Why I'm writing about Hamish is because I love him. Anyone who likes dogs should read this story. I have done a lot of work.

My dog Hamish is a black lab hunter way cross Hamish is really big and has soft ears.

I can’t remember when we got him but he is three. I know that we have had him since he was 8 months old.

 

If you run up to him he will jump on you and I learnt that the hard way. Now I’m   prepared for that.  I put my hands up so he stop.

 

The thing Hamish loves to do is probably to lick people to death.

 

 Hamish also loves to go for far walks and runs. I love Hamish because when he ran away. I just had to call him and he came. We love Hamish….

My trip to Onaero

"Yehaaa!!" I shouted as we raced down the river in our kayaks. Jake and I suddenly ship wrecked our kayaks on a mud island! We made tracks and slides for us to go speeding down them when it was high tide. In the mean time we were exploring and sinking in the squishy mud.

All of the whitebait were coming up stream with the tide and the huge surges was making everything very wavy. That night we went eeling and we kept on getting heaps of nibbles on the bait, the bait was always not there when we retrieved it. At the last minute we caught a 1.5 kg eel and it fought al the way in.

I would love to go there back to their bach one day because I had so much fun.

Patch and Boo Boo.

“Patch!”  i looked around and said “what mum?”

“We are getting boo boo tonight.” so i got Evan and we biked home.  “Evan I am going to tell my teacher.”  I told my teacher, “we are going to get boo boo our kitten tonight.”

  Boo boo is a kitten, he is 8 weeks old and his owner died.  Boo boo is very playful and fun.  My mum was mopping the vinyl and he got on the wet floor and was sliding .  Then he went in to the wool.

he had an operation to help him not be so aggressive. Boo boo jumped up on to my mum and dads bed. Boo boo jumped on to barnie and deno’s bed too.  Boo boo jumped on to my bed too.  Boo boo loves my mum dad bed the most.  Boo boo sleeps on your head too.

Todd Energy Aquatic Centre's indoor pool has made a splash in the community for 20 years.
On October 17, 1994, the pool was opened after about a year of vigorous community-based fundraising.
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Popular pools reach 20-year milestone

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Celebration time: Todd Energy Aquatic Centre regular pool users, from left, Mark Johnston, Warren Bolton, Wayne Bennett, Barry Marsh, Ian Eliason, John McLean, John Wills and centre manager Mike Roberts.

Adding indoor pools to the existing 50-year-old outdoor facility was the idea of Barry Marsh and Steve Ander.
"[We were] reading a pool magazine, which showed an aquatic centre in Canada," Mr Marsh said.
"Our thought at the time was that this would be ideal for here."
They set about raising the $1.7 million needed for the build.
"We used the pool a lot for our fundraising; like gala days down here," he said.
Further financial aid included TSB Community Trust and Todd Energy. Mr Marsh also had input into the designs.
"When we got the first lot of plans from the developers we had some problems.
"The lanes were were only 900cm wide. We had them expanded out to two metres, which would allow swimmers to pass."
Among other things the team implemented after seeing the initial plan was windows on the seaward side.
Mr Marsh is thrilled to see so many groups and people using the pool, especially those to learning to swim.
"I hope the council keep the pool charges to a minimum so it's affordable for families and people on limited or fixed incomes."
Centre manager Mike Roberts said about 370,000 people use the pool each year.
The 20 year anniversary was celebrated with a cake cutting. He wanted to thank Barry and all the people involved in the build.
"Without all that fundraising we probably wouldn't have had an indoor pool for many years after. For the community, it's an asset," he said.
In 2009 the centre was changed to accommodate an indoor hydroslide. There may be further changes in the future.
New Plymouth District Council is doing a Community Aquatic Needs Analysis Report, which will be presented to the council in the new year.

Nikki- HOLIDAY!!!!

                                                      October school holiday

Today our family went to the skyline in luge in rotorua. Mikayla, Daddy and I went together on the luge and then to the jelly belly jelly beans shop. Once we had finished shopping at the jelly belly we went to rainbow springs .We went on the big splash which told us stories about the old days in New Zealand. At the end of the boat ride, you go down a large slide at the bottom you get splashed with water. We did the big splash twice, the second time it made me feel sick inside, YUCK!!!!!!! We went through the gift shop, but saw noting we liked. So then we went to the mini putt. Rotoroa’s mini putt course was hard because there were penties for when your, ball landed on the water or land. Finally we went to the 3D maze. I ran to do the maze, thinking that it was easy but, I was wrong it was difficult. Mikayla found the first coloured corners and I found the last three. I was really hot from the burning sun so we get an ice block, YUM!!!!!!Off we went to go to toupo. In toupo we stayed at wairakie resort hotel they had spa pools, fitness centre, tennis court, playground, two swimming pools, squash court and two restarts. We had breakfast every morning they had fruit, cereal, bacon, hash brown, suger, eggs and toast. We went to have dinner at the fairway restaurant the best part of the meal was dessert. On Friday we went to white water world river adventure. At the 4D ride they made us sit in special seats Mikayla and I in the front, Mummy daddy in the back. We got some 3D glasses. Then the ride started to move within a few seconds water started pouring out on us from nozzles. We watch people rafting down two rive one being the tongarino river and the other one being the kaituna river. In the afternoon we had a swim. We got mcds for tea Mikayla and I had a fillet-o-fish and Daddy had one too and a big mac. We ate it at the park side near Lake Taupo. I LIKED OUR HOLIDAY.

         

painting pots connor

My group and I were painting pots, ready for the carnival.This is what we painted.

Janelle Party