Callaghan's Ridge

On Thursday it was raining and we found interesting things like blue mushrooms and big fungus. We made a bivvy and had lunch in it .

Buzzer Beater Game Winner

Sweat dripping down my face, Plop!

As I jump for the rebound

Crowd went silent

As I get the ball

I shoot up the court

Pounding the ball into the

Crackling wood

Boom! I pull up to the three point line

With a sceeeek from my boots

With one second to shoot

I shoot... Swish!

The crowd goes wild.

Decimal DLO

Chinese New Year

Abel Tasman and the Taniwhas

Abel Tasman and the Taniwhas

One misty morning a big, strong taniwha, named Aungarea, was playing and jumping
slowly in and out of the salty sea, showing off his red, spicy scales. He was with his best
friend, Hohoro, who was also a taniwha. but a small, black ninja like taniwha who was
showing off his silky skin. But then Hohoro saw a ginormous waka with his super vision, it
was heading towards Haast.

They swam very fast back to the village where they decided to follow the ginormous waka
all the way to Haast. Even though Hohoro and Aungarea did not understand the language of
Abel Tasman and his crew they were interested in the story and kept following them back to
the village in what is now known as Greymouth. Aungarea then said to Hohoro, “You cannot
come with me, it is too risky.” But there was no fighting back for Hohoro. Aungarea was too
strong for him.

Aungarea set off with the ship. He didn't know that Hohoro was following the ship up the
South Island, west of Nelson, where the ship stopped short of land and set anchor. That's
where Aungarea found Hohoro. He saw the tribe on shore coming so he took Hohoro to shore,
where they both saw the Māori doing a challenge.

Abel Tasman and his crew just partied all night, firing the cannons because they found people
to trade with. That night the fires were roaring and the Māori were getting ready for war. In the
morning the Māori sent their best fighters to attack but it was a misunderstanding with both
languages.

Abel Tasman sent his best dealer, with the best handshake, out to meet the fighters, plus
Aungarea and Hohoro who were helping the fighters. The dealer got slaughtered and they
went for the ship. Then the ship went back to find Australia, to balance the Earth.

No one has ever seen Aungarea and Hohoro since the attack except me. I see them every night
from my house.             

Nelson Mandela

             Nelson Mandela

In class we have recently been learning about Nelson Mandela. Nelson was from a South
African village called Mvezo. The village had huts and was surrounded by a fence. He was
born in to a tribe called Xhosa, he was born into the royal family. Nelson Mandela was
born on the  18th of July 1918 and died on the 5th of December 2013.

Nelson Mandela was a fighter against apartheid and segregation. Apartheid is when there
is a discrimination on grounds of race. Segregation is when you are setting people apart
from others. In Africa in 1960 people were peacefully protesting to change the laws but the
police shot 69 people because people were trying to change the law, this is now called
the Sharpeville Massacre.    

Nelson Mandela was a fighter against white supremacy and he worked with the ANC
(African National Congress). There was another organisation called the United Nations trying
to help. White supremacy is when a white person doesn't believe in equal rights for
other races or skin colours (and sometimes religions) and wants the whole world to be
white like them.

In 1962 Nelson Mandela went to Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison for 27 years for trying to
over roll the government. That shock the government so they put Nelson into prison where
he kept fighting underground with ANC. Other countries started to stop trading with South
Africa and that put pressure on the government to make changes.

In conclusion I think Nelson Mandela was a good fighter against racism and was peaceful.

Mahatma Gandhi

In room eight we have been learning about Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi
was born in India 1869 and got assassinated in 1948 while he was going for a
walk.   Gandhi made justice happen in his life when he stopped Indians in South
Africa from getting their fingerprints put in ink.

An eye for a eye ends up making the whole world blind. This means that if we
keep fighting it wood never stop I think that this is a true statement.

Or what I think  usually after someone gets revenge than other person doesn't
get revenge again.

I think that Mahatma Gandhi was a very good person and changed the whole
world. I think that peaceful protesting is great and it was wrong to kill peaceful
protesting people and put them in prison.