Jarred work interview

This term we have been interviewing people this week we interviewed Jarred. this is my summary:


It was funny how he moved the eyes of a fish puppet from a box. It was interesting that he was an air force photo-man. And how stupid or blind people can be with wires and dam POT PLANTS! And it is funny that he is a fire fighter that moved the eyes of a fish puppet that is most likely was put into the bin which may have gone into the sea and may have got into the lake and he may have used to put out a fire…

maori gully tunnels- local history

Fair trade sack art

This term our topic was fart trade. We made poems and wrote them on fair trade sacks with indian ink. Tyler and me did ours together, this was ours:

Their spirits fade
They barely get paid
They cant even play
They need fair trade

nutrition refeshon

Last week my class went to town to have a healthy lunch and to see a nutritionist (at New World) . The nutritionist came 3 days in a row. Two days at school and one at New World. But I missed the second day because I was sick... 'cofh cof'. When the nutritionist was here I didn't learn that much, I learnt a bit about vitamins, and to look in the 100 grams side when reading food labels. At New World we did a challenge to find a healthy and an unhealthy food in different categories. My brother (who is the head of the butchery) showed me the butchery from inside, so I didn't get all the foods. I don't know if I can say that much about the butchery, but it was made up of a giant store room and a preposition room.

!THE END!

The pod nears... Personal inquiry.

Once New Zealand’s biggest gold mine, now a empty ghost town

Once New Zealand’s biggest gold mine, now a empty ghost town

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Waiuta was founded in 1906, it’s main income was it’s gold mine’s. Waiuta is widely known for their goldmine which was founded in 1906, known as the Birthday Quartz Reef as it was found on King Edward VII's birthday. The first mineshaft operated in 1908 called the Blackwater Shaft, and it was 563m in depth.

From 1906 to 1951 it was the South Island's largest gold mine and the village was home to 600 people. When the Second World War started, a decline in the number of miners occured, because of lot’s having to go to war. On July 9, 1951 the Blackwater Shaft collapsed, and the mine flooded.

From 1908 to 1937 gold was processed at the Snowy Battery. The gold was pounded out of the rock using the water powered ‘battery’ with iron stamps. In the Snowy River valley,  quartz was pounded to powder by heavy stamps and the gold was saved through various processes. Then they were treated with cyanide in the lowest building.

It ended up as a ghost town, because when the mine collapsed lots of people lost their jobs. Without the income of the mine there was no reason for people to stay, so they packed up and left.

Now Waiuta is a historic site for tourists to visit.

By Thomas Hardie

Personal project progres

This term I have done most of my inquiries. one of my inquiries i have almost finished, the personal project that i am almost finished is about helping the predator free new zealand project. my other project is about is about sending a camera into the lake about 20m down! i am about 2/3 of the way thru!