Baylee

=Marae Trip =

In term one we went to Papawai marae. We were welcomed onto the marae with a powhiri. We sang a couple of songs. There were speeches in the meeting house. The house is called a whare nui. Then we had lunch. It was yummy. After that we played with the rakau. Later on we played on the old playground. We couldn’t play on the on the swing because it was too high up. Later that night we went to see the eels. We fed them bits of bread. They looked very slimy. Later we heard stories about the black lady, she wasn’t really black, it’s because she was very sad and her whole life was just like living in a dark pit. Then when it was time for bed Mrs Morch read us a story. We slept in the whare nui. The next day we went for a walk with some of the little kids from the Kowhai syndicate. We went to see the pole that the people who went to war touched for good luck. Then we went to see the statues. They were all brown with paua eyes. When it was time to go home I didn’t want to go because I had so much fun. I am going to miss the eels and the story I had at night to sleep.

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