The Wahine

Hi everyone!

This week I will be researching about the Wahine disaster. Before I start writing down what I usually write down, what do you know about this topic?

Predictions-

What do I think I know about this disaster?

The only thing I think I know about this, is that it was a huge ship that is called Wahine

What do I think I will find out about this disaster?

I think I will find out when it happened, where it happened and how many people survived and died 

Reading Comprehension-

1. What weather conditions caused the Wahine disaster ?

2 storm

2. Where was the Wahine travelling?

It was travelling to Wellington

3. How many life boats were able to reach land?

Only 3 life boats reached land

4. What were passengers forced to do once the life boats were full?

They were forced to jump and swim to shore

5. Why were rescuers unable to get to the shore?

Because rescue teams couldn’t get through slips that blocked the roads

6. How many people died on the Wahine disaster?

53 people died

My Notes-

Video #1

• 566 passengers survived 
• 110 crew survived 
• 46 bodies was found
• 6 people were missing
• 68 car

Video #2

• Wahine was launched 1966
• 734 passengers and crew 
• Rough trip
• The ship was sailing to the biggest storm NZ has seen
• She (the ship) was about 500ft long

Poster-

Reflection-

- What am I learning? 

I am learning about the Wahine disaster

- How does this work show my learning?

It shows my learning because I have written most of the information I found 

- What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

I am wondering why they haven’t re-created the ship 

- Looking back at my predictions, what did I get right, what was different and why? 

In my predictions I got all my questions answered 

Thanks for reading this! Do you get sea-sick? I’ve got to go now, adios!

The Tangiwai Rail Disaster

 Greetings!

For week 4 this term, I am learning about the Tangiwai rail disaster that occurred on a Christmas Eve in 1953. That’s all I know though and so I guess it’s time for me to study :) 

Predictions-

1. What do I think I know about this disaster?

I think it is a disaster that it happened in a Christmas eve on 1953 and it included a train

2. What do I think I will find out about this disaster?

I think I will find out how the disaster happened, how many people died and how many people survived

Reading Comprehension-

1. How many people on board the treating?

There were 258 people on the train 

2. Where did the lahar begin?

It happened at the top of Mt Ruapehu

3. When did the Tangiwai Railway disaster take place?

It happened on 1953 December 24

4. How did the train driver know to put on his emergency breaks?

Because he saw a man waving with a torch warning him to stop 

5. Why did the Queen give out medals?

She gave medals to 4 people showing their bravery

6. What was installed after the Tangiwai Railway Disaster?

They installed an early warning system on the Whangaehu

My Notes-

Video #1 

 

• Mt Ruapehu erupted 
• Crater lake wall broke
• Mud and debri
• Lahar reached the railway bridge at Tangiwai
• NZ worst rail disaster 
• 151 dead

Video #2 

• Ring of fire is represented by Mt Ruapehu 
• Over 9ft high
• Mt Ruapehu very active
• Lahar is an Indonesian word for volcanic mud flow 
• 1953 lake rises 8m above previous level 
• Driver of train was Charles Parker 

Poster-

Reflection-

1. What am I learning?

I am learning about the Tangiwai Railway disaster 

2. How does this work show my learning?

This shows my learning since it has all of the things I learnt 

3. What am i wondering as a result of this learning?

I am wondering, what if it didn’t happen? Would the warnings be invented?

4. Looking back at my predictions, what was different and why

Fortunately for me, I learnt how it happened, how many people died and survived

Those are all the things I learnt about this disaster, I hope you learnt something too! Have you ever rid a train before? Please tell me, Bye!

The Ballantynes Fire

Hello fellow humans,

This week my class and I did some work about the Ballantynes fire (I guess you can call this class history of NZ disasters). After this paragraph you’re currently reading will be the work I did about the topic. 

-Predictions

1. What do I think I know about this disaster?

I don’t think I know anything about this disaster accept that a fire broke down somewhere 

2. What do I think I will find out about this disaster?

I think I will find what caused how the fire and how many people died. 

-Reading Comprehension

1. Why was Ballantyne’s an ‘exclusive’ store?

Because they sold expensive clothings and when afternoon tea comes, it was served by waitresses in aprons and caps

2. Where was Ballantyne’s department store located?

In Christchurch 

3. When did the Ballantyne’s fire occur? 

On November 18th, 1947 at 4:00 pm 

4. Why were the upstairs workers not told that there was a fire?

Because people thought that it was just a small cellar fire

5. How many people died in the fire?

41 workers have died because of the smoke and fire

6. What safety changes have been made as a result of the Ballantyne’s fire? 

Firefighters are now teaching us humans how to be safe when there’s a fire by ding drills and safety plans 

-My Notes

Video #1

• Worst fires in NZ history
• Destroyed Ballantynes store
• Fire starts at 4 in the afternoon
• 300 people
• 30 hoss’s were used

Video #2

(I don’t have any notes on this video since it was hard to hear and it was also pretty long)

Digital Poster:

Reflection-

- What am I learning?

I am learning about the Ballantynes fire that no one has ever known what caused it 

- How does this work show my learning?

This shows my learning because I have written and even made a poster about the information I learnt 

- What am I wondering as a result of this learning?

I am wondering what if someone did know what had happened but it’s too tragic to even tell

- Looking back at my predictions, what did I get right, what was different and why?

