The Super-Moon (by Brenna, age 6)

Yesterday and on Saturday, the moon was amazing.

On Saturday, the moon was very, very bright. On Sunday, the moon was amazing, too. It was big and orange.

On Sunday night, my family went down to St Clair beach. We took the car. It was nice and warm in the car, but when I got out, it was freezing! I had to put on my puffer jacket.

We did no swimming, and didn’t even go down to the beach. We saw the moon and I thought that the moon was orange because the orange lights were shining on the moon.

Later that night, I went outside with my parents and saw the moon again. It was still orange.

I’m really happy that I didn’t miss it!

Brenna's Interesting Fact Did you know that the moon is bigger than New Zealand and Australia put together. Amazing, eh! New Zealand and Australia are pretty big, but the moon is even bigger!

Mrs Marshall adds…..

Do you want to know why the moon was so big and orange on the 5^th and 6^th of May? Click here.

You can also view the Otago Daily Times (ODT) report here.

Moana Pool (by Taine, age 6)

In the weekend, I went to the pools.

I was trying to catch my dad, but he was too fast. I didn’t give up. I tried again and again, then I caught him!

After that, I saw a bouncy slide in the pool that you couldn’t dive off. It was a pirate slide and it was blue and yellow. I went up ten times and my brother went down eight times. Dad had to hold Ardeka. Mum didn’t go in because she didn’t want to get wet!

Suddenly Mum shouted, “Get out!” because we were too far from her. We did, and she dried us with the towel.

We got a milkshake, then I said, “Can we stay here for a little bit longer?” Mum said, “Ok,” and we said, “Thank you!”

Mum said, “Have fun!” and we said, “We will!” 

I went to the hydroslide then and I had so much fun.

The Most Exciting Weekend (by Gracie, age 6)

In the most exciting weekend, I was at home. I was bored.

Suddenly something sprang into my head. I thought,

“I think I should skip!”

I went outside to fetch a rope. I finally found one. I went to skip, but…I couldn’t! I tried and I tried, but I just couldn’t skip!

I asked my Mum, and she said,

 “Ok, I’ll teach you!”

 “Great!” I said.

 “Come on!”

We both went outside. I picked up my skipping rope, and Mum said,

“Right, let’s start! First of all, we are going to fling your skipping rope behind you.”

So I did that.

“Then slowly bring it in front of you and jump over it.”

I tried. I tried again and again until I finally got it, and I was so happy.