N O V E M B E R 9 , 2 0 1 8 V O L . 2 KUMEROA POST

The latest news and updates from Kumeroa School

I N T H I S I S S U E Kumeroa School's HUGE News! RESULTS FROM PET DAY By Lily McLeod & William Allomes AND BUSH AG DAY This term's Issue is filled with tons more information than ever before. Students once again got the chance to write the 'Kumeroa Post' that was a huge hit with our community MRS MCNAIR'S BIG last term. The kids have worked hard this year on two NEWS! newspapers. They are also passionate about their writing because they are using deeper features like sentence structure and better vocabulary. We are very excited to announce that next year we will LLAMAS AND ALPACAS, have 2 great teachers join our team. Nina Booth will be the EVERYTHING YOU NEED full time Fantail teacher next year. She is a very experienced teacher and the Fantails are very excited to TO KNOW, AND MORE! have her as their teacher. Bethany Nichols will be teaching the Tui class next year. She has just finished her high school teacher training and has decided she prefers the amazing older students we have here. She is really out going and bubbly and passionate about small schools liker us. The bonus of her being a secondary teacher is that she has special talents to prepare our senior students for their next steps. School News

Pool, ready for swiming By William Allomes In term one, 2019, the Kumeroa community pool will be open to the public for swimming. If you want to swim you would need to get a key from Donna at the school office. The keys cost thirty dollars each for the summer. The students at school are looking forward to swimming in the pool next term. They might be swimming in the pool late this term if it is warm enough, because last year they swam in it on the last day. When the pool has finished being cleaned, heaps of people would be swimming in it because it is getting hot and people want to cool down.

When the pool is filled with water, you can bring your togs because if you don’t you can not swim. Also next term we'll be practicing for small schools swimming sports. All of the students would like to do well in this event so please remember your togs so you can have a good practice.

We would like to say thank you to Anthea Desmond and Ray Hasen for cleaning the pool and here is a little thing to she has to say about pool if you have one at home ¨If you have a pool I think you would need to clean it every year because it might get a bit dirty and no good to swim in.¨ All of the students are really looking forward to swimming in the pool. Also remember to bring your togs so you can swim in the nicely cleaned pool. Remember we will be practicing for small schools swimming sports next term so bring your togs.

Teachers This Year Quiz Night By Kaiden Ball We all know it's quite sad that Mr Watson left and we We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that helped are all stoked that Mrs Booth has come. to make our Quiz Night such a successful fundraiser for

Kumeroa School. Mr Watson leaving Thank you to the Quiz Masters Derm Miller, Tim Polton & So we all know Mr Watson was a great teacher but he their team Sue Lawrence, Annie Polton & Hamish Blyth. left quite recently at the end of last term which lots of Thank you to Clint Worthington for being our auctioneer. people are a bit gutted that he left. He taught the fantail We would like to thank the following people & businesses for class and they thought he was a great teacher. He lived their generous donations: in and he drove really far just to come

and teach us to be the best we could be. He was Ray Hansen always coming out and playing some cricket with us at Raoul Trueman breaks. But he is teaching closer to his home now. Hamish Blyth

Troy Leggett & Carla Roughan Miss Booth is coming George & Kylie Bremner Most of you will know that we have a new teacher Miss Downer Booth. She is a great teacher and everyone is stoked Alisa Brown that we finally have a new teacher it is good to finally Dunstan Feeds have another teacher from a farm. She travels from Betacraft Palmerston North and she taught at Koputaroa between Tararua Vets Dannevirke Shannon and Levin, then she taught at Newbury Turtons outside Palmerston North, then at St James in Farm Source Pahiatua Palmerston North. Now she works here at Kumeroa. Mobil Dannevirke She has already got stuck in with lots about the school Office Max like helping the garden group for agri. The Fantails and Stitch Me Tui really like Mrs Booth as a teacher so far. NZCU

Tui HQ We all really liked Mr Watson but sadly he left to go Bissett Honda closer to home and our new teacher Mrs Booth is an

amazing win for the school. Thank you to the School families that donated items towards the mystery buckets & provided food for supper. Kumeroa School Agri Open-Day We welcome you to join our school at our Agri curriculum open day on the 4th of December. Kumeroa students will be sharing what they have done this term during their Agri learning time. We will all be going to Awapikopiko Reserve where the eel, bee, water, trapping, and track groups will be talking about what they have done. The other groups will be presenting their work at school following this. We hope you are all able to come along! Starts at 10am and shared morning tea

Principal's Corner

Kia ora koutou, I can hardly believe that we are halfway through the last term of 2018! It is hard to comprehend that I have almost completed my first year as a principal at Kumeroa. What an amazingly welcoming community I have joined! Collaboration has become a strong part of what makes us great and this is really evident when you see the Agri projects in action. Five year olds working with twelve year olds, community members involved building gardens and chicken coops, raising lambs and calves and teaching our students about permaculture are all ways collaboration has helped our students’ learning and growth. Even the creation of this newspaper involved collaboration between our Kea and Tui students and we are incredibly proud of what they have produced. We have so much coming up in the next four weeks- Bush Formal Dance, school photos, Helpers morning tea, Ki O Rahi Tournament, Bush athletics, our community open day for Agri, Year Eight dinner, school trip and prize giving. Please make sure you pencil the dates (detailed later in this paper) into your calendar as we would love to see as many of you as possible at these events. While we have so many events on, it is a timely moment for some reminders. Events such as cluster sports days, fun days or pet days are school events and so all students need to stay until activities and prize givings are completed before going home. Of course it makes sense for your child to go home with you if we finish early, but if they leave before the completion of the event then they are an unjustified absence. Our students have blown me away with their excellent behaviour at these events- they are respectful and fully involved. I have had other school parents and members of the public comment on how well our students conduct themselves, which is a real credit to you all. Sometimes students do make silly decisions- please come and talk to a teacher if you are concerned. Students are not to be approached and told off by other parents at school events - this is the teacher's role. As you know we are sadly farewelling Brent McGrath and Hamish Blyth at the end of the year as they look to ease into retirement and pig farming. Ruth McNair is also leaving to find a better work life balance than what she can have as a full time teacher. We will definitely be having her back next year for relieving though! Kim Sutcliffe has also resigned for the best reason- to become a fully qualified teacher! We are excited that the teaching profession will have such a dedicated and knowledgeable person joining the profession. She has brought so many strengths to our learners and their progress is a real indictment of Kim’s skills and natural affinity for children. The first Kumeroa Post was such a success that our students asked to write another so please enjoy this issue. We thank you once again for all of your support and can’t wait to see many of you at the events happening over the next month. Caroline Transom

