Mr Jones

 

We are very lucky because we have Mr Jones in our class for 7 weeks.  He is working with us because he wants to be a school teacher and we think he'll do just fine because he knows some cool games, he is interested in what we do in class, and he's a really nice man.
He taught us a different version of a fitness game called 'Dead Ants'.  There are 2 'boffa' taggers and the rest of us run around inside the boundary trying not to get 'boffed' and work to rescue any 'dead ants' (those who do get 'boffed'!)  You need 4 people to rescue a 'dead ant', each grabbing a limb to carry the 'dead ant' to hospital (one of 5 hoops spaced around inside the boundary).   Mrs Anderson thought it was hilarious to watch.  Here are the photos she took.

Get set go!

  

'Boffa taggers' get real busy!

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 Dead ants by the dozen get carted to the nearest hospital!

It sure does take a bit of team work to help the dead ants!

We like this game!

My Very Special Person

Who is very special to me?

Task:  Write about someone who is very special to you and create a picture of this person in the reader’s mind.

My dad is the stinkiest person in the world when he farts.  He smells like rubbish.  His eyes are blue and he has black sweaty hair and the longest legs ever.  His feet smell like rotten eggs from being locked up in boots with old ripped socks all day at work.  He has muscles.  He is special to me because he takes me out hunting with him.  He takes me rabbit shooting with his 22 - duck shooting, geese hunting and heaps of other hunts.  He loves going hunting, but the best he likes is duck shooting.  He wakes up early in the morning or goes when he comes home from work late at night.  I like my dad because he is genius.

Written by Luka

My name is Daniel.  For me I have two families.  They are the Nicholas’ and the Eyles’.  I love the Nicholas’ because they got me a remote control car.  They are special to me because I love, miss and like them.  I have visits with them at McDonald’s.  I have two sisters and one brother.  I see them sometimes.  I love my brothers and sisters.  I will never forget them.

Written by Daniel N.

Tiffany is my mum.  I love my mum.  She has hazel eyes and black hair.  My bubbly mum is a bit tall, she smells really nice.  Hilarious Mum loves me so, so much.  I love her as well. It’s a nice time having a good mum.  Sporty Mum can play games with us and help us in sport.  Mum can bake cup-cakes with us and cakes and cookies.  Awesome Mum is caring, sweet, funny, serious, and thoughtful.  She loves gardening, reading and cooking.  Tiffany is special to me and I’m special to her.  I help my mum when she needs help.  I love my mum in my very special life.

Written by Oscar M.

My cool friend is called Riley.  He is really nice to me.  We’ve been friends for 3 years.  He has blond hair with a speck of brown at the bottom.  He has blue eyes and is really tall.  He is special because he plays cool games, intelligent and exciting and knows a lot about dinosaurs.  He likes to play imaginary games, go on his tablet, play Lego Heroes and he gets invited to parties.  He also likes playing with toys and having play dates.  We do a lot of talking.  We play funny games.  We have so much in common.  When we have play dates we get bats and hit thistles.  He is my best friend.

Written by Fred

Bunty is my special person.  She is my grandma.  Bunty has grey curly hair and wrinkly skin.  She smells like nice strawberry medicine and has a sweet, light voice.  Bunty is special to me because she made my dad, and I love my dad.  She likes to stop and smell the flowers and sit in the sun all day.  I like to cuddle my grandma and spend time with her.  Her personality is sweet and quiet-natured.  I’m lucky because I have a kind and caring grandma.

Written by Kadi

Hi, my name is Hugo and I have a very special person to share with you.  His name is Sean.  He is a very special person to me because he does stuff with me, like build a wooden helicopter and a sailing boat and lots of other stuff.  My dad has blue eyes and dark hair that is very spikey.  He has bruises all over him.  My dad likes to go surfing with me at Ocean Beach and sometimes we go mountain biking too.  That is why I like my dad.

Written by Hugo

Grandma Eileen is a special person to me.  She is around in her 60’s and has light ginger hair.  Grandma does not live far from Rotowhenua Road.  She lives in a calm, peaceful area with 2 dogs, Kate and Tom.  I like to have sleep-overs at her house and have her read ‘Grandpa’s Slippers’ to me in bed.  She is special to me because she is very old and kind and caring.  My grandma likes to let the dogs out of their cage to water the flowers.  Grandma sometimes calls me ‘Charlie Brown’.  When Grandma comes to our house she gives us lollies and she watches me on the trampoline.  I think that my grandma smells like soap from all the soap she has!  I think my grandma is very nice.

