As I walked to the busy gardens school hall I noticed so many experiments. I wondered which experiment was my daughter’s. I knew that it was busy but it turned even busier. I walked through the crowd, I saw so many people inspecting the projects. I saw some candles and I knew that it was my daughter. I made my way through and viewed the candles. I could see all the candles that she made. There also was a poster which in my opinion was creative. I looked in the opposite direction and saw some cute little cardboard houses. I walked up to them and that actually had quite a lot of detail in them. I noticed that there was insulation in the walls which was VERY realistic.

After I viewed the houses I noticed that there was a TV showing a presentation. I watched from afar because in front of the tv there were tons of people. I saw that they had made prototypes. The prototypes weren’t bad but I just saw some things that they could fix up like some of the walls were unstable, but I guess the students noticed that too. Overall the houses were pretty good! I then went back to the candles because apparently they were scented candles so I quickly made my way through the crowd to smell the candles. One of them smelled like lavender, another one of them smelled like something really sweet, maybe like a fruit? I went across to the left and I saw some food that was in a glass container. I then read the posters and it said that it was pickled stuff. That must have taken a bit to master. There also was preserved stuff. There was a laptop to interact with so I switched through the presentation.

After reviewing glorious food I went over to this place where there were clay items. It was super cool! There wasn’t much that interested me there but I was pretty interested in the pressed flower art and these glass beakers containing something that exploded! I then went over to some houses (well not really houses they were basically just wooden houses but still!). I looked inside and I saw some beds. It was complete but it looked pretty cool, in one house I saw that they had added carpet. YES CARPET! I’m not sure if it was a real carpet but either way they must have made a huge effort trying to make the houses.

 I then noticed that there was a paper apparently it was an auction. A silent auction,I wanted to buy them but I realised that I didn’t really want to spend money on houses that aren’t finished, but it was a really great effort! I then moved forward and saw volcanos. There was a tv in front of the volcanos and it was playing that volcano love story song. Apparently the volcano was going to erupt soon the next day at 3:00 PM. Sadly I had to work that day and was gonna finish at around 3:30 PM. I told her that the other day.

After viewing the volcanos I went to the next place. There were first-aid kits and other items.it was talking about healthy things and why you should eat healthy items to improve your body. After that I went to the other end because I saw more items. I saw that there were some water items. I then saw a fishing rod and a bucket. I got one of the fishing rods and started trying to fish (of course it wasn’t real fishing but still). It was basically magnetic fishing and it was really fun! I was really bad at fishing because I kept losing the fish. I then saw there was a board game. I decided to play by myself because I didn’t want to stop anyone from viewing the fair. I kept losing so I just gave up and packed it up. 

After that I had to go home because school started. Overall the school fair was excellent and if I could I would go again. I saw so many projects that I had never seen in my life. Like the houses I can’t believe it was made out of scratch, and the volcanos was one of a kind. The pressed flower art was amazing too. The fair was so fun and all of the stalls had really well made projects. Both of the houses were amazing, especially the insulation because they really thought about that well. I just really like the concept of houses.

Have you ever been to Ambury Farm? A farm with plenty of animals and loads of milk production. You might be wondering why I am asking this? Well if you have never been to Ambury Farm, you are messing out.  A few days ago I visited Ambury Farm, because it was an educational trip that the people in the piwakawaka got to go to. It was one of the more interesting trips I got to go. The day was excellent but when it came to the last activity I got so scared (I will explain the activity later). The trip overall was excellent in fact it was even better than the other farm I had visited back in year 2 or 3. That farm was so smelly and had so much more poop than the farm I visited recently. I feel like Ambury Farm is a tiny bit cleaner than the one I visited in year 2 or 3, but I can’t say much because I don’t remember a lot.

I woke up in the morning on a Tuesday remembering that I had a trip. I quickly tried running to the bathroom and accidentally stubbed my toe on the door. I silently hopped around my bathroom with one leg and the other in my hand doing something stupid (it looked like I was trying to do a yoga pose but I had terrible balance). I then brushed my teeth and changed into my clothes. After I ate some breakfast I quickly walked to school and made it on time which was really relieving. We then did the roll and went over some of the necessary items we had to have. Then after that we all got separated in our groups, after we patiently waited for the bus (which didn’t take as long as I thought). When the bus finally arrived I realised that I WAS GOING TO BE THE LAST GROUP THAT ENTERED THE BUS, so one by one the groups slowly went into the bus. Once everyone else went in, my group finally went in. 

