Flower art

This is one of the pictures that inspired me for our art . I have done a purple lily with similar colors and design .

Te Reo Learning 2017

Kia ora

Ko Zara taku ingoa

Ko  Braithwaite taku whanau

Ko tei hiamoe ahua

Ko Brigitte raua ko Julian aku matua

Ko Theo taku tungane

E tekau aku tau

Ki ora

Cross Country

                Cross Country

Do you like cross country ? Well I don’t . The sludge of the mud crawling like worms up my legs , The feeling of mud crawling under my toenails,feeling like a dead flower too weak to hold themselves up .  I was parched and could taste blood in my throat,people were falling down on either side of me .

Down the finish shoot ,sprinting like a leopard that hasn’t eaten for weeks, desperate to catch it’s prey . I bounded across the finish line . I felt like a stone resting on the bottom of the ocean . So shattered that I could barely walk ,longing for water,for sleep,for rest . But not yet .

5 minutes later I was sitting down on the rough concrete floor. Quenching my thirst with a glass of ice cold water.It had been a successful cross country. The last one that I will ever compete in at Pinehill .

Mathletics Learning

This week on Mathletics I have learnt how to subtract fractions with different denominators .
An Example of this is:

21/49 - 2/7 =

First you have to change the denominator to the same numbers,you usually change the smaller number to the bigger number using multiplication.

7x8 = 49  2x8= 16

21/49  - 16/49 = 5/49

This is how you subtract fractions with different denominators .

Zara's Camp Writing

Camp Writing 2017   Zara  Braithwaite

L.I : Use different lengths of sentences for a purpose

L.I : Follow the whole writing process

L.I Use different sentence starters

As I rode through the tall pine trees that were looming over top of me  I practiced changing gears . Ouch, my hand got really sore as I frustratingly struggled to change gears . Oh no it’s my turn to ride over the ramps .‘Keep going ‘ you can do it ‘ I thought as I was recapping everything Sam  the instructor told us : fast speed , level pedals , stand up on your bike and look forwards .  This was only the first ramp I was already slightly hesitant .I  quickly ascended the  ramp . I was thrilled . I actually made it over the ramp ,I thought I was going to fall off and fail . Miserably . But I  succeeded .

I was staring at the pine needles scattered across the ground while I was waiting in line for my biggest fear . The See-Saw . I was scared but I was still determined to conquer the seesaw and face my biggest fear .I was the front of the line nothing was stopping me so ….

Now for the see-saw . If I was nervous before , that was an understatement . As I approached the see-saw it felt like it was rushing towards me like a big horrifying monster . But once I was on it I was ecstatic . The tilt Of the see-saw was like a miniature turn of a tiny rollercoaster . I wish there was a time machine so that I could go back and replay that moment over and over . I loved the feeling the wind in my hair and feeling successful as I had conquered it . I enjoyed it so much I want to do it all over again . If there was any activity that I want to do again I would definitely say mountain biking because  I enjoyed it so much I want to do it all over again .  

Raspberry Cheese cake

As I look at the creamy,mouthwatering raspberry cheesecake that has ever so  carefully  chocolate sauce drizzled on top . I couldn't help but having just a little lick , It was Delicious!  [ I hope none of the guests  will notice ]

Finally we started to cut the cake , the smooth filling oozing out of the cake . Sadly I need to wait .And Wait . And Wait . For last piece because of that “ Guests First” rule.

As everyone experienced the heavenly taste of the sensational Cake , at last my tummy is satisfied  with the superb raspberry cheese cake .

Doing Nothing

I lay stiller than a stone lying on the bottom of chilly lake Wanaka . I felt  infuriated as I had just lost one of many battles with my devastatingly annoying little brother . He was angrier than a rampaging bull charging straight at me . Just because I borrowed his pens .


I lay still listening to everything around me .I could hear  little wax eyes  chirping a harmonious song outside my window . While my cat peacefully purred by my side . The clank of knives and forks showed that delicious dinner was nearly ready .


Slowly I fell into a deep sleep dreaming of nothing but light , fluffy candy floss clouds and sparkling rainbows glimmering in the sky as the sun’s radiant light reflects off them .Yet to suddenly have to wake to go to dinner