Written by Leo 

Flip is my granddad.  He is tall and playful.  I used to see him every day but now I only see him once a week.  You might think he is mean, but he is not mean.  He is sweet, caring, kind, humorous and bright.  He likes playing cricket with me.  He always treats me.  I am a spoilt kid.  He always takes me shopping with him.  I think I have the best granddad.

Written by Joey

Samuel is very nice.  He has blue eyes and blond hair that is getting darker.  He has glasses.  They are red and black.  We are twin.  Samuel has asthma.  Samuel has a lovely smell, like soap and toothpaste.  Samuel is very special because he likes singing in the toilet and the shower and Samuel plays tricks on me which he finds hilarious, but I get so cross.  But I don’t care.  Samuel loves eating salt and lollies.  Samuel and me love going to the beach, playing on the swings, but the thing we hate is going to bed – only when it rains.  Samuel is very smart.  He knows a lot about dinosaurs.  Samuel has two personalities – being kind and caring and being so annoying.  I feel so lucky to have a twin brother

Written by Georgia

I like my aunts because they are fun to play with.  My aunts are called Melissa and Denise.  They live in America.  My aunts smell like shampoo.

Written by Daniel M

My parents’ names are Rachel and Richard.  They are kind, friendly, sweet, lovely and funny.  Mum and Dad have brown hair.  Mum has blue eyes and Dad has brown eyes.  Mum smells like flowers and Dad smells like deodorant.  My mum likes to go shopping with me.  Dad likes to do gardening.  We go on bike rides together.  Mum’s personality is sweet and cheerful.  They are special to me because they care for me and are supportive to me.  They are my special people for life.

Written by Zoe

My special person is my mum.  She has blond hair and blue eyes.  She smells like girl deodorant.  My mum likes to do her garden lots.  She likes to play soccer in the paddock with me.  My mum is so sweet, lovely and kind because she loves me.  She’s kind to me because she helps me with my homework and to do the chickens.  I love being with her. She’s a ‘happy-chat’.  My mum’s friendly to other people.  I love my mum.

Written by Persaous

My dad is special because he is kind.  I like swimming in our pool and watching movies on our big screen.  He is special because he works and earns money so we can go to places.  He looks muscley, huge and fast.  My dad acts funny.  I love my dad.

Written by Jake

My cousin is very special to me.  She is called Zoe Faye Bodlock.  Zoe has brown eyes and brown hair.  I don’t get to see her much because she lives in Wanganui.  She is 8 and her birthday is on the 27^th of December, two days after Christmas.  She is very friendly to me.  We like making witchy potions.  Lollies are her favourite food.  She doesn’t like tomatoes, but I do.  She smells very fresh.  She is agreeable.  Zoe is very special to me because she is the best cousin of all!

Written by Lillie

My special person is called Jacob.  He is my brother.  I don’t see him much because he lives in Wellington.  He is so special to me because we go out and he hugs me and stuff.  Jacob has blond hair and blue eyes.  Jacob likes to go out and watch cricket with his cousin or go shopping with his friends.  Me and Jacob like to go to Skate Zone.  Jacob smells like deodorant and men’s perfume.  Jacob is out-going, crazy and helpful.  I love my brother.

Written by Alex O

My grandma is a special person to me because on my birthday, even though I don’t see her on my birthday, she sends me a letter and a present.  She normally goes to the South island.  Sometimes I talk to her on the phone.  She is a bubbly, funny person.  She has a croaky voice, but sweet.  She smells beautiful and is always lovely.  She is a kind and caring person.  She loves me and my family.  She has a little house in Ohope.  I love her.

Written by Rose

My mum is very special to me.  She has red-brown hair and green eyes.  Her name is Andrea Lee Hickey.  We go on shopping sprees to K-Mart, The Warehouse and Number One Shoes.  Mum has a sweet, powdery, soft perfume kind of smell.  She does not wear high heels very often.  My mum is lovely, kind, caring and generous.  When we have cross country, swimming sports and athletics she always comes along and when it’s my turn to do something she always stands up and cheers me on all the way to the finish line.  She is very friendly all the time.  If she is very proud of me, which she usually is, she gives me a humongous hug and lets me have an ice-block or a biscuit.  My mum is my favourite person in the world along with my sister, dad and loads more people.  I love my mum!!!

Written  by Alex H.

