The 4 weeks of gym

For the last four weeks on a Wednesday Rooms 10 and 11 have been going to QE11 gym to do beam, floor, tramp and pit. In week 4 we went to gym and had so much fun. My favorite activity was jumping and flipping into the pit. In Week 4, the last week we had a pit race and my team won, "YAY" we all shouted! 

Wrapper Rap

This is me (Matt) Louis, Ben, Nader and Sam practising our rap before we perform it at assembly to remind everyone about the wrapper rule. 

Andy Griffiths

On the 12Th of August we went down to the James Hay theatre in the town hall to see a live presentation of Andy Griffiths.
He is really funny and entertaining. He showed us how easy it is to make up a kids story. In all of his stories he makes something go wrong, then bad, then really bad to worse, to disaster.
It was a really fast and funny hour. I took alot of great ideas back to school.
Thanks for coming to NZ Andy.
By Matt.

The McDonalds Duathalon

At South Hagley  park on Sunday the 5th of April something occurred that involved run,bike and run. Can you guess what happened?... The McDonalds Duathlon!

When I got there I found Sam first then Matt,Ben,Alex and Tom.

Time to go, we all went down to the start line, at the start line we saw people from our sport teams on Saturday.

"HOOT!" down to the start line,"HOOT!" time to go.

In the end the hardest part was cycling on the gravel and Matt came 9th.

"It was really exciting I hope I have time to do it next year" Johny,10

"It was awesome I was tired when I got  off my bike I will do It next year" Sam,10

"My legs were aching when I got off the bike for the run" Ben,10

"On the 500m run my legs felt like they were going to fall off" Alex,9

"I reckon it was fun, but it was hard biking on the gravel"Tom,10

"It was hard running on the grass and  biking on the gravel but when I finished I was really proud of myself"Matt,10

city to surf

I was at the starting line waiting excitedly. The hooter went. We started off walking and went into a run, all in a bunch. I went on the grass to get away from the bunch and went at my speed.  1 k down 11 ks more to run. I had my water bladder with powerade in it to make me run faster.
The 3k sign was 100 metres away and people were handing out some water. I got two, one to drink and one to pour all over me. Nine ks to go. I am sweating. I am so tired I get a piece of my energy food and a bit of my drink.
7 ks to go. I am running beside a river. I say to myself I wish I could run into the cold water but it is not part of the course. While I am day dreaming abut the water I go flying into the 6 k sign. I see a woman handing out some energy drinks. I got one. I get a piece of food. A woman sees me get one and wanted one. I could just tell, so I offered her one and she ate it.
4 ks to go. A man is wetting the runners I go under the water and feel so much better. We run under a bridge.
3 ks! I see some people handing out some water. I get one. 2 ks two go. I am so close. I see a man doing it in his pjs and a clown hat. I giggled.
1k to go. I can see some people at the side watching. I go hard, as fast as I can go. My legs hurt but I think of the finish line. I can see it- the finish. 100 metres to go 50 metres to go 10 metres to go. I have done it finished the city to surf with a time of 57 minutes from the Christchurch square to QE11 stadium. I get a pump bottle and a certificate. I get in the car and go home to sit on the couch.