Cross Country

Today we did Cross Country. When we were waiting for our race it was pretty boring all we did was watch all of the worn out people finish there race it was like we were waiting in a lobby for a doctors appointment. But once the year 8 girs left the presser   was on we needed warm up and stretch.I didn't like the idea of running around before my race because I was afraid of getting the stitch.when we lined up to the starting line it was really cramped and all of us were squashed up against each other.Once the gun went of all of as started running to get infront then about 6 or 7 people fell over so ether I was to fall over and fall way behind or I was to try to jump them so I jumped over them.

Half way through I was so tired but a finished the race without walking so and came 123 which last year I was 113 so I wasn't very happy  

Guitar

This year I am learning guitar. I have been doing guitar for 7 years and sill loving it. This year I am learning it with Mr Campbell he is one of my favorite teachers I have had in all my years of playing he is really funny and he likes to play around with the guitar.

    

Rimu study

Rimu grows through out new Zealand with the biggest ones growing up to 150 meters tall. Most of the ones that tall are in the forests near Taupo along side wiahaha and the whirinaki forest. They are now most common in the west coast of the south island.

Maori people used to use the tree for making boats, wood carving and making houses. Nowadays they use the wood for furniture and house making. Maori people even used to extract the gum and use it for chewing gum and starting fires. They also used the leaves to cure a headaches.

I think that Rimu is the best house in the school because it is full of good people that are kind and considerate that always have a good game of dodge ball . Also where more fortunate than all the other houses because we get to use the computers a lot more than they do so their for they call as the geeks.

The Tsunami

The memory of me standing in front of the wave flashes continuously while I flip in the water. I see the rubble over me. Getting to the surface was the least of my worries. As I am flying through the water I hit something hard, I stopped moving. I try to get to the surface, my head bursts out of the water (it was like breathing air for the first time). I cling on to this tree like a koala as I hear screams from everywhere I start to panic I didn’t know where I was and the water just seem to keep coming.

I see a house floating pass and I see someone in there I dived towards the house “hello, is anybody there?” a little boy moans “help me” he said in a panicked voice I jumped into the house and see the boy covered in wood “

are you ok?” I say in a soft voice

“I’ve been better”he says trying to lighten up the mood

“Can you help me, get out of this mess” I start taking the wood of him then I see all of the splinters and graces he has on his back and stomach. “awww my shoulder!” I look at his shoulder it is dislocated. "It's dislocated I'll need to relocate it or you will be in continuos pain"

TO BE CONTINUED