Gregory’s Blog

• To try my best in the referees group and be the best I can at refereeing. To achieve this I will have to make sure I know all the game rules and do my best whenever I get the chance to referee.
• To practice trumpet hard and become a good trumpet player. To achieve this I will have to continue practicing as much as I am at the moment.
• Hand all my work in on time. To achieve this I will have to keep track of what work is due in and when.
• To read books of all different sorts of genre. To achieve this I will have to continue to read as many books as I can of different genres.

      So far I’ve been doing well with my goals. This year I’ve been doing well in the referees group and I’ve been a fair referee to both sides while reffing. I’ve been practicing trumpet regularly and now I can play many different songs, I’m getting very good now and I’m now in senior band because of this. I have handed in my work on time often and I’ve been keeping track of when work is due so I don’t always do it at the last minute. Ive been reading more books of different genres and I’m starting to enjoy more authors.

I will still be working on my goals and I will be aiming to continue putting in the same effort.

Bye for now, Gregory

The Olympics

In the 19^th century Olympia was discovered again after more than 1500 years with it forgotten. It was the first Modern Olympics in 1896. The events are much different now and they are not only held in Greece, they are held all over the world .The Olympic Games have now been held in every continent apart from Africa. Some things are still the same though. The Olympic Games are still held every four years and the events javelin, discus, long jump and running races were all part of the ancient Olympics. Other things have changed too. The discus was made of bronze, lead or marble in the ancient Olympics and weighed up to 6kg. In the Modern Olympics the discus is made of wood and has a metal rim, it weighs 2kg. The Long jump was different too.  While the contestants were jumping they held a stone or lead in both hands to help them to jump further.

In Greece during the Ancient Olympics there were some strange events. The Plankration was one of them. This was a sort of fighting with very little rules so it wasn’t uncommon for people to die. Another strange event was the race-in-armor. This was a race where people ran in a full set of armor carrying a sword and shield as a reminder of the original reason for The Olympics, to train men for war.  Not only were woman not allowed to compete in the games they weren’t even allowed to watch the games.

In 1896 (the first modern day Olympics) woman still weren’t allowed to compete. It was held in Greece and 14 countries took part. One of these 14 countries was Australia who was represented by a lone athlete, Edwin Flack. Edwin Flack participated in sprints and picked up two medals. Other events in the 1896 Olympics were Bell ringing and Sailing that only people in the Greek navy could compete in.  The first Modern Olympics also represent the first time a discus had been thrown since The Ancient Olympics. In the 1912 games some new events were introduced. Painting, music, initiative, literature and architecture, these events lasted until 1948 before it was decide there would only be sporting events.

Most of the Olympic game have gone well and have been a big success. In 1956, Melbourne Australia, there was a massive 3178 contestants competing. In 1900 France, women were first allowed to compete but only at tennis and golf. The range of events women were allowed to compete in increased. In 1912, Stockholm Sweden, women were allowed to compete in swimming races and in 1964 women were first allowed to compete in volleyball and rowing. Women are now allowed to participate in a large variety of events from football to wrestling.

Not all the Modern Olympics have gone too well. In 1904, St Louis USA, there was a big problem. Most of the contestants were either from America or Canada because it was too expensive to fly over to St Louis. In 1940 and 1944 the games were boycotted because of the cold war and in 1972 Israeli athletes were kidnapped by terrorists.

The Olympics are a great sporting event and are a good way for countries to compete without violence, as a famous French man called Baron Pierre once said.

By Gregory

Zombie Bums from Uranus

This book is about a boy called Zack Freeman who tries to train to be a bum fighter at the Bum Fighting Academybut Zack always fails the tests in the Bum Fighting Stimulator. Zack’s parents are already great bum fighters and they go on a secret E-mission to Uranus. As they were arriving the Great White Bum crashed into Uranus and caused the ring of Zombie Bums to unfreeze and head towards Earth. When the Zombie Bums reach earth they attach themselves to human hosts and control them. Zack’s gran was also a famous bum fighter when she was younger. She was called The Pincher. Because almost all humans were taken over by Zombie Bums it was up to Zack, The Pincher, The Forker, The Flicker (two of The Pincher’s elderly friends who were also great bum fighters) and Eleanor (another bum fighter from the Academy) to save the world from not only the Zombie Bums but also from the terrible Great White Bum.

This is a very funny book that I enjoyed reading. I liked the fact that the author used words like bumvasion instead of invasion and bumpoline instead of trampoline. I enjoyed reading the glossary to find out the funny meanings of words used in this book such as Poopigator, just like an alligator, except browner and smellier. I found some parts of it hard to understand because this is the second book in its series and I haven’t read the first. I think the scenes were too long at times and they got boring after a while. I felt it easy to keep track of the characters because there weren’t too many. I give this book a rating of 4/5. It was a great book to read.

By Gregory

• To try my best in the referees group and be the best I can at refereeing. To achieve this I will have to make sure I know all the game rules and do my best whenever I get the chance to referee.
• To practice trumpet hard and become a good trumpet player. To achieve this I will have to continue practicing as much as I am at the moment.
• Hand all my work in on time. To achieve this I will have to keep track of what work is due in and when.
• To read books of all different sorts of genre. To achieve this I will have to continue to read as many books as I can of different genres.

Doors, By Gregory

Surrounded by the many doors,doors of choices, opportunities.Which path will you take?

Choosing the open door,The easy way in and out,may not be the most rewarding. 

To work hard, To the best of your abilitiesmay open more,exciting and rewarding doors 

To find these doors you may have to look in other doorsand continue your searchto find the right door for you 

Doors may not be what you interpret them as. So explore, investigate and you may find the right door insideYou don’t know until you try 

So good luck on your journeyIn, out and around doorsI know you’ll find the right one.