Jump Jam challenge

Jump Jam!!

Last weekend on Saturday, our Jump Jam team from Haumoana School competed in a dance competition. It took place in Taupo in the Event Center.

It was our turn. We were up. Our team name got called out we walked up the steps getting into our position.

 I was nervous so were the others so I took a big breath and walked on the stage. The music started, I was smiling all the way through the song. The song was finished. After the song was finished we had to answer some question.

 We walked off the stage. We were waiting for our team name to get called out. I didn’t believe I heard it we came 3^rd place yay!!!!

We all need to say a big thank you to Mrs Jensen and Mrs Clinton for guiding us.

By Zavanah

 

 

Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge Reports

Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

5,4,3,2,1 beep. The horn went and I was off speeding down a gradual hill, I went up the hill. This hill was a long and gradual hill. As I got to the top I was puffing a bit. But I knew that I had another 40km to go. So I conserved my energy.

 

I knew that I had steep hills because I had, had look at the map before the race so I wasn’t going to go fast on the first hill. On the second hill it was long and steep so I sat on my seat and ground it up as I got to the top I saw my massive downhill. It was probably 2km down and as I was going down I reached up to 57.3km an hour. The next bit was all flat so I tucked in behind Mr Barclay so I would go faster.

I could see the next uphill ahead so I got my speed up a little bit more. As I got to the bottom I just ground it up the steep hill. The hill was about 2km up. When I got to the top and I sped down. As I went round the bend I saw another uphill and I thought to myself when are these hills going to finish. But when I got to the top I was so relived because the sign said that it was five hundred more meters to go I put my head down and sprinted for the finish line. Yay, I had finished my race. When I got to a person called Chris he helped me take all my stuff off my bike then we got on the bus and went back to Taupo. That was a fun day.

By Wesley  

Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

I grab my bike and run to the exit where Mr Barclay was waiting for me. I got on my bike and off I went into my leg of the lake Taupo cycle challenge.

 Into about ten kilometres of my leg it was my first hill. It was a long hill it was about four kilometres high. It was long and tiring.

After that I had a long stretch of small up hills and small down hills. After there was another hill but this one wasn’t as big. It was only small compared to the other hill. But at the top there was a massive downhill. It was about five kilometres long.

 My top speed was when I went down Waihi Hill. My top speed was 53.7 kilometres.  After that Hill there were no more hills that meant that I could go flat stick the rest of the way.

Soon I came into Turangi and there was music playing and this funny blow up person on a blow up bike.
Finally I’m nearly finished there’s only 8 kilometres to go. I’m going round the last bend I sprint to the transition. I get off my bike and lie down on the grass , I can’t believe all my training has paid off. I ask Mum how long it took me she said an hour and 30 minutes I felt really proud of myself that it was my first time doing it and I did in an hour and 30 minutes.

 The best part was going up Kuratau Hill even though it was really long.

By George

 

 

School Duathlon

School Duathlon

On Wednesday the senior syndicates did a Duathlon.

Room 5 went first with a good finish. Part way around the course the year 4’s went in a different way than the course set out. The year 4’s ran 2 laps around the goal post, then cycled 2 laps around the school and then ran 2 laps again around the goal posts.  At the end of the race Chloe finished first in the girls and overall her time was 7 minutes and 48 seconds. Second was Katelyn with a good run and bike, third was Lily she did really well on the bike and that had made her get a higher place.

In the boys first was Jack and had an outstanding time of 7 minutes and 49 seconds. Second was Christian he had great run, and third was Cameron with very good bike.

Room 6 went second. The year 5 and 6’s had to do 3 laps of running around the goal posts and 2 laps around the school of cycling and then another 3 laps of running around the goal posts. In the girls Tessa came first and her time was 8 minutes 36 seconds. Frances had an amazing run and bike and came second across the line. And the Third person over the line was Laura.

In the boys category Will came first with a fantastic run and a great bike his time 7 minutes and 18 seconds and Will got the new Haumoana school record for the duathlon. Wesley came across the line in an amazing place 2^nd with great run and a good bike. Noah did a brilliant bike and also came in a brilliant place when he crossed the line he came third.

by Will and Frances

 

Art - van Gogh Style

Room 6 used acrylic on canvas and Van Gogh's techniques to create these artworks.



Sophie's Cape



Barney's Starry Night

Karate Success

Maddie with her trophy for 1st place 2012 HB Regional Karate Championships

Orienteering update

And you thought the orienteering season was over...

HBOC Open Days - The Sprint the Bay team of Ross and Duncan are kindly putting on some Orienteering open days for the club on the Wednesday nights before Christmas. These are intended to get new potential new orienteers along to but will also be a chance for club members to have a run and get ready for the upcoming post-Christmas feast of orienteering that’s coming to Hawkes Bay. To run on these nights will only cost $2 so grab as many friends as you can and bring them along to see what you rave on at them about.

We would also like club members to be available to coach / chaperone new comers around the courses so please come along early and support this initiative if you can.  

Dates and venues for Open days

 5th December 6pm - 7.30pm - Taradale Intermediate

12th December 6pm to 7.30pm - Frimley Park

19th December 6pm to 7.30pm - Te Mata Park

Go to the club website or straight to the special website they have set up for these events if you want further details

 

Term 4 So Far

Term 4 so far has been full of obvious highlights for Room 6 (and Haumoana School).  Mathletics prizes galore, domination of the Triathlon Champs, Jump Jam finalists and last weekend four 10-year-old boys completing the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge as a relay team.  Just Magic!

