RWC
Friday 9th September. The day of the Spectacular, Rugby World Cup Grand Opening! This enthusiastic, entertaining event was located near Sky City, Auckland.
Approximately, I don’t know how many people were there because there were TOO Many heads to count which gave me a headache.
Finally it was 6:15 which meant the trophy deserving Dave Dobbyn sang the heart-warming song Welcome Home, Welcome Home! (People were still humming.)
1 hour later 600 men arrived for a frightening, ferocious haka. The mind-blowing performance stunned the audience as they were paralysed to their spots.
Eventually 3 hours later! The frizzy fireworks began! The lightning extravaganza was like a thrilling, gargantuan bombing party. To everyone’s amazement it finally ended with a scrutinizing finish. Finally it was game time! The All Blacks won the game 41-10 WOOO! We Won! So it ended well! Well... that’s for New Zealand that is! So New Zealand is a happy country (for the World Cup).
L.B.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Rugby World Cup
Waiting in anticipation, the lights go dark, the crowd cheers... It alls starts now, as I sit down and wait for the opening to start. I open my coke, it pops and crackles as me and my family wait for it to start. I was wondering what the score would be. The date was the 9th September on Friday. I still couldn’t believe this was happening in Auckland.
Again the lights go dark but the crowd goes quiet and the lights flash on. There, in the middle of the soft, green field is the kapa Haka group shouting the Haka full power. They look at us with their fiery eyes and their incredible black face paint. Afterwards they have a great show with a boy scoring a try against real big rugby players.
Afterwards they shot multicoloured fire works into the sky shaped like kiwis. Once that was over the game began against Tonga and New Zealand. As they started Israel Dagg was the first to score which puts the All Blacks in the lead but for how long? Explaining the whole game would take forever so let’s skip to the end. The All Blacks won forty-one ten “Yeah!”
K.W.
Again the lights go dark but the crowd goes quiet and the lights flash on. There, in the middle of the soft, green field is the kapa Haka group shouting the Haka full power. They look at us with their fiery eyes and their incredible black face paint. Afterwards they have a great show with a boy scoring a try against real big rugby players.
Afterwards they shot multicoloured fire works into the sky shaped like kiwis. Once that was over the game began against Tonga and New Zealand. As they started Israel Dagg was the first to score which puts the All Blacks in the lead but for how long? Explaining the whole game would take forever so let’s skip to the end. The All Blacks won forty-one ten “Yeah!”
K.W.
Rugby World Cup
Recount of the RWC Opening Ceremony
On Friday 9 September tens of thousands of people gathered round to witness history. THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011! People from around the world came to one spot, Queen’s Wharf not just to see the brilliant firework display, but to see the first match of the RWC, NZ vs. Tonga.
The opening ceremony was brilliant as it kicked off at Party Central while at 4:30pm a fleet of 20 waka came into Queen’s Wharf. They performed a massive haka containing about 400 Maori warriors. This reporter says that the haka was spectacular and if you weren’t there you should have been there.
After the haka various things followed like John Key, the NZ prime minister, gave a super speech, a three person waka and a few singers like Dave Dobbyn and the fantabulous Fin Bro’s.
At 7:30 the fanciful fireworks brightened up the city with appealing non-stop fireworks. One person was questioned “How were the fireworks?” He replied with, “Probably the most outstanding firework disclosure seen in NZ! The display was as valuable as gold!”
Finally a French guy opened the RWC 10 minutes before the NZ vs. Tonga game and the game ended with NZ being the winner.
The RWC is now taking people from all 4 corners of the globe to one country. If you were there, what would you say?
By I.K.
On Friday 9 September tens of thousands of people gathered round to witness history. THE RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011! People from around the world came to one spot, Queen’s Wharf not just to see the brilliant firework display, but to see the first match of the RWC, NZ vs. Tonga.
The opening ceremony was brilliant as it kicked off at Party Central while at 4:30pm a fleet of 20 waka came into Queen’s Wharf. They performed a massive haka containing about 400 Maori warriors. This reporter says that the haka was spectacular and if you weren’t there you should have been there.
