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This report is about the Olympics, its history, why it is so amazing and to tell you the things behind it. Hopefully you learn something and enjoy reading this report. Here it is!

The first ever Olympic Games were held in Athens but no one can be absolutely sure of the date, records can’t verify back to more than 776 B.C.  Not until the 1900’s were women allowed to participate, and before that they couldn’t even watch the games!

 There are two types of Olympic Games, summer and winter. For the summer games the sports include, archery, badminton, baseball and boxing. Canoeing, kayaking, cycling and diving. Fencing, field hockey, gymnastics and tykwondo. Rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming and table tennis. Team handball, tennis, trampoline and triathlon. Volleyball, water-polo, weightlifting and wrestling. For winter sports they have, ice hockey, curling, bobsledding, and skiing, snowboarding and skating events. Since 1994 winter games have been held in even numbered years, in which summer games are not contested. Until late 20^th century the modern Olympics were only open to amateurs. But the governing of several sports now permits professionals to compete as well.

The first modern Olympic Games were in 1896 with fourteen countries attending the games. Even in the first modern Olympics women still weren’t allowed to attend, they had to wait until the second modern Olympics in 1900 which took place in Paris, France, and even then they could only play tennis and golf.

In 1916 the summer games were meant to take place in Berlin, Germany. Although war broke out in 1914, organisation of the games continued as no one thought the war would last four long years. The games were eventually cancelled. In 1940 the winter Olympic games were meant to take place in Sapporo, Japan. It was then moved to St Moritz, Switzerland. Once they had moved it to Switzerland the games were cancelled because of World War II. The same thing happened in 1944. The games were to take place in London, England. Eventually the games were cancelled because of the war.

I hope you learnt something from this report and as I said before I hoped you enjoyed it as well.      

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Last week at 10:50 my netball team and I went to play netball at the Te Awamutu netball courts. You may not think this is very important but it is.

You see, this could be our first game that we win. We hadn’t won any games so far and decided this was our chance to shine. Our team played on court two, and we faced the Pirongia Troopers. Our game started off really well. By the end of the first quarter we were up by five points, and we still had a lot of energy left. The second quarter wasn’t as good. The Pirongia Troopers caught up to us. We were still up by two points but we felt a bit discouraged. So we made a decision, we would win this game if it killed us.

The third quarter started and we got up another three points, we all got excited and really thought we would win this game. By the end of the third quarter we got an additional two points. We all had fingers crossed and then we started the last quarter

The last quarter was the hardest, but all tried our very best and managed to get three points. The overall score was 12-16 to our team. We were all so happy that we had one our first game!

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I think from what I have seen, that Tibet should be set free. I have seen videos of what I think is happening and I’m not impressed. Personally I encourage you to watch them to and help free Tibet.

 In some of the videos I have watched Chinese  saying Tibet is already Free???  What are they talking about! So according to them,  killing Tibetans is alright. Forced abortion and sterilization is part of an everyday life. Why are they doing it. Chinese won’t accept the fact that the Chinese government is slowly and steadily killing off the Tibetans. People are getting killed everyday and everyone thinks about everything exept Tibet. People are worried that the Olympics is not going to take place. I bet they don’t think about Tibet being closed off from the world, I bet they don’t think about the Dahlia Lama not even allowed in his own country. You should go onto the internet and see whats going on. So please support me and help free Tibet.

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Yesterday afternoon I went down to the Kihikihi School Hall to do my karate grading. If you don’t know what a karate grading is, you are about to find out. A karate grading is an exam to see if you are good enough to go up to the next belt. Like anything you want to achieve it is hard and you have to work for it.

I was a orange belt and I was hoping to double grade to blue belt, but if I wanted to do this I would have to work sooo hard. Also I was the only girl grading.

It was the a big day and we started off with a run. We ran all around Kihikihi three times and then ran back to the hall and did some exercises before starting. Then we started!

It was sooo hard and I must have done about fifty push-ups, fifty sit-ups and fifty star-jumps. My muscles  were aching by the time I’d finished!! When we did fighting a boy kicked me hard in the knee and now I’ve got a big bruise on it!

It was time for the judges to decide who had passed and who hadn’t. Fortunally everyone passed. Unfortunatly I didn’t double grade to blue belt, but I went to orange belt black tip instead which is good enough for me!!!

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To Kill a Mocking Bird

 By Harper Lee  

The book I have chosen for my review is called, To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. I loved this book because I found it  witty, gripping, full of sadness and joy. 

The story revolves around the three main characters, Scout a little girl of about nine who tells us the story in her own words, Jem her older brother who I always thought bossy and demanding, though he always looked after her, and Atticus the children’s father who was a lawyer and had to be quite confident and careful in part of the story. Scout herself doesn’t understand a lot in her life, that’s why I find it confusing, because I saw what happened through her eyes. I only understood what happened at the end of the book when all the clues added up. 

The plot is centered around the trial of a black man accused of abusing a white girl. This showed me or reader how bad it was for all the black people who lived in that area at the time. It showed me how cruel human nature can be. However I also learnt how poor people were during the Great Depression. I spite of all the bad things there were good things as well, like childhood innocence, decency, kindness, love and courage. 

The book was set in
Alabama, one of the southern states of
America, in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. I liked the setting because everyone in this town knew everyone else. Also it is because at seven o’clock at night you can walk around town with your friends without your parents having to worry about you. However you might just have to be careful walking past the Radley’s house late at night!! 

 The book begins with the gripping mystery about the Radley’s house and who lives there, and who has  been accused of murder. Scout her brother Jem and their friend Dill are determined to make whoever lives in that house come out. At first I found the book a bit boring and confusing as I said before and also because of the English they used. However, later on in the book it starts to change. It is no longer slightly boring it is very exciting and a bit scary at times. You will never want to put the book down.

I hope you decide to read this book as it is definitely a book to read and that’s a promise!

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