Swimming Sports
Yesterday, our school had our swimming sports at the Ngaruawahia Town Pools.
It was time for the Flying Squadron race. All the house captains were getting us all ready to race against the other houses yellow, red, blue and green and if you're wondering what house I’m in? I am in the BLUE HOUSE! As the house captains were getting us ready, I was getting very nervous and my heart was beating very fast. Jessica, our house captain, said that Serenity and I had to start in the deep end. Paige and Liam started in the shallow end then Mr K blew his whistle. The little kids in the little pool started to swim and then one little kid tagged Quinn and she started to swim to me. When she was nearly there, I jumped in and started swimming in the ice cold water. I was glad that the water was ice cold because my neck felt like it was on fire. I was nearly there when Paige jumped in and started to swim. Madeline and I were both in the race so we started talking together. The sun made the water in the pool look like a picture that had been covered with glitter. The blue house and red house tied with third, green house came second and yellow house came first. Hurray for them.
Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your story. I have a question about the house colours. Do the houses have names? If so, what are they are they and why are they given those names?
I like the way you have told me how you felt, nervous and how your body was reacting, heart beating very fast.
I like the way you are starting to describe more, to help create a picture in the reader's mind, "the water was ice cold because my neck was on fire"
I like the way the pool looked like a picture covered in glitter.
The houses are all named after Saints. The blue house is called Saint Anthony, the red house is called Saint Joseph, the yellow house is called Saint Anne, and the green house is called Saint Francis.
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