Olympic Trampoline

Leap, flip, jump is what these competitors set out to do, all becoming a significant athlete. Trampolining is the sport I am talking about, our task this week is to pick a sport in the Olympics that we don’t really know much about.

The first trampoline was created by George Nissen and larry Griswold. They experimented by stretching the fabric for the tramp by using taut, (which is strong fabric) then  stretch over the steel frame and coiled springs to hold the fabric down.

Trampolining is a competitive sport, in which is the same as gymnastics and acrobatics performed in the air and bouncing on a trampoline. This sport includes simple jumps, and getting as high as you possibly can, and trying to be the best.

I have learnt a lot about this sport and would like to try it myself. Only one day, 19 hours, and 45 minutes until it all begins.


Special thanks to Tyla Baker for helping me edit my work.

Olympics

Hello, and welcome to this edition of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Today, I’m going to be telling you all about the rings, and how this great event began.  I know that you can’t phone in to my broadcast, but you can leave your thoughts in a comment.  Without further ado, Ladies and gentlemen, I bring to you... “The Rings!



These babies come in all shapes and sizes well, only circles really. Africa, America, Europe, Oceania and wait for it Asia are all representatives of the five rings.The interlocking means bringing the countries together which is called “ The Olympic movement”. 

Have you ever wondered how the Olympics started? well here it is folks.The first Olympic Games were held in Olympia Greece in 776 BC which means 776 years before Jesus was born. At that time the games were played in the honour of the  Greek gods and after the great festival.

So ladies and gentlemen I’ m sorry but this is the last of my broadcast stay tuned for more news from the OLYMPICS.

Holidays

This week’s piece of writing is a follow up from last terms My best piece of writing that I did about the holidays as well. I remember saying that I had to choose between  superpass and My friend back in levin.


Well you might be wondering, well come on then tell us. I did the well kinda superpass it didn‘t turn out how I planned it to.
We did Rainbows end and crystal mountain  and here’s why.

The herald said that you could do crystal mountain, Rangitoto, Rainbows end and Kelly Tarltons for $39 dollars per person but they were wrong. So we  went to sky city to buy the passes but to find that they were $179 dollars per person and they said that the superpass wasn’t ever out and that article was dated back to 2005 so I think you can guess how mad we were.


Mad  there’s only one word MAD but I’m kind of happy mumbling to myself ( hehe I don’t have to walk to the top of Rangitoto YAY). Those holidays were the best I hope I can do it again.

My Best Piece of Writing

This week our task is to write our best piece of writing  it can be about what ever we want. So I decided to writing about the holidays and how much fun they will be. Maybe!


Here’s the good news, For my birthday, my friend Hannah bought me a superpass from Rainbows End. But wait it’s not just for Rainbows End  you can go to Crystal Mountain, Butterfly Creek, Kelly Tarlton's, walking to the top of Rangitoto and  also go up to the sky tower. I know what you're thinking right now, and it’s probably something like, WOW, what a lucky girl.  I agree, but as I alluded to earlier, there are some potential problems with this wonderful gift.


What’s the bad news? Well, how do I choose between my best friend and doing all this fun stuff? It’s hard, but that is exactly what I’ve been asked to do.  You might be thinking the super pass all the way but here’s why that’s not so easy. I want My friend Aleesha to come up to  Auckland and do all that fun stuff with me but she won’t fly by herself. But now that I think about It really need to go down to Levin and see my nan before she leaves for Aussie.

Now the hard decision is the problem, do I choose to have an amazing fun ride or friends and family. Stayed tuned to find out
more after the holidays.


Special thanks to Mr Barks For helping my on this piece of writing.

Waitarere Beach.

Last week we have been given an assignment that includes selecting a favorite place and writing about it. We have been given the task of taking the shot and drawing it in a style of one of the famous artists we are studying


Now folks introducing you to my favourite place... Waitarere Beach! You might know this beach by the shipwreck hyderabad which sank and ended up on the waterfront but don’t try going there now cause all you’ll see is sand.


Waitarere beach brings back lots of memories for me. Memories like having a bach right by the water, rolling down the sand dunes with Moana and Charlie (my cousins) , riding the motorbike with kyle and having a mud fight with all the cuzzies. I especially enjoy the beach because my best friend Aleesha stayed there with me plenty of times and now we both love it so much.


Vincent Van Gogh is he particular to chose as an artist. The reason for it, it is just simply the way the picture flows and how he expressed his feeling in his art work. Especially by all the bright or dark colour to describe how he was felling.


Everyone has a special place that they’d like to be to just have fun!



Special thanks to Aleesha for taking the pic for me, Tyla for helping me by editing and reading over and over to get it perfect.

Angel Experiment reflective writing

Angel Experiment

   This term we have been given the chance to do a novel study. We have been challenged with trying to understand this extended text with lots of new and exciting vocabulary. Mr Barks has asked us to respond to what we thought about each chapter and the vocabulary. To help us do this Mr Barks has been meeting with us and talking about the story so far.  

   I’d like to tell you a little bit about, the main characters in this story. They are not so normal, have a hard life, no parents and were created by mad scientists! Seriously...MAD SCIENTISTS! Their names are Gasman, Iggy, Nudge, Angel, Fang and last but not least Max the leader.
 Max is well.. the mum she looks after them tells them what to do and keeps them under control and out of trouble. Gasman is the one who isn’t afraid to let it off one whether it’s silent and violent or loud and proud. Iggy well it’s sad to say this but he is blind the scientist tried to fix his night vision but something went wrong and now he is completely blind. Nudge well he’s just a plain old simple boy.

Angel is the youngest in the family and one special thing she can read minds. Fang is the second oldest he has always got Max’s back.

   They were raised in a place, a school but not just any ordinary school, It’s really a lab where they were kept in cages because they weren’t normal. Oh and have I told you about the ERASERS well they were used as guards at the school they just wanted to well kill their family and now they’re off to get them. There running for their lives and now Angel the youngest, she is gone. The erasers have taken her and she is now back at the SCHOOL.

   I really hope you have liked my version in this story and if. I suggest you read it, a special thanks to Ramona for helping me edit this piece of writing.
Stay tuned for more on this book.

My friends and I

See this picture... This is Sabi, Sabi a thai restaurant in Remuera.  This is were my friends Lucy, Amber, Poppy and I went for dinner on Saturday night, for Lucy’s birthday.

           Before that we were all at Lucy’s house where we played pass the passel, wrap the mummy in toilet paper and cut the chocolate game, where I lost. I only got one bit of chocolate at the end cause that was the only bit left.  I know those games sound childish but they are still so much fun for eleven, twelve and thirteen year olds to play me being the youngest of course.

We all got dressed up with our dresses and our chucks and when we got there we went straight into the restaurant and sat at our table and ordered our meals but when we got them they were massive so we decided to share them. We went back to Lucy’s house and had dessert chocolate brownie and ice cream  OML it was so good.

I think we all had a good time taking photos’ laughing and just being with each other because we hadn't seen each other since before the holidays. It was so fun can’t wait till next time.