Manaikalani schools

                             MANAIKALANI SCHOOLS

HURRAY! TODAY OUR SCHOOL WENT TO MEET THE WAKA. FIRST WE GOT ON THE BUS AND TRAVELED TO PT.ENGLAND BEACH .WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE WE WERE GIVEN A BUDDY. MY BROTHER AND I WERE BUDDIES BECAUSE MRS.DINES SAID SO. THEN WE SAT ON THE GROUND AND WAITED FOR THE WAKA. ALL OF US WENT QUIET. WHEN THE WAKA ARRIVED OUR SCHOOL DID A HAKA AND WE HEARD ELEPHANT SOUNDS LIKE CALLING THEIR FRIENDS. THEN WE ALL SANG SONGS FOR THEM. WE SANG KARAKIA SONG CALLED "HE HONORE" . THE LEADER OF THE WAKA GAVE A SPEECH. WE ALL HIGH-FIVE THE WAKA PEOPLE. THEN WE WAITED FOR THE BUS TO TAKE US BACK TO SCHOOL. WHEN WE GOT BACK WE ATE MORNING TEA. THE YEAR 5 ARRIVED LATER. WHEN THEY ARRIVED WE HID BEHIND THE TREES TO TRICK THEM. THEY WERE SURPRISED TO SEE US DOING TRICKS TO MAKE THEM LAUGH. I LEARNED ABOUT THE WAKA .IT IS A BOAT THAT TRAVELED IN TO COME TO NEW ZEALAND. IT WAS A FUN DAY FOR ALL OF US!