Joshua T @ Ngatea Primary School

                                                    Easter is a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and Holy week is the week before Easter. Easter eggs represent new life and we celebrate it. The first ever Easter bunny legend was recorded in the 1500s. Every year there are over 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies made. The Christian church year is an entire season of Easter. Easter is the oldest festival and most important festival of the Christian church and Good Friday is also called Holy Friday. It is traditional to eat hot cross buns on Good Friday. The pastry cross on the hot cross buns symbolise and remind Christians of the cross Jesus was killed on. On Easter our family comes down and celebrate...

Dear Mrs Lindsay My name is Joshua, I was born in Auckland and I lived there for 3 years. Then we moved down to Ngatea and I have lived in Ngatea for 8 years now. I am 10 and my birthday is May the 19th, which is on the same day as my Dad. I play Rugby, Cricket, Touch Rugby, and Touch Rugby for Thames Valley. When I grow up I want to be an All Black or a Youtuber. I also have 3 three brothers and their names are Ryan, Cooper, and Nathan. On our lifestyle block we have calves. I also have a pet dog and his name is Sam. I like to listen to music as well. My favourite colour is purple and my favourite meal is pasta. My best friend is Mason Hammond because he was my first friend. My nickname is Mr T. My favourite season is Summer because I like to go to the pools. In the summer holidays 2015 I went camping with Jackson Smith’s family. We went camping in Coromandel. I liked going fishing on Josh’s jet ski. When we were out fishing we went to see the muscle farm. When my dad went ou...