This is my class song we will be singing and dancing to at the production.

My Armistice Day Essay i still have a bit of my bibiography to do and then im done.

Back in 1914 to 1918

 Have you ever thought about back in the day when your great great grandparents were out in the war grounds fighting for over peoples future and countries maybe even their own future let me guess no well that’s one of the reasons why we should at least remember armistice day the day the world war 1 came to a halt on the 11.11.1918 at 11.00 am if you think about it world war 1 went for 4 years  3 months and 14 days that’s a long time but luckily when it came to a halt all around you                                                                                                                                                                       there was just peace and quiet no gun shots just birds happily tweeting away.

Hears a poem that will tell you another reason why Armistice Day is important in New Zealand. (Hint)(Remember toughs who fort in word war 1)

                                                                           War

Soldiers dying, people crying, families torn apart,

No one happy, everyone snappy, people with broken hearts,

The war is over! Hooray! Rejoicing! Everyone smiling, happy at last,

But wait, what of the soldiers who died, people who cried, the ones who feared, who shed a tear,

The soldiers? They’re buried with a cross over their head,

The people? Still crying, their hearts are dying, and sometimes they wish they were dead,

So, on Remembrance Day, remember the soldiers, the families, the people, remember the things they did for our life, our future.

Remember them.

By

Syrah

I hope that helped you on another reason armistice day is important but it doesn’t just stop there I’m going to tell you about one of my family members that went to world war 1 Samuel Shaw Turtle Hawthorne.

Samuel was a kind caring man as I’ve been told as I didn’t get to meet him he was so kind and caring that in world war 1 he went to help his friend who had been shot in the leg and when he was dragging him to cover he got shot and died he is a hero in my eyes my families eyes to going back to help someone and risking his only life is unbelievable. I respect him very much even if I didn’t met him he still put his own life on the line for his friend.

So for you here’s a poem I’ve chosen by another writer.

                                    They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
                                     Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
                                     At the going down of the sun and in the morning
                                                       we will remember them.

(Fourth stanza of Laurence Binyon's 'For the Fallen')

So your probably think were done and dusted here but where not there are twoe more reasons why Armistice Day is important in New Zealand so get ready for your brain to be packed with reasons why

So on 1914 the 28^th of July the soldiers from Britain, US, France, Russia, Italy, USA, Japan Germany Austria/Hungry, Turkey and the Commonwealth started fighting most of these soldiers were volunteers they just went out there and fort for the other countries for some their own country it’s amazing how many people care about other people’s future and countries. So that is another reason why Armistice day is important in New Zealand because of the respect and hope for others that the soldiers gave other people and also for going out and volunteering and putting their live on the line.

This is a letter I found that a solider named Geroge had written well fighting.

February 14th 1915

My darling and loving wife Emily

It is Valentines Day and my thoughts are with you as always, I wish that I could be with you on this special day of love instead of being here in this hell hole which Belgium has become.

I miss you little George and Harry so very much and I pray for the day that this war comes to an end, please pass my love on to the children and kiss them for me.

We arrived at the front line just over a week ago and the smell was so bad that many of the men were sick, to describe the smell would be an impossible task but some of the causes will give you an idea of just how bad it is.

Raw sewage from the open cess pit, body odour from men who havent had a decent wash for weeks, dead bodies rotting in shallow graves and laying out in the open in no mans land, the smell of exploded bombs and the odour of Mustard gas which lingers for a few days after the attack, stagnant mud cigarette smoke and cooking smells all add to the unpleasantness of the trenches.

They say that we will get used to the smell over time but it feels like it will never leave us at the moment.

The smell attracts rats they are everywhere you look and they seem to be unafraid to show themselves, there is so much waste here that the rats are thriving and some of them are as big as felix our cat.

I shaved my head and my pubic hair yesterday because my hair was crawling with lice most of the men have been scratching and itching almost since the day we got here.

The rain is a constant companion flooding the trenches and turning the floor into mud it is so bad that some of the men are getting sores on their feet and can hardly walk with the pain.

Sleep his so hard to come by with the constant booming and banging of the shells from both sides, my bed is a bunk which has been placed in a dug out section of the trench, a mud roof a mud floor and the constant theat of a stray shell keep me awake at night.

I am scared my darling Emily, my life is under constant threat, bullets randomly fired at us, shells exploding every minute of the day, men are dying all around me if not from a stray bullet or shell they are falling with fever and disease.

Four of the boys in my squad have died already they went through basic training with me and i considered them good friends, my best friend John shot himself in the foot just to get out of here and away from the trenches, he will be treated in a field hospital and sent home.

We are going over the top tonight climbing out of the trench and attacking the enemy trenches

A and B sqaud went last night and most of them were killed or wounded before they even got 10 yards out of the trench, it is barbaric and a futile waste of human life but the powers that be seem to think that it is the way forward and keep sending those poor men and boys to their deaths.

I will close now and pray that this is not the last letter that I will ever send to you my darling, I long to be back at home with you and the children.

