Group+9+-+Pre-Project

=Council logoTask 1: Mini Photo Essays= __Please note:__ 1. Do **not** post individual pictures of students on the internet - group photos are fine 2. Do **not** give out your email on this wiki - pass it onto your teacher's spreadsheet to share with others 3. Contribute to the discussion tab above each time you add to the wiki - let others know what you have done and get to know them

=Creators - Tell us about your self and give your blog URL= My name is Yoon Honju. My name is Rebecca (but i prefer Becs) My name is Lee HeeJu. Hey I'm Ataria, but i usually have the habit of spelling my name like TAREA!! My name is Brandon Zhao. My name is Fernando Nunes. My name is João Santos. My name is Adrian from Canada.

My School
Our school school is Deer Park Public School, it is a vast building with many unique people and things to do. But as you may know, school is mainly about studying and getting educated, right? The school has 3 floors all of which are as long as 70 m (estimate).

Here is a picture of my school



Every school should have a school, but not every school has a swimming pool. Although it is small, it is used by the many classes of the school every day. Obviously the only things you do are swimming and other water exercises and tests like the synchro. I like the school and i find fun and if any new student came, they would feel the same.

New

These pictures are of my school. It is called Deer Park Public School. The top picture is a picture of the front and the bottom picture is a picture of the side. I think this is a great school with a lot of good programs. It is a big school with three floors and a lot of friendly people. It is a very fun school. By: Adrian

My Comminity
This place is a well known movie theatre called Paramont however it has been bought buy Scotia Bank. I just North of here near Grange Park. This is located directly in downtown Toronto. As you can see below the colorful cube is a bookstore named chapters. Its a very convienient place almost exactly the same compared to a library except you spend money.



This is the OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design). It looks like a box with dots on it being held by a bunch of giant toothpicks sitting on top of another building. I live South of here like i said i live in Grange Park and if you can see a beige colored looking apartment just near the C.N. Tower on the left side of the picture, thats where i live. Although this neighborhood is peaceful and has very few muggers or none, The City TV Station and the Much music Staion hold many concerts it gets very loud and sometimes it's hard to sleep. Its just block to the west of the Paramont/Scotia banks theatre i just showed you.



Who can FORGET the best university in Canada that my father works in (University of Toronto). It's one street North of my home about 3 or 4 blocks away. It's VERY HUGE but VERY HARD to get in!

New I chose these two companies for my community. I live near both of them. I also showed them because i use both of them especially the blockbuster which i live about 30 seconds away from and use for entertainment purposes a lot. They are both extremely popular companies especially McDonald's which is a really wealthy buisness. By: Adrian.

My City
I live in Toronto capital of Ontario. There are many shops malls and modern life things to do. Below is a picture of the C.N. Tower which is formerly known as the tallest freestanding structure in the world but then I heard that Russia was constructing an even taller one (who knows). The big dome right in front of the tower is Skydome which used to be a talent show stage but it has been bought for some very big randomn amount of money (in the millions). Now it's name is Rogers centre. It is a stadium that hosts sports like baseball.



Toronto is the largest city in Canada and probably the richest city in Canada too.

There are many amusement parks such as C.N.E., and Wonderland.

CNE Wonderland

The five major banks in Toronto are TD, Royal Bank, Bank of Montreal, Scotia Bank, and CIBC. I have no idea of what CIBC means. thes are the logos.

TD Royal Bank Bank of Montreal Scotia Bank CIBC

Toronto has also very good hospitals, Sick kids, Princess Magaret hospital, general hospital. There are too many i can't name them all and they are very big, definitely altogether bigger than University of Toronto.

New
===(I actually took these pictures)=== I live in the city of Toronto, Ontario.The pictures that I chose are of the CN Tower and the Air Canada Center. I chose a picture of the CN Tower because it is the most popular building in Toronto and it is great because of how high it stands. I chose the Air Canada Center because it is pretty popular and it has a lot of things that go on in it. I especially like the Raptors games since it is their home court. There are also a lot of other interesting things in Toronto like baseball, football, hockey, museums and much more. By: Adrian.

My Country
Canada is the second largest country in the world. here is the flag and map.