This special person is my brother Lars.  His smell is stuck in my head all day.  Lars smells like Nivea men’s deodorant.  He’s handsome, pimply and spotty with a red nose.  Creepily manly is what Lars sounds like.  Lars is special to me because he is fun, strong, he’ll play soccer with me, he’ll help me with my butterfly (for swimming) and whenever I’m sad he’ll cheer me up.  This special person likes to play on his iPad, play soccer, play on the trampoline and swim.  I like to do everything with Lars because he’s mine.  Lars is friendly and my brother, which I love.

Written by Sabine

My special person is my big brother.  He is funny, hilarious, sometimes silly and sweet.  I share with him.  He is the most friendliest person I know.  He’s super sweet.  I love him.  Innes, he has yellow hair.  I do too.  We have blue eyes.  My brother Innes, he likes to play Play Station.  We do it together.  I eat pop-corn.  Innes likes to eat it too.  We play nicely together, although we fight sometimes, more like a lot.  Innes is nine years old, nearly ten.  He talks heaps.  Every time he talks I get bored and more bored.  On Easter my brother helps me find Easter eggs.  Innes is creative but he never does art or drawing.  His mind is over taken by technology.  We grow flowers.  We are quite into nature.  I love him so much.  We love each other.  We play Teachers.  Innes is the teacher.  He is my special person for life!

Written by Abigail

Sam, my brother, is my special person.  He has hazel eyes, browny-blacky hair and is quite short.  My loving brother is special because he is going to high school soon and he helps me do things.  We like to play Star Wars on our iPads and watch Star Wars on the T.V.  Sam likes to play Star Wars with two bats pretending to be a Jedi Knight and a Sith Lord at the same time.  His personality is playful and funny because he likes playing jokes and playing with people his age.  Well, Sam has lots of personalities really, but his best one is being active just like me!  My brother smells like shampoo and cat because he pats Thomas all the time.  On Saturday’s he scoffs his chips down from the big bowl into his stomach.  Saturday’s are awesome movie nights!  On the week-end Sam uses most of his time playing with his tiny bits of Lego, which Ruby sometimes attacks and starts chewing.  We like making animations with Mum’s camera.  Chocolate, lollies, ice-cream and Toblerone chocolate are his favourite treats.  Pizza, pasta and potatoes are his favourite meals.  My life is amazing with Sam!

Written by Amy

Emma Yeats, my aunty, has black hair like licorice.  Her eyes are as blue as the sparkling sea, skin as soft as peaches.  I like the way her dress swishes in the wind.  She is special because she can make me laugh whenever I’m around and she’s always supporting me.  She likes to do baking, like making cakes and all that sweet stuff and she loves the Eiffel Tower.  Whenever I’m with her she takes me to the same awesome cafes and takes me to the amazing TePapa.  The inspiring Emma is always hilarious when she is talking to me about when I was little.  I feel like a very special kid!!

Written by Jordis

My mum looks young. My dad looks old. My mum and dad are special because they buy food for me.  They do fun stuff with me.  My mum likes going to Splash Planet.  Dad likes going fishing.  I am lucky to have a mum and dad.

Written by Oscar A.

I have a little sister and she is a toddler.  I love my little sister and she loves me back.  She smells pretty and she smells like fresh flowers.  Emma and me play together with the toys and we play with the cars.  I am proud I have a little sister.

Written by Leighton

My grandma gave us two really cool toy bullet guns and she is a helper for Santa.  She loves making presents.  They have an R.V. and we are going to be there for three weeks and we are going to go on a boat to the pond. They are great and we are going to go through deserts and over-seas.  They are extremely good at making presents and they have a present maker.  That’s why I love her.

Written by Connor

My wonderful sister Georgia is playful, hilarious, kind and humorous and last but not least, she is bubbly.  She has got hair to her waist.  She has got purple glasses and brown hair and she is pure and she smells like soap suds.  Georgia is special to me because I can trust her.  She helps me and Georgia plays with me and talks to me.  Georgia likes to sing, dance, play Barbies, and she plays the piano.  The things I do with Georgia are – play on the swings and we ride the bikes.  Georgia is the best sister in the world.

Written by Samuel

My special person is my grandma.  Her name is Grannygan. She is 70 years old.  She lives in Christchurch.  She loves chickens, she has about 50 of them.  She has curly hair and green eyes.  She is special because she looks after me when I go down to the South Island.  She is married to my Granddad Doc.  I like to go on picnics with my sisters and family.  She likes to ride horses.  I love my grandma.

Written by Henry   

  

 

   

 

 

 

               

Year 3/4 Hockey - Possums vs Pukekos

Puketapu's two Year 3/4 Summer Hockey teams played off this week at school - Possums vs Pukekos!!  

Thank you Cathy Alexander for documenting this event which I sorely missed due to a meeting I couldn't really get out of!!

