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for the past 2 weeks me and my class have been learning about the social impacts in the Olympics. We have to write a script for a podcast that we are going to make. And learning how to record and edit the podcasts. The social impact that I chose was racism. Racism is bad because it discriminates against those of color and that is not fair.

Here is the reflection and the podcast.

What do you like about the Olympics?

This week we have been learning about human rights in sports focusing on the Olympics. Our create task was.

Today in PBL we are going to be exploring and unpacking moments in previous Olympic Games that have involved racism and social inequality.

Choose one of the examples below; Jessie Owens and Tommie Smith & John Carlo (I picked Jesse Owens)

In a group unpack the athlete/s and fill in the following google drawing. Think about why that athlete has been chosen. There are a range of articles, images and videos for you to take.

Here is my task

Have you heard of Jesse Owens?

This week for RE we were learning about confirmation. And how in confirmation you pick a saint to be with for the rest of your life. We now know that confirmation is a sacrament of initiation. And that confirmation is way of receiving the Holy spirit in a special way. This was our create task during Confirmation, we choose a Saint to help guide us. Who is your favourite Saint? If you have been confirmed-who did you choose? Write a fact file about this Saint including why they became a Saint.

Here is my task

Who is your favorite Saint?

This week for Te reo we have been learning about language in sports. At the Olympics like in sailing how to say, the Perfect (weather) conditions is Paruhi kau ana!. We had to make a slide of any sports in the Olympics and we had to do 5 phrases and mote over them. My sport was basketball here is my task.

What is your favorite Olympic sport?

This week for Reading we have been learning about the Paralympics. Our goal for this week was to independently predict, interpret and analyse text, ‘reading between the lines to gain a deeper meaning. Also to identify several ideas, discuss the author’s stance or purpose, and understand relationships in the text. Our Create task was to choose a New Zealand Paralympic athlete competing at the 2024 Paralympic games. Use Canva, Google drawings or slides to design an assistive to aid their specific impairment as they compete in their sport. Provide these attributes in your create task the overall purpose of the device,the key features of the device and the impairment the device will assist.

Here is my task

Have You ever watched the paralympics? on TV or in real life?
 

This week for reading we were learning about some Olympic athletes specifically New Zealand Olympic athletes. We learnt about Hamish Kerr the New Zealand high jumper, Tom Walsh New Zealand shot putter. We also learnt about Lydia Ko The New Zealand Golfer and Lisa carrington The New Zealand canoe sprinter. our goal for this week was to make connections between texts and own life experiences, using more sophisticated texts. we also had another Goal and that was think while reading, pick up new information, and come up with new ideas and new thinking. Our create task was.

Imagine you are a young New Zealand athlete training for your first Olympic Games. Describe your chosen sport, your training routine, your emotions, and your hopes for the competition.

What challenges might you face?

How will you overcome them?

Here is my task.

What is your favorite sport?
 

This week for PBL (Project based learning) we have been doing things about the Olympics. We learnt about Mascots, Medals and the Olympic torch. Olympic medals symbolise the peak of athlete’s achievement. The Olympic torch represents the light of spirit knowledge and life. The Olympic mascots embody the spirit of the host city. Our Create task was Using an AI generator of your choice (i.e. Canva, kidgeni etc.), design a mascot, medal, and torch that would be suitable for an Olympic Games held in New Zealand. Once you have created these three images head to MyMaps and create a route around New Zealand that hits all the best spots that the Olympic Torch should go.

Here is my task.

What would you have done for the torch run?

and where would you go?

This week we have been learning about the Olympics. We have been learning about the Ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics our create task this week was to create a new Olympic symbol.  Our goal was to understand how Olympic symbols have changed over time to reflect different cultures and the changing world.

This is my create task

Each ring represents a country, red is America, Black is Africa, Yellow is Asia, Blue is Europe and Green is Oceania. And the torch represents the light of spirit, knowledge and life.

What is your favorite Olympic sport?

This week for reading we are learning about the ancient Olympics. Because the Olympics are coming up the opening ceremony is tomorrow for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Our create task was that we had to pretend we were an athlete in the ancient Olympics and how it was and what it looked like. I chose to be an athlete who is competing in the hoplite race the hoplite race is a race when you wear armor and hold a shield and run 400 meters.

Here is my create task.

What is your favorite Olympic sport?

This week for RE we wrote a poem about our common home (Laudato Si). We were able to choose any poem we would like. This was the create task. Reflect on your personal experiences with nature and how they connect to God’s presence. Write a poem that captures the beauty and complexity of creation. Include descriptions of how you see God in the natural world. The poem that i chose to do was the Haiku poem if you don’t know what a Haiku poem is it is a poem which the first line has 5 syllables the second line has 7 syllables the 3rd line has 5 syllables again people call it 5-7-5.

Here is my Haiku poem.

What is your favorite type of poem?