The Big Crisis by Jed

Sam was lying on the ground I could hear the ambulance coming. In the hall that we were in Sam was drinking Powerade. The ambulance people walked in. They brought a stretcher in, they helped Sam up and put him on the stretcher. They pushed him into the ambulance. I said to Mum “can I go in the ambulance?’ Mum said “no! Dad is going in the ambulance.” So Mum and I hopped in the car, the ambulance drove past and we drove behind. I was so so thirsty, we stopped at the dairy, and then we hopped in the car again. I said to Mum, “do you know where the place is that Sam is?” “Yes! I do!” We drove to the hospital. We had to stay there for half an hour. Then we drove to The Tree House. The Tree House board said “Snapper Tonight”, but I didn’t have the Snapper I had the Chicken Nuggets and Chips.

Courtney's Story

Calving the cow

One normal Friday night dad had to go and check on the calving so I asked Dad if I could come, ‘’of course ‘’ Dad said. Dad said if that cow hadn’t calved yet we’d have to calve it. We arrived in the paddock and saw that the cow hadn’t calved. So we took the Friesian Cross Breed cow to the shed. I had to go behind the cow and chase her up to the shed so Dad could go past and shut the gates because Dad thought she had already calved.

As we arrived at the cow shed we put her in this calving area at the cow shed. So we put the cows head in this head bale to hold her still. Finally Dad stuck his hand through the cow’s bottom and grabbed the calves foot. Dad got ready to pull the calf out. Dad used all his strength to pull the calf out, ‘’it’s a tough one ‘’ Dad said. All of a sudden the cow was in very big pain ‘’ push girl push’’ Dad said and finally the calf came out. As it came out the cow collapsed and all of this blood came out. Soon we gave the calf to the cow, it was a girl but it wasn’t a keeper. The cow licked the calf clean and finally we got the cow up and put them both in the paddock. I love going on the farm I said to Dad. So we went back home on the motor bike and went to bed.

Sophie's Story

Vivian

“Is Dad home”? I shouted to Olivia. “Yip” was Olivia`s reply. Mum, Olivia and I darted out the door as fast as we could. Dad carefully opened the ringing wet horse float door, and there she was, Vivian, our new dark brown horse.

On a Tuesday night Dad came back home with our new horse. Mum said “I cant ride a horse if it bucks me off”, because our 5 year old pony (Nifty) bucked my Mum off her back, and hurt Mum`s nose because Nifty`s neck collided in to the bone in Mum`s nose. That’s the reason why we got our beautiful Vivian. When Viv was out of the cranky float, Dad asked “do you want first ride” and I said “really, ok”. I went for a little walk on Viv`s back and then Olivia did. Olivia, Joseph, Dad and I were very surprised because Mum didn’t want to have a walk on Vivian`s back. But somehow Dad got her to. After that Olivia and I had to put the lambs away because we had to put Vivian in the lamb paddock. Mum and I were thrilled to here that Dash and Viv were from the same place (Whanga) because when Dash came to our house he used to bite Nifty`s neck but he doesn’t bite Viv`s neck because they were best friends and they knew each other where we got them from. When Mum gets better at riding horses she said that she will get another pony about 10 feet or hands tall so Olivia and I will be able to have that lovely one and ride it when we want. I really adore having horses at our house to ride and I will always love having heaps of horses involved with me.

In the summertime we love swimming in the Toko School Pool. Taranaki is a great place to be.

All About Us

Toko School is a country school just 10 kilometres from Stratford. We can see magical, misty, mysterious Mount Taranaki from our playground. Mount Taranaki is home to many endemic animals like the kiwi. In Room 3 there are 20 Year 4 and 5 students.