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Friday 18 October 2013

My Orientation




LI: Write an orientation that hooks the reader in.




As strange as it may seem I just looked in horror as I found myself driving off the shore into the freezing cold water. I was so sure that I put my breaks on or had I ? Unfortunately for me I realised that instead of putting the handbrake on I accidently put it into gear which made me go straight into the water! "Uh ohh!" I gasped for air as I glanced at my brand new truck sinking into the water. I was wondering what would happen next. I had all my belongings in the truck! As I wondered what would happen next I rang the Tower Company and crossed my fingers and hoped that I had paid the car insurance!

Using Te Ara 1


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?
It is a drowned River Valley.

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital?  
The harbour’s deep navigable channels and sheltered bays helped to determine Lieutenant-Governor Hobson’s choice of a site for New Zealand's capital in 1840.  

What does Waitemata mean?  Obsidian glass

Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata:

Auckland’s chief port - Did you know that Auckland’s port on the Waitematā was vital to the progress of the city and region.
Westhaven - Viaduct Basin The Viaduct Basin, site of the old fishing harbour, was redeveloped in the mid-1990s as a site where the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron could host the America’s Cup in 1999 and 2003.
Harbour bridge - The Auckland Harbour Bridge (1,020 m long) was opened in 1959 to link  the Auckland isthmus with the north.  
Greenhithe bridge - The Greenhithe bridge was built in 1975 which will that bridge 38.
Natural features - It was formed by lava flowing from the Three Kings eruption 20,000 years 

ago.





Tuesday 15 October 2013

Keyboards Skills



This is my new highscore I got from typing the fastest I could. This would help me get work done faster.

Bodmas


Even though I get questions wrong I still carry on to try and work it out so I will achieve all my answers. I learnt how to use brackets and also to understand what they mean. By learning this maths equation will help me learn and It means that I can use brackets and then answer the question.

Monday 14 October 2013

Believe, Achieve and Succed.











Being able to comment on a different person make me being able to Believe, Achieve and succed which is why I wrote a comment on a comment is because I can believe that put hard work into it , they             managed to achieve it and now they will Succed.



Waitemata Habour

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?
It is a drowned River Valley.

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital?  
The harbour’s deep navigable channels and sheltered bays helped to determine Lieutenant-Governor Hobson’s choice of a site for New Zealand's capital in 1840.

What does Waitemata mean?


Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata:
Auckland’s chief port - Did you know that Auckland’s port on the Waitematā was vital to the progress of the city and region.
Westhaven - Viaduct Basin The Viaduct Basin, site of the old fishing harbour, was redeveloped in the mid-1990s as a site where the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron could host the America’s Cup in 1999 and 2003
Harbour bridge - The Auckland Harbour Bridge (1,020 m long) was opened in 1959 to link  the Auckland isthmus with the north.
Greenhithe bridge - The Greenhithe bridge was built in 1975 which will that bridge 38.
Natural features - It was formed by lava flowing from the Three Kings eruption 20,000 years ago.

This is my activity I have done all about the Waitemata Habour. This includes facts about the habour such as the Habour Bridge. I hope you enjoy.