Research for Wk 3

The All Blacks won the supreme award at the Halberg awards last week. Graham Henry won coach of the year, and Richie McCaw won Sportsman of the year as well.

My Questions to you are: 


Who are the Halberg awards named after? Who was this person? 


Choose one Halberg winner (except the 2011 winners) and tell Room 13 why they won their particular award. Clicking on this link will take you to a website that has all the starting information you need. 


Remember your research is due on Friday. You can either post it to the blog, or email it to Mr. Caradus. If you don't have internet at home or can't use internet at home, ask Mr. Caradus in the morning if you can use the class computers.

Research for wk 2

We have all enjoyed another long weekend because of Waitangi Day. However, do you know what Waitangi Day is about?


For this week's research I want you to answer two questions: 


What is Waitangi Day?
Why is Waitangi Day important to all New Zealanders? 


Mr. Caradus wants your answer in a written paragraph. Remember to put your answer in your own words. Do not copy and paste your your answer from another website. 


Check out these websites for your answers:  http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitangi_Day


Remember, this research is due by Friday morning on 10th of February. It must be either posted to this blog thread or emailed to Mr. Caradus. 

Cool websites to help your learning

Khan Academy
This is an american based website that has a lot of tutorial videos that will help you with Maths and a lot of other subjects like social studies, business and history. You can also sign up to practice your maths skills and see watch yourself unlock harder problems as you learn more.

BBC Schools
This is a British based website that has a lot of pages dedicated to lots of different things that we learn about in school. Find an activity that you can use to help your learning in a particular area...maybe maths or science?!


NZ History
This is a NZ website where you can learn heaps about the history of New Zealand.

Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a great website to use sparingly. It is a giant encyclopedia that gives you good general knowledge about topics that we are learning about in school.


Typing Tutor
Speed up your typing by practicing it using this online tutor. Work you way up to see if you can type at 80 words per minute.

TED
TED is a website dedicated to changing ideas, changing attitudes, changing lives and ultimately changing the world. There are lots of inspirational and educational videos here on a range of different topics.

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