Planting

 Yesterday  my class  went to Lake Gem to do some planting. We were  planting with  Summit Forest.  When we got there we gathered around, and were told about what we were doing and what plants we were planting.  We planted on the top and sides of this hill. The plants we were  planting were mānuka, kānuka, harakeke (flax), cabbage trees, karaka and houpara. All of these plants are native to New Zealand. A way that we were told how to tell mānuka and kānuka apart, was that mānuka was spiky and kānuka was softer.¨Mean mānuka¨ and  ¨kind kānuka. After that we went over to where we  were planting and got started.  At first one of my friends would dig a hole and I would plant. But after a while you just looked for a hole and planted a plant there. It was sometimes a bit hard to get the plant out. You also had to be careful when you were walking around cause there were lots of plants everywhere and they were also small. Once we had finished planting we were given ice blocks from Summit Forest. They were delicious! Then we had a little picnic in front of  the lake which was super cool. Once we finished our nice little picnic it was time to go home, so we got all of our gear, packed up and gave Summit Forest a big thank you. It was a great day!

Local NZ Legends

 For the past couple of weeks we have been learning about new Zealand's legends and Heroes. We then had to find a New Zealand legend that we would like to do our work about. I chose Kate Sheppard. Once we had chosen our person we had to research things about them like, why are they famous, what did they do and things like that. The next thing we had to do was design our own cover for that person. On the cover we had there name, there face and little pictures that may represent them or stuff like that. We then were given this graphic chart with questions that we had to answer. Here is the questions and my answers.

place of birth: Liverpool, England 

Date of birth: 10th March 1848

Early life: Her full name was Catherine Wilson Malcolm but is now call Kate Sheppard. She wrote the white ribbon which is a newspaper and it was the first women operated one in NZ. When her farther passed away she stayed with her uncle while the rest of her family stayed in Ireland with relatives. She moved to Christchurch at the age of 21 and married Walter Sheppard.

What are they well known for? Kate Sheppard is known for fighting for the rights, to give women the right to vote. NZ was the first country that let women vote all because of Kate Sheppard. Kate Shepard is also known for being on the NZ $10 note.

What are some significant moments in their life? Kate Sheppard wrote the first NZ operated newspaper called the white ribbon. She gave women the right to vote making NZ the first country letting women vote. She is also on the NZ $10 note.