                                          EVIDENCE OF TEAM SPIRIT AND UNITY!

  POSSUMS

PUKEKOS

                                         SOME SNAPS...

                                        

                                          A COUPLE OF SNIPPETS...

Our young kids have really benefited from the 3 year contract we made with H.B. Hockey back in 2013, where all levels of the school have been immersed in intense 2 week coaching sessions each year with the H.B. Hockey development crew.  Things look very promising for the future of inter-school hockey at Puketapu School! 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe Puketapu Possums won the game 3 - 1.  Thanks for umpiring Mandy!  Good Job!  If you were there, thank you for your support!  

Discovery 1!

Discovery is…

 “on Friday’s”

“when the teacher isn’t telling us what to do”

 “when we can bring stuff from home to work on”

 “when the teacher puts different things out to explore”

 “taking turns to choose what we want to do”

 “sharing our stuff to make things”

 “where we decide how to do it”

 “where we have something at the end and share about it”

 “where the teacher takes photos of us working”

 “deconstructing things”

 “thinking of what we can do with different things”

 “make believe”

 “cooking sometimes”

 “arts and crafts”

 “problem solving”

 “technology”

 “where we take what we make home”

Discovery 1!

 Georgia and Joey worked to engineer special video cameras to make movies!

 Rose, Amy and Sabine were a great little team.  They cooked and packaged deliciously fresh pop-corn - enough for all - salted, sugared, or salty-sweet!  Yummmm!!

 Persaous and Lillie teamed up to construct a two storey house, focus mainly being on the living and bed rooms.  

 Daniel N., Abigail and Samuel worked superbly together and built a 'pod racer', just like on Star Wars!

Alex A, Fred, Hugo, Oscar A, Oscar M, and Daniel M were hard at it, building a variety of scooter ramps.  Notice Mr Wooster who couldn't resist getting involved and he was a real asset with his big saw!!

 Thank goodness Oscar M brought his tool box!

 'All hands' to apply a lick of paint!

 Great team work all the way!

 Is that Mr Wooster?

 Connor and Leighton teamed up to construct a Hedgehog House!

Luka and Jake worked as secret spies constructing a super secret telescope and other spy tools. 

Zoe, Kadi, Alex H and Jordis worked hard to prepare an end of Discovery snack for all!  They iced and decorated plain biscuits - health and safety first and foremost!

Construction Alley!

Leo set up shop!  He offered fresh fruit and vegetables at reasonable prices, had a sensitive and reliable security system, and he also accepted credit cards for payment!

Look at this!!  One of the boys' groups scooter ramp that they built in Discovery time was being well utilised at lunch time!!! 

We love Discovery!

The Twits

Mrs Anderson read Roald Dahl's book, 'The Twits' to the class.  She thought it was a great opportunity to do some descriptive writing!

TASK: 

Write an interesting description of the Twits.  Include what they look like, their likes/dislikes and things they do.  We also had to share our own opinion of the 'terrible twosome'! 

Here are just three samples of the wonderful writing created!  

The Twits, those old, hairy hedgehogs like torturing kids, birds, monkeys and each other.  They love bird pie, any kind of bird pie – magpie, song-thrush and many more.  In a cage in the garden they have monkeys.  The monkeys were Muggle Wump and his family.  Their life was upside down.  Mrs Twit was a walking nightmare.  She was the ugliest young girl and is now an old, filthy woman.  People will never go near them.  People will go running, screaming, if they saw the Twits.  The old man and woman fight a lot, filthy freaks they are.

Written by Abigail

The mean, hairy, horrible Twits like to do pranks and kill birds.  They don’t like nice people, kids, smiles and each other.  They look like people I’d never like to meet.  Mrs Twit is as smelly as dog poo on your shoe, a glass-eyed freak, a walking stick nightmare.  You’d think she’s a man growing a beard and her mono-brow.  She should get a job chopping carrots… with her nose.  Her pants are so high you don’t know where her stomach is.  Smiles, fun, kids, happiness and her husband is what she hates.  Mr Twit?  His nose is like a pig’s snout.