When we went on the bus I realised that it was gonna be a long bus ride which would be 30 minutes or so. I felt like I was going crazy in the bus, it was so loud like it was even louder than 10 people screaming. Finally after 30 minutes or so we finally exited the bus, my legs felt so numb it seemed that we had been in a bus for 30 minutes. When we got there we saw ducks! They were so cool, sadly we had to go to this grassy place where we were told to eat our morning tea quickly so we could start exploring the farm. I quickly ate my morning tea and placed my bag in this really dirty cupboard. The first activity I had was for ram shearing, although I didn’t know what a ram was I just assumed it was sheep shearing because we went into this building and on top of the door there was a sign saying sheep shearing, so I assumed it was sheep shearing.

When we first went inside I was disgusted by the smell, the smell was something that I would smell in a rotten food mixed with poop. We were seated on a bench, I then noticed that there were 2 men shearing rams (I thought they were sheep for a second but then the person who had led us here had pointed out that they were shearing rams). When they were shearing the rams, the rams were moving and looked like cats who kept moving their paws upside down. It was very entertaining and funny to watch the men who were shearing the rams try to get the ram still. I was enjoying it but then we had to go before the other group didn’t get to see all the rams sheared. The next thing I did was interesting, we learnt about fibres from animals. We first talked about it but then we got handed bags and got separated into groups we made ourselves.

Then we started matching photos with the fibres that the animals produced. At first I thought that the fibres looked weird, but then I realised that it was just what the animals produced. That was all for that activity. Then we ate some lunch because it was already pretty late by then. After that we went to go look at some animals, we saw plenty of animals like cows/pigs/chickens/sheep and much more. After that we explored more and saw a majestic peacock. After that we went back because it was time for our swap over. We then went inside again into the shed where we went last time. We then got taught how to make a very strong string with just sheep wool. At first I thought I was really bad at doing it because my wool didn’t look like even long lost ancestors to the man’s wool. The man’s wool looked fluffy but mine was separating like crazy. He then said we had to twist it and also pull, he said we needed 2 people so I got another person to be my partner. We then tried it over and over again but it kept breaking meanwhile half the class had already done 2 ply.

Once we finished the wool activity we went over to a shed. Once we were there we were told to sit on a table. Then the park ranger told us to get these 3 coloured types of wool. She then told us to separate the wool, then she said that we could see the fibres going up. She then said to place the wool facing up and the fibres going up, then she said to place the next colour landscape way meaning the fibres were going right or left. Then she said to put the next colour in the portrait and the fibres going up. After she told us to go to the sink, but not just yet she said we were going to soak it in hot water. After that she said we had to say “bubbles” in a super high pitched voice. She then slathered dishwashing liquid onto the felt. After that she said to rub rub rub and rub it more! Then she said “NOT LIKE THIS” AND SHE SLAPPED THE TABLE AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. I was scared but not as scared as my teacher Mrs Haywood, she screamed so loud! Then the ranger said that it was the first scream of the day which really surprised Mrs Haywood. After that we all went to the sinks and did exactly what she showed. After that we all went outside to show her. Sadly mine had a hole in it.

That was the last activity. After that we all got our bags and went on the bus. I felt really tired so I just fell asleep. The overall day was really fun. I forgot to mention that I even got to feed really cute bunnies! They were so cute, and they ate plenty of grass. The day was so fun even though my legs were so tired! I saw some interesting animals, and some stuff I don’t want to see. I also saw cows drink milk, they were so messy but they were really hungry. I just think that I could have explored more if we didn’t keep going to places we didn’t know if we were allowed to go in then we could explore more but it’s alright because we already explored enough for that day. When we came back to school I was so exhausted. Then the teachers noticed we were all bored or exhausted so we started playing a game. The game was pretty fun. It was a game where we couldn’t say yes/yea. The teacher asked different types of questions of the day. Just when she chose me the bell rang. It was annoying, but it’s fine! That was my day at the farm!

