Snake swallows Tongs !

A vet named Aaron Rouse was feeding his pet python Winston a rat with some BBQ tongs when the python grabbed hold of the tongs, Aaron tried to get them out of the snakes mouth but the hungry python would not let go so Aaron left the snake in its cage for a while but when he came back the snake had swallowed the tongs whole ! . Aaron was very surprised to see that the snake had swallowed the BBQ tongs whole . He ended up preforming surgery on the snake to get the tongs out . So in the end Winston was unharmed and Aaron had learnt a very important lesson : do not feed a snake with barbecue tongs .

This is the x-ray of the snake after it had swallowed the tongs

Mothers day event

Last week at my school we had a mothers day event . To start off we did a quiz about mothers day and then we watched a video about why we love mums . After that I took my mum to the little pampering station that the teachers had set up and I painted her nails , but then I ended up removing he nail paint because I did a very sloppy job . When I finished removing the paint I took my mum to get some cheese and crackers but then she had to go back to work so my friend Abby and I painted each others nails but Abby painted my whole thumb ! . After that Me and my friend Sophie joined in with Abby and her mum and we all played cards together . I had a great time .

Luge

Luge

Me mum and Max had just hopped of the shotover jet , it was so cool and thrilling .

We nearly crashed a few times but I think the driver did that on purpose to thrill us .

After we we hopped of , some friends of ours meet us at the shotover shop , Their names were Fin, Jack, Emma, Kurstan and Bart . We all decided that we would then go and do the luge so we drove to the gondolas . After we finally found a park we purchased our tickets and lined up for the gondola . When we got to the front of the line we realised that the gondolas could only fit four people so they were tiny compared to the ones in Rotorua .

After the awesome ride up we hopped off and had some lunch at the cafe which was at the top . Just after we had something to eat and talked for a while we lined up for the luge , we all had to ride on the beginners track , Stella wanted to ride with mum so I rode in my own luge . Mum and Stella were going so slow, so I passed them easily and speed down to the end where Max and Dad were waiting for us . To get back up to the top we had to go up on the chairlifts so I went with dad , on the way up I noticed a camera that takes photos of you that you can buy , Dad pulled the finger at the camera and I smiled at it .

We finally got to the top again I lined up for the expert track I was scared and excited in a way . After the long wait we got to the front of the line so I hopped on one of the carts and started going and at the very start the was a small drop and my cart rolled down it and started speeding up , I felt like I was going so fast until Dad came speeding round the corner behind me and easily passed me with Max following just behind . The next time I saw Max and Dad was at the very end , but I just kept going and I bumped into Max and then he got angry at me but luckily it was the end so he couldn’t bump me back . I rushed back to the chairlift with Dad again , I was so ready to have another go .

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My writing

The Jump

This was it . I finally had the courage to do it so I quietly jumped into the back of the line .

The line slowly moved forward and I was getting nearer to the front “ maybe I should back out ”

a little voice in my head said but before I could change my mind one the instructors clipped me into the harness and told me to start climbing . I began to slowly climb up , I was gaining speed now nothing could stop me now I thought . That was until I looked down , “ right up you come ”

said the instructor . I was up . . .

I couldn't believe it . I had just climbed a 10 metre pole ! It felt so good to know , but I still had to jump so I stood in the position I had to and the instructor clipped me onto another rope and told me to stand by him . I was so nervous ! The instructor told me I could do it the easy way or the hard way . The easy way, I jump . The hard way , he pushes me . He told me he was going to count from three and on three I jump ( or get pushed ) . 3 . . . 2 . . .  1  , I jumped .

I felt like I was free falling , my stomach just dropped and I kept on falling . After what felt like forever the rope tightened and I swung up away from the pole and then back towards the pole , I thought I was going to hit it so I closed my eyes and braced myself but I narrowly missed the pole and swung back away from the pole again .

After continuously swinging back and forth (while my stomach felt like it was still dropping). The other instructor held up a pole sort of thing with a handle on the end for me to grab . So I grabbed it and he slowed me right down so I was just hanging there and he wheeled a ladder underneath me so I climbed down and he unclipped me . I had actually done it . It felt so good .

The End

Reading

I have made a list of all the things normally read in one day .

•  I read all the signs on the way to school .
•  I also sometimes read my book on the way to school .
• When I get to school I check my mi plan (which is my timetable) and I read what is on there.
• I read my book club book ( bubblegum babes )
• I do some of our earning tasks , which includes reading what we have to do
• I read on the way home from school

I think it is important that everyone learns to read so that they can understand everything and of course it means you can read books and blog posts like this one . That is why it is important to learn to read .