After the haka various things followed like John Key, the NZ prime minister, gave a super speech, a three person waka and a few singers like Dave Dobbyn and the fantabulous Fin Bro’s.
At 7:30 the fanciful fireworks brightened up the city with appealing non-stop fireworks. One person was questioned “How were the fireworks?” He replied with, “Probably the most outstanding firework disclosure seen in NZ! The display was as valuable as gold!”
Finally a French guy opened the RWC 10 minutes before the NZ vs. Tonga game and the game ended with NZ being the winner.
The RWC is now taking people from all 4 corners of the globe to one country. If you were there, what would you say?
By I.K.
Rugby World Cup
On Friday the 9th of September, Jonah Lomu, AKA the human steamroller stepped on the legendary field once again, for the opening ceremony of the rugby world cup, held at Eden Park to greet fans from all around the world to New Zealand.
This was followed by Tonga’s anthem and New Zealand’s beautiful national song. Seconds later the horrifying hakas took place, done by Tonga as well as the All Blacks.
Dan Carter kicked off the most anticipated match of the year, (New Zealand vs Tonga), with a big and strong kick. In the first half Israil Dag scored the first try of RWC 2011, followed by a close conversion by Carter. And then, one more try by Richard Kahui followed by another one from Daggs amazing ball skills.
Tonga kicked off the second half and then failed to stop Jerome Kanoi from getting the ball over the line for a try. Then they swapped round a replay as Tonga scored a try followed by Nonus gnarly try putting this one in the bag, in one of the last plays in the match.
F.W.
This was followed by Tonga’s anthem and New Zealand’s beautiful national song. Seconds later the horrifying hakas took place, done by Tonga as well as the All Blacks.
Dan Carter kicked off the most anticipated match of the year, (New Zealand vs Tonga), with a big and strong kick. In the first half Israil Dag scored the first try of RWC 2011, followed by a close conversion by Carter. And then, one more try by Richard Kahui followed by another one from Daggs amazing ball skills.
Tonga kicked off the second half and then failed to stop Jerome Kanoi from getting the ball over the line for a try. Then they swapped round a replay as Tonga scored a try followed by Nonus gnarly try putting this one in the bag, in one of the last plays in the match.
F.W.
Rugby World Cup
Recount about opening ceremony
For twenty five years New Zealanders have been waiting for the rugby world cup to come to them! The rugby world cup kicked off at Eden Park on Friday the ninth with an awesome ceremony with fireworks and shows. 10’s of 1000’s people gathered to make NZ history.
Lights, camera, ACTION! The ceremony was full of colours like red lava, blue water and dancing yellow. First of all, a kid named Ethan was playing a game of rugby and then big rugby players came to try and stop him. First he made the try line bend so he could put the ball down. Second he started side-stepping all the rugby players. Thirdly he ran up the players back and jumped into a swimming pool of players with a big splash.
I think that it was a great night and we had lots of fun. I can’t wait for the next RWC to come to NZ.
E.P.
For twenty five years New Zealanders have been waiting for the rugby world cup to come to them! The rugby world cup kicked off at Eden Park on Friday the ninth with an awesome ceremony with fireworks and shows. 10’s of 1000’s people gathered to make NZ history.
Lights, camera, ACTION! The ceremony was full of colours like red lava, blue water and dancing yellow. First of all, a kid named Ethan was playing a game of rugby and then big rugby players came to try and stop him. First he made the try line bend so he could put the ball down. Second he started side-stepping all the rugby players. Thirdly he ran up the players back and jumped into a swimming pool of players with a big splash.
I think that it was a great night and we had lots of fun. I can’t wait for the next RWC to come to NZ.
E.P.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Room 12 maths homework Term 3 Week 9
1.What number is 101 more than.....
