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The Amazing Race

media type="file" key="Amazing Race Reflection.m4a" width="300" height="50" WALT:Reflect on our experience of the Amazing Race __ **Day One - Te Puna - Katikati - Waihi - Karangahake Gorge** __

Our team didn’t start off too good at the beginning we didn’t exactly work as a team I tried to get them to but they didn’t listen.My team was,Taylor, Thomas, and Karl 3 boys .My favorite part was when we went to Katikati and find all of the mural’s that were listed on the sheet of paper that we were given, I found that it was such a challenge.The most interesting thing for me on that day, was Waihi we mucked up looking around for the answers in the end we found out that we had to go back to the information centre and get the answers from in there,it held us back a lot. Our parent on that day was really good though he didn’t encourage us to do well at all,it kind of let me down. Though the fact that he didn’t help us really made us think about what we had to do. Other than all that I had a blast that day and was really looking forward to what the next day would be like.

__ **Day Two - Papamoa - Te Puke - Rotorua** __

**The best amazing race day out of the whole thing a wicked experience that I will never forget.My favorite was definitely the red woods orienteering,it was so much fun going through the woods. Throughout the whole amazing race I had the most fun doing that.The parent (my mum) was the best she encouraged us to do well she, helped us work things out,she made us work as a team.The most interesting thing to do was Te Puia as well as having a wonderful time,we found out all there is to know about the geysers there.**

__ **Day Three - Mt Maunganui - Tauranga** __

//I thought that it would be a lot more exciting than it was,but it was the easiest and challenging,especially when Taylor had to fillet the fish it was hilarious, we had the same parent that we had on the first day,he was a lot better than he was before,he helped us more and encouraged us,especially when we went to the Elms Mission house and had to look around trying to find the answers to the questions we were given,he gave us a big hand doing that,my favorite part was when we had to go to Master Chicken Fish and chip place in Tauranga, where we had to fry the fish as well we were given some chips and then had to go to the park down the road and eat them (not much of a challenge) but I enjoyed it, the fish was so delicious.// //My least favorite part was probably,going to the Tauranga city library to read a Lynley Dodd story it wasn’t that exciting to do.//

**Excellent reflection Shelby. Great honesty. I am glad you had a such an awesome time on the Amazing Race. Nice voice recording too!** **Miss Crone :)**

Room 30 Tauranga Intermediate

Mr Peer aMAZEme 1335 Paradise Valley Rd Rotorua NZ  Wednesday, 30 March 2011 Dear Mr Peer **Thank you so,so much for letting us use your maze for our final destination on day 2 of our amazing race,it was so much fun,I have never been in a maze before and i’m glad that yours was the first one. I had a blast,the maze I have to say was the most challenging activity of the day, my group was just running back and forth and going the same way every time, in the end we finally arrived in the middle and came 19th.** **Thank you again Mr Peer for giving up your time to help with our amazing race, I hope that you had fun, ‘watching us all struggle with getting to the middle of the maze which of course, you would be able to get in probably just over a minute if that’.I know that I would be. Thank you again I know I will be coming back.**

**Yours Sincerely,** **Shelby peacock**

Room 30 Tauranga Intermediate

Donnehl Peacock 22 Clyde St Mt Maunganui NZ  Monday, 28 March 2011

Dear Donnehl Peacock, **Thank you so much mum for providing transport for my group, and also for encouraging us to do well and helping us in the orienteering, which was my most favorite part I enjoyed it so much.Without you we would’ve really struggled with it,well to be honest, we sort of did at the start trying to find the triangle that was on the map,which really had nothing to do with it other than that as soon as we found the first letter ‘N’ and got on the right track we were away.** **My least favorite but exciting and challenging part,was the maze it seemed so hard even though it wasn’t if you actually went through the right passage, which we sadly didn’t get ‘till ages, when we had finished the maze we had fallen behind so much it seemed that we didn’t even need to bother doing it, other than that, personally I enjoyed running around getting lost.** **If it wasn’t for the amazing race I never would’ve found out about that maze and never would’ve been able to experience the thrill of getting ‘lost’.** **Thank you so much again for being apart of this Amazing Race and providing transport, if you and all the other parents hadn’t been able to come then it probably wouldn’t even of happened.I hope you had a wonderful time like I did.** **Thank you again mum for putting your time and effort into coming on the Amazing Race.** Yours sincerely, Shelby Peacock (your best and favorite daughter)

__ Thursday 14th April 2011 __

**L.I. We are learning to develop effective questions and draw conclusions from our findings**

__ S.C. We will have __

**L.I. We are learning to develop effective questions and draw conclusions from our findings.** __ S.C. We will have __


 * used a variety of questions from the 7 servants
 * used a variety of open and closed questions to extract relevant information

__ Why Kiwis are the Best __

Our rugby team the All Blacks are nearly the best rugby team in the whole world,and our netball team the Silver Ferns are again nearly the best in the world.New Zealanders are always very fit and strong.The scenery is amazing so when we are on a run or just a walk the view keeps us going we just want to see whats around the corner and doing that it keeps us fit. Kiwis are the best because we have a great sense of humor we can make anyone laugh with just being ourselves.We don't need to make a fantastic impression to any foreign person we just be ourselves.We are a lot different from any other country we have the most amazing maori culture,our food is just absolutely phenomenal its healthy and sweet,especially our hangi's.Our country is one of the smallest in the world but we are very strong and make a huge impression just being us.s

__ My brochure on the Rotorua Redwoods __ L.I. We are learning to use detailed language and a writing style that is appropriate and directed to audience to produce a brochure advertising a place we visited on the Amazing Race

S.C. We canuse formal language (no slang)use persuasive language/emotive language e.g. you would love ...use objective and/or powerful language e.g. certainly, must, absolutely Sam King:)

I think that it is a very good job that you have done you have a tone of information. You have so many cool pictures I really really like the statues of the three guys! It shows me everything one of them is the contact details a map good pictures I would really like to go there on the weekend. Great job shelby:):)!