Homework Week 10 Term 1

Homework Sheet              Due Date: Friday 12^th April

My day for presenting news is ___________________________

I will be presenting_________________________

Remember to ...

- Learn your spelling words by writing a synonym, (similar meaning) for each one. Hint – use a thesaurus, online or book.

- Practice doing your maths certificate in 5 minutes

- Read each night for 20 minutes and get your reading log signed, ( 4 times) Giving your book a rating out of 10 and why you gave it that.

Activity – Know Your Place!

1. Look at and free hand draw a map of NZ into your homework book, inside the border.

3. In red, bullet point and label our capital city.

4. In blue, bullet point and label our main cities.

5. In green, label the Four main Islands with their English and Māori names.

6. Find and label three volcanoes, a mountain range, 3 lakes, a strait and a glacier.

Extra For Experts

2.Learn the cities of NZ by playing Our Games New Zealand at http://www.geography-map-games.com (select NZ) or use the link from our class blog.

The top class score so far is Bryn’s on 73,997, see if you can beat it! Take a screen shot/print a copy to prove it!

Activity 2 - Cultural Quiz

Use the word bank at the bottom of the page to help you answer these questions in your homework book.

1. The main islands of New Zealand are generally, (although not always) known in Maori as ?

2. The first occupation of Europeans in New Zealand was?

3. Lots of people migrated from Europe in the 19th century because of?

4. The New Zealand Wars were about?

5. What is nationality?

6. Chinese immigrants had to pay a special tax to enter NZ. It was called a?

7. What is ethnicity?

8. The names of the countries that many Pacific peoples immigrate from are?

9. Which government department decides if a person can come from another place and make their lives in New Zealand?

10. How many countries in the world accept refugees?

Wordbank:          14         Catching seals for the fur trade         Te Ika a Maui, Rakiura and Te Wai Pounamu         Arguments between Europeans and Maori over who owned the land         Famine and poverty

Belonging to a nation         A group that have some of the following in common: language, ancestors, heritage, religious and physical characteristics                  A poll tax         The New Zealand Immigration Service         Samoa, Niue, Tonga and the Cook Islands

Extra For Experts

Remember you can only do this when you have finished the above activities, but you don ‘t have to do this, it’s just an extra challenge if you would like to accept it.