Making Good Choices

Earlier this term, we have been going to visit Harold and Lynn in the Life education caravan. She has been talking to us about making good choices and keeping our body healthy. To keep your body healthy, you need to look after it. By looking after it I mean have a shower

Your body is special and unique and there has never been or will never be another you. Think of making positive choice and keeping your body healthy. If you take drugs that aren’t good for you, then something negative will happen.

The side effects for smoking are really bad. You will get lung cancer, heart attack or a stroke, asthma, kidney cancer and other things that are really bad. Sometimes you even have health problems like keeping your teeth clean. Smoking around your children is really bad because when they breath then they breath all of the smoke and influence in and that is really bad.

If I was ever to smoke in my life I wouldn't because smoking is really bad. The effects that smoking gives are really bad. So, if you ever want to quit smoking, then do it, you life depends on you.

Cross Country

Running on the field and struggling to get through the mud was very exhausting. At cross country, I had a goal and it was to run without stopping. But unfortunately I didn’t succeed. I was getting very tired of walking in the mud. There were teams like Takitimu, Te Arawa, Mataatua and Tainui, but the team that I am in is Tainui.

When we were at the starting line, I had butterflies and I was really nervous. Mr Burt came with his starting blocks and said the magic words to start off the race. “On your marks, get set, GO!!!” Everybody ran as fast as they could but some of us slowed down at the gates.

When I reached the gravel, that's when I saw the 12 year old girls catching up to me. I started to panic. But then I realised that I was sprinting and wasting my energy. I stopped to take a breath, then I kept running. “Oh no! Not again!” I said to myself as they ran past me. I was as dehydrated as a shrivelled plant on a hot sunny day.

When I reached the bush walk, there was a big muddy puddle and I  slipped in it. My friend started laughing so I had a little giggle as well. When we finished having a giggle, we carried on running to reach the finish. As soon as I got up to Taniwha street, I stopped and started to walk very calmly. I walked for a little bit then I started to run towards the bridge.  Mr Barks was standing on the bridge making a video of all the runners running past.

When I saw the finish line, I thought to myself “Hallelujah!!”
I felt really happy crossing the finish line. I felt like an athlete coming first in something because people were screaming out “Go Hueloata, you can do it!! ” But unfortunately, I didn’t come first. I came fifth. But still, I felt really happy and tired from that race.

Usain Bolt, A true sprinting legend

The unbeatable Jamaican Athlete Usain Bolt always crossing the finish line in incredible records like 19.19 seconds. Usain Bolt is as fast as lightning and as fierce as thunder. In Bolts words he said that the London Olympic games was when he was going to become a legend and he did!!! But not for the reasons that he thinks.   

Jacques Rogges, the president of the IOC ( International Olympics Committee ), says that bolt has to participate in 3 or 4 more olympic games to become legendary. Usain Bolt  won the the 200m sprint at two Olympic games. But still not enough to make him legendary. Becoming the first sprinter to win both of the 100m and 200m in two of the Olympic games again!! Still no change.

In the 80,000 seat Stadium, when he is on the track ready to run the people chant “ Usain, Usain do the bolt!! ” They didn’t do that for the other athletes. The crowd would go wild screaming “Do the Bolt.” As they were screaming, he pointed his finger to the sky in his trademark pose.

When he does his trademark pose, many people would scream and shout out his name. When I watch Usain Bolt run around the track, he inspires me to try and run my hardest when I run and to try my hardest at everything. One day, I would like to be in his shoes running around the track and breaking world records like his records.

Olympic Message

“The most important thing about the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part...just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle”. These are the words of Baron Pierre de Coubertin the founder of the Modern Olympics, also the designer of the olympic flag. As I read the Olympic message, it really motivates me to work harder and it doesn’t matter if you win or not.

If I had a say in what the olympic message means, I would say that it means to take part in something, represent your country and have a little fun doing it. It’s just like the 3 D’s Determination, Dedication and Desire. You are determined to win, you dedicate something to someone and you desire to have a gold medal.

I think that winning isn’t everything in life and that you have to sacrifice everything just to get up to the top of the board. Like you have to sacrifice your time, family, diet and other things. To get to the top of the board, there is one thing that you have to do, try your best!! It doesn’t matter if you have a bronze or silver medal it just matters that you are on the board.

To achieve a goal, you have to practise, practise and practise till you reach the end. There are many ways to achieve a goal like practise everyday, practice once a week or don’t practise at all. If you don’t practise at all then you will not achieve your goal. If you practise everyday or once a week, then you you will achieve anything.

If I was to achieve a goal, then I would practice at least once a week or twice a week. I would feel really happy if I was to achieve my goal, skipping for at least 1 minute of 2. How would you achieve your goal if you had one ?

Olympic Message

“The most important thing about the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part...just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle”. These are the words of Baron Pierre de Coubertin the founder of the Modern Olympics, also the designer of the olympic flag. As I read the Olympic message, it really motivates me to work harder and it doesn’t matter if you win or not.

If I had a say in what the olympic message means, I would say that it means to take part in something, represent your country and have a little fun doing it. It’s just like the 3 D’s Determination, Dedication and Desire. You are determined to win, you dedicate something to someone and you desire to have a gold medal.

I think that winning isn’t everything in life and that you have to sacrifice everything just to get up to the top of the board. Like you have to sacrifice your time, family, diet and other things. To get to the top of the board, there is one thing that you have to do, try your best!! It doesn’t matter if you have a bronze or silver medal it just matters that you are on the board.

To achieve a goal, you have to practise, practise and practise till you reach the end. There are many ways to achieve a goal like practise everyday, practice once a week or don’t practise at all. If you don’t practise at all then you will not achieve your goal. If you practise everyday or once a week, then you you will achieve anything.

If I was to achieve a goal, then I would practice at least once a week or twice a week. I would feel really happy if I was to achieve my goal, skipping for at least 1 minute of 2. How would you achieve your goal if you had one ?

Keep your head high

Looking very proud, the asian athlete stands up showing everybody her gold medal and flowers. As she holds her gold medal up, she has a victorious look on her face. She now knows that she is a champion standing there on the podium with a medal in one hand and flowers in the other. As she stands on the podium, she feels like she's on top of the world. As the Asian athlete smiled with excitement, the audience applauded her as she stood on the podium.

Champions never give up

“ Yeah”, the team screams as one of the team members scored the winning score. They’re screaming with excitement as they run across the field. As the proud footballers shout with joy, they are wildly running and sharing that they won. The crowd and the team goes wild as they kick their winning goal in. Screaming and shouting with victorious voices, they all run with joy and they celebrate with each other.