Month: July 2025

History of the All Blacks

1. When was rugby introduced to New Zealand and by who.

 

Rugby was introduced to New Zealand in 1870 by charles Monro.

 

2. When did NZ play their first rugby game.

 

May 14 – 1870 First Game of Rugby in New Zealand.

 

3. When did NZ play their first international game? Did they win or lose? What was the score?

 

The first international rugby match for the New Zealand All Blacks was against Australia on August 15, 1903. The All Blacks won the match with a score of 22-3.

 

4. When was the NZ team called the All Blacks? Why and how did they become known as the All Blacks?

 

The New Zealand national rugby team, commonly known as the All Blacks, has been called this since their

1905-1906 tour of Britain.

 

5. Name 3 of the best players and what they are known for.

 

Jonah Lomu was known for his incredible speed and power.

 

Dan Carter is recognized as one of the greatest fly-halves in rugby history, holding the record for most points scored in test matches.

 

Richie McCaw, a legendary flanker and captain, led the All Blacks to two Rugby World Cup victories.

 

6. What do the All Blacks perform before each match? What does it mean and why do they perform

it?

The All Blacks are believed to have first performed a choreographed and synchronized version of the “Ka Mate” haka in 1905. This haka was composed by Te Rauparaha of Ngāti Toa to commemorate his escape

from death during an incident in 1810.

 

Week 2 blog post

This week, we continued with Sir Edmund Hillary, Jean Batten, and Ernest Rutherford — three amazing New Zealanders who changed the world.

We found out about the incredible things they did:

• Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt Everest, and he helped build schools and hospitals in Nepal and did you know that he went to both the North Pole and the South Pole.
• Jean Batten was a brave pilot who flew all the way from England to New Zealand by herself!

Ernest Rutherford was a scientist who discovered important things about atoms — he even split the atom!

 

We talked about how each of them inspired other people and made a big impact on future generations.

We also mapped Jean Batten’s flight path on a world map and saw all the countries she flew over. It was really cool to see how far she travelled!

Then we chose one of the three people and made a fact file about them. We wrote about who they were, what they did, and why they were important.

For our STEAM challenges, we got creative!

• We designed a survival tool or shelter, thinking like Sir Edmund Hillary on an expedition.
• We designed paper airplanes to test which would fly the furthest, like Jean Batten

We also built a structure to keep an ice cube from melting. We had to think carefully about materials, insulation, and design.

💡 What We Learned:

• We learned that one person can make a big difference in the world.
• We practised teamwork, problem-solving, and design thinking.
• We used science and creativity to build and test our ideas.
• We gained confidence in sharing our learning in different ways — maps, writing, building, and presenting.

It was an exciting week full of challenges, learning, and fun! We’re proud of what we created and how much we discovered about these inspiring New Zealanders.

 

Edmund Hillary week 1

We did a time line for a famous  New Zealander in groups.

My group did Edmund Hillary and the people in my group are me Sariah , Kenzie, Hazel and Aariya.

It was very hard we had to research a lot but it was pretty fun.

After we finished that we had to do a time line on Canva  by are self not in a group.

But that one was a bit easier to do because we already know a bit about the famous New Zealander.

Here is the pictures.

 

 

Going to the movies

I went to the movies with my family on Thursday and we went in the afternoon.

first we went to go get some popcorn and author snacks  but there was a long line.But it was  so worth it we got

fresh hot popcorn and a drink and also some chocolate also we got free popcorn refills it was great.But  then

the movie was about to start we were going to watch Jurassic park rebirth. We  realised that we came to early

so we had to watch some random adds for a little bit. But then we found out the seats reclined it was really

cool it felt like I was in my bed it was so relaxing. The movie finally finished it was night time now. I really

enjoyed the movie because I loved eating chocolate and popcorn and the movie was an adventure movie and I  love adventure movies.