A letter from gallipoli

27th April 1918

Dear dad

Here in Gallipoli the noise is tremendous like the sound of a bullet. Rifles are being shot and people are being killed. It's really hard being a soldier I mean like it is so hot out here and the pollution is so bad even there's flies out here!. We have to carry water up the hill and it’s really retiring and everybody is worn out. We have underground dugouts. The sounds of big snipers exploding are big  but I’m finally getting use to it. The violence is terrifying and everybody's health is really bad. We are wondering were our enemy is now. There are many dreadful things over here like the heat. Suddenly I find this map which will help us make our fight more interesting and help us come back into the war. So I pick it up and follow the mysterious map throw the horrifying smell of poo. I have to dodge arrows not touch the mud using the trees to help me. The sound is quiet and I feel nervous. Then suddenly I  find this gun so I pick it up and keep walking. Then comes the interesting part it says that there enemies are fighting up against our country you must hurry. I start to run and suddenly in the far distance I can see them fighting so I start sniping them and then everyone is dead we claim victory I shout.

Love from your son shlok

shlok opinion

Dear photographer

I am writing to you to express my opinion about the way you take and arrange the class photographs.

I think you should put the teachers in the front and students at the back because teachers are tall and students so we can see everyone better.

Obviously you have to agree people will buy more photographs if you represent our school a bit more by putting the Halsey Drive School emblem instead of the red background so they know what school we are.

You will understand  that you should put the year photos of each year on the outside and then in the middle put a photo of the whole of every grade so it can tell everyone what each  year has been doing this year.

I’m certain that you will agree that we should photograph people who are absent and photoshop them into the photo so they know everyone and If they don’t see the full class it won’t be a class photo.

Surely everyone knows if you don’t jumble up the photos everybody could find the photo easier and see the photos of their teachers and friends and remember how much fun they had that year.

It is clear that if you put the photos each event that year it will really show see the energy of people having fun.

Haka poetry

How to lay a hangi

Tewhatewha

The Waka

I sit with my whanau and the the wariors shout “Ka mate! Ka mate!” The warriors grip the oars tightly and start paddling  and I feel my blood running through my veins. Our strong tattooed arms are desperately ready to fight.

We stomp our  feet ferociously as the horizon comes closer and closer. The fiery red waka warns people. The red is like the blood of our enemy as we tear the juicy flesh off of them. The scarlet waka glides smoothly across the  immense sea.  The stunning koruru leads the waka into war.

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