Our rugby 8 champions.

This term our year 8 boys became our year 8 rugby champions. They have won there rugby game against 30 or more teams. Thieve had played there games in toranga it was a bit of a struggle for there families but then , a great success they had accomplished.

They had been coached by the wonderful miss
va'a fusu'anga she had been a big help for the boys. As they got welcome backed Mr Burt, couldn't make it to see them arrive. They had alot of highlights to share with the rest of the school. We could all see that the big smiles on their faces meant that they had alot of fun. Next year I hope they try their hardest and win again.

Learning how to play aussie rules.

This term every Thursday we have been playing Aussie rules with our instructors Megan and Melisa.They are very kind and have allot of manners they have been teaching for only a few years,and this year they are teaching us how to play, Rugby Aussie rules. Not every day we have the same instructors we can have a girl and a boy or just both girls.

We have learnt Nealy all the rules how to play and what not to do. Further than the rules we have learnt how to kick with an Aussie ball and hand pass. Here's one I remember - laces away from faces.

Kicking the ball was very hard in the beginning but keep practicing add you'll get it right. That was not the only thing we learnt we also learnt how to hand pass correctly. In the middle of practicing we had little games my favorite was bass ball with a rugby ball its kind of complicating to learn on the spot. That's all I wrote about so please leave a comment on my blog and leave your URL/Name so I can visit your blog.

Sneeze

A sneeze center is a part of the brain that not many people have heard of. If the inside of your nose gets a tickle, then the sneeze center alerts all the other muscles that work together to sneeze. Sneezing is a reflex. A reflex is where your body does something automatically and is something that you have no control over.

Sneezing is a way to get rid of bad things in your nose. These things might be bacteria, germs and other things. You also sneeze when you smell pepper that reason is because your body does not like the smell of pepper. when you see a bright light like the sun or a light bulb you feel like you are gonna sneeze. Actually 1 out of 3 people sneeze when they see a bright light. Those people are called "Photic Sneezers." Photic really is another word for light. Photic sneezing is something that you get from one of your parents because it is something that runs in one side of your family.

Can you open your eyes when you sneeze?
Some people can sneeze with their eyes open and some people can’t. Sneezing is a reflex and so closing eyes. We have no control on whether we close our eyes or not when they sneeze. Some people don’t have reflex, so when they sneeze then their eyes won’t close.

Sneezing is very good for you and your body because it removes things from your body like bacteria and germs. It also is good because it keeps the nostrils that carry the air from your nose to the lungs healthy. Sneezing makes your nose clear when you have a cold. If you used to hate sneezing, then I hope this has changed your mind.

RWC Opening Ceremony

The stars were lit up on a beautiful night at Eden park, sparkling high in the sky with fireworks making sounds like cannon balls firing. Fire works were created by a man named Guy Fork. He created them to blow up the English parliament. But these days we use them to celebrate Christmas, New Years and special events.

In the Opening ceremony the Maori introduction was really cool. They had amazing projection and heaps of lights and musical instruments. It was really creative how they made the two hammer sharks with all the people as one. As seen on the rugby world cup banner there are to maori shapes but secretly they are hammer sharks.

"GO ALL BLACKS" and good luck to all other teams around the world.

We were on TV 1 News!

Last night my class and another class at Pt England were on TV 1 news. Our principal Mr Burt had chosen only two classes and we were one of the lucky classes. We were so excited, but we had to act like they weren't even there. We learnt that we were meant to be a poor school but ended up being a very rich school because we have netbooks to use for our learning. It is sad that some schools that are poor don't have a lot of money. I'd like to thank our principal for choosing our class to go on the news and for helping us by traveling to other countries to get us new equipment to use in our class!

Rugby World Cup

New Zealand is an island nation in the south pacific ocean. It has two main Islands with smaller islands around it, for example Stewart island and the Chatham islands. The Maori name for new zealand is Aotearoa, which is commonly translated as 'the land of long white cloud'. Back when people first found New Zealand they had already been to a land called Zealand. After seeing our island they were amazed and said it was better than Zealand so they called it New Zealand.

In 1840 a treaty was signed between the Maori and British, making new Zealand a colony of Britain. The colony became self governing in 1852 and was made a population in 1947. Most of New Zealand's population is of Europeans, followed by Asians and non Maori, Polynesians. The three main languages used in New Zealand is English, Te reo Maori and New Zealand sign language.

Click here to find a map For the rugby world cup semi-final, Bronze Final and the Finals.
The New Zealand national rugby union team is called the all blacks. Rugby union is regarded as New Zealand's national sport. Our team is called the All Blacks and they won the first ever rugby world cup. We are also the leading points scorers of all time and the only international rugby team with a winning record against every test nation they have ever played! The all blacks have held the top ranking in the world for longer than all other country's combined and in over 100 years only five of the top twenty ranked test rugby nations have ever beaten New Zealand. In the decade from 2000-2009, New Zealand won 100 tests and they went on to have a winning record of 15 tests and recorded a world record 30 straight wins at home.

The New Zealand flag, has white, red and blue colors. White stands for peace and honesty. Red stands for hardiness, bravery, strength and valor. Blue stands for vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance and justice over all. Click here for more flags to see.

Harold

Just the other day, on Monday the 8th of August, we went to visit the life education caravan parked in front of the kindergarten at our school. I was very excited because I have never been there before. As soon as we got there the Harold  teacher, named Lynn,  politely asked us, “Can you all take your shoes off?” So, after we had taken our shoes off Lynn asked us to get in order from the Tallest to shortest. I was the 2nd tallest. 


At last we were siting comfortable waiting to see Harold and Lynn. Harold and room 16 had a few laughs but then we went straight back into work. Harold had 4 home work sheets that were very hard for him to do. So we helped him with it. Finally it was time to do the sheets. My favorite part was learning about the lungs. What they do to help our body stay healthy is amazing.

We were near the end but before we left we had to make up a dance about a card we had been given. Our group got the card on the lungs and so we came up with a dance to perform to the class.