Des Hunt

Last week Des Hunt came to our school.If you dint know who he is he is a great author .
He has written 30 books.
His first book was the last Tuatara which was rejected 7 times before it was finally published.
He is currently writing the book: Red Edge.
His dogs name is Puku and him and Puku go walking along the beach sometimes ...  
He is a great Author!
What Is Your Favourite Des Hunt Book?
    

Suzanne Aubert

In class we have been researching about a woman called Suzanne Aubert.

She was a very special lady because she devoted her life to helping others.
She was born on the 19th of June, 1834.
Her name is pronounced [Suzanne Orbear] It is French.

We wrote a biography (research about someone else's life) about her. We put a  draft into our literacy book and then we published it into our Religious Education book. This is what she looked like:

Nancy Wake

In class we have been learning about Nancy Wake.
She was a NZ hero . This is what she did...
She cycled around collecting information. She rode For about 71 hours collecting information.
She helped stop the war and pronounced D-Day.
She was one of the greatest spies in War history.Any History for that matter!!
She looked like this - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ->
Unfortunately she died on the 7th of August 2011 a the age of 98.
She is definitely a war Hero!!!!
What would you like to know about  Nancy Wake??

Clay Art

                                Clay art

                            Term 2 Wk 5

In week five of term two we made Kiwi designs out of air drying clay.We had to do something to do with new Zealand or our whanau (family).I did a jandal because whenever me and my family go  camping we go to a beach called "Houhora Bay" and we always get sand in our jandals. In class we learned that you need to put all of the clay into one thing or  it will crumble and break,you need to make it thick and strong or it will crumble like a cookie.
It was pretty fun in general and i really liked it.
What design would you make??

NZ History Learning

W.A.L.T research NZ history.... 

In our class we are learning about NZ[New Zealand]history and the events that happened in the past.We have been learning about what it was like in the war,how to write a letter from the people in the wars point of view and we researched things about the timelines from 1200s to 2000s. Me and my group researched the 1600s. We found out that Abel Tasman first sighted New Zealand on the 13 of December , 1642.

What would you like to learn about New Zealand history?