Fresh "N" Fruity

A class of students were out picking berries when they came across a very strange berry bush. The colours of berries are supposed to be red but these berries were all colours!

The kids each took one from the bush, put them in their mouth and they turned every colour on the strange berry from purple to green and a heck of a lot of colours in the middle!

They took very long to cool off to be back to their normal colour. They collected every of the coloured berries on the bush and put them in their basket.

The next day the kids went back to the same berry bush and collected more and more and they were putting the berries into their basket. Each day the kids will go back to collect more and more but little did they know that the person who planted the berry bush left a sign, (a dangerous sign)

The sign said [If you keep eating these berries for more than 20 days in a row you will get a sickness that will never go away]

One little girl who was in their class seen the sign but didn’t tell her class what she had seen.

Anyway the girl knew that they were in a Fonterra competition called Fresh "N" Fruity and if they won they would of got 10,000 dollars, but in this competition you weren’t aloud to be sick or you would have been disqualified.

After 20 days the girl ended up winning the competition and got the money and the class didn’t know how they ended up getting sick but the girl ended up splitting up the money with the class and she was left with the rest.

The next day the girl picked another strange berry from the bush and sent it off for D.N.A testing and she found out what was in it. So she used all her money to find out what was in it and she planted her own when she found out the main ingredient she was spooked!!! Because the main ingredient was Toxic!

Then she said to herself oh well at least I won’t be the egg who eats the berries off the bush anymore… and everyone lived happily ever after (everyone except for her class)

THE END!

Goldilocks and the three Bears

Hi my name is Baby Bear and I have a story to tell so sit back relax and enjoy.
Once upon a time there lived a family of three bears Mummy Bear, Daddy Bear and
also ME! One day we went for a walk through the woods and then something happened....
This little girl named Goldilocks went walking through the woods and couldn't find her way
home and she saw a little cottage but no-one was inside and she had a little peep.
Hello, Hello she said but no one answered, so she went inside.
There she seen three bowls of porridge and said yum I could do with a feed.
She tried the first bowl but it was too hot. So she tried the second bowl but it was
to sugary. So she tried the little bowl and It was just right. Then all of a sudden
she felt cold so she went and hopped in the bath. But what she didn't know was while she was
in her bath the three bears returned and they were angry because their food was all
gone. Eventually Goldilocks got kicked out and they lived happily ever after except
for Goldilocks.

THE END!

♥P.E with Mr.Apperley♥

At 11:00 room 5 had P.E with Mr.Apperley. First we had to do a warm-up.
We played line tag. The two taggers were Thomas and Paige.
We had P.E in the hall. For line tag the two taggers had a ball and they had to try and
tag you with the ball. It was just like ball tigi except you had to run on the lines and
you weren't aloud to throw the ball. Next we played Captains coming (and that was really easy )
After that we had a game of soccer and my friend Paige scored the first goal!
It was boys verse girls and unbelievably we came a tie!
And we are girls (honestly!) I thought that the boys will beat us.
We had a cool P.E session with Mr.Apperley and I hope we do it again.

Samoa

Samoa is found in the heart of the Pacific Ocean and is in the middle of
Hawaii and New Zealand.

They speak Samoan, but also can speak English very well.

In Samoa the currency is called Tala.

Their main export is taro and a few other food.


Day 1-Organize a hotel.

Day 2- Stay for a couple of nights.

Day 3- Watch all of the main dances

Day 4- Leave (hope you had a good time)

Tennis Lessons with the Pro

Today, Room 5 got to have tennis lessons with
a professional tennis player (how cool is that).
We had to go in partners I partnered up with
my best friend Jahnay. Before we partnered up
we had to see how many bounces we could do on the tennis racket.
Then we had to bounce the ball with the racket and it wasn't that easy
as it sounds. The pro's name was Mr.Beamish. He taught us how to
throw the ball, and then after that we played a little game
of tennis the winners of that game were Zoe and Daniel.A
My score for the first one was 124, and my score for the next one was
only 87 (that one was a bummer!).

My speech

My speech about Taro

Hi my name is Jessie Witeri, I’m 11yrs old and my speech is about a Samoan vegetable called Taro.

Well lets get started in Samoa Taro is a very healthy source of vegetable that grows in the ground. You can also eat the leaves of the Taro. Samoans use the Taro leaves for making luau (Taro leaves and coconut wrapped in foil).The remaining leaf stems are cut approximately 12-16 inches above the removed corms and these tiapula are either allowed to dry for a few days or they are replanted immediately.

The Taro grows in the ground. You can regrow it once the Taro leaves are cut off and out of the ground. You can also grow it in your backyard where it is dry or in your very own garden and if you don’t have any seeds or Taro plants then you could buy some at the shops.

Taro all taste the same they come in different sizes. The only kick in it is that some people might not even like Taro because it is a vegetable yikes! So maybe they might not like it (but I hope they do). So no matter how they cook the Taro bake it, boil it or even steam it Taro will always taste the same.

Now I have told you how it tastes, when it is grown and I have even told you what Taro is, but not much people will know that in Samoa Leaf Blight hit them in 1993-1994.Leaf Blight is a disease that grows on Taro when it first comes from the ground. There are also some other diseases that grow or eat away the Taro like… Armyworms, Plant hoppers and of course weeds but Armyworms and Plant hoppers are just pests that eat away the Taro.

Now lots of people will be asking is Taro even healthy well I have the answer of course it is (dah). It is healthy because it is a vegetable and even if it isn’t, when the Taro first comes out of the ground and washed and ready to hit the markets the Taro is prized by the Samoans for its taste and texture. And if you don’t believe me grow some for yourselves and you can see with your own eyes.

Okay where was I, ah there Taro comes in different shapes and sizes. Some Taro eve have there names for each different shape and size. So Taro will always be Samoa’s main vegetable forever.

So maybe you should try growing some or if you can’t do that then try and but some at the shops because it has to be nice if the bugs like Armyworms and Plant hoppers like it.

In many fields Taro is continuously cultivated unless pests, diseases or poor yields force temporary abandonment of the site. Dry land Taro is not irrigated in American Samoa and wetland Taro is not flooded. Taro can be grown in the United States of America, Samoa, Aotearoa, Australia, France, Japan and Jamaica. Now off to the pest thing again, many American Samoa farmers list Armyworm as their main Taro insect pest. But just to tell you Taro is nice just in case you get the wrong idea.

Ever since 1996 Taro has been growing from American Samoa to Jamaica and mainly the independent state of Samoa itself. Taro is an all year round vegetable so once the leaves of the Taro are cut off it will regrow it self (it works just like magic).

Lots of Samoans eat Taro with coconut cream and onion. (Even though I have never tried it I still think it will be nice). After all of those distracting and irritating questions there is still one more, is Taro nicer than other vegetables like beans, peas and kumara, well I have the answer once again (dah) Taro is way nicer than all of those vegetables you just need to know how to cook it. (But it will probably taste the same and make no difference than other Taros).

Gift giving is one of Samoa’s main religions and apart of Samoa’s life, food like Taro is always welcome in Samoa particularly when large groups are attending functions.
Well that brings me to the end of my speech I hoped you enjoyed it and see ya next time. The End Jessie Witeri.