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Swimming Sports 2017

On Monday the 27th February, we had the NPS Swimming Sports day. I swam in every event I could and had a great time.

The first event I entered was the medley. A medley race is when you swim one length of butterfly, one length of backstroke, one length of breaststroke, and one length of freestyle all in that order. I am not very good at swimming butterfly, so I was quite a bit behind at the start. It was quite a challenging race, and I think the hardest part in that race for me was the butterfly. In that race, I came 5th.

The second event I entered was the one length freestyle. I didn’t really have much trouble in that race, and I came 5th.

Next, I entered the two lengths freestyle. I got a bit tired towards the end, but I feel like I did really well. I came 2nd.

Then I entered the one length backstroke. In that race, I came third. In the two length backstroke, I also came third.

Then, it was finally time for me to do my favourite stroke, breaststroke. In the one length, I came third. I was really proud of myself for this. Then in the two lengths, I came second. During that entire race, I could see the person coming first and I was trying my hardest to beat them. Towards the end of the first length, I nearly had her, but then I ran out of energy and had to slow down a bit.

After that race, it was time for the relays. I entered with Ava and Holly into the 12+ girls' relay. Holly swam backstroke, Ava swam breaststroke and I swam freestyle. Holly started by swimming freestyle. She was in about second when she finished but the others were close behind. Then Ava dived in to swim breaststroke. She had a big lead, and while I was waiting for her to come, I was desperately hoping I wouldn’t lose the lead. When Ava touched the wall, I dived in and swam the fastest freestyle I’d ever swum. I swam really fast, and soon enough it was all over. We had won! My whole team was really proud of ourselves and we felt great to have won for our house team.

My Charity

What Would Happen On My Dream Weekend?

On my dream weekend, it would be a long weekend. The type that goes from Friday to Monday. On Friday, Holly, Georgia, and Freya would come over, and we would all go to Rainbow's End. We would have lots of fun, and we would all have triple scoop ice creams and eat whatever we wanted. We would then stay the night at a fancy hotel in Auckland, with lots of food. The next day we would take a private jet to Hawaii. We would stay at the Four Seasons resort in Hualalai. On Saturday we would just chill at the resort, go swimming, and eat lots of delicious food. On Sunday, we would go to the Cat Island, and we would each bring home a really cute kitten! On Monday we would head back to New Zealand and go to Sylvia Park. We would go to the movies and have a big shopping spree.

This is my best weekend ever. Maybe it will happen someday!

5 Interesting Facts About Me!

Improved Tuakana Teina

In our class, we have Tuakana, Tupu, and Teina. Tuakana is the expert, and Teina is the learner. Tuakana Teina is the relationship between the expert and the learner. You could be Tuakana or Teina for anything. For example, I would be Tuakana at netball, but Teina at hockey. Tupu is somewhere in-between. I might be Tupu at something so I would be working towards Tuakana.

In our case, we are talking about where we stand at making good choices for our learning. To be Tuakana, would mean that you are the expert. You consistently make the right choices for your learning. To be Tupu would mean that you are working towards Tuakana. You can make the right choices, but you don’t do it consistently. Or you might be Teina, and you are still learning to make the right choices for your learning.

We were all trusted to rate ourselves. I chose to rate myself at Tuakana. I think I am Tuakana because I can and do make the correct choices for my learning. I can work well on my own, and I don’t need to sit by my friends all the time. To stay Tuakana I need to do all of these things consistently.

Learning Team

Generating Ideas Tagul

I made this Tagul instead of my self circle this year.