This is a screenshot of my KWL on what I know about the 1900 school times and what kind or consequences and how schools have changed through he year.
Friday, 10 May 2013
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Fast Facts
This is my resolute on my 9 times tables and as you can see I did well on this one than my 12 times tables and my time was better, because on my 12 times tables my time was 66 seconds and on this one it was 58 seconds so you can see the imrovment on this one. So to chellenge you, here is the link to this website and see how long it takes you to do your times tables.
Good Luck
Xtra Maths Resolute
This is my resolute on Xtra Maths and you can see that I've got one wrong because I did not look at the question properly but on the other hand you can see I've got them all right, so next time I need to look at the questions properly and maybe speed up a little faster with the ones that don't have a smile and this was my first try.
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Term 1 Goal Setting
These are my screenshots of my term 2 goal from last year and it tells you what I have achieved during term on what I need to archieve next time and what I need to work on, and it show on each subjects reading, writing and maths. Then I have a personal goal that shows what I need myself to do on term 2.
Monday, 6 May 2013
The Soldier Who Never Returned
The Soldier Who Never Returned
LI: To understand the story in the poem
There’s a bottle of beer in the Waiho Forks bar,
From the rest on the shelf it stands out like a star.
For its shape is old fashioned and it just might be purple
And the label proclaims that its “Ballins Four X”
It was bought a long time ago by a young soldier brave;
On his final leave home, these are the instructions he gave.
“Don’t break it or sell it, just keep it in store,
And we’ll drink it when I come back home from the war.”
He was killed overseas on the Island of Crete
When they battled it out with the German elite.
There’s a headstone but nobody knows where he lies,
If he sleeps his last sleep ‘neath the sea or the skies
But the bottle still remains at the Country Hotel,
A memorial stands to a soldier who fell,
And travellers and locals take time out to think
Of the soldier who never came home for his drink.
And somehow a glow by the bottle is shed
As poppies surround it and edge it with red,
For each Anzac Day there’s a new one to put there
And they lie like a wreath round that bottle of beer.
There are many stone cairns scattered over the land
But I wonder how many are polished by hand.
Though the cap is all rusty and outshines the chrome,
As it waits for the soldier who never came home.
Anonymous
- Highlight the rhyming words in yellow
- This is a narrative style poem as it tells a story. Explain why the bottle of beer is still on the shelf. The bottle of beer is still on the shelf because the soldier said not to break it or sell it and he said that they will drink it when he returned, and the people are still waiting for the soldier who never returned.
- What does ANZAC stand for? ANZAC means Australia, New Zealand Army Corps
- What is a cairn? Cairn is a pile of stones.
- How does this poem make you feel? Why? This poem makes me feel happy because they had saved our home, but I also felt sad because a lot beloved family members were killed.
Rememberance Poppies
Remembrance Poppies
Poppies are forever linked with Anzac Day, dating back to the WW1. They are a worldwide symbol of remembrance for the men and women who have died serving their country. Poppies made of light cloth or paper are also woven together to form wreaths which are laid at war memorials up and down the country. The poppies are a reminder of the sacrifice - the lives lost - in war.
The red or Flanders poppy was one of the first to grow and bloom in the mud and soil of Flanders. They were made famous by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in his poem 'In Flanders fields'. McCrae was a Canadian medical officer who, in May 1915, had conducted the funeral service of a friend. In a cemetery nearby, red poppies blew gently in the breeze. He saw this as a symbol of regrowth in a landscape of blood and destruction. He was upset at the death and suffering around him and wrote the verse in his notebook. Someone sent his words anonymously to the English magazine, Punch, which published them under the title 'In Flanders Fields' on 8 December 1915.
In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row.
That mark our place; and in the sky
The Larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard among the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields
Take our quarrel with the foe
To you from falling hands we throw,
The torch be yours to hold up high.
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow,
In Flanders Fields
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
- Where is Flanders Field? Flanders field is in a country called Belgium. ✓
- What grows in Flanders field? The red poppies grow in Flanders field, and represent how nature regrow. ✓
- “To you from failing hands we throw”. Who do the falling hands represent and what have they thrown? The failing hands represent how some of the soldiers never make it back alive, and they have thrown a torch. ✓
- “If ye break faith with us who die..” What does the writer mean by ‘break faith’? Break faith means a lot of people are breaking faith and are disrespecting them. ✓
- Click on the link below to help you answer these questions:
- Who created the remembrance poppy?
The person that created the
remembrance was Moina
Michelle. ✓
- Why was it created?
The red poppy remembrance was created to remember all the men that had fought for us in the war. ✓
- How was it made?
Poppy are made of light red cloth and they were made to get more money fundraised. ✓
- When was it made?
It was made
- Where was it made?
The first poppy was made in the U.S and used light cloth. ✓
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