On Wednesday 30th May the Olympic Torch passed through Shrewsbury
Many children have said they enjoyed this trip and would love to see it again, (especially when they were giving out free flags and coke). Our school was so close to being on TV but missed, anyway, we all enjoyed it and so did the teachers!
By Rhiannon and Emily
That sounds like an amazing experience! I can't imagine how exciting it would be to see the Olympic torch pass by. Canada hosted the Olympics in 2010 but my town was too far away to watch them.
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ReplyDeletewe are very excited to be pentblogging with you over the next few weeks. We cant wait to read through all of your posts. It must be very exciting with the Olympic Games coming to London. Will many of you travel to London to see some of the events. We will be back at school when they are on so we will be watching as much as possible.
You were lucky to be a part of the torch ceremony. It is a wonderful celebration of sporting events.
Enjoy be our host blog this week.
From Mrs Verona Gridley and SeniorG
Melbourne, Australia
Wow lucky.
ReplyDeleteI remember when I was little and I still lived in New Zealand and someone brought the olympic torch to school it was awsome!
You must all be sssoooo exited about the olypics I know i cant wait!
From Ruby
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This looks like an exiting event! You must have been really good to have seen the torch relay. A man, called Steve Watson, came to our school and he told us about hiself and how he became a torch bearer. Also he told us that there are 8000 hles in the torch. We even got to touch the torch too!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fabulous comment about the Olympic torch, and you absoloutely correc that this is a one in a lifetime opportunity. However did you know there are 8000 holes in the Olympic torch to represent the 8000 Olympic games.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fabulous comment about the Olympic torch, and you absoloutely correc that this is a one in a lifetime opportunity. However did you know there are 8000 holes in the Olympic torch to represent the 8000 Olympic games.
ReplyDeleteThese pictures of the Olympic torch are astonishing. It really looked like you enjoyed going to this event and watching the torch bearer carrying the torch. We are really looking forward to the olympics especially the parolympics.
ReplyDeleteAt our school, a man called Steve Watson (who was an 'Olympic Torch Bearer'this year, came to our school;along with the gold torch itself. He told us how he got nominated to carry the Olympic Torch and how many holes it has in it (8000 for the 8000 people carrying it). Amazingly, we got to touch the torch and when I did, my hands felt 'holy' and don't ask me why! why? Well techniqually when you have touched something that is very famous and probably wont be in your country ever again, it's very rare to touch it.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a great time. It must have been great seing it go past you. Come on GB for the Olympics.
ReplyDeleteFrom Joseph
Wow this post is expressing that you have had an amazing time at this awesome place. Even though it is a rare sight we have seen and touched the olympic torch. Your peice of writing is really good because you have used brackets and commas really well! Louis and Ross www.6d.highlawnprimasry.net
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are AMAZING! I went to the Torch relay in Bolton, and it was awesome. Did you all enjoy it? It's great to have the olimpic games in our country isn't it! I hope you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteFrom Megan at www.6d.highlawnprimary.net
Hello, my name is Annalise and I am from High Lawn Primary school!
ReplyDeleteAny way, as I was reading this I was thinking how much punctuation and FANTASTIC words you have used while writing this super olympic writing! I want to say you bth are AMAZING writers and I think it would of been an amazing experiance to do that! I wish I was there with you!
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Hello, my name is Annalise and I am from High Lawn Primary school!
ReplyDeleteAny way, as I was reading this I was thinking how much punctuation and FANTASTIC words you have used while writing this super olympic writing! I want to say you bth are AMAZING writers and I think it would of been an amazing experiance to do that! I wish I was there with you!
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Wow what an amazing photo slide that you have created. It really looked like you had a great time watching the torch bearer carrying the torch. We also had an Olympic torch bearer named Steve Watson and he told us loads of things about the Olympics that is held in London.
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ReplyDeleteThe olympic tourch reley was brilliant in Bolton. I know somebody who was a tourch bearer in Bolton. I enjoyed watching a bit of the video. I bet you enjoyed watching it aswell.
Hannah Highlawn
It is very exciting to see the torch in person. In the winter of 2010 Vancouver hosted the Olympics and the torch was carried through our small community on Vancouver Island, BC. Several students in our school (a whole hockey team) and community members were involved in the torch relay. This link http://sarahjane.edublogs.org/2010/02/07/interview-of-a-torch-bearer/ is an interview with a boy who was in Grade 6 who got to carry the torch. He got to keep his torch that he carried.
ReplyDeleteI think it is interesting that the torch is so unique for each Olympics. The metals for the 2010 Olympics were designed by a First Nations artist from our community https://www.google.ca/search?q=2010+winter+olympic+medals&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=tHH&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=mq3cT9e4GOKo2wX_opSlDQ&ved=0CG4QsAQ&biw=1276&bih=627 In fact my wedding band was made by the same artist. What does the metal design look like for these Olympics?
Mrs Soltau-Heller