This is one of my favourite stories.

Tae Kwan Do Summer Camp

Translation by mummy: I like taekwando a lot and I am the best! taekwando girl in the whole class and we play a lot in the taekwando and we do lots of different things like exercises and we do punching and kicking and I like to punch and kick a lot because I like to fight a lot but sometimes the big children try to punch me and some times the boys are a little naughty.

I Took a Photo of My Dog

Last Friday I was in a school concert. I played a farmer's son. The story was about a village. The people of the village lived happily. A farmer and his wife lived in that village. They had four sons. The farmer was very sad because his sons were lazy. The farmer said 'oh what, oh what will happen to my children children they are sooo lazy'

The farmer told his sons he was going to visit a relative. He told them there was a treasure lying in the field, you have to go and search for it. Then he said 'bye-bye' and went. Then the sons wanted to find the treasure quickly so they dug the field but they didn't find any treasure. Then they ate lunch. Then they put water everywhere and plants grew. Then the farmer and his wife came back and the children were happy to see their father and mother and they did a big dance. Over.

I took a photo of our dog Jolie.

What I Learned Today: All About Houses

Today we learned about houses. The first bit of the house is the roof. There are many different types of roofs. Some are made of bricks. Some are made of grass. Some are made of wood. The roof shields us from rain and snow and if the sun is too hot you can stay inside.

The second bit of the house is the wall. Some walls are made out of bricks. Some walls are made out of stone. Some walls are made out of wood. If you didn't have a wall the roof might fall on your head and also, if you didn't have a wall you couldn't have doors or windows. No one would be able to come in and you couldn't look out the window.

The windows help you to breathe and see if your friends are playing. If you didn't have a door then no one could come in your house and you couldn't go out. On the door you have to have a hole so you can see. If you are alone and your mummy and daddy are out, if any stranger comes, and you look out the hole, if you don't know them you mustn't open the door. If it's your friend you can open it.

All About Sharks

Today I wrote a story:

One day there was a boy. He liked a dog. The dog liked the boy a lot, so that boy and his dog went across the road and across the river and back home again. Then they ate up their lunch and they went to sleep. When they woke up they saw their daddy and their mummy so they were happy. The end.




What I Learned Today: All About Sharks

Today at school we learned about sharks. We learned about the dangerous sharks and the good sharks. The dangerous sharks, if you go near them, will eat you. If you go near a good shark, or touch it, it won't eat you. The dangerous sharks are called Great White Sharks and the good sharks are called Good Sharks. They all live under the sea. But only in places where there's lots of fish so they can eat them.

Adam Made A Rocket

Today I woke up in the morning and I played with daddy for a little while, then we ate breakfast. Then we played with blocks. Adam made a big house and I was helping him build the house. It became very big.

When I came home from school I ate my lunch and went to play in my room. Adam built a house from blocks again. I told Adam I wanted to make a big house house again, so we did. Then Adam broke the big house so we made something else. Adam made a rocket and I made a face in a frame. We showed it to mummy.

Downstairs I played on the slide and swing. I met two friends there, Rianna and Mihika. We played for a long time. We went on the grass and we played hide and seek and catching. Mihika brought two pitchkaris (water pistols) and she gave one to Adam. Rianna made up a game. Someone had to say something and the other one had to listen. It was a good game.



What I Learned Today: How Mountains Are Made

Some mountains come from volcanoes. The lava goes on top then comes down and makes a mountain. The second way is the rocks, when they get pushed together, come up to make mountains. The third way is if the rock breaks some of them go on top of each other.

Today We Played Holi

Last night we went to see a Holi bonfire. We watched the bonfire. They lighted it with matches. One aunty gave us sweet chapattis. They were nice.

Today we played Holi downstairs. We shot all the people with water guns and colour. We played with Rianna and Mihika. I had a big fat water gun. There were lots and lots of children. Adam helped me shoot all the people with water.

Some people were throwing water balloons, some were putting coloured powder on me. Daddy just sat there and 'badabadabada' (talked). We saw people with black paint, they were putting it on everyone. We didn't go near them.

Then I went and had a bath.

