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Thursday 21 August 2014

Catherine Mayo facts

                                                                 Catherine Mayo


1. born in  Auckland/ New Zealand.

2. shes been a member of goodreads since April 2013.

3. the types of books she makes is Young adults,Historical Fictions and Children.

4. shes made two books The Murder of Mykenai and The Bow.

5. she studied many things at Auckland University.

6. she was an apprentice on making Violins.

7. she has won several prizes in short story competition.



In Extension we have been learning about some authors Because next week we will be going to a show where some people will be reading there books. Here are some facts about one of the people who will be there her name is Catherine Mayo. And if you click her name at the top you will see where I got my Information.  

Tuesday 19 August 2014

The President Vocabulary



This is my vocabulary task.  As you can see underneath the pictures is words describing them.  Our teacher gave us some word and we had to search them and define them.

Monday 18 August 2014

Giving it a shot Debate

HERE IS THE DEBATE


The is about a girl called Lauren.  Lauren came 3rd in sprinting for school and her dad is not happy.  The dad said if she had trained she might have had a chance at 1st.

Thursday 14 August 2014

1990 Commonwealth Games Infomation

Did you know that the Commonwealth Games have been hosted by Aotearoa NZ 3 times? The years we have hosted are 1950 - in the city of Auckland, 1974 - Christchurch and 1990 - in Auckland. I have found out about the year 1990 and the details relating to the Commonwealth Games.

Tuesday 12 August 2014

War Diamante Poetry



This is my War poetry.  I wrote it to celebrate the brave people that fought for our country.

Wednesday 6 August 2014

Let The Games Begin

I have been waiting for this moment, the moment when New Zealand makes history, at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth games. The Games is when people train for 4 years just to maybe compete one time.  The Commonwealth Games have been going for about 84 years, and did you know The games use to be called The British Empire Games and it was called that from 1930 to 1974.

The first event I will be telling you about is Weightlifting, Weightlifting began in the 2nd century when a guy called Galen used halteres as an early form of a Dumbbell.  Weightlifting helps people out with their training like in Rugby, Bodybuilding, Basketball etc it helps them not to get injured and to keep fit.  The most gold medals won by anyone was Hossein Rezazadeh the Iranian with 11 gold and 2 bronze making him the top gold medal winner.

The next event I will be telling you about is The Rugby 7’s. Rugby is physical sport with tackling and hitting the ball up are both sore but if you score a try it’s 5 points and if you score a try and 2 points if you get a conversion. The Rugby 7’s event has just finished in the Commonwealth games and bronze medalist were Australia silver was New Zealand and South Africa took gold winning 17-12 against New Zealand.

The Third and final event I will be telling you about is long distance running. Usually the Kenyans take it out in the men’s but this year it was Michael Shelley the gold medalist from Australia. In Long Distance running you have to be really fit like me just kidding but if you watch long distance they are really skinny. 

I think the Commonwealth is good because those countries can be friendly and they won’t try to pick fights with each other.