School News

Mrs McNair's BIG news By Lily McLeod Earlier this term, Ruth McNair announced the decision to leave Kumeroa school, to have more ‘family time.’ She has been an amazing teacher and reliever. She stated “It wasn't an easy decision to leave Kumeroa School but I have taken up a part-time trading position for Target Shooting New Zealand. This involves selling shooting equipment to the Target Shooting NZ members. As you know, smallbore rifle shooting is also a great passion of mine. It is something completely different from teaching but it lets me be more flexible with my hours of work. This means I can spend more time with my family.” Everybody at Kumeroa school are very sad for her to be leaving, but they all respect the decision that Ruth has made. Ruth McNair has worked on and off at Kumeroa School for around 5 years now. She started as a reliever when Julia Bevin was principal and then Ruth taught in the Fantail class for 2 terms in 2016, 2 terms in the Kea and Tui class in 2017 and full-time in the Kea class this year.

“Mrs McNair helped me, and taught me maths, I will miss her.” Nyla said. “She helped me with my reading and writing” said Olivia. Ruth has been an amazing teacher to all three class and they will all miss her. Ruth will be leaving at the end of term 4, and will return but only as a reliever next year. “Believe in yourselves and continue to GROW in everything you do! Watch out as it won't be the last you'll see of me... I'll be keeping an eye on you all!” She said. Local News

The Army vists Kumeroa By Taj Bertram The army came to Kumeroa on Friday the 2nd of November and people went crazy on the machines. The army also went to Pahiatua, Woodville, and other local places. The army are celebrating 100 years since the end of WW1. They gave us the book about a battle against the Germans at Les Quesnoy. The Les Quesnoy book was exciting and interesting. Students liked it a lot!.

The battle of Les Quesnoy- Les Quesnoy was a French town that the New Zealand army came to help. The battle was huge. The New Zealanders came to help Les Quesnoy. The Les Quesnoy people were so scared because their soldiers already left for war and they had been taken over by the German army who were demanding all their food. They knew their city was going to be trashed like the other towns. Lots of New Zealanders died. The army brought a big truck with a crane on the top and two smaller LAV’s. One was for transporting people and one was for carrying all the gear for fixing vehicles quickly out in the field. Hunter said: “I liked climbing over the machines. I liked leaning back on the gigantic tires”.

Earthquakes, Are you ready? By Hunter Luders Lately in the Pahiatua, Woodville and Kumeroa area it has been HERE ARE SOME TIPS ON WHAT TO DO IN A very rainy and windy. The weather in our area has been very EARTHQUAKE: intense. On Friday the 19th of October there was an earthquake at around 3:30pm. The earthquake was rated as 200 metres below *Protection: As soon as you feel the ground ground and it felt very very strong. shake, drop cover hold a table or a desk near you then go into the turtle position. Under the desk cover your head for protection grab onto the leg of the table as well.

*Never hesitate: When you feel the shaking react as soon as you can or you can die. Always stay away from cupboards, bookshelves, paintings on the walls and anything that can fall on you and kill you. Most people don’t die from earthquakes, they die from things falling on them during the earthquake the stronger the earthquake. The more chance something can fall on you. Local News

Knowing your weather Motocross by Hunter Luders by James Ellingham In our area the weather has been intense. We have had lots of windy and rainy On the second to last weekend in October, days in Pahiatua, Kumeroa, Woodville, Mangatainoka and the Palmerston North James, Tyson, Ben, Brodie and Thomas area. We are coming into Summer and the temperature has been climbing, went to the Bush Riders Motocross on the sadly this is resulting in our North and South pole melting. Some scientists think other side of Pahiatua. It was a mini, junior that the temperature in the North and South poles are climbing up 2 degrees and senior competition. celsius every year, but there is another group of scientists that think that it's The track was easy, there was one jump on rising 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32. This is very bad but luckily there is a way to stop it. the track, with lots of corners and straight

bits. It was a very fun day and the racers The cause of this is us making and releasing greenhouse gases into the air. were super fast on the track. Greenhouse gas is partly made of hot air so it rises. The greenhouse gas rises We were racing in the junior races. Thomas up to our atmosphere. Most of the greenhouse gas bounces back to earth while Goodwin came 1st, Tyson Brown came 2nd, some of it gets through the atmosphere. This is frozen and dissolved instantly Ben Goodwin came 3rd, and James but the gas that bounces back to earth heats up different parts of the Earth Ellingham came 5th. Brody Sparrow was causing many Global Warmings. also racing but he was in the mini races. He

came 3rd . So in order to stop the global warming we need to stop the gas causing it and in The track was fun for us because there was order to stop the gas we need to stop releasing it into the air. We need to stop a big jump about over half of the way burning wood and making steam from fires. Steam trains and some factories that through the track. release steam or smoke into the air and pollute the atmosphere. There was a prize giving after the day of racing and when they did the prizes almost everyone got a prize at the end of the day.

Writing Kea and Tui By Kaiden Ball and Thomas Goodwin Lately the Tui and the Kea class have been doing writing together. The Kea and Tui class have been doing things like quick writes which help us remember those key things in writing. It gets us used to writing ideas quickly. Then we made posters about different key things in writing like Language features, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Paragraphs, Punctuation and Vocabulary. We got put into little groups and worked on one poster each group and before we did that we did little practise posters on the key things in writing. The classes think that the posters and the quick writes have helped the Tui and Kea class lots with our writing. Fantail writing By Olly Worthington and Thomas Goodwin This term the Fantail Class have been writing recounts about things they have done. Some of the things they have wrote about is Pet day and Small School Athletics. For Pet day one of the students wrote about their placings and how they went. One of the other students wrote about Small School Athletics. She wrote about one of the activities. Here are some of the examples of their writing. Writing

Quick Write By Olly Worthington This term the Tui and Kea classes have been doing something called ‘quick writes’. During a Quick write we have ten minutes to write a story. The teachers give us a story starter. We can chose to use the story starter or we can make up our own one. In the Tui class for the last couple of weeks we have been making one of our quick writes into an expanded story. These are some example of some of our quick writes and full page stories:

