Hot Air Balloon

This morning, when I came to school, Konnah, Jayden and Theo were already there. I saw a giant fire-coloured balloon. I heard a jet of flames coming out of a little steel box and people talking.

There was an enormously long line and it took a long time but then it was finally my turn and my Dad kept taking photos of me.
I felt scared but, when I hopped into the balloon, I felt safe. When I jumped into the big cane basket, a man pulled a lever and a jet of flame shot into the balloon called Wildfire. In a second, I was hovering up in the sky. I floated.
When I came back down, I sort of fell out of the basket because the balloon fell to the ground with a big thud.

Ash Wednesday

Symbols of the Holy Spirit

Other symbols of the Holy Spirit are water, the dove and oil. You can see some of the symbols that our class drew on our class blog at stproom4.blogspot.co.nz

Swimming Sports

Yesterday, our school had our swimming sports at the Ngaruawahia town pools.

It was time for the backstroke race. All the other 8 year boys dived in with me. Mr K blew his loud whistle and we were off! I shot through the sparkling water like a bullet. All of us were kicking as fast as we could. I tried my best but I still came last. I bet next time that I will be a lot faster.

Honey Bees

What I found out: Bees eat nectar from flowers and pollen, and spew it up.