The First Rugby ball

What do most balls have in common? They are all round. But why are rugby balls are not round?

In the 1800’s the first rugby balls were made out of pigs bladders and they were slightly oval. In those days there wasn’t any pumps so you had to blow it up with your mouth and that wasn’t a popular task. The people use stem tubes to blow it up. Blowing up the ball was also very unhealthy.

Later in the 1800’s two shoemakers stitched 4 leather panels to make rugby balls for the local school (also called rugby). People replaced the pigs bladder with rubber bladders. Hand pumps were also invented so you don’t have to use lung power. Nowadays the rugby balls have to be a standard size and shape. Rugby balls are very unlikely to have raw, smelly, germ laden pigs bladders. Rugby balls are made from synthetic materials.

The First Rugby ball

What do most balls have in common? They are all round. But why are rugby balls are not round?

In the 1800’s the first rugby balls were made out of pigs bladders and they were slightly oval. In those days there wasn’t any pumps so you had to blow it up with your mouth and that wasn’t a popular task. The people use stem tubes to blow it up. Blowing up the ball was also very unhealthy.

Later in the 1800’s two shoemakers stitched 4 leather panels to make rugby balls for the local school (also called rugby). People replaced the pigs bladder with rubber bladders. Hand pumps were also invented so you don’t have to use lung power. Nowadays the rugby balls have to be a standard size and shape. Rugby balls are very unlikely to have raw, smelly, germ laden pigs bladders. Rugby balls are made from synthetic materials.

My holidays

We have been looking for houses, firstly we saw a house but they said we can’t have it. So we kept on looking for houses and we got very tired of it. We have been looking for houses for around 4 or 5 weeks every day.
One day in the holidays after we came from looking at houses we went to the cinema and watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2. My favourite bits were after the war and when Voldamod and Harry Potter had a battle.

Minhaj Swimming

This is a movie about me walking and swimming in the pools.

Bigger,Better,Faster,stronger

This is my design to make a cushion.

Minhaj Swimming

Minhaj Swimming
On Monday the 9th of May we went to the Glen Innes aqua center. We swam there for two weeks. On the first day I wasn’t swimming very well but as the days went by I got better and better. Firstly we went to the changing room and changed. We went to have a rinse. We quickly put our bag away. Soon we were in the pool the first time I was swimming and I wasn’t very good because I was looking straight, and lifting my head up when I took breath. On the second day I did a little better. My eyes were stinging a lot on the third day so I didn’t like that day very much. Next week we did freestyle again but that time I got better because I had goggles. Later we had free time and that was so much fun. Franky and I sat down and dived in to the pool. Finally i changed into our school uniform and walked back to school

All About Me Movie

Minhaj - Rm 15 from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

building our structures

Building our Structures

On Monday the 2nd of May 2011 we built structures with our teacher Mr Marks. In our team there was Brodie Jack, Mohammad, Kori lee and me.

Firstly we started off making the tubes. Brodie Jack squished all of them so it wasn't strong and couldn't stand. Next we knew it would not stand, so we made some more, but because Brodie Jack was doing the tubes and he squished all of them, it still wouldn't stand. I felt worried because it kept on falling. After that we made it like a bridge and left it like that. In the end we came second.

about me

Hi my name is Minhaj.I came from Sri Lanka. My class is Room Fifteen. I am ten years old. I was in the Christchurch earthquake. My best friend is Lukis. In my family I have one brother one sister and mum and dad.

My First Post

I am very happy to have my own blog!