The rumble of the earth had stopped and all was quiet, we weren't I could get a halter and rope from the truck… then if I ever safe yet, the aftershocks would be coming soon. My horse, Pirate, needed to tie him up I could do so easily. I rode pirate back up the named after pirate island, which was the island I found him on cracked road and then rummaged in the tack box for a halter. I when he was younger, stood beside me, with terrified eyes and found one with a matching lead that I was given for my 16th flicking ears, I held the end of the rope lead tightly in my small birthday. I slipped the rope halter over this nose and tickled his hands. listening ears. The end of the lead dangled at the ground so I I've had Pirate for about five or six years now, he's always been swing it over his neck and tied it to the halter, forming rains. there for me, when I needed someone to lean on or to be over Mounting once again, we rode off, looking for movement. People excited around him. When I found him, he was on a small island were squished under fallen buildings, demolished in cars and that I found in the middle of the pacific, I had begged dad to go parts of human bodies were lying everywhere. Blood was draining check the little patch of land out. When he finally gave in I had out of one man like the leaky pipe would on a rainy day. His head jumped for joy. Lucky, since we were staying in Fiji, the island was was hammered. and his eyes looked dead, just like the rabbits that only a boat away. I had found pirate on the edge on the salty sea, dad and I would shoot on the farm. The man had probably been dehydrated, sore and in pain... knocked out, and killed instantly by a falling buildings. When finally ripped my eyes of the mess around me, I stopped and (By Lily McLeod) thought, where is everybody? Pirate jiggled on the spot and flicked his tail nervously, most likely picking up on my nerves. Houses, roads, buildings, trees, were all in a collapsed heap, crumbled from the huge shake. The Meads came to our house in the holidays and we played cops I griped a hunk of pirates mane, and swiftly through my leg over and robbers. Zac and Tom were the cops Ryan and I were the his back, mounting and sitting straight. He stood quietly as I did robber. We went on the roof of the garage and then Zac and Tom so. The air was dusty and looked very dark, even though the sun found us so we ran away but we split up and somehow got away we was high in the sky. Now that I was higher, I could see more of were running away then Me and Ryan bumped into each other then what had just happened. we got cornered and Zac and Tom caught us. I was alone, only me and Pirate. No other sign of life was visible. We started to walk and slowly pick though the shattered glass Then Zac and Tom were the robbers and Ryan and I were the cops from the buildings that once stood above. Everything was then we counted to forty and off we ran to find the robbers. Ryan destroyed, and I mean everything. I have no idea where my family and I were going to flank them and as we were flanking we saw Tom is and I want them so badly right now! It feels weird, being In a put his head up like a meerkat and he could not see us so we carried town with totally no one. on with the flank. Then we snuck up behind him and caught him When the the big shake had started to rumble, I remember my then we saw Zac up a huge tree but it was really easy to climb. So I parents had stopped the float and then rushed for cover... climbed up and grabbed Zacs foot and held him for five seconds somewhere. I stayed in the horse float, hopping, just wishing, then as Zac was walking back Tom did another runner but Ryan pirate was going to be alright. And now I'm here. In a unknown tackled him. town. Far from home… In the middle of the highway, with dead people in smashed cars. Alone... with only my horse to guide me. After we had a game of cops and robbers we hung out in the garage Pirate started to tremble again, he knew that another was coming. had mangos and played Xbox for a bit. Then it started to get really He jitters underneath me. hot so we played capture the flag water fight me and Ryan set up The earth started to shake and move again, just like the big one our flag well I got our guns ready when we started I was defending that had just happened, but just toned down. The reminding of the and Ryan was attacking and I was shooting Zac and Tom from about buildings, that was still slightly standing, had now fallen into a 5 meters and then Ryan retreated back to me when I was under collapsed pile. heaps of fire then I shot Tom and it was Me V Zac. I distracted Zac I dismounted, so pirate could balance easier on the rocking earth. and Tom because I saw Ryan running about to grab the flag then he My feet hit the ground with a thud and dust flew peacefully in the got Zac turned around and then started to chase Ryan and i shot air, making my nose itch. This would be the first of many Zac well he was running and then I shot Tom and then we won after aftershocks to come, I hoped they don't get any worse! that we hung out inside for a bit then they had to go I think we all The shaking stopped, looking around again, the city was a dust had fun and I definitely had fun. (by Kaiden Ball) filled war ground. “Come on, pi, let's go find mum and dad.” I whispered. Pirate stood once again as I mounted. We had spent many days in the paddock without any tack at all, so we had trust. He would do anything I would say and he loved every moment of it. So riding with no tack wasn’t a problem, pirate would just listen for my voice, or he would pick up on any little movement I would do. Opinions

Why we should have more Family time By Kees Matthews Family are special and you have good times and you do not see them often. Time You should have more family time because when you’re in school you will not see your family for five hours thirty! That’s crazy! The only time you see them is after school and in the weekend. Good times You will have good and bad times. Sometimes the good things can turn upside down. If you were having so much fun at the water park or anywhere else and then you cut your knee or sprained it and really hurts. But it will be alright because your family will look after you. Special Your family are special because they take care of you and they get food for you to eat. They are all so special because they are the people who you first meet. They are the best! So go and have the good times with your special family. Why Plastic bags should be banned By Maxx Easton You should get rid of plastic bags !! You should get rid of plastic bags because they cause rubbish, it will kill sea life and it doesn’t compost. You should get rid of plastic because they fly everywhere. The wind will blow the plastic bags all over the street. It makes the street messy and when it is windy it blows the bag around and the bag could go in to the sea. Sealife. The fish will eat the plastic bag but then will die. If the fish die we will have no fish to eat. And fish is good for your muscles and body. Plastic are things that don't compost and are bad for worms. They can't compost because they are made out of plastic so they are rubbish forever. So go and keep our fish from plastic bags and rubbish.

Why petrol should be cheaper by Van Mattews

Petrol should be cheaper because it is really expensive. The price is really crazy!!!. Play Sport

And the most important thing is that the more By Van Mattews petrol you buy the more it costs you. If you don’t Everyone should play sport because it is fun and it gets you fit. have any cash your car will not turn on because you don't have any money because it has no You should play sport because it is fun. It is fun because you play with petrol. your friends. You have fun with them. You get to dive for a try and you get really muddy. Petrol is the most important thing about a car. If you want to drive a car you have to check the You should play sport because you get fit by running around. You get petrol. Petrol should be cheaper now!!! strong by running and getting fit. Petrol has got to be a lower price. You meet new people and you can introduce your name. You can play sport like soccer, rugby, athletics and heaps more sport you can play. Sport makes heaps of teamwork. Teamwork is cool so go and play sport!!!

