Paralympics

Step over Olympics and come through Paralympics. Paralympics are different to the Olympics in some ways they are for people who have disabilities.

The paralympics consist of all sports the paralympics are a major international multi sport event for people with physical disabilities this includes mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness and cerebral palsy which is a muscle disease.

Paralympics have a wide variety of disabilities that Paralympics athletes have trained to do. This is not your ordinary sport really its far from different but in the same way work their but off the achieve.


I hope that if I was an Olympian that I would not give up even if I has a disability.

The Final Second Counts

This week the year 7 and 8 girls had their Basketball tournament where we could really show off our talented skills. We had to try our very best to work together as a team or not.

Baradene was our first school to play against, we were nervous but at the same time we were eager to win. The whistle blew and we were ready to eliminate them. Oshania scored the first shoot and we all screamed excitedly on the court. We got the first score but Baradene knew that they had to step up their game. Halftime went, we were all nervous they had the lead from the first half. As the second half had started we got more shoots and the buzzer went off, we had claimed victory for our first game.

Screaming and yelling we wanted to win this so it could put us into the finals. Our shooting was good their shooting was good they had defence it was a tie the ref said we had to have a shoot out the other team went first. We both got it in and then they both lost.Finally the other team missed as Oshania got it in we went into the finals. We were through to the finals, but we got one more school to challenge.

The Finals, it came down to us and Churchill park.
They were really good and we had previously faced  them and lost. The game started it was pretty intense and you could tell the score was gonna be close it was halftime we were leading but not for long they stepped up their game there was 20 SECONDS  left in the game and they scored we tried to get that ball in the basket but beep it was over we had came seconds in the tournament. But didn’t worry we still have another chance to win at the interzones in a couple of week so stay tuned and to see what we came.

My Friends

Friends
My friends... they’re loving, caring and friendly.
There always there for me when I’m down, plus they help me with important stuff. There the ones who keep me grounded, without them I don’t know what I would do. Everyone has a best friend but for me, It can’t be one or two there's gotta be more, because when I moved away from levin I became friends with many more people.

My Auckland friends

My first visit to Auckland was fun, and that was when I meet my first friend here, Erin we meet at tennis and then she started coming to my mums fitness classes.
My next friend was Lucy who was my old next door neighbour I remember when our families had dinner together we clicked straight away and we ended up making a friend magazine. Now school time My first day and I already had some good friends Tui, Jasmine and Ramona then after a couple of weeks I had way more friends named Tyla, Tule, Andrea...and lots more.


My Levin friends.

Brooke, Mania and Aleesha my best friends we meet on the first day of school when we were year 1’s  and we were almost in the same class the whole time we were at school. When we were split we became far apart but then last year we were reunited. Everytime I go back to Levin I will always be at one of their houses or at mine.

My friends are like sisters to me but  in  so many ways, they act the same and sometimes It’s like they think, the same!!! There even crazier than me at times but that’s what makes them my friends.

Thank-you to jasmine for editing my work click here if you would like to visit Jasmines blog.

Olympic Review

New Zealand has 9 medals on the table and is placed at number 17 in the world, which is only six behind Australia who are placed at number 11. While people’s republic of China take the lead.

New Zealand have Amazing athletes who hold world records and Olympic records. Some of our great athletes like Valerie Adams who won SILVER in shot put. GOLD winning rowers Hamish Bond, Mahe Drysdale, Eric Murphy, Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan all did extremely well and cyclist Simon van Velthooven who came third equal and won BRONZE.

Rowers Peter Taylor and Storm Uru are competing for to final lightweight doubles. Triathlete Andrea Hewitt who will go into her race being world number one and also expected to win.

Our Athletes have been so amazing even though some didn’t win they still tried their hardest and we are all so proud and maybe we can do better next time.Well done guys you all were amazing. Kia kaha stay strong.

ONE DIRECTION

  Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles,  Zayn Malik and louis Tomlinson.  
                                Together they are.      
      ONE DIRECTION
            I love this song and I decided to post It just because
                     I can’t get it out of my head and I hope
                              you love it as much as me.  
                                         That  song is
   Save You Tonight
 
            
 
 I, I wanna save you wanna save
                      your heart tonight
            he’ll only break you leave you torn
                                apart,  oh

             It’s a quarter three can’t sleep at
                         all your so overrated
                   If I told you jump I’d take the
                      fall and he wouldn’t take it
    
          
               All that you wants under your
                     nose, yeah you should
                     open your eye’s but
                        stay closed, closed

                  I, I wanna save you wanna save
                      your heart tonight
            he’ll only break you leave you torn
                                apart,  oh

               I can’t be your superman but
                  for you I’ll be superhuman



                   I, I wanna save ya, save ya,
                           save ya tonight

                 Oh, now your at home and he
                   don’t call cause he don’t
                      adore you to him you
                      you are just another
                        doll and I tried to
                                 warn ya


                  All that you need has been right
                        here, here I can see that
                        your holding back those
                                 tears, tears
      
  
                     I, I wanna save you wanna save
                      your heart tonight it
            he’ll only break you leave you torn
                                apart,  oh


                  I can’t be your superman but
                      for you I’ll be superhuman

                  I, I wanna save ya, save ya,
                           save ya tonight



               Up ,up and away I’ll take you with me
                Up ,up and away I’ll take you with me


                  I, I wanna save you wanna save
                      your heart tonight it
            he’ll only break you leave you torn
                                apart,  oh

      
                    I can’t be your superman but
                      for you I’ll be superhuman

     
I wanna save you, save you, save you tonight
I, I wanna save you, save you, save you tonight
 I wanna save you, save you, save you tonight


Oh and plus I am in LOVE with ONE DIRECTION

Olympics Opening Ceremony

Now over to you Tyler. Thanks Andrea. I’m at the opening ceremony here in London, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 at that’s the beginning of the opening ceremony..

The opening ceremony is a reflection of  the London 2012 Olympics Games based on sports, inspiration, youth and urban transformation. The opening ceremony is a showcase the best of the host and nation. It also, features a parade of all nation and the highly anticipation of the Olympic, flame.

The opening ceremony is the kick off of the whole Olympics it’s a chance to show off all the countries and athletes as they parade through the stadium. Then It’s on, let the games begin.

This was Tyler Janssen reporting live from london 2012 Olympics. Back to you Andrea.