Hayley @ Greymouth High School

At our school we held a mini Olympics. On the day we had activities and games that everyone competed in a tried to win a medal. For third place they got a bronze medal. For second place we got a silver medal and for first place they got a gold medal. The games were gumboot throwing, tug of war, blindfolded bat house, egg survival course, dino hop and ring shooting. Each game / activity had a leader. I was the leader of gum boot throwing. What I enjoyed most about the day was watching people throw gumboots as far as they could. I found it funny that someone almost hit me with a gumboot! At the closing ceremony all the leaders had to choose 3 people overall to give a excellence award, friendship award and respect award. I gave Kieran (Room 1) the excellence award, Bella (Room 2) the friendship award and Mia (Room 6) the respect award. I chose these people because they were cheering people on, not mucking about and trying their best. On the day lots of people received medals - well done

Over the past few days we have been working on commentary. The task we were given was to write commentary about a running sport in the olympics. I chose the 100 metre sprint. I found it a bit challenging because I had never done it before but once I watched a video of Usain Bolt I got an idea of what I had to do. Here is my olympic commentary... Ok folks! Here at the Olympic Stadium, in Beijing, it's the final race time for the Men’s sprint in the 2008 summer olympic games. You all know what it is. It’s the 100 metre sprint! Lets kick start this and look at who we’v e got here today on the track. In lane one and five we’ve a couple of competitors from the Netherlands. Next in lane 4 we’ve got Usain Bolt from Jamaica, previous world record holder. He’s in his eye catching yellow and green singlet. Back in lane two we have Chen Ding and Wang Zhen in lane three. Both of them from China. Now, for the real excitement. On your mark, get ready, set…. GO! And they’re off, with Chi

I made a DLO about square roots. A DLO is a digital learning object that you make to show your understanding of what you have been learning. Here is mine...