Touch 08

The new Touch season is about to begin. We have had our trials and selected 3 teams to represent the school. The Reds will play at 4:00pm and the Whites/Blues 4:30pm. All teams have been training hard in preparation for the season. Make sure you come down and support our teams. All games are at Peter Johnstone Park in Mosgiel. Hope to see you there!

Touch

On December 11th, Outram Blue played Green Island and had had ther first loss 7 - 11 . It was a hard game, personally I thought that the team forgot the basics. Some people were doing some good two man splits up the wings and up the middle but when we got to the line know one would take the touch's and made silly passes and turned the ball over.
By Isaac T
Outram White- Outram Whites played Taieri, It was a tough battle but in the end Taieri beat us 5-3. There were some silly passes but great two man splits. It was great that the boys let the girls have a go at running up the field and attempting to get a try.
By Max N
Outram Red- Outram Red played East Taieri. WE didn't play too bad and we got the hang of some of the moves including a two man split and had a go at one of the Otago Rep moves. The Red's did win 12-9 and could of got beaten if we didn't start scoring in the last minutes of the game.
by Cam M

Outram School at Megamilk Sports 2007

The megamilk sports day was on Monday the 1st of December. The events were fun and involved teamwork and co-operation games. 12 year 5/6 students were selected to be in the team, also one of the What-Now presenters 'Charlie' my was there. My favourite event was the 'ski biscuit pull' where you had to get into a group of three and one person gets into the biscuit with a orange flag on a pole. The other two people tow the biscuit using two ropes tied to the front of the biscuit and pull the biscuit down a track. Once at the end of the track the person being towed must plant the flag into the ground. Overall it was a really fun day.
By Christie W

Outram School at Megamilk Sports 2007

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Outram Touch

Blues-To be honest we had an average game this week with some simple errors that cost us a few points. But in the end we pulled off the win 7-3 against Taieri College. Sophie M had a great game scoring 2 tries for the team.
Whites- It was a good game with a 5-2 win to the Outram Whites team against Fairfield. David D scored a great try so did Ayden Mc, Christie W and Joshua A both scored tries. Neither of the teams were great on defence but the Whites were fast enough to get 5 tries before the end of the game. It was a very exciting game for all of us.
Reds-The Reds has a loss to St Marys. The Reds played really well in the first half with some great two person splits moves scoring easy tries. The team tired in the second half and let St Marys score the winning try late in the second half. Players to stand out were Aleisha A and Cam M.

Touch-Week1

The Blues and Reds both started with a draw for the season. The Whites had a big loss but were playing a team older and more experienced. The Reds had a 4 all draw with Elmgrove, the team played really well and moved the ball around the field while making easy yards up the middle. The Blues had a hard fought 10 all draw with St Marys. This was a significant result considering the Blues were beaten by 10 tries by the same team at the end of the previuos season. Great tries by Olivia H and Emma P helped the team capture the lead just after halftime. St Marys used the speed and skill of two of their experienced Touch players to bring the game to a draw. After 3 weeks of games the module will be broken into three sections catering for the differing skills of all the teams.

Athletics

All classes are working hard at the moment on the fundamentals of athletics in preparation for the South-West Taieri Schools Athletic championships. The main focus in class programmes is to develop the following Fundamental Principles of Athletics:

The Fundamental Principles covered in the Running Activities are:
• Light quick movements
• Upright carriage of the head and trunk
• Movement of the feet and limbs in a straight path
• Ability to maintain rhythm when running over obstacles/distance

The Fundamental Principles covered in the Jumping/Leaping Activities are:
• Jumping may be from a standing start or from an approach run
• Take-offs may be made from one foot or from two feet
• Jumper’s legs will bend or flex in preparing to jump
• Arms should swing backwards in preparing to jump, then swing vigorously up as the jump is made.

The Fundamental Principles covered in the Throwing Activities are:
• Transfer of weight from back foot to front foot
• Release high against a braced left side (or right)
• Throw high in order to go far
• Keep the feet on the ground