Written by Sabine

Mr Twit looks really disgusting.  He has bogies, bits of mouldy egg and cheese and even strips of left over lettuce in his beard.  Mrs Twit has ugly, thick and dirty hair and a long, crooked nose.  On Wednesday nights they love to eat Bird Pie!  The Twits in fact loved Bird Pie so much they would probably eat it every day if they could.  These horrid monsters hated small children and they also did not like each other!  The ugly beasts liked to spread sticky Hug-Tight glue on the branches of their dead tree to catch birds for their pie.  I would hate to be stuck on a tree and I feel sorry for the all the birds Mr and Mrs Twit ate!  Mr Twit pongs of rotten cabbage, Mrs Twit smells of stinky dog poop.  I think if they had kids they would be as putrid and foul as Mr and Mrs Twit.  I think the Twits are horrible people and I would not like to meet them!  I’m sure you would not want to meet them either because they are…ugly, horrid, hairy, grumpy, disgusting and weird warthogs!

Written by Alex H

All About Me

All About Me

I’ve got blond hair and brown eyes.  I’ve got one sister called Mia, one brother called Lars, a mum called Karen and a dad called Blair.  Mia’s at my school, Lars is at High School, my mum’s a physio therapist and my dad’s a police officer.  A peaceful place with lots of green grass is where I live.  These are my favourite things:  hockey, soccer, tee ball and most of spending time with my friends.  My friend is Alex H.  She’s my friend because we have a lot in common.  I’ve got a dog called Yager.  He likes to jump up on me and lick my face.  Our cat Ralph is very lazy, but when we’ve gone somewhere he catches birds, mice, rats and baby bunnies.  He is very soft to pat and will eat out of your hand.  Mum’s horse Monty is very lazy and fat.  We had five chickens that all died.  We’ve got three bedrooms, one playroom, two bathrooms, a lounge and a pool.  We’re surrounded by giant trees.  Whenever I’m bored I go outside and pat Ralph.  I love my family and my life.

Written by Sabine

 My name is Hugo.  My family names are Kirsty, Sean, Tessa and me.  I live I the country.  My friends are Henry, Oscar A, Oscar M, and Archie.  I like to do these things – going on the bars, cross country and swimming.  I live by a river.  We made a path to the river and we sometimes go down to the river and jump in.  We have a little swim around and then we go to the flowing side.  We hold onto the tree leaves and then float down the river.  Then we get out and dry ourselves and go back home to feed our dog.  I have brown eyes and ginger hair.  My favourite food is paua, brussel sprouts, lettuce and tomatoes.  I have a go-cart and it has broken down lots of times.

Written by Hugo

My name is Oscar and I am 7 years old.  I have a brother and he is 11 years old and I have a sister and she is 9 years old.  I have a mum and dad.  I live on a farm and I have 2 dogs, 5 chickens and 2 cats.  We have 12 ponies too.  I go to Puketapu School and my favourite subject is Maths. I like chocolate.  I don’t like pumpkin.  I am lucky because I have lots of toys and friends.

Written by Oscar A.

I live on a small farm.  The farm has cattle, sheep, horses and goats.  My dad Steve and neighbour Ron have a dead sheep run.  A dead sheep run is when you pick up dead sheep and put them on the trailer.  Mum and Dad go on the horses up the farm.  We have two horses.  Their names are Emma and Jack.  Mum’s name is Maria, my brother is Jacob, my sister’s name is Katie.  Jacob rides motorbikes.  He has KTM.  Katie stays in her room and dances to music.  I found a tree at home and I am building a tree house.  I got a drill for Christmas.  I have got pink wall-paper in my room.  I have a favourite sport – hockey.  At the back of the house is a creek.  In the creek there are fish, crayfish and eels.  I caught a fish.  They are little.  My best friends are Persaous, Amy and Alex H.  We have a grey house with a tilted roof.  We have two dogs. Their names are Ebony and Kane.  Kane is four years old.  Ebony is 12 weeks old.  We have a fat cow named Daisy.  Daisy is lazy.  I love my life.

Written by Rose

I’ve got glasses, my hair is blond and I have tanned legs and arms.  I have a mum, dad and a sister Georgia.  We live in the country – not a busy street or noisy.  We live on a hill with a beautiful view.  My favourite sport is rugby.  I like racing cars.  Mum is funny, kind and always tired and smart.  Dad is strong, clever, tough and brave when he hurts himself.  Georgia is annoying, fun, active and amazing at gym. Me?  I’m smart, kind, clever, cool and cheeky.  I can make Georgia whine.  Our family is one big happy family.  My friends are Riley, Fred, Luka and Leo.  The school I go to is Puketapu.  It is a peaceful school.  My teacher is Mrs Anderson.  She is nice, sporty and active.  When I grow up I want to be a dinosaur bone digger!  In my life I’ve had two asthma attacks and a broken arm.

