Celebrating Easter

On 15 April 2017 my family and I went to Quail Island for egg hunting.  We ride a Black Cruises ferry to get there. We had to meet up at Lyttelton Port, to get our tickets and register.  It was a long drive to get to Lyttelton Port and we couldn't find any parking.  It was an amazing view of the mountains and the sea, when we on board.I am so excited because this is my first time to ride a ferry.  It takes 2 hours to explore Quail Island.

Quail Island
In 1842, the first European to set foot on the island, Captain Mein Smith, flushed a number of now extinct native quail from the bush and named the island after the birds.

Going to the ferry

Inside the ferry, it was noise and scary, but fun.

Volcanic Cliffs



The Ward Settlement
The Ward brothers bought part of Quail Island in 1851 and erected a small cottage.
They farm the island for just 2 months before tragedy struck;the 2 brothers were drowned when taking firewood to the island.

Shipwrecks

Ballast Quarries
Early sailing ships arriving into Lyttelton often had to load up on
return journeys with ballast rock to keep their ships stable.
Two sites on the island can be seen where tonnes of rocks where
 taken 1850-1874

Leprosy Colony
In 1907 the island was home to the first and only leprosy colony in New Zealand.
One lonely soul died here and his grave can be viewed on the island.
Up to 9 patients were housed here at it's peak.

Replica Leper cottage

Walkers Beach
I had a chance to walk to this beach with my bare foot and started to pick some sea shells..

Animal Quarantines

In 1874 a quarantine station was built to isolate those immigrants who had 

spent 3 months at sea in cramped conditions with lack of fresh food and exercise.

These condition increased chances of disease and sickness.

All imported stock from England had to be quarantined before 

arriving in Lyttelton.

Stock Water dam

As we explore the Quail island we need to collect different colors and 

size of popsicle stick and we need to give it to the staff of the 

Black Cat Cruises in exchange of Easter eggs.

Akongahi's amazing cultural dances

For the last 2 weeks in my class we have been practicing some traditional dances.  The year 5's will be doing the Samoan Sasa, the year 6 and 4's boys will be doing the Super Haka and the year 6 and 4's girls will be doing the Ti Rakau sticks.  We have been practicing these performances for 2 weeks.  We have put a lot effort in these performances.  

 Thank you to Miss Bell for organizing this performance.  She has been teaching us how to perform these.  I hope you like it bye!

What stage am I?

In the last week of term I have been learning strategies on addition and subtraction problems.  I have made a DLO about my learning reflection.  Here is my DLO it includes what stage I am in and what my next step is.

What you need to include in to your survival kit

W.A.L.T: Summarize and retell the main ideas and important information from the texts I have read, in my own words. 

In the last few week I have been working on a DLO my DLO is about what is in your survival kit.  In my DLO I also designed a survival kit in my DLO.  It explains why you need it in your survival kit.  

Hope you like it!

                     

W.A.L.T: solve addition problems using the comprehension strategy

This week in maths I have been learning about solving addition problems using the comprehension strategy.  I made a DLO, a DLO is a digital learning object.  This is a DLO that can teach you how to use the strategy.  This is a stage 6 strategy, I understand this strategy very well.  I hope you like it.