30 , 45 , 299 , 330 000 , 220 000 , 670 000 , 120 000
2. What number is 41 less than.....
49 , 89 , 501 , 8001 ,
40 000 , 601 000 , 90 000 , 201 000
3. Write the fractions for.........
one third , two quarters , seven fifths nine eighths , three sevenths
4. Put these fractions in order from biggest to smallest.....
1/2 3/2 2/2 , 2/8 2/4 2/3 , 1/7 1/9 1/3 , 4/5 1/5 6/5
5. How many tens in ..........
90 , 56 , 653 , 876 , 4563 , 9821 , 4467
6. How many hundreds in........
345 , 6745, 27 456 , 7890 , 6743, 436 786 , 243 571 , 556 342
7. How many tenths in.........
7.2, 5.6 , 8.1 , 5.43 , 7.91 , 8.3
8. Round to the nearest tenth........
3.29 , 8.27 , 6.68 , 9.59 , 4.87 , 7.99
30 , 45 , 299 , 330 000 , 220 000 , 670 000 , 120 000
2. What number is 41 less than.....
49 , 89 , 501 , 8001 ,
40 000 , 601 000 , 90 000 , 201 000
3. Write the fractions for.........
one third , two quarters , seven fifths nine eighths , three sevenths
4. Put these fractions in order from biggest to smallest.....
1/2 3/2 2/2 , 2/8 2/4 2/3 , 1/7 1/9 1/3 , 4/5 1/5 6/5
5. How many tens in ..........
90 , 56 , 653 , 876 , 4563 , 9821 , 4467
6. How many hundreds in........
345 , 6745, 27 456 , 7890 , 6743, 436 786 , 243 571 , 556 342
7. How many tenths in.........
7.2, 5.6 , 8.1 , 5.43 , 7.91 , 8.3
8. Round to the nearest tenth........
3.29 , 8.27 , 6.68 , 9.59 , 4.87 , 7.99
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Our epic adventure to the Sky Tower
20 September! Our special, spectacular Sky Tower visit. Our scrutinizing faces were locked on to the tall pine tree- looking building.
We learnt some fantastic, fun-filled, fascinating facts about the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKY TOWER IS THE TALLEST TOWER IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN LOOKING OUT FROM THE MAIN OBSERVaTORY YOU CAN SEE APPROXIMATELY 82 KILOMETERS AWAY?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKY TOWER WEIGHS THE SAME WEIGHT AS 6000 ELEPHANTS?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKY TOWER IS MADE OF 3 MAIN MATERIALS; GLASS, METAL AND CONCRETE?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT IT TOOK 33 MOUNTHS TO BUILD THE SKY TOWER?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 51 LEVELS TO THE MAIN OBSERVATION DECK?
*DID YOU KNOW THEY USE SOMETHING CALLED A DYNO SPHERE TO RELEASE THE LIGHTNING UNDERGROUND SO NOBODY GETS HURT?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LIFTS IN THE SKY TOWER TRAVEL AT 18 KILOMETERS AN HOUR MAKING THE TRIP FROM THE GROUND TO THE MAIN OBSERVATION LEVEL A QUICK 40 SECONDS?
*DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE THREE MAIN EMERGENCY ROOMS CALLED THE REFUGE ROOMS
Highlights of our trip
Our highlights of our trip are...
*watching a 14 minute video about the history of the Sky Tower and NZ!
*going into the lift to the main observation deck.
*looking out from the observation deck.
*going down a few levels of stairs to the refuge room.
*having free time at the observation deck, looking at Rangitoto, Great Barrier island and seeing other cool stuff from the lookout.
*answering questions at the observation deck and if you got it correct you got a green dot if you got it wrong you got a red dot.And the questions were...
*What is the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere?
*What is does the Sky tower weigh?
*How long can you see by looking from the main observation deck?
