the Kids 4 Kids Concert. We had our Dress Rehearsal on the same day of the night, where the Kids 4 Kids was held at the Life Convention Centre. I was super-duper excited to go to the Rehearsal as well as the actual night. The Hosts of it were Jackie Clarke and Nathan King. Kids 4 Kids is about helping other poor countries and poor children that have no families, so people all around the world adopt a child. You don't need to adopt a child you could just donate some money that would help a child. It is also about bringing great memories to a child. After when it was over I was sad but then overjoyed at the same time. I wish that I could of participated in it just one more time.