Sport is the best so you should play it now. Pet Days

Lambs at School! Dog Agility by Ethan Luders By Zachary Ball On Monday the 5th of November Kumeroa School held a pet On Monday the 5th of November Kumeroa School held a pet day. Many kids brought their lambs to school and competed in day. There were a lot of dogs there for the competition. Many leading, calling, and care and attention. The lambs started people brought dogs because they couldn’t bring calves due to their events at 9:30 AM. mycoplasma bovis. The dog competition started at 9:30. The judges were Kim, Nikki and Mrs Cannon. First up was leading then they did First up was the leading. For the leading you had to prove how calling and care and attention. It looked well trained your dog is and how well it will listen to you. You had really fun. At the pet day it was hard for to walk in a big circle with everyone else's dog. They went the kids with lambs because the lambs around a few times then the judges had a winner. In the senior wouldn`t stop eating grass. It was really section: 1st was Kaiden Ball with Jess, 2nd was Zachary Ball fun for the kids there!!! with Molly, 3rd was Hunter Luders with Storm. For the Kea class: 1st was Ryan Mead with Horse, 2nd was Tyson Brown with There was a competition for the lamb Bruno, 3rd was Nila Field with Spot . For the Fantail class: 1st that drank a whole bottle the fastest. This was won by Lucy’s was Harry Leggett with Archie, 2nd was Slade Fields with Max, lamb - Roly. 3rd was Lucas Grieg with Jess. All the dogs did very well. Next was the Agility course. At the first obstacle you had to The best dressed combo was cool. The winners were Stevie weave through some fencing standards then they jumped Ladd she was dressed as nurse and her lamb was dressed through a hula hoop. After that you had to get your dog to stay in with bandages, and Jorja Fountaine was dressed as a horse a hoop for a few seconds. Next there were some jumps, then rider and her lamb was the horse with a saddle. they had to stay inside some poles that were on the ground, and Well done to all those people who won ribbons. last you had to take your dog over a wooden beam. It looked really hard so the seniors went first. 1st was Zachary Ball with Molly, 2nd was Olly Worthington with Bruce, 3rd was Kaiden Ball with Jess. For the Keas 1st was Tyson Brown with Bruno, Bush Ag Day 2nd was Ryan Mead with Horse, 3rd was Cohen Worthington By Jorja Fountaine with Gunner. For the Fantails 1st was Cliff Twentyman with Milly, Since Kumeroa School pet day, children couldn’t contain 2nd was Harry Leggett with Archie, 3rd was Slade Field with their excitement for Bush Agriculture day. Max. It was tough competition for the dogs and their handlers. Bush Agriculture day was held on the 8th of November 2018 After that was the overall final. In the final was Zachary and at Mangamaire Hall. There were lambs with the 7 age Molly, Ryan and Horse and Harry and Archie. They had to walk groups, Junior white and yellow, Intermediate purple and around in a circle and show how they handled their dog. They blue and Senior orange. The students that attended the pet had to walk around in a circle for awhile because they were so day from our school were Lily McLeod, Alex McLeod, Lucy good the judges couldn't make their minds up. But after 5-10 Allomes, Leiana Rivers, Sam Cresswell and myself, Jorja minutes they had a winner. The champion was Harry Leggett Fountaine. Year 8 Lily Mcleod who took a lamb to Bush has with Archy and reserve champion was Zachary Ball with Molly. It this to say about the event. was a very hard competition with lots of pressure. “ Bush is a very cool event, but this year I think that they Here are some thoughts of the dog competition. The judges could of had better sized rings and advanced judges” thought all the dogs and handlers went amazing and it shows Kumeroa students pets did well at Bush with half of the how well trained the dogs are. students getting a ribbon and placing. We also had 2 teams The handlers thought the of three groups but sadly they didn’t get a place. event went really well and The pets went well with Year 6 Alex McLeod saying this were happy for the dog about Sparky his lamb. treats that everyone was “Sparky went okay, but the judges didn’t pick him”. given for participation. Bush Ag day is such an awesome event. It is organised well, The overall thought of the amazing judges and hard competition. If you have a lamb in day was AWESOME and the following years then you should definitely go to Bush. it was well run. A special thanks goes to Mrs Cannon Results for organising the agility course and giving encouragement and *3rd Pet Lamb- Jorja Fountaine help, and to Nikki for providing dog treats for all the entrants. *3rd Export Lamb- Jorja Fountaine *Champion white face short wool lamb- Jorja Fountaine *3rd Black Face Export- Lily McLeod *Reserve Champion white face short wool lamb- Lucy Allomes Pet Days

Dannevirke Pet day disaster By Jorja Fountaine and Leiana Rivers The annual Dannevirke pet day was cancelled this year due to Mycoplasma Bovis.

Mycoplasma Bovis is a bacterial disease that can spread through farming machinery/equipment and nose to nose contact through stock. In calves you need to look for lameness, ear infections, Conjunctivitis (Sticky eyes, white eyes) and Pneumonia (Hacking cough). In adult cows you need to look for abortions, lameness and Mastitis.

Students that have a lamb aren’t able to take them to Dannevirke pet day. After hours of training Year 6 Alex McLeod says this about not having lambs, “It is annoying because I would have taken my lamb but now I can’t”

Year 8 Lucy Allomes says “I don’t think that the Dannevirke Pet day should have been cancelled because people will still have fun without the calves there” A lot of other people agree with Lucy about the pet day.

Hopefully the Dannevirke pet days, in future years, aren’t cancelled and Mycoplasma Bovis doesn’t spread.

Caring for a pet Lamb By Leiana Rivers Lambs to take to pet day must be born from the 1st of August onwards. At most pet days you do leading and calling. But how do you train your lamb to do it?

The first thing you do with your lamb is just spend time with it for about 4 weeks. You should be feeding it 4 to 5 times a day about 4 hours apart.

After that time and if it's good weather your lamb should be on grass and have a collar. Then wait another week or so to start leading. When you start the leading you should push its bum to get it going. You need to show it who's the leader You also need to practise your calling. Get someone to hold your lamb and go two metres back and show the milk bottle to get the lamb to come to you. When you think that your lamb is good and will come you can lose the bottle and keep on practising.

A good thing to do is to spend time with your lamb and get it to run with you. And it will help a little bit to give your lamb some pellets. Another thing what will help is if two or three months after the lamb is born you put a ring on the lamb's tail so it will come off it in two weeks or so.

Keep on practising and slowly give your lamb more milk.

