The Battle of the Mountains

My blog is about a Tongariro Legend. Pine Hill School has been learning about the volcanoes in the Tongariro area of New Zealand and I did my blog about a legend because I wanted to learn more about legends and the volcanoes. It is part of the Inquiry process called going further with my learning.

The Battle of the Mountains

The Battle of the Mountains is about Tongariro, Tauhara and Pautuaki and lovely Pihanga. Pihanga was the girl they all loved. The war began when the two youngest went to the east. Tauhara looked back to see the lovely Pihanga. He went to Lake Taupo. Tongariro always let out a blood scream to his brother Tauhara. Tauhara felt so sad when he remembered the childhood time they played every day. Now they stand side by side.

by Mikayla

Survivor Sutton Tribal Council and Camp Concert

On Monday the 5th of March 2007 Room 5 of Pine Hill School, Dunedin New Zealand went on school camp.
We went to Camp Sutton for school camp, near Middlemarch in Central Otago. The theme for our camp was Survivor Sutton 07.

On Thursday night a tribal council meeting was held. A tribal council meeting is when the camp adults vote someone off the camp. Most adult’s voted Adrian off because he burnt the toast and had smelly feet. Debbie didn’t like his legs. Mrs Ritchie voted for Mrs Jewiss to go away from Camp Sutton. Adrian was voted off and he was really sad when he left.

On Thursday night we also had a concert. Mrs Jewiss gave Mrs Ritchie a make over because Mrs Ritchie voted for Mrs Jewiss to go away from Camp Sutton, so Mrs Jewiss was doing pay back. Mrs Jewiss put mousse and gel in Mrs Ritchie’s hair and dark eye shadow on her eyes and brushed her hair with a hearth brush and brushed her teeth. She looked funny. At the concert there was also acting, singing, dancing, mirror miming and puppets. It was really fun that night.

By Mikayla and Karen