Holywood Hullabaloo

Today primary 4-7 did cross country and these are all the words we will use to describe it:

Abominable, awful, horrid, despicable, repulsive, loathsome, appalling, foul, dog poop, sickening, atrocious, unspeakable and criminal!!

This is how we would describe the weather:

Frigid, glacial, boreal, nippy and piercing!

WE LOATH CROSS COUNTRY!!!!!

 

Enough of that now lets tell you the scores.

Sonny won the batman watch for coming 2nd place.

The p4-5 girls made 3rd place and the p6-7s scores haven’t come through yet though.

Here is a tip DO NOT DO CROSS COUNTRY!!!!!!

By Georgia and Kaylan

On the 22nd we did cross country. The first people running were the p4 5 boys small schools the p4 5 girls then p6 7 girls then p6 7 boys.  The p6 7 had to run 1200m and the p4 5 run 750m. In p4 5 Sonny came 2nd after a over take at the Finish line. I came about 26 to 27 after Logan talked me to walking the cheat. Charlie Dawson came 4 in my race.  The race was dreadful in the rain.I fell over in the squelchy mud.   

Today the p4-7 took part in the cross country event at king George v. Kye had stiches at the start it was a rainy day. It was horrible. When it was Greg’s turn I was exited and it was torcher. and I came 10th and Kye came 27th we was existed and Gavin came 16th.

 

Today P4 to P7 went to cross country championship in Dumfries.

Hayden came in 21st. Last year he came in 2nd but this year it was a longer race and P6 had to run against P7 pupils – so it was very hard.

Paul came in 12th against the other P4/5 pupils. Holywood P4/5 boys came 2nd in the team results. Sonny came in 2nd Place for Holywood – great job!!

It was hard, it was torture… but it was fun!!

It was also very cold and  rainy and wet. In fact it was absolutely freezing!

A huge thank you to Mr Templeton for finding a bus to get us back to the school and into the warm much quicker!!

by   Paul and Hayden

Today we did a cross country challenge at king George we left the school at 9.15 and headed for the service bus we got on the bus and got off at the centre then went in we first got given our seats then we got our numbers I was 117 it started off being the p4-5 boys from small schools and they went in to the middle of the pitch and warmed up for the race and headed to the start line. everybody started screaming for the people that were in the race . sonny was 2nd and won the batman watch .

and then it went to p4-5 girls it was the same p4s and 5s only had to do 800m while 6-7 had to do 1200 . after then it was the p6-7 girls race I was the only girl running for p6-7 girls from holy wood it was a tragic race with it being far to sloppy I came 26th out of 36 it was HORRIBLE !!! after that it was the p6-7 boys race which was 1200 m  as well  mark came 33 out of 56 and he said that it was diabolical, how to break a leg and thinking about running away !!!. after that it was finished we just went away after that Dylans dad found us a mini bus to get back to the school in.

To start off with cross country is horrible and freezing ( sometimes) and some times it is awesome  only when its sunny.

We went to the cross country event in Dumfries at the queen of the south centre when it was raining and hail was dropping at a million miles an hour I came 38th and Ryan came 32nd over all it was fun.

What was your experience Ryan awful.

My experience wet, cold, angry, and cooled down plus warm water filled because when I went to the toilet and ran a warm sink of water.

The down side is the cold and the rain we where soaked to the skin and under as well then hail started to pelt and pelt down for half an hour.

All together we came about the cold and met some old faces including Sarah Jane that left a couple of years ago.

altogether we hated it because to much RAIN!!!!!!!!

 

On the 22nd of march 20017p4-7 of Holywood primary went to king George for there most terrible day of their life… p4-5 boys ran first for 800 metres then p4-5 girls also for 800 meters.

Isla was the only one to run for p6-7 girls for 1200m then p6-7 lined up I finished 4th place Dylan came 24th and Zak came 31st

it was excruciatingly terrible I hated every bit it was ballistic as well as rainy and freezing it was so cold you could get frostbite

Today the p4-7  took part in the annual cross country at King George V sport centre in Dumfries. It was raining heavily but we had to sadly still do it. I came 26th and last year I was 45th so that is a massive improvement. when it began raining really heavily we decided to go back to school. The bus could only take 16 so we went in two lots. One of the parents were our bus driver and we are all very grateful for the time took.

By Logan

Today on Newsround:

• Lucky escape for the tourists on Mount Etna in Italy
• How a spiders diet is good for humans
• New hippo baby says hello to the public for the first time
• Rare horse encounter

Tourists and a camera crew on Mount Etna made a lucky escape when the volcano let out an almighty explosion! Mount Etna is located in Italy and the people living there must have been in shock. Mount Etna is one of the worlds most active volcanos and it is quite normal for it to lose its temper. Rebecca Morrel who experienced this occurrence said: “it was a very lucky escape for all on Mount Etna yesterday (16th March 2017) and it was one of the scariest encounters I have ever had. When we were running for our lives a huge rock sizzled right through my sleeping bag and now I have a huge hole in it!” The explosions on Mount Etna are some of the most unpredictable on Earth and scientists are still trying to figure out how to predict Mount Etnas huge and dangerous eruptions.

Scared of spiders?  Well hopefully not anymore! Researchers have found out spiders are helping humans by their diet… BUGS!! They eat an astonishing  8 million tons of insects a year! They are helping us by eating the bugs because ants and fly’s cause disease and we don’t want to catch anything… do we?

Now to a rare happening in Suffolk. two twin baby horses (foals) were born. There mother Rose seems very proud of her children. One is called Tilly the other called Lilly.

Now over in Australia a baby hippo has made his first ever appearance with his mum. She is a pygmy hippo and there are less than 3000 left in the wild. She has not yet got a name but a competition is being held to help decide a name for her.

That’s all from this weeks Newsround

By Kaylan