Friday, 26 March 2021

Dons Dam- Senior Bike ride 2021

Last Week room 4 went on a mountain bike ride. We started at the bottom of the Rakauroa went headed down the road and stopped up by a woolshed for some morning tea. We then made our way past the Rakauroa Quarry and up a big step hill called smarts road. I was in the top group with Duncan,Rylee,Hayley,James and I. Our adult in the group was called Adam he said if you can make it up the hill I will give you three lollies and I made it I said to him now were's my lollies he said here you go you earn it thank you Adam. We then Headed down a couple of hill and up to Mrs Bennett's wool shed we had lunch and played a massive game of hide and go seek. We met Lou, she had a big pot full of hot chocolate and tub full of lollies chocolate and lot's more we each he to get a peace of fruit each. We then bike another 10 or so more km to Don's wool shed that's where we were going to stay. And before you knew it he had a massive swimming dam. We slept over night then the next morning we went for a swim it was nice and refreshing. We headed off to our pick up place where our parents were waiting over all the bike was the best and that was my last bike ride for Matawai school.

This was our first outdoor adventure for our William Pike challenge we are completing this year.  

Monday, 1 March 2021

2021 profile update

 



Kia ora my name is Maranga, I am a year eight and I go to Matawai School. My favourite thing to do at school is to play with my friends and play sports. I love dogs and riding motorbikes, I enjoy Mustering deer and cattle and working with animals. I have one brother and one sister; I live with my grandparents. We live on a station called Tuhaka and my Grandad is the manager.

I love maths and enjoy doing made up writing, I am good at my times tables, The best thing that I enjoy about maths is adding, taking away and times tables. My challenges are long divisions and fractions. My goals for this year is to learn and understand geometry.

I am looking forward to our senior bike ride, winter rugby and swimming sports. I really want to improve on my breast stroke and get in the rhythm of doing it right and perfect. This year we are doing the William Pike challenge and I really think he is going to inspire me to do things that I've never tried before, and  'Just do it' just like that Nike tee shirt says.