Dougie

Hello, my name is Nezinli and this is me doing the dougie.  This is what I did to win the dougie comp at our social.  It was quite challenging to win, but it all worked out.

Social-Night Of My Life

“Teach me how to dougie” I felt the rhythm going through my body then before you knew it I was on the dance floor doing the dougie.

Jephte and I were going to dance first, but I was kinda shy so I stayed back and watched him go first. While I was watching him I started to get hyped up then, I joined him. Fortunately I made it to the next level with other people, but what a shame, Jephte didn’t make it.

Before the semi finals there were four of us remaining.  There was Mary, Rita, James and me.  I could tell that Rita was shy too so that was my advantage to try and beat her.  

I have to admit they were pretty good dancers that I was battling... Mary was one of them.  

It was now in the semi finals and the last two standing were Mary and I.  We gave it all our best! She stopped quite early, but I didn’t want to stop at ALL! So I kept on dancing.  Unexpectedly the song stopped.  So then that was the last of it.  We all stood around in a circle then Mr Barks called out the winner.  “And the winner is... Nezinli”  he said it as if he was like a commentator.  

I had to go and walk up onto the stage and get my award.  There were three choices. One of them was a bouncy ball that lights up in the dark, number two was very big pen and the last choice was some glow bands.  I had to think very fast and hard so then I picked the bouncy ball. It was quite fun to play with it because, it was dark and you could see it better.  

So we ended the social off with a music that will make us remember this NIGHT.

Volley Trials- Fingers Crossed

WOW!  This is going to be real challenging to try and make it in the team because, all the others look real good at playing volley.

Year 7 and 8 students from Pt England are trialling for the volleyball team.  If you want to make it on the team you will have to bring your very best attitude and your high level skills.  Without too much effort I reckon that I did pretty good, but then .... When I think about it, I reckon that I could've done better.

We had to get into groups of nine and it was boys against girls.  

It was time to start the game and I was one of the first nine people on the court.  We’ll be doing a strategy of three hits.  A pass, a set and finally a spike.  We gave it a try, but most of the time we were unsuccessfully.

Why did we fail our strategy?  Because there was a lack of communication. We had to convince ourselves that we could do better.  We knew that we could do it, but I think that some of us didn’t believe in ourselves.

Before you knew it, Mr Barks was quite interested in us.  He was pulling people off the court because he was quite interested and could see that we were doing better.

Miss Vaafusuaga was a spectator, but was watching the girls and pulling the ones that were impressing her off the courts.  

With luck on our side, some of us were impressive and Mr Barks invited us back for the next trial date.

I’ve just checked out the latest team list and i'm still on it lets hope it stays like that.

The New And Improved

I never knew that there was an amusing test that ever existed.  

Jesiah and I were talking about the beep test. It took place just in front of the staff room and while we were talking about it the main question I asked him repeatedly is that “Is this test going to be boring?”

From my point of view I thought that all tests were boring, all quiet and lots of thinking, but mainly just using pencil and paper and sitting in one spot... This time I was wrong.  This test was the best, most interesting and energetic test that was ever set.

Waiting for a demonstration from Kamire to show people like me (who hadn’t been before) how to do it.  As quickly as he could he showed us the act for this course.  Meanwhile, we were all waiting for Miss Vaafusuaga to set up her equipment for the beep test. Room 18 were preparing to begin with stretching, focusing and convincing ourselves we can do it.

For the beep test we had to run up and down the courts, All while we had to beat the beep.

It was my very first time doing the beep test, but it has inspired me to do it again. The first lap I was doing better than I thought, but after a while I was getting tired, each lap got harder and harder and more tiering.  If I had to rate myself out of 10 I’d say about a 6 out of 10, but next time I will be more prepared to this test again.

To do that I will cut down on the chocolate, but I will not quit.

Beep Test - I Never Knew That A Test Could Be Fun

I never knew that there was a fun test that existed.  

Jesiah and I were talking about the beep test it was just in front of the staff room and while we were talking about it the main question I asked him was “Is this test going to be boring?”

From my point of view I thought that all tests were boring, all quiet and lots of thinking, but mostly just using pencil and paper... This time I was wrong. This test was the best, most interesting and energetic test that was ever set.

Waiting for a demonstration from Kamire to show people like me (who hadn’t been before) how to do it.  As quickly as he could he showed us the course.  Meanwhile, we were all waiting for Miss Vaafusuaga to set up her equipment for the beep test. Room 18 were preparing to begin.  Stretching, focusing and convincing ourselves we could do it.

For the beep test we had to run up and down the courts, All while we had to beat the beep.

It was my very first time doing the beep test, but it has inspired me to do it again. The first lap I was doing great, but after a while I was getting tired, each lap got harder and harder.  If I had to rate myself out of 10 I’d say about a 6 out of 10, but next time I reckon I could do better.  

To do that I will cut down on the chocolate, but I don’t think anyone should have to quit.