Learning about the All Blacks!

1.When was Rugby introduced to New Zealand and by who?Rugby was introduced to New Zealand in 1870 by Charles Monroe.

2. When did New Zealand play their first their first rugby game?The All Blacks played their first game on the 14th of May 1870.

3.When did New Zealand play their first International game?Did they win or lose?What was their score?The All Blacks played their first international game on August the 15th 1903 and sadly they lost against Australia in Sydney.Their score was 6-8.

4. When was the New Zealand team called the All Blacks?Why were they know as the All Blacks?What were they originally called? They were called the All Blacks in 1905 and  were called The All Blacks because of their black uniform.

5.Name 3 of the best players and what are they known for?Richie McCaw holds the world record for the world’s most test appearances . Jonah Tali Lomu was the first true superstar on the rugby union and lastly… Colin Meads!A living legend- Played against Australia with a broken arm!

6.Why do the All Blacks perform the haka before each match?What does it mean and why do they perform it for?They perform the Haka because it is a war dance to war cry for their people.They perform it with intensity to intimidate other rugby teams.It lets the opposing team know that their bringing their all.

Go Rugby! Go The All Blacks!

By:Nathuli Jayasekara

Introduction on our world

My group:Aisha, Amirah and I made a world in Minecraft.The Minecraft world had to be themed around our STEAM theme for the term which is NZ takes on the world.Our world had things that NZ made that inspired the world, like the mountain Rangitoto and native birds like the Kiwi and Kakapo.We worked on it for 4 days because we called on the weekends to make sure our world had the best chance of being finished.

Our slides

Before Our class started our animation or world we had to answer a set of slides so that we know what we are making or building and here are the photos of the slides

Questions

In our blog post we need to include and answer these questions.Here are the questions we need to answer these are questions about the journey to make our Minecraft world.The answers will be red and the questions will be black.

1.What NZ identity features did we include? In the world my group added some native birds like the Kiwi and Kakapo also we added famous places in NZ like hot springs and the sky tower.

2.What did I learn about Aotearoa?I learnt about famous things that were made in NZ which I didn’t know were made in NZ like the jet boat and bungee jumping.

3.What digital skills did I use?I used my building skills and creative skills to make kiwis and kakapos in my groups Minecraft world.

4.What would I do differently next time?I would help more on the bigger projects like the Sky Tower and Rangitoto.I would also focus on the smaller things so everything looks good.

5.How well did we work together?We worked really well together and gave each other jobs and helped each other when we asked for help from each other.

Photos

I will now show you our world from the photos we took during the time we made it.