Circus Skills

On Tuesday 3rd of May our class started circus skills. On our first lesson we did the spinning plates, Diablo and huge hula-hoops. I thought the Diablo was fun but I'm not good at it. The hoops was fun as well it was hard for me to do tricks. And the plates were quite simple for me because I have plates at home and I practise a lot. 

The following Tuesday we did Devil sticks scarves and poi.Oh~ the person that thought us was called Ben his pretty awesome. I found devil sticks pretty hard and I'm also not good at it. The scarves and poi was easier but you will still need practise to get it perfect.

UNSW Computer Skills Test

On the 24th of May, some 3's, 4's, 5's and 6's in an University of New South Wales (UNSW) Computer Skills test. There weren't a lot of people so I think I'll do well. There were 35 questions and 35 minutes to complete the test, so that kind of made me extra nervous. The first few questions were pathetic like: 'What cell is selected?' A:C1  B:A1  C:C2  D:E6.  The later questions were more difficult like: 'How do you find the average of column 5?'.  There are 5 other UNSW tests: Science, Spelling, Writing, English and Mathematics. Most people compete in Mathematics... so it's hard to get a good certificate. Writing is hard to get a good score, but you only need about half to get a good certificate. There are 5 different types of certificates/prizes, Participation (Bottom 80% of your state), Credit (Top 20-11% of your state), Distinction (Top 10-2% of your state), High Distinction (Top 1% of your state) and Medal (Top score in your state). Overall, I think I did pretty well in the Computer Skills Test.

Circus Skills

 This term in 5A, we are doing circus skills. We do it every Tuesday in the morning. The person who teaches us is called Ben. In the first few weeks, we tried the main equipment. I liked the diablos the most because you can do lots of tricks with it. The diablo looks easy but can get hard. Last year my class did the sock poi for the show. They are just like football socks with a soft round ball stuffed inside at the end. One of the hardest equipment is the stilts. It also very dangerous. The reason why the stilts is very hard is because it is very hard to balance on it. In circus skills, we do a performance every two years. But this year we are doing something else. I look forward to doing more circus skills!

Cross Country

On Tuesday the 24th of May everyone who got in the top 7 from cross country trials went to cross country district. 9 and 10 year olds had to do 2 kilometers and 11, 12 and 13 year olds had to do 3 kilometers. The age groups where 9 and 10s together, 11s by themself and 12 and 13s together. By the way girls and boys do not race together. Finnaly it was 24th of May, when we arrived there I was really nervous but also excited. I was in the 11 year old age group. When i started the race we went down a hill then there wasn't a lot hills hills to go across. There was a few but not a big hill, just mini ones.At one bit of the race there was there was mud  I got it on my shoes, legs and my back! To get to the next level you need to get in the top 10. I came 7th out of about 30 something so I will go to zone! Sarah so got in for her age group, she came 6th. I can't wait till zone cross country.

By Rachael

Cross country

On Tuesday the 16th of May all the 3,4,5&6 went to the Springfield Oval to do cross country.
We had to walk there because it was quite near and it took us about 6 or7 minutes to get there.
All the kids that were 8 or 9 turning 10  had to run 2 laps, but if they were turning 11 and still 10 they had to run 3 laps.
After we had finished running we all went back to school.    

District Cross Country

On the 24th of May Grade 3,4,5 and 6's winners in the cross country from our House Cross Country had made into District Cross Country.

The dstrict was really tiring even though our House Cross Country race was a longer race then the District race. Our seating was really bad because we had to sit on wet, snake infested grass (We didn't actually see any snakes). Another thing that was really annoying was that the cross country was really muddy and wet. I guess cross country is usually like that.

I came 27th out of the 11 year old boys Box Hill North District. I probably could have done better if there was better seating and if I had trained a bit more.

Circus Skills

The last 3 weeks we have been doing circus skills. Right now we are learning stilts, hoola hoops, mini hula hoops, plates, devil sticks, starves, diablo, juggling and pois. We also did these things last year.
My favourite one is the plates. That is because when I did it, it makes me feel happy.
But my least favourite one is the mini hula hoop because you only spin it around your hands and necks.

I hope there is circus skills next year.

                                                                                                                                                     By Nana