John Stawbridge is the Traffic Manager for the Rugby World Cup. he came to speak to us about how people will get to Eden Park. We found out they expect 17,000 people to travel by train, 12,000 by coach, and 3,000 will walk on a special walking route. John Strawbridge will be in a Command Centre which is a box shaped room which has heaps of TV screens so they can see all the traffic. He will be able to control the traffic lights (actually a lady who works for him will control them). He will not get to see any games! He was very helpful for our Statistics investigation.
Almaz and Lemlem came to show us a welcolming ceremony from Ethiopia. They showed us some green coffee beans being roasted, and they let us smell some special wood that they burn in their homes. During the coffee ceremony you have to drink three cups of coffee. If you don't, then you are showing that you don't truly respect your hosts. The cups are all washed between the times you drink from them. Almaz and Lemlem made us some delicious bread that Ethiopian people eat during the coffee ceremony. The oldest person in the house always cuts the bread.
Dryden brought in this big, bright, bold and beautiful sunflower that he grew for our Rich Task on plants. Sunflowers in the garden turn to face the sun. Dryden's sunflower was the baby of his plants and did not get much sun, but it turned out to have a wonderful flower. A seed has already fallen out of it.
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