ANZAC activities

I have so far done two activities for ANZAC day. I am going to do one more. The first one I did was draw a picture of a scene at Gallipoli, Here is my picture.
I have also baked some ANZAC biscuits and are yet to try them. They look pretty good though.

Brunner mine site

In our class we have been making a presentation about mining logging or shipping in our area.

Here is mine

Local history

In our class our topic we have been doing local history. For this activity we hat to go to a website find an image and write questions about it.

The rise and fall of Waiuta gold mine

The rise and fall of Waiuta gold mine

By Cameron

The ghost town is dotted with old broken wreckage's with moss infested chimneys that will rot for all eternity. The historic town is located at end of Snowy road. Waiuta was the South Island's biggest gold mine and at 1930 it reached around 600 people. It is also the most famous ghost town in the South Island.

History

In 1905 the gold reef was discovered. It was found on King Edward VII’s birthday so they called it Birthday Reef. In 1908 the first mine shaft the Blackwater Shaft opened. In total it was 567m deep. In 1926 a new mine opened called the Prohibition. In 1930 the population reached up to 600 people. In 1936 the Prohibition mine took over the work. It all ended in 1951 when the Prohibition mine collapsed and the town was abandoned.

Gold and contamination

The Waiuta gold mines were the most wealthy mines of the 20th century in the South Island. The mine produced nearly 750,000 ounces of gold from 1.5 million tons of quartz. That is $1,869,255,217 in today's value. The level of arsenic is 33,000 times the safe limit for drinking water. There were 96 barrels of highly-contaminated arsenic material removed from the Prohibition site for treatment and disposal at a specialised facility. It cost $3.6 million to clear out the water.

Waiuta town

Waiuta was a sports town. It’s main sport was rugby but they also played tennis. Waiuta also had a bowling green. If you go there now you can see the rotting rugby poles swaying in the breeze. As the town was abandoned and Tony Mangan’s Family was last to leave. It was left it to the ghosts and modern age explorers.

This day in history

So what The royal family is important and that event would have affected the world.

This day in history

This day in history

On this day in history 1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th state of America.

So what: America is a big country and has a lot more sates now.

This day in history

On this day in history 1998, the world's largest tire manufacturer of the time hits its 100th anniversary!

This day in history

On this day in history 1945 an atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

We had 20 minutes to make a creation that had to do with something that happened in history

On this day in history 1956 a fire kills 262 miners.

So what fires happen all the time and they are dangerous.

Trucks explode

This was a 20 minute quick create and this a important event because a lot of people died.

In our class we research what happened on this day in history.

Kiwi Kids News featured article

In our class every day we make a quick create on what happened on this day in history.

In our class every day we make a quick create on what happened on this day in history.

Grasshopper attack

This is important because it actually shows how little thing can cause a lot of destruction

The crowning of Henry II

This is Gabriel's, Thomas's and my this day in history.

 It is the crowning of Henry II.

So what: this was a big historical event and if it did not happen there would be lots of wars!

This day in history

In our class every day we make a quick create on what happened on this day in history.