Fitness reflection

Today at Fitness we prepared ourselves for camp. We did this by running 3 laps around the courts and having relays. The girls began their run before the boys and when we finished our 2nd lap, the boys joined in.

Afterwards we had a running relay, boy against girls. The girls won the first round and the second round also. It was quite hard versing against the boys, because the boys were more athletic and faster but we proved them wrong.

Our session was fun and challenging also!. We are going to be doing  this for the next week or so. 
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Volley Ball: Fitness

Once again, the girls went head to head with the boys in Volleyball for fitness. At first I was a bit nervous about going against them but as we continued to get more and more points, I grew more confident and started hitting the ball more often.

Our first game was so energetic. There were times when the girls team would get points, by serving. But same went with the boys. I’ve got to admit Inoke was an exquisite server, but then again, so was Linda, Whitney, Maara and I. Later in the game it was 14 points to 13, to the girls, match point. I served with all my might, watching the ball hover in the air, then dropping rapidly. At that moment I knew we had won the game. We cheered in delight and gloated a little.

In the second game we won again. Most of our points we earned was from our serving. Our serving was really good, who could blame us for having good aim ;,). This time the points were 15-12 to us mighty girls. Once again we cheered and gloated in delight and happiness.

Just as we began to get a little cocky, we lost the 3rd game. We were a little devastated but we were determined to win the last game. The points for the 3rd game was 15-12 (again!) to the boys. At that moment, all I could say to the boys was “Good game boys, good luck! You’re gonna need it ;,)”.

This time, it was first team to reach 3 points. To us girls, our strong point was our serves, so we used that as an advantage. With Linda serving, we were bound to win. Which is exactly what we did. As the reigning champions, the boys would have to bring a tougher fight next time!.

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Capture the ball🎾

After our Math session with Sue Pine, Miss Stone decided that we should go out for fitness. The game we were playing was Capture the ball. We played a few rounds where the girls always ended winning. I had a few stumbles but managed to recover. Before we placed the ball on our goal we had to pass the ball three times. It was very funny and from the looks of how we played, the boys seemed intimidated.
















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Fitness🎽

Today for fitness, we played Golden child. We were into two teams and carried on playing. The shooting team(my team) were on fire, our team continued getting the running team out. When it was our team to run the other team got a few of us out, but when golden trial ran and freed everyone else we made it. At the end of fitness our team ended up getting  most of the other team out including golden child.


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Special Training

To keep my sister and I fit for Netball next season, we train every day at the Marist grounds known as Dunkirk. We ran a whole length of a rugby field and walked back to the where we started. We ran 9 more times and stretched at the end.

Afterwards my sister and I played a game of touch with my brother and cousin who currently plays for the Under 15 Auckland girls rugby team. We played one more game before actually playing some Netball games and drills. The first game we played was piggy in the middle without moving when you have the ball. It was easy game until my dad came in and played for the opposite team. It was a fun game. Soon we departed from the fields as it got darker.

Having afternoon fitness's are very fun and exhausting.

Cross Country Preparation

For Cross Country preparation, room 7 students ran 2 laps around the luxurious green field. As I slowly jogged my way beside the other girls, the wind cooled me down and gently guided me through the track. As I was running, I saw the students who zoomed off past me slowed down and started to walk through the track. My strategy however was to have a slow pace at the start and speed up later. I thought that I'll finish the race off with sprinting at the end.

I was up to my last lap, I stopped twice in order to catch my breath but continued after a 5 second breather. In the last corner of the field I watched Whitney as she jogged at the back of me. Finally Whitney and I made it to the where all the teachers were and slumped down in exhaustion. We also watched those who were also finishing, we cheered them on and congratulated them. I felt very pleased to see that I was tired but hyped up.

Our Basketball Session

Tuesday 9th of June, was a bright, sunny but cold morning and at 10:20 the room 7 students walked down to the hall to go basketball. As we walked into the hall, room 9 was still playing a game and then they sat in front of their waiting for instructions. We sat in front of coach Maia as she announced our first game.

