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When The Rubber Hits The Road

For this activity, please interview three friends and ask them what they are most proud of. It could be something that they, or someone in their family, have accomplished.

On your blog, please share who these people were (first names only) and what they were proud of.

The Water Project

Polygons

Gary Kasparov (Best Chest Player In The World)

For this activity, please imagine that you are Garry Kasparov and that you were the best chess player in the world.

On your blog, list three pros (advantages) and three cons (disadvantages) of being the GOAT of the chess world.

3 Advantages

1. I think that it is good because when Gary Kasparov wanted to become the worlds best chess player he practice everyday 24/7.

2. He was training with special coaches and at a special  school.

3.He was trying his best no matter what.

3 Disadvantages

1. He did not get enough time to go to a normal school.

2. Each day he was stepping more forward to his goal.

3. Also he did not get enough time to spend more time with his family and friends.

Equal Pay For Equal Work

Fiao’o Fa’amausili was the captain of the New Zealand (NZ) Black Ferns, our national women’s rugby team, until 2018. The Black Ferns have been a very successful team, winning the Women’s Rugby World Cup a record five times. Wow!

Despite this success, the Black Ferns have only recently become ‘professional’ rugby players who are paid to play rugby. Although they are paid, the Black Ferns make less money than members of the men’s professional rugby team - the All Blacks. This difference in pay is often called the ‘gender pay gap’ and it is not uncommon in sports.

What do you think about this? Is it fair? Should female athletes, like the Black Ferns, be paid the same amount as male athletes who play the same sport? 



I think that it is half and half because I think that it matters how you work hard and if you deserve it as well. But my thinking to this is that the female's are not that popular than the male's rugby team and I think that's why the male's rugby team have more money than the female's rugby team. 

Shelly- Ann Fraser- Pryce (Similes)

For this activity, please create four new similes. You can use the starters below or you can make up your own.

… is as fast as… (eg: The brand new Ferrari is as fast as a lightning bolt)

… is as tall as…

… is as small as…

… is beautiful like...

On your blog, share the similes that you have created with your readers

4 Similes

Faiana is as fast as a Cheetah

She is as tall as the grey sky tower

She is as small as a little insect

My Mum is beautiful like the rainbow