Athletics- High Jump Training

Next Wednesday is our School Athletics Day. We've been out practicing our High Jump on a glorious Wellington Day!
Look at these guys fly! We just keep raising the bar!
High Jump Training on PhotoPeach

Jump Rope for Heart

On Tuesday the 24 May Kate, Joseph, Mark, Teara and Madison went to Te Rauparaha in Porrirua for the Jump rope for Heart foundation. When we got there,  a lot of other schools were there already.

 We were introduced to Peter Nestler who has won the skipping world championship, seven times in a row. WOW!

First he showed us two skips in one jump, and then the same one backwards. After that he showed us a routine that he has been working on. It was amazing he did three skips in one jump he through the rope up in the air and caught it again on the handles then he did a jump sideways and skipped. It was INCREDABLE!

Peter asked all the children to come down and get a rope in our age group. First we skipped forwards for a minute and then skipped backwards for another minute. After that we all tried to do two skips in one jump. It was hard.

After morning tea we got with a partner we didn’t know and got a longer rope to try do something called ‘The Traveler’. It is when you have a partner and try to skip over the other person.

We had an awesome day learning new jumps and seeing what fun you can get out of a skipping rope. We slept well that night!

                                                                                                                     Reporter: Madison 

Check out Peter Nestler on this clip

Tawa Zone Cross Country 2011

This gives you a little insight into the course. Year 4 = 1 lap. Year 5/6 = 2 laps. Tuesday 31 May. Postponement Thursday 2 June.

Cross Country 2011

Today we had our annual School Cross Country. A tough course up and down, around our School. A top effort from everyone! Well done!!

Swimming 2011

We've been walking down to Tawa Pool over the last 3 weeks for our swimming lessons. It is awesome to see the confidence and skill develop and improve. Each time we went we asked ourselves the 3 SOLO questions- "What am I doing? How well am I going? What's my next step?" We also watched several utube video clips showing us how to breath, kick, and polish up our strokes -well done everyone!