Reuben's Blog

Last term I was selected to play for Touch Canterbury in two tournaments one was in Nelson and one was in Christchurch, and last week we went to Nelson it was such a long trip and when I got there me and my dad were an 5 hours early so we went down to the bar and played some pool and I won. After the bar we went back to the camp and by that time I was allowed to get in my cabin. I had Saul, Tyrone and Harrison, after everyone arrived we went to the park that we were playing on and made Touch Canterbury with our body, it look really cool. When we got back we had dinner, that night it was burgers. But after dinner we had to go to bed our cabin was up till 10:30 at night. In the morning we had breakfast and then set off to have a quick warm up at the grounds. There was a lot of teams there some from the West Coast and Nelson. Our first game was again's Marlborough I scored 2 tries and our team won 8 - 2. After Marlborough it was Nelson and we lose 8 - 0 which was sad. But even more sa...

Hello, For the past 2 weeks we have been working on an end of year memoir. For me this year it has been a pretty good year for cross country and I can't wait for 2019. I hope you enjoy reading my memoir please leave a comment. My Memoir It all began when I first started school in march 2012, this means I had only had 1 month of school before the school cross country race. Bang, the gun went 25 five year olds ran around the backpaddick twice. I could hear my mum and dad cheering for me, then what do you know I was in front and I could see the finish line in front of me as my mouth got dry and my legs felt like jelly I had won the race. It gave me a feeling that I was good at something and a sense of victory. Cross country running has been something I am really passionate about and good at. I have won my age group school cross country for the last 7 years. It is weird that Mum and Dad are not long distance runners but my great granddad was. So maybe I get distance running...

Hello, For the past 3 or 4 weeks of term we have been working on some creative writing. It has been really fun to write. I hope you enjoy because I now I did. Empty Boots All was silent, as I walked through the forest back to my house,  not a breath of wind could be felt or heard. Suddenly I heard something rustling in the leaves so I went over to investigate it was two pairs of black leather boots with colored laces tired at the top. I was just about to take the boots but they moved and took one step away from me and then another it turned into a jog, I started to chase it but it was too fast. We were running for quite a while until the boots stopped in the sunlight I could see the body shape of a person out and then it turned around and looked at me. I was so scare my legs turned to jelly and I started to run the boots started to chase me. I finally got out of the forest but my house was still 400m away I grabbed my bike and rode off. Eventually I got back to my house an...

Hello, Yesterday Finn, Max and I couched the year 5 and 6 copperheads. We got there a little late and we were getting beaten by a good team. At half time it was about 10 - 0 but with I quick pep talk we were scoring and the final score was I think 6 - 15. I think we did really well and now it was the hard part choosing the player of the day but we gave it to Nelia Penrose for running strait lines. Have you coach touch before ? 

Hello, Yesterday was the teachers strike and my friends and I were going to go to the movies and see Goosebumps. But before that dad said you have to have a hair cut so I went to the hair dressers and saw my cousin there and invited them to the movies but only Flynn could go. We were meeting at the Palms mall I think I got a bit to much food but it was all about the movie. The movie was great but I won't say any spoilers. I had a great time and can't wait to do it again. What did you do on the teachers strike ?

Hello, Today I will be telling you about touch last night. We were vising a team that has not been beaten before and nether had we so it was going to be a great game. As we warmed up we saw the other team but there was only 5 of them and there was 9 of us. We got on to the field but it had to be 6 aside and they only had 5 so we played 5 on 5. It was a fast half but they scored 4 tries and we scored 1. After a quick pep talk we were playing. That half was really slow and we got 1 try. The end result was 4 - 2. Have played touch before ?

Hello, On the 7th of November I competed at the North School Zone Athletics. I competed in 100 meter sprint, relay and high  jump. First was the high jump and I got 6th. Second was the 100 meter sprint  and I got 4th but in the race I stranded my knee. There for I couldn't do the relay and I was so sad. But I just said to myself next year.  Have you ever been to a School Zones before ?

Hello, Today I am going to tell you about school athletics.   It was so cold and it was pouring with rain. In discus I got 3rd place with a throw of 17 metres. In long jump I got 1st place with a jump of 4 metres and 10 centimetres. Now to high jump I got 1 metre 25  centimetres and won. Now this is my favourite event and that is sprints first was 60 I got 1st in my heat and 1st in my final and then it was 100 metres I got 1st in my heat and 1st in my final.  Have you done athletics before ?