Flower power and plants.

This term our unit is called Flower power. We are focussing on the importance of plants in the environment and our communities. Room 7 have started off with learning about the different types of plants we have. Loto's research is about moss. Here is a slideshow he created to share his findings.

Kickstarting Term 4 with learning about being Sunsmart.

Telesia's exciting recount about her holiday.

Introduction

School finished not too long ago and it was time for our two week holiday. I had already known that it would be the same routine. Eat, sleep, work and more sleep. As boring as it seems, the two weeks holiday were hectic. This is how my holiday went.

Working

During the two week holiday, my sister and I joined my parents in a cleaning job. This meant waking up every morning at around 3:00 am and coming back around 4:30 am. It was very hard to prioritize our sleeping hours as we came back from day activities at around 10 or 9. The cleaning job was a restaurant named Mission Bay Pavillion. We mopped the floor, cleaned the windows, cleaned the toilets and mopped some more. Talk about Cinderella alright!

Cleaning was alright, but the best part was getting to walk along the beach and watching the sunrise after everything was all done. Sometimes we even got to dip our feet in the cold sea. It was so beautiful, the sunrise I mean, not our feet. Unfortunately we didn’t receive any money ourselves, but we were happy that the money that we earned was used to provide food that was very much needed for our family.

Church

After working in the early morning, the majority of the day was spent at church. Our family rode back and forth from St Bernadette Mt Wellington Catholic Church which was crazy due to the amount of family members we have, and the addition of our cousins who tagged along. At church, with our Tongan community, we practised a maulululu for a special performance coming up. Our practises were super fun and exhilarating. Other than that, we had a normal mass on Sundays and Saturdays.

Family Time

During our break we took the opportunity to spend time with family. We played outside in the cool breeze, played card games and watched movies at night. My little siblings always roamed around our backyard singing songs which always entertained us.  Usually after spending time outside we played card games such as 500 and drum. At our house, card games were intense and competitive, so winning was such a big deal. It felt as though my sister was always a hostile competitor which was so intimidating. But at the end of the day, my sister and I walked out of the lounge being the kings of 500 and drum.

Conclusion

I had a thrilling two week holiday and am looking forward for the next one.