Lighthouses

Hi guys welcome back to my blog today we will be learning about lighthouses 

so lets get Started. I have been reading this journal called Pencarrow by Tricia Glensor it

is all about the first light house in New Zealand.

but now here are some facts about lighthouses before I read the journal to

you.

Facts:

1. The first lighthouse in the world is called the Egypt's Pharos of Alexandria.

2. The Country that has the most lighthouses is United States of America I think

3. The most photographed light house is The Portland head light 

4. The most visited Lighthouse is the Eastern point Light house I think it was Located in USA

5. Henry Winstanley was the first person to invent the first light house

Reading:

here is the video of me reading the journal.

                                                                   

                                                                      Part 1 of the Journal

Part 2 of journal

sorry for the background noises they were my little siblings

in the same room as me

Photo:

Here is a map showing where every light house is located in

the world.

 

End of Post:

Ok thank you for reading my blog and also here is a question to end the blog post off what is the newest light house if you know comment the answer anyways thanks for reading the post and watching the videos goodbye I hope to see you again on my blog.

Tangiwai Railway Disaster

 Welcome back to my blog today I will be talking about the Tangiwai Railway Disaster so lets get started

Predictions:

What I know about this Disaster:

I never knew this disaster really happend so I don't know anything 

from this disaster

What I want to know about this Disaster:

anything and everything that happend

Reaserch:

These are the Questions I need to Answers

#1. 258 people were on board

#2. At 8pm at Mount Ruapehu

#3. About 10:15 

#4. Cause there was a man waving a torch Signaling the driver to stop

#5. Cause there was some brave people that helped save some of the Survivors

#6. A moderated Lahar

Notes:

1. 28 people survived 

2. 151 people died 

3. most of the bodies were not found

4. I think most of the dead bodies found had to be taken to an Army camp

5. little bit of people that lived by the incident came to help

The Ballantynes Fire

 What do I think I already know about this disaster:

I already know that it was a tragic incident that happend in 1947 and it was one of  the worst fires in New Zealand history

What do I think I will learn about this disaster:

-What Caused the fire

-did anybody die

-How long did it take to put out

-Did the building burned down

Task 2 Read and Research 

1 Answer: People where served bye people in Aprons and caps

and it was a desinger store

2 Answer: Christchurch

3 Answer:November 18th 1947 at 3:46pm

4 Answer: Nobody was worried and there were not any smoke alarms or plans

5 Answer: 41 Employees had died and 2 people had jumped out of there and was unconscious and recoverd

6 Answer: No smoking and new smoke Alarms and they have an evacution plan

My Notes while watching videos:

1. at the time of the incident their were 46 people missing

2. it started at 4 in the Afternoon in the Furniture department

3. army and air force helped the firemen take down the fire 

4. worst fire in NZ history

1. this Resource wasn't really use full cause you could not hear it really

Our First Olympians

 hi guys today I have been learning about Our first Olympic Athletes so we read a book called Our first Olympians by Bill Nogelkerke and we had to find keywords from the book so here are mine

then after we made that we also had to 

make our own and made up Olympic sport we could make anything so here was mine

So the name of the games is Bucket smash 

The Aim of the game is to hit down all the buckets and take out the whole team to win

Rules: 

you can Tackle the other team but you can't Tackle high by the head only by the Waist down woulds if you do that your out and the other team has a penalty and if you get tackled 3 times your out or if hold the ball for more than 5sec your out you also have to pass to all you players before you hit a bucket and also you can't hit the buckets on your side your side you have to hit the ones on the opposite side of you you can kick the ball you need stay in the field if it goes out other teams ball.

Equipment:

.Head gear (if Needed)

.Running Shoes

.Gloves (if you are not comfortable Catching things with your Bare hands)

.And Correct Sports Uniform

So that's all you need for Bucket smash also here is a Bonus Question before this post is done

Do you know any of these people in this photo and what sports did they play in the Olympic Games

also one more question what is your favourite Olympic Athlete mine is Valarie Adams anyways thank you for reading bye.

Year 8 Wananga Goal Setting

Hey guys This is my Wananga Goal setting post so you guys can read 

and also when you done reading I have a Question for you What are your goals for this term ok bye.

 Year 7/8 Wānanga Goal Setting

Name: Alizae		Class:  TzR	Term: 3	Year:2021
Greatest achievement from last term:
the greatest achievement was when I did super well in drama  and also doing real well in P.E
Subjects taken this term:
Hurumanu:
1	Hurumanu 1
2	Wood Tech
3	Sewing
Technology:
Language:
Other:
Academic Goals
Short term (this term):
1	Reading 5 books a week this term
2	Practise my spelling
Non-academic goal (can be out of school):
work on being healthy and Practise Basketball
What are my learning strengths (Refer to Year 8 Graduate Profile)		What are my learning work ons (Refer to Year 8 Graduate Profile)
Writing  being there for my learning Reading  Being Focus on my learning Helping people who needs help		Maths Spelling
How will I achieve this?
I will Achieve this by Working hard and maybe trying something new to see if I get better at it
End of term reflection

Hawkes Bay Earthquakes/Napier Earthquakes

 hi my name is Alizae and

today I have been learning about the Napier Earthquakes and The Hawkes Bay Earthquake so here are some of my predictions for Napier and

some questions that I will be answering about The Hawkes bay earthquakes so 

here we go 

1 - What do I think I know about this disaster - I Know that an Earthquake and some fires destroyed buildings

2 - What do I think I will find out about the disaster - How the fires started 

Now here are some questions that I am going to answer about the Hawkes Bay Disaster 

1 - When was The Hawkes bay earthquake happen - 3rd Feb 1931