Friday, 1 November 2019

polish refugees land in New Zealand

6 Facts



1.An estimated 1.7 million Poles were deported to labour camps in Siberia following the Soviet occupation of eastern Poland in 1939

2.In 1943 Prime Minister Peter Fraser invited a group of Polish children to New Zealand for the duration of the war.

3. Most of the refugees chose to settle in New Zealand after the war. Relatives joined some in the late 1940s, while a small number returned to Poland.

4.A camp for the children was established near Pahīatua in Wairarapa.

5.most of the former soldiers joined free Polish forces fighting on the Allied side,

6.Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 prompted Joseph Stalin to send over 120,000 Polish prisoners to Iran

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 good at my group work and the warm up questions i can improve on reading more

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Kaitangata mining disaster

21/02/1879

On the morning of 21 February 1879, an explosion happened at the coalmine at Kaitangata, South Otago. when the crash happened there were 47 men working at the time of the disaster. At first, no one knew how many were underground.By early evening, it was clear that 34 men had been underground and that none had survived.


https://nzhistory.govt.nz/kaitangata-mining-disaster



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Tuesday, 22 October 2019

James K. Baxter

James was New Zealand’s most accomplished poets. He had devoted the last years of his life  helping people who were doing drugs and drinking alcohol.He died in Auckland, aged 46.


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Monday, 21 October 2019

Peter Snell



Thursday, 17 October 2019

Chief Justice Sir James

 Today in NZ history, Chief Justice Sir James Prendergast’s statements when delivering judgment in the case of Wi Parata vs The Bishop of Wellington would influence decision-making on Treaty of Waitangi issues for decades.Prendergast was attorney-general from 1865 to 1875, and then chief justice of the Supreme Court until 1899.

Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Jean Batten

Jean Batten left for New Zealand from Kent, England, at 4.20 a.m. on 5 October 1936. Despite the early hour, a large media contingent gathered to see her off; Batten was already famous for her successful solo flights from England to Australia in May 1934, and to South America in November 1935.She landed at Auckland at approximately 6.30am 16/10/36

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Anti-terror raids in Urewera

15/10/07

Terrorism Suppression Act police arrested 18 people in raids linked to alleged weapons-training camps near the Bay of Plenty township in Rūātoki.Rūātoki and nearby Whakatāne, police executed search warrants in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington

Monday, 14 October 2019

Fortitude

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fortitude to me is never giving up and have courage because some people are scared of water

Friday, 27 September 2019

Monday, 5 August 2019

Friday, 2 August 2019

Time line

1930 1000 BCE – First kites                

852 BCE – A king tries to fly

1485–1500 – da Vinci designs planes

1709 – Model glider design

1783 – hot air balloon flight

1843 – Biplane design

1895 – Biplane gliders 1930

1903 – First powered flight

1904 – First powered flight in New Zealand



1911 – New Zealander launches glider



1927 – First trans-Atlantic flight



1932 – First woman flies across Atlantic



1932–1937 – Record-breaking flights

1939 – First jet-propelled aircraft



1940s – Aerial agriculture developed in NZ

1947 – Aircraft exceeds speed of sound

1969 – First supersonic transport flight



1970 – First Boeing 747 commercial flight



1976 – Concorde passengers



1979 – Longest human-powered flight



1986 – First non-stop flight around world



2005–2006 – First non-stop world solo flights



2009 – New glider record



2011 – Martin jetpack



2016 – solar flight around the world

Monday, 10 June 2019

Number Plate

First we had to write something related to Jesus in a number plate.Then we had to highlight the words with a sharpe and then colored the border.

Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Jesus Resurrection Poster

Jesus Resurrection Poster

In Christianity, Jesus is believed to be the Son of God and the second Person of the Holy Trinity. Christians believe that through his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection, God offered humans salvation and eternal life.

Monday, 29 April 2019

Monday, 8 April 2019

Term Reflection

This term went very well for me.

Everyone's been supportive mostly the teachers so far this year.The class are going very well.

The negative things are nothing.

The interesting thing that happened this term was we had Athletics day at week.

learning about what astronauts do in space.

what is your favourite science experiment?https://www.flickr.com/photos/lorenjavier/5997176772

Monday, 1 April 2019

Mary Mackillop timeline

I enjoyed doing the worksheet I learnt a lot about her. That she was a teacher, a very kind and compassionate lady. She started schools around New Zealand and Australia.

Monday, 25 March 2019

In the lab last week we tested reactions of metals in 6 test tubes, to hold the test tube above the bunsen burner we used a test tube holder first we did cold water and then hot water.

Monday, 11 March 2019

Water Experiment


 SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DID.
 On Thursday last week we did a water experiment
with a Bunsen burner, beaker ,Gaze mat,stopwatch,thermometer.  So we let the the water sit on top of the Gaze mat for every 30 sec for every 30 sec we had to check it with the thermometer then we wite it down in our book. Water boils at 100.c and it can go over a 100.c