So at the end everyone had a great time, learning about our new topic (structures) lots of people hope they can next time bring some $money$ and buy something hopefully, so they have a terrific time there. Just to visit though.:)
We learnt some fantastic, fun-filled, fascinating facts about the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKY TOWER IS THE TALLEST TOWER IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN LOOKING OUT FROM THE MAIN OBSERVaTORY YOU CAN SEE APPROXIMATELY 82 KILOMETERS AWAY?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKY TOWER WEIGHS THE SAME WEIGHT AS 6000 ELEPHANTS?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKY TOWER IS MADE OF 3 MAIN MATERIALS; GLASS, METAL AND CONCRETE?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT IT TOOK 33 MOUNTHS TO BUILD THE SKY TOWER?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE 51 LEVELS TO THE MAIN OBSERVATION DECK?
*DID YOU KNOW THEY USE SOMETHING CALLED A DYNO SPHERE TO RELEASE THE LIGHTNING UNDERGROUND SO NOBODY GETS HURT?
*DID YOU KNOW THAT THE LIFTS IN THE SKY TOWER TRAVEL AT 18 KILOMETERS AN HOUR MAKING THE TRIP FROM THE GROUND TO THE MAIN OBSERVATION LEVEL A QUICK 40 SECONDS?
*DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE THREE MAIN EMERGENCY ROOMS CALLED THE REFUGE ROOMS
Highlights of our trip
Our highlights of our trip are...
*watching a 14 minute video about the history of the Sky Tower and NZ!
*going into the lift to the main observation deck.
*looking out from the observation deck.
*going down a few levels of stairs to the refuge room.
*having free time at the observation deck, looking at Rangitoto, Great Barrier island and seeing other cool stuff from the lookout.
*answering questions at the observation deck and if you got it correct you got a green dot if you got it wrong you got a red dot.And the questions were...
*What is the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere?
*What is does the Sky tower weigh?
*How long can you see by looking from the main observation deck?
So at the end everyone had a great time, learning about our new topic (structures) lots of people hope they can next time bring some $money$ and buy something hopefully, so they have a terrific time there. Just to visit though.:)
Awesomely epic Sky Tower visit
On Tuesday the 20 of September room 12,13,14 and 22 all went to the awesome epic place called the Skytower!!!
The awesomely epic things we learn't were:
*The skytower is the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere!
*It has a lightning rod at the very top called the Dynosphere!?
*It took 33 months to build the sky tower
*You can see 82 km's from the main observatin level
Our highlights were:
*Jumping on the elevator glass while looking down!
*Looking down through the glass thinking we're gonna fall!!!
We conclude that anybody can have a good time at the Sky Tower!
By L.C the awesome and C.R the epic
The awesomely epic things we learn't were:
*The skytower is the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere!
*It has a lightning rod at the very top called the Dynosphere!?
*It took 33 months to build the sky tower
*You can see 82 km's from the main observatin level
Our highlights were:
*Jumping on the elevator glass while looking down!
*Looking down through the glass thinking we're gonna fall!!!
We conclude that anybody can have a good time at the Sky Tower!
By L.C the awesome and C.R the epic
The awsome trip to the sky tower
On Tuesday 21 september 2011 Botany primary students went to the Sky tower. We learnt that the sky tower is 21 million KG!!WOW that's heavy.
More than 1000 people built it.The sky tower can withstand winds up to 200 kph now that's an amazing structure.
The sky tower is the tallest building around even bigger than the Effiel tower,Statue of Liberty,and the Empire State building.
At a normal pace it would take someone about 24 minutes to climb 1,029 steps to the main obeservation level.
The sky tower lifts travel at 18 kilometers per hour, making a trip to the main observation level a quick 40 seconds.
It was built by August 3 1997 and took 33 months to build this amazing structure out of concrete,glass,and metal.
It has 300 aerials coming off the tip of this man made structure to help t.v and police,ambulance and those types of things.
The best parts were when we could stare out the lift and look down the bottom and looking at the sky deck.
In the the end some people were talking about how awesome the Sky tower was and what they had learnt I also heard someone say that our new topic was awesome.
By L.H and B.S
More than 1000 people built it.The sky tower can withstand winds up to 200 kph now that's an amazing structure.
The sky tower is the tallest building around even bigger than the Effiel tower,Statue of Liberty,and the Empire State building.
