Alphabet Addition W4

The Promise

This story is about kids who are stuck in a bunker and trying to figure out when they should get out and what they should do in the meantime. Also how they can save the resources they have with them.



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Visual Mihi

This is my visual mihi. 

In the top left corner I have my culture. I am Niuean and Maori. I put a bit more colour into my design

In the top right corner I have my favourite type of colours. I love pastel colours!

The bottom left corner I have a drawing of a heart with the words Family in it. That's because my family is everything! to me.

Then in the bottom right corner I have a drawing of a pencil. Writing is a huge passion of mine, so I drew a pencil!

This is my Visual Mihi

Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa

3 Passions in Use

(T)          3 Passions in use

(Story based on picture to the right)

(O) Ocean and Nevada are twin sisters. They are 18 years old and are pro’s at diving, swimming, and building. The two have been living on water nearly all their life. Their mum and dad are the famous sailors Shania and Suade Shine, they have sailed the world! Until 18 years ago when they had Ocean and Nevada, they decided that they would both retire from sailing to look after their two little ones. Ocean and Nevada weren’t born on land, they were born on the family's houseboat so they actually had lived on water until they were three.

(It took them so long to go back to their home because they were all the way on the other side of the world) Being back on land the two could not walk. Shania and Suade tried to teach them how to walk on the boat but with the boat always swaying and rocking it was hard because the girls would always fall over.

Back on land Suade got a job as a builder he built everything! For his family. From their house all the way to the girls playroom below the pool, as well as the pool! As the girls grew up building became another passion of theirs.

One scorching hot day when Ocean and Nevada were 12 their mum and dad took them out diving into the clear blue waters of Angel Island. That was the day when Ocean and Nevada came across a small island in the middle of the water. While their parents were not looking the girls swam as fast as they could to get to the island. Gliding onto the island as the water pushed them lightly upon the sand the girls immediately fell in love with the island. 10 coconut trees were in a perfect circle in the middle of the island.

“This island would probably be around 25 square meters” said the brainy side of Ocean.

“Yeah around that Einstein!” Shouted Nevada. “This would be an awesome…” They both chorused “A HIDE OUT!” It would be a perfect idea especially since you can’t see in the circle of the coconut trees from the water, so no one would know it was there.

Every time they went diving or canoeing out with their parents they would sneak pieces of wood, nails, screws and other building supplies in their canoes and bury them in the sand. Surprisingly their parents never had a clue that this was going on.

Throughout the years as they got older they would go out to the island  by themselves and start to construct their hut.

(Starting of main story)

“Come on quick, mum and dad aren’t here so that means we can stay at the island all day!” Chirped Nevada. “Hurry up! The faster we get out there the more we can do.” Nevada continued.

Nevada was up at the crack of dawn filling the canoes with even more building supplies. Shania and Suade's 10th wedding anniversary was in five days, they were planning to take them out to the hut and throw them a romantic dinner. The hut was almost finished

“ Yep my canoe is packed!” Shouted Ocean.

Everything was packed and ready to go. Off they went... The waters were a little uneasy but it was nothing they couldn’t handle.

(P) Working away all through the days Nevada and Ocean were so close to finishing their hut. The only things that were left to do were, add furniture and a few touch ups. Around 12 o’clock the wind kicked up and was starting to blow some of the tarps around like crazy. Nevada climbed up the ladder, marched her way up the stairs, bounced through the trampoline course, bumped her head a few times through the mirror maze and sling shotted herself in the tire swing to get up to the top and tighten the the tarps down.

“Ocean!” Yelled Nevada “The inside is looking pretty good! Furniture and accessories will make it look even better!” Nevada slid down the slide and rested with ocean. They hopped in the water and went for a swim. Splashing around in the clear blue water brought memories back from when they would swim around when they were younger. They started swimming at a very young age.

(Ok sure they didn’t know how to walk until they were three, but they knew how to swim since they were one.)

Time flew by and before they knew it, it was 4 o’clock.

“Oh no we need to get home, mum and dad said they’d be home around five! Quick pack the canoes we’re leaving!” Oceans phone started to buzz. It was her mum!

“Hi mum” Ocean said nervously

“Hi Honey. There’s been a change in plans your father and I will be home in the morning, we’re staying in a hotel on the other side of the island” Blabbed on mum.

“Oh ok then. See you when you get home! Love you bye” Replied a relieved Ocean

“Bye honey love you” Said mum.

The girls were relieved. Even though their parents were not coming home tonight, they still went back home the night was getting cold.

When they got home they cleaned down their canoes. They packed anything else that they would need for tomorrow but on their houseboat... Not their parents... Their houseboat. But there was no way in the history of things that they got in trouble for would be that they sunk their canoes trying to take chairs and tables to a secret island hut that they were building for years. They planned that they would still take their canoes but only fill them with little things and tow it out at the back of their boat.

Another morning waking up at the crack of dawn, their mum and dad text to let them know that they would be back in the afternoon.

“You know what that means Ocean” Informed Nevada “Another full on day of working!”

Ocean laughed. She walked off and started the boat. They sped off out to the island. Another hard day of work awaited them.

From seven in the morning to two in the afternoon, both were determined to finish the hut today which is the reason why they worked non-stop!

“Ah finally it’s finished!” Shrieked Ocean. “We started at 15 years of age, and finished at 18 years of a- Nevada?” She looked around and realised she was talking to the wind. “Nevada!” She shouted “Ok stop playing tricks on me!” The boat was still there so she couldn’t have left, and they didn’t bring their diving gear.

“Oh I’m so stupid she’s probably bouncing around on the trampolines inside I’ll go sneak up on her.” She thought. So she walked across the bridge, climbed up the ladder and tip toed up the stairs, to find that Nevada wasn’t on the trampolines. She bounced through and saw Nevada lying unconscious under a trampoline.