I love you with all of my heart

Happy Valentines Day my love

your ever loving Husband

George xxxxx

This letter was so sad. He tried to cheer his family up and tell them he would come home he wouldn’t die he has a lot of courage in him this is another reason why armistice day is important in new Zealand for the courage pride hope and love the soldiers have for other people that they either left behind or fort with or just others

Why I think armistice day is important to New Zealand.I think armistice day is impoprtant to New Zealand because  we had pepole who went to world war 1 and fort for the other  country not knowing when it would ever end or if the would survive some of us had family members who fort in world war 1 so its important we have armistice day in new zealand to remember who fort in world war 1.

So all together Armistice Day is important in New Zealand because of the soldiers who put there life’s on the lines for others and their countries maybe even their own also for their courage and pride and love to everyone and for the rememberance of the solider who fort in world war 1.

Bibilography

: http://www.army.mil.nz/culture-and-history/default.htm

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By Taliesha Hair Winton School   Yr 7

                                 Photos from my drive up to Queenstown for the day.

Pointing out the points on the mountian.

Snow on the mountains.

Crystal clear water.

                                        Photos from my week in Manipouri.









On the way down to the bush track.





Look out the window of my Nanas shop.



On way to my Nanas shop.

My Nanas dog Rusty after a walk in the rain.





Holidays Holidays You've got to love them!!!

These holidays im staying up in Manipouri with my Nana and Pop for The first week then the second week im going to be back home hanging out with friends and family lots of fun will upload some photos soon.

                                                                    Term 3 Reflection

:Something I am proud of is my speech because i understood what I was writing about and set it out well.

:Something I still need to improve on is my spelling because and proof reading because i rush and it is a    big jumble.

Reading Goal:To improve on my oral language and pick the key words out of the text .I can improve this by reading more articles out loud in class and at home .i can improve finding the key words in the text by doing some work sheets for homework an din class.

Writing Goal:To improve on my punctuation and proof reading the text.I can improve this by taking my time and not rushing and going back after each sentence to make sure it makes sense , and for my punctuation i can do some work sheets.

Maths Goal:To improve on my division 7,8,9 and 12 .I can improve this by practicing in the back of my book and at home.

By Taliesha

This is my still image. It's just a plan shadow of the plaground with two pepole standing on the top of it.

Tautuku camp 2012

Here is a poem i wrote about camp

T rickling rain everyday

A mazing scenery every were you look

U npredicable weather

T eam work

U nique features

K ayaking was the best

U n real nature around Tautuku

By Taliesha
                                          A letter just for you

I had a really good time at Tautuku camp and i'd love to do it all over again .The scenery was great and the activitys were really fun and active. My favourite part on camp was getting to no some pepole in room 10 a bit better and also some of the kids parents so thank you all room 10 and parents/teachers for makeing this years camp the best it could be.

Thanks Taliesha

This is my manipulated image. All i did to this photo was change the tone of the picture and make the outline and corners black.

This is my Nana's dog Rusty he is a Jack Russell.


By Taliesha Hair

Camp Tautuku  2012 Photos.

A water fall near Mc clean falls

Mc clean falls 

This was a beach near by the camp.

This photo was taken at the petrified forest on the way home it was like a
fossil on a rock but it was just dirt that had formed into a love heart.

This photo was taken around the rocks from the petrified forest .

For homework this week we have to chosse a paralympic, ive chossen to do mine on Athea Gunner, so here are some facts about her.

This is Athea Gunner and her horse.

Event: Equestrain

Grade II - Individual Championship Test

Grade II - Individual Freestyle Test

Age:30

Resides:Rangiora,Christchurch

Birth:Christchurch

Disabilty: Is paralysed as On a rainy Wellington day in 2006, Gunner was leading her horse up a narrow track before he slipped down a bank and crushed her against a rock. The freak accident rendered her paralysed from the waist down.

Why: i chosse to do my profile on Athea Gunner is because when i read through a couple of articles she started to inspire me because she never gave up and got back up on her horse as she had never been hurt.

Other olympics shes been to:Debut

Mars Curiosity Rover Report (Aug.10, 2012)

Finally its happened, Curiosity has landed on mars and is starting to send back colour pictures of mars. In one of the pictures that was sent back there was mountians in the backround which is a good sign of water/life. Curisoity is the biggest robot that N.A.S.A has ever have sent to mars. N.A.S.A were very excited when Curosity landed on mars, and they hope they find a sign of life soon.
By Taliesha Hair

This term we have been doing a bit of photography in class Here are some photos i took on an activity on shadows

This is me presenting my speech about why you shouldn't speed!!! Hope you enjoy and learn something.

Untitled from Room 10 Winton on Vimeo.

These are some of the photos i took.

It's Maori Week this week in New Zealand so get involved! Here is a question for you, why are you proud to be a Kiwi and celebrate Maori Week?

By Taliesha Hair

This is a photo of a car that was severly damaged as the driver was
 speeding and lost control. The car fliped several times.

 Speeches

 Speeches Speeches, You have got to love them, I've chosen to do mine on Speeding. We have to persuade the audience and argue our point of view. 

I've got lots of ideas and have started to write a bit of my introduction, 

I hope i get into the finals and wish everyone else in Room 10 at Winton School good luck.

By Taliesha Hair