Soccer is the most participated sport the world for almost every country even Canada, but even though soccer is played very commonly in Canada, the country wouldn't stand a chance. The cold winter makes a perfect terrain for playing and practicing hockey. Some countries like Russia also have the same condition but still Canada is the best at hockey no matter what. Many other sports like baseball and lacrosse are also played.

History facts you might be interested in -Alexander Bell, one of the most famous inventers who invented the telephone is Canadian. -Canada invented basketball but would but destroyed if they proposed a game against USA. -Steve Nash is Canadian but doesn't play for Canada in basketball. -Canada has the best health care service -The maple leaf represents the maple trees and maple syrup in Canada because they produce the most of it in the world. -Canada's GDP is $600,000,000,000 (six hundred billion dollars). -Canada was formed in 1867. -There are four political parties and they are conservative, liberal, NDP (new democratic party), and Green.

New I chose this picture because it is the flag of Canada and it represents it the most. I also took a picture of the Rocky Mountains. These mountains are in British Columbia in Canada. I chose this picture because it is a relly nice site in Canada that a lot of people have gone to or would like to go to. I haven't been but the pictures of it look really nice. By: Adrian

My School
Ui Jeong Boo Science High School

It's special high scool of science

My Community
An Yang

My City
Seoul

It is the bigest city in Korea and it is capital of South Korea.

My Country
Korea is best.

A big part of the students doesn't like of the classes however they know that is the only way to expect a better future.
===Beside the seven pavillions one of them is a good room to convivial the amphiteatre when we have every things to have a practical class and a gymnasium we need to improve our infra-structures, for instance in whet concerns the obstructures to handicaps, like an class companions Pedro Paiva that needs a wheelchair.=== ===We also need a teacher to someone that has special needs: an invisual student that needs someone that knows the brail writting. that is a picture of our school===

My Community
===Queluz is a normal community: with schools, students a basketball and a football team, however there still are some people that have a great lack of civil: they put the trash in the streets and let the pets do it in everywhere===

My Country
My country is not very big, it was two main cities: Lisbon and Porto, which is the northern main city. Portugal has some financcial problems that will financial support from the UE untill 2010.



My School
I attend Aorere College, it's an awesome school! and so are my classmates! I think that Aorere College is an awesome school to attend, there aren't any other schools I would rather go to! The school is reasonably big, we have juniors (or freshman) and seniors who pretty much think they rule the school. At Aorere there are a lot of different school groups and teams that we can join, some of the sports t4eams that our school has are soccer (a boys team and a girls team), netball, touch, rugby, softball, cricket, hockey, volleyball and even an athletics team. Some groups that are open for students to join are the chess group, book group, writing group, health council, we also have a dance group and a Martial Arts group. which is a new group to the school. [Becs]

Hey, um i go Aorere College in Papatoetoe, South Auckland. Its the best school i know of (REALLY;D) AND the people in my class are OSUM (awesome)!! Aorere College??? What can i say??? Its in some way completely different to any other school i know of, like we have a variety of cultures; For eg, Samoan, Tongan, Maori, Cook Island, Asian, European, Nuiean, Indian, Fijian, even Philipeno's and the list goes on!!! I have very good friends that are always there for me, and teachers who actually understand us even though they were born like 100yrs ago... hehe (PEACE!!) Aorere College is the greatest school ever... We have heaps of sports teams which even include Badminton, Martial arts and even a Waka Ama (Outrigger) team. We have 4 netball courts, 2 outdoor basketball hoops and a huge-as field! O and we have a gym where we spend most of our Pe lessons. Theres nothing more i can say about AO except the fact that its such an overwhelming and unique school!!!! hehe {ATARIA}'



My Community
I live in a small town called 'Old Papatoetoe', it's the best place ever! (in my opinion.) I have lived in Old Papatoe since I was a baby. It's not exactly the biggest town in New Zealand, but living here is awesome! We even have our own little shops and a shopping center. [Becs]

I live in the bestest best town ever, its Known as Mangere East But us lazy ones call it MANGRY!! Mangere is a Maori term which translated in English means LAZY!! Talk about spot on!! hahaha.. WeeeLL I've not always lived in Mangere, yep i use to live in Old Pap just like Rebecca. We moved to Mangere East when i was 4yrs old and we haven't moved since! Ever since then I've got to know almost every one who lives down my ways. I think i can name at least one person who lives down a street near our local shops, Pretty cool ae? hehe Well Mangere is also home to NZ's VERY FIRST Fun pools, and yep they were built in MANGERE EAST too... hehe Well there is always a constant verbal battle of whether Mangere is BETTER than Old papatoetoe, and even though i was born and bred to the age of 4 here in pap i will always call MANGRY my home!! hehe HOW CHEESY??!! :D {ATARIA}



