My Trip to the Beach

A Trip to the Beach

I went to the beach with my family and it was a kind of a blast. My dog Totoro walked away and went over to 2 kids and their mum. There were kind of scared when my dog saw their dog.

They started fighting for nothing so I ran over there with my togs. I was almost there and my brother and mum got there and I looked at the dogs fighting.

I got scared and ran behind the sand dunes. My mum got there and looked at the other woman as she stopped her dog. She gave her dog a huge growling, so did my dog.

We went home, we had a look at my dog's leg and there was a little cut and it was bleeding from the fight. That dog probably bit him. We got some water for him and we left him alone with me outside drawing. That's my story of my trip to the beach.

Mike Dawson

                                                                    

                                                                      mike dawson 

Today we had a visit from an Olympic Ambassador. His name is Mike Dawson. Mike started kayaking at the age of 12. He learned to kayak at Tauranga Intermediate. He has been paddling for 20 years.

He showed us videos and pictures of him kayaking at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Brazil. He fundraised to get there by writing a cookbook. With the extra money he had left over he used it to buy food for the homeless people living on the streets of Rio.

Mike showed us the race uniform he wore when he was racing. He had a waterproof top, a lifejacket, helmet and his race number. He also had a special paddle made from carbon. He was very focused when he raced. Mike has visited over 100 countries.

The two values he spoke about were Respect for other competitors and people and Compassion for people less fortunate and other competitors.