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The chinese have made the Beijing Mascots into robots. Apparently the Beijing Mascots Beibei, Jingjing, Haunhaun, Yingying and Nini robots are going to be roaming around Beijing greeting all the olympians that have came from overseas to china. I know, pretty interesting. I wonder what the olympian’s reactions will be. By Tim!

The mascots Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Yingying, Nini comes from the words Beijing welcomes you. In chinese it is Bei Jing huan yin ni.  by Albert

Listen and watch the news on either Monday or Tuesday night then write a report on a news item you have selected.  Remember to follow the outline below:

• Headline
• What happened?
• Where did it happen?
• Who was involved?
• What was the purpose of the report?
• Comment on how the issue was reported?
• Is this about a new issue or is it more information on an old issue?

Remember to keep your comments to under two paragraphs.  Write your report on the news in a comment at the bottom of this post.

This term as part of your homework you will be watching, reading and reporting on the news.  Each week you will have a different task.  Each week I’ll post a task for you to investigate and report on.  You will write your reports as a comment after my homework post.

Guidelines

• Only use your first name.
• Keep your comments to under 2 paragraphs – quality not quantity.
• You can comment on other peoples news as much as you like.  If you’re writing a response to someone else’s post then mention their first name in your comment.
• You can provide links to other information you find on the web.

Famous Olympian Project - Due Week 5 Term 3

Choose a famous Olympian and research this person. The person may be Australian or from any other nation.

• Your project should be displayed on cardboard.
• When organising your work think about the following heading.

Personal profile- include:

• Date of birth
• Where they live?
• Interesting information about their life

Sport- include:

• What sports have they played?
• At what age did they start?
• When did they start training in the sport they are famous for?
• How often do they train?
• In what year did they first compete in an Olympic Games?

Olympic Results- include:

• A list of the games attended
• Medals won
• Records broken
• Any other achievements

Career- include:

• Information about when they first started
• What or who inspired them
• When did they retired if they have
• What do they do now?

Bibliography- include:

• Book Titles and Authors
• Web Sites

Your work will be marked on the information gathered and the presentation. HAVE FUN

The Official Australian Olympic website is a good place to start.  Click here to go to the site.

First place winning entries

Chenaya’s letter

Dear Sir

I strongly believe we should plant more trees around our community and I will now explain to you the reasons why I feel like this.

Firstly, trees are very important because they take in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. This is very important because if we didn’t have carbon dioxide and oxygen we wouldn’t be able to breathe at all.

Trees also stop erosion and provide food, shelter and great hiding places for animals and insects. They also provide us with paper, wood, school products, furniture and firewood.

Trees are also very attractive and you can go exploring and play many games in them. You can go exploring and make interesting toys out of wood from trees.

Please make people plant more trees around our environment so we can breathe, not have much pollution and save the world.

Yours sincerely

Chenaya

Jay’s letter

Dear sir,

Firstly trees provide us with oxygen. Trees reduce pollution along highways and roads. They take in carbon doioxcide and put out oxygen. If we don’t have oxygenwe could die from the lack of it.

Secondly by cutting down trees we are making more pollution and less clean air. If this pollution keeps increasing then the whole world will become hotter causing the ice to melt and making a global flood.

Thirdly they provide shade and and homes for animals. Its like someone cutting down your house. Where will all the animals find more trees if there are no trees.

Lastly they provide us with fun. Children love to climb and build tree houses in them or make them into tree forts.

The council is cutting down more trees than necessary. We should only cut down the minimum of trees.

So I strongly beleive that we should stop cutting down trees and start planting them.

Your sincerely

Jay