Labour day

Labour day is all about celebrating the right for the people to work 8 hours a day.
In 1840 Samuel Parnell won the 8-hour working day in Wellington because he refused to work a longer day.
Working an 8 hour day meant that people could spend more time with their families, and not get too tired. When people are tired they can have accidents, so it also made working safer.
Labour day was first celebrated in New Zealand on the 28th of October 1890. Labour day is always on the fourth Monday of October.
For heaps of people in New Zealand Labour is just another day off work. Lots of people work more than 8 hours a day, especially people like truck drivers, doctors and farmers.
I like Labour Day because I can have a nice big rest for one day.

iDrive

This week for iDrive I did carpentry. For carpentry I made a jewellery holder for my earrings and hair ties. I painted it blue but it is so close to looking like grey. When I was putting on the nails they all fell out but I used my resilience and tried to put them back in and they did. I also used my creativity and thought of how I could make it creative. Next week I am going to put a little bag on the side of the jewellery holder with fabric.
Here is a photo.

    

Matamata show on the Holidays

On the second Saturday in the holidays I went to a show in Matamata. At the show I showed my calf Millie in the Calf Club section and the Young Handles section. For the Calf Club section there are three rings witch are leading, rearing and Dairy Type. 

For leading there was 15-17 people in the senior ring that I was in. There were only six places to get so it was quite hard! I decided that I was going to lead my calf first so she wouldn't get tired waiting for other people. I didn't get anything for leading because I was going a bit fast on the 3 second stop. At least Millie didn't stop!

After leading I did rearing. There was still 15-17 people in my ring. I told the judge what I new about my calf like what injections she needs, when she was born what she eats, when she has her milk and what here name was. After I told the judge that the judge looked at how clean she was, how soft she was, how nicely brushed she was and if she had 4 teats.

The last thing was dairy type. Dairy type is just about what your calf looks like. For Dairy type there are heavy and light breeds. I was in the light breed because my calf is a jersey. I got third in it.

After the Calf Club section I did Young Handles. For Young Handles we have to look at the judge while we are walking with them and stand our calves. I got third in it as well.

The next show I am doing is our school Calf Club and I know its going to be hard again!