This week in STEAM, we had a super cool activity where we became history detectives! 🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️

In small groups, we were given a famous New Zealander to learn about. Some of us had Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest! Others learned about Jean Batten, the amazing pilot who flew all the way across the world 🌍✈️. Some of us even explored the life of Ernest Rutherford, the scientist who helped discover atoms! ⚛️

In my group we had…..We worked together to find important dates in their lives – like when they were born, when they did something amazing, and when they changed the world. We put all our facts in order to make a giant timeline on a big sheet of paper. It was like building a story of their life!

We turned our paper timelines into awesome digital timelines on Canva. We added pictures, and fun colours to make them pop! 💻🎨

We learned:

• How to work as a team 🤝
• How to research important facts 🔍
• How to use digital tools like Canva 👩‍💻👨‍💻

It was fun learning about these brave and clever Kiwis. We think they would be proud of our timelines!

⭐”I didn’t know Jean Batten flew across the ocean by herself!”
 ⭐”We put Sir Ed climbing Everest in 1953 – that was our favourite part!”
 ⭐”Ernest Rutherford was super smart! I liked finding his science discoveries.”

We can’t wait to do more STEAM learning and share it with you next time! 💡✨.

All blacks

in term 3 we learnt about all blacks rugby.

we had Q & A about all blacks and rugby

1} When was rugby introduced to New Zealand first and by who?

A: Rugby was first introduced by Charles Monro in the 1870’s

2} When did New Zealand play their first rugby game?

A: The team’s first rugby game was in 1884

3}When did New Zealand play their first international game? Did they win or lose? What was the score

A: Their first international game was in 1903 .they WON!! by 32-3

 

4:When was the New Zealand team called the All Blacks? Why are they known as the All Blacks?What were they originally called?

 

A:In 1905 the NZ team was called the all blacks because their uniforms were the blackest of black besides the silver fern symbol

5:Name 3 of their best players. what are they known for ‘

A: richie  mccaw: he holds. world record for test apearances

jonah tali loma: lomu is usually referred as the first true  global superstar of the rugby.

6: why do they known  All blacks to perform a haka before each match? And what does it mean and what do they perform it for.

A:to intimidate the other teams and to let them know it’s serious