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W.A.L.T we are learning to see the difference between fair and equal
Today we got given a injury and some were worse than others like a cut on leg and broken back then we went to Mr Gray to give us solution my one was a plaster and so was everyone else that helped me but for other people it didn't work at all we did this to get a understanding what is fair and what is equal.
This week we have been learning about the Olympics had to right a actricle about a famous athlete I chose the whole black ferns 7s team. I like this activity because I love sports. here is my article.
The Black Ferns Dominate The Competition
This year at the women's 7s tournament in Tokyo the New Zealand were hot favourites to win a medal. Their first game was against Kenya the black ferns won 29 to 7.The black ferns beat Fiji in the semi final with a game winner try in overtime.In the final the black ferns beat France 26 to 12. Their captain is Sarah Hirini, she was born in 1992. The black ferns were so pumped to get gold and so was New Zealand.
This week we have been learning about the Olympics, so we chose write about Emma Twigg because Her nephew is in our class his name is Rico.I really like this activity because we got look deep in the Olympics.
Emma Advances - By Room 1
Emma Twigg, serial Olympian, advanced to the semi finals with a convincing win in the Quarter finals last Sunday in Tokyo.
This is Emma’s fourth Olympics and her fourth time advancing to the Semi finals. In Rio she placed fourth by less than a second and she has returned reinvigorated by the culture in the NZ team and she says ‘it’s an honour wearing the Silver Fern’. She also has had expert coaching tips from her nephew who said she needs to train harder. After this advice she pushed herself to row over 26km daily which she told him from Tokyo.
She was encouraged to row by her father. She is a single sculler. She started rowing at the age of 14 while in Napier girls high school in 2001. When she was 16 she won her first national titleShe first represented New Zealand internationally at the 2003 World Rowing Junior Championships in Athens.As rowing became more serious, she moved from Napier to Cambridge to be at the high performance facility.Her fastest time is 7 minutes 35 seconds.She is a single sculler and has been a world champion in the last 10 years.she also won the Henley Royal Regatta. At the 2019 World Rowing Championship. Where she won silver.
I got my information from Wikipedia and this video
W.A.L.T Find equivalent fractions in order to simplify problems.
This week we have been learning about improper fractions. I didn't like it because what very hard and i didn't finish in time because it was very hard.
W.A.L.T. Identify, analyse, and record the various devices the writer has used to convey humour and irony
this week we have been looking at this poem called bad advice and we had to do this activity where we had to find words that meant the same as the words on the document. I liked this activity because we could use google to help us