Written by Samuel

I have brown hair and blue eyes and have a mum, a dad and a brother.  I live in a lovely house in the country with a lovely view.  I like to play outside with Samuel.  We have a paddock and sometimes we have cattle, sheep and lambs.  Our neighbours are nice.  My favourite food is mince pie.  I have lots of friends and I love coming to school.  My favourite subject is Handwriting.  Samuel and I are twins.  We like to play on the swings, in a bouncy castle and to play tag.  Our very nice dad likes cleaning the car, reading and watching the news.  Mum likes gardening, reading and cooking.  Samuel likes playing Dinosaurs, cars and wtching T.V., and I like drawing, baking and coming to school.  My pets are Bella (our cat), Tweety (our bird) and our three pet lambs Bonny, Salt and Pepper.  My friends are Alex, Zoe, Kadi, Sabine, Amy, Samuel, Persaous, Rose, Joey and Lillie.  I love my life so far.

Written by Georgia

My name is Zoe.  I am 8 years old.  I have blond hair and blue eyes and freckles on my nose.  My mum’s name is Rachel and Dad’s name is Richard.  I don’t have any brothers or sisters.  I live in a quiet place.  I like to play hockey, tee ball, netball, basketball, to sing, dance and do gym.  My friends are Sabine, Rose, Persaous, Alex H, Olivia, Kadi, Lillie and Amy.  We play ball-tag.  My favourite sport is hockey.  I want to be a professional hockey player when I grow up.

Written by Zoe

My name is Connor.  I have a little brother and a big brother.  My mum’s name is Stephanie and Lucas is my dad.  His eyes are blue and my eyes are hazel like Mum’s.  Dad is the Kampuch King and he sells homemade soap.  I am good at cleaning things up.  Leighton, Alfie and Kai are my friends.  We like building the hut at my house.  I like living in the country.

Written by Connor

I have a little sister and I have a brother.  Their names are Callum and Emma.  I live on a farm.  I have a cat and a dog and two deers.  I like to play on the tablet.

Written by Leighton

My name is Abigail.  I like to eat red apples.  My friends names are Amy A, Jordis, Rosa, Kayla, Zoe and Persaous.  Writing songs, singing songs and dancing to music are my favourite things to do.  When I have some time I play with my brother.  My family’s names are Innes, August, Charlotte, Shane and me. I have blue eyes and blond hair, long arms and legs.  I have four pets.  Their names are Sharlotte, Aste, Magda and Chloe.  That is my life.

Written by Abigail

My name is Daniel.  I like riding motor bikes.  I live on a steep hill.  I love my house because we have a big space to ride.  In my family I have my brothers who are funny and like rugby and I like that.  I like my family because we love to do exciting things like fishing on the boat, riding bikes and buggies with Dad and going zooming down the Super Fly slide.  I have a pretty great life.

Written by Daniel M

My name is Persaous.  I am 8 years old.  I have two sisters and one brother.  Their names are Nova, Amber and Jordan.  Nova is 12 years old, Amber is 22 years old and Jordan is thirteen.  We live in the country in a white house.  It is very quiet because of our long driveway.  Nova likes to play make-overs, Jordan likes to do the trail rides and my big sister Amber lives in Auckland.  We had a farm in Wairoa.  My cousins live there.  Their names are Zoe, Keoni and Quentin.  My friends are Zoe, Kadi, Lillie, Joey, Georgia, Alex H, Amy Leo and Jordis.  I have brown eyes, blond hair, long legs and long hair.  I like to play at home with Nova and Jordan.  We like playing soccer in the paddock.  Me and Jordan like riding our motor bikes up and down the driveway.  I love my life.

Written by Persaous

 My name is Jake.  With my friends I like to play soccer, rugby and cricket.  I have blue eyes and brown hair.  I have a brother and a mum and dad.  My dad works while my mum does jobs at home.  I live on Swamp Road.  My mum’s cat is called Charlie.  My favourite things I like to do are listen to music on my MP3 player and fighting on my bed with my little brother.

Written by Jake

My name is Daniel.  I live on a farm with my family.  I like the way I have lots of animals.  I have ten hens, 3 horses, 3 dogs and my family car is a BMW Prado.  I have brown hair.  I like to invite my friends to my house.  I like my farm, my room, my Lego, my tablet and I like my neighbours too.  They are Zack and Zoe.

Written by Daniel N

My name is Luka.  I have blond hair, brown eyes and long legs that are awesome for running.  I have one sister.  My mum’s name is Zoe and my dad’s name is Matt.  We live on a farm filled with hills.  What I like to is seeing my family and friends and playing on the Wii.  My friends are Jako, Alex O, Bryn, Samuel, Henry and Leo.  I have a great life.