At a normal pace it would take someone about 24 minutes to climb 1,029 steps to the main obeservation level.
The sky tower lifts travel at 18 kilometers per hour, making a trip to the main observation level a quick 40 seconds.
It was built by August 3 1997 and took 33 months to build this amazing structure out of concrete,glass,and metal.
It has 300 aerials coming off the tip of this man made structure to help t.v and police,ambulance and those types of things.
The best parts were when we could stare out the lift and look down the bottom and looking at the sky deck.
In the the end some people were talking about how awesome the Sky tower was and what they had learnt I also heard someone say that our new topic was awesome.
By L.H and B.S
Our insane trip to the sky
On Tuesday we travelled on a bus to sky tower.
We learnt that it took 33 months to build the Sky tower. We learnt that the Sky tower was used for telecommunications.
The best part was when we went travelled in the elevator as the girls were scared.
We took lots of photos to remember this day forever.
JE
We learnt that it took 33 months to build the Sky tower. We learnt that the Sky tower was used for telecommunications.
The best part was when we went travelled in the elevator as the girls were scared.
We took lots of photos to remember this day forever.
JE
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Homework Term 3 Weeks 8-9
Create a poster, book, pamphlet on an amazing structure.
E.g. an Egyptian pyramid, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Channel tunnel.
Research this structure on the internet and with books etc.
Your piece of work needs to be informative and interesting with details such as...
-when and why it was built
-its purpose
-how long it took to build
-materials it is made from
-how long, tall, heavy it is
-who built it
and other interesting facts
Make sure your spelling is accurate, you include pictures,it is set out nicely.
Name your work and write a bibliography. Give your work a title.
E.g. an Egyptian pyramid, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Channel tunnel.
Research this structure on the internet and with books etc.
Your piece of work needs to be informative and interesting with details such as...
-when and why it was built
-its purpose
-how long it took to build
-materials it is made from
-how long, tall, heavy it is
-who built it
and other interesting facts
Make sure your spelling is accurate, you include pictures,it is set out nicely.
Name your work and write a bibliography. Give your work a title.
The terrific Sky tower trip
# Did you know it took 33 months to complete the
Sky Tower
# The Sky Tower is 328 metres high
# It takes 37 buses to make the same height of the Sky Tower
# It also takes 30 million pavlovas to make the same height
# And did you know that the Sky Tower is 4 metres
taller than the Eiffel Tower
# The main materials that make up the Sky Tower is
steel, glass and concrete
# Some people even jump off the Sky Tower for fun
# The dynosphere protects the Sky Tower from being struck by lightning
# If you look from the Sky deck. On a building you can
see a toilet seet.
We enjoyed seeing the views of the city and the Pacfic Ocean.
Sky Tower
# The Sky Tower is 328 metres high
# It takes 37 buses to make the same height of the Sky Tower
# It also takes 30 million pavlovas to make the same height
# And did you know that the Sky Tower is 4 metres
taller than the Eiffel Tower
# The main materials that make up the Sky Tower is
steel, glass and concrete
# Some people even jump off the Sky Tower for fun
# The dynosphere protects the Sky Tower from being struck by lightning
# If you look from the Sky deck. On a building you can
see a toilet seet.
We enjoyed seeing the views of the city and the Pacfic Ocean.
328 meters in sky!!!!!!!!
328 meters in the sky! An actual tower!
On the 20th of September, room 12 and room 13 went to the Sky tower.
We found out lots of information about the Sky tower like...
*37 buses is equal to the weight of the Sky tower
*the Sky tower is taller than the Eiffel tower by 4 meters.
*30,000,000 pavlovas are equal to the weight of the Sky tower.
*The Sky Tower offers breathtaking views for up to 82 km.
*The Sky tower is 21 million kgs.
*If you want to do the sky tower sky walk or sky jump you have to be over 10 years old.
*The Sky tower is the tallest structure in the whole of Oceania.
*the sky tower is made out of concrete, glass and steel.