Other Pets By Grace Williams This year Pet Day at Kumeroa School was on Monday the 5th of November. It was AMAZING because there were lots of animals like cats, bunnies, ponies, lambs, and birds. The competition for the pet section was judged on which pet was best out of ALL. The owners in this section also needed to know all about their pets and be able to talk about them. The winner of the most colourful and creative section was Ben Horton with his pony Whisper. They were great because Ben dressed-up as a cowboy with his horse. It was great to see them in costume. Only 3 people brought cats. Mila Dorotan brought her kitten Meow Meow, Olivia Twentyman brought her cat Molly and James Ellingham brought his cat Tui. Isla Desmond and her little brother Ryan brought a bunny rabbit named Bunny, he was super white with red eyes and very fluffy. They love him so much because he is part of their family.

Every person who brought an animal got a green participation ribbon. Best pet went to Isla and her rabbit Bunny, 2nd went to Olivia and her kitten Molly, and Ben came 3rd with his pony Whisper. Farming

Pig farming By Alex Mcleod Farming pigs in NZ for meat or breeding is sometimes difficult because of the money and effort you have to have to put in. If you’re wanting a pig for breeding or meat you have to have at least a 10 m squared paddock with fencing and maybe even a electric fence. Fattening pigs up to sell their meat takes 4 months or a year for pork and bacon to be produced and for the pigs to be slaughtered. 1080 is a bad poison that kills pigs, birds or anything that eats it. It's also killing wild pigs in New Zealand and it should be banned. Now back to the pigs... The lifetime of a pig is 8 years, in that lifetime a pig will have at approx. 64 to 100 piglets. A female pig is called a sow and a male pig is called a boar. A male pig can weigh up to 300kg at a old age - that’s a lot for a pig. Pigs will mostly eat anything you give them. There are more than 2 billion pigs worldwide.

Horses-Poem Farm Dogs By Olivia Twentyman By Alex McLeod Horses can run fast, Farm dogs are amazing on the farm. If you’re They can sleep standing up or lying down, wanting a farm dog you should have food for Some horses race, them, water and have loads of time to train Others are working horses, them to become sheep dogs . Some are just used for riding, Horses eat hay, carrots and veggies, Some breeds are Border collie, and Pointer but Horse need clean water, there are loads more that will do the job. The best dog for herding sheep and cows is a Border Collie because they are obedient, come when called and do an amazing job at herding. Aerial Spreading Dogs will eat mostly anything you give them By Sam Cresswell except for chocolate or any other things thing In Kumeroa it is hard to spray fertilizer on to the grass. This is that most people won’t eat and dogs love meat. because it's too hard to spread fertilizer with a truck on the hills so it is better to just drop it out of plane. Puppies wouldn't know how to herd sheep so you will have to spend as much time as you can There are many planes which do this Chriscos, Fletcher's Air with them to train them up to become Tractor and many more. Now I am going to talk to you about the air sheepdogs. Even though most sheep dogs will tractor. It can carry one and a half ton. be half the size of sheep they can be taught to herd sheep. A herding dog can herd sheep, There are many different types of fertilizer like lime, phosphorus cows as well as tracking rabbits after loads of and potassium. 1080 is a poison you can still drop out of a plane. training. (look in farming pigs for more information on 1080).

Farming

Llamas & Alpacas By Lucy Allomes Do you want a Llama or Alpaca? Did you know that Llamas are bigger than their cousins Alpacas. If a Llama weighs 181 kgs, Alpacas weigh only 79 kgs. That is a big difference!!

Llamas are known to be good guard animals, while alpacas are a bit more skittish. In fact, some alpaca breeders have llamas in order to protect their alpaca herd mates. A full size Llama can grow to 1.7- 1.8m and weigh 181 kgs and can live to 15 to 25 years old. Llamas are pregnant for 11.5 months. Once the Cria (baby) is born, the Mother does not lick the baby dry as the tongue does not reach out of its mouth. Their tongue is only about 1.3 cm long so instead they will nuzzle and hum to their Cria.

Alpacas are related to the Llamas, although the alpaca are more fluffy. Alpaca are native to Peru, and one of the most tidiest animals, after the pigs. Alpacas can live 15 - 20 years, with the oldest ever to be 27. There are 3,500,000 - 4,000,000 alpaca in Peru, representing 75% of the world's total population. That is a lot. Alpaca wool can be turned into lots of thing, including fibre which makes hats, blankets, gloves, scarves, and a wide variety of textiles and ponchos in South America. Open the Gate By Lucy Allomes & Sam Cresswell Do you want to experience a real life dairy farm? Or go and see how the farmers are doing their bit to protect the waterways? Well the Fonterra Open the Gate farm visits are the perfect way to see all of this. On Sunday 11th of November, Famers from around New Zealand opened the gates for the general public to come and visit.

On this day, more than 8,000 people walked through 16 farms around New Zealand. With lots on offer, including seeing cows being milk, riding in the back of a trailer while looking at cows, seeing some milking cup, looking at Riparian planting and finishing off with a Tip Top ice cream at the end of the day.

This was a great family event to go and have fun on a farm!

Opening night for Kumeroa Tennis this Friday the 23rd of November The BBQ will running so bring along some food and drinks - come along for a catch up. Kids coaching available if there is any interest 6pm start Subs $10 per person or $20 per family Other nights to add to your calendar: Friday 30th November- The Christmas Party Friday 21st December Club champs Saturday 2nd March National

Springboks finally beat the All Blacks

By Ben Goodwin & Morgan Easton There was something going on with the All Blacks. The Springboks and the All Blacks played a test match and the Springboks won for the first time in 10 years. It was on Saturday the 15 of September in Wellington. The All Blacks are really good and the game was a good game too. In the first half of the game the All Blacks were in the lead with 20-18, then after half time the Springboks came back and won by 32-30. It was a very close game between the All Blacks and the Springboks. The South Africans felt really good because they haven't beaten NZ since 2008. This would feel really good and the All Blacks felt sad because they thought they were going to win, but sadly they lost. The All Blacks were really trying to win but the Springboks were too busy focusing on the ball and winning. The All Blacks were ashamed of themselves. So we need to make sure the All Blacks don't lose again. We need to support the All Blacks better !!!

Ozzy Osbourne Markiplier By Bronson Fryer By Bronson Fryer Ozzy does his last tour in NZ not in the world just in NZ Markiplier's real name is Mark Edward Fischbach.

He was here on the 5th of October 2018 in Christchurch. He He was born on 28 June 1989 in North Korea. He is 29. did his last show because he is near death because he is If you don't know him he is a youtuber and has unwell. 22,000,000 million subscribers.

He is doing his last tour in NZ so fans don’t get let down.“Out Mark lives in the USA. He started in 2012 and is a voice of everything I've lost, I miss my mind the most!” My opinion actor. He has 16 million dollars. We know this because is let his voice have a break. he tells us in each video. All his fans liked the show in . Markiplier plays games and watches videos. The result that will happen is he will go back to the United States of America and have a long break.

