Maths: Introduction to Algebra

 

This week for maths we were learning about algebra. for our first maths task of the week we were doing a kind of introduction to algebra by learning how to understand algebra and use it 

Maths: Line Graphs and Understanding Them

 

For this week, Room 1 and I have been learning about Line Graphs and how they work. For this task we have been learning how to understand graphs and making graphs, first we were investigating different graphs to find out what they mean and the differences between certain things in a line graph. 

Emma Twigg: Inference/Evaluation

 

This week for our Reading task my group has been learning about Emma Twigg, a New Zealand Single Sculls World Champion. We have been learning about her personal life and her journey to becoming an Olympic World Champion in Single Sculls  

Olympics: Should the Olympics have taken place?

The Olympic games are a monumental event for all countries. Many athletes from around the world compete and represent their countries with their humbleness and sportsmanship in this world wide event. Whilst this would’ve been to do in previous years, the circumstances that we suffer from such as Covid 19 as well as being in a current quarantine. While vaccines have been administered to the public different vaccines have different capabilities and its effectiveness is varied throughout the different countries. Many athletes within the Olympics have been tested positive for Covid. Since July the first more than 75 people who were associated with the Olympics have been tested positive for Covid and that was before the Olympics even started. Coco Gauff, an american tennis player, although fully vaccinated, was tested positive for Covid 19 despite this fact. Also with contestants being so close to each other in certain sports events this can escalate the Covid spread even more. The Olympics although vaccinating contestants didn’t account for the transport taken such as if an athlete took a taxi to get to the Olympics or if they were on a bus. Those people on those taxis or buses could’ve spread the virus and no one would’ve known until it was too late. Some Olympic athletes choose to not be vaccinated anyway which leads them even more vulnerable than those who were vaccinated. This also allows for athletes of other countries to spread Covid-19 to other athletes of other countries that will take it back to their home country and spread it there. 

 

Ancient Olympics:Room 1

This week for my rooms first module we were learning about the Ancient Olympics and the differences between the Ancient Olympics and the Modern Olympics, In the Ancient Olympics there were much less sports, most of the years there were only sprints with and without armour, the Ancient Olympics also created and introduced the Discus and the sport, in the Modern Olympics they re-added most of the sports from the Ancient Olympics while also adding many more, in the Ancient Olympics, the Olympics were 3 days, but extended to 5 days in 5th century B.C but in the Modern Olympics they were extended to 2 weeks

 

Dame Valerie Adams

Dame Valerie Adams is a two time Olympic, three time Commonwealth Games Champion, She won a Gold Medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom after the champion who got the gold medal Nadzeya Astapchuk was disqualified for doping after she failed the drug test, then continued to win a silver medal in 2016 and a Bronze Medal in the 2020(2021) Tokyo Olympics.