“Nevada!” She yelled to the top of her lungs. She pulled her out and layed her down on a trampoline. “Are you ok! Come on wake up wake up!”

Nevada’s eyes flickered she had enough strength to say…

“Ocean... we did it” Ocean looked at her “Also I want to say…” Ocean was anticipating what was coming next “BUZZ SHO!” It was a trick! Nevada was perfectly fine she was just playing Ocean. Buzz Sho is something that they always say to each other when they play a prank.

“Woah you really had me there Nevada!” Boomed Ocean. The two laughed joked around about it for ages. Playing around the hut and going up and down the slide for hours. Time ticked by the girls fell asleep on the gel bed on level four. None thought to check the time before having a nap. It was five o’clock!

(Meanwhile Back on Land)

“Ocean, Nevada we have a surprise for you!” Shouted Shania. With no response their parental instinct kicked in. A quick look around the house and there were no sign of Ocean or Nevada, quick run around the town still no sign. They dialled 679 for the police to keep an eye out for them. Only noticing just now that the girls house boat had been launched and was out somewhere in the ocean. Patrol boats, big boats and helicopters searched the ocean. Which was really unnecessary since the island was only an hour away from land.

(Meanwhile Back on island)

Nevada was awoken by sounds of a helicopter in the nearby in the sky.

Along with building all of those hallways with the trampolines, mirrors and other things they brought technology to the island by putting a humongous blanket over the whole entire building that could turn it invisible. Nevada woke up Ocean and asked her to help put the invisible blanket over the roof.

Activating the blanket the hut became out of sight. Although the houseboat docked near the island was not covered. Boats and canoes were called out to the island. Sirens and helicopter propellers were extremely loud.

Before arriving to the island a rescue canoe saw the girl’s canoes near rocks a few kilometers from the island. How could the canoes have gotten so far away from the houseboat? Maybe aliens untied them and used it to go fishing. Maybe a mermaid stole their boat to use it for her

kingdom! Or maybe they just didn’t tie it to the back of the boat tightly and it drifted away, which was actually what happened.

“The houseboat!” Gasped Ocean. Ducking down trying to avoid the bright lights beaming from the helicopter they sprinted to the houseboat. Patrol boats and police boats arrived, police officers rushed onto the boat. Ocean pretended to be shocked from their arrival, while Nevada ran down to her bedroom and started playing a video game.

“Hello officers what can I help you with today?” Asked Ocean in a sweet voice.

“Haha” Laughed Officer Acer in a deep voice “That won’t work on me honey! Your parents have been worrying about you for hours! You’re coming with us!” Ocean frowned.

The next morning the girls woke up at home in their warm and cozy beds, completely forgetting what had happened the night before. The girls were always so in sync, they both walked down stairs expecting Shania to have their usual buffet breakfast ready. Instead they were greeted by the evil wrath of their parents.

“On our tenth wedding anniversary we didn’t really have, growling our daughters for going on a little joy ride in our house boat the night before on our to do list!” Lectured Suade.

“Your dad is right!” Shouted Shania “We had going snorkeling and spending the day out on our houseboat! But we can’t do that now!” She continued. For half the morning it was just arguing and shouting.

“Well now that, that is done... Go get your own breakfast” Finished Shania. Ocean was in tears, when Nevada just sat there feeling disappointed.

“They didn’t even get to see what we built for them.” Whispered Nevada.

“We need to make a plan to get them to the island instead of going to the restaurant”  So they did...

Nevada ninja, and Ocean potion (Their code names) caught their mum and dad sitting on the couch watching t.v. They carefully tip toed behind them, slowly raising their hands high into the air... Until...  

WAPPOW!!!

“A hard whack across the neck should do it” Nevada shouted. Shania and Suade fell unconscious. Ocean and Nevada felt bad, but they thought about it like, doing it for love. They managed to change their clothes to dads sharp suit and mums adorable dress. They looked perfect. While walking outside they were scared that if they dragged them people would get suspicious, so like any other smart people would do, they used all their weight and pretended to piggy bank them to the boat.

“Yay this is so much fun!” Ocean shouted running outside with Shania on her back.

“Having fun daddy?” Nevada said to her sleeping dad on her back. Reaching the boat they both fell to the floor tired as pigs. Nevada ran to the control room and launched the boat. Ocean sat in the bedroom and started to hear moaning. She ran up to where their mum and dad were sitting. Suade woke up and at first sight said

“Ocean?” She screamed, then raising her leg in slow motion and giving Suade a good kick in the belly. Looking afraid she ran upstairs.

(S) Finally they arrived back to the island Nevada dragged Suade off the boat when Ocean piggybacked her mum off the boat again.

“Isn’t this fun mum!” Said Ocean

“Ocean we don’t have to do that anymore” Shouted Nevada

“OK” Replied Ocean. She completely dropped Shania and started dragging her along the cool sand.

They laid them both down on the gel bed while they spent a few hours on their romantic plan for Shania and Suade.

They both awoke from their sleep with a massive migraine. They had both been placed sitting on chair in front of a brown antique table. With heart shaped lanterns and chocolate roses all around they suddenly had a smile on their faces. Even though they had no idea where they were, they tried to keep a smile on their faces while they were together.

After having their dinner still in fright the girls came out of the shadows to surprise them and tell them about...

• What they had been building for many years
• What they did to them
• What happened the night they didn’t come home

It was all pretty breezy after everyone talked about many different things. Everyone was happy and Shania and Suade had an amazing fantastic 10th Wedding Anniversary.

From that day their family never went to fancy motels or hotels anymore, the island was always their go to place. For years no one knew about the island as they forgot to take of the invisible blanket!

Alphabet Addition W2

Alphabet Addition W1

Very first Think Board of 2016