Kumeroa Education Trust Meeting Tuesday 4th December 7pm at Kumeroa School Agri Projects

Sheep Group The sheep group have been working very hard. We have been going down to Mr Fountaine’s farm to weigh some lambs. We all picked a lamb and weighed it. We will go back every week and see how much the sheep have grown. We also went and watched docking on 6 November. We learnt a lot on these trips about general farming and docking. We all enjoyed going on this trip.

Calves group The calf group's aim is to rear calves, sell them and make money. This term we finally got the notices out to the Kumeroa community to get the calves. Now we have 5 of them. The calves are jersey bulls and they are now vaccinated and dehorned. We did this on the 1st of November and we did them at Kyle Goodwin's. The vets came in and dehorned and vaccinated them. It was cool to watch because the horns got burned off! We feed the calves every morning, from Monday to Friday, with 3 or 4 people going each time before school.

Eel group This term the Eel Group has been lucky enough to have Sarah from Horizons come and talk to us about mudfish. She might organise for the science team to do some electrofishing. Also Garry from The Department of Conservation came down to talk to us about Awapikopiko. We have learnt that eels change the shape of their face/skull when they go out to sea so they can swim more aerodynamically (faster). Mudfish burrow up to a metre into the ground during summer time. They make a nice hollow by spiraling around and around and then they stay there till winter time and come out to forage. Tracking group This term the Awapikopiko track/plant group have spread out limestone around the big sign, table and the reserve. We also went for a walk around the loop track with Garry from Department of Conservation. He told us all about the trees and what habitat they like. When we are not at Awapikopiko we are working on the information signs. Hopefully we can get them done very soon.

Plant to Pizza Recently the plant to pizza group have been… Watering, weeding, planting and preparing to make pizzas. We have had help from multiple people and we are very grateful for that. We are planning to test our pizza dough and pizza sauce recipes. And once we know what recipe works best for us we are finally going to start making the pizzas. We have planted Tomatoes, Beans, Basil, Cabbage, Kale, Broccoli, Lettuce,Strawberries, Capsicum, Peppers, Beetroot, Silverbeet, Rosemary, Oregano, Garlic, Thyme, Chives, Cucumber, Parsley.

Bee group This term the Bee Group has been going down to Awapikopiko Reserve to check on the beehive. In the Summertime the Bee Group will collect the honey that the bees have made, and will be making things from honey recipes for baking. The Bee Group has also been working on a book about bees and everything you need to know about bees. The Bee Group has also painted another layer of the beehive because the beehive has been split. Split means the boxes are getting too crowded so they have to be taken apart. Agri Projects

Trapping group The trapping group have been up to a lot lately. In the last 3 weeks the trapping group have been trapping in Awapikopiko. We have 15 traps and some chew cards which we have attached to trees. We look at the cards to see what pests are around. We have caught rats, possum, mice, and 3 hedgehogs. We have had a lot of help from people like Bill Wallace and Garry Foster. Bill Wallace from QEll has provided traps and materials for us to build our own traps and given us some useful advice. Garry Foster from the Department of Conservation has told us where to set traps and what habitats different pests live in. Garry's help was very useful and we are hoping to use it for our trapping.

Water group We are the Water Group and we had Sarah, from Horizons, come and give us lots of cool water testing equipment and show us how to use it. We had our first test at Awapikopiko on 26 of November. We also got one of the best bugs that Awapikopiko can have. It was one that only lives in clean water. She taught us how to use the temperature device and we had are now testing weekly the PH levels, temperature and clarity.

Chicken Group The Chicken Coop Group have been working hard this term. Mr Cresswell helped us attached the nesting boxes to the coop and put a roof over it so the nesting boxes don’t rot. We hung up some old DVDs as the chickens like them because they sway in the wind and sunlight reflects off them. Shane and Donna Ladd donated a bale of straw. In the Chicken run we pruned the trees while Matua cut the flax. We were lucky enough for Sandra Cannon to donate us five chickens. They love their new home and are laying lots of eggs. You are welcome to come and buy them from the school for five dollars a dozen. We thank everyone who was helped us out this term.

Sensory Group This term the sensory garden group has been planting lots of plants and watering them. We’ve been leveling the dirt on the ground so it’s nice and flat for when we put the limestone or pebbles in. We have 4 different areas in our garden: taste, feel, see, and smell. We have things like - borage, lavender, rosemary, succulents and lambs ear. We have also made 4 birdhouses and have started to design them to look amazing. We will be starting to paint them soon. Arts/Culture

The meaning of the Haka By Zoe Williams Last Term Kumeroa School participated in the Cultural festival. We practised for weeks and learned plenty of actions and what they meant. This term the teachers have decided to continue with kapa haka. We have kept singing the songs we already know plus we are learning a new song that Whea June wrote. This haka is explaining Kumeroa School and all the amazing things we do here.

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Maori who is this group? Ui mai ki ahau Kumeroa Ko wai te roopu nei Primary School (1st school before secondary School) Ko Kumeroa The Cultural Festival Te kura tuatahi Our school is... By Chloe Teahan the best On the 5th of September 2018 Kumeroa school went to he kura tina toa passionate - big heart the Bush Cultural festival. It was held in the Pahiatua he kura ngakau nui A school of lifelong learning Stadium where several primary schools showed their skills he kura Ako roa o te ora e on Te Reo Maori. It was a great show. We(matou - just us) walk in the Kia whai matou Footsteps of our The set up at Pahiatua Stadium was mats on the floor so i nga tapuwae Ancestors and anybody in our the schools can sit down on them, and there were o nga matua tupuna past or who has been before us benches at the back where schools could also sit. There was also a stage at the front where everyone performed. It i a ra, i a ra, i nga wa katoa Each and everyday - all the time was a great set up and well thought of.

Kia ora, kia ako, kia tipu (x2) To live, to learn, to grow The songs Kumeroa sung at the Cultural festival was The i a haha School waiata, He Honore, Matariki Haka and Ko My success Kumeroa Te Nai. These are important for us to sing Ehara taku toa Is not mine alone because Maori is one of New Zealand's languages so we i te toa takitini should celebrate it. but that of many he toa takimano e (everybody, school, whanau, The Cultural festival was great to me but other students tahi rua aue community, are helping us all to might have different opinions so I asked a couple of tahi rua aue hi grow how we want to be) students how they felt with the cultural festival. Zoe said "it was exciting but wishes we performed earlier". Leiana said "it was great but the waiting was what made her bored". Stevie said "I liked it because we were singing as a group". Mila said "I liked it because I performed in front of my friends".

