A Slice of Ice.

By Hayden Gifford

On such a normal exciting day the students of rooms 1 & 17 set off for an ice skating journey. The classes raced off and got in shoe sizes from smallest to largest and after the big riot and fuss it was finally time to get on the ice.

They all seemed to have a lot of fun messing around, skating to the music and standing under the flashing lights. They went away and made a long train until everyone fell over because of just one person.

Everyone had a great, fun and exciting time but they had to leave sometime and that time came very quickly so they all jumped onto the bus and headed back to school.

The Wild And Wacky Marae Trip

By Maluai Samoa Ganado


All the patient and rowdy intermediate students jumped out of the bus at the Orakei marae.

The two classes jumped with amazement. When they were told to stand in the Mahau were they stood quietly and patiently waiting.

Then Whaea chanted the Karanga .Then the students slowly started to walk forward to the marae. Then they all went into the marae and sat down. The two whaea and Komatua Bob introduced themselves in Maori then English.

They talked about the history of the Maori. Then it was time to explore the beautiful marae. They saw the enormous Waka and the tiki house. Also the students went onto the deck were they saw parts of the one tree hill tree. Whaea told the students that the tree would be carved. And then passed onto other ancestors.

Mr Wilson and Ms Lawson to come and stand in front of the marae where they took a photo eventually called the student.

A Trip of a lifetime

By Arama Wigmore

On a boiling summers day a rowdy group of Ponsonby Intermediate students arrived at their destination Orakei Marae, pushing and shoving off the bus .This was part of their E.O.T.C programme.

The children then walked up to the Mahau (entrance of the Marae) and waited in the blistering hot sun , then the Whea welcomed them onto the Marae .The students then walked slowly and casually up to the entrance and took their shoes off.

Then the Kaumatua and Whea welcomed themselves and introduced the students onto the Marae.

They then told the students lots of history about the Marae , soon after the students went to see the Waka . It was huge and needed 180 people to paddle it , also after that they went to see the remains of One Tree Hill.

The elders of the Marae had plans fro it , they were going to carve it and then give it to another Iwi . After this it was soon time to hop back on the bus and head back to school.

Falling On Ice

By Alex Brunton

An eager group of Ponsonby Intermediate students lined up outside Paradice Ice Skating Rink, awaiting the call to let them in.
The students slowly began to file into the rink and hire their skates. Soon after the students started taking their first steps onto the ice the lights dimmed, the music pumped and the spotlights were dancing. After what seemed like two hours a vioce echoed across the rink: "Can Ponsonby Intermediate please get off the ice, your bus is here."
As the students finally filed out and rushed inot the hard rain, the bus drove up, spraying curtains of water over the lined students.

Nice Ice

By Vlad Verlaan

On a blistering hot Wednesday, Rm1 and Rm17 entered Paradice ice-skating to cool off from the heat outside, and because it was their E.O.T.C

‘’Brrrr’’ the children said as they entered the icy cool rink. Alex Brunton from Rm17 was first on the ice after about twenty minutes everyone was on the ice, skating, falling, laughing and having a good time.

The children were on the ice for about forty-five minutes when Tom Robson from Rm17 started a train using a trolley. There were about twenty people on the train when Mickey from Rm1 broke half of the train ‘’Awwwww Mickey!’’ all the students said.

There were pro skaters on the rink they were skating backwards super fast doing 360 degree turns.
When 1 of them bumped into Tom and Arama from Rm17.

‘’ALL STUDENT’S OFF THE ICE, ALL STUDENTS OFF THE ICE’’ a big speaker said. As all the students left the ice realising how great the ice skating was, they packed up and headed back to school.

Seventeen Vist Orakei Marae

Seventeen Visit Orakei Marae

By Kalman Zambo

It was a blisteringly hot day when two classes from Ponsonby Intermediate set off to Orakei marae.

After rushing off their bus, Ms. Lawson announced the arrival of a well-earned morning tea. Following about seventy sandwiches and thirty oranges, the group packed and rumbled to the mahau, meeting place for a traditional Maori welcome.

After a lengthy history talk about the marae, its people and areas by “Bob”, an elder, the group left for a guided tour with Bobs’s Cousin, Whaea.

Of particular interest were the remains of the One Tree Hill tree, several large grey logs, the Marae plans to carve the logs into their ancestors and present them to another tribe.

After a few group photos the Students and Teachers said their farewells and returned to Ponsonby with their memories of Orakei Marae.