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Thursday 24 October 2013

Friday 18 October 2013

The Tamaki River Poster

This the Tamaki river in the past and present.

My Orientation


LI: Write an orientation that hooks the reader in.


You will need to explain what happened before the car ended up in the water, who is involved, how they are thinking and feeling, where this happened. Your orientation needs to stop just as the car enters the water.

Today Mark wasn't in that much in a good mood and he was speeding over the limit of the driving speed. And he went closer and closer to the sea drove and drove east that was closer to the sea. The he made it to the Auckland wolf and he  just kept on driving didn't care about the people and the speed he was going in. But he doesn't know what's up a head and danger he can cause himself.


Me And My Groups Te Ara


Using Te Ara -
The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
1. Waitemata Harbour

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki River.
Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia.
Use our skimming and scanning skills.

Use this link to open Te Ara
Enter Waitemata into the search box and use that page to answer these questions.

What sort of landform is the Waitemata harbour?
- Its a drowned river valley system .✔

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital?
Its was chosen because it allowed boats and ships to sail on it. Also
sheltered bay and deep water help governor-lieutenant hobson .
What does Waitemata mean? it means obsidian water or glass✔.

Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata: it is the size of 70 square miles ✔
Auckland’s chief port -Ports of auckland limited is known as POAL✔
Viaduct basin -It is located in the heart of auckland✔
Westhaven - The tides that drift in and out of the waitemata harur
Harbour bridge -It is the second largest bridge in the north shore
Greenhithe bridge -Greenhithe bridge is a motorway bridge it spans over waitemata and connected to the hobsonville.✔
Natural features - The waitemata harbour is the main access to the by sea to Auckland. ✔

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Tuesday 15 October 2013

Fast Fingers Result

My Fast Fingers Result

My BODMAS

This is called BODMAS it is when you can use all the maths symbols in one maths sentence. And its also one good maths subject to learn. And one important thing  Brackets first, Orders , Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction those are what stand for BODMAS