The Cultural festival is important to us because schools can show you how Maori is important to us as a language. So most primary schools can show you how they sing Te Reo Maori and what it means to them.

Arts/Culture

Art lessons By Zoe Williams The art lessons held at Palmerston North’s Square Edge are a good opportunity for anyone who likes to draw. You will be taught how to draw animals, people, faces, landscapes, flowers and plenty more. There are lesson on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3pm - 5pm. The Square Edge art lessons can teach you many things in just a short amount of time.

These lessons are a great thing to do whether you’ve loved art for years or if you’ve just started now. If you like drawing plants then Mike the teacher will help you draw plants, if you like drawing people he will help you draw people. You are taught several different techniques and great tips to make your drawings in proportion (make it look like the real thing)...like the proper way to draw faces, animals, people and just about anything. Plus art itself can teach you maths, how things are made, and to have confidence in yourself.

Mike the teacher is kind, gentle and will be proud of you no matter what. He knows that all of us are capable of great art so he sets us challenges that he knows we can do. If we need help he will give us help with no hesitation. The other students don’t worry about your art because they are focused on their own but they will help you if you need it.

Art has changed my life. I know if you are passionate about it, it can change yours too. Tararua College Kapa Haka By Manawarangi Papa Every night from 6.00pm - 7.00pm students who go to the Tararua college in Pahiatua do Kapa Haka with Ta. Ta is the person who teaches the boys how to do Kapa Haka.

Kapa Haka is a greeting. It’s also a big Maori tradition that Maori people do. They did this to greet other Maori people from other tribes. They also would have done this to the English when they came to New Zealand. Maori people do Kapa Haka at funerals, a marae, at school, at a farewell and a performance.

You can use a poi or a rako in Kapa Haka. A poi is a small round puffy ball with a plastic bag around it and a piece of rope attached to it and they are really easy to make. Only woman use the poi in a Kapa Haka performance. A rako is a big piece of wood that you carve with. Men use it to protect themselves and others around them from getting hurt.

At our school (Kumeroa School) we’re doing Kapa Haka lessons with my mum Whea June and my Grandad Huatahi. We’ve got a lot of songs like, He honore, our school song, Ko Kumeroa tenei and our school Kapa Haka.

There are so many things that you can do in a Haka, you can use a poi, a rako. You can sing so many songs and you or your school can do it to. This is Maori Kapa Haka.

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Singing lessons By Hannah Allomes & Stevie ladd At our school we have singing lessons that several people from our school have to do. Our singing teacher is called Georgia McDonald. She goes to your local school and does singing lessons. She also does practices at her house.

People sometimes think that singing lessons are fun but some other people think it is really hard work. People who do singing lessons here think it is fun because when you practise your voice gets better and better every time you do it.

You can practise where ever you want, either at school, at morning tea or lunch, or somewhere else like your house maybe at a party, show or perhaps just to yourself, your family, or even your pets. You can practise anywhere you like.

You can do singing lessons because it is a fun thing to do when you are bored you can do singing if you want to. You can sing several different songs each Friday.

If you are looking for something fun to do, we know the right thing for you. The answer is singing lessons. It’s a great, fun activity.

Art for Armistice Day By Chloe Teahan This is the time of year is when we make poppies and other art to celebrate the soldiers that fought for us .

Two people came to teach us how to do the poppies. We each got given a plastic bottle that we cut the bottom off.Then we cut round flower petals on the bottle.Then we turned the flower petals (the bottom of the bottle) over a candle . We then painted the poppies red and let them dry.

The reason why we are doing this is because of Armistice Day This day is on the 11th of November 2018 and we celebrate 100 year of freedom of the WW1.

We like to do art on this type of thing because it makes us remember about the soldiers that fought for our freedom

We took our poppies to the Woodville celebration on Sunday the 11th of November and we placed them on bamboo sticks near the memorial.

Entertainment

Monday Poem By Mila Dorotan Mother please don't wake me up On this day of course No don’t want to get up Darling duty days are ahead And I simply want to expand my sunday Yelling boss will be faced with big heart on Tuesday :] Entertainment

MX vs ATV Supercross Encore By Tyson Brown The game’s name is MX vs ATV Supercross Encore. It is a racing game with motorbikes.

It is fun because you can pick any person and you can unlock motorbikes. You can do the free ride and you can do supercross rides. You can do Champion rides and that’s how you unlock motorbike stations.

The best age to play it is 6 years old and up. It is hard to control the motorbike. It is a little hard because the screen is split up and you do not know which side you are on.

Fallout 4 If you choose a faction and do their missions you will Aramona Papa end up on final main quest to either destroy The Institute and all its people (’Nuclear Option’ BoS), Free What is Fallout 4? the synths inside the institute (‘Nuclear Option’ Fallout 4 is a post-apocalyptic world full of adventures and Railroad), Become the Institute director (‘Nuclear dangerous monsters from tiny Radroaches to a monstrous Family’ The Institute) And destroy The Institute but free Deathclaw. the synths and the people inside (‘Nuclear Option’ This game was developed by Bethesda Game Studios and Minutemen). published by Bethesda Softworks But there are consequences if you choose one faction Setting and Story. there are quests that force you to become enemies The player is the Sole Survivor in Vault 111, who emerges with another faction. 210 years to the day and time after the Great War in 2077. Companions Prior to this, there is a brief period of gameplay during the Speaking of allies there are companions. You may find Pre-War era showing the player living with their spouse them in various places for example Preston Garvey, and child. can be encountered in Concord while being attacked Allies and Factions. by raiders in the Museum of Freedom. There are tons! In the Fallout 4 vanilla game, you will encounter a faction, Of companions to encounter. There are 8 companions The Institute, The Railroad, Commonwealth Minutemen on the vanilla game. And there are 4 other companions and Brotherhood of Steel. on other DLCs Does Fallout 4 End? Nope...Fallout 4 does not end. You may complete the main storyline but there is no way the game will end. Because if you haven’t explored everything? Do that! If you haven’t made settlements happy enough? Do it! Haven’t gotten mods? DO IT! Add-Ons. Add-ons are like mods but instead it makes another story to Fallout 4 like if you download Far Harbor it makes another story to complete. Plus TONS of new weapons, armour, items, companions, factions and EXPLORATION (My favourite thing to do). Opinion of This Game. The game is really fun to play, lots of adventures to encounter, game never ends, dangerous enemies and can also make allies but it is not a multiplayer game and it has bad language and violence. So I say it will be a 16+ game. Entertainment

Wars Is A Xbox By Kana McGrath Wars is a Xbox Geometry Wars is a Xbox1 live single player game but there are other players playing as other shapes. This is a game that I would recommend to 6+ age players.