Written by Luka

My name is Alex.  In my family are my mum and dad.  Their names are Brad and Mandy.  My brothers and sister are called Jake, Kees and Kenny.  I live in a life style block with heaps of hills.  I have blond hair and green eyes.  My legs are long which is good for running.  I like to play games such as rugby, soccer and cricket.  My friends are Oscar M, Henry, Fred, Max and Luka.  We love to sit next to each other, go to each other’s houses and ride dirt bikes.

Written by Alex O 

    

I live on a farm, not a big farm but a small farm.  My house is surrounded by rows of apples trees.  I have one brother, his name is Marco.  My best friends are Persaous, Rose, Alex H, Sabine, Zoe, Ava, Amber, Molly, Georgia and Joey.  I have brown hair and hazel eyes.  I have two pet dogs called Jacky and Chloe.  I also have a pet lamb called Cuddly.  My room is red.  My dad painted my room red when he had finished school.  At home I like to climb trees with Marco.  At school I like to play on the tyre swing, may-pole, monkey bars and the adventure playground.  Me, my mum and dad and brother Marco have cattle, sheep and lots of apple trees on our farm.  There are five houses down our driveway.  There is a little girl who is nine.  She has just moved to Puketapu.  I love my life.

Written by Lillie

My name is Joey.  I live in the city.  My house is not very big.  We have a creek at the back of our house.  We have a black fence.  We have a pond in our garden.  We have goldfish in the pond.  We have three bedrooms and two bathrooms.  I live with my mum and dad and my pet cat Starjie.  She has no tail.  My back garden is not very big.  We have three trees going straight across the garden.  Our house is shaped like an L.  You can walk from the front to the back garden.  I don’t have any brothers or sisters.  My mum sells cars.  Her work is called Euro City and my dad fixes cars and they work at the same place.  I have brown hair and brown eyes.  I like to play with my friends.  They are Lillie and Georgia.  I want to be a vet.

Written by Joey

My name is Jordis.  I’m healthy, quite annoying and I’m 7 years old.  There are four people in my family.  In 2014 my dad went into hospital 3 times.  I live in town in a very noisy street.  My eyes are blue and my hair is strawberry blond.  I look like I have heaps of energy and I like to go bowling, swimming, geocaching, art, sleeping in, golf and building cities with blocks.  My friends are…Amy A, Amy W, Amarni, Sabine, Lillie, Rose, Persaous, Zoe, Kadi, Mikayla and Poppy.  I have a dog called Sway and 12 cows.  When I get older I want to be a teacher.  I am pleased my life is so amazing.  P.S.  My mum likes geocaching like me.  My dad likes being quite busy and my baby sister likes yelling!!!

Written by Jordis

My name is Oscar.  I have brown eyes and blond hair.  I am seven years old.  I am good at motor biking.  In my family there is Amber, Pippa, Mum and Dad.  Amber and Pippa share a bedroom.  Amber has a full wardrobe of dresses, games, books, necklaces and jewellery.  Amber has blackie, brown hair and brown eyes and light brown skin.  Pippa has brown eyes and blackie, brown hair.  Pippa wears perfume.  She loves going on the tramp, on the jungle gym and on her bike.  She just got a new seat, handle grips and a back tyre.  My mum’s name is Tiffany.  Tiffany has lots of jewellery and hair ties.  My mum is very good at maths.  My dad has a side by side Rhino 660.  He loves to eat hot noodles.  He got new motocross number plates for his last year’s birthday.  My dad has heaps of tools and our cousins have a very, very big shed full of our ski boat (shares), motor bikes, bikes and our fishing boat.  Dad is buying a very, very big shed.  It is going to have a pool table and store our Rhino 660 (4x4).  We will put our fishing boat and the ski boat that we ski behind in the big shed.  

Written by Oscar M

My name is Kadi Loren.  I have blond hair and blue eyes. I have a few little freckles on my face.  I am 8 years old.  I have 2 sisters, 4 brothers, a dad and a step-mum.  I love playing with my brother.  We like playing hide n seek.  My favourite food is apple slice.  I live in a 2 storey house with no attic.  I live on a quiet road.  My dad owns four paddocks.  My friends are Amy, Zoe, Ella, Sabine, Persaous, Lillie, Georgia, Leo, Alex H, Joey, Jordis, Ruby, Olivia and Molly.  I like to play big ball soccer at school.  I have 2 dogs called Tui and Baz.  My step-brother has a dog called Bella.  Bella and Baz are black labradors'.  Tui is a foxy and he is white with black spots.  My favourite sports are hockey and tee ball.  I love my life because I am very lucky.

