Cross-country

Bang, as the race started all the year 7 girls went racing off. Ala was first after her was Pesi with the rest trailing behind.

I got to Mr Harris, he was on the reserve, I had a rest because I felt sick so he said, “Do you want to stay or keep running,” and I replied, “Keep running,” so I started running.

When I was running my legs were very sore. My face was so red that I felt like a drink of water.

After the race I felt relieved that it was done. When I got to the end of the race I felt like I was going to vomit

Where The Heck Is Pukekohe?

Namibia's rugby team is staying in Pukekohe for the world cup

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The Maori word puke-kohe means “hill of the kohekoh e “ New Zealand’ native mahogany.During the New Zealand Wars a battle was fought in Pukekohe know as the Defence of
Pukekohe East 1863
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The tangata whenua of Franklin trace their ancestry back to the Tainui canoe that came to rest at Kawhia after the long voyage from Hawaiki. Marriage and wars through the centuries gave different tribes influence over what is now called Franklin

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We are using the nations of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as our inquiry path.

For this unit we are in one of four teams: Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Stormers. My team is Stormers

There will be a number of tasks for us to navigate to achieve our goal of an excellent result in this unit. There are a mixture of individual and team tasks to be completed. The main task that will show our learning in this unit will be a Hyperstudio presentation about one of the countries in the World Cup competition.