SLJ - Week 4 day 2 - (1,2 and Bonus Activity)

Day 2: A Decade of Sport

Activity 1: Chasing Great

Over the past 17 years New Zealand has experienced a number

of sporting highlights, perhaps none larger than the back-to-back

Rugby World Cup victories in 2011 and 2015. In both competitions

our national rugby team, the All Blacks, was captained by a

man named Richie McCaw. He is arguably one of the best

rugby players of all time. A movie called Chasing Great was

recently created to document his incredible rugby career.

Please watch the trailer for Chasing Great and read about

Richie McCaw online. On your blog tell us three things that

you learned about Richie that you did not know beforehand.

What else would you like to know about Richie?

Three things I didn’t know about Richie was:

1. He was a pilot
2. He was awarded captain when vsing Wales in 2004 when he was just 23 yrs old
3. He lead the all blacks to 13 victories in 14 test, with the team winning the tri nation

3 thing I want to know about Richie:

1. How did it feel when you retired?
2. What culture are you?
3. Do you got any siblings, if so did they play rugby too?

Activity 2: Sporting Heroes

In 2015, a kiwi golfer named Lydia Ko became the youngest

woman in the world to reach the #1 ranking.  She was only

17 years old. Many people from here in New Zealand and

overseas really admire her and think of her as a modern-day

sporting hero. Who is your sporting hero? They can be a

famous athlete, or even a member of your family or community.

It’s completely up to you.

My sporting hero is Lisa Carrington. She is an incredible rower,

and last year she was awarded the prestigious  Lonsdale Cup for

her amazing results in 2016! She spends hours training, and I

think her commitment to her sport is inspiring.

On your blog tell us about your sporting hero. Who are they?

Why are they a hero? Include a photo of them in your blog post.

My sporting hero is Jonah Lomu. Jonah Lomu inspired me to

play rugby. Jonah lomu was playing in the all blacks as a winger.

He become the youngest player in all blacks which he was 19 yrs of age.

Everytime I come back from home I always go on youtube and start

watching Jonah Lomu smashing his way to the top. But While he was

at it, he was suffering a disease called Cardiac arrest. Up until November

the 18 2015 Jonah Lomu Died from the Disease.

Bonus Activity: Shake it Off

In recent years, many New Zealanders have embraced a new form of

exercise called Zumba©. It was developed by a man named Alberto

Perez who lives in the country of Columbia. He created Zumba by

bringing together many different dance styles including: cumbia,

mambo, hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, tango, merengue and mambo.

The Merengue   

  

Tango

Choose one of the dance styles mentioned above and click

on the name to read more about it. Once you are done, post

three interesting facts about the dance style on your blog. In

which country did it originate? Who originally created it?  

Name of dance: Tango

What country did it originated from? Montevideo (Uruguay)

and Buenos Aires, (Argentina)

Who originally created it? Unknown

Other facts:

Tango Is a partner dance

Early Tango was known as Tango criollo

Tango was made somewhere in the 1880’s

BONUS POINTS: 10