LMV Athletics Day 2014

On Wednesday it was LMV Athletics day.Glenham, Tuturau, Edendale and Wyndham were competing.


My first event was long jump, my best jump was 2 meters 45cm.  Then we went to 200m, in the heats I came 3 and in the final I came 4th.  Then we were going to discus and I was atually surprised that I got it in the fan!!!  After that we had high jump, I got up to 1 meter and some others got up to 1 meter 10cm.  Then I did 100 meters and in the heats I came 3rd and in the finals I came 5th.  Then it was the relays 'oh no' I was so nervous, Holly was the first runner, then me, then Chloe then Grace.  After lunch we did shot put and I came about 6th or 5th.

After all my events I was puffed and I couldn't wait to go home to my cozy warm bed.  



By Ahna

Sun Smart

Some people like to get tans from the sun. If you’re not careful enough you can get life threatening disease from it too.

The sun can cause all sorts of things like melanomas or skin cancer.  In the future you might have to get melanomas cut out of your skin and the cancer can get into your blood stream and can spread it and also kill you. The operation to get the melanomas and the cancer out of you is not always nice and cannot always get it out of your system.

Sun screen screens the sun from your body in and out of water only if its water proof.

To protect your head from the sun you can wear a sun hat and it will stop your head from getting burnt and your hair won’t get sun bleached.

Everybody on earth should be sun smart so keep yourself safe when you’re in the sun.

 

By Ahna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visit to Observatory

Visit to the Observatory

On the 18^th of September some of Room Nui and some of Room Iti went to the Observatory in Invercargill to look at some planets.

When we got there we had to wait for a while for the man to get there so he could let us into it. When we got into the observatory the man told us about some of the planets that we could see tonight. He told us it was too cloudy so we would have to wait for a while for it to clear up.

While we were waiting we took a look outside, we all started to panic “there are people in the gardens AHHH!” shouted some people, while some others shouted “show your faces and I’ve got a gun so beware.”  In the end it was our shadows on the trees.

Right back to the story, we ended up seeing Venus and the moon. I saw mountains on the moon and some craters.  

By the time we got home it was almost 9:00 and I was so sleepy.

Overall I had a great time and I loved seeing the moon and Venus.

   By Ahna

Ski Trip

On Thursday the 4th I was waiting anxiously for 2:00 to go to Wanaka for Glenham school ski trip.

 

2:00 came and Mum and I set off to Wanaka to start cooking tea at the lodge at Lake View Holiday Park.

After 3 long hours of driving we were at the lodge and went to the reception to get the keys for the rooms. So the tea was cooking and mum was watching the news so I decided to check out the rooms. There were 4,4 bed rooms and 9,2 bed rooms.

2 hours later everybody arrived and they were starving. Tea got dished up and it was so yummy, more like scrumscious especially the lasagne. After that we played a few games and then we went to bed.  

At 5:10 in the morning we got up and got ready to go skiing. Although the weather is very windy and could be cancelled, but it’s not thank goodness. So we all set off to Cardrona ski field and got all our gear and boots and went to our lesson.

First we put our skis on and learnt to ski and then we went to the magic carpet. Now it's lunch time. After Lunch Grace , Guy and I went to the chair lift and the conditions were terrible, so anyway I was helping Grace up then ahhhhhhhh I fell down some of the mountain and found Ashton and Stirling, then the wind blue me down. Then I found Peter and skied down with him. So then by 1-2 o'clock we were on our way home but not me, I got to stay till Saturday at my friends YEAH.

I really enjoyed skiing and hope it will be better conditions next year.

By Ahna

  

Ski Trip

On Thursday the 4th I was waiting anxiously for 2:00 to go to Wanaka for Glenham school ski trip.

2:00 came and Mum and I set off to Wanaka to start cooking tea at the lodge at Lake View Holiday Park.

After 3 long hours of driving we were at the lodge and went to the reception to get the keys for the rooms. So the tea was cooking and mum was watching the news so I decided to check out the rooms. There were 4,4 bed rooms and 9,2 bed rooms.

2 hours later everybody arrived and they were starving. Tea got dished up and it was so yummy, more like scrumscious especially the lasagna. After that we played a few games and then we went to bed.  

At 5:10 in the morning we got up and got ready to go skiing. Although the weather is very windy and could be cancelled, but it’s not thank goodness. So we all set off to Cardrona ski field and got all our gear and boots and went to our lesson.

First we put our skis on and learnt to ski and then we went to the magic carpet. Now it's lunch time. After Lunch Grace , Guy and I went to the chair lift and the conditions were terrible, so anyway I was helping Grace up then ahhhhhhhh I fell down some of the mountain and found Ashton and Stirling, then the wind blue me down. Then I found Peter and skied down with him. So then by 1-2 o'clock we were on our way home but not me, I got to stay till Saturday at my friends YEAH.

I really enjoyed skiing and hope it will be better conditions next year.

By Ahna