This week Room 8 has been preparing for the Milton Schools Athletic Sports which are being held at our school next week. We have been practising long jump, high jump, discus, sprints and hurdles. We have learnt that when we are doing discus we have to bend down low so that the angle of the discus goes up, you have to keep your hand on top of the discus, and you have to build up momentum before the throw. In high jump you have to do a scissor kick over the bar, run up fast, run on an angle towards the bar and try to land on your feet. At sprints we learnt that if you want to run fast you have to pump your arms, have light, fast feet, and look straight ahead. We are just about ready for athletics day and we are looking forward to it.