Drugs in Sport - Performance Enhancement

As part of our topic around 'Excellence' we are looking at the role that drugs play in elite sport.  I'd appreciate your views on the following questions - we can use them as discussion points in class:

1)  Why do you think athletes would want to use performance enhancing drugs when there is a good chance that they will get caught?


2)  What are some of the 'costs' of using performance enhancing drugs (also think about other people that might be effected.)


3)  What athlete's do you know of that have been caught using performance enhancing drugs in the past?

Awesome Imaginations! Creative Writing

We've started to spend some quality time on our creative writing this term with a focus for the first couple of weeks of being more descriptive in our writing.  Stories will be written individually, in pairs and in groups.  Examples of what the kids have been doing can be found below.  Check it out and give some feedback!

Olympic Links

Check out these links for information on the Olympic Games

Official Website:  http://www.london2012.com/

NZ Olympic Team:  http://www.olympic.org.nz/

LONDON OLYMPICS!!!

The biggest sporting/cultural event in the world is only days away......  there are going to be untold examples of excellence on display.  Hopefully our athlete's can bring back a swag of medals!!  Great to see SIX ex-Hargest athlete's competing at the Games.

There will be a prize for the first person to comment that identifies who the six athletes are competing at the Games that attended Hargest AND the sport that they are competing in.

I'd also like to hear from people about what sport you are most looking forward to seeing.  I'm hanging out to see the cycling, triathlon and rowing. It's going to be awesome :)