The Kapa Haka Festival By Mya

 At St Josephs we went to kapa haka. All the Wairoa  schools came to  watch us.

We went On the bus, it was not very long.There were two buses to get everyone to kapa haka.

Everyone sat on the mat. Some people got their morning tea and had a look around too. We put our bag on the blue mat.  The whole school did it together. It was a very long  time for us to get off the mat. I liked watching the others.

When I watched the others I saw people I knew. They were very loud because they were practicing. The people were cool, singing different songs too.

Then we got dressed in our uniform. The boys and girls were separated. We needed to hurry, put our kapa haka uniform on properly and put our school stuff in our bag too. We needed to check we had everything too.

Next we performed on stage. I was nervous, I had butterflies. I was a little bit scared. We smiled, saw some microphones too. I saw some of my family. We were very loud there, where we were.There were lots of people too.

Then got back in school uniform.We got some photos. We needed to check it was the right bag, I was still excited.

I went  home with my parents. My mum said your performing was great . I felt very happy.

Mya you have written a very detailed story.   Well done!

Kapa Haka By Te Arani

On Friday 13th of September All of the Wairoa school's were at St Josephs School because it was Kapa  Haka.

We went to St Joseph school on a bus.The juniors and the seniors went on a different bus.

The whole school sat on the tarpauline. We had morning tea on it and put  our bag's on the tarpauline too.  The whole school sat together.

The school were watching the other school's performances.  We saw people that we knew there also.  They were loud and cool with different songs.

The girls and boys got dressed in separate places.  We had to hurry when we got changed because they were nearly finished their  performance.  We had to put our uniform on properly. We put our  school uniform in the kapa haka  bags.  It was only our uniform that  was the  one with dress and the top    with patterns on it.

I was nervous and there were lot of microphone on stage.  There were some in front of the row so the audience could hear all of the  other school's. It  also  felt  like we had butterflies in your  tummy.  We were loud on stage  because of the  microphone. They  made us loud when we were on  stage .  I saw some of my family too.  My Mum told me that me Dad was there but I did not see him when I was on the stage.

When we got back into our uniform we had to sort it.  If there was no t-shirt or shorts we would not have anything to wear home.  My Dad was giving me a bug hug because he was proud of my.  The juniors were still excited from the stage.  We had to check our bag to see if they were the right bags.  Other people wanted to take photos of all of the groups that were on stage.

I went home with my Mum and Dad.

Te Arani has written this amazing story.  She is working on using main ideas and details in stories she writes.

Ka mau te wehi Te Arani!  You are amazing!

Millie is using her Goal cards to help her with writing.  She is able to remember what her focus is and keep checking to make sure she is meeting her goal.  Ka pai tō mahi Millie.