The gulls of sulphur bay

Did you know that black-billed gulls are an endangered species and they only found in New Zealand.

Cousin SleepOver

When we were at my cousins Edens house we planned a sleepover with almost all the cousins. All the little cousins came. All the cousins that were coming came in the afternoon except Adam because he had to go to a soccer game. The bigger kids were going to make a fort. They made half of it but they didn't have enough time to make the rest. All the little kids had to go home when it was time to go to bed. Most of the kids slept down stairs but Eden and Pearl slept upstairs in Eden and her older sister Audrey's bed. It was fun sleeping with all our cousins but the next day we had to go back to NZ. We had to say good bye to all our cousins. It was hard to say good bye but we had to do it.

The Len Lye Center

Today our class went to the Len Lye Center. IT WAS AWESOME. when we were there we heard the story of Parihaka. There was also a sculpture made out of  chains and a crown on the top. The crown on the top represents the queen of England and the chain bit was a dress that the Maori leaders wore. When we were there we also saw fountains. The fountains were all different sizes. There was a huge one and a big one and a medium one and a little one. On the ceiling there was colorful lights shining on them. Each one had a different color. My favourite thing was a big metal oval. It rolled on a table and when it rolled it looked liked it was going to roll of the table. It was called the universe. It moved side to side because their was moving magnets inside, moving it from side to side. Hanging from the ceiling was a string with a ball at the end. The ball bounced up and down. Sometimes when it bounced down it hits the metal oval and when it hits it, it makes a really big sound. When we were going around and seeing all the things we had a paper and each time we stopped and saw something we filled something in. At the end when we were about to leave the people that took us around showed us how to make crowns out of them. The Len Lye Center is shaped like a wave so we got to go inside the corners. It was really cool inside the corners because their were mirrors and they reflected all the things outside. I think the Len Lye Center was really cool.