Our Day Trip to the Brunner Mine Site

  

 

Hello.  This week on Monday 18th we went to the Brunner Mine Site for a school trip. We learnt heaps out there.  

One thing I learnt was that they also made coke from the little pieces of coal out there.  We saw the coke oven and where they used to make bricks.

After morning tea we dressed up as people being sad when the mine exploded for photos.  We also acted out scenes from the book "The Mine's Afire!" which is about the Brunner Mine Disaster in 1895. 

We had lunch out there and then we went to the cemetery where most of the miners from the disaster were buried.

My favourite activity was going on the bush walk because i like walking in the bush and seeing the mine entrance for the coke and clay for the bricks.

What i have created in tech

In the last 4 weeks I have been at tech I have made wooden tongs so what we did was and this is how you make them.

step 1. Plan them on paper once you have your design
step 2. We plan them on cardboard
step 3. Then we traced them onto the wood we were using
step 4. Then cut it out then trace that 1 on to your other bit of wood step 5 then you build a wedge.
Then glue the wedge then into the 2 bits of wood u have then u have tongs.

What's been on the news this week?

  This week on Wednesday 13th March there was a 11 million dollar lotto win. The people who won it come from Hawkes Bay.

                                         My opinion is that they are lucky to win the lotto and I think that they will be going on a holiday really soon because I sure would!

What would you do if you won $11 million?

The Mines Afire Prediction

For this week we are beginning our study on the Brunner Mine Disaster.  As part of this we are going to be reading the novel, The Mines Afire.  Next Monday we are going to the Brunner Mine Site for a school trip so we are preparing for it. I like this topic we are working on.

What's in the News this Week?

What sort of animal was involved in a mass stranding in the Marlborough Sounds last week? 

In the news this week there was some dolphins stranded on an island in the Marlborough Sounds last week.

Thirteen common dolphins were found dead near the entrance to Troy Channel in the Marlborough Sounds last week. Scientists don't know why they did it because they did not seem sick.

My opinion is that it is not good and the dolphins don't deserve that to happen to them.  I wonder why they did it?

My Visual Mihi 2019

This week for blogging this is my visual mihi for 2019.  This introduces me and where I am from. The first 2 photos are me with my first 2 deer. The 1 on the right was my first deer. 

What's Been on the News this Week?

The Auckland city is deciding about banning these scooters from the city forever today. They have already banned them for a week because the brakes are locking on and causing serious injuries to people.  These scooters are called lime scooters.  The scooters could break apart while you are using them.

I think that it is a good idea to ban them if it is doing what they say.  What do you think?