Written by Kadi

I live in a brown, brick house surrounded by ‘minion’ trees with a playhouse that has funny doors. I sleep in a bright room with light pink wall paper.  I have a funny, kind and caring sister.  I remember once we had a crazy, cool and awesome water fight with our water guns.  I also have a mum and dad.  My mum is called Andrea.  My dad is named Barrie!  I have lots of room to play at my house.  My sister and I have a toy room where we keep our toys.  I love living at my house!  I have 2 dogs called Indy and Bear.  They are 3 years old and jump on me and my sister a lot.  I have dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes.  I’m skinny with long arms and legs.  I’ve got no freckles and I have got a mole on one side of my neck.  My friends are: Sabine, Zoe, Rose, Georgia, Amy, Jordis and Persaous.  I love playing ball tag and Cops and Robbers with them!  At home I like to make myself nice and cosy then settle down with a good, long book and something yummy to eat!  Everything is OK for me.

Written by Alex H  

My name is Leo Max Michael.  I am 8, but turning 9 on April 22nd.  I live in a large house with a nice, beautiful garden.  We also get a great view of Rotowhenua Road because we live high from the ground.                                 

In my family there are: Mum, Dad, Zayne, Me and Drew.  We also have a pet Labrador called Willie.  He is very naughty and eats whatever food we drop.  His nickname is Bonkers because he is crazy!                                                  

I love my school, Puketapu School.  I have great friends and have a really good time.  My friends are: Sabine, Rose, Samuel, Persaous, Zoe and Kadi.  I like to play Mum’s and Dad’s.  I am usually Sabine’s dog.                         

At my house there are many awesome things.  We have 2 iPads, an X-Box and a trampoline.  I also have a collection of CD’s that I enjoy listening to.             

I have hazel eyes and short brown hair with a fringe.                                          

So yeah, my life is pretty cool!!!

Written by Leo

 I’m Fred.  My friends are Alex O, Samuel, Henry, Riley, Jake, Luka and Kai.  I have brown hair and blue eyes.  I live on Puketitiri Road and go to Puketapu School.  I’ve got a sister called Elsie and a brother called Lewis. My sister now goes to Taradale Intermediate.  She is doing a show called Cinemas.  I’ve got a dad who’s a builder.  My mum is trying to get a job.  I like to sit and watch TV in my sleeping bag with pop-corn.  I’ve got a dog called Murphy and he’s a Labrador.  He is really nice and when one of us is lying down he licks our faces.  When Maggie our cat comes, she pushes her back on us but… after a while she scratches you or she bites you.  My life so far is beautiful.  I hope it goes on for a hundred more years.

Written by Fred

My name is Amy Kayla.  In my healthy and awesome family there are four people – me, Sam, Mum and Dad.  I live on a life style property.  I go to the super duper Puketapu School.  I love it!  I’m 7 years old and love dogs.  Ruby our puppy is so annoying because she bites my ankles really hard with her sharp little teeth.  Dad has a really huge shed full of his tools and stuff.  My mum loves knitting and sewing, but her humming is most annoying.  My dad shouts at my cat a lot because Thomas scratches the couch and makes holes.  I have a pretty good life over all.  My friends are: Jordis, Rose, Zoe K, Zoe R, Sabine, Alex H, Abigail, Joey, Georgia, Lillie, Kadi and Persaous.  I love doing the playground race with the girls in our class.  I want to improve at the muscle buster and also taking care of Ruby.  Reading is my favourite subject at home because it is so quiet.  At home my brother uses his imagination building made up stuff with his tiny bits of Lego.  At school I like playing ’dogs’ with Zoe K at playtime.  I like eating potatoes, carrots, cucumber, strawberries and lots of other food.  I have blond hair and blue eyes and long arms and legs which are good for running.  When I grow up I want to foster dogs.  I love my life!!!

Written by Amy   

My name is Henry.  I am 8 years old, I have blue eyes and blondy brown hair.  I go to Puketapu School.  I have lots of friends – Alex O. Hugo M, Fred, Max, Samuel, Jake, Stanley, Luka and Ben.  I am in a family of five.  There is me, Jess and Rosa my sisters, my mum Jacs, and my dad Tim.  I live on a peaceful farm with lots of nice pets.  There’s Zola and Gemma the dogs, one cat Reggy and two horses called Donny and Benson.  I like playing rugby, soccer and cricket.  My favourite food is Butter Chicken.  I don’t like avocado or olives, but I do love my life.

Written by Henry.