William Stedman - Paralympics

This week for inquiry we have been researching about the Paralympics. The person I did my research on was William Stedman. He is a track runner and a long jumper. he has achieved many things, which makes him a great role model. You can look him up online or read my DLO on how great of an athlete he is.

Diet

This is my third DLO for inquiry. My teacher for this topic was Mr. Wong. We talked about how an Olympian doesn't only run, but also eats according to a strict diet. In this DLO we compared the diets between a long distance runner and a weightlifter. We also looked at the six different nutrients. If you would like to find out more, have a look inside this slide.

Inquiry - ancient and modern Olympics

Last week and this week is our last week for inquiry. This slide is about comparing the ancient and modern Olympics and also their similarities. We have lots of attributed images, prior knowledge, Olympic words, and much more. Have a look inside our Olympic changing DLO.

Olympic spirit

Yesterday we did current events. Our current event was about how two of these ladies helped each other throughout the running race at the Olympics. They both showed fair play which is what the Olympics are all about.

Olympic Athlete Silhouettes

Yesterday while most of our class was out at netball, we did art the whole day. For our art we were making silhouettes of people from different Olympic sports. The sport I chose was fencing because it is a sport that I have never tried and that I am really interested in. But the learning in this task was about sportsman ship. If we finished a step in our art work, we had to wait til everyone was finished. We had lots of fun.

Olympic venues then and now

We have been learning to consider both sides of a provocation so that we can make an informed opinion. Mrs Anderson asked us to think about if host countries should spend so much money on the Olympics. To make our informed opinions we had to search up different opinions on this question, one person saying yes and one person saying no. After searching for these opinions, we had to read these comments to form our own opinions on this question.  The pictures at the bottom of my DLO are the comparisons of the aquatic Olympic venue in Beijing 2008 on the left and what it looks like now on the right.

My Olympic Logo

This is my Olympic logo I have designed myself. Around the Olympic rings I have a mountain which represents Mount Everest (when Edmund Hillary from NZ was one of the first people to climb up it). On both sides there are 2 green ferns, which symbols our beautiful forests. The yellow arrows encourage other kiwis to aim high and reach the stars, if not, at least a mountain. At the bottom of the mountain is suppose to be the water around Mount Everest, representing our high achievements we have made as NZ. And lastly, the four red stars around the logo is the southern cross, like on our New Zealand flag.