Athletics

Some fabulous photos by Mrs Tombolato of our performance to the Junior school.

On the 4 of December the Middle School introduced us to their performance. Their item was called Rainbows. There was a boy called Robert who loved different kind of colours.

The first colour was red. They all sang a song called Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer, Pohutukawa Tree and Take a little Bit of Red. Two girls stood up with red ribbons and waved the ribbons.

The second colour was Orange. The marchers came on. I thought they looked fantastic in their costumes, and they worked so hard to learn the dance.

The third colour was yellow like the bright sun. The Bananas in Pajamas looked silly in their warm Pajamas. Then two people pretended to be Yellow birds.

Now the next colour is green, my favorite colour. The Irish dancers were amazing with their flash costumes. The Irish dancers were amazing!

The next colour was blue, the colour of the sea. For blue they did Blue Suede Shoes. It was just wonderful!

The next colour was indigo, the colour of beetroot. For indigo, it was these two girls who did an indigo rap. They were quite nice after all.

The next colour is purple, the colour of pretty purple poppies! They did the flying purple people eater! It was so funny!

Next they had a girl play the violin and I nearly cried! It was so lovely!

Soon it was the Rainbow Connection. It was all the colours of the rainbow! My favourite part was when they did the waltz. It was so romantic!

My favourite part was when they did the Irish dancing! I think I want to relive it again!


By Hannah M

Parachute Recount

Today Mrs Armitage brought her red parachute to show the Middle school. She chose Keziah to put in on because she is tall and brave.

Mrs Armitage showed us the parts on the harness. There was the altimeter, main parachute and reserve parachute. The main parachute is the first one. For example, when you jump out of an aeroplane the main comes out. If the main parachute does not come out or gets confused with the wires then you can just pull the reserve parachute. You can land without getting hurt. That is why they have a main parachute and a reserve parachute.

There is a little parachute that Mrs Armitage pulled out. She kept pulling until the main parachute came out. She chose 3 strong people to hold Keziah then she let the wind inflate the parachute.

The parachute was fluffy and big. I thought the parachute would be bigger than our classroom. Then Mrs Armitage pulled the parachute back down on the turf and showed us the brakes.

When we were having questions a strong gust of wind came, as if a tornado tore through the school and the parachute pulled Keziah over. We thought she was going to fly away across Manurewa. Luckily the teachers got hold of the parachute. We were all surprised. We all had a great big laugh. Then Itomi sat on the parachute so it wouldn’t fly away.

By Jenny, Manveen, Daniel, Deken and Sukhdev.