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Monday 17 August

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Cross country

I was standing at the starting line, nervous, scared and worried.Thinking about the place that i will come.  HOONK!!!  We started running.  All of the legs moving in a kicking motion was kind of funny.  I tried not to walk for at least one and a half laps and i did it.  I saw lots of people talking but i just ignored them.  I was back at the court my heart was beating fast because i was running my legs of.  For a second i thought i was going to faint or break my leg but i didn’t.  I was at Mrs Foster and all i could think about was “just keep swimming,just keep swimming’’ and it encouraged me to run all the way to the the finishing chute but is wasn’t the just keep swimming that got me there it was also all the people cheering for me.A funny moment i remember was down the finishing schue Annabeth and i raced to the line and we tied!!.  If the students and the teachers hadn’t of encouraged me i think i would of walked most of the way.Cross country was really tiring but it surely made me stronger

Swimming 13 August

Today I had my 4th swimming lesson. Excitedly, we power walked to the bus when we were actually supposed to walk normally. When we got on the bus, some of the class rushed to get seats at the back of the bus. Finally we got to the millennium and went to the changing rooms. We waited for rm 22 to finish their swim.I dipped my feet into the water and it was warm but when my body got in it was freezing!!My goal is to kick faster when we are doing free style.
I think today was the best lesson yet!!:-)

School writing

writing

One winter’s morning,i was sitting on the playground bench.As i was sitting there i could see a bunch of small trees scattered around and it looked like a forest that had been cut down but only a few trees survived.There are trees around the red bricks that are denuded and look bold but across the street on Spencer road there is a big tree surrounded with smaller trees that makes it look like a proud peacock. Infront of me there is there is the playground that is covered with brown and white bark and it looked like there was a flood.If i turn around i could see a flat tree stump.I could smell the grass and mud combined that smelt like egg yolk(not that i have have smelled it before).

I can hear the different cars motors and it sounded like a lion roaring and running at the same time.I can see a red bean bag peeking through the window.I moved on to the hard concrete that felt like it was crumbling as i touched it.I could feel the bushes that looked like a crazy haircut.

My card writing

As I was riding the camel, I could smell its fur that smelled like rotten egg or milk that has gone sour.I felt the sand in my eyes it did not feel good at all.It  felt like little rocks in my eyes.

Excitedly,we saw the amazing I repeat amazing pyramids.wow the deseret is deserted

It was like seeing the ocean for the first time but not the water a pyramids.Egsusted,we carried on walking.as we walked it started to become dawn.

We were puffing and puffing like we had been walking for our whole life not stop. we made it to a resting spot.There we stood under a big tree that barely had leaves.It was time to get the water.we siped so that we didn’t have to go to the loo.obviosly there is no toilets in the desert.so we carried on walking.we completed our journey then we saw a boat that was waiting for us.I think that was the longest walk i’ve ever had.

ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand army corps

We celebrate ANZAC day because lots of people died and risked their lives for us in WW1.

WW1 started on the 28 July 1914 and ended on the 11 November 1918.

100 444 New Zealand troops and nurses served in WW1.

Over 16 thousand New Zealanders died and round 41 thousand were wounded.

Over 37 MILLION people died or got wounded all over the world.

Poppies

People wear poppies to fundraise for wounded people from WW2.

Other countries wear poppies on the 11th of November to celebrate when

the war ended.

New Zealand and Australia wear poppies in April.

Poppies grow all over the world not just in Gallipoli

Nurses

Woman were not allowed to fight so they contributed as nurses

They were every bit as brave as the men

288 were decorated, 25 died, 423 served in Australia and 2286 served overseas

As nurses they fed and bandaged the injured men.

Life for other people

School children spent their time knitting things for soldiers

People lived in fear for their lives and that of service man & women.

People who were not fighting had black blinds to not let the light escape

Extra

11% of the population of France was killed

116,000 Americans died even though they fought for only 7 months

Russia had the biggest army

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