Gregory’s Blog

Hi again,

On Saturday I played soccer against a team from Cambridge. The game was going to be an away game for us but the field at Cambridge would have been very hard to play on because of the rain recently. It was raining before the game but the weather improved as we were kicking off. The half time score was 2 – 1 to Cambridge and I had scored the only goal for my team. It was a great game and my team played very well but unfortunately we lost 4 – 1. I was pleased with how I played and I was pleased I scored a goal. I’m looking forward to my team’s next game. I hope we win.

This weekend I’ve been working on my science fair project that is due tomorrow. It will be judged on Tuesday and Wednesday but we will be pair assessing them in class on Monday. I had already done my experiment and taken photos and today I finished displaying my work on my science fair board. It looks great.

Bye for now, Gregory

Hi again,

On the weekend I played a game of soccer against a team from Cambridge. Unfortunately we lost 4 – 1. We played very well but they were the top of the table in my division so it was always going to be a hard game. We had an awesome first half with the score 1 – 1 at half time. My team was winning 1 – 0 until one of the players in my team got the ball kicked into their hand and gave the other team a penalty inside the box which they took advantage of just before half time. In the second half Cambridge played much better than us and scored 3 goals.

At my school we will be getting a new tech arts block to replace the old one. At the opening that’s coming up I will be playing in the band. I’m excited about this because I will be able to play some of my favourite pieces with the band in front of lots of others. I’m getting much better now and I can play many different notes and songs. I’m glad I have chosen to play the trumpet.

Bye for now,

Gregory

Hi Again,

This week I have been involved in a squash tournament called the Waikato age groups. I was in the under 13 boys division. At the age groups I played two games against either eleven year old boys or twelve year old boys. Normally I would have played three games but I ended up playing only two because my opponent defaulted in my second game. In my first I game I played a boy called Jack.I won in four. Jack won the first game 10 – 8, Then I won the next three, 9 – 1, 9 – 5, 9 – 0. Since I won that game and in my second game I won by default, I had to play a 12 year old boy called Blake who was a higher grade than me. Blake won the first game 9 – 7. We were both tired after that game. Blake won the second game 9 – 5. After that game Blake only needed to win one more game to win the match but luckily for me I won that next game 9 – 6. Both of us were very tired after that game but neither of us were going to give up. I won the fourth game 10 – 9. It was so close. The next game was the decider and I won it 9 – 1. I was so pleased because I became the new under 13s champion! My prize was $60 and a trophy.

 On Saturday I played soccer for Pirongia. We played a Hamilton team called the Western United Cannons at Hamilton. My team won 4 – 1. I didn’t score any goals but I played well. That was our last of four grading games and we’ve won all of them. My team’s next game will probably be against a more even team than the previous ones we’ve played against. I’m looking forward to our next game.

Bye for now, Gregory

Hi again,

Earlier this week I went on a three day band camp at Totara springs with my school and Matamata school. We arrived on Monday after about an hour bus trip and had our first practice as a group. There were three groups of children – Choir, Senior band and Junior band. That’s my group. It was one and a half hours long! My lips were really sore after that. We had another three practices the same length that day, having food and playing outside in between. There was a heated pool and we had a great time in it but we couldn’t put our heads under because there was a chance we could get sick.

On Tuesday after a long night we woke up ready for the concert later that night. We had two more practices and then a dress rehearsal. We practiced all the songs we would play and presented them to the other groups in the order we would play them that night. When the time of the concert came we were all dressed in our good clothes. We walked into the hall and performed our songs. Some of our songs were difficult but we played them almost perfectly. The concert was great and we all had a great time.

On Wednesday we didn’t have any practices. It was all fun and games. There was an awesome waterslide that you could go really fast on. I had a great time on the waterslide.

I had a great time at band camp and I’m looking forward to going there again.

Soccer!

I played another game of soccer today and our team had another win 9-1. I got player of the day for scoring one goal and setting up a few. A striker on my team scored 4 goals and was put back in defence. He then scored a goal from half way! I played much better than last week and I was pleased with how I played.

Bye for now, Gregory.

 Hi again, it’s me back from my holidays, i’ll tell you a bit about them.

The soccer season is starting back up for me now and my team has had our first game last Saturday. I’m a striker in my team and scored 1 goal in that game helping us to win  6-2 .  The half time score was 3-2 to my team but our oranges at half time gave us plenty of energy for my team to create loads of opportunities to score goals.

I went to a soccer, school holiday program for 3 days from 9am-3pm. I had a great time learning new skills and getting back into soccer. I really enjoyed the mini 5 aside world cup. My team was Argentina. We came 3rd out of 6 teams. I had a great time there.

My family went to Rotorua for some of the holidays. We stayed at a nice hotel for 1 night which I enjoyed apart from the fact the beds were very uncomfortable and I barely got any sleep. We went on the Gondola and enjoyed a great view of the lake. We also went on the Luge . The luge is similar to a mini race car that you drive that doesn’t have a roof. It was great fun racing down the hill and around sharp corners.

Bye for now,

Gregory