Tyler's Rugby Experience

Tyler with his dad and grandpa waiting for the game to begin!

Tyler got to go along to the Rugby World Cup semi-final between Australia and New Zealand! He has written a recount of his experience of the game:

In the holidays I went to the semi-final of the Rugby World Cup with my dad, grandpa, and Aunty Nessa. The game was the All Blacks versus Australia. We sat at G 12, 13, 14 and 15. We sang the National Anthem and we saw the All Blacks do the Haka.

The All Blacks got one try and two conversions and two penalties.  The All Blacks missed three tackles and Wallabies missed 20 tackles.

The stadium held 62,000 people.  It wasn’t a full stadium.  Me and my dad saw one seat empty!

Tyler S

Did anyone spot Tyler in the crowd while they were watching the game? 

New Zealand are Rugby World Cup Champions!

The game was a bit of a nail-biter but we got there in the end and won!  A big congratulations to France for getting to the final and to the All Blacks for winning!

What were your favourite parts of the game? 

What did you like about having the Rugby World Cup held in New Zealand?

Rippa Rugby

We were very lucky to have a representative from the Horowhenua Rugby Club teach us some skills that we can use in Rippa Rugby games.  He taught us about evasion, which means how to dodge players that are coming at you.  There was also some discussion about 'fair play' and we had to brainstorm what that looks like on the field.

What does fair play mean to you? 
Why is fair play so important?

Is fair play just for team sports?

Cinquains

Cinquains are poems that have 5 lines:

• The first line is the noun or name of the topic;
• The second line is 2 words that describe the noun;
• The third line is 3 action words about the noun;
• The fourth line is a 4-5 word sentence or phrase about the noun;
• The fifth line is a synonym (a word that has the same meaning) of the noun.

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Have you tried to write a cinquain before?

Share your poetry in the comments section if you would like to share...

Interface Magazine Blog Competition

We have entered our class blog into the Interface Magazine Best Class Blog Competition.  We decided that this was a great way to show even more people our class blog ad there is the bonus of been in to win a 1TB Toshiba Canvio portable hard drive!

Why do you think our blog deserves to win? 

Haikus

Haikus are a form of Japanese poetry that have 5 syllables in the first and last lines and 7 in the middle line - a total of 17 syllables. We found that they were tricky to write as we had to keep coming up with different ways of saying a sentence as some had too many syllables and some not enough. Our class perservered though and the results are great!

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Try writing a haiku at home - see if your family can do one together!

What did you enjoy about writing your haiku?