These results are not overnight successes.  They are the culmination of hours of practice and training over  several months and would not happen without motivated children and supportive parents.  So well done all.

Another, not so obvious, highlight worth mentioning was the number of children who wished me and the boys luck for the Saturday ride.  Great manners, great attitudes!

David Barclay

Tri Photos - Thanks to Nikki

Last Week's Cricket Report & Draw for 17th Nov

On Saturday the 10^th of November Haumoana 1^st XI played  Hereworth Stags B. Hereworth won the toss  and elected to bat first. They were on fire for the first ten overs. I think they were about 51/3 but then our bowlers started to kick in , after the next ten overs they were about 73/6. At the end of their innings they  had  88 runs.

Then it was Haumoana’s turn . Bhulvhai  & Sam were Haumoana’s first batsman, Bhulvhai hit a four & then stepped off the field. Then Luke stepped on. He stayed on for a long bat however Sam was dismissed for 9 runs. George joined to have an awesome partnership  up until Luke had to retire for 30 runs. Noah only stayed on for one over and went out for a duck, it was the first duck for the team. 

Then Flynn ran on but he scored a duck too. Eagerly came Jessie.  He faced two overs to score 3 runs. While Jessie was in George was dismissed for 20 runs. Now Dhylan walked on and Jessie walked out. Lars ran on , a couple of overs later Dhylan was bowled out for a duck. Christian walked in with a smile & won the game for us. Lars had zero runs & didn’t get out . At the end of the day Haumoana won 90/8 to 88.

Player of the Day was George.

 

By Noah andGeorge

This weekend Haumoana 1st XI are playing Hereworth Stags C @ Hereworth 5.

Triathlon Success

Hawkes Bay Triathlon Champs 

On Wednesday morning at Haumoana School, all the triathletes were buzzing with excitement because the HB Triathlon Champs were today! Everyone was very nervous, but we all knew that we could succeed!

We all raced to the car park of Haumoana School, excited to see who got to Clive pools first! Finally, we all got to Farndon Park. Cyclists were putting their bikes on the racks, and the swimmers went inside to get changed.

Once everyone was ready, some of us put our school tent up. There was a lot of waiting. It was only 9.20, and the race didn’t start until 10.00! Finally, the race started! The swimmers dashed into the pool like lightning bolts. The team swimmers ran out of the pool to tag their cycle buddies. The Cyclists sped off into the distance. When they came back, they tagged the runners and off they went! The individuals were very fit and finished with impressive results!!!

Once the race was over, the prizes were ready. Everyone was eagerly waiting, hoping to get one of the awesome spot prizes! These are our results:

Individual:
1st Y5 boys Will
3rd Y5 boys Wesley
5th Y5 boys Noah

1st Y5 girls Tessa
5th Y5 girls Frances

1st Y6 boys Sam W
Teams:
1st Y5 mixed teams - Haumoana Thrashers (Lauren, Oscar, Reid)
1st Y5 girls team - Haumoana No#1s (Laura, Lily, Aimee)
1st Y5 boys team - Haumoana Hippoz (Barney, George, Reif)

1st Y6 mixed team – Haumoana Jockeys (Jessica, Vinnie, Hyrin)
2nd Y6 mixed team – Haumoana Allstars (Maddie R, Jesse, Christian)
1st Y6 boys team - Haumoana Spartens (Flynn R, Pip, Luke)
2nd Y6 girls team - Haumoana Hothits(Ali, Hazel, Nina)

So we were very successful! Mostly everyone was happy with their results.
Some of us got spot prizes. About 4 of us did. Some of us tried so hard that we looked like we were about to cry!
At the end of a long, hard day, we all deserved to sit down and relax. We all tried our hardest and represented the school properly, and the entire school was proud of us!

By Maisie Barr and Ana Hodgson

Congratulations to all the Haumoana Triathletes!!!

3 out of 4 individual titles - Yr 5 boys, Yr 5 girls and Year 6 boys plus a 3rd and a couple of other top 5 placings. WOW!

Teams won 5 out of the 6 categories along with a couple of second places! AND TO TOP IT OFF - Will got the fastest time of the day out of all the individuals and teams - Year 5 & 6!

Red Rules! :-)

Girls Cricket Festival

Girls cricket

On Monday Haumoana Hadlees went to Marewa Park. We played four games with two wins and two losses. On round 1 we played Puketapu Blues and on round 2 we played Te Mata Highlanders. On round three we had a bye we had to practice are bowling and catching. On our final round we played Cates team. We made it into the finals and played Arthur Miller School. We bet Arthur Miller School and bet Puketapu Blues but sadly we lost to Cates team and Te Mata School we had a close games. Brooklyn made a hat trick and Grace and Jessie got a wicket. Without Natalie and Kim we wouldn’t have been there.  Thank you to them. By Frances                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Saturday cricket

First XI

On Saturday Haumoana played CHB. We batted first and got 26 runs and they gave us lots of extras by bowling wides and no-balls.  They only bowled 5 of us out. When they batted, we got 9 of them out and we only needed 1 more. The overall the score was 66-35 and the player of the day was Bhulvhai

By Reif.

iPad Winners

Oscar, Frances and Will spent the morning getting the hang of their new iPads.

Market Day & Cricket

Sneak preview

Make sure you check out the spectacular Room 6 art in the School tent this weekend.


Cricket this weekend is at Frimley Park against CHB

We have a convoy!

I have been impressed with the improvement in both cycle skills and fitness as the Year 4, 5 and 6 cyclists have completed their Thursday lunch time rides over the last 7 weeks.

Check out the range of expressions - thanks to Laura for the photography