Kahikatea Tree at Papakura South School

Kahikatea Tree at Papakura South School
Martha-Lee and Madeline
Showing posts with label Destiny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Destiny. Show all posts

Monday, December 01, 2008

Drumming Show by Dylan Elise




On Wednesday 26th November a New Zealand drummer named Dylan Elise came to our school. The whole school went for the show to the hall. First a guy walked onto the stage and introduced himself. His name was Dylan Elise. He told us that he had started playing drums since the age of six. He said he has been in many bands but had not played solo for a long time. First he played a clapping game with the audience. It was fun and then it went kind of silly and everybody laughed. After that Dylan showed us the cow-bells. He named two types of drumsticks, brush and hot-rod. Then Dylan played the drums for us. He played rock, latin, jazz and other types. On the drums he was doing tricks with his drumsticks. He was juggling and flipping them while drumming. He did some cool tricks on the high-hat and also drummed on his legs. While Dylan was playing the drums there was a bigscreen video so we could see Dylan playing upclose. He told us the glass shield that surrounded his drumset were protecting our ears from the loudness of the drums. At the end Dylan mentioned following our dreams. He had achieved his dream of being a drummer. We felt lots of passion and excitement for all the hard work he put into doing the show and achieving his dreams.



Written by: Kelliemay, Johnnie, Stacy and Destiny

Monday, August 25, 2008

A Tangi




Have you ever been to a tangi? How did you feel when someone close to
you passed away? One Saturday morning we heard that my Papa past away. He died of cancer after fighting it for 20 years. He was about 80 years when he past away. My mum was crying and looked sad. I was sad too because Papa always had a snack for me when I went over for a visit. We had a tangi to say goodbye to my Papa. When we went to his tangi mum was crying a lot with all of the other visitors. They were saying nice things about papa. My Uncle performed my Papa’s favourite haka and it was so funny that everyone laughed and felt happy. Papa always made us smile. We all shared memories about Papa and said we will never forget him. He was the best Papa to my brother, sister and I. We buried my Papa in my grandma’s grave and we placed their crosses together to hug each other. Some of us started to cry again. My mum told Papa not let Nana boss him around now that they are back together. We started to laugh again. At the tangi we felt a little sad and a little happy too. At last Papa and Nana were together. We all celebrated his freedom. I still miss my Papa a lot but I know that he is happy in heaven. He is watching over me and my whanau. Rest in peace Papa.

Speech by Destiny

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Room 8 Haikus on Rain

By Joseph
The rain is pouring
We can hear the raindrops fall
It is very cold

By Shar
It is raining hard
The grass is so slippery
The flowers need rain

By Johnnie
Rain is very cold
Rain makes very cold puddles
Rain makes people cold

By Kelliemay
The rain makes hailstones
Rain makes you slip in the mud
Rain makes a big flood


By Zane
Rain is coming down
It is so cold in the rain
Rain is a good thing!

By Kennedy
The rain comes down, down
The rain is really heavy
People don’t like rain!

By Riccardo
Rain makes people sick
When there is no rain it’s dry
It is raining hard

By Makayla
Rain makes big floods come
Hailstones falling from the sky
Rain makes people cold

By Destiny
Rain is falling down
Rain is very wet and cold
Rain makes big puddles