The year 3 team were visited by Andrew who competed in the Special Olympics in Athens. Andrew shared his experiences of being selected for the NZ team and winning 2 gold medals. The first medal was for the shot put and the second one was for the 4 x 100m relay, where Andrew ran the final leg clinching the gold medal for the team. Andrew started doing athletics when he was at primary school, but it was when he was 13 years old that he found out about the Special Olympics and from then on it was his goal to compete there. Andrew demonstrated how he used the 'Key Competencies' to achieve his goal.
He showed us:
- effort and dedication - to keep up with the training even when things get a bit hard
- perseverance - even when someone looks a lot taller than you, you should never give up
- being proud of your achievements
Andrew was extremely proud of his achievements.
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