In the evening we downstairs again and played frisbee and we played catching. Adam made up a game of hiding a ball, and a silly game of throwing a ball in a shoe. Then daddy showed us some magic. He put a paper in front of a magnifying glass and the paper got burnt. Then Jolie came down with mummy. Mummy let Jolie off the leash and she ran and Adam was chasing her everywhere.

What I Learned Today: How Birds Fly

Their bones are empty and they have wings. They flap their wings many times and they start flying. The air makes them fly. They are made for flying.

Tonight I'm Going to See a Big Fire

Yesterday morning I woke up and Adam and I went to my friend Rianna's house to play. We played lots of games. Adam was playing with lots of girl's toys like Barbies and I asked him 'why are you playing with girl toys?' and he said 'I like to play with girl toys because I like the Barbie's dress.' I played with the kitchen sets and all the games, boys and girls games.

Then we ate lunch. We ate dal rice and chappati. When we were finished we played for a little while more then Jaya came and we went home. When we got home we watched Star Wars. My favourite is the small robot because he's funny.

This morning we went to see the 'Frog Prince' movie. I liked it. After that we picked up Vaugn from his house and then we went to eat lunch. Then we played in the ball place (soft play gym). Tonight I'm going to see a big fire for Holi. Teacher said they light fires for Holi because...I forget.
Adam isn't coming because he's too tired and he wants to go to bed.



What I Learned Today: How The Moon Shines

Normally the moon is just a big round grey ball. How it shines is, the Sun shines on top of the moon, like if you get a ball and shine a torch on top of it, like that. The moon looks like it's shining but the light is coming from the Sun.

Monkey Water Pistol

Yesterday when we went downstairs to play we were playing hide and seek. Mihika came. She said 'let's play fighting.' Then Adam came and said 'I will win.' The three of us were fighting. Adam was very strong he fought with us and he won. Adam won all the games. Except the last game we won.

In school today Adam put down his bottle and bag in the class and came to the garden to play. He was squirting everybody with his monkey shaped water pistol. His teacher told him to bring the water pistol to school because they were going to play 'Holi.'

Holi is a festival when you play with water pistols and colours. Adam made so many friends with his water pistol because everyone was saying 'Shoot me! Shoot me!' He shot me many times.

For snack today we had something I didn't like. It was like banana custard. It was banana custard. When everyone was eating I went and put the plate in the bucket with the custard still on it.


What I Learned Today: How People Talk

There's a round thing inside your neck so when you talk, if it goes loose, it makes the sound lower and if it's tighter it makes the sound higher. To talk you breathe out and you use your tongue and teeth and lips to make sounds.

They Always Steal My Water Bottle

Last night I dreamed that I woke up in the morning and saw mummy and daddy sitting on the terrace watching my brother Adam flying. He was wearing a magic costume and he had a cape. He could fly because the suit was very very magic and made him fly. Then I went on the terrace and Adam gave me the costume and told me to fly. When I put it on I flew high with Adam sitting on my back.

After the dream I got up, it was still night so I just waited and played for a little while. When I looked out the window it was morning. Then I went out and started playing in the living room. I saw Jolie (our dog) eating one of Adam’s toys so I got a stick and pretended to smack Jolie so she left the toy and Adam took it.

When I went to school I saw my friends playing so I went to play with them. One girl from my class took Adam away. I was playing with five boys. I stopped playing and went to look for Adam. I found him and kept him in a place where no one goes and told to wait there. I called some boys to look after Adam and I went to see if some people were coming to steal my water bottle because they always steal my water bottle.

When I got back I told the boys to go and play so they were happy. I only called one boy and told him to stay with Adam and look after him. I told him if any girl comes to steal Adam you come and call me I’m playing in the garden. A girl came and she told me that Adam is sitting on the wall, and asked who put him there. I said I put him there to look after him.

I put Adam in line and we all went to class. Adam went to eat snacks. Then we went for concert practice. Jaya (my nanny) was watching me. I saw her and went home with her.



What I Learned Today: How Plants Eat

First the water goes and the plant sucks all the water up and then it drinks the water. The plant sucks the mindrals up through the water. The sun shines on top of the leaves then the water goes up and comes out of the leaves like gas.