Interschool cross country

Mixing sport and literacy

On Friday students from Room 8 participated in the Interschools cross country competition.

The rain pretty much held off although everyone got very muddy. All the students had trained hard and did their absolute best on the day.

Room 8 are very proud of our cross country students and a special mention goes to Tom who came 5th in the year 4 boys.

While the students were out running, back in the classroom Alexus wrote this 'recipe for cross country'. A writing focus this term has been procedural (instructional) writing. We have written simple instructions for tasks such as 'making a cup of tea', 'playing minecraft' and we also tried writing instructions in the style of a recipe. 

We brainstormed the language that is used for ingredients in recipes and applied it to real life situations.

Here is the 'recipe' by Alexus for our runners!

A Recipe for cross country!!!

First you get a big field. 

Pour in some rain drops. 

Sprinkle muddy grasses. 

Sift in a bunch of students. 

Add in a teacher and a couple of blocks. 

Touch it with a bunch of cheering people. 

Prick with a little stitch in all bodies running. 

Combine it all together and you make an uncooked Cross Country. Bake till all students are finished.

Written by: Alexus Room8