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Thursday 31March 2011 Thank you letter

**Peer**

**Amazing race** 1335 Paradise Valley Road, Westbrook, Rotorua, New Zealand Monday, 28 March 2011 Dear Peer I really enjoyed coming into your maze for our final activity for the day. I found that my group completed it very quickly as we were choosing a random way each time and we got there very quick but we still had to go back quite a lot. It was awesome, I have never been in a human maze before and I have only ever played games with mazes online. At the start I thought we would be able to jump over the hedge but then when we got there I figured that we couldn’t. I think that having the doors that the adults can go through is a really good idea. My dad thinks so to as we were trying to run around and he kept getting lost so he just went through the doors and met us at the end. I had a really good time in the maze and I would love to come again. Thank you for letting Rimu come into your maze for our final activity. Yours Sincerely

Samantha Amundsen MacGregor

Thursday 31 March 2011 Thank You Letter

Karl Amundsen Amazing Race 4 Reef Avenue Papamoa, Tauranga, New Zealand Monday, 28 March 2011 Dear Dad Thank you for taking me and my group to the places on the amazing race. I really enjoyed doing the orienteering in the redwoods and I would like to do it again some time. When we went into the maze at the end I think we completed it really fast. I was really proud of our group to find out that we came 14th. You were a really great help dad. Thank you for supporting us all of the way and encouraging us to keep running. I was surprised at how competitive you were and I hope that you will help on a trip another time again as well. Thanks for getting us an ice block at the end of the day as well, it was yummy. Yours Sincerely

Samantha Amundsen MacGregor

Monday 4 April 2011 __WALT:Reflect on our experience of the amazing race.__  __**AMAZING RACE REFLECTION**__ media type="file" key="sam a amazingrace reflection.m4a" width="300" height="50"

__**Day One -Te Puna - Katikati - Waihi - Karangahake Gorge**__ My group for the Amazing Race was Tom, Luke, Shavoughn and me. On day one my favourite activity was the Karangahake Gorge tunnel. At first we got lost on our way to the Gorge. We stopped at another place first and then finally realised it wasn’t that place. I faced a fear of walking over the swing bridge to get to the tunnel. My team ended up coming 17th on the first day and we were all really proud. AlthoughI didn’t like the amount of screaming that was going on in the tunnel. I also quite enjoyed running around Katikati and looking at all the murals. I had an awesome day one.! __**Day Two - Papamoa - Te Puke - Rotorua**__ Day two I woke up really tired and my feet were really sore. My highlight of day two was the maze. We got lost only a few times. Shavoughn just kept saying to go a random way and it turned out to be right most of the time. I also really enjoyed the redwoods orienteering. I have never been orienteering in the redwoods or in any bush before so it was really cool. My team didn’t get lost at all in the redwoods but we couldn’t find one of the markers so we just stuck the same one of another one on. It was fine though because no other group could find it either. I didn’t really like the Te Puia. On the way to Te Puia no one in our group knew where it was so we went to a business and asked them but they told us the wrong way and so then we had to ask another person. My group ended up coming 14th on day two. I was really happy that we made it into the top 15. __**Day Three - Tauranga**__ On day three again I woke up even sleepier than the day before. I didn’t want to hop out of bed. My favourite part of day three was the marina. We just had to run around the marina and find photos of 3 different boats. It was fun! I didn’t enjoy the smell of the fish at Sandfords and I mainly hated having to wait 2 - 2 1/2 hours at Master Chicken. It was such a boring wait. I also liked eating our fish and chips although I don’t eat seafood so I just ate the chips and had my fizzy drink. I really disliked how we had to wait for the other team every time we finished something because we were in a double group on Friday. Friday was more of a waiting and not racing day, my group ended up coming 25th on the last day so it put our score back a bit more. I wasn’t that happy with our placing but we still didn’t come last! All up I had a cool day and an AMAZING RACE!

Samantha R30

**Excellent reflection Sam. Great honesty. I am glad you had a such an awesome time on the Amazing Race and even faced a fear on Day One. Nice voice recording too!** **Miss Crone :)**

WOW you have persuaded to come and have a holiday at the Redwoods. Your lay out was amazing. The pictures were very eye catching especially the koru, it was fantastic. It look's like you have put a lot of research into your work. Well Done :) Josh Gwillim

__Thursday 14th April 2011__

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