Swimming Sports by Bailey

Swimming Sports

It was a nice clear day for Swimming Sports on Friday 28th February 2014. My group was A4 with my friend Me’a. Swimming Sports was held in our school pool.

We had to get changed very quickly before morning tea. After we got changed we had a quick eat and play. The bell rang. My heart was pounding as I ran back to my classroom. I got my goggles and towel and ran to the courtyard and sat down with Me’a, Mrs Venville called the ‘C’s’ to line up. We walked to the pools. I spotted my mum, Aunty Jess and my brother Max. I gave a wave to them. They waved back. Then it was time for the first race – freestyle and after that backstroke then dolphin dive!

I was exhausted after all those races!

By Bailey Room 14

Millennium Trip by Logan

Millennium Trip

On Thursday 3 April Room14 and Room18 went to the Millennium Centre in Mairangi Bay to learn about water safety.  They were the only classes that went on the trip on that day.

The first activity we did was Team Building where we had to work together to complete the game.  The games we played was to get the hula hoops around the group.

The next activity we did was Snorkeling. We had to swim to the other side of the pool. The other thing that happened was we had to go under the water through hula hoops.

Then we did Kayaking. First we practised paddling for at the end of the kayaking. We also practised capsizing in the kayak. It was awesome!

The last activity we did was Water Safety. We also feel out of the boat backwards. Next we stepped off a wharf.

The best bit about the trip was the kayaking.   

Middle School Swimming Sports

It was Friday 28^th of February 2014. It was a very sunny day and my heart was pounding with excitement. I was in C1 with my friend Alicia and it was held in the school pool. We held it because we wanted to show the parents what we have learned.

That morning I walked into my class and I was half excited, half nervous. Mrs Morris told us that we would have to get changed before morning tea but the actual swimming sports would be after morning tea.

All the girls would be going to Mrs Venville and all the boys would be going to Mrs Morris. We got changed and put our pants or skirts and jackets or tee shirts over our togs. For morning tea I had the healthiest things in my lunchbox except my sandwiches as those were for lunch.

After morning tea I had to race back to Mrs Venville’s classroom twice because I had forgotten my towel and goggles. We lined up in a very long line and sat down at the pool. My first race was width of freestyle, my second race was a width of backstroke with a floaty board and my third race was of caterpillar or dolphin dive. I chose dolphin dive and I thought that I did pretty well.

At the end of the day I was very tired but I still played cricket after school. 

Frog and Croc by Tannah

A Moment in Time:

Dangerous place!

Describe

·      What you see

·      What you hear

·      What you smell

·      What you are thinking as you watch them

I see a frog perching on a crocodile’s snout.  What is this frog doing… are you crazy!

I hear the frog’s family calling it. I hear the trees’ leaves rustling

I smell the gross pond…yucky! I can also smell the trees and the yucky crocs breath!

Get off that croc!