The Family Funeral

In the holidays my cousins and I went to our family reunion.  At the reunion I saw Jacob.  Jacob is in my class at school.  He was jumping on the bouncy castle.  He said, "hi" and I said, "hi" back.  

After that I had to get changed because my cousins and I had to dance in front of my Dad's auntie.  My cousin's next door neighbour danced with us too.  We did a Tongan and a Samoan dance.  When we had finished everyone watching us clapped and lots of people put money on us.  After that we got to eat pig and for dessert we had cake and cookies.  

When we had finished eating my cousin said, "can you help me to pick up the instruments?" I said, "sure".  So I helped my cousin.  Then he drove us back home.

At home we played with my cousin's next door neighbour.  We played red light.  Then we watched a movie.  It was called Max and Hana.  It was about a boy named Max who had no money.  There was a girl named Hana and she had lots of money.  She gave some of her money to Max.  Max said,  "Thank you".  Hana said, "You're welcome".  So Max said can I stay at your house for today and she said sure.  The next day Max was so sleepy he got lost in the woods.  Hana went looking for Max, but Hana couldn't find him. The movie had a sad ending but I still liked it.

Little Red Riding Hood

One day there was a girl named Red Riding Hood.  Red Riding Hood loved to go to the woods.  She liked all of the flowers there and all of the trees.  Her Nana's was Jess and she was really sick.  She lived near the woods.  So one day Red Riding Hood walked through the woods to to and see her Nana.  

On the way Red Riding Hood met the Big Black Wolf.  The Wolf wanted to eat Red Riding Hood.  When Red Riding got to her Nana's house Nana had big eyes and big ears. Red Riding Hood stared at her Nana. This was because it wasn't her Nana at all it was the Big Black Wolf dressed up as Nana. 

The wolf  said, "I am going to eat you up!!!  The Black Wolf jumped up and chased Red Riding Hood.  When the Black Wolf saw the Woodcutter he ran quickly back into the woods.  Red Riding Hood and the Woodcutter were worried that the Wolf had eaten her Nana but they found her in the cupboard.  Nana was very pleased to see her Granddaughter and the Woodcutter.  They all hugged each other.

My School

My school is in the suburb of Panmure and it is named Saint Patrick's School.  At my school we have two basketball courts, and we have 5 classrooms.  I like playing on the basketball courts on the weekends and after school.  During school only the big children are allowed to play on the court.   Our school has a new play area and it is near the courts.  We play gymnastics on the new play area. We have five teachers and our Principal is Miss Bullot. She is a nice principlal.

A Double Family Celebration

On the weekend my family and I went to a busy airport.  We went there to meet my family from Christchurch.  Inside the airport there were lots of people carrying big and small bags.  My Mum called my uncle to check if they had landed.  My uncle said the plane had stopped.  When I heard that the plane had landed I got so excited. When my uncles came out of the door I ran and hugged them and I hugged my aunties too.  

When I saw my niece she was sleeping.  The next day my niece Havalia got baptised.  When Havalia came to Auckland she got a little bit sick but when my Mum said to put oil on her my auntie did.  Then she stopped crying.  

After Havalia was baptised we had a double celebration.  We had it at our place.  We had a double celebration because my uncle Sam had his birthday.We ate chocolate cake with blue icing.   My family and I said happy birthday to my uncle Sam.  He was happy.  After that we ate strawberry cheese cake.  Later people started packing up the leftover food and then everyone went back home.  

Last Weekend

On the weekend my brother, and I went to Preteen.   My brother's name is Siu and he is in Room 8.  He is older than I am.  My sister goes to Youth YPG because she is 19 years old.  Lots of children from around Auckland go to Preteen.  I really like going to Preteen because it is so fun and we get to learn about important stuff.

In Preteen we are learning about how we can pray in the morning, at night and at anytime and anywhere we go.  Preteen is held in a church in Manukau city.  After learning about prayer we played dodgeball inside the church hall.  

Sunday

On Sunday I went to the pools with my mum, dad, my brother Siu and my younger sister Cindy.  First I went on the slide.  I climbed on the ladder and I slid fast down the slippery water slide.  Later we went home to practice my song for church.  

After that we went to the zoo to look at the pandas.  The skin and fur on the Pandas' faces were black and white. Their ears and the fur around their eyes were black. Their bodies were black and white, and their legs were black.  The pandas were holding up sticks and biting them.

Then we went home and had a sleep. Later we went to my cousins birthday party. We had birthday cake and we sang happy birthday to my cousin.  We all had fun.

The Heroes In My Family

Two of the heroes in my family are my mum and dad.  They are heroes because they look after us and love us very much.  They give us food to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Sometimes we get apples to eat and jam.  I love my mum and dad.  They are the best!

In The Holidays

In the holidays I went to the swimming pools with my brother and sister.  At the pools we swam together.  The water was nice and warm.  We had lots of fun.

The Forest

Once there were two boys and three girls.  The girls’ names were Suzie, Elizabeth and Nickey.  The boys’ names were C.K. and D.J.  One day they went for a run in the forest.  The girls were wearing a singlet and tights.  The boys were wearing a T-shirt and shorts.

All of a sudden a bear came out from behind a tree.  The children were very frightened because the bear was very big and it had big claws.  The children ran and hid behind some bushes.  They were shaking and they tried to be quiet so that the bear would not hear them. 

But the bear found one of the children and he said to the child, “I want to play with you.  Let’s play statues together?”  The other children heard the bear and came out from behind the bushes.  The children decided that the bear was ‘in’.  The bear turned around and he saw D.J. moving.  DJ was supposed to freeze like a statue, so the bear said, “DJ you’re in”.  They all had lots of fun playing with the bear.  “This is nice”, said the children, “we like playing with you.”  “Will you come and play with us again soon?”  “Yes”, said the bear, and he did.

Netball Game

On the weekend I went to my netball game.  My team is called ‘Revelation Cubs’.  We played against the ‘Mighty Mini Hawks’.  I was Goal Defence.  We got into our places.  My coach Emma blew her whistle and the game started.  I ran and got the ball. I threw the ball to the Shooter.  The Revelation Cubs kept getting goals.  We won the game.  The score was 20 points to 5 points.  My team sang ‘we are the champions’.

After the game my coach gave us all a lolly pop each.  I was the winner of the day because I kept doing the right thing.  My coach kept saying, “Well done Lupe”.  I had a good game.

Nana’s funeral

Today, after school I am going to mass for my nana’s funeral.  We are taking some drinks.  I am going to kiss her.  I am going to give her a card and I am going to read it to my nana.  All of my cousins and I are going to sing a song to my nana.  I love my nana and my nana loves me.

By Lupe