Hey everyone, this in my second Olympic project!
Swimming
Swimming is my favourite sport. I really enjoy it. I like it because it is fun, keeps you fit and you can learn new skills.
There are lots of different skills, techniques and strokes. There are four main strokes, which are: • Freestyle
• Backstroke
• Breaststroke
• Butterfly
My favourite strokes are freestyle and I like backstroke.
Swimming is a popular sport, one of which Australians are good at, at the Olympics. I hope one day I will Australia in the pool!
August 21, 2008
Hello everyone, here is my first Olympic ” mini project” we had to complete.
Qualities for an athlete to make it to the top
1. Belief in yourself
2. Goals
3. Talent
4. Determination
5. Perseverance
6. Sacrifices
7. Sportsmanship
8. Confidence
http://www.google.com/images?gold+medal
August 21, 2008
Hi everyone,
Over the next couple of weeks, our home-room class has to do 8 mini projects on the 2008 Olympic Games. We also have to do 2 work-sheets and 2 Wikispaces on a selected stort and country. My sport and swimming and my country is Turkey.
I am going to put on my blog (as a blog post) my 8 mini projects, as I do them. But some I havn’t done on the computer, so I won’t put them on here! So far, I have done 4. I hope you like them!
August 21, 2008
Two Chinese grandmas, Wu Dianyuan, 79, and Wang Xiuying, 77 have received a one year “re-education through labour” for disturbing the public order. The women had wanted to protest because their houses that they had grown up in were set to be demolished, without them having any say, to make room for new housing developments.
When they were told they could protest during the Olympic Games, they decided to apply, but were refused and then given the punishment. They were told if they make trouble again, they will be sent to labour camp.
I think this is very unfair, and the women shouldn’t have been refused application to protest and they then wouldn’t have been given a punishment that they didn’t deserve. The Chinese government didn’t want the women to speak out, and were afraid they would protest and show what was really happening. I hope the women do get a chance to say what they think!
August 21, 2008
Hi everyone,
Yesterday, I went to see our school’s production the grade 8/9 and 10’s put on. They had put a lot of effort into it, and it was a fantastic performance.
The theme was about bullying and how it can affect people’s lives. It was set at school, where a girl was being bullied by two boys about her body image. Only her one friend stood up for her, but the rest of the class remained silent.
Eventually, the girl who was being bullied was hospitalised with depresstion and bulimia, caused by the bullying. ( She was okay in the end). It was a really good story line, and shows just how hurtful bullying can be, either physical or verbal.
Have you ever known known anyone who was bullied, or have you been bullied yourself? MAke sure you leave a comment!
August 14, 2008
Hey everyone,
A couple of weeks ago, I told you about the work that everyone in Miss W’s class had to complete.
I have now finished my 10 page sumo wrestling assingnment. I did a power-point presentation, and it took quite a long time!
I learned a lot about how the sumo wrestlers live and the many traditions that are involved in the fights. Some of the rules are:
- If you push your opponent out of the ring (dohyo), you win.
- If your opponent touches the ground with any other part of their body other than the soles of their feet, you win also.
- Before a fight, the wrestlers stare at each other in the eye and throw salt to purify the ring and get rid of evil spirits.
- There are 6 tournaments during the year, each lasting 15 days.
- They live in a hehya (or stable)
- Each Sumo tournament begins with big ceremony
- Wrestlers are ranked, and the highest rank is makuuchi
- Japan is only country where is done professionally
We had to get this done by the end of July, so during August we can move on to China and the Bejing Olympic Games.
July 24, 2008
Hi everyone.
Recently, I went to the movies to see Mama Mia, which is based on all Abba songs. But it wasn’t just the normal movies. It was Gold Class! If you were wondering, gold class is an awesome way to go to the movies.
My mum and I went. We went into a room where we sat down and waited to be served. A man came and gave us a menu. We got to choose what we wanted to eat or drink, which was brought to us during the movie. Once we had ordered, we were taken to our seats. Our seats were recliners! There was a small table type thing in the middle of two recliners. We sat down and waited for the movie to start.
Gold Class was fantastic, and so was the movie. I would love to go again. You could even have pillows and blankets!
July 13, 2008
Hi everyone!
About a week ago, I put a post on about the book Hatchet my home-room class was reading. We now have to write about the problems Brian (the main character) faced and how he over-came them. Here goes!
- (49-50)- Brian found berries (gut cherries) by following the birds. He then ate to many and became sick.
- (69)- A porcupine came into his shelter and attacked Brian. He then realised he could make fire by throwing his hatchet at the shelter wall and sparks appeared, creating fire.
- (76)- With smoke from the fire the mosquitoes, they didn’t swarm on him.
- (99)- Brian realised that water refracts and bends light, making things not where they appear. By using that information, Brian caught his first fish.
- (103)- A skunk got into his shelter, looking for food. Brian got sprayed with the skunks odor. He learned to protect his food.
- (106)- Brian found a way to store and protect food by putting it up high. He also found a way to store live fish.
I will be putting the map of Brians Lake on my blog soon. Hopefully you got an idea of what Brian had to face. Bye for now!
Okay everyone, as promised, here is my map. Hope you like it!
July 10, 2008
Hey everybody,
In class, we have been reading a book called Hatchet. It’s about a boy called Brian, who finds himself lost and alone in the Canadian wilderness after the plane he was in crashed. He has to learn to survive with nature and the things around him.
Miss W has asked us to draw a picture of where Brian is, by using the book to help us. We had to put everything that had some discription about the lake (where Brian was) into our drawings.
We now have to finish the drawing, take a picture of it and put it on our blogs. We then have to write about how Brian came across challenges and how he over-come them and became stronger.
It is due next week!
July 2, 2008
Hi there everyone,
Here at school we are into the first week back from the holidays! I had lots of fun in the hloidays, i went ice-skating with my friends (and i didn’t fall over) 
and now I’m glad to be back at school!
I finished my end of term 1activitys and so did most other people. Now my home-room class has another set of activitys to finish which are at the moment: 10 pages on Sumo Wrestling, goals for term 2 and reflection of term 1 goals and a page (on our blogs) about what subjects we have been learning which will be up-dated at lease once a fortnight.
I am looking forward to hopefully completing these activitys!
June 18, 2008
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