Te ara 3

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

3. Manukau Harbour

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Harbours and wetlands page to answer these questions.

What two adjectives are used to describe the Manukau Harbour?

The adjectives used are wide and shallow

What landforms are common in the harbour?

Wetlands and rivers

What two things about the Manukau Harbour have led to shipwrecks?

Shifting sandbars and swells

What was the worst shipwreck on the Manukau bar?

The HMS Orpheus – 259 people were on board and 189 people drowned.

Te ara 2

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

2. Tamaki River

L.I.    Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

    Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Eastern suburbs: Oraki  to the Tamaki estuary page to answer these questions.

Where does the river flow from and to?

Mangere East to a tidal estuary on the Waitemata.

What was the link used by Maori called?

Otahuhu portage.

What two bodies of water does it join?

Waitemata and Manukau harbour

What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea?

Sandspit.

What is the name of the marina on the Tamaki river?

Half moon bay.

When was the first Panmure Bridge built?

1866.

When was the current bridge built?

1970’s

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.

What sort of landform is the Waitemata harbour? It’s a drowned river valley.
Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital? It was chosen to be New Zealand’s capital because it was also known as the Auckland Harbour.
What does Waitemata mean? Waitemata was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate
Tell me one interesting fact about each of these features of the Waitemata: Auckland’s chief port - Ngāti Whātua's lands border four harbours - Hokianga, Kaipara, Waitematā and Manukau 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. Westhaven - Westhaven Marina, with 1,800 berths, is the largest managed marina in Australasia, and a symbol of Aucklanders’ love of sailing. 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 as an alternative harbour crossing, spanning the upper Waitematā from Hobsonville to Greenhithe on the North Shore. Natural features - Natural features of the Waitematā include Meola reef (also known as The Tokoroa, meaning ‘a long reef’), a rocky submarine promontory.

Tamaki River

Reflection

Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Sketching

On Photoshop we did a sketch of anything

or else after we got a picture we sketched it.

All about me - Google drawing

This is all about me.

All about Mrs Anderson - Brainstorm, Google drawing

This is what we had to do for our teacher Mrs Anderson

(Digital Tech Teacher)

Collage Presentation - Google presentation

This is a presentation about collages.

Photo Booth - Photo's

We took pictures of ourselves on Photo Booth.

Sketching Instructions

A slice of New Zealand

This is my 3 stages of my art.

Algebraic Thinking

This is showing you how to play algebra.

Writing Toolkit

This is what I did in room 9 and it is supposed to help us with our writing.

Spelling Activity

She approached him quietly.

I was really confused about his speech he did.

The buffalo was angrier.

We had to do our rock cycle for inquiry.

The damage he did on her was really bad.

He was sickly insane.

The minister replied to him and said...

The fashion show was awesome.

I was thrilled.

XtraMath Result

This is what I got. I haven't improved because I haven't been learning them.

Using Te Ara Encyclopedia

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

2. Tamaki River

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Eastern suburbs: Oraki  to the Tamaki estuary page to answer these questions.

Where does the river flow from and to?

Mangere East to a tidal estuary on the Waitemata.

What was the link used by Maori called?

Otahuhu portage.

What two bodies of water does it join?

Waitemata.

What sort of landform is Tāhuna Tōrea?

Sandspit.

What is the name of the marina on the Tamaki river?

Half moon bay.

When was the first Panmure Bridge built?

1866.

When was the current bridge built?

1970’s

Xtra maths Results

I am still improving but I just got 1 thing wrong.

Xtramaths Results

I have improved because last week I had a lot wrong.

My spelling

Level 49

L.I Making Sentences

• Challenge - My teacher gave me a challenge.
• Fraction - I had a fraction test at school.
• Weird - She/he was weird just like Roswell.
• Cape - I wore a cape.
• Explosion - There was a massive explosion near the white house.
• Priest - The priest was very nervous while he was talking to the church.
• Amateur - She was being an amateur.
• Tremendously - He was tremendously awesome.
• Revive - I revived my friend on black ops 2.
• India - I went to India.

Xtramaths Results

This is my Xtra-maths from the start of the term and I haven't done very well.

My Waitemata Research

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’s a drowned river valley.

Why was it chosen to be New Zealand’s capital?

It was chosen to be New Zealand’s capital because it was also known as the Auckland Harbour.

What does Waitemata mean?

Waitemata was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate

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

Auckland’s chief port - Ngāti Whātua's lands border four harbours - Hokianga, Kaipara, Waitematā and Manukau

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.

