Monday 18 November 2019

Chernobyl Disaster

Today we learnt about the Chernobyl disaster. Here are 3 facts.


- Sweden actually sent the first alert

- Nobody lives in Chernobyl anymore

- You can still die from radiation there


Friday 15 November 2019

4 Pictures 1 Word 6 Letters

Can you find out what word relates to these four pictures.



Friday 8 November 2019

Thursday 7 November 2019

Huntly Mine Disaster

Hi. I'm Julie, and today i'm going to teach you about the huntly mine disaster. 


On the 12th of september of 1914, 60 men were at work at the mine. Normally on weekdays there are 200 and 50 people at work. At 7.oh 2 an explosion went off. The explosion was caused by a miner™s naked acetylene cap-lamp igniting something (methane gas given off by coal). The fire made the rescue very hard. Some people tried to escape through the air vents, while some tried to escape through the cages used to transport miners up and down the shaft. 










Friday 1 November 2019

Polish refugees land in New Zealand

Polish Refugees land in New Zealand

When The kids were on the trains and they stopped off at the stations the kiwi's would give them ice cream and lollies but they didn't know what those things were and since they didn't speak english they couldn't ask what they were.
     Over 800 refugees were taken to Wellington in 1944 to escape the Europe wars. 102 of them were adults and 733, children.
     A camp for the children, Little Poland, was made for them.
     Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 made Joseph Stalin send over 120000 Polish prisoners to Iran where they were grown weaker and weaker in refugee camps.
     In 1943 Peter Fraser (The Prime Minister) let a group of polish children to New Zealand for the time of the war.


   


Wednesday 23 October 2019

Erebus disaster

Erebus disaster


In 1979, there was the Mt Erebus air crash.They were on there way to go sightseeing Antarctica. 237 passengers were on board at the time and nobody survived. The plane crashed into some of the lower slopes of Mt Erebus. A national Erebus memorial will be unveiled in Auckland in 2020. 
Image result for mt erebus disaster




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 the age of 46. His body was escorted back to Jerusalem by his family. James spent a lot of his time looking after alcoholics and drug addicts. 

Monday 21 October 2019

Peter Snell wins second gold in Tokyo

Peter Snell wins second gold in Tokyo


On the 21st of October 1964, Peter Snell's time of 3 minutes 38.1 seconds was 2.5 seconds better than the world record held by the previous Olympic champion, Herb Elliott. The field for the 1500 m run was led by Michel at the start. He fell back after about 400 m and for about 200 m there was a pause. Then Davies took the lead, with Peter behind him, fluctuating between second and third place.

Thursday 17 October 2019

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



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

The Treaty of Waitangi 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 did not take any notice that the land belonged to the Maori people and still did not give the land back. The people wanted to build a school on the block of land but they had to put a church in the place.
Here is a link to the site that I got inspiration for this from...

Wednesday 16 October 2019

Main Body of NZEF sails to war


Main Body of NZEF sails to war



In 1914, 8,500 men volunteered to go to war. The ones that were accepted were sent to mobilisation camps. Around 30,000 people attended Wellingtons farewell.


Tuesday 15 October 2019

'Anti-terror' raids in Urewera




'Anti-Terror' Raids In Urewera.

On the 15th of October 2007, eighteen people were arrested for raiding a weapons-training camp. A man named Iti was taken to trail along with three others on February 2012, but the jury couldn't decide on the former charge, but all four were found guilty. In 2013 the Independent Police Conduct Authority found out that  the police had frightened and intimidated people during the raids. A year later in 2013, Mike Bush, a Police Commissioner apologised for what he had done. 

Friday 27 September 2019

Rainbow Warior

Rainbow Warrior


The terrifying memories flooding in.
Those puffy skirts bouncing slowly.
A bright ship gliding beautifly.
The teen girl shaking nervously.
Image result for rainbow warrior book 

Thursday 13 June 2019

The 4 Basic Kicks

This is the round kick. It is one of the four basic kicks.

This is the front kick. It is the second of the four basic kicks we are learning in BattleFit.


This is the side kick. It is the third kick we learnt in BattleFit.


This is the last and hardest kick out of all the basic kicks. It is called the turning back kick.

Orienteering

Thursday 9 May 2019

Camp Cooking Reflection

Today in The Great Outdoors we made pancakes with the edmund's pancake mix. To make it you need to add water up to the line that says 'FILL TO THIS LINE'. Then you shake the bottle until there is no powder left. This will make nice pancakes that will hopefully keep you alive for the next day or two.  This is a link to my slideshow.


Thursday 14 March 2019

Acting out Reflection

Here is my reflection of the first aid skit we did today

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lm55XVqagZOilhRWESoUkSK5WF_0S28h9QajSFU2lPs/edit