When I heard the bell for lunch, I bolted for the door and flew outside and got into my waka clothes and ate my lunch as I nervously walked to the car I was going in. I saw other children getting into their cars. I felt nervous because I thought I was going to fall out of the waka.
Today was the day of waka.
Next we arrived at the marae, and I saw all the children getting out of their cars they came in and I sprinted for the cool breezy walnut tree. Ah! I said to myself as I cooled off under the tree.
After I cooled off I put my towel on the ground and Vanessa lead our prayers and group 1 got their life jackets on and walked down to the bank and they got in the waka.
Soon after they got in the waka they started to paddle up river and paddled back to shore.
Next group 2 did the same thing and as group 1 and then group 3 and then it was my groups turn.
We got our life jackets on and we ran towards the waka and got in one by one and started to paddle up the river when we got to a place down the river the steerer turned us around and in an instant we were off again. We paddled as fast as we could as if we were in a race when we got to the shore we all got out took our life jackets off and got our towels and we went to the car we came in and went back to school.
When we got back to school, it was home time. So me and my friend Manea Ta’i ran into the school grounds and got our glasses on and we got our bags said goodbye and Manea Ta’i walked slowly to her mum and dad and her brother and I walked to my nana and we went both went home with our parents or our nana.
I had fun doing waka and I can’t wait to do it again because I like being out on the water because you feel the wind in your hair and you get a nice cool breeze.
By Jaimee.
