Cross Country

This term we started our cross country training by going out each morning for circuit training. This got our heart pumping and then we started practicing running around the field pacing ourselves so that we didn't run out of puff! We made the field into a butterfly with one side of the field (butterfly wing) a walking side and the other a running side. Then everyone had to try their best to sprint down the middle of the cricket pitch. After each lap we collected an iceblock stick and tallied these up in our books.
Congratulations to everyone that gave it a go!
And another congratulations to Amelia (who came fourth in the 7-year-old girls) Gina (who came third in the 7-year-old girls).

Cultural Performances

Every Wednesday afternoon the Middle Syndicate students that want to learn Kapa Haka head to the hall. This reduced some Middle Syndicate classes to a quarter of its normal size. This got us thinking of the best way to utilise the time. With a gymsport festival promoting participation in aerobics, hip hop and cheerleading we put together teams to give it a try. While we didn't enter the gymsport competition we spend five part afternoons creating a routine and praticing it. We then performed to our parents with the Kapa Haka group as well.
Take a look at what we came up with.

When was the Olympics first televised?-Group 7

Germany hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin.  These games were televised by two German firms, Telefunken and Fernseh, the using RCA and  Farnsworth equipment,  This marked the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history. Four different areas were telecast using three cameras.  In total, 72 hours of live transmission went over the airwaves to special viewing booths, called "Public Television Offices" in Berlin and Potsdam.

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1936%20German%20Olympics%20TV%20Program.htm

Room 11's Assembly

Room 11 have recently performed our assembly to the rest of the school.
It is always exciting to share our learning with other people and to get up on stage!
Our assembly consisted of us sharing our voicethread on why we thought Te Reo Maori was an important language to learn and learning about the culture. Then we shared our dramas about the five different Maori legends we looked at during Maori Language Week, with our artwork that we created during that week on the back wall. We showed off some magic with our magic maths of cutting a hole in an A4 piece of paper big enough for the teachers to fit through and the card trick where you can tell the person how much the cards add up to just by being told how many cards facing upwards are red. We shared a bit about our Olympics research with Frankton and a few interesting facts we had already discovered. Next we read out our Who Am I? Fairytale character descriptions, heaps of people in the audience knew Snow White and Cinderella but the Ugly Duckling was a bit harder. Lastly we performed the twisted fairytale of One Fierce Dog and Three Sneaky Cats written by Gina, Sofia, Tawhiao and Rhiannon.
Everyone did so well especially because we had a couple of people away on the day of our assembly that had practiced their parts well and at the last minute someone else had to quickly read their part. We also had some technical difficulties with the laptop dying that had all the music ready to go but in true show style, we knew that the 'SHOW MUST GO ON,' and we kept our cool and carried on.
WELL DONE  ROOM 11 YOU CAN BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR PERFORMANCE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOL PRODUCTION IN A FEW WEEKS TIME.

How triathletes get to the Olympics

A maximum of three men and three women may be selected for the New Zealand Triathlon Team.

 The selectors will select athletes for nomination to the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC). The NZOC will select athletes for the Team.

Athletes must submit to a fitness test and/or medical examination

register no later than 6 months prior to the games

 Athletes must qualify through the ITU London Olympic Games Qualifying Criteria (as attached) and will not be eligible to qualify through host nation or tripartite commission Invitation place.

http://www.triathlon.org.nz/index.php/page/london-olympicsNew Zealand has the right to 2 male and 2 female starts for the London Olympics from the ITU London Olympic Games Qualifying Criteria. New Zealand must earn the right to the 3rd male and 3rd female starts. To qualify for the additional (3rd) start New Zealand¡¦s third ranked athlete must qualify New Zealand as the eighth ranked country or higher through the ITU London Olympic Games Qualifying Criteria If there are places remaining,
If any athletes who had been previously selected in Race 1 (or Race 1 additional selection event were to race in Race 2 the NZ selection qualifying place (but not the race place) would roll down to the next previously unqualified person who meets the criteria.

The maximum of three (3) places will be allocated to the first eight (8) NOCs to have three (3) athletes eligible through the ITU Continental Olympic Qualification Events, the 2011 ITU World Olympic Qualification Event and then the ITU Olympic Qualification List (in that order).
 the first placed New Zealand male and female finishers in Race 2 will be eligible for nomination to NZOC providing they finish in the top 8 places in the elite field.

Maths Week 2012

This week is maths week so we have been doing some problem solving. Check out how we worked out the problem below.

