Horse Riding Alexandra

Horse riding is so much fun. I go to Maree Green horse riding school in Kumeu.
I learn so much about riding and horses there. I ride a cute little pony called Ty. I go every second Sunday .
 At horse riding you learn lots of skills on horse back such as walk, trot, canter, jumping and also how to control your horse.
There are over 15 horses at riding and each one is different. Here are some: Mey a chestnut mare, Pretty a Clydesdale cross mare and Ty, my favourite, is a thoroughbred Cross Welsh Pony Gelding. They are all so cute! I normally ride Ty but I have also ridden Cookie, a dun and Tommy a grey gelding. Recently the riding school got a new horse called Flash. He is so cute and is a chestnut gelding.
Horse riding is so much fun you should try it. All this is why I love horses and riding.

By Alexandra

War Description by Grace

The light goes to shadows and the dark comes. I'm frightened out of my skin, I don't know what's going to happen, suddenly  Boom Bam Crash!  I hear cries and screams. I crawl onto the battle field. Suddenly I see blood driping from my arm, my leg and worst of all my head. I'm thinking this will be the end. As I walk forwards I fall into a shell hole, when I hear some weeping and then I see a German. Sorry I landed in the wrong place. Then there were no more gun shots heard. Yay its the end of the war. Then I realised the German was pointing his gun at me. I quickly jumped out of the shell hole, that was a close one. We soon went back on the ships and back home.

by Grace

What am I? By Briarn

What am I
I tell the Time.
I go West to East.
I like to hang Around.
I sound like Tick Tock.
I am as round as a Circle.
I have 12 numbers on Me.
My cousins live on Wrist's.
I feel hard sometimes Cold.
I help people all around the World.

What am I?

The Freakishly Large Slice of Swiss Cheese Sneak Peek by Rose

It was a rainy day. Thunder was shaking the neighborhood. Hail was pelting windows. A lonely slice of Swiss Cheese was lying on the ground, sobbing, by the trash can. He missed the two bread slices that he was once contained in. They had long since been taken away in the garbage truck. Ralph, the cheese, had been left alone, to mould. Ralph felt empty, and forgotten. He felt like no one in the world cared about anything except themselves. But that was before the incident.
Ralph woke with a start. He sat up, stretched, and waddled over to Madam Maxime's Marvelous Magical Teashop. If you've heard the name, you'll know that Madam Maxime is the Headmistress Of Beauxbatons. Or at least used to be. She got sacked for giving her horses whiskey and calling Professor Dumbledore Dumblydore. Oh, and also for being seen with Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper, because Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were competing in the Triwizard  Tournament.

By Rose

My Holiday by Kayne

In the holidays I went to the skids holiday program at grey Lynn school.So on Friday we did clip and climb to do some extreme rock climbing. First I climb up the big King Kong tower.Then I had to race one of the staff and guess what I WON!!!!!!!!.But then it was morning tea and I didn't have morning tea because I had five dollars so I bought an ice block that was yummy and sweet.Then we went climbing again, but sadly I had to sit out while everyone was climbing so I started to cry to god.Then we went on the bus to the park and man it was chilly.Then it was lolly time and I had money so I bought nerds, they are so sweet. Then it was time to go back home to skids then it was time to go home to have dinner and go to sleep.

By Kayne

Together at own your own pony Alexandra and Naomi

             Together at own your own pony!
                            By Naomi and Alexandra



It was Tuesday, the sun was up and our stomachs were bubbling with excitement as our cars traveled across the rocky road.
The cars pulled up at "Maree Green Equestrian Horse Riding Club"
(where we go for horse riding lessons).
The welcoming smell of horse lay muffled in the air.
The small nickers from ponies and horses continued to echo around the stables.
We went to find our ponies
Ty an adorable grey (white), thoroughbred cross welsh pony glending!
And Pretty a breath-taking Bay Clydesdale Cross Mare (Mare= Female Horse). 
Once we had caught them and tied them up at their stable we got to work with the curry comb and got to work on their bodies.
In no time we had them tacked up and ready to ride. Now the worst part we have to have morning tea before we ride... Boo.
We walked, trotted, cantered and jumped and soon the horses were tired and sweaty.
We took them back to the stables and made their lunch, we handed ii to them and enjoyed our own lunch. After we had eaten our lunch and had waited for the horses and ponies to finish theirs and we set up some jumps and went and got our horses ready to go.
Soon we were warming down our horses. We were lucky enough to remove the saddle and warm them down BARE-BACK.
It was an awesome day but the best part was doing it together 
   

Inner City Soccer Review  

Grey Lynn Vs Pt Chev

Score 1-5

Goalscorers For Grey Lynn: Shaan

Our first game was against Pt Chev. It wasn't the greatest of starts. The score was a 5-1 loss. The goal for Grey Lynn was scored By Shaan in the first 10 seconds.

Grey Lynn vs Marist Herne Bay

Score 1-0

Goalscorers For Grey Lynn : Oliver

We only had a 5 minute break after that match then we played a  Herne Bay Marist team.. The score was a 1-0 win with Oliver skilling the keeper, then scoring having a 100% chance of scoring which he did.

Grey Lynn vs Westmere 2

Score 4-0

Goalscorers For Grey Lynn :Shaan,Ty

We had another 5 minute break then we played Westmere 2. That game was a great one winning 4-0. Shaan scored 3 goals. Ty scored the other goal.

Grey Lynn vs Westmere 1

Score 5-2

GoalScorers:Shaan,Oliver, Finn and Harvey

After our loss we played Westmere 1 and had a really good game. We won 5-2 for our final pool game. The goal scorers were Shaan scoring 2 and Oliver, Finn and Harvey scoring the others. There was a horn making  a noise for full-time and I had the ball and the ref didn't blow his whistle for end of match and I ran with the ball skilling every defender and scoring. After Shaan goal we were celebrating that we won.       

Grey Lynn vs Kadimah

Score 19-0

GoalScorers:Harvey,Lucien, Ethan, Praful, Joseph,Oliver,Shaan,Ty,Finn,Red

We were versing  Kadimah. Their team wasn't good at all demolishing them 19-0. We had hat-tricks from Finn and Shaan scoring 4 and the other hat-tricks were by Harvey and Oliver scoring 3. Lucien, Ethan, Praful, Joseph and Red scored the other goals.Ty also did an epic goalkeeper run and scored

Grey Lynn VS Te Huruhi

Score 1-2

Goalscorers:Lucian

After our massive win we had an extended break for 25 minutes and then we had a bye and then we played against Waiheke side Te Huruhi. That was one of the toughest games we had played yet with a 2-1 loss. Lucian scored the goal. If we drew then we could've made to the finals if Te Huruhi lost to Pt Chev.

Overall

By the shred of paper we just didn't make it to the plate final but we finished 3rd in Pool A and 5th out of the 12 schools. Ty finished with 2 Goals and Player Of The day. We had a great day and then we went back to school arriving at quarter  past 1 in the afternoon.
By Ty