Cross Country

My heart beating, my adrenaline starts pumping and my mind is stuck in the the game as I prepare for the race.  Suddenly Mr Burt claps two pieces of wood and we start running like a wild pack of wolves. I begin at the back but start to catch up as people slow down.  Then all of a sudden I start to sink into the ground.  The mud is so muddy that it sucked one of my shoes off my foot like an ant stuck in honey.  I put it on as fast as lightning and carried on.  I was finally past the field and on to the bush track.  

This was the second part of the cross country and I start to slow down but didn't stop running .  I had the stitch but  luckily it went away.  On the way through the bush I meet the enemy the puddle but it wasn't going to get in the way so I ran through it like it was dry ground. After a while I came across some people in a previous race. I thought to myself I must be doing well. Suddenly I heard a thump, Jephte had just slipped on the bridge.  I looked back but he was alright.

Finally I got to the last bit “Yes” I said but sadly got told to go around the reserve again and I was like “WHAT!!!?”.  So I ran around it I was coming in third place when I saw Miracle catching up so I took of my shoes and started to pick up my pace to the finish.  Without any effort I got to the end and everyone was cheering. I got in the top three and got some points for Tainui.

Don't Smoke!!!

Smoking is responsible for lots diseases like cancer, long-term (chronic) respiratory diseases, and heart disease and also premature death.  Over 4500 people in new zealand.  People die because of smoking each year and it is the leading cause of preventable deaths.  The World Health Organisation says that around 9% of deaths worldwide are caused by smoking. The chemicals in the tobacco can cause cancer like heart disease or lung cancer.

Teenagers smoke because every one is doing it or just to be cool. This is a really bad thing to do when you're young because your body isn't fully developed. Once you start it’s really hard to stop. Smoking can really affect your health or even your life when you get older.

The government only allows tobacco because it get % out of every packet of smokes that are purchased.  The reason why is to pay for the healthcare that will be needed by smokers when they get sick.

Teenage smoking isn't right. It can harm your health when you're older.  SO DON’T SMOKE!!!!

Valerie Adams by Tupac,Kobe and Kaiden

Valerie tried to defend her gold medal but she just could not surpass her opponent Nadzeya Ostapchuk and she came in second place taking home the silver . Trying to hide her tears as she walked to the podium her sadness and disappointment showed through.  At the end of the day she lost by 0.64m.  It was emotional night as she lost the a gold medal but we're still proud of her .

Basketball!!

On thursday room 20 got ready to go to basketball to learn the rules and skills. We learnt how to fake pass that’s when you pretend to pass to a person then pass to another person.   The first thing we learnt was how to pivot it was easy for me.  It was easy because I’m in the school basketball team.

We played a game named teleport it was cool until the coach was started to help the other team.  But of course he had to because they were no match for our team.  I was in the red team with my classmates.  The game was sort of like netball you had to get ten or more passes before the other team intercepts the pass.

 I think the hardest skill to do was when you had to make the ball go around our body.   It was difficult because I couldn't hold the ball in one hand well it was going around my body.    But the rest of the skills were easy.  It was a little bit difficult to to dribble with my left hand.  At the end of the day I didn't want to go back to class because it was so fun.

Brown Brother

Joshua Iosefo is a Samoan and Nuiean who wrote a poem named Brown Brother.  He had to do a speech.  His speech got posted on youtube then on to Campbell Live.  In this speech it talks about how people think we're all the same.


Joshua's message is that we should not have to listen stereotypes and not to limit yourself.  His poem touched heaps of people like Maoris and Samoans.  He explains how brown people work as fast food burger making,box-packing, rubbish truck drivers, taxi drivers and sober drivers and more also but that we don't need to just be those kind of people.

Joshua's poem had lots of assonance and similes like sugar or the crust, the grain or the nut.  He also uses the word brown brother a lot of times but its a poem. My overall feeling about his poem is that I could probably be the first Maori Lawyer I know.

Precious Mckenzie

With great power the weight lifter holds the weight under his chest and ready to attempt to do his final move. He is half way and already he’s struggling, sweating but focused on what he has to do.  Finally he lifts it with success and gets to move on to the next round.

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