Links: Sophie Pascoe, Halberg Award, National Treasure, Yusra Mardini, Syria, refugee, Refugee Olympic Team, Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2020 Olympics, Jessica Watson, Tanielu Tele’ a Sachin Tendulkar, Ann Bancroft, Kelly Slater, Tamatea, Laura Dekker
Activity 1.National Treasure
Sophie Pascoe is a New Zealand para-swimmer. This means she is a competitive swimmer with a physical disability. Very sadly, Sophie was run over by a lawnmower when she was only 2 years old. She had to have the bottom of her left leg amputated. However, despite this terrible accident, she was determined to become a competitive swimmer.
Sophie has won numerous New Zealand and world para-swimming titles, including nine Olympic gold medals. She has also won the Halberg Award for Disabled Sportsperson of the Year three times. Sophie is a great example of a New Zealander who did not let her disability stop her from achieving her dreams. She is truly a ‘National Treasure’. A national treasure is someone or something that is very important to a country.
1. My Giraffe scarf
Why. Because My Nana that passed away when I was three bought it for me and whenever it is really cold I were it.
7. Laura Dekker
Laura Dekker
She was the first 14 years old to sail around the world on her own. So she gave us hope and basically helped all the younger people if you want to accomplish something you can do it.
Activity 1.National Treasure
Sophie Pascoe is a New Zealand para-swimmer. This means she is a competitive swimmer with a physical disability. Very sadly, Sophie was run over by a lawnmower when she was only 2 years old. She had to have the bottom of her left leg amputated. However, despite this terrible accident, she was determined to become a competitive swimmer.
Sophie has won numerous New Zealand and world para-swimming titles, including nine Olympic gold medals. She has also won the Halberg Award for Disabled Sportsperson of the Year three times. Sophie is a great example of a New Zealander who did not let her disability stop her from achieving her dreams. She is truly a ‘National Treasure’. A national treasure is someone or something that is very important to a country.
1. My Giraffe scarf
Why. Because My Nana that passed away when I was three bought it for me and whenever it is really cold I were it.
2. My dog
Why. Because he knows how to make a person happy and he never stops giving you cuddles if you are sad. (this is what he looks like↓)
(found By Me)
(Made By Me)
(Made By Me)
3.Giraffes
Why. It may seem weird but whenever I am around them I feel like they know how I feel and they can always cheer you up if you are at a zoo or Orana park and your happy, sad Ect. they can know how your feeling,
Activity 2.Swimming to Safety
Yusra Mardini is a teenage girl who was born in Syria, a war-torn country in the Middle East. She left Syria in 2015 to get away from the constant fighting and became a refugee. During her journey to reach safety in a new country, the engine on the boat she was traveling in broke down and Yusra, her sister, and two others jumped out of the boat and swam to get help. Her heroic actions saved twenty people’s lives.
Yusra now lives in Germany. In 2016 she was named as part of the Refugee Olympic Team and she swam for this team in the last summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is now training for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
(found at Olympics News )
Yusra and her older sister flew the Syrian was and they set off on a long journey to find a safe place in Europe. In the summer of 2015, the traveled all through Lebanon to Turkey before Starting a new Journey in Greece in an overcrowded dinghy.
When they were fifteen minutes into crossing the sea, the boat's engine stopped. As a professional swimmer, Yusra was determined not to let any of the people she was with drown. So Yusra and her sister and two others jumped into the waves and swam for three and a half hours, right into open water to stop their dinghy capsizing, Saving the lives of 20 other people.
Bouns Activity.Own Choice
You have now made it to the end of Week 1 and have the chance to choose your very own sportsperson or explorer who you think has changed the world. There are no right or wrong choices for this activity, so find someone who interests you and tell us about them on your blog. It could be someone from your family, church, community or someone famous who you admire.
Here are some starting points in case you get stuck:
1.Jessica Watson
2. Tanielu Tele’ a
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Ann Bancroft
5. Kelly Slater
6. Tamatea
7. Laura Dekker
Laura Dekker
She was the first 14 years old to sail around the world on her own. So she gave us hope and basically helped all the younger people if you want to accomplish something you can do it.
Hi Nici
ReplyDeleteGreat work, you have one a great job for the first week.
Keep it up
Molly
Hi Nici!
ReplyDeleteWow! Great work on completing all three activities for this day! I see that you have been doing this for every day and want to say how awesome it is to see!
I really like how you have included so much detail for your first two activities! Sophie Pascoe sounds like such an amazing role model, it must have been so much work for her to win all those swimming events!
One way that you can make your writing easier to read for us is to make sure that all the text on your page is the same formatting (That means the same font and size) This makes the text easy to read and looks great too! :)
Keep up the great work,
Gabe