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 :)