Group 3-Olympic Research

Created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914, the Olympic flag contains five interconnected rings on a white background. The five rings symbolize the five significant continents and are interconnected to symbolize the friendship to be gained from these international competitions. The rings, from left to right, are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The colors were chosen because at least one of them appeared on the flag of every country in the world. The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/greateventsofthecentury/a/olympicfacts.htm

The Five Rings on the Olympic Flag The rings on the Olympic flag represent the five continents of the world that have come together in the Olympic spirit. Every country in the world has at least one of the colors of the rings in their flag, blue, black and red (top colors) ･ yellow, green (bottom colors).

The five continents they count are North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. They do not include Australia, or Antarctica

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_the_olympic_flag_have_five_rings#ixzz23lYry9fQ

According to most accounts, the rings were adopted by Baron Pierre de Coubertin (founder of the modern Olympic Movement) in 1913 after he saw a similar design on an artifact from ancient Greece. The five rings represent the five major regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Every national flag in the world includes at least one of the five colors, which are (from left to right) blue, yellow, black, green, and red. It is important to emphasize that Pierre de Coubertin never said nor wrote that the colors of the rings were linked with the different continents

The Olympic Flag made its debut at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. At the end of each Olympic Games, the mayor of that host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city. It then rests at the town hall of the next host-city for four years until the Opening Ceremony of their Olympic Games

Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_the_five_interlocking_rings_of_the_Olympic_symbol_represent#ixzz23lfzkIBh

Group 1-On the Olympic Park with Kevin McCloud - London 2012 Olympics

On the Olympic Park with Kevin McCloud - London 2012 Olympics

It keeps itself cool in the day and warm in the night. They won't need to turn on air conditioning or heaters which will save power.
Used steel cables instead of steel girdles saved a thousand tonnes of steel. This is a lot of steel that they didn't have to use.

Olympic Research-Group 2

List of Olympic Host Countries

Country	Summer Games
USA	1904, 1932, 1984, 1996
France	1900, 1924
Germany	1936, 1972
Greece	1896, (1906), 2004
Italy	1960
Japan	1964
Canada	1976
UK	1908, 1948, 2012
Australia	1956, 2000
Switzerland
Norway
Austria
Russia/USSR	1980
Sweden	1912
Belgium	1920
Holland	1928
Finland	1952
Mexico	1968
South Korea	1988
Spain	1992
China	2008
Yugoslavia
Brazil	(2016)

We found this at;
http://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/hosts/list-countries.htm

Year	City	Country	Opening Date	Close Date	Leading Country
1896	Athens	Greece	6th April	15th April	United States
1900	Paris	France	14th May	28th October	France
1904	St. Louis	United States	1st July	23rd November	United States
1908	London	United Kingdom	27th April	31st October	France
1912	Stockholm	Sweden	5th May	27th July	United States
1916	Berlin	Germany	Cancelled due to World War I
1920	Antwerp	Belgium	20th April	12th September	United States
1924	Paris	France	4th May	27th July	United States
1928	Amsterdam	Netherlands	17th May	12th August	United States
1932	Los Angeles	United States	30th July	14th August	United States
1936	Berlin	Germany	1st August	16th August	Germany
1940	Tokyo	Japan	Cancelled due to World War II
1944	London	United Kingdom	Cancelled due to World War II
1948	London	United Kingdom	29th July	14th August	United States
1952	Helsinki	Finland	19th July	3rd August	United States
1956	Stockholm Melbourne	Sweden Australia	22nd November	8th December	Soviet Union
1960	Rome	Italy	25th August	11th September	Soviet Union
1964	Tokyo	Japan	10th October	24th October	United States
1968	Mexico City	Mexico	12th October	27th October	United States
1972	Munich	West Germany	26th August	11th September	Soviet Union
1976	Montreal	Canada	17th July	1st August	Soviet Union
1980	Moscow	Soviet Union	19th July	3rd August	Soviet Union
1984	Los Angeles	United States	28th July	12th August	United States
1988	Seoul	South Korea	17th September	2nd October	Soviet Union
1992	Barcelona	Spain	25th July	9th August	Unified Team
1996	Atlanta	United States	19th July	4th August	United States
2000	Sydney	Australia	15th September	1st October	United States
2004	Athens	Greece	13th August	29th August	United States
2008	Beijing	China	8th August	24th August	China
2012	London	United Kingdom	27th July	12th August	To be decided
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5th August	21st August	To be decided

We found this at;

http://yesiknowthat.com/countries-hosting-olympic-games/