Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Cross Country

Yesterday,the 9th of June Kapanui School had Cross Country. I was going to be a photographer.I  went down to the park with the little kids. They separated into year groups and did some warm ups.Then Mr Chaters clapped the big wooden block andBANG!!They were off. They ran and ran. I took some photos.All the juniors had cute smiles on their faces as they ran past me.Then it was the Explorers turn. They did their warm ups and ran after the blocks of wood bashed together. I took some more photos but it was hard because they were so fast. Now my turn. I lined up did my warm ups and when the blocks went Bang!! I ran. At first I was trudging behind a bit but at the hill I almost disappeared in almost thin air.I ran down the hill passing two others. We entered the bush and I passed another five. Down through the bush there was a huge gap behind me. I was 6th  so for me I was doing well. We came down the concrete path and over a big patch of dry land and grass. We entered another bush, jumped a gate and around a pole. We ran over the field and over the zigzagged across the soccer  and rugby fields. I passed another three but right behind me another two and they were gaining on me but. Even though I tried really hard my little legs could not move fast enough. They ran in front of me and I had now become fifth. We were on the last part of the race and I ran with all my might and happily finished fifth.Now I am going to the inter school next week on Wednesday. Hooray!!:-D
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Jack Flash show

On Friday the 24th of July I watched the show Jumping Jack Flash, which was a version of Jack and the Beanstalk. The story was that the village was raining rubbish so the king decided to blame Jack for it. Jack looked at a rubbish bag which said: I GIANTS RUBBISH so he knew where to go. He got Twan (a bean) to grow for him, he went up into the clouds and.... saw a giant throwing all his rubbish of the cloud because he thought he was the best of the best. Actually he was just a normal person and not massive at all. A bird taught him to reduce, reuse and recycle. After that the village was happy and they all lived happily ever. Everyone really enjoyed it.



Turf opening

On Friday the 26th of June our new school turf opened. That means we can still play on the field when it is wet and cold in winter. We had a turf opening assembly and thanked the Kapanui school fundraising committee and the Waikanae board for their help in making the turf. After that we did a sports rotation and each of the 5 Whanau's hosted one. This rotation included the turf   and luckily Te Whenua ( my whanau ) got to go on the turf first. Before the turf got opened they did a opening ceremony in which a person from the Waikanae board blessed it and cut the ribbon. The rotation also included rob the nest, tug of war, ball rush, skipping. My favourite was the skipping as I figured out how to do one-legged Criss cross.