The first game we played was “In and Out”, coach Maia explained the rules to the game. The point of the game was to, jump in and out from the line when coach Maia says so and if you move off your spot then you are eliminated. First of all the girls went first because coach Maia knew that the boys were going to be silly. The winner of the first game was Amelia, after the first game we had our second game with both girls and boys. The second match was close between Maselino and Tamati but unfortunately there was only one winner and that was Maselino.

Afterwards, coach Maia chose a volunteer which was Trent and also explained the next game we were going to play. The game we play was called Traffic Lights, when Trent turns around then you have to run towards him and when he turns towards the people  they have to freeze. If you move  you have to go back to where you first started. We only had 2 games which was OK with me but not with the rest of the class. There was a lot of cheating in the game which disappointing. Moments later, we moved to our next game.

After, our second game we played octopus but with a twist, the twist was that the taggers had to dribble a ball while tagging the people who they call out. As coach Maia called out “people with no shoes run” and “ Those wearing blue run!!!”. The game was hard for the taggers so coach Maia told the taggers to put the balls away and play the real game of octopus. One by one people were tagged, all the people who were tagged had to stand still acting like seaweeds and most who were

tagged followed the rules. As we played, the time passed on, and it was almost time for morning tea.

At the end of our session, coach Maia explained to us if we can’t listen actively then we won’t play games next week which was a downer for our class. Moments later, our teacher Mrs. Jacob told us to line up quietly and we then headed back to class. I felt very frustrated that some of the students let our class down but also happy that I learnt new skills in basketball.

The balloon catastrophe

On a bright, sunny but cold morning, students from Rom 7 planned to play a balloon game so that they could write a recount about it. Mrs.Raj, who is the teacher on Mondays explained the rules of the game we were going to play. She said that she would separate the boys and girls otherwise they all would go silly because part of the game was holding hands. The rules for the game was that Mrs.Raj would throw the balloon in the air while the group holding hands would have to hit the balloon into the air and keep it up in the air but with their hands still linked.

When we lined up and walked to the courts, there were chills that ran up and down my spine because the air around me was cold. The boys went first to do the game, they all got into a circle holding hands. As Mrs.Raj threw the balloon into the air, she quickly told us girls to run a whole two laps around the netball court and watch the boys play afterwards. As soon as we finished running two laps around the court, we watched the boys play their final game as we came. Vainikolo fell down trying to hit the ball, the other boys screamed “Come on, head butt the balloon” and “Hey we need to beat the girls, WOOHOO”. Mrs.Raj stopped the boys after their game and called the girls.

At last it was the girls' turn to play the balloon game, the girls got into a tidy circle holding hands once again. 1, 2, 3 Mrs.Raj counted down as she threw the balloon into the air, as soon as the balloon came whooshing down the girls screamed loudly trying to keep the balloon up high in the air with hands still linked. The balloon, kept going up, backwards but not forward towards the other girls. They tried head butting and kicking the ball but the balloon didn't seem to go high into the air.  I tried to head butt the balloon next to Amelia, but as I came down Amelia jumped which caused her head to hit my jaw. I was OK but my jaw hurt, I still wanted to carry on with the game though. The balloon finally hit the ground, we all sadly said AW!

Mrs. Raj said that we will play one more game. The room 7 girls yelled “Come on girls we could do this”. Once again Mrs.Raj threw the blue balloon into the slightly windy air, instead of head butting and kicking the balloon, all the girls used their linked hands. The balloon kept on going backwards and so so did the girls, they ran backwards heading up towards the field. Down came the balloon,  slowly rushing down as the girls tried to hit but missed. POP!! went the balloon, all the girls got frustrated that the balloon popped because they were doing so well. We knew that the balloon popped because some of the grass had pointy ends. The boys moaned, but happy because they knew that they beat the girls. We go into two even lines heading back to class.

At the end, I felt bummed but happy that we learned a new game. I was also very tired jumping up down trying to hit the balloon and my jaw felt like there was a huge bruise on it, but luckily there wasn't. I had lots of fun, and I think the point of the game was teamwork which the girls did quite well.