Home Learning Wow Wall

3 May 2015

This term we have been learning about ANZAC Day.  It has been 100 years since the ANZAC Troops landed in Gallipoli.  We have remembered.

Our home learning task have been about the infamous ANZAC biscuit.  Many of the students in room 9 have been busily making their versions of this yummy biscuit.

Here's a few pictures of one home baker.  Doesn't she look professional!

Melting the butter

Mixing the dry ingredients

Perfect!

So ... how many is that?

1 May 2015

We have some excellent bakers in Room 9.  They have been sharing their yummy anzac biscuits with us this week. Well done team!

20 February 2015

Here's one student who took his home learning to the next level!  

The homework was to do some research on the Treaty of Waitangi.  

This student made a model of the endeavour, complete with sails and railings.  

He shared with the rest of the class how he constructed his model and showed us his plans.  Very professional indeed.  Keep up the good work!

13 February 2015

This week our home learning task was:

• Do some research this week on Waitangi Day.  
• What do you already know? 
• What new information can you find out?  
• You can record your findings in any way you like.
• Be prepared to share what you found with the class.

I have been very impressed with the effort shown in completing this weeks home learning, as well as the amount of information discovered.  

Room 9 discovered….

In the year 1840, representatives of the British crown and over 500 Maori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi. The day was first commemorated in 1934, and has been a public holiday since 1974. 

By Juanita

Waitangi Day is the day the English and Maori signed a treaty to live side by side together peacefully. The treaty was signed in 1840, in the house of James Busby at Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands. 

By Ella

The Treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire. 

By Paul

A treaty is a piece of paper you write rules on. If people agree on your rules they sign it. 

By George

The anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, is celebrated as a public holiday in New Zealand on the 6th February.

By Grace

Waitangi Day commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and provides a focus for national pride. 

By Siologa

The treaty House is New Zealand's most visited historic building. It is administered by the Waitangi National Trust Board. In 1932 Governor General Lord Bledisloe gifted The Treaty House and its grounds at Waitangi, to the nation. 

By Maddie

Lord Bledisloe hoped that the Treaty site would become a national memorial symbolising that The Treaty of Waitangi had initiated a unique relationship between the indigenous and the colonising peoples. 

By Jordan

The Treaty of Waitangi was written in two different languages and because of that there was confusion over what was written. 

By Hunter

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in a marquee in the grounds of James Busby's house. 

By Sasmitha

In total there are 9 copies of The Treaty. 

By Charlotte

The Treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Maori rights to their land and gave Maori the rights of British subjects. 

By Emma

The Treaty of Waitangi is kept in Te Papa. 

By Ruby

The Treaty basically made Maori and British equals. 

By Louie

New Zealand marked the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1990. 

By Sithula