My City
They city I live in is just out of Auckland, it's sort of on the boarder line, it's called Manukau City. When people here the name "Manukau City" the usually come to the conclusion that I mean "Westfield Shopping Center" at Manukau, well yes that is what most people would refer to when they hear "Manukau City", however Manukau, also known as “Manics”, is the area just North of Auckland. Manukau also is home to the best theme park in New Zealand, “Rainbow’s End”, it is located just across the road from “Westfield”. [Becs]

Yeah i live Manukau City as well, Its a pretty cool place... Manukau City, but most of us AOREREians call it MANIX, is home to one of NZ's most popular malls WESTFIELD SHOPPING CENTER.. But ever since the rising of our new mall, SYLVIA park, i think New Zealanders have found a new substitute besides always going to the Westfield shopping center!! Manukau is also a Maori term which translated in english means NOISY BIRDS. Manukau City is also home to New Zealand's One and only RAINBOWS END Theme park, which i think I've been to about a thousand times!! hehe MANIX is also a WHANAU(Family) group we have at school. These groups were made for sports and other activities we get to do as a team!! Our colour is yellow and Most fortunately we've been leading on the score boards!! GOOO MANIX!!!{ATARIA}

My Country
I live in the best country ever... NEW ZEALAND! The flag below is the official New Zealand flag. It is similar to the Australian flag, however we have one less star, however that doesn't mean to say we are less important than Australia. Also I would like to state that many people seem to think that New Zealand is part of Australia... So I would like to clarify that New Zealand is NOT part of Australia! [Becs]

YAYAH.. I live in NEW ZEALAND also known as AOTEAROA!! Aotearoa is another Maori term which translated in English means long white cloud! New Zealand is also Home to some of the greatest RUGBY and NETBALL players of all time! Unfortunately we didn't get to take home the Rugby world cup but maybe in 2011 when we're hosting the next cup, maybe we'll be able to keep it here in NZ!! But as for NETBALL the world cup is gonna be held some time in a couple of weeks.. And yep I'm gonna make sure I'm allowed to go!! (TO THE FINALS.. hehe) Its held in NZ this year!! COOL :D NZ is one of the most, well IS the most BESTEST COUNTRY EVER!!! heehee :P {ATARIA} =Task 2: Thinking=

Task A:


Brainstorm reasons why this picture could be relevant to your country. Make sure you give a reason for your ideas.


 * **Canada** || **South Korea** || **Portugal** || **New Zealand** ||
 * * type your first idea here || * type your first idea here || * these books remember us at the keep in mind becuse we worked very much and we take a great many books to the school;
 * the writers good than it is to we in our country;
 * the one ample book from of the portguese constitution. || * Because we use books at school.
 * The colors of the books could represent the different ethnicities we have in New Zealand.
 * The ribbon shows how close we are to each other.
 * There are many different generations, some are older while other's are still young. Just as books can be both recent and ancient.
 * In the picture there are many books, of which could be of different genres, this could also represent the many different cities and towns that we have in New Zealand.
 * The many different genres of music that come from New Zealand.
 * The four colors red, blue, green and yellow could represent the different seasons that we have:Red-Autumn, Blue-Winter, Green-Spring and Yellow-Summer. ||

Task B:
Brainstorm all the attributes for each of your countries. Combine the attributes of your countries and together create a new country with these new attributes. Be as **creative** as you like, as long as you use the **attributes** of all **four countries**. Tell us...
 * where it would be located and why you have chosen this location
 * how big it would be and why you have chosen this size
 * why we should visit your country
 * and what it would look like if we were to fly over it in a hot air balloon.


 * **Attributes of Canada** || **Attributes of South Korea** || **Attributes of Portugal** || **Attributes of New Zealand** ||
 * * type your first idea here || * type your first idea here || * the exelent climate;
 * the exelent food;
 * the good beaches;
 * the good music;
 * the good writers. || * type your first idea here ||


 * Our new Country...**

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