Westhaven - Westhaven Marina, with 1,800 berths, is the largest managed marina in Australasia, and a symbol of Aucklanders’ love of sailing.

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 as an alternative harbour crossing, spanning the upper Waitematā from Hobsonville to Greenhithe on the North Shore.

Natural features - Natural features of the Waitematā include Meola reef (also known as The Tokoroa, meaning ‘a long reef’), a rocky submarine promontory.

My camp Recount

Orienteering

Aarghh! Where is that letter v. Trinity and I thought that we could find it but we couldn’t. We kept on searching for another 2 minutes, and we still couldn’t find it. We were about to get help from someone but Trinity said not to because that would be cheating.

Finally our principal gave us a clue, he said “It’s on the left side of the stairs.” We were looking but we still couldn’t find it. We gave up again and as we were going to Peter the councillor, Ms Kirkpatrick came and showed us where the letter was.

Trinity tried to cover it up with mud but Mz Kirkpatrick told him “No don’t do that you're being mean to the others.” So we ran as fast as we could back to Peter.

Sub questionns

Sub-questions

L.I.     Thinking about sub-questions when researching

When you are looking for information there is always one main question that you have to answer.  Then, as you think about the main question and start reading other questions will occur to you.  These sub-questions give direction to your reading.  They keep you on track.  It is a strategy good readers use to help them locate information quickly.

Match (cut and paste) the main question with the sub-questions that relate

Question	Sub-questions
Subject: Film What were the main reasons for the success of a movie that you have recently seen?  Write your own review of the movie.	What does this species look like?  Does it deserve a dangerous reputation?  Why was it hunted so freely in the past?  Why is it now on the endangered list?  Why has it become the world’s first protected shark?
Subject: History What was life like in your town or suburb at the beginning of the 20th century?	What do teenagers want from their series?  Why are the relationships between characters so important?  What settings are favoured?  What qualities do the lead actors have?   Why do some local series do well overseas?
Subject: Geography Why has the grey nurse shark become the only protected species of shark?	What type is it, adventure, crime, comedy, romance?  What was it’s storyline?  What was the complication and the interesting consequences?  Were the actors convincing?  How effective was the cinematography?
Subject: Social studies How do farmers manage the land to prevent soil erosion?	What aspects (transport, communication, work) were different in the past?  What aspects have stayed the same?  How has entertainment changed or stayed the same?  What are the most notable buildings from this time?
Subject: Media Studies What do you think are the qualities of a successful TV series for teenagers?	What was it’s nature: was it a particular event that had great impact on the main character?  How did this give excitement and interest to the novel?  How did it affect other characters?
Subject: Reading Why is a major complication essential to a novel?  Show how is has affected the plot and the development of major characters in a novel you have read.	Why is it such a concern?  What are the effects on a farm of soil erosion?  How can erosion from water be controlled?  How can windbreaks help?  Why is it important to keep plant growth in the soil?  How can farmer protect the soil during dry periods?

Write your own sub-questions for these main questions

Question	Sub-questions
How does a glacier effect the land?	How does the glacier form?
What effect have humans had on the volcanoes of Auckland?	How has volcanoes affected the land?
What factors can change the course of a river?	How does the river change?

A helping hand from the glossary

A helping hand from the Glossary

L.I. -    Library/Research skills

    Using a glossary

Sometimes a book also has a glossary at the beginning or the end.  This gives short explanations of specialised or difficult terms used in the book.  The following is an example is from a book about the moon.

GLOSSARY Albedo        Asteroid   Mare Satellite Sputnik 1

in astronomy, the reflective property of planets a small rocky object found mainly in a belt or flat ring between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars; also called a minor planet because it is so small (the largest are only 200 km across). a large flat plain on the moon caused by lava flows and marked by ridges, depressions and faults; all 14 maria are on the side of the moon that faces Earth. a natural (e.g. moon) or artificial (e.g. spacecraft) object that orbits around a larger astronomical body. the first artificial satellite, which was launched into space to orbit around the Earth in 1957.

Name an artificial satellite.

What is another term for a minor planet in orbit between Mars and Jupiter? Satellite

What is the term for an object that orbits around another larger planetary body? Mare

What is the term used for a large flat lava flow on the moon?

What term is used to describe the characteristic light reflecting from a planet? Albedo

My landforms in the library

My Landform in the library

 

Landforms	DDN(Dewey Decimal Number)
Earth Science	500
Volcanoes	551.21
Rivers	551.4
Caves	551.4
Glaciers	551.312