Olympic Symbols

Olympic Symbols

The colours of the Olympic rings are blue, black, red, yellow and green. If you win you will get a gold medal if you come second you will get a silver medal and if you get third you will get a brown medal on the back of the medals it has the rings. 

They hold the torch while they are running. The torch is carried. The Olympic torch is carried by athletes on the boat and plane. The Olympic torch goes around the world. Before the game the torch is lit after the game the torch is put out.

By Lily

Olympic Symbols

The Olympic rings stand for peace and co-operation. And the Olympic colours are red, yellow, black, green and blue.

The Olympic torch is a cone shape torch and it’s gold. The athletes carry the torch around the world. When the cauldron is lit the Olympics starts when it is extinguished the Olympic games are over.

By Joe

Olympic Symbols

The colours on the Olympic rings are blue, black, red, green and yellow. When you see the Olympic rings you know the Olympics are going to start. Every flag  has also got at least one colour from a ring.

The Olympics torch is carried on a plane or on a boat or on foot. The torch is lit in London this year. The torch is lit all through the games. When the torch goes out it means that the Olympics is over.

By Elsie

Nga Tae - The colours

Whakanuia Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Celebrate Māori Language Week

Māori Language Week

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2012, Māori Language Week is Monday, 23 July to Sunday, 29th July.


Challenge

Try reading one of New Zealand's longest place names:

The name on the sign that marks the hill is "Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu", which translates roughly as "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one". At 85 letters, it has been listed in the Guinness World Records as one of the longest place names in the world.

Pukeko Art

One moment in the holidays......

Australia Zoo by Francie
In the holidays I went to Australia Zoo. At the zoo there was Echo the giant croc. Crikey it was more then a dolphin. I saw the croc jump up. I had fun! I also liked the red kangaroos they were so soft. The kiwis were cute. I also went to Sea World as well!

Holding Snakes by Lachlan
On Tuesday I went to the wild life park. I saw lots of reptiles but my most favourite reptile were the snakes and I was allowed to hold a snake. It wasn't slimy it was dry and it was fantastic.

Sleep over by Emmylou 

On Saturday Petra came for a sleep over and we played strawberry shortcake. It was fun then we had dinner. Next we put on our PJ's. Then we brushed our teeth then we went to sleep. The next day we played lalaloopsy then we went to a cafe. We ate up all our food we sat in comfy chairs. Then we went home in the wet soggy rain.

Term 3 Day 1

We had a fantastic first day back at school. In our news groups we shared what we had done in the holidays and where we had visited. We then wrote our name and the place we visited on a piece of paper to attach to our classroom map.  We are going to write about one moment in the holidays using lots of descriptive language. We started learning about NZ currency and what the symbols are on each NZ coin. In the afternoon we started our pukeko art which we will put onto the blog once we are finished. Wow what a busy day...............