Emma Doing Poi

The highlight of my holidays

When we stayed in Dunedin, we drove to the Otago Peninsula. On the way to the Peninsula was a very windy road. The tide was in so the icy water was crashing against the rocky shore. When we arrived we looked around a Albatros museum. It showed how much plastic albatroses eat and the insides of their bodies. It also showed the life cycle of an Albatros.  Next we walked down a walking track with heaps of army hiding places. We saw a Chinese boat drive past. Then we walked over to a lookout and watched the sparkling water crash up against the massive rocks. Long, slimy pieces of seaweed kept splashing into the big waves of the sea. 
THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY HOLIDAYS!

Top bike competition Alexandra

As I walked up to the line I sat on my bike huffing and puffing, staring at the hill in front of me. 3, 2, 1 go! I pedaled speedily up the  muddy hill. There were thick tree roots sticking out of the track.  I did mini jumps off sticks, rocks and tree roots. "Oh no!" I thought "That's a big hill." I sped up the tall hill but crashed at the top of it. I rushed back on my bike and sped down the hill. Quinn was in front of me so he biked through a puddle and I got covered in mud.  I darted round a turn and saw the end. There were heaps of bumps that sped me up. Casey had just crossed the finish line. So had Quinn. I biked as fast as I could. I had crossed the line. Seconds later Shayla finished, then Flynn. "Erika needs to come so the timer will stop," I thought. Seconds later I heard someone say "Good job Erika!" I looked back at the forest. "Wow!" I thought "I can't believe I biked through there!

Spelling Quiz

I have been practicing for weeks now and finally I got into the spelling quiz. It is on the 24th of June (which is on my Dads Birthday!!!) I don`t know who is in my team yet.. 

I CAN`T WAIT!!!!!!  

Netball tornament

On Saturday a few weeks ago we had a netball tournament. My team won the first 3 games and I was wing defence twice and wing attack once. On the last game we had to win to get into the finals so we were put in the positions that we were best at so I was wing defence.  We lost the last game.

Autumn poem

Dancing, floating leaves flittering to the grass, 
the ground of many colours , orange, yellow and  brown
leaves falling to the ground , like a ballerina twirling round and round. 
Red like blood,
yellow like sun,
brown like dirt and
orange like a carrot,
never blue like sea or purple like a plum.

The creepy Cromwell earthquake

In Wanaka,  Queenstown and Cromwell there was a 6.1 magnitude earthquake. The ground shook heaps and it sounded like there was a bulldozer outside. We hid under the tables and stayed silent. I think I was red in the face. Once the ground wasn't shaking as bad we lined up and walked to the field. Mrs Lees called out the roll to make sure everyone was with us. Heaps of kids were crying. Room 4 and 7 had some damage done to their classrooms. Mrs Lees was scared because she had been in the big Christchurch earthquake. This was my second earthquake because I was in an after shock in Christchurch. There were a few after shocks. My brother was too scared to do swimming lessons.

I WAS SO CREEPED OUT!