Current event

Today I read an article about William Stedman who had won a silver medal in the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Stedman was in fifth place with only one jump remaining. However, Stedman saved his best jump for last as he then leaped 5.64m to secure his medal in the T36 long jump. This final jump was a personal best and an Oceania record. Stedman now has three Paralympic medals after claiming the 400 and 800 meters at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Current Events

Today I read an article about Danielle Aitchison who had won New Zealand´s fourth medal in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Aitchison finished second in the women’s 200m T36 at the Olympics. Danielle was just seconds behind the current world record holder, Shi Yiting from China. Danielle Aitchison was overwhelmed with joy after the race and said that ¨she was very happy with her performance¨.

Snow planet - Recount

Excitement filled the air as we entered the Snow Planet building. Walking to the counter to receive our boots was exhilarating, as we put away our bags we then had put on our boots I realized it was really hard to slide my foot in. Then I got a size bigger and it was just right, My boots fitted like a glove.

After we put on our boots we had to get our helmets and then we all headed inside the snow area. It was really fun when we got our tubes and slid down the slide, bumping into the ice and spinning around in circles.

The other activity that was there were toboggans, we would jump in the toboggan and slide down another slide.
It was really fun at Snow Planet and I hope that we will go there again soon.

Mud run Trip

As I woke up we had already arrived at our destination at Helensville for the tough guy and tough gal mud run there were so many schools there and we were one of them. We all got a bib number with the color blue on it and everyone got a bib number but some of us had different colors than the rest than my classmates and I all got into a small circle and did some stretches, as we were done with the stretches the announcer call everyone that was wearing a bib number with the color blue on it to come down to the starting line as we were near the starting line I was excited and a bit nervous because it was my first time then all of a sudden "Bang!" then we were off me and my brother (Gideon) took off away from all of our friends and trying to catch up with the people that were in 1st place as we were running we seen kids getting muddy and falling over into the mud but me and my brother tried not to get too much mud on us we then had to cross a small little pond me thinking it was not that deep so I try to run across it but then all of a sudden I end up falling into the pond all soaking wet but still carried on and we have also seen a lot of kids shoe in the mud. Then we had to go up this steep hill while everyone was walking my brother and I ran past all of them as we made it up that difficult hill we can see everyone that attended the race and even the starting line we then had to climb over a way taller fence then me but my brother and I were up for any challenges so we climb that fence as fast as we could and made it over before some of them that were already there before me and my brother we then had to run down the hill while trying not to fall over. The next challenge was to crawl like you are in the army under a net that has spikes on it and through a small tunnel we then had to jump over some large trees that were cut down as we were getting closer to the finish line the mud was getting so sticky then my feet got stuck in the mud and that I couldn't get it out but after I gave it a little shake my feet were finally free then I just carried on running. As we got near the finish line we had to cross a bridge but we had to watch out cause it was slippery but as I crossed the bridge I could see the finish line I then started sprinting past all of the kids that were in front of me and crossed the finish line as I did I felt tired but happy that I made it with my brother. As everyone was done we all had a nice warm shower and ate lunch after that we also stayed for prize giving the sad thing was that not all of us could get a prize but two of my classmates did which they got them self a soccer ball and a rugby ball. As prize-giving was over we were all exhausted from all the running that we did we all then got into the car and drove off back to school.

It was very fun and I wish to do it again one day.

Gymnastics Kelly Sports

  Coach Zayde was teaching us gymnastics body positions and some of the positions that we explored were

• Tuck sit
• L sit
• Happy cat
• Angry cat
• Straddle sit 
• Motorbike landing 

We had lots of fun doing these "floor work" positions and the hardest one was the straddle sit. We made a circle and got into the tuck sit and tried to get the ball around the circle and when we did that two time and dropped the ball a few times we then split the circle through the middle and got into two equal groups and made two equal circles. We then had to pass the ball as many times as we could and which ever team got the most rounds without dropping it won and my team won. Finally we tried to do it with hand stands but no one could hold it for long except for the coach who could also walk while holding a hand stand and so we ended up just practicing our hand stands.

I felt so energized and excited and I had so much fun.