My Space Timeline: By Teagan

This is my space timeline. It is about all the important stuff that happened in space.

My Reflection On Print Making: By Teagan

Print Making Reflection

1. Are you pleased with your prints? Why / Why not?
Yes, I am pleased with my prints because my dye print came out really good, I pressed hard on the crayon.

2. What is your favourite print and why? Crayon Rubbing, Crayon and Dye, Dry Ink and Wet Ink

I liked the dye, because it was easy and the outline showed up really good.

3. What is your least favourite print and why?
My crayon, because it shows white in some bits.

4. What did you find easy?
The dye.

5. What did you find hard?
The wet ink.

6. What would you do differently next time?
Roll harder when using the dry ink roller.

7. Who / What has helped you in the printmaking process?
Tyler, Miss Paton, and Mr. Blackmore

8. What is something you have learnt from printmaking? You need to press hard when you are using crayon and you need a lot of ink when you use a wet ink roller.

Canada's Medal Winning Sport: By Teagan

This is the sports that Canada won medals in. Canoe Sprint and Swimming had the highest with a total 1 Silver, and 2 Bronze. Trampoline was the only sport that got a Gold medal. Canada would of got a Bronze medal in running but got disqualified.

Canada's Medal Tally Graph: By Teagan

This is how much medals Canada got. They got 1 Gold, 5 Silvers, and 12 Bronze. They weren't at the top of he list but at list they got a gold.

Canada Medal Tally: By Teagan

 This is Canada's medal tally. They didn't win that much medals but at least they got a free trip to London.  Most of their medals came from the Canoe Sprint and Swimming but they got their Gold from    Trampoline.

My Olympic Medal Tally: By Teagan

This is my Olympic medal tally on the countries that participated. U.S.A was ranked first and China got ranked second. They have won the most golds and medals. U.S.A won heaps with a total of 46 Golds, 29 Silvers, and 29 Bronze medals. China won a little less with a total of 38 Golds, 27 Silvers, and 23 Bronze medals. I think the reason why USA did well because of their massive population (311,591,917), and they get more chances and people to pick. Their government gets more money than New Zealands government, because people pay taxes and they have a massive population and get heap of money to put into sports clubs and training facilities. If they win a gold the sponsors might buy them a house or a car, or they won't have to work for the rest of their life. China did well and got most of their medals in swimming and diving. They must have a lot  of pools and aquariums. They were were ranked first at the start and then USA overtook them at the end. New Zealand is ranked fifteenth and got 6 Golds, 2 Silvers, and 5 Bronze medals. We got most of our medals from rowing and on water.

My Comment To Room 3: By Teagan

This is my comment to room 3. They were playing rippa rugby.

My Valerie Adams Report: By Teagan

Valerie Adams

Valerie Kasanita Adams is one of the best Shot Putters in the world. She is one of the best gold medal chances for New Zealand, and makes New Zealand proud.

Valerie Kasanita Adams was born October 6th 1984. She was born in Rotorua, New Zealand. Valerie is Tongan from her mother Lilika Ngauomo, and English from her dad Sydney Adams. Valerie has several brothers over 7ft tall. Her youngest brother Steven Adams is a basketball player in Massachusetts United States of America. Valerie Is very tall. She is 6ft 4, that is 1.96 metres, nearly 2 metres tall. Valerie supports God and belongs to Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ.

Valerie was shy at school. She went to Otatara Primary School. Her family couldn’t afford shoes for her massive feet. She was the tallest in her class and used to get teased and got called names at school. She was good at basketball and had strong forearms which was first recognised by her P.E. teacher at Mangere High School.

A sad part in Valerie’s life was when her mother Lilika Ngauamo died of cancer when Valerie was just 15 years old. Her mother inspired her to shot put and to work harder. Valerie later on got married to the a New Caledonian discus thrower Bertrand Vili in 2004. But unfortunately Valerie  and Bertrand separated in 2010.

She broke the record for shot put in bare feet in the junior championships.  In 2001 Valerie won gold at the World Youth championships in Hungary. In 2002 Valerie was first in the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, throwing a distance of 17.73m and then went on to win silver at the Manchester Commonwealth Games, with a throw of  17.45m.Valerie went to her first Olympics in Athens in 2004, just a month after having surgery.Valerie came ninth in the qualifying round, she missed out on the final. One of the finalists later failed a drugs test, which brought Valerie into eighth place. In 2008 Valerie won gold at the Beijing Olympics.

Valerie has had three coaches. Her first coach was Kirsten Hellier, who was a well known javelin thrower. They met in 1998 and were together for 11 years. Her second coach was Dide Poppe and fired him in 2010. She now lives in Switzerland with her third coach Jean Pierre Egger. Valerie has done very well under him.
Valerie Adams is one of New Zealand’s icons and will hopefully win us some medals at the London Olympics this year.