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=News from New Zealand from the Livewire's Classroom= December's News Really, does my teacher, Miss Knight, expect me to do this? On the 27 th of November Room 4 went to Extreme Edge in Hamilton. The rock climbing was so ‘rad’. Loads of people were scared but we all did it. People loved the crazy ladder. But I must say it was more of an easy ladder than a crazy ladder. It moved but it was easy. As easy as eating chocolate cake (yum). The parents were taught how to belay the ropes. I would say Wade was the best of us. He climbed about eight walls and he climbed them all to the top. They were about 8 metres high. I climbed four walls and I got to the top three times. I was the only one who had been there before. We had a harness that went around us. The instructors climbed the biggest and the steepest wall. We all had our mouths open saying these words – wow, cool, amazing, impressive, how did you do that? My arms were really sore but it was so worth it. The best thing about the climbing was that you could reach the top at least once. The reason why you have a harness is so if you let go you don’t fall hard. It is so fun! By Fyfe

**__Extreme Cycle Skills__** Stop, look left, look right, pedal through the intersection if it is clear. On Tuesday 10 th November the Livewires had a cycle skills day. We brought our bikes to school and did an obstacle course and learned safety rules. We learned that we must have back and front brakes, a red rear reflector and orange pedal reflectors. Constable Ryburn told us that the most important thing he wanted us to do is always wear a helmet. It is the law that you have to wear a helmet. We learned that you should always give way if you’re going to be hit on your right side. This rule is true for New Zealand because we drive or ride on the left hand side of the road. Have you ever cycled over a see-saw? The Livewires did on their bikes. It was part of an obstacle course around the school playing field. The see-saw was a plank of wood sitting on a short log. There were 3 different sized see-saws you could choose to go over. Other obstacles were a slalom course around tyres and standards, a ramp with stairs, a round-about, a fire hose and Stop and Give Way signs. The ramp and stairs was the hardest. You had to go fast to get up the ramp because it was short and steep. It was very bumpy going down the stairs and you had to remember to lean back. It was fun but exhausting after the obstacle course. We learned a lot that day.
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Te Awamutu Performs for Livewires
I wonder what instruments there will be? On Tuesday 1st September Te Awamutu College band came to Puahue School to play music. They came to entertain us and teach us about instruments. They showed us instruments that we had never heard or seen before. The instruments were these and more – flutes, guitars, double bass, tenor saxophone and alto saxophone. The alto saxophone had a higher pitch than the tenor saxophone. Holly played the trombone. She could make it sound like a racing car by moving the handle up and down. Some boys played guitars. They played an Irish jig, a Mexican piece called Diablo Rojo and the next song we had to guess. It was the Pink Panther. Then they brought in the double bass. It was bigger than the boy that was holding it and he was quite tall. We were surprised to see an instrument that big.