Making Choices

For the last few weeks our class, room 21 went out to learn things at the Life Education van. The thing I found most interested in, or what I have learnt was making the right choice for what goes in my body to keep myself nice and healthy. The thing I learnt that can damage your body was smoking and drinking alcohol. Did you know that cigarettes has over 4000 chemicals in it and it can kill you.

Making Choices can be one of the most hardest thing to do. Peer Pressure is when people pressure you to make a decision that is very pressuring. One of the most things that people pressure you about is smoking. Lots of people smoke because they think that it is cool but it ain’t. Thousands of chemicals are in one cigarette. Do you know? That if you smoke your lungs will become blacker than night.

Cross Country

I was really nervous about this race. I wanted to beat my friends Ahsin, Crusader Kingston and Kingston Puru. They all really wanted to beat me so I wanted to beat them. We’ve always had a rivalry between each other but this year we had the biggest rivalry ever. I had practised this whole year for this race. I was motivated to win. I really wanted to win.

Mr Burt said “READY SET GO”. I jogged with my friends. We tried to keep up with the leading pack but we couldn't. It was really embarrassing coming in the last pack while everyone was looking, but I just keep going. Then I got to the mud. It was horrible, my shoes were covered in mud. As I was running I was getting tired because the mud was weighing me down but I just kept going.

As my friends and I went through the bush walk we started walking. I wanted to run but they said “walk”. Then we got to the first bridge and we started running. I found it a lot easier running through the bush walk. But there were lots of slippery places in there. You had to be careful. We started walking because we were tired and then we caught up to some of the 12 year old girls.


They were in our way so we told them to move but they wouldn’t. So we overtook them and we boosted it from them. We got to the point England reserve where we had to do the last lap around it before we head back to school to finish the race. I was just about to jog all around it before my mates said “walk man”. I was getting angry because we were taking long to walk the reserve. We finished the race and I was happy that I did it.  

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt is a living legend. He has broken records that seemed impossible to break. He is fast as lightning hence the name Bolt. He is a beast at the 100 m and 200 metre sprint. He does long and powerful strides which make him go fast. His speed and agility is very amazing. As he crosses the finishing line he strikes a pose.

In 2008 he broke the world record in the 100 metre sprint in a time of 9.69 seconds. Everyone was astonished with his amazing speed. Asafa Powell used to be the fastest man in the world until Usain Bolt came and beat Asafa Powell. The old world record was 9.74 by Asafa Powell but then Usain Bolt beat it.  

In this years olympics he won all his heats in the 100m and 200m sprints. Then he got to the 100m finals where he versed his arch enemies Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay. Yohan Blake is his fastest opponent he is very fast. The 100m final was very exciting. When they started the race they were all together in one bunch until the last 30 metres where he pulled away from the bunch.

Olympic Message

The Olympic message is “The most important thing about the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part...just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle”. Baron Pierre de Coubertin - Founder of the Modern Olympics said these famous words. The Olympic message has probably inspired lots of athletes to excel in their sports and strive their hardest to win.  I agree with this statement because life isn’t about winning it’s about having fun and participating.




I think that the Olympic message means that it’s not all about winning it's about participating and having fun. I also think that you have to learn from your struggles so you don’t have to go through anymore hard times. Athletes have to eat the right food (diet) and train really hard. They have to give up spending time with their family to train. I think that this would be quite a hard thing to do. They would need to have a positive attitude so that they can win. They need to have the right mindset.

The Olympic message has probably inspired lots of athletes to excel in their sports and strive their hardest to win.  I agree with this statement because life isn’t about winning it’s about having fun and participating.

Gold Medal

1. An Asian lady has just won a great gold medal for her country.
2. She must be feeling on top of the world for winning a gold medal.
3. Smiling as she stands on the platform, she has got to be thrilled with this win.
4. She is standing on the platform holding her gold medal proudly.
5. The audience would’ve applauded her with this win.

Victory Is Sweet

1.They were cheering with excitement because they won the game.
2.Their facial expressions suggest that they won a game or got a goal.
3.The four women were celebrating with cheering and happiness.
4.They are gathering together to do a group hug.
5.They look exhausted but are happy because they won.