I am an archaic man, and I love  Storm Boy as my own son. I have a jolly black face, screwed up and wrinkled like an old boot. I taught Storm Boy everything he understands about our place. I love to investigate nature. I am mostly blind. I know how to understand any writing the sea creatures leave behind on the smooth beach. I am a wiry   ………………………………………Fingerbone Bill

Yesterday we had a ki o rahi tournament. The houses are Rimu, Kauri, Totara and Rata. Coach Trey said the first teams to play were  Rata and Kauri. Rata  was the first to start the game but at the end of the game Kauri won. When I got my next turn I saw Spencer only had one turn so I let him play another game. After that I asked Spencer how was your extra game and he said, “it was good thank you.” Then I said to him, “you’re welcome.” Everyone had such a good time enjoying themselves exercising in the warm winter sun. Thank you, Mr Bell.

Last Thursday we were discussing ANZAC cookies. In World War 1 in 1915, women baked a recipe for delicious biscuits that could be stored for a long time, while they went to the soldiers far far away. The ingredients are butter,  flour, baking soda, golden syrup and coconut. When I picked up my ANZAC cookie and looked at it, it looked like a round banana cake and flat and round like a pancake. Then I went to smell it. It smelled like sweet chocolate chip cookies. Then I felt it. It felt rough and crispy. Then I finally tasted it and it tasted as crunchy as a sweet chip.

On Friday morning my very loud alarm rang. Then I turned it off. My mum shouted for me to come down for breakfast. I came running down. She said, “hurry up, you need to get ready for school.” After I was dressed, I ran out the door and then got in the car and drove to school.

When I got to school we had to go to church to sing songs at mass. We sang “Hearts on fire” which is my favourite and “Here I am Lord” and a lot more. It was fun to sing songs at mass. And after all the singing we went back to school .Then we had morning tea. I had my carrot and my natural bar. Then after morning tea Mrs Bullet split us into our teams. We had Jacob and Estherose as our tabloid leaders. My favourite was Mrs George’s activity. She was  doing a gumboot toss. After all  that  fun we had  lemonade ice blocks. It was one of the  best days of my life. 

On Saturday we had face paint at school. I was a moustachio man. We had a sausage sizzle and then ice block’ s from my dad’s work.

The next day it was Sunday and we all met at church. Mrs Kyle and Miss Thompson sat next to us and we all sang songs. After that we went to the hall and we sang three songs to our audience. Finally we ate the best food ever and I think it was a successful weekend.