"Summer Blogging Journey Week One Day One"

Day 1: "Arriving in NZ"

Today,I have satrted my Summer Learning Journing Blog post.

Activity 1: "Maui And The Giant Fish"

I am going to write 3 Facts i learn about Maui and a another story that i know about Maui.

3 Facts about Maui

-The 3 Facts that i have learnts about Maui are: He was a great fisherman, he was a bravery man and he was a person who never knows how to give up.

1 story that i know about Maui

-Another story that i have heard about Maui is "How Maui Brought Fre To The World.

Activity 2: "Letter"

I am going to write a letter to my friend about my journey on a Waka to NZ.(The trip have taken days and the water's rough and scary.I am going to describe how this must've felt and i am also on the waka with lots of other people and not much sleeps.)How do i feel about Moving to NZ.

Dear Silia,

I am on a big Waka with lots of different people on it and i feel so scared,lonely and tired.

I feel like because the sea's rough and scary,it was a heavy rainy day,there was no one that i could talk to and i can't get some sleep because i had to sit up and look after my stuffs.

When i think about moving to NZ,I feel sad but very excited.

Here is my picture about what it was like.


Always love,
Seniola.

Bonus Activity: "Waka Ama"

I am going to watch a short video of Waka Ama race.I would decide if i would like to be in a Waka Ama race one day.Why or Why not?

-Today people use Waka in a different ways like to race in a competition.I would not like to to be in one because i might break my hands,I might get tired and our Waka will lose the race,I would might drown in the sea,I am scared of big fish like whales and shark and not only that I will be scared to death if the whale or the shark might try to attack our boat and eat us.

"PIRATE PIE"

“Pirate Pie”

By Marcia Vaughan

In “Pirate Pie”two mean and nasty pirate cousins, Hector Humbug and Horatio Hogswoggle, attack Peg Leg Lil's cooking efforts. However, the confrontation brings them all unexpected business success.

Hector Humbug was captain of the Evil Weevil.He was the nastiest pirate ever to sail the South Seas.He plundered, and he robbed.He sank ships and cheated at cards.Captain Humbug disliked everyone,especially his cousin Horatio.Horatio Hogswoggle was captain of the Ben Barnacle.He was the meanest pirate ever to sail the North Seas.He plundered,and he robbed.He sank ships and made sweet little grannies walk the plank.Captain Hogswoggle disliked everyone, especially his cousin Hector.Peg Leg Lil is a true-blue pirate.She can shoot a cannon ball through a porthole, sail through a typhoon, and dig up buried treasure all day long.But there’s something about Lil that nobody knows.She can’t cook!And deep down in her salty heart, she wants to win the Pirates’ Annual Blue-water Cooking Contest more than all the treasure in the world.

These two pirates hate each other for twenty years and that’s why they sailed in different seas.That is, until they heard that Peg Leg Lil was sailing her ship, the Sea Buiscuit, to Shipwreck Island.There she planned to enter the Pirates’ Annual Blue-water Cooking Contest and win first prize with a secret recipe.When Captain Humbug heard of this he decided  to sink Peg Leg Lil ship and steal her secret recipe and Captain Hogswoggle was thinking the same thing as him.Captain Humbug wanted to sink Peg Leg Lil ship and stole her secret recipe.He raised all the sails and turned the Evil Weevil to the North.Captain Hogswoggle just wanted to plunder her recipe and make her walked the plank next Sunday then he as well raised his pirate flag, the Jolly George, and turned the Bent Barnacle to the South.

Now Peg Leg Lil was a true-blue pirate.She could shoot a cannon ball through a porthole.She could sail the Sea Biscuit safely through a raging storm.She could dig up buried treasure all day long.But there was something about her that nobody knew.Peg Leg Lil was a terrible cook.To make things worse, she had no secret recipe for the contest.But, deep in her salty heart, Peg Leg Lil wanted to win first prize in that cooking contest more than all the treasure in the world.So Lil sent the ships cook up into the crow’s-nest and took over the cooking herself.She cooked three recipes and give it to her mate to eat.All her mate hate it because its taste so awful so the whole crew abandoned ship.Peg Lil Peg did not wanted to give up so she cooked up hard a tack hash and fish-eye pie.When she tasted what she had cooked it was taste so awful and so she thought that her crew was right about it.

Trough salty storms and wailing gales, Peg Leg Lil tried to cook a dish so delicious that it would win the cooking contest.She was so busy measuring and mixing, stirring and fixing, that she didn’t notice two ships sailing into view.When these two cousins see each other they started to fight who’s going to get Peg Leg Lil’s treasure.They ended up loading their gun and fired at each other.The cannon balls soared the sky in a blaze of blue sparks.Both pirates missed by a mile. Down in the kitchen of the Sea Biscuit, Peg Leg Lil was madder than cross-eyed crab because the banging and booming was caused by the pirates has made her kelp cake fall as flat as a jellyfish.Lil grabbed every ingredient in the galley and leaped up the ladder.She charged across the ship like a cyclone and started stuffing the cannon full of eggs, whipped cream, carrot tops, fish fins, and anything else she could get her floury  hand on.She lit the fuse and stood back.

Before Captain Humbug and Captain Hogswoggle could steer clear, the cannon on the deck of the Sea Biscuit exploded with a thunderous KERR-BOOM!The whirling, swirling mixture sailed through the air and covered both ships from stem to stern in a sticky, mooshy mess.Then a great, gooey gloop of the mixture fell from the mainmast and landed on Captain Humbug face.He opened his mouth to yell but instead, a smile slowly from ear to ear.He said that this is the most delicious thing he had ever eaten.He yelled to Captain Hogswoggle to stop stomping like a stranded sawfish and try a bite.When he tried it he said that it's scrumptious.“Hey, Lil give us your recipe,” the two pirates cried.But Peg Leg Lil refused to.The pirates  told Lil that if she gave them her recipe they will promise to give up pirating for ever and helped her open a bakery.Humbug and Hogswoggle hollered to Lil that her recipe it’s not just good but it's great.They told her what does she called it.Lil thought for a moment and then laughed then she told them it’s called “High-In-The-Sky Pirate Pie”.

