Food in my culture

Tongan Birthdays

In the Islands of Tonga there are many things that are important, one of them is celebrating your 21st birthday. One of my favourite things that happens to celebrate, is the FOOD! When my Mum cooks it, it is yum! There are different kinds of foods at a birthday and especially a Tongan birthdays but I love my Mum’s cooking.

In Tonga there are specific types of food and my top favourite is Lu Bulumasima and Otai Meleni. In English it means Taro leaves with povi masima and Otai with Watermelon. It is a lovely meal, I love it, Sometimes we have that on Sunday but we mostly have that on 21st birthdays. For the birthday there is usually about 5-10 tables because it will be packed.  That is why we Tongans book big venues for birthday or weddings.

Our food is cooked from about 2:00 o’clock in the morning and is probably done by 10:00 o’clock. Then we set up the tables with the food and fill them up. When it comes to the front table, that is where the birthday girl or boy sits, and that is the most important table. They put the most effort into decorating that table. By 1:00 o’clock it is done then the woman go back and get ready and the men stay at the venue at look after the food and wait for the people to arrive.

When the birthday is finished the mother or aunts of the birthday person come and clean the tables and packs some food for your family to take home as a gift to say “thank you for coming”. Most people after the birthday go back to the parents of the birthday person’s house and have a few drinks and then go back home to eat the food that they packed.

In Tonga there are heaps of celebrations and one of them is 21st birthday. At the birthday it is very exciting and very interesting.  This is how we celebrate in my culture.

Tatiana

Favourite Movie

THE CAT IN THE HAT

The Cat in the Hat is an awesome movie for the family and also for little kids. It is a comedy as well it is a sensible movie to watch it is rated “G”, If I was to rate it, I would rate it 10/10 I have been watching it since it came and that was since 2003, when I was one, November the 21 and if you ask my mum it is the truth I tell you the truth.   I am always up for that movie when they ask me what movie I reply “Cat in the Hat” I just love that movie and I  will always love that movie its my FAVOURITE movie.

In Cat in the Hat it is all about having fun at any kind of weather and if its raining does not mean you can’t fun you just have some fun in the house.

If you don’t have anything fun to do call the Cat in the Hat you can’t actually call the cat in the hat but you have something that is called “YOUR IMAGINATION” so just pretend and have some real fun.  Go cooking or something but  I love this movie because it gives you the guts to do things that are challenging so if you watch this movie make a daily hobby and if you're a teacher and you have some kids this a very good movie for them to watch and remember no matter what weather it is you can still have some fun.

Tatiana.      

The Fence

THE FENCE

The girl was standing by the fence as the wind passed over her skin.  She stared at the clouds mumbling under her breath.  She felt alone and hurt since her grandmother had gone. She stood next to the fence because that was where her nana walked her up and down when she was little girl.  Now she walks alone and still can smell her nana, sense her and see her smile but she is not there anymore.

I Remember As If It Was Yesterday

I remember as if it was yesterday.

I remember as if it was yesterday when my brother and I went to the movies. When we got our tickets and popcorn we went into the cinema to try find F12 that was the number that our seats were on. We could not find it so my brother and I had to search for it.  I yelled out, “here it is.” So he came running down to me and we sat down. We watched the Lorax and ate popcorn for the rest of the day. When the movie finished he gave me a hug and said you're the best sister in the world and I would come to the movies whenever you ask me. That was his birthday present from me because he was going away to Australia for a long time.         

Telling where_At the top of the sky tower.

At the top of the Sky Tower you see the powerful wind passing by. You can see people beeping at each other because of the traffic jams. You can also see the people walking towards the sky tower. Isn’t it an excellent sight from up there.

Netball_Explanation.

NETBALL

Netball is a fun sport and I like it. To me it is the most fun sport there is, and I think if you try it you will like it too. If you get really good at netball, one day you might play for your country. There are three top teams and they also have rules and positions. At Panmure Bridge School we say there is no “I” in team.

In netball there are three top netball teams and the top three are:

- Australia

- New Zealand

- England

those three are coming first, second, and third they are the best top three. I have one favourite player from each of the three teams

- Karyn Bailey (Australia)

- Maria Tutaia (New Zealand)

- Joanne Harten (England)

To me that is the top players I just love them, they all are professionals.

In netball there is something you call positions and that is where it all starts your coach gives you a position to play on every Tuesday or Saturday you either just play one position or more like me I play two which is WD and GK and that stands for Wing Defence and Goalkeeper. .Netball teams have seven different positions and they are:

- C Centre

- GA Goal Attack

- GD Goal Defence

- WD Wing Defence

- WA Wing Attack

- GK Goalkeeper

- GS Goal Shoot

At my school we play netball and there are two teams and it is the year sevens and the years eight. We have two coaches, their names are Miss Emma and Mrs Sloan, they are our coaches and they are both kind coaches but if you make them mad they will be scary.  We have netball every Tuesday but now we are done for the season. After every game we always have a player of the day and our coaches pick one from the year eights and year sevens who ever gets player of the day get its on friday at assembly.

Tatiana

My Xtramaths results

This is my Xtramaths results i got 19 right and 13 smiling faces and one incorrect answer.
i hope to try better next time.