Rooney wins shooting medal for New Zealand

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Shooter Natalie Rooney has won New Zealand's first medal at the Rio Olympics 2016. Rooney won a silver medal in the woman's trap shooting event. The 28 year old finished second overall in the woman's shooting and losing the gold medal against Australia's Catherine Skinner. The Rio Olympics is Rooney's first Olympics after just missing out on the 2012 London Olympics with the New Zealand team. She has been competing internationally for 10 years and in 2010 she placed 5th and 7th in the Delhi Commonwealth games, and 4th at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

My Olympic story

On Monday we had to write a Realistic Fiction story and we had to get into groups and I was with Popi, Teremoana, and Isabel. My story was about athletics and I was competing against Usain Bolt and I chose athletics because I love running. The favourite part about my story is when I hear the New Zealand national anthem play. 

My Olympic Mascot

On Friday my class had to draw a Olympic Mascot on Sumo paint or Pixlr but most of us went on Sumo paint. As you can see my Mascot is running so fast lines are coming out of him and he is coming first. He looks amazing right Ummmmmmm his name is Sam because my friend Samuel helped me design it. 

Pokemon Go takes over the world

Pokemon Go

The latest world wide crazy Pokemon Go has taken over the world in the last few weeks. The game is made by Nintendo and is played on devices. Pokemon Go has now become the most search term on Google and the game is live in New Zealand plus its a handful of other selected countries. Hundreds and millions of people had already been catching the creatures since it was first launched 20 years ago. Pokemon go is the new version of the game, that people can use for the first time on their mobile phones and devices.  

Maori Language Week.

Maori Language week kicked off with a parade through the middle of Wellington. The parade of sixteen floats and thousands of participants wound its way through the CBD in Wellington from the train station to Te Papa around lunch time. Actor Julian Dennison fromm Hunt for the Wilderpeople and All Blacks player Nehe Milner Skudder were among those who joined in to promote the use of Maori Language.   

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My Speech

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Two weeks ago room 11 had to think of a speech and say it in front of the whole class. We had three attempts and our first one was just a practice and our second one was another practice round. The third one was when we all finished our speeches. My speech was on Rugby because it is my passion and my speech time was 2 minutes and 35 seconds long. My favourite part about my speech is when I said that Jonah Lomu and Richie McCaw were very humble and respectful on and off the field. The speech finalists are Samuel, Min Zin, Sebastian and Meafou and they have to say it on Friday for the whole school.

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