Cross Country

Cross Country 

Ready, Set, Clap… and off we all ran. Chasing behind one another being careful not to tread on other and not to be trodden on. For the first 40 meters I was following behind Holly, Holly, Piper, Jess and Brooklyn, around the bottom field around the middle one and up the top all following each other like a herd of elephants. Around the top of the top field I overtook Jess and Brooklyn and when I went down the hill I got in between 20 meters of overtaking Piper. I went around the bottom field and into the forest my breaths coming out quick and sharp. Once I was in the forest I quickened and started to quieter my steps like a cat stalking on its prey aka overtaking Piper.

Out of the forest and into the daylight my eyes still adjusting all I had to do was go up around the middle field and down around the bottom so I kept on running ignoring the pain in my stomach the stitch that was splitting in two and separating on each side. Almost at the end and I was ready for it to be over so I picked myself up crossed the finish line not caring if I beat Piper, once I crossed the line I was feeling drained so walked over to my bag packed up congratulated Holly and Holly got my brother and sister and my dad drove Finn and Lily and I home I got some food then went to bed and woke up at 7:00pm. Overall I was very proud that I had completed 3 km and that I was going through to tri schools.

New Zealanders At War

Here is Jess and I's slide that we made on Google Slides, here is also a video explaining more about what happened during the WW1 time frame.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10HD5z3d68EXTpjwnSUsoHESDdHDgGBAk4JxLws_eUK8/edit#slide=id.p

Boy In Striped Pyjamas

This Is My Popplet Of All The Characters I have Discovered So Far In The Book: 

Mt Richardson

Mt Richardson

At 8:30am everyone got loaded onto the bus and around 9:15 we arrived at Mount Richardson. I was feeling nervous and wanted to go back to bed. We numbered off, I was number six then we headed off onto the track. At around 11:00 we stopped for a morning tea break, it felt like only a few seconds before we were off again. My legs were beginning to ache, at one point the the slopes were staying at the same angle making me regret my decision. 

I kept pushing onwards wanting to achieve my goal and reach the top. Soon my water bottle became empty. "Hi Emma" said Annabelle once I had reached the top which took forever, I then plonked down on the ground beside my friends Holly, Annabelle and Anna. Holly, Annabelle and I took a photo by a sign on the top of the mountain. It was easy going down as it always is I definitely thought that I would have a long sleep, when I got home I went to sleep and didn't wake up till 6:30 pm. Overall it was really challenging and fun and I'm thankful I won't have to do it again.

The Boy In Striped Pyjamas

This is the book that I'm currently reading with Jess, Alex, Samuel, Hayato and Marcus.

So far I have read up to chapter five and I'm enjoying the book. At the end my group might possibly watch the movie.

Rakahuri Rage

Rakahuri Rage:

As I got my bike of the rack and started to wheel it over to the Loburn tent.
I was nervous and wasn't quite sure of how the Rakahuri rage was going to work out. I parked up my bike and zip tied on the label thing that had a tracker on the back of it and once that was tied on securely it was time to go over for the briefing about the rage.
Once Anna, Brooklyn and Marcus had said their speech about the organiser, we went over to the starting line with the first people on their bikes ready to set off. We stood in a line across the track and stayed there for about three minutes. At first I was wondering if we were going to get run over, turns out we were moved over to the side line and we counted down from ten and by number three people were already taking off.
Holly P was our first rider in our team to leave so Jess and I  saw her take off, On Holly's second lap she accidentally grabbed Benji’s bike by accident because theirs were identical apart from the numbers and the only difference between the two bikes was slight fading with the red on Holly’s bike. By about thirty minutes Holly pulled in and tagged my hand then I was off biking cautiously not to overdo my pace as I had three more laps to do. As I was about fifteen minutes into the track, I biked past a person throwing up with a marshal across from him it was disgusting and I was trying not to throw up as I biked past him. As I was on my second lap I saw another man throwing up a little bit farther down from the first man yet again, I carried on trying not to throw up. On my third lap I was sure that I was getting burnt and ended up getting a bug in my eye and crashing into the same tree that Hayato crashed into during our second practise also EB passed me and we gave each other a slap on the back and told each other we were doing a good job. After that lap I came away unharmed with only a few scratches from the bushes. As the day carried on the weather was becoming hotter and hotter burning the ones that did dint put on enough sunscreen. On Holly's fourth lap there was a time that holly had to get back in under for me to do a last lap, ended up that Holly got back in time for me to do my lap. Thirty four minutes was the time I had to get back in by and as I was speeding along keeping a good pace I decided to speed of through the forest and on the grassy track just before the finish line, when I got to the grassy bit I pushed myself up to gear six and speed along the track and peddled so hard it was like I was being chased by a serial killer I kept on biking speeding up ever so slightly until I got to the gate where I Gave my all and speed over the timing bar stopping the time and getting in just four minutes under what I needed to do. After all that I went and got a ice cream with mum and then headed down to the pool to cool off that night I was shattered, my eyes were a musty yellow around my pupils and when I pulled my eyelid down they were white my eyes were so bloodshot that it was not funny. I went to bed at seven forty five and woke up at seven thirty the next morning only to find that my back was slightly sore but it was nothing that I couldn't handle.

