Term Two Begins....

Hi everyone...

I hope you have had a great holiday, I have been busy for the last two weeks getting ready for this term and planning camp. A huge thanks to Tracey Smith for helping get some quotes and to POPPY COLTON who put in an application to Martinborough Lions for camp and they have provided us with $400 to go towards our camp - thanks :).

This term we have a huge focus on improving our spelling and editing skills, so as well as the quiz questions, there will often be short activities to work on your spelling and editing. 

We have now analysed the basic facts progress for last term, and the results are great!! We now want that same progress with our spelling results - so everyone needs to work just as hard on spelling as they did on basic facts. 

Just one wee thing - do be careful what you write on an email that gets passed around - e.g your name and a comment that you then forward on, I was pretty disgusted at what some of the students in our class wrote on an email that got forwarded around over the last week...come on guys, what you write becomes public and lasting knowledge...imagine if you're going for a job or into a College next year and the people in your future see this.

Here is the quiz...i have heard that you can actually do this quiz online so I will look into that too!! www.kiwiquiz.co.nz for anyone who wants to do that for me!

KIWI KWIZ 2009   

       WEEK 11

 

Question One: Why did a Canadian tourist complain about New Zealand’s Eskimo lollies last week?

a)    She found maggots in her packet of Eskimos

b)    The lollies broke her two front teeth

c)    The term ‘Eskimo’ is considered racist in Canada

d)    She thought the marshmallow lollies contained alcohol

 

Question Two: What is the official name for the South Island?

a)    The South Island

b)    The Southern Island

c)    Te Wai Pounamu

d)    There is no official name for the South Island

 

Question Three: Who is buried at the National War Memorial in Wellington?

a)    Lieutenant Colonel William Malone

b)    Captain Charles Upham

c)    New Zealand’s first four Prime Ministers

d)    An unknown New Zealand soldier from World War One

 

Question Four: Scotland’s Susan Boyle has become a celebrity after appearing on which television show?

a)    UK Idol

b)    Miss Scotland

c)    Britain’s Got Talent

d)    Eurovision Song Contest 2009

 

Question Five: Why did gladiators in the Roman Empire eat onions?

a)   They thought onions made them invisible

b)   They thought lions would be repelled by the smell

c)   They thought onions gave them super-human strength

d)   They thought the God of the Onions would save them

 

Question Six: Where did the Phantom of the Opera live?

a)   In the giant organ at the Paris Opera House

b)   In the ticket booth at the Paris Opera House

c)   In the sewers beneath the Paris Opera House

d)   In the abandoned warehouse above the Paris Opera House

 

Question Seven: New Zealand scientists have invented an apple that..?

a)    doesn’t go brown when it is cut

b)    grows back when you take a bite

c)    is the size of a netball

d)    tastes like white chocolate

 

Question Eight: Auckland’s new super-city will include..?

a)    Auckland, Waitakere, North Shore and Hamilton

b)    Auckland, Papakura, Coromandel and Rodney

c)    Auckland, North Shore, Manukau and Waitakere

d)    Auckland, Rodney, Whangarei and North Shore

 

Question Nine: If you’re ‘riding shotgun’ in a car, where are you sitting?

a)    in the driver’s seat

b)    in the front passenger’s seat

c)    in the boot

d)    in the back seat

 

Question Ten: In which musical movie does an Australian schoolgirl date the leader of the T-Birds gang?

a)    Grease

b)    Underbelly

c)    Hairspray

d)    High School Musical