Monday, 2 December 2019

Friday, 1 November 2019

Polish refugees land in New Zealand

Polish refugees land in New Zealand


Facts

1. In 1943 the Prime Minister invited 700 polish children to NZ for the duration of the war.

2. Kids were on trains and when they got to a station people would give them ice cream and lollies. But they didn't know what it was. 

3. They couldn't ask about anything because they didn't speak English.

4. Lots of the children died on the way. They were lucky to have their siblings with them. 

5. Lots of their parents died in war.

6. Most of the refugees decided to settle into NZ after the war.

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Thinking about this module write about one thing you are doing well and one thing you need to improve on. * I am doing well with my reading group. We get on well and are on task. I need to put a bit more of the story into my answers.

Thinking about this module write about one thing you are doing well and one thing you need to improve on. *

I am doing well with my reading group. We get on well and are on task. I need to put a bit more of the story into my answers.



Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Erebus disaster

Erebus disaster


In 1979, there was the Mt Erebus air crash.
There were 237 passengers on board going to see Antarctica in the morning. It crashed into the lower slopes killing everyone. They took a rescue flight at midnight. There were memorial services for the victims straight after.

 

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Death of poet James K. Baxter

Death of poet James K. Baxter

22 October 1972


James K. Baxter died in Auckland at age 46. 

HE spent a lot of time looking after alcoholics and drug addicts.

His body was escorted back to Jerusalem by his family. 

Response to the poem

This poem reminded me about how we need to look after our animals.


Monday, 21 October 2019

Peter Snell wins second gold in Tokyo

Peter Snell wins second gold in Tokyo.


On the 21 of Oct 1964, Snell’s time of 3 minutes 38.1 seconds was 2.5 seconds outside the world record held by the previous Olympic champion.

His time was 3 minutes 38.1 seconds was 2.5 seconds outside the world record.




Thursday, 17 October 2019

Chief Justice declares treaty 'worthless' and a 'simple nullity'

Chief Justice declares treaty 'worthless' and a 'simple nullity'


On the 17th Oct 1877. 
The Treaty of Waitangi was said that it was ‘worthless’ because it had been signed ‘between a civilised nation and a group of savages’ who were not capable of signing a treaty.

The judge didn't take notice that the land belonged to the Maori people.

The people wanted to build a school but had build a church.





Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Main Body of NZEF sails to war

Main Body of NZEF sails to war


Men volunteered to go to war, The ones that were accepted were sent to mobilisation camps.

8500 men and 4000 horses left to go to world war 1.

Up to 30,000 people attended Wellingtons farewell on the 24 of Sep.




Tuesday, 15 October 2019

'Anti-terror' raids in Urewera

'Anti-terror' raids in Urewera

On Oct 15th 2007, 18 people were arrested from weapon training camps near the Bay of Plenty.

Two received nine months home detention and the other 2 were sent to prison for 2½ years.





Friday, 27 September 2019

Rainbow warrior

Rainbow warrior

The colourful ship gliding slowly.

The clear ocean rippling softly.

A mysterious dove swaying peacefully.

The wavy water moving gently.

The bright rainbow fading slowly above the horizon. 


Tuesday, 3 September 2019

Whakataka te Hau



My artwork

I decided to add the fishing line to my artwork because the poem is about fishing. When the man explained the poem, he talked about kina and the sky turning to dawn. That's why I added those. when I pictured it in my head I thought, when he was fishing he would probably be near land so that's why I added mountains.


Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Kereru

Here is my Kereru poem
Here is my Kereru drawing.

Thursday, 22 August 2019

New Year's Eve painting

Here is my New Year's Eve painting.

Random Matariki paintings

Here are my Random Matariki paintings.

Matariki painting

Here is my Matariki painting.

My sunset background with hills


Here is my painting.


My sunset backgrounds

Here are my sunset backgrounds

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Separation Poem

Here is my Separation poem.

Separation Poem

Tuesday, 30 July 2019

New years eve poem

Here is my New years eve poem.

My New years eve poem

Manuka tree


Here is my Manuka tree song

Manuka tree song

Hairy Maclary story.

Here is my Hairy Maclary story.
My Hairy Maclary story.

Monday, 29 July 2019

My Landscape paintings.

Here are my landscape paintings.

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Kowhai Flower

Her is my drawing of Kowhai flowers.

My NZ Disaster Poem

Here is my NZ Disaster Poem

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Famous NZ authors.

This is my poster.

Monday, 17 June 2019

The Magpies


What are the following lines describing?
  1. ‘The bracken made their bed’
They used braken to make their bed they had no matrice.
  1. ‘Tom’s hand was strong to the plough’
His hand was like a blade.
  1. ‘But all the beautiful crops soon went / to the mortgage man instead’
They had to take out the crops because he didn’t have enough money to look after them.
  1. ‘Old Tom’s gone light in the head’
He went light headed.
  1. ‘The farm’s still there. Mortgage corporations / couldn’t give it away’
The mortgage man couldn’t take their house away because he paid the bank all the money now.

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

My Haiku

Here is my Haiku

Thursday, 23 May 2019

What I have learnt.


This is what I have learnt!

Thursday, 16 May 2019

My Orienteering Reflection


This reflection is about making maps and finding objects.

Monday, 6 May 2019

Pancake reflection.

Here is my pancake reflection.



Friday, 3 May 2019


Here is my camp cooking reflection.

Tuesday, 2 April 2019

My Stretcher making reflection.


Here is my stretcher making reflection.

Thursday, 14 March 2019

Thursday, 7 March 2019

My team logo "FAB"

Line:We used the leaves and sticks for the line as well as a few letters.

Texture:We used texture in our rose by using different colors to shade in vibrancy and depth.

Balance: We used the letters to use balance by adding a similar shape by the ‘f’ and ‘b’, we made them capital and bold for a good and clean look on our logo.

Form: Our "fabulous"banner at the bottom had shading and mad it 3D.

Shape:One of the shapes on the banner is the fireflies separately spread across the banner. •

Thursday, 17 January 2019

Nau mai, haere mai!

Nau mai, haere mai!
Welcome to my blog for learning.
I look forward to sharing my learning with my school,
my whānau and friends everywhere.