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The Olympics were first held in 776 BC. The first Olympic stadium was named Panathenaic stadium and most of the Olympics players were track runners. The modern Olympics started again in 1896.

Last week I was researching a New Zealand athlete, and his name is David Liti. He is a New Zealand athlete. David Liti is the only person in New Zealand that is competing as a weight lifter at the Olympics 2024.  He once broke the National world record by lifting 230 kgs in the clean and jerk. David Liti has won 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal but not at the Olympics. David Liti is performing at the South Paris Arena. He is Tongan but he is playing for New Zealand.

Keith Haring was born in 1958. He was born in Kutztown in Pennsylvania. He was an artist. He started his career by drawing in the subways. He also drew cool pictures on big buildings. He once drew People doing Olympic sports. Room 6 and I drew a picture. Here is my picture I drew.

During this international language week, i researched my country, my culture and my language. i come from Tonga

Tortoises and turtles look similar but they are quite different. Turtles have big flippers and tortoises have toes and claws. They are both slow eaters and they are herbivores.Tortoises have a longer lifespan than turtles because they live for 100-150 years while turtles live for 20-30 years. They both lay eggs on land and they also have tails  but they are small. Turtles have thin shells however tortoises have thick shells.Turtles have wavy patterns while tortoises have dotted patterns on the shells.

This week on Tuesday afternoon Room 6 and Room 7 had an idea from Bell and Mrs Agnew thought that we should make an outfit out of recycled materials. Mr Bell and Mrs Agnew found some recycled material in the art shed and we also brought some from home.

We had heaps of cardboard, cardboard pipes, boxes, plastic, newspaper and other things. The next day we were creating outfits. I was going to be an astronaut but I chose to be a knight because there was an army of knights in Room 7. I started off with a cardboard box.

I cut a hole in the cardboard box and I put my head in it and it looked like armour and I kept it as a chestplate. On Wednesday I thought of an idea of making an axe, sword or a hook for my weapon. I chose a hook. I got a spare cardboard box and cut it like a hook.

On Thursday it was the day for our fashion show. Room 6 walked to room 7 and waited for the whole school to come. There was an entrance to Room 7 that we could walk in.The animals went first and after their turn I had to go up with my partner Theo and I was a little bit nervous.

 When I walked in they were screaming very loud. I was walking calmly and went out of the room when I finished and I was surprised. My ears were ringing because of their screaming. I wanted to go again and we had a chance to go again. I was happy.                                                                               

the Young Ocean Explorers learning we have been doing this term with Mr Bell and Mrs Agnew was exhausting and fun.

Littering is a bad thing to do and we should NEVER let it happen around us. When rubbish gets thrown away it gets sucked into drains and flows down to the ocean where sea plants and animals live. Rubbish and the sea are not friends.

Litter is bad for the ocean because if a sea animal like a turtle eats a plastic lid the turtle might choke and die. I saw a turtle wrapped around with plastic and it couldn’t grow. Its body was deformed.This is very sad.

I saw plastic bottles flowing around at Anchor Bay beach once and I saw people picking up the plastic bottles. My family and I helped the people. There were big bins that we put the rubbish into. This is what all communities should do but if no one littered then others wouldn’t have to pick up our rubbish!

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 1.6 million square kilometres big. It is the largest amount of litter in the world. If we were to clear up the rubbish from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch scientists think it would take 1-2 years of non-stop cleaning.

I hope you have learned to not litter. I am trying my best to not litter and to Recycle, Reuse, Reduce and to Refuse to use ‘one use’ cups and plastic. If we all did this everyday, imagine how clean and healthy our environment would be.

Last Thursday it was a beautiful sunny day to go sailing. Room 7 and Room 6 marched down to Panmure Basin to practise sailing. We walked there for 5 minutes and everyone was tired except for Geo, Kava, Me and Jaeden. Once we were there there was a lady, Steph, who taught us how to sail. Steph had two partners that helped us if we were in trouble.

Room 7 went sailing first and Room 6 was on land. There were activities on land that were fun to learn about. I wanted to go on the boat first but we just had to wait patiently for Room 7 to finish their turn.

We learned about pulleys and knots.The first activity was to put sand in a bag. It was 4 kg we tied a pulley to the bag and tied it to a knot and we had to try and pull it. 

After 1 and a half hours it was our turn to go sailing. I was sailing with my friend Kava. We were bad at the start but when we kept trying we got better at sailing. Me and my other friend swapped boats. Steph asked me if I wanted to sail by myself and I said yes. I was afraid the first few minutes because I had to do two jobs at a time.

For a few minutes I was feeling proud of myself because I learnt something new. I was exuberant. I was sailing fast and I almost lost control. My other friends needed some help and I helped them.

They announced the best sailor of the day and they picked me because I was sailing by myself very well.

It was time to go back to school.I was happy when we came back from sailing because I was exhausted.It was an enjoyable experience.

Sailing was fun.I had a very exuberant day.I was sad because i wanted to go back to sailing but i hope we go sailing again.

A few weeks ago it was the start of Lent and I made a Lenten promise. My promise was to follow Jesus by being kind and compassionate. At school last week, Ramsey fell down and I went to help him up and make sure he was ok. I will continue trying to keep my promise for the rest of Lent.