Month: March 2023

Wednesday 15/3/2023

Manukau Outrigger Canoe Club

Waka Ama had finally arrived and I was super hyper when I got to school! I was so excited, I’ve never participated in  in any water activities expect for surfing when I was in  Australia.

When I arrived at school,the school gate was still closed. Frances and I were the only seniors there. When the gates opened we rushed to the girl’s bathroom to change into our mufti clothes ( non-uniform).

The bell went and my classmates all rushed to the class. The classroom was chaotic when I came in. We all put sunscreen on and went to the bus.

Our journey began. It was a short distance, but felt like it was taking hours due to traffic. We all hopped off the bus, full of energy. We scrambled to the site and was instructed to site in 4 lines.

Our coaches introduced themselves,  then demonstrated the different strokes and how to use the paddle.

Once we were in the boats we had a wonderful time. I’m excited to see what we are going to learn about Waka Ama next time

 

Once upon the Medieval time, there was an ancient, stone-colored dragon. It was about a century years old. During this time, no one believed in dragons. To prove the town’s folks wrong, he transformed into an elongated killing machine. A submarine. Its advantage was to fire torpedoes from its mouth. No one who sails the sea could defeat him. Until a British knight challenged him to a brutal battle. He was standing from the ledge of his mighty boat. Dusty gas came out from the smokestacks behind him. The knight bounced onto the dragon and took the first swing. Slash! Water started flowing into the submarine. It underestimated the knight’s strong power. So much force!, The submarine thought. The British knight showed no mercy to the metal contraption. The knight whipped him with an anchor, damaging and denting the submarine’s skin. Because of the damage, the submarine returned to its original form; The ancient dragon it always was. The knight used this moment to lasso the anchor around the dragon, attaching its spiked arms deep into the dragon’s neck. The knight left the scene with no trace. Loss of blood from the dragon was too vast. And the anchor was a huge burden. The reptilian creature sinks into the bottomless deep blue.

 

Soon after the dragon’s defeat, The townspeople cheered and clapped and jumped with joy. Finally, they could sail  around the sea! Overjoyed and thankful, with no worry about a killer dragon. Some wished their saviour could have stayed, but they were still happy.  The townspeople visited islands with much sunlight, butterflies and bananas.

☀️ 🦋 🍌

 

The End

Pennies For Hitler

 

7th Sept 1940

 

Walking away from the crumpled building behind me, I try not to look back. I feel the dirt underneath my nails and the dust on my face. It makes me feel irritated and angry. Aunt Mariam! I just remembered her. I should have looked for her first but instead I looked for a stupid girl but not my Aunt. I always make dumb decisions but this one was the dumbest. I realised the air is thick and maybe even green. Slowly, my hand reached down the brown bag beside with the gas mask inside.I was glad I put it on as tears started rolling down my face. I should never have gone to that mansion. I should never have attended the graduation. My life would have been better if I had known this would happen. But now I wish I gave pennies to Hitler…

 

To be continued

 

My class, Room 8 is reading Pennies For Hitler by Jackie French. As part of our learning we had to choose a critical moment from one section of the book. My group Jamie,Maddie, Willietony and me, decided to create a scene when the main character saw dogs that had to be put down for the war because food had to be rationed. Our rationale for this   choice was Georg’s (main character) dreamed to have a dog. But when the Germany declared they were going to war with England, people in England had to put down their pets as food had to be rationed. Georg saw a dog this and saw his dream dying on many levels.

 

 

Hello fellow human!
My name is Sunsia, but I prefer being called Sunny.

I am from Cambodia but I’m also half Australian.

I am currently a year 8 at Saint Patrick School.

I have a cute little brother. I mean it he is super cute! He has curly hair and big brown eyes. People sometimes mistaken him for a girl. He is one years old and guess what?! We have the same birthday date!

If you meet my friends and ask them about me they’ll probably say “oh the little ball of sunshine who is high on sugar and super hyper? Yeah we know her”
By reading that you’ll now probably now know what type of person I am.

Well, thanks for viewing this post! See you later!