On Wednesday, Fujimura had its sports day!
After visiting the other school and seeing theirs, I was really excited and
looking forward to Fujimura’s own sports day. I think the different types of
activities and games were so interesting and fun, especially with the energy
and spirit of Fujimura’s students. They were a lot different to the activities
and games I was used to from my own high school but I think it was a lot more
exciting! Kibasen, especially, was very different to any game played in New
Zealand so I enjoyed watching it a lot. In New Zealand we had four different
houses (teams) that every student is assigned when they start school, kind of
like Hogwarts in Harry Potter! They were named after New Zealand trees: Kowhai
(yellow), Matai (blue), Rimu (red), and Totara (green), and I was in Rimu. When
we had our sports day, called Tabloids, we would compete to earn points for our
house; so there would be a winner for sports day but at the end of the year all
points would be counted to see who the overall winner would be. I wish our
school was more like Hogwarts though! This year, at Fujimura, I was part of the
blue team and I was very happy and proud of the students because… blue team
won! I think it was really amazing to see, once again, how talented the
students are! Although it started raining, everyone kept their spirits up and
had a great time so it was nice to see both the students and teachers relaxed
and having a lot of fun.
