What we've been up to since camp...

School Cross Country

Last week we had our school cross-country. Room 13 were awesome and we can proudly report that members of Room 13 won each of the four senior races.

Here are the results of the top 8 in each group.

Year 5 girls

1^st Kayla     4^th Micayela

Year 5 boys

1^st Jack      2^nd Kairon      6^th Bryce     8^th Nick

Year 6 girls

1^st Kimberley      2^nd Shirley

Year 6 boys

1^st Tommy     5^th Liam

The top 6 in each race will compete at the interschool competition. 

Inter-School Cross Country

We all thought the race would be cancelled because it was starting to rain and was really cold, but no it was on.

We all sat on the deck getting our final instructions, no one needed to be reminded to go and get their jersey because it was so cold!

We piled into cars and were driven to Park Island. When we arrived we set up our camp area, which would be our base. As we were waiting for our race we sat together and cheered on those already running. As we were watching we felt a mixture of excitement and nervousness.

Our race was called up; we took off our jerseys and prepared ourselves for the race. Over to the start line we went, trying not to fall over already.

Ready.  Set.  BANG!

The pushes, I mean race begun.

The hardest part was trying not to slip over or be pushed over. There were just so many people it was crazy! One bonus of the coldness was that our feet were so numb we couldn’t feel the sticks and stones under or feet.

As we crossed the finish line we felt a mixture of pride and pure exhaustion. What a cool day, in more ways than won!

Written by Kayla, Te Ahu and Kairon.

 Life Education

 As we approached the Life Education trailer the excitement rose. Anne came out to meet us and invited us inside.

In the session we learnt about the qualities of a good friend. We talked about the difference of being friendly and a friend. We should be friendly to everyone so they are friendly back to us and it is the right thing to do. We watched a short movie about a group of girls that were having friendship issues; we didn’t see how they solved the problem

When we go back later in the week we are going to find out how they resolved the problem and also more about friendships.

 

UPDATE: We just got back from the life education van. Today we learnt about bulling, we learnt about what it means. This is a catchy message to help us remember.

S-several

T - times

0 - on

P- purpose

and also if you see bulling happening,

S - start

T - telling

O - other

P -people

 

By Sam, Bryce and Michael.

Choir Festival

Tonight is the opening of the choir festival. Students from the Taradale schools will meet together in the Taradale Intermediate hall. All school choirs sing the same songs, that hundreds of people!

After months of practicing our singing and dancing we will perform to our parents and teachers in two shows, one tonight and one tomorrow night.

Some of the favourite songs that we have learnt are, Believe it or not by Joey Scarbury and Surfin Safari by the Beach Boys. Two Bledisloe students sing a solo for Believe it or not, and one of those people is from room 13! Go Isabelle!

A group of dancers, do a dance while the choir sings Footloose.  

We are really looking forward to tonight after so many months of hard work.

Written by Shirley and Nikita.