Athletics Day

My favorite thing of the year. Athletics. There was one thing and one thing only that I was looking forward to doing. High Jump. Because since 2009 I either came first or second, but this year was different. I didn't come anything. But it was alright. At least I had fun.

An Extraordinary Concert Night!

Stand By Me

On the final night of Camp Bentzon, was our concert night. What a way to kick it off with Marvin’s dad Rodney singing Stand By Me and Mary Had A Little Lamb. I knew this was going to be fun night.

Now for our item. We done a mockumentary about the teachers. I was playing Mr Barks doing a Mr Bean Dance. But the funniest was Tui as Mrs Va’afusuanga. Everyone was laughing hard.

At the end of the night, everyone was at the edge of their seat. Waiting to here the final scores from the judges. Then they announced 4th and 3rd place. It was down to Bentzon and Kawau (my team.) Mrs Flavelle then said.... “The winner of 2011 Camp Bentzon..... KAWAU!!

Tennis Coaching

When I heard that room 17 was going to have tennis coaching, I thought to myself tennis, my least favourite sport. I don't even watch it on TV. I hate tennis.

Our tennis coach was named Marcel. He was a professional player and teaches other schools, well of course, tennis. If I had to pick my coach, I would pick him instead of any one else, because he was a kind coach. Now the tennis coaching was under way.

How to hold the racket is the main thing with tennis, because if you can't hold it right, you can't do the shots properly.  It was kind of frustrating for me but then, I got the hang of it. About 5 minutes after we learnt how to hold the ball, I was really good.

King and queen ball was the game we played. It was kind of like playing handball but your using a racket, and you have to hit the ball over a net. I was king once but then, Marvin got me out. Can you believe that? Only one round as king. I wasen't even good. Not fair that people are picking on me.

Even though I didn't really like tennis at the start of coaching, when you actually play it, It's pretty cool. Just one week in and now I just can't wait until Thursdays. Tennis is a cool sport, if you know how to play it.

Ice Cream Comet

Comets, did you know you could eat them?(Only ice cream ones though.) When I found out room 17 and 16 were going to make comets out of ice cream, biscuits and hundreds and thousands, I was very excited and couldn’t wait for the time to come.

“Out of my way I shouted to people.” I was dashing to the picnic table with a whole clump of ice cream in my hands. It felt like my hands were -5 degrees with that ice cream. But when the hundred and thousands came on, it was a bit warmer.

After all that coldness, my favourite time came. Eating the comets. The vanilla flavoured comet landed straight into my watering mouth. Lick after lick. The delicious treat for me was an early Halloween gift. Yummy.

As soon as we had eaten, we looked over all the mess Mr Somerville had made. IT WAS A PIG STY! There was heaps and heaps of food gone to waste. Hundreds of hundreds and thousands. Humongous amount of biscuits left on the floor and ice cream cones in the bin.

Finally the chaos was over. We all had a nice treat from Mr Somerville and Miss Garden. I hope we could do this again but make something that won’t melt, may be a spaceship. You never know.

Willow Park Camp

The time had come to go to the riverside camp, Willow Park. I would have preferred Tortara Springs though. But any camp is exciting for me.

It was now the second day. We got given options, they were tennis, mini-golf or riding on the quad bikes. But I decided to play mini-golf with Waata. He was up for the challenge and said to me, “bring it on.”

It was hole fifteen, the final hole. We were tied up at 7 all. I swung the putter back and hit the ball up the the hill. Almost had a hole in one, but the ball just went right.  Waata missed his shot. Then I just tapped the ball into the hole. I am the winner.

Performance night was the best night at Willow Park. Every group had to perform for the judges. For our performance, we done the National Anthem and the Haka. But the funniest one was peanut butter jelly time done by Ahsin’s group. That was a cool night.

After camp, I thought to my-self. Even though we didn’t go to Tortara Springs,  I still had a good time.

Countries I am Focusing On

The Countries I chose for my country research was Canada and Fiji. This is my movie. I hope you enjoy.

Manly Beat Warriors In A Thriller Grand Final

THE VODAFONE WARRIORS

MANLY WARRINGTON SEA EAGLES

It all came down to this, the 2011 grand final where the Vodafone Warriors take on Manly Warrington Sea Eagles. I was anxious for the match to start. Then the hooter went. Kick off time.

          Big hits were the best things I saw in the match. Warriors Five-eight James Maloney done two hits and Warriors center  Krisnan Inu done 2 hits. In some hits, blood spilled from the faces and onto the field which needed stitches.

          Thirty minutes into the game and no one had scored, until Manly struck the line. Brett 'The Snake' Stewart had gone in for the opening try. Which made the score 4-2 after James Maloney's Penalty goal. But the score was in favor of Manly

           In the shadows of full time, it wasn't good. Manly's captain Jamie Lyon scored then got the conversion. That made the 26-16

           Even though Warriors lost, it was still a good to experience a grand final match. They didn't lose by much. Only by 10 points.