Hot Air Balloon

Today we saw a hot air balloon at St Paul’s School.

The colour was red, yellow, orange and pink.    

The pilot and his crew blew the hot air balloon up with a ginormous fan. The fan made a buzzing sound.         

My friends and I waited in line until it was our turn. Once it was our turn, we hopped into the basket using a little step in the basket.

In the air, all the people looked like tiny ants. When we went in the big hot air balloon, we made the penguin skydive. The penguin was hanging from a rope.

We thought the penguin was skydiving off the basket so he could learn to fly.

When we landed, there was a loud thump! and the poor old penguin got squashed.

Ash Wednesday

Symbols of the Holy Spirit

Other symbols of the Holy Spirit are oil, water and the dove.

Swimming Sports

Yesterday, our school had our swimming sports at the Ngaruawahia Town Pools.

The first race we did was freestyle.
When we hopped in the freezing water, I was jumping around like a kangaroo. I was nervous. I thought I was going to lose then Mr K blew his whistle. I swam as  fast as I could. When I reached the end, the lady gave me a thing that said first. I was proud of myself because I came first.

Honey Bees