feels like our team’ s hard work has paid off, and it pushes us to work harder. How has basketball helped you make new friends in school or out of school? Reya 7C: Basketball involves teamwork, so friendship kind of just happens when you’ re on a team. Angelina 7H: Basketball helped me make lots of new friendships because once you ' re on a team, you’ ll be with your teammates every single practice and in basketball, collaboration happens a lot. If you could give some advice to someone new to basketball, what would you say? Naomi 7C: To limit travelling and double dribbling. Zoe 7S: To have a good attitude and keep practicing. If you could describe basketball in one word, what would it be and why? Sofia 7S: Physical, because basketball is a physical game. Natalie 7S: I think stamina because you run up and down the court. What do you enjoy most about being part of a team? Chanel 7C: Everyone’ s super kind, welcoming, and enthusiastic. Yale 7H: My teammates are very supportive, and they hype up the game a lot. What ' s your biggest strength, and what area do you want to improve most? Bella 7H: I think my biggest strength is shooting, and I want to work on ball handling more. Alexa 7H: My biggest strength in basketball is dribbling, and I want to improve on shooting.
The Grade 7 basketball team had lots of fun during coaching sessions and learned many new skills. We hope you enjoyed reading this article! We hope you consider joining a basketball team next year, and have an amazing Spring Break!
LUNCH LEAGUE
By Victoria Hill and Kendall Kahlon. Grade 6.
In Grades Six and Seven, you can be a part of a lunch league team. Every term, there is a new sport. In term one, there is volleyball; in term two, basketball; and in term three, badminton. You get assigned a team with Grade Sixes and Sevens. Grade Sevens get a chance to be the team captain. People in the lunch league program come to lunch every Tuesday and Thursday to have some fun!
What do you enjoy about being a part of the lunch league? Henny Hild 6S- I like practicing my skills to get better and challenge myself. Zoe Wang 6S- You get to talk to other people and make new friends. What is your favourite part of being on a team? Ayva Pabla 6S- We get to have fun together and compete. Lumin MacGowan 6S- It’ s fun to play together as a team, and being on a team makes the job easier. Why would you join the lunch league program again? Danica Lo 6S- Yes, definitely! I love being a part of a team. Mia Lang 7H- Yes, it’ s fun. How did the lunch league go for you this term? Lauren Louey 7S- It went okay, because I didn’ t know many rules. Kelly Xu 6C- It was good. Which lunch league sport did you like the most, so far? Lauren Mah 6C- Basketball, because I had a lot of fun getting to meet new people. Mandy Wang 6S- Basketball, because it’ s really fun and I like to tackle people. What was the best part of being in the lunch league? Sami Chu 6H- My teammates. Chloe Lam 7C- I liked being inside and competing. What new friends did you make in the lunch league? Mancy Wang 6H- I made stronger bonds with my friends. Aarya Dhiman 6H- I reconnected with old friends. Why would you like to participate in the lunch league next term? Gia Kalia 6H- I would because I like being in a team. Amy Liang 6S- Yes, I would because I play badminton outside of school. How did you feel about going to lunch league every Tuesday and Thursday after lunch? Ayla Sanaie 6C- I felt like it was a nice commitment to honour. Aria Lee 6C- I enjoyed it, and I felt proud when we won. How did your grade 7 team captains help you? Raya Hara 6C- They were very supportive, and they helped me. Victoria Hill 6C- They told us how to improve, and they were very kind.
From all those amazing responses, you can see that many people really like the Grade Six and Seven lunch league!
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