*It took more than 1000 men to build the sky tower.
*the sky tower is a tourist attraction and has a lot of restaurants and a lot more.
The Highlights of the trip were going to the refuge, standing on the obesrvation area, going on the lifts and the theatere.
We had loads of fun and we hope we can go to the Sky Tower again someday.
On the 20th of September, room 12 and room 13 went to the Sky tower.
We found out lots of information about the Sky tower like...
*37 buses is equal to the weight of the Sky tower
*the Sky tower is taller than the Eiffel tower by 4 meters.
*30,000,000 pavlovas are equal to the weight of the Sky tower.
*The Sky Tower offers breathtaking views for up to 82 km.
*The Sky tower is 21 million kgs.
*If you want to do the sky tower sky walk or sky jump you have to be over 10 years old.
*The Sky tower is the tallest structure in the whole of Oceania.
*the sky tower is made out of concrete, glass and steel.
*It took more than 1000 men to build the sky tower.
*the sky tower is a tourist attraction and has a lot of restaurants and a lot more.
The Highlights of the trip were going to the refuge, standing on the obesrvation area, going on the lifts and the theatere.
We had loads of fun and we hope we can go to the Sky Tower again someday.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Amazing Sky Tower was offically opened on August the 3rd in 1997 in Auckland after 33 months of construction.
Did you know?
#That the Sky Tower is not only a New Zealand landmark, it is also a weater device, tele communications device, it's also a guidance for planes.
#It would take 37 buses standing up on end,6 thousand elephants, 8765,903 gumboots filled with concrete and 30 million pavlovas.
#At the top of the Sky Tower there is a dynosphere that stores lightning and makes it travel down to the ground in the speed of a wink.
My favourite highlights:
#That the Sky Tower's birthday is in August like mine.
#The glass floor on the observation deck that you could lie on.
#The face of the man Sky Jumping."Ahhhhhhhh!"
Did you know?
#That the Sky Tower is not only a New Zealand landmark, it is also a weater device, tele communications device, it's also a guidance for planes.
#It would take 37 buses standing up on end,6 thousand elephants, 8765,903 gumboots filled with concrete and 30 million pavlovas.
#At the top of the Sky Tower there is a dynosphere that stores lightning and makes it travel down to the ground in the speed of a wink.
My favourite highlights:
#That the Sky Tower's birthday is in August like mine.
#The glass floor on the observation deck that you could lie on.
#The face of the man Sky Jumping."Ahhhhhhhh!"
Our epic journey to the Sky Tower.
Yesterday we had an awesome adventure to the fantastic Sky tower.
We learnt facts about the Sky Tower here are some of them.
*That 37 buses stacked vertically would make the height of the Sky Tower.
*Its main materials are steel,concrete and glass.
*It was opened in 1997.
*It is the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.
*The Sky Tower is 4 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower.
The highlight of the day for us was going up and seeing the view from the main observation level.
We learnt facts about the Sky Tower here are some of them.
*That 37 buses stacked vertically would make the height of the Sky Tower.
*Its main materials are steel,concrete and glass.
*It was opened in 1997.
*It is the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.
*The Sky Tower is 4 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower.
The highlight of the day for us was going up and seeing the view from the main observation level.
Getting higher and higher and higher
The sky tower is an amazing structure to visit.
We learnt some terrific facts about the sky tower.
We learnt that the sky tower weighs approximatly 6000 elephants.
The height of the sky tower is 37 buses end to end.
It took 33 months to complete the building of the sky tower.
R liked every thing about the trip.
The best part for T was watching someone doing the sky jump.
We took many photos so we can remember this day forever.
Written by TF and RS.
We learnt some terrific facts about the sky tower.
We learnt that the sky tower weighs approximatly 6000 elephants.
The height of the sky tower is 37 buses end to end.
It took 33 months to complete the building of the sky tower.
R liked every thing about the trip.
The best part for T was watching someone doing the sky jump.
We took many photos so we can remember this day forever.
Written by TF and RS.
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