Derek Speech

"Dont forget until too late that the business of life is not business, but living . I am going to tell you about Barry Crump and his many achievements.
 Barry Crump was born in 1935 and died in 1996  . He was a good keen man.
He was born in Papatoetoe and grew up on dairy farms.
His favourite thing is pig hunting. When his dad wanted him to be a dairy farmer at the age of 19, he ran away and did pig hunting. He went into the bush and stayed away for a couple of days before he came back. He loved the New Zealand bush.
He had a job as a deer culler for the government. He went into the native bush and shot the deer that were pests.
His books were written from his experiences when he was deer hunting. One of his most popular books was "A good keen man" People in New Zealand loved it.
He also wrote about what pig hunting is like and what you do.
But he wasn't just a pig hunter, deer culler and an author. He was all sorts. Did you know he had 5 wives, a dog called Blue and 6 children. All of them were boys. That must have kept him busy!
He was also an actor, TV personality, a poet, a traveller, a goldminer, a photographer ... he even made 2 Toyota ads.
He is a strong, brave man. He said that he will always be a kiwi bushman. I would like to grow up to be a kiwi bushman like him.

Commonwealth games

To the commonwealth games at Cheltenham school we went. We did discus. Then we did high jump. Then we did gymnastics and archery and running. I was the first to shoot the nerf gun. I really enjoyed the drinks, doing high jump, shooting guns and playing on the playground. We had a great day playing with lots of people!