My Myth- The Green Flash.

This week we had to create our own myth. I chose to create on around the green flash. Her is my work.

Ra and the Green Flash.

Once there was a beautiful young woman who lived on the wild West Coast of the South Island.. Her name was Ra Tuhiwai. She was the daughter of Tane Tuhiwai and the lover of Hare Tohoro who was a young warrior. They had a beautiful baby boy called Marama. But soon a tragic thing happened, Hare went to war with the neighbouring tribe and did not return. In her grief Ra rose up and became the sun. But she had left her only child, Marama. Marama was all alone. He had to look after himself. But seeing as he was only 3 he rose up and became the light (Marama). To this day they both remain in the sky. They meet on clear nights and their bond creates a green glow or a flash.


That is the story of the green flash.

Writing Term 2 week 1

This week we had to research a natural phenomenon for writing. I chose the to research the green flash. Here is what I have discovered. I have not seen the green flash but my parents have.

Maths week 1 term 2

This week for maths we had to complete a workbook. This workbook contains the the things that we have been learning. Area, perimeter, circumference and volume.

Tennis. West Coast vs Marlborough.

I the holidays I went to Blenheim and played in a tennis tournament. It was West Coast vs Marlborough. I was in the West Coast team. Finally we won for the first time in 5 years. We took home the Wilding trophy.
I have represented the West Coast for 3 years running.
We played 2 games of singles and 4 games of doubles.

The Mines Afire

This week we had to do a book review on the Mines Afire. Here is mine.

Visiting Author

On Wednesday we had a visit from Thelma Eakin

the author of our class novel (The mine's afire). She had some treasures that she brought in and showed us. The treasures consisted of a safety lamp that the miners should have used but only introduced it later on after the explosion and a brass replica of the statue at the Brunner mine site. The book took about nine months to write and it was published in 2010. Before she wrote this book she was an English teacher and a Drama instructer at the Greymouth High School.
We learnt a lot and I really recomend that you read the book.

Brunner mine site.

For the past term we have been reading the book called 'A Mines Afire.' It is about the terrible explosion that happened On the 26th of March 1896. So on Monday we had a visit to the Brunner Mine site. We went there in the morning and split into groups. In those groups of about 8 we had to dress up and set a photo shoot. When we had found a place to take the photo we set the scene. Our scene was of 3 dead men lying under blankets with 2 woman grieving around them and a few men hanging around. I was one of the greiving woman.
The other activities involed having a tour around the old coke ovens and the original mine entrances. We also had to find out some more imformation about, such as how coal was made and what tools the Miners used to get out the coal.
After that we went to the Stillwater Cemetery said some poems and read some of the Miners names out. In the Cemetery there is a mass grave where 33 men and boys were buiried. The youngest boy was 15 and the oldest man was 72. The other miners that wern't buried in the mass grave were either buried in family plots or in Greymouth cemetery.
We had a really fun time, it was really interesting and we learnt alot.
Here are some photos of our trip.         

Funeral/Cemetery