Dodge Ball Finals

At Tawa Intermediate we had our dodge ball finals!
Room 13 the most awesomest class, were getting ready for our dodge ball game, we were versing room 14, I was worried about playing them because room 14 are very good at dodge ball.

Before the game we were talking over some strategies to take out room 14.We walked over to the hall where our game was held and the excitement started to build in the room, we sat on the sides of the dodge ball court because we were playing in the second game.
Room 15 were playing room 10, it was a good game but sadly room 15 lost (we wanted room 15 to win because they are in the same syndicate as us.)

Finally it was our turn to play room 14, we toke our positions at the starting line, we waited for the whistle to blow, and when it did both classes zoomed to the line to grab the dodge balls.
I never go up to grab a dodge ball because I'm never fast enough. People from both classes started to be aimed at and hit at, I didn't last long in the game so when i sat down on the bench i started to yell strategies at the people that were left. We were getting beaten pretty bad, It was down to Zac vs half room 14, I hoped he would catch it or get the rest of room 14 out, but of corse he was hit.
                                                                                                                                                                   To bad we didn't win but we did come in the top 3, Mrs T said we would have a shared lunch if we came in the top 3 so that's good enough for me.

Ki O Rahi Facts

• Ki o rahi has been played  by Maori for centuries.
• During the first world war, princess Te Puea wanted the game ki o rahi to be revived.
• ki o rahi resurfaced again during world war 2, the Maori battalion would play for money.
• The Maori showed countries like France and Italy how to play ki o rahi.
• In 2005 it was introduced to over 31000 schools in America!
• Ki o rahi is based around the Maori legend of Rahi.

Dont know how to play? here is a video:http://youtu.be/gIzA44-Ebq0

Cheerleading Compition!

Cheerleading is a hard sport, especially when you have to lift people up in the air and throw them back down, on Sunday 5th of August I had to do a lot of that because It was the Wellington cheer-leading compition!

First me and my sister Lily went to the supper market to get food to snack on during the compition because it went on from 12:00 to 5:00, we got chips, chocolate, cruskits, and drinks.
We had to hurry though because the compition was going to start soon.

When we arrived to the place we were competing at, me and Lily walked in and there were cheerleading squads from everywhere including Auckland. I don't know about Lily but I was really nervous.We saw our squad (which was zone) and went up to them, Sally (our teacher) told us it was our turn to practice on the big sprung floor.

when the compition finally began we were one of the first squads to compete, we did really well!
at the award ceremony all of us from zone were hoping that our team came first place Sally came up to me and told me that if we win any prizes that I would have to go and get it.

When the judges began to announce the results the excitement builds and.....................................................Zone comes first! Everyone from Zone were very glad we got a trophy and a big banner.

I'm glad we won and I hope there are more compitions in the future.

Hospital Trip

Having asthma is a pain, you alway's have to take inhalers morining and night to prevent It from happing, and you need to carry a blue inhaler for instant relif if you get asthma during the day.

On a dark night, i asked dad to take me with im to the city to drop my cousin off at work, and he said yes, so we started to drive and when we finally reached the brightly lit city we stopped outside my cousin's work place and when she got out we drove off.

We stopped outside the mall to have something to eat, then we romed around thecity looking at shops. I started to feel a bit weezy and at that point I knew I had asthma.

  When we finally finished at the city we walked to the car and headed for home, I felt worried because I knew I ran out of inhalers, I hoped it would eaze up by the time we reached home but it did'nt.

At home it felt like my throught was closing in, I knew I could'nt stop it so I told my parents and then dad took me to the hospital.

  I was breathless when we arrived at the hospital we sighned in and we had to wait what semed like forever for a docer to come and see me, and when the docter finally camer, she took us to her office and asked me a few qustions and she then took me and dad to a room with a strange machine.

The docter gave me a mask to put around my mouth and then she swiched on the weird looking machine and it helped me breath.

I then got a blue inhaler and I finally got to go home and get some rest, I was so sleepy and by the time I got home It was one o'clock In the morning. I went to my bed and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

Matariki Panels

 
Do you know what Matariki is?  Do you celebrate it? Well in room 13 we definitely do!  Matariki is a cluster of seven stars that rises at the end of may or start of June. Matariki is the Maori new  year and it is to remember those who died in the last year, and it is about new beginnings.

In room 13 we made matariki panels. A matariki panel is a long board split into three sections, the first section, our design had to base around new growth, our second section had to be about you and what is important to us, our last section had to b e about matariki.

To make our panel's we first painted them black with Indian ink, then we had to put masking tape on them, i thought that was the longest bit. We then drew our designs on top of the masking tape, then using a crafting  knife we cut out our designs. Next we painted them and my favourite bit was riping the masking tape off when they dried I peeled them of with Ruby.

My first section is two  purple korus with a new growth symbol in the middle. For my middle section I have two korus to represent my parents and the five little korus on one of them is to represent the children in my family. Finally the last section has seven stars to show the stars of matariki.

I have really enjoyed doing these panels and learning more on on matariki, if I did it again I would be more careful with my cutting.

Cross Country?

I woke up that morring feeling yucky, and funny. I felt like a snail If I wanted to move It felt like It took for ever to get to one place. My head felt very heavy It felt more heavy then my own body weghit.
My mum and dad told me that I didnt need to go to school today what a relif, slugishly I went to bed and stayed there for the rest of the day.

Disco Photos

At zoes house getting ready for the disco!, im at the far left  zoe at the right and my twin sister  in the middle.