Carmen's Journey Story By Ching

  Carmen’s Journey Story

Ching’s Mother

My Mum (Carmen) was born in Hong Kong on July 6th 1976.  My Mum first came to New Zealand on August 9th 1996. My Mum did have family here in New Zealand. My Mum had her other Aunty here in New Zealand. My Mum came here with her Aunty and she also came for further study. My Mum didn’t get to choose if she wanted to come to New Zealand because coincidentally her Aunty had to come to New Zealand to immigrate so she followed her Aunty. 

Then she started studying here in New Zealand so she could keep up with her learning. At first she was an international student. My Mum went to secondary school and university here in New Zealand. My Mum went to Carmel College and the University of Auckland. She studied Statistics at the Auckland University.

 My Mum travelled here by aeroplane. It took her twelve hours to get here. My Mum didn’t have any stops on the way because it was a direct flight by air. She ended up staying with her other Aunty that was here. During her stay here in New Zealand, she went to Devonport and Rotorua and many other places. 

When my Mum first arrived here in New Zealand she found it really peaceful and quiet here. The people here were nice and friendly. There wasn’t much difference from her home country.

 My Mum misses her parents very much. Her parents are still in Hong Kong but they sometimes come here to visit her. She now lives in New Zealand with her husband (Edmond) and her two children - Ching and Fai. My Mum misses her family and friends very much, especially her parents.

My Mum now is a citizen of New Zealand just like her husband and her children Ching and Fai. Yes, my Mum has been back to her birthplace for work but then she came to New Zealand for work. 

She went back to Hong Kong at the beginning of 2019. She went back to Hong Kong with her two children Ching and Fai.

Mary MacKillop Information Report By Jia and Sierra

  St Mary MacKillop Information Report

By Jia and Sierra

Mary MacKillop was born in 1842 in Melbourne, Australia.

Her parents, Flora & Alexander were from Scotland. Mary was the eldest out of her siblings. She was well educated by her father. Her father had great difficulty with his health.

When Mary was eighteen she moved to Penola, in South Australia to start work to support her family. She became a governess (teacher) to her cousins in 1860. In Penola she met Father Julian Tenison Woods. Father Julian had the same dream as Mary. Julian Tenison Wood was a priest. Julian needed help from Mary with establishing Religious Education in schools.

Mary dreamed of educating children in Catholic schools. In 1867, she became the first sister. She wore a black dress, in March 1888. Mary and Julian’s dream became a reality. The first school was in a barn. She also would say to the sister’s “Never see a need without doing anything about it”.

They opened schools for the poor people which were free for everyone. They made orphanages for the people that don’t have parents. Mary wanted to help everyone and make people feel special. Then one day a bishop came to Mary. Bishop Shiel misunderstood Mary and excommunicated her from the church. He thought Mary was being disobedient. In the past Bishop Shiel expelled 47 sisters. Five months later Mary and the forty seven sisters were welcomed back again. 

As she got older, Mary suffered from rheumatism. After a stroke, in 1902 she was paralysed on her right side and had to get around in a wheelchair. She continued to believe in God. 

Mary passed away in a convent on Mount Street in Sydney, Australia. She died on the 8th of August 1909.

After her death, the Sisters continue to do good deeds and follow in the footsteps of Jesus. They went to New Zealand and opened schools.  In 1963 there were 36 Josephite schools opened. After Mary’s death they made Mary the leader of the sisters. The sisters also inspired the people through God!  

Cinderella Retelling By Lyrissa

 Once upon a time there was a young girl and her parents that lived happily. one day her mother was very sick and died a few days later. A few years later her father had married another woman named Lady Treiman but she treated Ella like a maid. She was very cruel and selfish like her daughters. Anastasia and Drizilla would pick their noses secretly and were alo cruel and selfish. Ella's stepsisters mocked her and said “You always look like you're covered in ash”. They started to call Ella, Cinderella. One morning they were sent an invitation from the King and the Prince. They're going to be having a ball for the Prince and so the Prince could find a wife.

Cinderella was very sad that she couldn’t go to the ball, because she had asked her step

mother if she could go. The StepMother said “No”. because she had to clean the kitchen

and the rooms. Cinderella knew she wouldn’t have enough time to finish cleaning to go to

the ball and said.¨It will take a week”. The mice and the birds then started to help her

because they felt sorry for Cinderella. So when they were done Cinderella asked again and

said “I'm finished”. Her Stepmother said ¨Nobody wouldn’t want to look at you¨. 

