Wednesday 24 August 2016

Gymnastics

Do you know much about gymnastics Rhythmic ? It’s an Olympic Sport.It started in 1984.


In Gymnastics there are two categories they are  artistic and rhythmic i’m focusing on rhythmic. In rhythmic there are 5 groups or more you have to look flawless. For you perform.  they perform  beam, floor routines, vault, bars and tricks.
beam is along bar  that stands on two legs. There is a Floor routines, balls, clubs, ribbons and hoops. Women are only allowed to compete in rhythmic gymnastics.


Go to this site Olympic.org to find out more about gymnastics and more Olympic sports.

Monday 15 August 2016

becoming a New Zealand citizen





How do you be a New Zealand citizen:

obey the laws
register to vote
pay tax
be a responsible New Zealander.

Wednesday 10 August 2016

Olympic

Countries that host the Olympics must show they have capacity space to hold the games and invest their own money into them. Through the influx of tourists the hosting country hope to gain more money during the Olympics. Ultimately the IOC decide which country gets to host them.

In 2012, the Olympics were held in London, United Kingdom. It was the third time London had hosted the games, the Olympics were hold there in 1908 and 1948. One of the upset games was in shot put, Valerie Adams claimed the gold medal only after it was found that her Belorussian opponent had tested positive for drugs.  

Tuesday 9 August 2016

NZ Olympian

The New Zealand Flag


My Holidays

In the first day of week of school we had school holiday I stayed home all day. I was playing on my Ipad with my brother. My brother and I had to share it. We were playing Mine craft. You have to survive crafting, kill skeletons and spiders and they updated the app. So go and downloaded the app because it fun and cool so go and downloaded it.

Wednesday 3 August 2016

Olympic games

The 2008 Olympic were held in Beijing, China. It was the first time woman could compete in boxing. Woman from Brunei, Qatar and Saudi Arabia were allowed to participate. This was consisted a big deal because woman in these country's are not equal with men. The games in china were one of the most expensive Olympics in historyImage result for olympic rings 

Tuesday 2 August 2016

Olympic History

Hook: Do you know about the ancient Olympic game?
It started at 776 BC in Olympia. There was one event it was 200 yard dash. It was only for men to compete in the nude the religious festival was held for the god Zeus was held every four years.  

In 391 AD Rome invaded Greece. Two years later the Olympics games were abolished. In 1896 a French men re-started the Modern Olympic games four years later  in 1900 women were allowed to compete. and the still are competing. There was nine games it was tennis, swimming , cycling, and others.         

This year the Olympics are held in Rio Brazil. The player I  support is Valerie Adams