Peg Leg Lil join the cooking contest and win first prize, but with help of Hector and Horatio, Peg Leg Lil opened the first floating bakery on the high seas.The two cousins worked like whirlwinds in the kitchen while Lil loaded the cannon.They blasted and boomed them aboard every ship that passed within range.Word of Peg Leg Lil’s incredible edible “High-In-The-Sky Pirate Pie travelled” as fast as a hurricane.In no time at all, the treasure chests abroad the Sea Biscuit were overflowing with gold doubloons.Captain Humbug, Captain Hogswoggle and Captain Lil were indeed the happiest, busiest, and richest pirates ever to sail the seven seas.

This story is so good and it's really cool to read.My favourite character in this story was Captain Lil.The reason why she is my favourite character in this story is becaused she inspired me to never give on what you really wanted to have.(She really wanted to participate in a cooking contest but the problem is that she is not a good cooker but she never give up because she’s not a great cooker.She keep on trying)That’s the end of my review for this story.

"THE SECRET SEVEN"

           THE SECRET SEVEN

           Secret Seven Adventure

By Eniel Blyton

This story is about a group of children detectives. These children detectived called themselves the S.S(Secret Seven)or S.S.S(Secret Seven Society). This group consisted of Peter (The society head), Janet (Peter’s sister), Jack, Barbara, George, Pam, and Colin. The S.S.S had their usual weekly meetings down in a old shed at the bottom of the garden belonging to Peter and Janet.

When the members came for the meeting, they simply had to say the password to unlock the door.Their password was Rabbit. The S.S had their own badge too. It came to the fourth week of their weekly meetings, and they still had nothing to report, and nothing has happened.The S.S decided to do something.They came  up with an idea that they should play American Indian and stalk someone who didn’t wear any Indian costumes.

Peter, Janet, George, Barbara, Pam, and Jack had Red Indian costumes except Colin.The S.S decided that they should stalk Colin because he was the only one with no costumes.The others went to wear their Indian costumes and painted their faces while Colin was still finding a place to hide in. Colin found a tree and he said to himself that he should climb up that tree so that they would not find him.When the others finished getting ready they counted to 100 and then started spreading out to find Colin and stalk him.

Colin was hiding on the tree. Suddenly he noticed a man jumping over the big wall which separated the main road with where they played Red Indians. Peter who was among the others also noticed the man. He began to wonder why the man appeared in their game, but just decided to ignore it. Colin thought that the man has gone, but then suddenly realised that he was climbing up the tree where he was .Colin was so afraid and his heart started beating so fast. He couldn’t move because he was so scared that the man might him. Colin did not see the man face but only his head and the tip of his ears. Because he was so afraid, he decided to sit on the tree quietly.

By then the others decided to stop the game. They called out to Colin to come because the game was over.Colin did not answer because the man was still on the tree where he was hiding.The others thought that Colin might have run away back home, so they went off to their meeting place and changed. As soon as the man saw the others leaving, he quickly went down the tree and ran away. Colin slid off from the tree as well, and ran back to their meeting and told everyone what happened.The S.S went back home and rested.

That evening, the radio announced something which suddenly made all the S.S think of the man again! ‘Lady Lucy Thomas’s magnificent and unique pearl necklace was stolen from her bedroom at Milton Manor that afternoon,” said the announcer. The S.S immediately thought that the man who stole the necklace might have been the one who came to their meeting earlier that day. They decided to call a meeting on the next day.

At their meeting the S.S thought that this was their chance to do a real adventure.They went to the police station and talked with the Chief Police and explained what happened on the day that they played American Indians at their meeting place. Then they made their way back to their Little Thicket, where they played their game of American Indians the day before. They wanted to see if they could find some clues of any thefts or of any thieves. The S.S found a lot of  clues so they kept all of them. Suddenly Colin gave a shout that made them all jumped! He  pointed to a poster with an advertisement of a circus. The S.S thought that maybe the thief was an acrobat, so they decided that it was best to go to the circus.

For two days, they all went to the circus with the clues they found at their meeting place. One time they saw a man and a girl having the same items as the clues they found at their meeting place. They tried to match and they found perfect match between them. However, Peter suggested that they did not do anything, so they left them alone.  

One night later, Peter asked Colin that the two of them went to the circus. He suggested that they went to find out who the real thief was. They went into a room and hid themselves under a bed. While there they heard two men talking about the necklace and where it was hidden. Shortly, one of the men left. He was the thief! As soon as he  got into his car, he noticed by the front mirror that there were two people in his room. He returned to the room and found the two S.S members there. He tried to catch them, but they managed to get away.

The S.S then went and reported the thief to the police. The police went and got the necklace back from the thieves. The police were really proud of seven children detectives,  and so they thanked them for the hard work that they did.

My favourite character in this story was Peter. He was so brave, very determined, and absolutely successful. He was so determined to get to the bottom of who stole the necklace. He was so brave to save his other friends from getting into troubles, he told the rest of the members of S.S. that only Colin and he were the ones who should go and did that research in the night. At the end they were very successful, they found the thief and reported to the police. The thief was arrested and the necklace was retrieved. It took Peter’s determination and bravery to bring that success.

I learned a lot from this story. In particular, I learned about bravery and determination. They are very important to have in order to succeed in what you want to do in life.