Olympic Booklet

 This term one of our Inquiry topic is Olympics. At the start of the term we got given booklets that the teachers printed from Kiwi Kids News. Our booklets have lot's of tasks to do with the Olympics and Paralympics. I enjoy researching and finding out new things.  How much do you know about the Olympics? 

In the booklets, we also have our favourite Kiwi Olympic athlete and Kiwi Paralympic athlete. My favourite Olympic athlete is Emma Twigg, a 34 year old that won gold in rowing at this years Olympics. My favourite Paralympic athlete is Sophie Pascoe, a 28 year old that has won nine gold medals and six silver medals in swimming. Who would be your favourite Kiwi Olympic and Paralympic athletes?

Here is what the cover looks like: 

I love working on my booklet and it makes me feel more ready for Intermediate next year with all this knowledge about the Olympics. Would you enjoy filling in a booklet like this? I know I enjoy it! 

 

Reading Questions

This term, in our L3+ Reading group, our teacher set us questions and we would find a book, that isn't in a series, to answer them. I chose 'The Midnight Gang' by David Walliams. Here are my answers:

Midnight Gang

1. I chose this book because it had a nice message to it and I liked other books that the author had written.

2. If I was Tom, the main character, I would have stayed with Sally instead of leaving her on her own, and because of her illness she would want some company. 

3. If this book was a TV show the actors I would put in it would be: Andrea Barber as Tootsie,  Candace Cameron Bure as Tom’s mum, Paris Berelc as Matron, Isabel May as Amber, Finn Carr as Tom, Elias Harger as George, Mckenna Grace as Sally and Michael Champion as Robin.

4. The book is set in London, England.

5. If Tom lived next door to me, yes, I would be friends because he could introduce me to the other characters.

6. In my head, the setting looks exactly like London and I would definitely want to visit there.

7. The two new words I learnt were 'adversary' and 'pantomime'. Adversary means opponent or rival, and pantomime means faking, like in The Midnight Gang, Tom was pretending to sleep or be in a pantomime of sleep.

8. I think the author wrote this because he wanted kids to have a laugh and show them that, one day, your dreams will come true.

9. I chose this book myself, but sometimes other peoples choice of books do help me change vary my choices of books to read.