School Modules

Today i got my modules. I am going to learn karate and some computer skills. I am excited about the karate.

New logtruck

This is a picture of my dads new truck. It is one day old. This is its first load. It is very mod and has lots of gadgets in it.

Staying Alive

Today we went to the Staying Alive expo at the show grounds. Dad went with his fire brigade team. We saw a pretend bush fire which dads team lite then had to show us how they put it out. At the end of the expo they lite an old house that had been placed there for demo. In ten minutes the roof had fallen in and there was a lot of smoke and flames. I found the expo interesting.

Baling Hay

Another paddock of hay cut and here I am baling the paddock. Behind the tractor is the baler and behind that is the accumulator which puts the hay into a group of 8 and then lets them out. These are then picked up by the impaler which is hooked on to the front end loader of our other tractor. Saves picking bales up by hand in the paddock.

Motorbike racing

Today we went and watched the motorbike racing at Rabbit Island on the beach front. The tide was out. There were lots of crashes and lots of people stalling their motorbikes on the corners. There were quad bikes and two wheel bikes. They raced really fast on the straights. It was really fun to watch.

Lilly and her friend

Lilly our pet lamb has a new friend. It is a girl calf that we have weaned from its mother. They eat and even sleep next to one another. Sometimes when lying down the calf will rest her head on Lilly and sometimes she even licks her.

Our walk

We went for a walk up the Hackett to the hut and it took us about 1hour and 15 min instead of 1hour and 45 minutes. It was really hot and a lot of people were swimming in the river. My brother and I took out bikes while mum and dad walked. Some people had dogs with them. We went and had a look at the waterfall (Whispering Falls) but because there has been no rain it wasn't very big. The water was coming out of moss at the top of the hill.

At the River

The other day we all went to the Appleby river with my two cousins. It was a really hot day but I had heaps of sunscreen on so I didn't get burnt. There was a branch in the water by the riverside, there were crawlies and ells underneath it. We caught 4 crawlies and made little pens for them and let them go when we went. There was one really big one and it kept fighting with the others. The water was really warm.

Our hay

We did our hay on Monday. I helped rake it, then baled it and then dad loaded it onto the truck ready to go to another farm.

Joke

What goes "now you see me, now you don"t, now you see me, now you don't"?


Answer, A white rabbit on a zebra crossing.

Raking Hay

Today I drove the tractor with the help of my Granddad to rake hay so that it will dry ready for baling on Monday. It was lots of fun and hopefully on Monday I will also get to bale the hay. Hope its not to hot because I will be outside all day.

Heres a Joke

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Goat
Goat who?
Goat to the door and you will find out.

What do you call a deer with no eyes?
no eye deer

What do you call a deer with no eyes or legs?
Still no eye deer

Shearing Shed Floor

Yesterday I helped build a shearing shed floor. We cut the timber to the right sizes and then I helped Dad nail it to the floor joist. Each piece of timber had to be 10mm apart to form the grating floor. It was real fun and I enjoyed helping Dad.

Year 6 Leaving Ceremony

On Tuesday we had our end of year assembly and year 6 ceremony where we had to say a small speech. We were also given a badge with the school logo on it, and a photo of us year 6's. We sang Christmas songs and had supper at the end.

Mega Milk Top Kids

On Monday I went with my class to Mega Milk. It was really fun and there were lots of activities. My favourite was the one where you had to hold a bucket of water on a flat surface and run with it around an obstacle course. At the end we had to pour it into a tube. We had a water fight at the end of the day.

Our Bull

He is five years old and is a Hereford. He has many "children". He is very quite and loves to have a brush and cuddle. He is like a guard dog because when strangers come he bellows really loud. He weighs over 1000 kgs so mind your toes when you are up close.

Nelson Lakes

We went up to the lakes a couple of weekends ago and it was really hot. The lake was quite full from all the rain we had had during the week. While we were there having lunch, this tourist guy got his camper van stuck in the gravel. He was there for about half an hour trying to get out . In the end people from Kiwi Experience bus came and helped. At the end the Kiwi Experience driver got him out. It was very entertaining.

Penguins

The penguins we saw at the Antarctic Centre were all refugees. One had a new beak made out of fibre glass, one was blind, one had a bad wing, one was caught in an old fishing net and had to have its leg amputated. One was called Elvis and it was a girl. When they feed the penguins they record how much each one has eaten and they have 2 (or 3) meals a day.

Tram and Gondala

In Christchurch we went for lots of rides on the Tram which took us around some of the old buildings and down lots of side streets. We could get on and off as many times as we liked. Also we went on the Gondala where we saw all of Christchurch and Littleton. In the distance we could see a train which went through a tunnel.

Antarctic Centre

In the holidays we went to Christchurch and visited the Antarctic Centre where we saw the penguins being fed and some of the new penguins have little shoes on their feet so that they don't get sore when walking over the small stones. We went in a blizzard and it was really cold and loud. We went on the Hagland which was a bit freaky but fun.