Thursday, 11 April 2013

Technology Week

This week we have been at Technology. Half of the class go to wood work with Mr Wilmot and the other when to Mrs Munrow with cooking.  I was with Mrs Munrow and did cooking. We made different kinds of breads each day. My favourite was the chocolate bread but saddly the moment I got home it was eaten so fast I didn't know what happened and all they left me was a crumb (Good thing I had some before!) We also made sushi and lots of other things. I really enjoyed cooking with Mrs Munrow and can not wait until term 3 when we do sewing.


Tuesday, 12 March 2013

One Day Song



In class we have been learning this song for a topic called 'Reading around links'. We have to pick a song and write about what the meaning of it is. But the song has to be about WAR!
Ms Mynes picked the song so that we could get an idea of what we have to pick.

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Multiple Intelligences.

In class we are learning about SMARTS ( Multiple Intelligences ) we did a test on the computer and here are my results...
  •  NATURE = 19
  • PEOPLE = 19
  • PICTURE = 17
  • MUSIC = 16
  • BODY = 15
  • WORD = 15
  • MYSELF = 15
  • NUMBER= 12
The highest means that its how you learn better because the person that made the Multiple Intelligences said that everybody learns differently.

The first week of 2013, Year 8

WELL, The last year of school until we go to high school its a bit scary. The 7 years has gone so fast it fells like just yesterday the I came to Winton School for the first time when I was only 5 years old and then all of a sudden I'm a big year 8. But I'm looking forward to the last year of school so that I can get on with my life and follow my dreams as I want to go to the Olympics for Horse riding!
This year I'm also looking forward to going on camp to Deep Cove, and seeing my best friend Charlotte as this it is our last year of being together as she is going to Dunedin to board.
Other wise everything, as our teacher Mrs Mynes is challenging us a lot.

Playing dead

I bet your pet can't do this!

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Term 4 Week 3

WOW The has the year gone quick or what!
Its all ready Term 4, Week 3 and we only have 6 more weeks before the end of another year!
I would like to know what you have enjoyed this year!
For me it would have been making food in cooking for technology! Man the cookies were so good!
So write a comment and tell me! 

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Armistice Day


What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say Armistice Day or Remembrance Day?

Well for me it’s the ending of World War one and it reminds me of the 56,000 New Zealand
men and woman that were wounded or had died serving for Great Britain in World War 1 
as some people like to call it The Great War, that was one of the most disastrous events in 
human history. It has been told that Armistice Day is at the 11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 month 
at 11 am, but it actually got signed 6 hours earlier at 5 am. This year is the 94th anniversary 
was signed.

Several countries remember the people lost during the First World War. As respect you’re 
expected to stop for two minutes at 11 am on the 11th of November and remember the people 
that had lost their lives at the war. As the Armistice was an agreement between Germany and 
England, both sides had to stop fighting, although the terms of it made it impossible for 
Germany to restart the war. Germany was ordered to give up 2,500 heavy guns, 25,000
 machine guns, 1,700 airplanes and to give more submarines than they actually had. They 
were also asked to give up several warships. If Germany broke any of the terms of the
Armistice signing then the fighting would begin again with 48 hours warning.

On November the 11th 1919, Present Wilson proclaimed November as the first memory of
Armistice Day with the following words: “ to us in America, the reflection of Armistice Day 
will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of these who died in the countries service and 
with gratuide for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and 
because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and 
justice in the councils of the nations…”

As a week before the Armistice, on the 4th  of November 1918, New Zealand troops had 
been involved in the successful recapture of the French Town of Le Quesnoy. The attack 
cost the lives of about 90 overseas, including 24,115 in France, 23,541 in England and 4,451 
in Egypt.

As a remembrance of Armistice Day some people like to say this poem,
They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
No the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning,
We will remember them.

After the Armistice of 1940, the carriage was taken away and later destroyed and buried 
in 1945. The site of the signing of the 1918 Armistice itself was completely destroyed at 
Hitler’s request although has since been restored. In 1940, Adolf Hitler made France sign 
an Armistice with Germany in the same railway carriage after the country had come under Germany.

Brass bands and decorated floats led the wat as returned soldier, school children and 
crazily costumed performers marched along main streets carring banners and flags. Public
officials gave earnest speeches and crow gathered to celebrate the end of four long years
of war.

I’m glad today that New Zealand is not involved in a war like The Great War because 
there would be people that I know and love involved in going off to war. My great, great
, grandfather went to war and received a medal for his bravery. My Uncle has his medals 
that he received. Even though it is an honor to have his medals in our family I am pleased 
none of my relatives have to go and fight.

I think that armistice Day is so important to New Zealanders because of all of the New 
Zealanders, family members and people that you known, that were killed in the Great 
World War, I also think that it is important because it I a world wide experience that 
has effected everyone on matter how old or young you are or how much you know about it.
 Another reason is because we need to remember all the people that have helped and fought
 in the Great World War and served for our country.



  

   
     These men are marching to war.


By Kaitlin Wilson, Wilson School, Year 7.