Hunterville Interschool Cross Country

We had lots of students from our class involved in the Interschool Cross Country in Hunterville on Friday.  This is where the best of the best runners from around our region come to compete in a very challenging race.  Congratulations to you all, you did really well.  It was especially awesome to have three Y8 girls in the top 10 - well done Greer, Emma J and Mya!

Pet Day

Pet Day was a great success again this year!  Congratulations to all those who brought along their pets - it's not easy to make your pet behave itself for a whole morning!  An extra congratulations to those who won prizes for their pets - well done!  Unfortunately we missed out on the Country Kids Challenge because of the weather, but we'll try and fit it in later in the year.  Overall, we had a great day.

Here are some of the Room 6 kids with their pets:

Pet Day - Indoor Exhibits

We are super excited about Pet Day tomorrow.  Here is a sneak peak at our indoor exhibits - animals made from recycled plastic bottles and rural photos.  So cool!

DISCO!

What a super awesomely cool night we had!  Everyone got right into the spirit of the event, and had loads of fun.  Thank you to the Student Council for organising the disco - you did an excellent job!  We're already looking forward to the disco next year...

Cross Country

We have been training hard for the cross country over the past couple of weeks, and Friday was the Big Day.  Despite a dodgy weather forecast, we pushed ahead and it was awesome!  Congratulations to all those who achieved their goals and gave 100%.  We're proud of you, and you should be proud of yourself!

A special congratulations to Georgia, Greer, Emma J, Mya, Seth, Cody and Jack, who all achieved Top 3 placings.

Nerves before the race?  Nah!

Cross Country Training

Things became a bit more serious today - we tested out the track for the cross country!  The mud was muddy, the bog was boggy, the prickles were prickly, the killer hill was killer and the creek was.... wet. We had a great training session and are 95% ready for the real thing on Friday.  Bring it on!

Don't do it like this:

Interschool Speech Competition

Last night was the Interschool Speech Competition between North Street, St Josephs and Halcombe.  Catherine was our representative in the Year 8 competition, and Emma H in the Year 7.  The standard was really high this year, and everyone did very well - even though they were super nervous!  Tom from St Josephs won the Year 8 competition, and a special congratulations to Emma, who won the Year 7 competition with her speech about how she can't live without sleep.  Well done Emma!  

The winners:

Special Visitor

Today we had a visit from Trevor Shailer, and what an interesting guy he is!  Trevor competed as a boxer in the 1992 Olympics, and 1994 Commonwealth Games.  Since retiring, Trevor has been in an athlete support role at many Olympic and Commonwealth Games.  Most recently he was Deputy Chef de Mission for the New Zealand Olympic team in Rio.  In 2013, Trevor was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit.

I enjoyed Trevor's story about Sir Mark Todd and the opening ceremony at the 1992 Olympics.  It was funny!  Willow.

It was funny how Eric Murray bought 75 Big Macs at the Rio Olympics.  They were free!  Hannah.

Trevor had an awesome sense of humour, and a lot of what he told us was really funny.  Jack.

When Trevor was talking about how a boxer could knock Jack out straight away, I couldn't stop laughing.  Hamish.

It was surprising and funny to hear that when Trevor was standing on the track while the Olympic torch went past, he wanted to blow it out.  Lydia.

The message that Trevor gave us about self belief was really important.  Emma J.

I liked it how Trevor was open about his life, and was funny at the same time.  Catherine.

It was funny when Trevor told the story about how his coach had called him a 'thoroughbred'.  Olivia.

Cross Country Time

The cross country is next Friday!  Unfortunately that does not leave us many days to train, so we need to make the most of the few days we do have.  We certainly had a great start today!  We have all set goals, and you can read about these on our blogs.  Good luck everyone!

DISCO TIME!