Interschool Cross Country

On Wednesday three Room 11 students represented Ruapotaka School at the Interschool Cross Country Championships at Bailey Road School.. Sophie Isabella came 2nd in the Year 7 girls and Maranatha came 6th. Harris came 7th in the Year 7 boys.

Harris approaching the finish line in a tight race for 6th and 7th!

Sophie-Isabella all by herself in second place!

Maranatha powers ahead to grab 6th place!

Well done on a fantastic effort and being great ambassadors for our school..

A Day In The Life Of A Soldier At Gallipoli-By Harris

6.00am BOOM! Yay, it's another day in the trenches. Just woke up and found my best mate had died in that explosion

7.00am Just finished my breakfast. Bully beef soup.

10:00am. Got ready to attack the Turks. Feeling depressed.

10.30am Back in our trench. I just watched 15 mates of mine die in our failed attack.

12.00pm I  just received my lunch. Hardtack and jam... Yum.

1.pm “The Turks are attacking. Gear up!" An officer yelled.

1.15pm I'm lying on the ground wondering why I can't stand up.

2.15pm I wake up in this tent full of injured soldiers and nurses.

2.20pm Just finished listening to the nurse telling me what happened. I was lucky. I had no injuries and was just shocked by a grenade.

3.00pm Went back up to the trenches.

4.00pm Dinner time, Bully beef and hard tack. Delicious.

7.00pm Getting dark. Watching flares go up in the air. Can’t wait for the next day.

By Harris

Soccer! By Akanesi.

On Wednesday my year 7&8’s Soccer Team went  to Point England Reserve for the Soccer interschools .

We played St Patrick’s School first up. Jessica and I were in the reserves.I swapped with Harris. They were so hard to play because they were very fast and good. Lucky we didn't lose but we didn't win either. The score was 0-0. I was so tired and so were the other Ruapotaka Soccer Team members. Especially us midfielders because we were running everywhere on the field.

It was a great start to the day.

By Akanesi.

Second At Interschool Football!

On Wednesday, Ruapotaka's Year 7/8 team came second in the Tamaki Cluster Interschool Football (Soccer) Competition! Harris, Jessica and Akanesi from Room 11 were in our team. Lots of fun was had and our students were well drilled, skilled and represented our awesome school responsibly. They were unlucky to lose to the overall champion right on the final buzzer when a 1-1 draw looked likely.

Well done everyone!