This is a recount about Erika's school holidays.

My memorable holidays

In the holidays it was my birthday and my Nana asked me what I wanted to do and I just said I wanted to go to Denny’s. My Nana said alright and she went and booked it. On my birthday my family and I travelled to Denny’s in a four wheel drive.

As we walked into Denny’s we had to go to the receptionist’s area. After that we started eating and talked about what college I was going to and about my school and how I have been doing at school.

After we ate, we left and travelled to Candyland in Hamilton. The drive was very long it took maybe an hour. Candyland was fun. I had never seen so much candy at one place. We all started eating lollies as if the world was coming to an end.

When we finished up at Candyland we went to my dad’s house. It was a beautiful apartment but we didn’t stay long because we were coming back on the following Sunday. We drove back up to Auckland and when we were in Auckland we drove back home to cook dinner.

Two days after my birthday my generous aunty took us to the Highland Park Cinemas. We watched Toystory3 it was awesome and at the same time it was scary and awfully sad. We munched on popcorn while watching the movie.

The movie was very interesting to watch. When the movie finished all my little cousins and my annoying brother ran to the arcade area. We stayed there for a couple of games and then we leaving a trail of a mess. After that we had lunch that each one of us packed which was fizzy drinks, lollies, sandwiches and other snacks.

When we got home we ate pizza and nachos. When it finally got dark we started watching movies we watched Eclipse, Boy, Ip Man1, Ip Man2, Predators, Toystory3, Shrek Forever After, Karate kid, Final Destionation3 and Legion.

The holidays were memorable. Another year was added to my age. I went to Candyland and almost suffocated myself with so much candy. The best part is I had so much fun.

This is a narrative written by Chloe. There is a theme in this narrative which she has worked hard to bring forth to the readers.

It was a sunny day and the sun was shining brightly. It was a typical summer’s day in Folkerston. The wind was blowing lazily and the flowers swayed as if they were enjoying a classical piece by an orchestra. Inside a bach a teenage girl sits at her table looking as if she was in despair.

Her name is Ruby. She always looks sad and angry because she is always bored and always too shy to go outside and play. Every time she looks outside she sees the other children playing with their best friends and laughing. Secretly she wanted to experience the joy the other children had with their friends but she never has the courage to join in.

One day Ruby was looking outside and saw a car driving in to the next house. She then saw a little girl hop out of the car really excited and jumping up and down. “Melina stop moving around so much” her mother said. “I heard the girl next door is a really nice girl. Why don’t you go over and say hello”.

Ruby couldn’t believe someone had said she is a nice girl. She is always being put down by others and has never heard a compliment from anyone but her mother. Before she could think again there was a knock at the door. Ruby walked over and opened the door. Standing there with some cookies was a little girl with a bright smile. “Hi there, my name is Melina. I will be your neighbour for the holidays”. Ruby could not say anything for a while. She then smiled at the little girl and asked her to come inside.

They started talking about their schools and how the children are. Ruby told Melina she does not have any friends and Melina was shocked at her confession. “Well, I will be your first friend, and I hope to be your best friend too” Melina said.

The next two weeks went like the wind. The two girls spent so much time together. They went walking in the park every day and counted how many birds they saw in the trees. They baked chocolate chip cookies using Ruby’s unique recipe which included cinnamon. Melina said she has never tasted such nice cookies and will never stop making cookies.

Ruby felt as if she was in a dream. She never thought she would find so much joy from having a friend. Especially a friend so much younger than her. On the day Melina was returning home to start school, Ruby gave her a necklace she made herself. As the girls hugged Melina’s mother asked Ruby if she wanted to visit them during the next holidays. Ruby accepted the offer and felt as if she was walking on clouds.

Vaegaau and Afu had fun writing this narrative. They are starting to use similies in their writing and hope you enjoy their narrative.

The Haunted Stadium

On one cold misty night on the 22^nd of June 2010, Zuzu gazed out the window and saw a swirl of strong wind taking the leaves into a slow dance in the misty air. She was practicing her ballet routine for her school event by herself and all of a sudden she heard weird sounds coming from the stadium outside.

She ran into the stadium at the speed of lightning and saw no one. She then walked around looking for where the strange noises came from. Her heart was beating like thunder, her teeth were chattering like cups during an earthquake.

Stomp, stomp she hears someone moving around. Her heart started to beat faster and faster. She felt the presence of the person getting closer and closer. Her mind was telling her to run but her heart was beating so fast she could not make a move.

Just before she opened her mouth to scream, she saw the person move closer and realised it was her friend Bridget who was playing a trick on her.

Samoa