Well at my first prediction it was kind of obvious that, that happened. Unfortunately for my second prediction, I didn’t get to find out how the fire started but for my third one I got my answer

If I had to be honest, I actually had zero idea of this topic. Like I thought that the Ballantynes was a country or city and I even thought it was in America. Luckily this taught me that it’s a department store in Christchurch. Anyways before you go can I ask, did you learn anything? Thank you for reading this post! See ya’ll next time :)

Learning About Satellites

 Hey there,

This week I learnt about space. Although technically I was mainly taught about satellites, however there’s no complaints from me :)

I’ve never really thought of learning about space which means I learnt a lot this week but I’ll only tell you 3 of them-

1. Mass means the amount of matter that an object contains
2. A composite is any material that is made by combining 2 other materials
3. Naomi Altman is the Avionics manager at the Rocket Lab in Auckland Office. 

Our next step was to turn these key words..

Satellite	Mass	Law	Ingines	Composite
Launch	Software	Joules	Space	Rutherford
Rocket	Payloads	Fibres	Sideways	Turbopumps
Orbit	Stage	Altitude	Electron	Oxygen
Gravity	Earth	NASA	Azimuth	Direction

… from a book we had to read that was mostly about satellites and turn it into this:

To be honest this was kind of fun. Who knows? I might even consider myself learning more about space. Can you tell me anything you’ve learnt about space in the past? Thanks for keeping up with me, see you all next time!

The Napier Earthquake

-Predictions 

1. What do I think I know about this disaster?

That it is a huge earthquake that happened in Napier

2. What do I think I will find out about this disaster? 

How many people died and how many places were destroyed 

Comprehension  

1. When was the Hawke’s Bay earthquake?

In 1931 at 10:47 am on the 3 of February 

2. What was the official death toll of this disaster?

It was 256 deaths

3. Where are two places that doctors set up surgeries?

At the Botanical gardens and at the racecourses

4. What is one benefit that came from the earthquake?

The new houses that are built give attraction to tourists 

5. How long did the main earthquake last for?

It lasted for 2 minutes and 30 seconds 

6. Why do you think children from this region were sent around New Zealand?

I think it’s because for the safety of the little ones 

My notes

- Video #1

• Nz’s deadliest natural disaster
• Veronica bell
• Bell symbolises the earthquake 
• 90 years ago
• Morse code 

-Video #2

• 300km north at capital of Wellington
• Hastings is 20km south of Napier 
• 12 buildings weren’t demolished 
• 2 cruises from Auckland
• Most damage is from fire
• Many people injured 

Fact File- Digital

What am I learning?

I am learning about the terrible disaster that happened in Napier

How does this work show my learning?

This shows my learning since I wrote down mostly every information I learnt about the topic and I even included 2 links that I used.

Learning About The Rowing Olympics

 Hi,

Because of the Olympics happening, in my hurumanu 1, the subject for my group to read and research about is the Rowing. 

One of our jobs is to write words and sentences outside a cloud like this one:

This is just a photo of me proving that I did this part of my work :)  

(This was actually a quiz about the games in the Olympics and so if you want to play it just click on this link)

This is all I have to post for today (I think), what is your favourite sport/s? Take care!

My Kahoot Project

 Hi,

In a Hurumanu 3, I believe they are teaching my class and I about disasters that have happened in the past. 

Our first mission was to look up some specific words that they gave us and then make a kahoot or a crossword to show that we understand what they meant and so here is the link for My Kahoot Project

Thanks for reading this but before you go if you were me, what would you have chosen to do? Take care!

Eating Chili

Aim:

I want to find out how long it takes to reduce the spiciness 

Research:

Method:

Equipment:

• Hot sauce 
• Toothpick 
• Stopwatch
• Water
• Milk

Instructions:

1. Get you equipment 
2. Dip the toothpick in the hot sauce
3. Suck the hot sauce off the toothpick 
4. Start timing as soon as you eat it
5. Stop the time when your mouth stops burning 

Result:

	Straight chili	Water	Coke	Milk
Time taken to stop the burning	5:30	6:00	2:00	2:50

Conclusion:

I can conclude that for me coke was the best for stoping the burn. The water was the least helpful.

Discussion:

Why does the chilly burn your mouth and why does milk stop it?

-Because of the capsaicin tricking your brain that you’re on fire

-Because of the oil and the fat

Cook Island Language Week

1. Explain the bell for this week

As you can tell from the title, it is Cook Island language week and because of this my school chose a song that I think spoke the language 

2. Where are the Cook Islands? What are the names of the islands?

The Cook Islands are in the South Pacific Ocean and they are called Rarotonga, Pukapuka, Aitutaki, Mangaia, Manihiki, Mitiaro, Mauke, Rakahanga, Atiu, Penrhyn, Suwarrow, Takutea, Manuae and last but not least Palmerston Island

3.  What is the flag of the Cook Islands?

4. What language is spoken in the Cook Islands?

I think they speak Rarotonga and English 

Learning about Sir Edmund Hillary

 Good morning, afternoon or evening,

I learnt about Sir Edmund Hillary in hurumanu 1. Like how he was a mountaineer but before that he was a beekeeper, that he learnt his climbing skills in the Southern Alps and many more info but to be honest I knew literally nothing about him for example I didn’t even know he was a someone who climbed to the very top of Mt. Everest.

My job was to create a cloud of words describing him, climbing and some specific words in the resources we had been given and so here is an image of mine: 

You’ve made it to the end of the post (but unfortunately I have no prize for you). Thank you for reading this post, do you know anything else about him or did you only learn about him today?