Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Cross Country


Nervously waiting on the cold hard concrete, I challenged myself to beat my mate at today's Cross Country. Numb feet made the race very challenging. I tired to beat Studamyer, but I was puffed out. I felt proud and relieved because I didn't come last.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Jesse Martin Circumnavigating the World

Jesse Martin is a brave young man who circumnavigated the world, on his boat the Lion Heart.
Through times of loneliness, only his determination and perseverance kept Jesse going. Dangerous conditions, storms and massive waves broke his boat. But despite all this, Jesse continued on to achieve his goal.

Jesse Martin's Mum supported him as he was circumnavigating the world.

Jesse Martin circumnavigated the world on his boat the Lion heart.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Dumbest Thing I Have Ever Done


I knew at the time it was stupid, but the dumbest thing I have ever done is steal lollies from the cupboard because I was hungry. Boy did I get into trouble because those lollies belonged to my mum. When I got snapped I knew that I would have to say sorry to her and mean it as well.

Friday, August 13, 2010

My Pirate Journey



This is my Pirate animation . He's on his journey sailing the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean.



Monday, August 9, 2010

Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 in Portugal. The government of Portugal disagreed with Magellan so he asked the King of Spain if he could have a boat and some money like Columbus had, because he was going to circumavigate the world to get to India. Magellan's boat was called Victoria because it meant Victory. He couldn't go past Africa because the route was owned by Portugal. He sailed west through the Altantic ocean and in to the strait of Magellan. Magellan discovered the Pacific ocean. As he was circumnavigating the world he got to the Phillipines and was killed in a battle. Luckily his boat and his crew made it back to Spain and were the first to sail right the way around the world.

Our Movie about Christopher Columbus

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Billy Slater

Billy Slater plays League for the Melbourne Storm and the Kangaroos. Slater is the fullback for both teams, which makes him the best fullback in NRL. He's scored 300 tries in his career. Billy sets up tries for his team to help them win. Unfortunately, in 2010 the Melbourne Storm are not getting competition points because they breached the salary cap between 2007 and 2010. This means they were giving money to the players that they were not allowed to and that is illegal.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Christopher Columbus


In the 1400’s Christopher Columbus sailed west to get to India .Columbus asked the King of Spain for money and a boat to travel around the world to India.He called the people in the west Indian because he thought he reached India but he hadn’t in fact he reached south America. Christopher Columbus wasn't the first person to discover south America.He was the only man to sail the Atlantic ocean to south America and return back to Europe. Now Europeans knew that there are two continent North south America. It wasn't till the 1700's that the Europeans discovered the Pacific ocean.