Making Connections

 This week for Literacy we have been learning to make connections. In our groups we read four texts about how soldiers were cared for during the war. The first two were about New Zealand nurses during World

War 1. The third one was about animals and how they were used in war and the last one was about the medics/doctors in the war. 

When we started this week the question was "How were soldiers cared for during war?"

When we put our ideas down I said that they weren't really cared for at all. That they had no beds to sleep in, little food to eat and living conditions in the trenches were horrible. I also noted that medical technology at the time wasn't very advanced, which would make it harder to look after wounded soldiers.

This is our groups Making Connections doc.

At the end of the week we were tasked with making a thank you card towards the nurses in the war. We had to imagine we were soldiers in the war and received care from the nurses.

What is something I can improve on with my poster?

 

Racism In New Zealand In the 1970's

Kia ora,

Today in class we learned about racial inequality in Auckland in the 70's. We watched this video And learned about the dawn raids and the Polynesian Panthers Party.(PPP) The PPP were a revolutionary movement formed by a group of young Polynesians in the early 1970's aimed to stop racism in Auckland.

What are the dawn raids? 

In the 70's New Zealand had a major immigration problem and the government at the time decided to crack down. They ordered the police to carry out raids on Pasifika households, looking for overstayers

(immigrants with expired visas). Even though most overstayers were white people from England, South Africa, Canada, etc. The raids often took place early in the morning, hence the name. The dawn raids started in 1974 and ended in 1979.

Do you know anyone that had to go through a dawn raid?

Samoan Language Week

 This week was Samoan Language week. In our school we have a daily quiz that has questions about Samoa and their language. Each class also had to make a dance/act/video about Samoa at the assembly on Friday. Our group was going to do an interview but I went to a Soccer tournament on Thursday so we couldn't do it. Luckily the girls did their own interview and made a video. 

For maths we learnt about Samoan numbers and times of the day. For reading we learnt about the Spanish flu and how bad it was in Samoa.

My favourite part was watching each classes presentation at the end of the week. There were some really cool and interesting presentations.

Do you celebrate Samoan language week?