KAHURANGI DANCE GROUP

KAHURANGI

As we entered the hall we saw five people standing dressed in maori clothes. We sat down with peace and quiet until we heard powerful voices. They started off with a play about how the world was made it was how papatuanuku the god earth and ranginui were separated by their sons so there could be light.

They greeted us with pleasure, introducing themselves and shouting out ‘’kia ora and’’ we were shouting back to them ‘’kia ora’’. They had well pitched harmony and they were like comedian it was really funny.

KAHURANGI

KAHURANGI

As we entered the hall we saw five people standing dressed in maori clothes. We sat down with peace and quiet until we heard powerful voices. They started off with a play about how the world was made it was how papatuanuku the god earth and ranginui were separated by their sons so there could be light.

They greeted us with pleasure, introducing themselves and shouting out ‘’kia ora’’ we were shouting back to them ‘’kia ora’’. They had well pitched harmony and they were really funny .

USAIN BOLT

USAIN BOLT

Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter who is widely known as the fastest person ever. He is the first sprinter to hold both the 100m and 200m world record. He is the first man to win 6 gold medals in the Olympics. He was awarded the athlete of the year and he earned a media name which is the Lightning Bolt.

He completed his medals collection  in the 2014 commonwealth games winning the 100m relay. He decided to retire saying that this was his first and last appearance in the Commonwealth games. He might be missing out for the Gold Coast Commonwealth games but he will still be known as the fastest man ever.

STAN WALKER

STAN WALKER

Stan Walker is a New Zealander singer who was born in Australia on 23 October 1990. He started his singing career in 2009 releasing his first album ‘’ Black Box’’ and was on the top on the New Zealand billboard. He carried on with his singing career which made him so popular that he was chosen to be the judge of X Factor New Zealand.

This year he decided to write a song for his country New Zealand for Maori language week and it was featuring Ria Hall , Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika. It was a huge hit and it was first in the New Zealand Billboard 2014. His life has become a success.

Diving

Diving is a sport that has been in the Olympics since 1904. It is an  international sport. In the Olympics there are no 1 metre springboard dives just a 3 metre springboard dive and 10m high platform dive. It is a sport for acrobatic, athletic people who can balance themselves and people with flexibility and kinesthetic and air awareness. These were the most common characteristics in this sport.

The way the diver performs is crucial. the judges score 3 points for the flight, 3 points for the entry, 3 points for takeoff and an extra point they can add for excellent diving. Extra height means a higher score. The body position of the diver has to be straight and both  feet together at all times. The diver needs to have an accurate dive and has to perform stunts like somersaults and twists. The more complex the moves the more points they can score. But you also have to enter the water vertically. The athlete with the most points is declared the winner.

Ben Lam

SOCCER

SOCCER

Walking to the courts seeing our new kiwi sport teacher her name was Sophia, she is an Argentine. She said to us with a croaky voice “ Come and sit down we are getting started with our first session”. She sounded like Manu Feildel from MY Kitchen Rules because her english wasn’t really that good.

She told us we are going to play a game and told us the instructions , the game  sounded really fun. The game had no name but all we had to do was when she calls out the persons number you have to run and get the ball in the middle and shoot it in goal. It was really fun and the game made us learned some other skills.

After we played she told us to sit down and she was talking about our discipline on the field when you are

playing in any sport. After she told us about our attitude our teacher told to stand up and line up. So walked into our classroom with happiness because that was the best kiwi sport sessions.