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**Amazing Race Thank You Letters!**

__ Thank you letter to Mum __

Room 30 Tauranga Intermediate

Peggy Herbison 11 Ridgemount Terrace WelcomeBay Tauranga

Monday 28th March 2011

Dear Mum

Thank you for helping us with our Amazing Race trip! I am glad that you could take transport because we wouldn’t have been able to do the Amazing Race without parent help. I also want to thank you for buying us two packets of lollies for the trip that was very thoughtful. My favourite part of the trip was going to the Redwoods in Rotoura because I have never been there before and it was fun to go into a forest for my first time. I also thought that it was a good chance to experience the outdoors. The trip was good to get to know the Bay of Plenty a lot more by seeing where everything is. I hope you had as much fun as I did!

Yours Sincerely Abbey Herbison

__ Thank you letter to Peer __

Room 30 Tauranga Intermediate

Peggy Herbison 11 Ridgemount Terrace WelcomeBay Tauranga

Monday 28th March 2011

Dear Mum

Thank you for helping us with our Amazing Race trip! I am glad that you could take transport because we wouldn’t have been able to do the Amazing Race without parent help. I also want to thank you for buying us two packets of lollies for the trip that was very thoughtful. My favourite part of the trip was going to the Redwoods in Rotoura because I have never been there before and it was fun to go into a forest for my first time. I also thought that it was a good chance to experience the outdoors. The trip was good to get to know the Bay of Plenty a lot more by seeing where everything is. I hope you had as much fun as I did!

Yours Sincerely Abbey Herbison

 __**Amazing Race Reflection**__

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__**Walt: reflect on our experience of the Amazing Race.**__

__**Day one - Te Puna - Katikati - Waihi - Karangahake Gorge**__ My Team was Samuel (room29), Maddison (room29, Rhys (room 42) and I. The parent help that we had for our team was Samuel’s mum. Our team wasn’t working together very well today because we didn’t have a good strategy of how we could get through activities a lot faster. My highlight of today was going to Martha Mine in Waihi because I have never been to that mine before, I also liked that we got to go to the Beach Hop to look at the cool cars that were there and one person from our group got to get a photo next to a blue car, a red car and a green car while they were in the little cardboard car that we made. Rhys was the person who got to have the photos next to the cars. When we were at Martha Mine we suddenly realized that we had left our pens in the car so Maddison ran 2km to find her mum because her mum usually has a lot of pens. Her mum was working in a different group today. So after a while she gave up and went to a shop to borrow a pen. Then after that Mrs Stock came up to us and told us that we should not be up at the mine and that we should be looking for the answers in the information centre, so that was a complete waste of time. In the end we came 15th.

__**Day two - Papamoa - Te Puke - Rotorua**__ My muscles were aching after such an action packed day yesterday but I was so excited about today! Our team worked a lot better today because we were working together as a team. The parent that we had helping us today was Maddison’s aunty. My favourite part of the day was going to the Redwoods in Rotorua because I have never been in any woods before and it was really really fun doing the orienteering. Today I don’t really think we worked together very well in the maze because we all wanted to go our own ways. Maddison and I lost Rhys and Samuel in the maze and our parent had all ready finished the maze so we tried to look for Rhys and Samuel but we couldn’t find them. So we got our parents attention and she came into the maze and helped Maddison and I to find Rhys and Samuel. We eventually found them and continued on with the maze. We ended up coming 8th which we thought was really good considering that we lost each other in the maze. The second day (which was today) was the best day in my opinion because we go to do a lot more activities and all the activities that we had did I have never done any of them before. I hope everyone had as much fun as I did!

__**Day three - Sulphur Point Marina - Sandfords - Earth 2 Ocean - fish ‘n’ Chicken - Kulim Park - Tauranga City Library - Tauranga Art Gallery - The Elms**__ I couldn’t wait to start today’s activities! Our driver today was my Mum. My favourite part about today was that we learnt how to make fish and chips in a real fish and chip shop! I don’t like fish so I just had the chips and they were yummy! I didn’t really like today as much as the first two days because all the activities were in the same area so we didn’t really drive around as much. I liked what we did but we could easily follow groups and the groups that left last wouldn’t have a chance to catch up so when my group finished, some groups were still making there fish and chips. It was funny watching people filleting the fish because it looks so easy when the professionals who work at Sandfords do it then when we do it, it looks so much harder. Our group worked really well today because we were encouraging each other and helping each other to finish the activities. I think that the earth 2 ocean place was cool because you got to learnt how to go diving. We came 10th place after that awesome day! The Amazing Race was the best school trip I have ever done!

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

**My aMAZEme brochure!**





Well done Abbey. This is a very attractive brochure and it would persuade me to visit there. I like your choice of colours and you have included lots of attractive images which make Amazeme look like lots of fun! Excellent persuasive language used. Good editing skills. Awesome effort, top marks! Miss Crone :)

I think this is a very professional brochure and can see it standing out well amongst all other activity brochures that may sit on a stand. This is very important because tourist and fun activity businesses market themselves predominantly on stands in hotels or tourist information sites. So is crucial for them to be eye catching and communicate quickly a sense of adventure and fun. Your key selling points stand out very well. They are intriguing and the overall design holds and communicates a lot of information without feeling cluttered or difficult to read. I think your writing is very engaging and it certainly sold me on giving the maze a go. Well done Abbey I'm sure aMAZEme would be very proud to have this brochure to help market their business.

Awesome work!! Daddy xx :)

**My aMAZEme brochure and I!**

__**Thursday 14th April** __

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


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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 23px; line-height: 35px;">**Why Kiwis are the best**

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

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<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">New Zealand is the best country because of all the activities that you can do. Two examples are, explore the Redwoods in Rotorua and get wet at Waimarino. You can have loads of fun orienteering in the Redwoods and learn about the native trees. Waimarino is an awesome water adventure park. The types of activities you can do there are jump onto a giant blow up pillow (called "the Blob") and then to crawl to the end of it and wait for someone to jump on the Blob which sends you flying in the air and into into the river! New Zealand has beautiful scenery so don't forget your camera. Camping is a great way to experience the nature that we have. A real kiwi favourite food that we like to have is fish 'n' chips and Watties tomato sauce. In NZ we have a Maori culture. A good way to experience it is to go onto a marae and be welcomed by the people at that marae and listen to the stories that the host will tell you. So I hope that you are convinced that you should come to New Zealand and that you will come here for your next family holiday. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
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