T1+Inquiry

Monday 29th August 2011 WALT: I can identify some of the dangers of digital social networking S.C- I can name four or more issues regarding safety with digital social networking - I can discuss and share with my group/class/parents some safety tips

Thank You Letter to Jo

**Room 30,** **Tauranga Intermediate,**

Jo Scott C/O Laura Scott Rm 41

Monday 28 March 2011 Dear Jo, Thank you for giving up your time to drive us everywhere for the amazing race. We are very grateful without you we wouldn’t have been be able to participate in this activity. My favourite bit was running through the tunnel you did very well keeping up with us my mum would of been way behind! I also really enjoyed learning more about the gold mine it was really interesting. Also thank you for the Pepsi at the end.

Yours sincerely

Ella Moor.

Thank you letter to Peer

Room 30 Tauranga Intermediate

aMAZEme

Monday 28 March 2011

Dear Peer,

Thank you for letting Rimu house use your maze for the Amazing Race, we are very grateful. We wouldn’t have been able to finish the race the way we did if it wasn’t for you!

I really like that maze, it is so fun, and I think it is a very good idea to have those doors to get out quicker it was very handy. Also you have really cute animals round the back of the maze!

Yours Sincerely

Ella Moor

media type="file" key="amazing race reflection!.m4a" width="300" height="50" Amazing Race Reflection

__**//WALT: Reflect on our experience of the amazing race.//**__

__**Day 1- Te Puna - Katikati - Waihi - Karangahake Gorge.1**__

Day 1 was really fun my favorite bit was running through the tunnel at the end because I like running, also it was awesome. In my opinion the worst bit was going half way round the Waihi gold mine because I had to wear the car we made and it was rubbing my hips (it really hurt), although the car was cool. I found Katikati very interesting because, it’s not very often you get to explore a mural town. But I think we got quite behind in Katikati because we couldn’t find one of the pictures. It was scary at the Te Puna quarry because 2 boys walked into a wosps nest and there were wasps all around them. So I stayed well away from them because i’m scared of wosps! In the end we came 12th. We learn’t to stick as a team, also to not walk into a bees nest!

__**Day 2- Papamoa - Kiwi 360 - The Red Woods - Te Puia - Amaze Me**__

On the 2nd day I was tired because the first day had tired me out. I had to eat a whole kiwi fruit the skin and all it was gross. But it was kind of fun. when we were at the kiwi 360 it was kind of boring because all we did was run to the top of the giant kiwi fruit and get the next clue. The Red Woods was my favorite part because it was so funny we were walking around for ages trying to find where to go and we went back to where we had started and we asked for help and they said to turn the page, we all laughed it was so funny I can’t believe we didn’t realise that there as another page but after that we were getting things done very quickly, we probably would of been first to leave that place if we had of found out that there was another page. I found Te Puia very boring for some reason it was really hard as well. last but not least aMAZEme was so fun there were still groups lost all in the maze. But our group didn’t know what was ahead of us and we sprinted in and we were getting lost and coming back and forwards so many times. It was tiring but fun.Although we were running round lost thinking we were never going to get to the end we came 4th. we learn’t to read everything before, running around not knowing what to do!

__**Day 3 - Marina - Sanfords - Earth to Ocean** - **Master Chicken - Park - Library - Art Gallery**__

On day 3 we didn’t read the clue and we went straight to the earth to ocean and we thought we were the first there, but we were in the wrong place. So we left Andrew there while he did it himself and he did it while we went to do the next activety but then we got the next clue and there was another one before the earth to ocean. S o we went to pick Andrew back up to do the next actitvey. We had to fillet a fish and I absalutly hate the smell of fish. It was revolting, I thought I was going to be sick.Then when we went back to Earth to Ocean and we still had to do it again it wasn’t fare. In one of the activitys we were cooking fish and me and Laura had to do it. But it was actually really easy because the people that owned the place did most of it. After we made it. We got to eat it I was in hevan. It was so yummy! I found the library and art gallery quite boring.

**Excellent reflection Ella. Great honesty. I am glad you had a such an awesome time on the Amazing Race and learnt things as well!** **Nice voice recording too!** **Miss Crone :)**

__**Thursday 14 April 2011**__

**L.I. We are learning to develop effective questions and draw conclusions from our findings.**


 * __ Why Kiwis are the best! __**

Kiwis are the best because we have two different looking people the Maoris and the europeans and you will never find that in a different country. NZ is a really great place to come to because we have lots of kiwiana to try such as having Fish and Chips on the beach and you need to try our Pavlovas, they are brilliant. Our main sport in NZ is rugby the All Blacks represent our country, We are the best at rugby. We go on lots of holidays we usually go to places on the beach because beaches are nice and hot in NZ, and we also love to go camping in the bushes. We are the best because our country is green all over there are not many brown trees or grass! We have lots of things to do like a theme parks, such as Rainbows End, we like to go to the beach or go skiing on Mt Ruapahu. We also love go mountain biking at the red woods (Whakarewarewa Forest) there are lots of tracks to chose from!



very good colours ella very attractive and lots of good pictures you made two mistakes with some words but your presentation is still very good. I like that you have lots of great information. Well done :) Dave