This year I am going to district athletics. I made it in for discus, high jump, shot put and 1000 meters. It will be on the 7th of April at the high school. I was really good with my sprints. I was right behind Elizabeth and Olivia. We hadn’t been practising it at school either. Have you ever been to districts before?
This year we have been doing Cactus. This is the first year Kaniere has been doing Cactus. Nearly every school in Hokitika does Cactus. This organisation helps us to get fitter and to learn important life skills. Our coaches are Pita and Pascal. Every Wednesday and Friday we have cactus. Today we have been doing trust things. We had to be blindfolded and we had to have a partner. Our partner would help us put the blindfold on and then they would go over to Pita. Then Pita would show the others around where to guide us. I had to go to the playground and over and through the stage, it was very bumpy. My partner was Olivia Cuff I had to bring her through the dodgeball pit around the netball hoop around the tables and up and downhills. It was really fun! Do you do cactus?
On Wednesday some people went to the district swimming. I only had two races. I got in for 2 lengths freestyle and 1 length breaststroke. Both of my races were at the start but my friend Olivia’s was around the end.Every Friday we went to the town pool and had a practice. It was really fun. Have you been to districts swimming before?
This year in Kereru we are doing a rocket challenge. We need to bring as much cardboard and bottles as we can. We need 1.5 lt bottles. We have got a pump to shoot the bottles. Last year Kereru made the rocket and one of the students' rockets went next door! The rocket challenge is a challenge you compete against other schools. First we have to get the bottles and the cardboard Mr Abbott our teacher is going to buy some hot glue guns for us. We need the hot glue guns to glue all the cardboard on. You get a little wet but it is fun have you ever did a rocket?
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This year Kereru went to Clued up kids. Clued up kids is when all kinds of safety people go to the Boys Brigade Hall. There was the Fire brigade, the Police, there was a horse the horse was there so we know what to do if is a horse in front of us. There was a man teaching about motorbike safety and about wearing your helmet all the time there was St Johns, there was Kiwi rail, there was things about the Alpine Fault and there was kitchen safety. My favourite one was the horse and I have another one and it was the fire brigade because they had a maze. Have you ever been to Clued up kids?
