Making Good Choices

Are you making good choices? Well if you're not sure this post might help you. This year Room 21 had the opportunity to learn more about making good choices. Lynne is a lady that works with a giraffe called Harold. He helps kids like us and younger learn about how the body system works and what effects it.They teach their lessons in a caravan which is called ‘The Life Caravan’. Usually kids learn about these kinds of stuff so that they can watch out for chemicals and other harmful things that abuse their body. Living a healthy way is a better way to live than an unhealthy one.

Why should you have to make good choices? Making good choices is the way of living a healthy and responsible life.  People make bad choices which lead into bad consequences later on in life. But if you make good choices you might even be awarded for making the most good choices. That would be awesome, right?

Later on in the lesson we were talking about alcohol abuse which is another way to effect the body. The teacher, Lyn showed how it can affect our body by saying that young bodys alcohol can affect quickly unless you’re 18 or older. She read an article about a boy that was 16 years of age which was way under the legal age had a whole bottle of vodka at party. She said he was paralyzed and everyone thought he was sleeping. I guess they had a reason to because they didn’t know what he was doing. I reckon if they checked his pulse then he would've made it to the hospital, instead he died.

Have you or even a person you know has trouble with the use of drugs and cigarettes? This will encourage you to know more about what you putting into your body. Tar, Nicotine and ingredients from cleaning stuff. Would you put those sort of things into your mouth? I know I wouldn’t. To quit smoking there is a website called quit.org. It will help you to quit and make a better world for everyone.


Did you know an adult liver can only process one standard drink an hour. If the drinker had drunk more than one standard drink then the rest gets pumped into the blood and around the body and then affects the brain. Sometimes some drinkers call it a hangover. Did you know that the cause of smoking is Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer and Swollen Legs. That is why smoking is bad for our health and so is drugs and alcohol.

So make the right choices and you will live a perfect life, but not everyone can live a great life. Like me being only 12 years of age even young people make mistakes.

Cross-Country Experience

Nervously trying to force myself to run as the mucky mud splashed across my legs and into my shoes. There was an event that we had to participate in. It was called Cross-Country. Changed and ready to go the Pt England students were directed onto the hard-courts. A noisy crowd of students were eager to start and see what place they would come.

Mr Burt announced that the field was going to be really muddy. So we had to be careful not to get stuck in the mud. Children screamed and yelled hoping they could enjoy the mud sloshed against them.

As some children were running their races, the other children had the chance to support their house and them. “GO YOU CAN DO IT” everyone was shouting as kids representing their  houses were excited that they had the opportunity to do so. Crossing the finish line kids were exhausted and drowned with mud from their feet all the way up to their legs. Now that’s what I call a close finish.

It’s our 12 year old girls turn. Butterflies in my stomach as I experience the cross-country fear. To be honest I felt a little bit umm... scared as if I was going to faint.  But I overcame those fears as Mr Burt count down from 3. 3....2....1 BANG! Off we went as although it was our last race.

Everyone sprinting through the lush green grass and muddy fields had mud splashed from their shoes to up their legs which was awful. As we reached the reserve, teachers were screaming and yelling at us to keep on going. Round the corner we went and up the hill towards the forest. Danger lurked among the forest as we were running, slipping and sliding through the mucky path.

It was the last kilometre of the race. Huffing and puffing as though I was dehydrated. Running a through the last bit of mud, proud that I made it near the end. Dizzy and exhausted feeling like I was going to pass out. Finally reaching the finish line I felt like it was going to be my last race. Now that is what I call Cross-Country.

Basketball Skill

Getting prepared for basketball as if we were in a real game. We completed challenges to build our strength in our mind as we concentrate to learn more skills.  Every Thursday Room 21 has been given an opportunity to learn some basketball skills. As often we always have to do sports on the hard court, unless it’s raining otherwise it is in the hall. Two coaches called Tai and Shae have been teaching us some difficult moves.  Developing skills for basketball is a great idea because you could improve your skills in basketball and can use it to make you fit.

There were another class that were on the hard court waiting for us as we were lining up into five straight lines. Getting started with challenges to build our minds with the concentration that we had to do.  Running and jumping is the first exercise we had to do. Then came dribbling the ball. It was really hard to bounce it straight while we were dribbling.

The hard part of another exercise which was to get the ball around our body and in order from around the head and around the middle then around the legs and we had to do it 20 times.  Faster and faster we went and eventually most of us had dropped the ball. It was really difficult for us because most of us weren’t used to playing basketball, especially me.

We were ready to finish Tai had announced that we were going to play a game. “This game is called......... Over and Under” he called. As we lined up straight we were prepared for the game. With the ball in one of the team members hands we were all eager to start.  “Ready...Steady...Go!” shouted Tai as we hastily pass the ball over and under. Although we didn’t get the chance to win we were very exhausted with excitement.

An Unexpected Win!

Happily winning as though they are champions that have accomplished their goal.
Overwhelmed with excitement when they discovered that they had won.
Celebrating with joy and enthusiasm the look of excitement shows on their facial expressions.
Victory is on their minds as they celebrate their triumph.
Proudly winning as though they have won a championship competition.