¨You are so dirty and smelly¨. She ran to  the garden and started crying.

The Fairy Godmother waved her magic wand when Cinderella was outside. The Fairy

Godmother had appeared and said 

“You are going to the ball”. 

Cinderella said “What am I going to wear?”. so the Fairy Godmother waved her magic

wand and a pretty blue dress appeared on Cinderella with her glass slippers. A pumpkin

carriage appeared. The rats were the coach men. The Fairy Godmother said ¨Be sure to

leave the ball before 12AM or the spell will not work any more. So she went to the ball

and the Prince saw Cinderella. He couldn't take his eyes off her. The Prince asked

Cinderella for a dance. They had danced but forgot about the time. She ran to her carriage

and the Prince was following her. Cinderella was already gone. The Prince saw one of

Cinderella's glass slippers. Cinderella had made it home and was in her room.     

The Prince and Cinderella lived happily ever after. The Prince “said to go to all the girls in

this village and  look for who can fit the shoe. It” came to Cinderella's house but first her

sisters had to try it. Anastasia and Drizella both tried it but their foot could not fit the shoe.

The Prince had asked if there were any other women here and Lady Treman said “We only

have a kitchen maid and that's it”. So the prince went to her to try the slipper on her.

She slowly put the glass slipper on her foot and it fitted. The Prince married Cinderella.

Matariki Poster By Ethan

In class, Miss Paton shared with us some information about the Matariki. I had to take notes on what she said. Then I had to create a poster on Matariki.  

Jia's Water Care Recount

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“ WHOA ” I can’t believe that in class we talked about wastewater and stormwater. I always wanted to know about how to care for water! It was so satisfying. 

In class there was a lady called Sarah that came to our classroom. She was from Watercare and I was so thrilled to learn about how water is treated. First she introduced herself. She was a worker whose job was to educate children about water care. She cast her own presentation to us. 

Then Miss Paton asked us all, “Why is water important? “ Then all of my friends put their hands up and they had some really good answers. I answered too. Some of my friends said that “Water is important because if we didn’t have water we wouldn’t survive”.

After all the answers we moved on. After a while Sarah talked about the olden days. In the olden days, when people went to the bathroom, they had a chamber pot underneath their bed and they put a cloth above the chamberpot. Then I laughed SO hard that my tummy became sore. Sarah said that there were chambermaids that cleaned the pots. The way that the maid’s cleaned the pots was throwing the pees and poops in the nearby river.

After that we went outside to do an experiment. I was so excited. Sarah said “In this experiment you have to make a hill, mountain or a volcano from these lightweight powdery rocks”. 

After this we covered our mountains with a see through cover. We poured water over the cover and you had to guess how many streams you could see.

Conclusion

It was so much fun! I learnt lots of new information. I would hate to be a chambermaid back in the olden days, throwing pees and poops in rivers. I am glad that I am living in the present. I am glad that I am in a country that has safe drinking water. I hope that the water treatment plant continues to operate and that people can save twenty litres of water a day.

How to make a Masu Box By Lyrissa

This week in Room we are making Masu boxes. I have made steps for you to follow if you want to make a Masu box today. I have also made pictures for it to be easier and to know what it would look like.

Dams Dictogloss By Ken P

What is a dam?

Dams block off water in a river or a stream, so that
it must pass on to a barrier,  lake, or a reservoir for
storage.

Where are Dams built ?

Dams are built across a stream, a river or an estuary
to retain water . Dams assist with hydro electric power
and they support irrigation systems.

What are the purposes of dams?

Dams serve the primary purpose to retain water,
and are used to prevent water flow.

Where are Dams?

Water Care operates
fourteen supply reservoirs, five of them located in the
Waitakere Ranges, two of them located in Helensville,
and four located in the Hunua ranges.

Facts about Dams

The dams supply 80% of Auckland's water, since they
are built very high the rain water flows down them.
Earlier dams were made out of concrete.  After World
War 2, they were made out of earth and rock. Now
dams are made from concrete.

Dams in the Waitakere Ranges?

In the Waitakere Ranges there are five dams.
Three concrete dams, and two earth dams.