HEALTH READING GROUP TASK
This week for our reading group work I read a story called our first olympians and I had to peck 3 of the 9 questions and answes them on a blog post .
Interesting Fact: The most interesting thing about the story that I read this week for our reading group work was that the girl Violet had to explained to a sport writer that she wanted to carry on swimming but'' in those days, you did what your father said'.
Summary
How: Ted Morgan, Yvette Williams, Violet Wilson, & Darcy Hadfield
What: Our first New Zealand olympians.
When: 1920
Where: Antwerp, Belgium.
Why : Because before 1920, we had either joined with Australia to send a term or we had not sent anyone at all.
Questions:
1. How old was the youngest swimmer in the Olympics ? 15 years old Violet.
2. How was the first athlete to win an Olympic medal as part of a New Zealand team ? Darcy Hadfield.
3. What is New Zealand most successful Olympics sport? Rowing.
Thank you for reading my blog post bye!
Hi Elektra
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your Reading work this week! Did you enjoy the topic? I thought it was something fun to learn about with the Olympics and Paralympics in the news recently!
- Miss Birtch