🏆🏁Atheltics Reflection 🏁🏆

WALT: blog a reflection about Atheltics

(Tripoli house chant)
Tripoli were number one!!
(Repeat)
Defeating your teams one by one!!
(Repeat) 
We're gonna finish number one!!
(Repeat)
Go back home we've already won!!
(Repeat)

Friday the 16th of November was the day were all houses came together to compete in different activites/events. Every year T.P.S always has an event that happens in November on the second week, it's called Atheltics. Atheltics is were we have our different house groups come together and compete with each other. 

Each student gets put into different houses and Triopli is my house group, our colour is blue and did you know that each house is named after a street/road around our area?
This event took place at T.P.S on the school field, before we started the event each house group had to shout their house chants while walking around the bike track, the Tripoli house group was the first to lead the rest around the bike track followed by Benghazi, Alamein and lastly Tobruk. 

The first block we had the field events happening. There were different feild events such as: Shot put, Discuss, Long jump, High jump and Standing jump. Only the senior classes took part in these 5 field events. 

Classes from room 6 to the Kia manawanui syndicate went to a field event, because the Kia manawanui syndicate is such a BIG CLASS we got split into two groups so I was put into group 2 and we had Discuss first. Here is a list of what class went to which field event:

Kia manawanui/Group 1 - High jump 
Kia manawanui/Group 2 - Discuss
Room 8 - Shot put
Room 7 - Standing jump
Room 6 - Long jump

We had a chance at every field event and was very competitive. I think that I did well with Shot put, Standing jump and long jump but may need some practice with Discuss and High jump.
After having the field events we had morning tea, luckly we had an early morning tea so it was a bit longer than our ususal morning tea. 

Later on after having our first break we got straight into the races, we all raced by age and not but year. Here is yet another list about who was racing in what race:

5 yr old girls - 50m run
5 yr old boys - 50m run

6 yr old girls - 50m run
6 yr old boys - 50m run

7 yr old girls - 50m run
7 yr old boys - 50m run

8 yr old girls - 75m run
8 yr old boys - 75m run

9 yr old girls - 75m run
9 yr old boys - 75m run

10 yr old girls - 75m run
10 yr old boys - 75m run 

11 yr old girls - 100m run
11 yr old boys - 100m run

12 yr old girls - 100m run
12 yr old boys - 100m run

13 yr old girls - 100m run
13 yr old boys  - 100m run

I ran with the 12 yr old girls for the 100m race and places 2nd in my first race and placed 1st in my second race. After having our races we then moved into the 400m run which is basically around our bike track and straight to the finish line. I was soo tired from my races that I didn't have enough energy to run the 400m run, but I did anyways. Although I didn't come first I am still proud of Grace who placed 1st in the 400m run (GO TRIPOLI!!).

I become exhausted after the event and almost fainted, I am proud of my house group and I think that every house group did an amazing job!! Congrats to BENGHAZI who won this year. 
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Questions:

Do you have Atheltics day at your school?If so, then what did you place?
Would you prefer Long jump or Standing jump?
Would you prefer Discuss or Shot put?
What house group are you in? What is you house group's name? 
What colour is your house group?
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