I am a learner at Glen Taylor School in Auckland, New Zealand. I am in Room 13 and my teacher is Mrs Fonua
Friday, 20 August 2021
Thursday, 19 August 2021
Thursday, 29 July 2021
Mordern vs Ancient Olympics
#1 Our modern Games and the Ancient Olympics are different in many respects – our modern Games have 42 disciplines, compared to the six of the Classical world; today, men and women of all nationalities are invited to compete.
#2 The ancient Olympic games only allowed people of Greek descent to participate. The Salt Lake City Olympics featured 2600 athletes from 77 countries. Only a few hundred athletes participated in the ancient games.
#3 The ancient Olympic games were held as a religious event to honor the Greek God, Zeus. A hundred oxen were typically given as a sacrifice.
#4 The ancient Olympics yielded only one winner. A crown of olive leaves was placed on his head and a statue in his image was erected in Olympia. The current Salt Lake City Olympics feature 15 types of events, each with a Gold, Bronze, and Silver medalist (except when a game is rigged by the French, in which case two gold medals are given).
#5 The first modern Olympics in 1896 only had 300 athletes from 11 countries and just eight British. In Rio 2016, there were 11,303 athletes competing from 207 nations. The 1904 games in St Louis the poorest attended in terms of competitors and sometimes referred to as the worst of all time. Team GB sent no athletes at all!
#6 The official languages of the games are English and French, complemented by the official language of the host country.
#7 The 2012 London Games were the first Olympics in which all participating countries sent female athletes.
#8 The 2016 Games in Rio will mark the first time the Olympics are held in South America.
#9 The Olympic rings represent solidarity and unity among the continents of Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania, and Europe.
#10 The six colors – blue, yellow, black, green, red, and the white background – were chosen because every nation’s flag contains at least one of them.
Friday, 25 June 2021
Room 13 Awards
For the past 3 weeks Room 13 is been working really hard to be in the school on time and less student being absent. Room 13 won Alan's Class Attendance which represent the least percentage of students being absent in each class. Also Alan's Ready for Learning's award. which represnt the least amount of student being late across the school. I was lucky enough to represnt Room 13 and taking the award.
Thursday, 6 May 2021
Life Education
Today in Life Education Nicole came in to teach us about our feelings and what happens when we react.
I learnt that we had an upstairs and downstairs in our brain and that we had a lid we flip our lid when we get angry and the upstairs and downstairs communicates.