Writing Sample 2013

This morning we all completed out first Writing Sample for 2013. I have posted it just as I wrote it in the 40 minuted that we were given, so that throughout this year I will be able to look back and reflect on the progress I have made in writing, I will post my Learning goals from this soon.........


It was a very exhausting day at training,  but awfully strange as it felt like someone was watching me but from a far distance. . I stood on the court looking very curious I didn’t think it was that serious so I just walked away and totally forgot about it.

The next training nothing but cool breezes flowing past, with complete silence.  But as soon as I stepped onto  the court there it was that same feeling , the only difference was it seemed to be getting closer and closer. “ Can you feel that Ata?? “ .. “ Feel What ” she said, “ That cold breeze its like someones right here!! “ i said   “ Don’t be silly ” she replied.   

So i went home that night just sitting on the couch watching tv like every school kid does, I flipped the channel to channel 3 and the news was on, the latest update was that a Lady who coached netball had passed away i checked the location and it happened to be the school right next to mine.. I thought to myself ,” OMG she must be the person who is always watching me? “ But i wasn’t too sure if it was or not i needed proof..

The next day , I ran out onto the court waiting , as time went by nothing had happened nothing at all. “ Come On Jaylee, training is over.” Ata said “ I walked away feeling stupid “ I knew it was too good to be true “ i said, “ What’s too good to be true” Ata Replied! “ Nothing just forget about it, “  The rest of our training sessions were all the same..  That cold breeze hadn’t come by in a while just light winds and sun showers.

Today was the big game we were hosting Holy Cross at our school for the final.
2 minutes left but we were down by one , Ata had intercepted the ball and passed it straight down to me looking up at the hoop I wasn’t sure which way to shoot it even though i had been practicing every week..  I was just about to let the ball go until the cold breeze came past I gazed off into another world and thats where I meet my good friend Aroha she was the coach who had recently passed away, she gave me some tips for shooting she said, “ Concentrate and focus then push with all your power and you will get it in”.

That was the winning goal and we were known as the ‘ Auckland Champ’s’ We  all cheered with excitement and we had a good celebration, But i couldn’t have done it without my good friend ‘ Aroha ‘ thanks to her awesome shooting tips, Rest easy my friend.