Athletics day

I walked into the school grounds with Tia ready in our house colour which was blue. We were so excited because it was athletics day. We could see teachers in their colours as well. People were in class getting their house and age group written on their hands.

Mr Burt was talking to us about how we were going to do things. He then said a prayer than we went to our first activities ,group at a time. Our first event was Javelin. It was sort of hard because I didn’t really know how to throw it properly. We had a few more events which were softball throw ,triple jump ,shot put ,discuss , sprints and high jump.

My favourite activity was triple jump. It was fun because everyone was jumping around and some also fell over. It was hilarious. To get it right ,the instructor taught us three steps which were hop ,step ,jump.

After each year group finished all their activities ,it was time for the relays. There were three races ,the little kids ,intermediate and the teachers against school students and parents. At first was the was the little kids relays. Then it was time for the older students. In this relay Tainui came first then Takitimu ,Te Arawa and then Mataatua.

At the end of the day ,most people were exhausted but I wasn’t. This years athletics was full of fun and excitement.

Term 3 highlight

This term there have been a lot of events, such as The Outlook for Someday (movie making), Tamaki Tech, Extension, RWC opening ceremony and more. So many memories made, both happy and sad times.

One of my favourite highlight is badminton. Our instructor was a lady named Lorene. Our first lesson with her was about hitting the shuttle gently. It was kind of easy but so much fun. We played a game and the class had to split up in half. That game was fun and out team won. But now we don’t do Badminton anymore, we have a new Sport that we are learning about. Badminton was enjoyable.

Another one of my highlight for term three is Tamaki tech. For this term the group that I was in went to science. Our teacher is Mr Duan. I have learnt so much about nature and others. Every week we do experiments. We have been learning about starch and what types of food have it in. I have learnt that if you get stung by a bee it is good to use lemon because the bee sting has base in it.

So overall, this term has been so much fun. Filled with excitement, entertaining and enjoyable moments. Next term is the last term for us year eights in this school. I hope that we will have as much fun as we did this term but more.

Similes

He is fast like a cheater.
As pretty as flower.
Jumps like a frog.
He is as strong as an elephant.

As hard as a wooden table.
Its soft like a sponge.
like sugar.

As rough as sand paper.

As heavy as an elephant.

As noisy as our news beep.
As light as a feather.

Tonga vs. Canada

He received the ball from his team mate and took off with exhilaration, zooming up with excitement. Siale Piutau was determined to get Tonga ahead of their opposing team, Canada. He streamed through a clear patch where no opponents were positioned. Out of a spectacular performance, he gradually scored. But at the end of the game, the score was 25 to Canada, and 20 to Tonga.

Using Adjectives

This week, our class have been working on improving our writing vocabulary using adjectives to give our writing more action. We have been given a few photos of the Rugby World Cup first game, All Blacks vs Tonga to write about. We just have to write one effective paragraph about three of the photos. Here are the paragraphs I have done.

The crowd cheered and applauded with excitement when Richard Kahui scored an impressive try. The raucous voices of the audience called out “Go The All Blacks”, were what spectators would shout out. The amount of people that were at the event held at the Eden Park stadium were over ten thousand.

With his muscular arms, Israel Dagg repelled his approaching opponent determined to add to the score board. It was a very tense moment but with a superb fend, Dagg came out with a spectacular try.

With their strength and commitment, the All Blacks said the Haka with pride. It was such an amazing performance by them showing their facial expression. They looked very tensed seeing their actions.

Learning about Picasa

Silly Sports

The bell had rung. People were already getting changed into their sports gear. Yesterday team 5 had a sports activity called Silly Sports. It was after morning tea out on the bottom field.

There were four activities to do. Our first one was with our own class. Mrs Lagitupu's game was ball tiggy. Our class had to split up into four groups. Each group got a different coloured

band. There was a yellow, red, green and blue group. I was in the yellow group. The rule of the

game was to get the other team out fast. You weren't allowed to run with the ball. My team challenged the red team. In this game, I don’t know whether our team had been defeated or not but it was so entertaining. The last game we had, we played against the green team and again we lost. In this activity, we had to communicate a lot with our team mates. It was really tiring and was loads of fun.

Our next game was with Mr Harris. It was called the three legged race. You had to be in partners

of two and one person had to hold a spoon with a tennis ball on it. Only five partners could go at a time, past the line then back without dropping the tennis ball. If you do drop the ball, you would have to start again. My partner was Helen.

She was the one that held the spoon and tennis ball. Helen and I were behind everyone else because, I couldn't quite get the string to tie around our legs properly. When we were just passed the start line our tennis ball fell, so we had to start again. The other pairs were finished and me and Helen were way behind. It was fine because we were enjoying ourselves and kept laughing all the time. This game was challenging and so funny.

Our last game was with Mrs Nua. This was my favourite activity. I'm not very sure but It was a

like a sponge race. We had to get split up into four groups then each group line up between two buckets. The bucket in front was filled with water and the one far behind was empty. We had to soak up the water and pass the sponge side ways, and then under our legs. When the sponge gets to the last person at the back, that person had to squeeze the water into the bucket then run to the front of the line and soak it with water then pass it back. This game was a lot of fun even though my group didn’t win. When we left that game, the grass was very muddy.

At the end of the sports we played, I was very tired. But I wanted to play some more. It’ll be cool if we did this again.