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Name: Ashley  D.O.B: 21st November   Hobbies: Netball and Running

=__My Being a New Zealander Quote! :D__= === Being a kiwi means living in a clean, green country, sitting on your couch and cheering for New Zealand, for rugby, cricket or netball. It means eating fish and chips and hokey pokey ice-cream, it means having 'don't give up' attitude and being determined .=== =__My Pin-Ball Poem__= = People enjoy playing Pin-ball but the Pin-ball's always gets hurt =

Lives in a warming house
= __Slice Of Life__ =

== I was breathing heavily,my feet were so heavy as if they weighed 5kg and my feet felt like jelly. I took the last step. I was now over 2000m above sea level, and on the top of Mt Taranaki. I was so cold, as if I was trapped in a freezer, luckily I had a warm jacket on. ==

== I looked out and saw the view, it was beautiful. It made me feel like, it didn't matter climbing over over all those rocks, being cold and taking 5 hours to get to the top, it didn't matter I had satrted climbing 5:00 in the morning. We had climbed up,up, up the scree, through the crater (which was filled with snow) and then we had climbed over rocks to get to the top. ==

== I could see other mountains and since the view was so good I could even see Mt Ngauruhoe, Mt Tongariro and Mt Ruapehu,( they are a long way a way from Mt Taranaki). I could hear the howl of the wind, I could taste my lips getting drier by the second. I could feel the wind and coldness attacking me. The clouds limped across the sky. It was a beautiful sight. ==

Mt Taranaki was the hardest, longest and highest mountain I have ever climbed. It would be hard to top this terrific trek but I still had going down to go.
= = = __ My Pen-Pal Letter __ =

=== Hi my name is Ashley Thomson. I'm 12 years old and I go to Somerville Intermediate School, which is in Auckland, New Zealand. I am a Year 8 student and I'm in Room 17. I am a girl and can only speak English. ===

=== I am a responsible, caring, helpful and active person. In my family there is 4 people. There is my Mum, Dad, my twin sister and of course there is me. I have no pets. I play netball and run for a club. ===

=== Some of my favourite things are as followed. My favourite food is chocolate and I like fruit. I like books that have a mystery in them. My favourite sport is Netball and my favourite colour is green. I like Tiger's as well because I was born in the year of the Tiger. ===

=== My family likes to hike. We climb a lot of mountains in the Summer but when it comes to Winter we usually don't have time because on Saturday's my twin sister and I play Netball and we run for a club. What we do for the club is we either just have a fun run or we have time trials or we have races. My Mum also plays Netball and my Dad is a good runner. ===

Ashley Thomson
=Achievements: = = =

I did Round The Bays this year which is a 8.4km fun run, below are my results:
Ashley Thomson, 40:48

Ashley Thomson, 40:17 [[image:sis17/Sand_to_Mud0002.JPG width="800" height="1186"]]
School Cross Country Results 2011:

School Cross Country: 1st SEZ Cross Country Results: 7th- 2nd Year 8 girl from Somerville IZ Cross Country: 19th- 1st Year 8 girl from Somerville