OUR WINNING SPEECHES THIS YEAR.

YEAR 5 WINNNER      

                      Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion that around 300 million people all around the word take part in.

Siddhartha Gotama who later changed his name to Mahama Gotama  was born into a rich family in Lambai ,Nepal .

A long time before Christ was born at the age of 29 Mahama Gotama saw all of the poverty that were around him.Since he was rich he felt sorry for the poor and he started starving himself.

He started the Buddhist religion and people started calling him Buddha. Buddha did not call himself a god but he called himself a teacher.

Buddha spent the rest of his life teaching about the Buddhist religion until his death at the age of 80.

Now for some facts about Buddhism.

Some Buddhists don't eat meat or fish.

Buddhists don't believe in harming any living being.

They meditate every day.

Buddhists  don't believe in using weapons.

Buddhists believe in karma. Karma is the law that explains that every cause has an effect and that our actions have consequences.

This simple law explains a number of things, like the inequality around the world and why some are people  born disabled and why some only live a short life .

It is because of the karma in their past and present life.  

Buddha taught the same values of love ,peace non-violence like other  religions of the world such as Christianity.                                                                                                           

I hope you learnt something new .            Written by Ema

YEAR 6 WINNER!

Obesity

I believe that everyone can be fit and healthy.

Today I am going to tell you all the reasons why obesity should be stopped or prevented.

 If you don’t know what obese means it means you are overweight.

 Did you know about 60% of Pacific Island children are obese?

Did you know about 40% of Maori children are obese?

 I think that obesity should stop because people, especially children are getting bigger and bigger.

Did you know the more food you eat the more weight you gain? One reason some people are overweight is because they eat oversized portions of food.

 Did you know the size of meat or fish you should eat has to fit in   palm of your hand?

We can eat any amount of vegetables.

Some people get made fun of for being obese so that’s another reason why it should stop.

Obesity can happen when you get older because you apparently lose muscle and you are not very active in activities.

Now I am going to tell you all the things you need to do to stop Obesity-

Exercise, eat healthy foods like fruits and vegetables. If you stopped watching television for a whole month you would be very slim.

 You can also go on a diet. Some foods  said to be healthy are not because they have a lot of  salt, sugar and fat.The best drinks you should have are milk or water.

Obesity has to stop because it is killing a lot of people.

Samoatearoa