Tuesday 16 June 2020

The Weekend

Photo with Dad
photo with Nikau,Zach and Me or Kade

Friday 12 June 2020

Art

This is my art the whole class made one because it was art about what you did in the lock down : ]

problem solving

leadership

TE REO

short story

short story

The teacher stood up in front of the class and said, “Kia ora everyone. We have a new student in class today.  Please introduce yourself to the class…”
“Hi, I am Kade from the USA.”

At the start I was so scared because I thought I would have nobody to talk to or play with . Then James Rhodes came and said, “Do you play sports like rugby?”
I said, “No. I Have played football though.”
James said, “Oh, we like to play football here too.”

After school my new friend James said, “After school do you want to come to the skatepark?”
I said, “What is at the skatepark?”

James said, “There are lots of gnarly kickers and quarter pipes.”
 “What does gnarly mean?” I asked.
James replied, “Gnarly means something that is very easy or very hard.”

We arrived at the skatepark and it was not what I expected. When James said, “There are some gnarly kickers!”
“I thought we would be kicking a ball,” I said.
James looked at me and shook his head and laughed.

James started to ride. He said, “Look at me shredding this quarter.”
I'm sort of getting the meaning of these skateboarding words.

I have never rode a skateboard but I was down to try, so at the start James was pushing me on the flat ground. Oh no, bang! What was that little snake doing in the way.
James said,”Okay, pause the story. Snake! I thought there were no Snakes in New Zealand!”
Back to the story.

 I said to James,”I did not hit a snake. I hit a little kid.”
James said,  “Exactly! A kid that runs in front of you is a snake. I think we should have a little break!

After our break  I tried again. I have sort of got the hang of the Skateboard so James let me go on my own. I can ride down ramps.
James said, “I think it's time you learn to ride down a bank.”

In my head I'm thinking, “What the heck there is a bank at the skatepark!”
Then James showed me the bank and I was like oh! That looks simple. I tried it and then smacked onto the ground.

James runs to me and says, “Are you okay?
I say to James, “Does it look like I’m okay? I’m on the ground!”

He picked me up off the ground and said, “Send it again and show it whose the boss!! SO I sent it and I did it. James came running and said, “Let’s go Kade.”  Now I am a pro skater .

Tuesday 2 June 2020