Cross Country

As I climbed into Rhianna's car on a cold,cloudy Wednesday I had two things on my mind:

1. I have approximately one and a half hours to break my leg.

2.Mother Nature please,please RAIN!!!!!

I was heading to the Domain to do Cross Country. As you can probably tell I am not very fond of it. 

By the time we had got to the domain I hadn't managed to break my leg and it almost looked like it was going to be a warm day!!! We got seated by the signs but that didn't last long because the juniors had started to race. We all raced to the finish line like bees to honey to cheer them on. Time was disappearing but the nervous brick in my stomach was not disappearing any time soon. 

After I had stuffed down a sausage the very organised Mrs Sutherland hearded us like sheep to where we were supposed to sit. I tried to calm my nerves but the fact it was boiling hot and we had to run 3km in a race wasn't really helping. Before I new it we were lining up, doing stretches and we were off.

We started with a lap of the rugby field. I was running with Derrin because she has the same pace as me. After a lap or so we were puffing ten to a second. We jogged into the forest and I was relieved to find that it was shady. We came out of the forest and we were hit by searing heat. We ran another 500m and then we sprinted like kids coming out of school to the finish line.

Even though I was exhausted I looked around for Haylley. She was just starting to do the last lap of the field so Holly P and I started to run with her(it probably wasn't a good thing to do on my part because I didn't have a drink). 

Overall I am very proud of myself and I am so glad I don't have to do it again.  

Mt Richardson

It had started out as a pretty warm day. We had just started to climb Mt Richardson with the school and apart from a few ups it had been really easy. Brooklyn,Haylley and I had been chatting away. Soon we were up to a steep part and we stopped talking. Unlucky this steep part went on and on and on. It was the kind of grinding steep part,when you almost have to pull your legs up. This went on for what seemed like an hour,but I probably was shorter than that. 

Once we had got to the top of that hill we stopped for morning tea. Happily we flopped down and decided how much we were going to eat. The hardest part for me was trying not to eat all my food. Soon we had recharged our batteries and we were raring to go. I started to walk with Emma which was good because we talked a bit and we didn't really notice how fast time was passing by. 

Soon I got to a part that I knew was close to the top. We grunted up the last bit and then before we knew it we were at a the very windy top of Mt Richardson. It was cold. The wind was howling around us and it almost seemed like it was going to pick us up and carry us down the mountain. 

We found a spot out of the wind and put lots of clothes on. I ate everything,but I left some food for afterwards. After a long wait we were put in a line and we numbered off. I was in the back so when we set of I started to run to the front. It was quite a long way from the back to the front,but I did make it. I loved going down,because we had a good pace and we were all chatting away(and I didn't fall over). 

Soon we were sprinting out of the track and rolling down the hill!!!!!

Book Review

The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley

By Colin Thompson & Amy Lissiat

This book had the same author has Norman and Brenda,so that is why we decided to read it.

The front cover had a picture of a slightly dirty,purple mouse holding a piece of cheese and a human doll. My prediction was that Riley(which I assumed was the mouse) found a doll and had a happy life because he had company.

The book started by explaining how humans want to live forever and nothing pleases them. Whenever they have blonde hair they want it to be brown and vise versa. I found the sentences really  humorous and cleaver. Then it explained how Riley(the mouse) lived a happy life and didn't need much to make him happy. That was basically the storyline the whole way through,but it never got boring. The author always had a great way to make it entertaining and funny. 

At the end of the book like the last one it said,

"Release your inner Riley"

I would highly recommend this book  

Quote of the week

When I saw this quote it cracked me up,so I have made it the quote of the week.
Here is the link to the quote is you can't see it-Click On This If You Want To See The Quote

St Margaret's College

MmOn Monday 9th Mum and I went to the opening of St Margaret's College in Mums attempt to find me a high school. As you can probably to tell I wasn't to keen about going to St Margaret's,but I went anyway. 

We got there half an hour earlier so we went into the on school cafe(maybe this wasn't so bad after all) and looked at their uniform. I thought the uniform looked quite good because it wasn't a set uniform,but they had a formal uniform as well. 

Once we got out of the cafe and walked in the gates we were meet by some friendly children from the    junior school and they directed us to the senior school. I was given a bag with the information about the school. Then we meet our tour guide,her name was Abigail and she was very nice.

We started of in one of the newest buildings. She showed us the dance flours which were massive and the speech and drama rooms. I found this very interesting because I didn't know that St Margaret's had all these great facilities. Next she showed us the science rooms. Something I noticed about the rooms is how they were modern and new,but they weren't big modern learning classes. I meet one of the general science teachers Mr Atkins,which happened to be Miss Hannas(my teacher) science teacher when she was at high school!

Next we went and saw the technology rooms which had all the gadgets,but were a good size. I loved looking at what the students had made because it was all so creative and you could tell that they put a lot of effort into it. From there Abigail showed us the gym,the basketball courts,the pool and the outdoor netball,tennis and hockey courts.

She briefly showed us the art and music rooms,because we had to go and see the principle talk. I found it really interesting. The head girl spoke really well for the size she was(I mean I was taller than her and that's something). 

Afterwards we went to the boarding school and I was impressed with the facilities. They had different houses for different year groups. After all this we went and got a hot chocolate from the cafe. I really want to go,but it costs to much!!!!!

Reading Review

At school in literacy time I am working on writing a review(along with some other people) on a picture book. Here is my first one:

Norman and Brenda

By Colin Thompson and Amy Lissiat

When I first looked at the cover the first thing I noticed were how dirty they were. At the top of the book it said ‘The anti-heroes,anti-heroes’. My interpretation of this was they both accidentally became heroes.

When we looked at the title page there was a picture of them both holding hands and Norman wearing a wedding veil! So then I thought that they were going to get married.

The first pages were of how depressing there lives were and how they always felt like they were left behind and there lives hadn’t started yet. They went through stages where they had animals or went on blind dates. I was waiting for the time were they would meet and like each other.

The author was very good at writing funny and clever sentences. The pictures were kind of cartoons and a bit odd,but when you looked closely you could see little clues that could generate a lot of discussion. Finally Brenda climbed up a ladder to see if the world looked better from above and fell on Norman. They ended up getting married,but at the end of the book the author wrote this:

It goes to show that even if you spend a lot of your life washing up at parties or talking to goldfish,somewhere in the world there is someone just for you.

You simply have to be in the right place at the right time.

For me this was my favourite part because it summed up the story and gave it a moral.

To sum this book up I would say it is a great read for someone who takes there time to read and think about what the author is saying. I really enjoyed how clever the author was with the sentences,making it engaging and funny. At the end of the book It had a sentence saying "The Normans and Brenda's never start wars". After a lot of discussion we couldn't come up with a good reason. Your just gonna have to read it and interpret it yourself.

Maths

For maths in term one we became experts in one area in measurement. Then we shared our learning with others in a explain-everything. I became an expert in mass and here is my explain everything: