Arrowtown Gold Exploration Day

We had a fantastic day in Arrowtown today. 22 children (out of our group) found a piece of gold when we were gold panning. We learnt about the Chinese miners and their lives in Arrowtown, and explored the museum.

Phil Wilson-Gold Miner Visit

Phil Wilson came to Hawea Flat to share his knowledge about gold. He showed us some gold and passed it around the class.-Liam



 

Today Phil Wilson from Queensbury came to our school to talk about gold, and to answer some of our questions. He told us how gold miners made a living by searching for gold. There are all different types of gold such as heavy gold, soft gold, red gold and white gold.-Rata

This piece of gold that Phil found under a tussock. Wow!

Today Phil Wilson from Queensbury came to Hawea Flat School to talk to different classrooms and talked about gold and gold miners. He came in with a piece (seen above), and said if you flattened it, it would be the size of our classroom floor. He also said gold miners had no houses, but lived in rocks, cave and trees.-Ashley

Maria Gill-Author

Some thoughts from our class about the visit...

Maria Gill is an author that likes writing non-fiction. She's from the North Island. maria came to school to show some of her books. Some of the books she writes are called Rangitoto, Save Our Seas, Hall of Fame and Dogs on the Job. Maris has two kids called Tristan and Rhiannon. By Anna.

Maria Gill is from the North Island. She writes books like Dogs on the Job and Hall of Fame. She goes to different countries, and writes stories  about what they do. She came here and shared her stories and talked about her interviews with famous people. By Joe

Finally Maria Gill, the extrodinary author, has come to Hawea Flat School to share her books and writing knowledge with the pupils. She writes non-fiction books about animals and the environment. A Year 4 boy called Dylan like the Hall of Fame book, full of information about famous people. By Dylan

Today Maria Gill came to school to talk to us about the books she has written. Maria Gill is a famous writer, she has written quite a lot of books. She was the first person to write a book about the kokako. Maria showed us some pictures and asked us questions about them.  'Thank you Maria for coming. I enjoyed Dogs on the Job.' By Lauren

Maria Gill came in to share her books. She writes about animals, like dogs, kokako, kiwis, famous people and volcanoes. She lives in the North Island. She interviews people about their lives, and she gets ideas so she can write stories. Doc Rangers protect native animals so they don't die. They also kill pests. by Leithan

Music

Music lessons start again tomorrow. Remember your intruments

Music Lessons

There are no music lessons this week as the teachers are unable to attend. You do not need to bring your instruments. There will be music next week and it will always be on a Wednesday from now on.

Triathlon

What a fabulous day. I am so proud of Room 5. You were amazing. Well done as I know it was hard for a lot of you. Great to see some of you bouncing back when things went wrong for you. You all finished and did your best.

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