On Thursday we had Nest Consulting to talk about puberty. Puberty is growing up from a girl to a woman or a boy to a man. We also go through puberty to start a family.
People from Duffy Books in Homes came to do a play about Duffy and her sister Scruffy on a detective case to figure out why Crystal Kea’s Brekkie Bite card was mixed up, and who was the culprit behind it.
Owlexander perched on his tree, waiting for the next case to arrive. It was his job after all. He chased intruders away with his mighty wings and razor-sharp claws, to ensure that the forest remained in the pristine condition it was on that fateful day. The wizards and witches who taught him only left behind speckled stars on his tree. He peacefully reminisced about those days when–
“HELP!!! HELP!!!” a voice called. It was Crowberry, a familiar face of Owlexander. The sound of meowing and hissing echoed through the forest. It was clear to Owlexander who the intruders were. “Grab the wands and the blankets,” he said. “They have returned once again.”
Soaring through the skies with Crowberry, he found the cats in a blink of an eye. He wrapped the blankets around himself to look bigger than the cats. Powered like a spring, a large silver tabby leapt up high to catch Owlexander. The cats were bigger than any other cat he had ever seen.
“Oh, that was easier than I thought,” said a gigantic Maine Coon. The cats tore and shredded the feathers and flesh until they heard the booming “ZAP!” of a wand. Startled by a loud noise, the cats fled to someplace out. It was always quiet in the forest, so even the bird inhabitants were frightened by the sound.
Crowberry, with a wand in their mouth, chased the cats on their tails until they fled to a faraway land. After taking care of Owlexander, the two birds realised the cats had done more damage than they thought. The trail of feathers and carcass seemed to stretch on forever. The situation was dealt with fast, but not fast enough to restore the damage done.
Room 12 represented Canada (randomly chosen), so we got flags and red colours to present at Assembly.
Since the Paris 2024 Olympic is near, I wrote about the sport events in the Olympics.
Olympics
The Olympics is an international athletic event where athletes from different countries compete in various sporting events. The types of sport depend on whether it is a Summer or Winter Olympic game. However, sporting events that are still present today were in the early years of the Olympics.
Ancient Olympic events
Various sports such as discus and javelin (metal spear throw) were held in ancient Olympic games. Equestrian sports like chariot riding were part of the Olympics in a Hippodrome, a stadium for horse racing. A combat sport named pankration, which means ‘all force’ combined boxing and wrestling completely unarmed, but was eventually removed to be too violent for future Olympic games.
Summer
The first Summer Olympics was held in 1904 in St. Louis, USA and began the tradition of awarding Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals to the winners of certain sports. In these events, well known sports like aquatics and ball sports are played during the Summer Olympics. There are a total of 42 sports, with 10 now retired.
Winter
Created from the success of the Summer Olympics, the first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France in 1924. It features a place in the ice and snow and brings many international athletes to compete in the pinnacle of winter sports. It is held quadrennially bringing figure skating, ice hockey, skiing etc.
Olympic sports have retired and emerged over the years, with athletes specializing in all sorts of unique sports and remembering that: “The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.”