SPORTS EXCHANGE 

Last week  Rooms 11, 12 and 13 had a sports exchange with St Marys School. Tapuae, netball, ripper rugby and soccer were the four different games you could choose from. The tapuae and soccer teams stayed and played at Sunnybrae, the netball teams went to the AMI Netball Center and the rugby teams went to Onewa fields. It was it was a beautiful sunny day and while I was playing netball I was dripping with sweat and thirsty all the time. Luckily I had a water bottle with me because I really needed it!

My team lost two games and  won one game. I would like to do it again sometime!

By Priyanka                           

Sports Exchange

Sports Exchange

On Friday we had our sports exchange.

I played rippa rugby.

I think lots of people were hogging the ball and not passing, so thats probably why we lost both of our games. But its not all about winning, it’s about having fun.

Jayden got a blood nose and had to go back to school in a car.

David and Jayden were the try scorers.

Next time I would like a bigger field because people were running out of the boundary.

I think that having fun is important, more important than winning.

By Liam Greenacre

Sports Exchange

On Friday we had our sports exchange.

I played rippa.

A sports exchange is a time where we meet up with another school and play sport.

There were four different sports, taupae, soccer, rippa rugby and netball. I think that it’s not important that we win or lose, having fun is the most important thing overall. I think we all had fun no matter what sport we played. Fair play is important too. It felt good when I got the rugby ball I ran as fast as I could and tried to get a try or ripping a rip off an opponent. In my opinion it doesn't matter what sport we play, its either sport or no sport.

By Angus Avery

Sports Exchange

Last Friday Sunnybrae had a sports exchange with St Marys Primary School.

It was a hot sunny summery afternoon when we started walking down to Onewa. There were four different sports we could choose from soccer, netball, rippa and tapuae. I chose netball. Most of us were in the same teams for netball as on a Wednesday night. Soccer and tapuae stayed at Sunnybrae, while netball and rippa went down to Onewa. Luckily it wasn’t muddy on the fields. St Marys teams were quite good at netball. We only won two out of our three games. Some of our girls were being a bit silly fighting over their positions.

Overall I think everyone had fun and worked together as a team.

National Young Leaders Day

A couple of months ago I was one of the fortunate pupils from Sunnybrae who attended the Young Leaders Day. This is where celebrities speak about their life journey and how they got where they are today. Everyone had different experiences and they all gave us useful advice. Pat inspired me the most because he said, “Life is your journey and YOU create your own future”. Think before you act, or speak and before making choices. Keep life simple.

It was a fabulous experience. From these successful people I have gained the confidence to believe in myself and to be a leader. Good ideas don’t work until we do.

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS!

By Risheeka

Festival Choir

Every Wednesday morning we have Festival Choir at eight fifteen down in the music room.We are learning many different songs. Some are high,some are low,some are frightening and some are so joyful that it makes a tear trickle down my cheek. Most of the songs I know the words to but a few are hard because I can’t articulate the words properly. Mrs Stewart said last year I wasn’t singing right up to my ability so  practised and practised and this year I am ROCKING! Wish us luck for the APPA Festival Choir!

By Risheeka

Sports Exchange

Last Friday the 26 August Sunnybrae Normal School had a sports exchange with St Mary’s School. We could either play netball, soccer, rippa or tapuae. I decided to play netball. The rippa and netball people walked down to the courts and fields at Onewa. The tapuae and soccer people stayed at Sunnybrae. For netball there were three teams. My friends and I were in team one which mostly had the people who play netball on a Wednesday night. Our team won two out of three games. I played GS,GK and GA a different position for every game. St Mary’s had lots of strong teams. I enjoyed playing netball because it was fun. This year I don’t play netball for the school, so it’s a good time to play again and remember the game. Over all It was a nice afternoon.I enjoyed being outside getting fresh air and giving people a time to show their strengths.

by Mariah Rennie-younger