When you play your character you are a shape in the game, and the aim is to avoid other shapes and to shoot them. If you shoot a shape you get points and if someone bumps into your shape, you lose a life. You get three lives, and if you have one more life you die. When you die start again.

Settings You can choose the settings and there are two settings The settings are retro and evolved.

Comic By Mila Dorotan Sport

Blackcaps loss to Pakistan By Thomas Mead The Black Caps have recently lost to Pakistan in the T20 series. In the first match the Black Caps only just lost to Pakistan by two runs. It was a really close game. Pakistan won the toss and they chose to bat first. The Black Caps had a good start with Adam Milne picking up the wicket of Babar Azam early in the game. Then the Black caps struck again with Ajaz Patel picking up the wicket of Sahibzada Farhan. Then Mohammad Hafeez and Sarfraz Ahmed had a good partnership of 79 runs. Pakistan ended up scoring 148/6.

The Black Caps started off well with Colin Munro scoring 58 runs and Glenn Phillips with 12 runs. But then wickets started to fall for the Black Caps with Williamson, De Grandhomme, Anderson and Tim Seifert all got dismissed by the Pakistan bowlers. But Ross Taylor had a good run scoring 42 runs not out. However the Black Caps couldn't find bat on ball in the last over and ended up losing by 2 runs.

In the second T20 game the Blackcaps lost once again by six wickets Colin Munro and Corey Anderson were both good with the bat both scoring 44 runs. And Pakistan easily chased down the runs and bagged the series win.

In the third T20 game the black caps ended up losing by 47 runs Mohammad Hafeez and Babar Azam bolted runs for their side with a great partnership of 132. The Black Caps couldn’t find bat on ball again with only getting 119 all out. Kane Williamson tried to lead his side to victory but got out for 60 runs. Now the Black Caps start their ODI series against Pakistan this week. Let's hope they can win the series.

Hurricanes vs Blues in Mangatainoka By Cohan Worthington The and the Blues will face each other in a preseason Super rugby game on February the 9th next year. It is set to be a really close game, both sides are packed with talent. The last time the Hurricanes have played in Mangatainoka was six years ago.

There are lots of talented players in both the two sides like the Hurricanes have Beauden Barrett, Dane Coles, , Ben Lam and Ngani Laumape. And the Blues have Rieko Ioane, , Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Patrick Tuipulotu and Ma’a Nonu who has signed with the Blues for the next two seasons.

Let's hope the Hurricanes can win the game. Most people think that the Hurricanes will win the game because the Hurricanes are the stronger team and they usually beat the Blues.

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Ki O Rahi By Ryan Mead Every Thursday the Tui class plays a maori game called Ki o Rahi and on Thursday Week 7 the Tui’s have a tournament in Dannevirke and they will play lots of other schools that have learnt the game.

To play Ki o Rahi there are two teams, one team is the red team and the other team is the yellow team. There is a bin in the middle of the field. One team tries to throw the ball at the bin and there are people by the bin to stop the team from hitting the bin and if they hit the bin they get a point. The other team scores by touching the ball onto a flag and running into the middle of the field and put the ball down like scoring a try in rugby.

In Ki o Rahi you have two teams of seven, it is like rugby, netball or touch. In 2010 they had national womens and mens Ki o rahi team. In Ki o Rahi the two team are called Karma and Taniwha. A traditional Ki o Rahi ball is made of flax.

Hockey By Liam Mead and Te Korowai Papa Every Tuesday some of the Kumeroa kids play hockey. On the first game of hockey the under 11s played Pahiatua 12. The game was awesome, the under 11s won 3 nil. Ryan got all three of the goals. Everyone went all out and thrashed Pahiatua 12. The Under 11s are going very good as everyone was sharing the ball. They practice every afternoon. The players in the under 11 are Ryan, Ben, Alex, Sam, Manawarangi, Thomas, Tyson, James and Leiana.

My hockey: The Kumeroa Under nine's hockey team plays outdoor hockey on the Pahiatua turf. We play every Tuesday after school. I like to play hockey because you get to score the little goals. The people who play in the hockey are Van, Kees, Hannah, Liam, Stevie, Lily, Andie, Isla and Lucas. The team is coached by Lucy. The team practices on Tuesday at lunch time. On Tuesday we played hockey. The team that we played was Pahiatua and we won.

The Kumeroa Ynder thirteen's team are doing pretty good so far this season. In the first game they won 5-1 against Ballance. In their second game they lost to St Anthony's 8-1. In their most recent game they beat Pahiatua 12 7-0. Hopefully they can get some more wins this season. Sport

Kiwi News By Ryan Mead

On Saturday in the Kiwis played the Kangaroos. In the first half it was a really close game . The Kiwis ended up scoring five tries and the Kangaroos scored four tries. The final score in the game was 26-24.

In the Kiwi’s second game on Sunday they played England. The Kiwi’s were ahead fourteen to six in the first half but then in the second half England came back and they ended up scoring a try at last last minutes of the game to lose 14-20. And the Kiwis captain Dallin Watene-Zelezniak ended up getting a nasty poke in the eye by England's George Burgess.

The Kiwis next game is against England at Elland Road stadium. It should be another close game but hopefully the Kiwis can get the job done with a win.

All Blacks Northern Tour By Thomas Mead The All Blacks Northern Tour has started now and they have played two games. The first game they played Australia at Yokohama stadium in Japan and they comfortably beat them 37-20.

Then last Saturday they breezed past Japan by beating them 69-31. Even though the All Blacks beat them by lots Japan still put up a fight by putting 31 points on the All Blacks. The All Blacks had 8 new players that made their debuts against Japan. The players that scored tries from the All Blacks were Dane Coles, Matt Procter, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Richie Mo’unga and Ngani Laumape also bagged a hat trick in the game. George Bridge also came away with 2 tries as well.

Two All Blacks have picked up injuries which is a worry for the All Blacks. Nehe Milner-Skudder picked up a shoulder injury in the game which will be a big loss for the All Blacks and Joe Moody picked up an injury at training and he is set to be out for six weeks.

The All Blacks play England this Sunday morning at which is set to be a really close game. Then the All Blacks take on the Irish. It should be a good game because the Irish have beaten the All Blacks before. And their last game on there Northern tour is against Italy at Rome. Let's hope the All Blacks can win some more games in the Northern tour.