5 comments:

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   HollyFebruary 13, 2016 at 9:44 AM

   Good job Emma! I found a few spelling mistakes, the all in the second sentence should be lowercase, you spelled mountain wrong and definitely is spell like this! But good job! im also going to climb mt grey in spring!

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   EmmaFebruary 15, 2016 at 2:23 PM

   Thax will fix those after school :)

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   HollyFebruary 15, 2016 at 4:18 PM
   Kk
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   Marcus ReedFebruary 15, 2016 at 5:20 PM

   When you are typing at the top of the screen there is a tool and if you hover your mouse over it, it says check spelling [it does exactly that! A bit like google docs.

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   EmmaFebruary 15, 2016 at 8:58 PM

   cool thnx will fix that

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Kaipoi to Rangiora Fun Run

Kaipoi to Rangiora Fun Run:

On the Sunday 13th of march my friend Holly and I ran the 12 kilometre's with fellow year eights names bellow. It was difficult at the start but once I was 8 kilometre's away from finishing my adrenaline started to kick in.

Me holding my certificate of completion with my time of 1 hour 22 min.

Group photo before we ran.left to right Riely, Hayato, Derrin, Brooklyn, Me, Holly, Rhianna, Anna.

Holly and I before we set off 

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   AnnaMay 5, 2016 at 10:17 AM

   Cool to see that Furgus(is that how you spell it?) came up the hill with you. I love reading your blog!!

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Hawdon Hut/ Cave Stream

 Hawdon Hut/Cave stream:

Nervous jitters building up to the hike that was awaited the next day. My pack was up to my hip in height and was about 10 kg I estimated roughly, my hiking boots that I got for Christmas were worn in and all that was needed was a goodnight sleep. 8:00 am  and I was ready to go to school where the vans were parked ready for us to aboard them, Holly, Jess, Haylley and I had sorted out our food and were ready to load our packs into the vans and depart from the school. In my van I had William Pike, Holly M's mum, Mr Priddy, Derrin, Rhianna, Brooklyn, Anna, Haylley, Jess, Holly P and I. By about 10:30 am on the Thursday

Mt Grey - Waitangi Day

WPCA MOUNTAIN CLIMB: MOUNT GREY

On Monday my family and I climbed up Mt Grey. Despite All the wasp's it was a really good walk. On Thursday we're climbing up to Hawdon hut, so I thought might get my back used to some weight on it and to also wear-in my new tramping boots that I got for Christmas. We started walking at the Mt Grey picnic area and did a 1-1/2 hour walk through dense beech trees, grass, thistles and pines. We then walked on the side of Mt Grey for 1 hour through tussocks and bushes as seen below. When we reached the top of Mount Grey we met Rhianna and her family up at the top, we talked for a few minutes before she had to walk back down the mountain. We had a 25 minute break to boost our sugar levels and fill ourselves up. It took my family and I 1-1/2 walk back down to the car. If I could sum the walk up in one word I would use challenging overall it was a good walk and I would defiantly come back and climb Mount Grey in the spring.

Fergus and I having a quick photo beside a rock hanging of the mountain side.



 

My dog Fergus and I reached the summit before the cloud rolled in.