Speech performances and Flooding

Last thursday we did speeches it was good it was on thursday because there was so much rain we couldn't go outside. My speech was about Emma Twigg. There were loads of good speeches that I enjoyed.

About 3/4 of the way through one person went home, an then another and another. People kept coming in to tell people their parents were here to take them home. I had already done my speech but it was really annoying getting disrupted.

Almost half the class had left when the teachers (Koka Rozie and Koka Pip) decided we should just stop speeches because of all the disruptions. Then someone asked 'why is everyone leaving' Koka Rozie replied 'there's a risk of flooding from all the rain. And parents can come pick up their children' I looked out at the grass there were ankle deep puddles everywhere and little awa on the hills that wasn't there before.

I stayed at school for a little longer then mum came and picked me up. We had to drive out to Campion- my sister Nellie's school- to pick Nellie up. On the way we had to drive through massive puddle, it was like swimming. We picked up Nellie and two of her friends on the way back from Campion Gisborne was declared in a state of emergency so we went home and ate mars bars and hot chocolate. Sponge bay was told to evacuate. Our school hall was a safe place for people who had to evacuate.

Term 4 Week One/Speeches

 On Monday everyone came to school for the first time in 2 weeks and this term we have speeches. My speech is about Emma Twigg an Olympic gold medalist in rowing, I hope you like it.

Lisa Mangum said “Make your own decisions. Make your own choices.” It’s a simple quote but I think it’s very impactful. I think NZ's most inspirational olympian, Emma Twigg definitely made her own decisions and choices- With her job and relationships- about things that made her happy and didn’t care what others thought.

I think Emma Twigg is NZ's best olympian because she is very passionate and had to persevere a lot to win a gold medal. And went to the olympics four times before she won a medal.

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th” Julie Andrews. Emma Twigg  went to the olympics in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London and  2016 in RIo de Janeiro and of course 2021 in tokyo. And the first time she went she came ninth, then in 2012 she came 4th then she came fourth again by 0.3 seconds, then this year she won her first gold medal. She retired from rowing twice.  Once for master level studies then a second time after narrowly missing a medal in 2016, then started training again in 2018.

Rachel Wolchin-author of the good vibe- once said People too often forget that it is your own choice how you want to spend the rest of your life. I think Emma Twigg didn’t forget this and made the choice to marry Charlotte, knowing that people might judge her, not agree with her choice. She is very comfortable talking about her choice.

Emma Twigg has a few major achievements. Like a few world titles and an olympic medal. All of which she had to work very hard to achieve.