Richie Patterson visit

Today we had an actual Olympian come to our school called Richie Patterson. He is a weight lifter and he said he makes mean Nachos. 
He told us all about the Olympic values: Respect, Friendship and excellence.
He started weight lifting at age 14. He taught us about failure and how it's okay to make mistakes. Also we were surprised to learn that he made millions of mistakes in his career of weight lifting.
He had one a gold medal and was one of the only people in New Zealand to go to the Olympics three times.

Here are some pictures: