Sorry we are running a bit
late with things but we have had a busy term with swimming lessons, Leadership
days and Peer Mediation training. Here is our response to rap point 2, we will
send rap point 3 on Monday.
We researched four different areas of the
Commonwealth Games. Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony, History and
Facts.
OPENING CEREMONY
The
baton entered the MCG (Melbourne cricket
ground) and the message was read out.
Every athlete entered and walked a
lap.
The Queens' message was about good sportsmanship
and persistence.
HISTORY.
The first games where held in Hamilton,
Canada.
The Games started with 11 countries and
400 athletes. They where first called the British empire games, and the changed
to the British Commonwealth games, then changed once more to what we now know as
the Commonwealth games.
Every country usually speaks 1 language in common:
English.
FACTS.
Australia has won 1683 medals altogether. 646 Gelds, 550 Silvers, and 487
Bronzes.
The Commonwealth Games mascot is Karaka, a Red and Black Tailed
Cockatoo.
The youngest athlete is 12 years old, and he plays Table
Tennis.
There are 71 fish built into the Yarra River. Every one of them
represents a country that participated in the 2006 Commonwealth
Games.
