Last week we created a Matariki star and it was quite hard because many people were away. We used wool which we wove around a round piece of cardboard making the pointy bits of the stars. We also made a comic strip about the Legend of Tawhirimatea. Some people wanted to create more stars using even more wool added to their star. I cannot wait till next year when we may create another Matariki star.

Hi my name is Hideaway Tom and I live in the Coorong, which is a 90 mile beach between the sea and the estuary. I am never lonely even though everyone calls me a hermit. Storm Boy and I moved to the Coorong because we wanted to live a quiet life in nature. We have to find food every day from the sea and from the land but we are happy.

I am……………………………………….. Hideaway Tom.

Yesterday we did Ki o rahi tournament and we had to listen to couch Trey. Our houses are Rimu, Kauri, Totara and Rata. We also brought Room 7 and 8 so that it can be even. When the games were done Kauri won, Totara was 2nd and Rimu and Rata were 3rd. I love playing Ki o Rahi.

Last Thursday at St Patrick’s School, we were having ANZAC cookies. Mrs. Agnew brought the biscuits for us in Room 6. They tasted yummy and  delicious. When I ate one, I could taste coconut and sugar but the biscuit was as hard as a rock. During the World War, women were baking ANZAC cookies for their husbands who were fighting in the war.