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.
Friday, August 12, 2011
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.
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.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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.
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.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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