Where The Heck Is Mt Eden?

Different Auckland town centres have adopted Rugby teams from countries that qualified for the World Cup.

I found out information about :

The location in Auckland;

Something special about this place;

A 'potted' history of the place;

If it has it's own symbol of some sort.

(If we couldn't find a symbol we chose a picture that told more about the place).

Mt Eden is an inner suburb of Auckland city, situated five kilometres south of the city centre.
The mountain is the highest natural point in the whole of Auckland.
n pre-European times Mount Eden was utilised as a fortified hill pa by various Māori tribes.
In 1868 local people met to form a local governing body; this was the Mt Eden Highway Board. The Mt Eden Borough Council came into being in 1906. The Council Office buildings in Valley Road were built in 1911. In 1989 Mt Eden Borough was amalgamated with Auckland City.

Bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Eden
http://www.mounteden.co.nz/images/the_village/history/mteden_plane2.jpg

Cross Country

I heard the two bricks collide together ........BANG! The fast boys were sprinting through muddy puddles and zoomed off towards the finish. I was thinking that was too fast and I would catch them....... eventually. By the time I reached Mr Harris checkpoint, ( My Teacher ) I was Pumped.

The running course for our cross country was 3 kilometers and so far I probably ran about 1 kilometer. I jog as I felt exhausted just trying to cross that finish line. Around the foot path, through the muddy grass, huffing and puffing along I go. There I am half way in the gate. This three kilometer race was like putting my heart on a treadmill...

The moment I first crossed the finish line I couldn't even breath. Friends were cheering and laughing. At least I made the first 20 to finish .

Keep Your Eye On The Ball

We are using the nations of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as our inquiry path.

For this unit we are in one of four teams:

Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Stormers.

My team is Brumbies

There will be a number of tasks for us to navigate to achieve our goal of an excellent result in this unit. There are a mixture of individual and team tasks to be completed. The main task that will show our learning in this unit will be a Hyperstudio presentation about one of the countries in the World Cup competition.

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Furniture Design Solutions

After
Before

We have been designing a model for the street. Our problem is we don’t have any chairs or sitting equipment to sit on. I have been designing a furniture chair, it has been paper Mashhad, painted and ready for it’s picture. Cardboard has been cut into small pieces. Barb wire has been struck-ed at the backrest to make it stiff. And a toilet roll is under neath the seat. To Be Continued......?

Swimming

Splash, water is splashing every where, it’s like I’m drowning in fun. I was soaking wet as I race with my friends. My free style isn't good but I’ll manage to do it, swimming has showed me to be a successful swimmer and helps me survive while I’m in the beach. My arms churned the water, my legs kicked like a bat out of hell! And Zoom! there I was, last to reach the end of the pool. I felt embraced, but may be I’ll manage one day.

Forestry/ If I Had A Job

If I had a job
It will be to lift up logs.

If I had a job
I wouldn't be a fob.

If I had a job
I'll bet in the morning there will be a fog.

If I had a job
I'll be just like Bob.

If I had a job

The Potato Chip

George Crum was the creator of this food (Potato Chips). The chip is an accidental invention.
This invention takes us back to the 80’s, it was a summer day when George Crum (the inventor) was a chief at an elegant resort in Sara toga Springs, New York.
A dinner guest was at the restaurant and ordered some of George’s french fries, but the fries were too thick for his taste. He rejected the order and so Crum redid the french fries and they became paper thin chips. And that’s how this type of food was born.
Crum’s date of birth was in 1822 in Sara Toga, New York. His death was in 1914 he was a native American Man. Not much can be found about his early life and education. He was the son of a mulatto jockey and an Indian maid.
Did you know he opened his own restaurant and he put a basket of some of his famous potato chips on every table. As you know now potato chips are every where, they come in all different sizes, packets and flavours.