Olympic Opening Ceremony

We are really getting into our Olympics topic. It is just a pity that it is too wet to continue the Room 20 Olympics at the moment!

Here are some highlights from the opening ceremony, as written by the Room 20 Kiwi Kids News reporters!

The Queen jumped off the plane with James Bond.

But she came down safely, don't worry she's fine. Alexandra

Olympic games have started with a dazzling opening ceremony with amazing fireworks, the best in the world. What a way to start the Olympics with a bang. Amy

Last night the queen parachuted into the stadium and it was awesome. Bianca

When the display is over the Olympic rings float in the sky like clouds. Brody

Isn’t it spectacular? All the fireworks are booming all around us. Casey

Australia is a very determined country and tries their best at everything. Charlotte

The fireworks are dazzling. Courtney

The billion fans are yelling out we love you James Bond. Daniel

I personally think the highlight of ceremony were the neon lights on the boat. Eden

After a nice start of lovely families, it all turns into work, work and even more work. With all of the men hard at work and the ladies washing the clothes. Felicity

Wow! The crowd is going louder and louder, they are all looking up. My, oh my, that is a really big parachute coming down into the stadium. It is Queen Elizabeth, and coming down after her is, who is it? Oh it is James Bond. Hannah

Hi my name is Mr Burns and finally the Olympics has opened. Jacob

It's mayhem in the crowd with billions of people from all over world screaming, laughing, oohing and ahing. Jake

Here comes New Zealand. Nick Willis is holding the New Zealand flag, every one from NZ cheers. Joshua

The industrial revolution turning from green pastures to big chimneys and factories. Katherine

With the funny scenes, Mr Bean playing the keyboard, the Queen and James Bond parachuting out of a helicopter, yes a helicopter. Would you do that if you were the Queen? Katrina

Now the orchestra is playing. Who is that playing on the keyboard? It’s Mr Bean! Haha he just swapped hands to look at his watch! Now he is pulling a face at the piano player. Ooh, heaps of snot is running down his face! Now he is reaching for the tissues but he can’t without stop playing the keyboard. Then he sees an umbrella and grabs and uses it to play the piano. Kharn

There is so much excitement all the energy could light up the world. Lachlan

The cheering is getting higher and higher as I speak. What do you know? James Bond and the Queen have just arrived but not just from anywhere, it looks like they are parachuting down. It's incredible. Natasha

And now the moment you have been waiting for, let's give a huge round of applause for Great Britain! Parris

The lava rings are now entering the stadium. They start to go together and are forming the Olympic rings the start sparking, “What a sensation to watch this right on top of me!” I said to myself. Rhys

The show has been watched all over the world, as a Kiwi kids news reporter from NZ, I am blown away by the performances. Samuel

It took 150 hours to practice in the run up show. There was James Bond and the Queen, with James Bond jumping out of the Helicopter with a parachute and awesome explosions, dazzling fireworks coming out of the stadium and Mr Bean being a dag on the piano. Seth

Wow! We have molten lava being poured into a trail that finds its way to one of the Olympic rings representing the five continents Asia, Europe, Oceania, Africa and America coming together in these games. We can now see the five rings floating in the arena slowly joining together. Stefan

The Queen takes the stand. “I declare that the Olympic games start. When the flame goes out the games shall be over.” The giant rings are now connecting together. Wow! The crowd goes wild as the sparks rain down from the rings. Tyler
What is this? It looks like a play an old time play. All the characters look so real and I heard that the characters clothes could not be washed until the opening ceremony is over. Zeb

Wordle of our sentences

 

What we want to find out about the Olympics

Yesterday Room 20 posted these questions on a Wallwisher I created for our class. I am impressed by how the class asked effective questions. This is a skill we have been practising in reading.

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Challenge: research and answer any of these questions. Put your answer and a possible link in as a comment.

Olympic Torch

The Olympic torch sure is special. One of our writing choices is to imagine you are chosen to carry the Olympic flame! Describe your feelings as you run... ...carrying the Olympic torch.

Today we tried a quick Draw - Label - Caption plan to develop ideas, details and sequencing for our writing. We will use these to create effective sentences which are grouped into paragraphs.

Check out these examples from year fives in our class:

Rhys

Sam

Zeb

Alexandra

Bianca

Daniel

Kharn

London 2012 Olympics

Term three is about to begin and the Team Five teachers are excited! We are going to base our learning at the beginning of the term around the Olympics. Check out the trailer above to build your anticipation for the London Olympics.

Here is a great timeline about the Olympics from Timetoast:



Extra: Try playing this fun flag game that Room 5 Kidd-li-winks have on their blog. See if you can beat Mrs H's score!