Arts Festival

Today at school, my class got to go to an Arts Festival at HPC. I saw my Volleyball coaches Josh, Morgan and Paige. When we arrived there was music and a Kapa Haka group. After the Kapa Haka, there were people dancing and doing drama plays.

When they had finished me and Alexa walked around for a bit. We decided to get our face painted. We both got little goats on the side of our faces. Then we went and did a little bit of dancing. We were trying to look for Morgan but she had disappeared so we did some drawing instead. It was really fun and I had a good time!

Olive

My calf is called Olive and she is a friesian. I give her marshmallows when she is being good and she sometimes bites my fingers. I go out everyday and work on her. I brush, lead and wash her. Sometime I do a body wash a few days before a show on her so that the oil on her coat can come back. She is really shiny and the judges love her. Group Day is tomorrow so I’m hoping that she is going to do well. She leads really well but lately she has had a ear infection so she has had a few shots in her neck and now there are big lumps in her neck!

Weekly Reflection

I really enjoyed Calf Club because it was really fun walking around with my calf dressed like a granny. My highlight of the week was PE because I love doing PE especially training for Athletics. I made a good choice when I sat by myself and I completed some of my must-dos. Next week I would like to achieve my BE published milestone for the term.

Calf Club

Yesterday the 25th of October we had our school Calf Club. There were calves, kids and lambs. I did a calf and she is a friesian. Her name is Olive and she is really friendly. I woke up at 5:30 am and I was really tired.

My dad came to watch me so I had to wake him up early and he was not happy. I went out to the farm at about quarter past six and washed my calf. Then I put the tail wrap on her and put her in the trailer.

I went with Brooke and Elaina in the car and when we got there, me and Elainas calf had pooped all in the trailer so I had to wash her. Me, Brooke and Elaina were the first people there so we just collected some water from the water tap. Everyone started to arrive so I brushed and brushed and brushed.

First was Obstacle Course and I hate Obstacle Course so I was quite nervous. After my lead we waited to get placed. They placed me in second and I was really happy with that because I did not think she did well. Elaina got first to me so she went into the champion ring. She got Champion of Champion so I had lead again but I did not get Reserve Champion.

Next was Leading and I was excited for leading because it’s my favourite! She did really well in leading and I got 1st place! Then, I had to go into the champion ring. I hoped that she was not going to stop and I got Champion of Champion leading.

Third was Rearing and I had a little bit of time to clean my calf because I went into the champion ring for leading so I only had a little bit of time to clean her. I was so nervous because I hate rearing to so I did not enjoy going into the ring.

The old man that judged me liked my calf so he gave me first for rearing because he knows that I spend a lot of time on my calf. Then I had to go to the champion ring again and I was lucky enough to get champion rearing. I was so happy because I’ve wanted champion rearing for ages.

Last of all was Diary Type, (one of my favourites) and I went into the ring. When the judge came up to me she was judging and also training another judge at the same time. I thought that she smelt like curry every time she walked around me. She told us to line them up next to each other. She was compering me and Sarah's calf. Then, she put Sarah’s calf in first place and my calf in second place. We were so happy!

Then, I watched Sarah in the champion ring. I told her to try and get champion and she did! Then, I had to go in the champion ring and compete with three jerseys. I got Reserve Champion for Dairy Type. Me and Sarah were so happy and we high-fived each other.

After everything, there was a dress up where you dress your calf up or just put the ribbons on them and walk around showing everyone. I dressed my calf up as a granny and one teacher liked her t-shirt that she was wearing.

Last was prize giving. I sat with Ella and Sarah. We were all excited because we all knew that we were getting something. I got a trophy for champion leading, champion rearing and reserve champion for Diary Type. I also got Overall Champion out of all the calves at Calf Club. I won a big trophy with a nice calf cover and a huge ribbon. I was proud of myself and everyone that competed!

My Driving Question

The Matamata Show

I was so nervous driving out to the farm. I was wondering if she was clean or dirty. It was a Saturday morning and I had to wake up at 5:00 am for the Matamata Show. When we got there I caught my calf and made my way to the washing bay. Ella and I were one of the first people there so it felt really nice and calm. My calf was quite clean so it was easy to clean her.

When everyone had arrived they all caught there calf and went to the washing bay. By the time everyone got there Ella and I were finished washing our calf because we got there earlier than everyone else. I tapped my calf on her tail with this special tape that stops them from getting poo on their tail while being in the trailer.

I did a bit of brushing while waiting for the other people to wash their calfs. When everyone was done we loaded our calves up into the big trailer that was ready for us. My calf got to go at the back because she was one of the heavy calves. Once everyone had loaded I sat in the car with Ella and Alexa and we drove off.

While being in the car, I read my information book that I made for me and my calf and it has all of her information that I need to know such as: what injections they have, what do they eat, how much do they eat, etc. Apart from that I was so nervous and I was shaking.

When we got there we unloaded the calves from the trailer and my calf was not that dirty. I had to go and get registered and collect a number. That's when I realized that there were forty-five seniors and I started to get really nervous.

First up was leading. I was not to nervous for leading but I did want to know how well my calf was going to do for her first lead. Since there were so many seniors we all had to split up into three rings and two of us were in each ring. I was with Brooke lucky because she had a friesian.

I decided to go after Brooke because I wanted to know how well Brooke did before me. When Brooke had finished I lined up to go in the ring. Then the judge said to start. I took a deep breath and started leading.

Meanwhile, when I got out of the ring I was so happy that she lead well. There was a few people left after me so I had some time to brush and get ready for rearing. Once everyone had finished leading they called out the places. My number got put in 2nd place and I was so happy to get a ribbon for my favourite event!

Soon enough it was time for rearing. I had my calf prepared for the worst event and the most scariest event. When I walked into the ring I was the first person to get judged. He asked me what sort of injections they have and I answered all of them right. Then, he started putting people in there placings. I did not get a ribbon but I didn’t care.

Then, it was Dairy Type. I was not to stressed about that because they don’t need to be clean. I walked into the ring and presented her nicely. When the judge came up to me, he asked me a lot of questions. I answered them correctly and politely.

After he judged people, he started to put people in placings. He put me in fourth and I was really happy because there were a lot of friesians in my ring. I had a great experience!

Weekly Reflection

Next week I would like to complete all of my Mangahigh tasks at gold. I am so happy because I am in my favourite tech group (Wood). This week I created a book for my IE about bananas. I need to practice doing the splits each day because I really want to be able to do the splits.

The Person Who I Was With in the Holidays

The person who I spent time with in the holidays was Ella. She has brown curly hair that is really thick. She has big blue glasses and she is very kind. She love showing her calves at calf shows.