Have you ever heard of a bat dragon, it’s basically like a bat combined with a dragon. It has wings like a bat and the body shape is like a dragon. Sometimes bat dragons are very fierce, but some are kind and warm. The bat dragon can fly and can breathe out flames, because they both have their traits. Like dragons can fly and breathe fire. Bats can fly, sleep upside down and cover their face with their wings. Both the animals have wings so the animal that gets created has wings, it also seems that it has a lot of traits from the bat. I call it a bat dragon because it’s a combination of a bat and a dragon!

The habitat of the bat dragon is a cave. The bat dragon will go upside down and cover its eyes. It would look like a cacoon. Whenever it breathed it would blow out of its nostrils. When the bat dragon wakes up it goes to find their prey, they usually try to find a pig. Bat dragons love to eat pork/pig for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Apparently bat dragons think that pork/pig is a delectable meal, sadly some bat dragons can’t find pigs so instead they just resort to watermelon (even if it’s not in season). Some bat dragons are vegetarian so they instead just go hunt for fruits that are as delectable and delicious as pork/pig. Bat dragons aren’t very dangerous, they just probably prefer to sleep and not harm anyone. Although if you frighten the bat dragon then who knows what will happen some people say that you will be gone in a “puff!”

The special abilities about a bat dragon is that they can have wings as a shield. Say that a dragon saw that the bat dragon had stolen its cave, the bat dragon already has its wings on its eyes so even if he blows fire nothing will happen. The bat dragon has fire resistance and it is crazy powerful. Another ability that the dragon is able to do is to breathe fire, although it’s a spectacular power the bat dragon needs to be able to control in order to use it. A crazy other power is that bat dragons can fly, although bat dragons have fire resistance and fire breath it can also fly. Bat dragons are really powerful creatures so if you ever see them, never frighten them. Bat dragons overall have super fantastic special abilities that any other creature would be happy to have!

A bat dragon comes in all different shapes and sizes. The appearance of a bad dragon is very special. The bad dragons had a red and black theme. The bat dragon has red horns and red and black wings. The bat dragon has white fangs which are very shiny, although I think that the bat dragon secretly brushes his two fangs because he always has the shiniest teeth in town. The bat dragon has a very small tail, so small in fact that you could even trip over it if you needed to! The bat dragon has black feet, but I think that red feet would suit the bat dragon better (it’s alright because I can’t change that). The bat dragon has ears that are black, and they have cat-like ears. They look like cat ears but with black and skin colour inside. The bat dragon has a dragon body and has a bat-like head, it has dragon-like wings and has a red horn on the head. The whole bad dragon has a very cool combination of colours like all exotic creatures that live in caves (although I don’t think that creatures that live in caves have much colour).

The bat dragon’s personality is a mixture of bravery and almost every personality. It depends on the moment. The bat dragons show bravery when it goes to fetch food, the bat dragon could get seriously hurt that’s how it shows bravery. Another personality trait about a bat dragon is lazy. Sometimes bat dragons don’t want to show bravery so they just pretend to be sick or some extraordinary excuse. Another personality trait is shy, sometimes bat dragons want to show bravery and go get their prey but they are too shy. Hungry is a huge personality trait, bat dragons are constantly hungry needing more bat dragons to go and fetch more food. Hungry and lazy basically are the most common bat dragons although bat dragons can change over the course of life.

If you want to interact with a bat dragon follow these steps. The first step is to try to locate a bat dragon, to locate a bat dragon you will need to find the darkest cave in the mountains. You also need to bring necessities with you like food and water. Once you have located the darkest cave in the mountains you then move onto phase 2. Phase 2 (phase 2 is like the second step) you must bring a flashlight and discover the cave. Once you find a bat dragon, you have to try to bring it over to you with food! I suggest getting it’s favourite food (which is pork/pig or any good fruits). After that you move onto phase 3. Phase 3 once you have done that you give the bat dragon the food.  You then move onto phase 4. All you have to do is to just do something and the bat dragon will copy. It’s a very amazing creature and if you ever find a bat dragon be sure to carry food with you.

Bat dragons are overall amazing but I suggest always keeping food with you. Taming/interacting with it is a really amazing journey, but as always you need to feed a bat dragon’s favourite food or it won’t do anything. Never ever I tell you to find a bat dragon and start rolling around (you will look like an idiot). Sometimes bat dragons are willing to try new foods so if you want to take your chances then you can. If it doesn’t work I suggest not to run because a bat dragon can go in the air and hang onto your t-shirt or whatever your wearing.