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Kay Soi Term 4 Immersion Assembly Recount Writing

Term 4 Immersion Assembly Recount Writing

(Unfinished)

Today I went to school after the 2 week holiday and it was nice seeing everyone again and we went inside after the 8:30 bell rang and Ms Tuia let us inside our classrooms. When the 8:50 bell rang room 7 lined up outside our classroom and we went to the hall when Mrs Lagitupu came outside and we went with her to the hall. When we saw the stage we were confused why there was a big tub of water and water that seemed to be leaking from the roof. And then Mr Burnt started talking about term 4 for a few seconds, Mrs Noa came to the front of the hall but she was not on the stage and then Mrs Noa asked about the tub of water.

 

Mr Jacobson came on stage. He explained that there were leaks around the school due to climate change but they fixed them but when they came to school in the morning there was a leak on the stage. And he got a 1000 litre tub to catch the water but the tub is almost full (800 litres) and he doesn’t know how to move it.  Mrs Noa was angry that they chose a shortcut and now they have a big tub of water on the stage and didn’t fix the leak. Mrs Noa went up on stage and then Mr Somerville came on stage and said that they could use a siphon to get rid of the water and then told Mr Jacobson to put a thing that looked like a hose (I forgot the name) in the tub and hold it still.

 

Mr Somerville turned the hose thing on because he connected it to a water thing and turned the water on and the students saw it coming. But, the hose water didn’t reach the tub water. And the students saw the water going down and they were disappointed. The water came up again and it reached the tub water and then the students were a bit happy. And then Mr Somerville said that he was going to drop the hose thing and it will make a siphon. And then he dropped the hose thing and then the tub water started to come out along with the hose water.

Kay Soi Response to Text – Maori Battalion (T2 W2)

Maori Battalion 

(Te Hokowhitu-a-tu)

 

Response 

Level One – Skim and Scan

  1. What did New Zealanders start to call themselves during the First World War?
The New Zealanders started to call themselves Kiwis.

 

  1. How did the government encourage Māori to join the war?
The government said it would include a special group of soldiers called the maori ontingent .

 

  1. What was the war cry used to encourage Māori to fight?
O people prepare yourselves for battle spring up spring up . (Maori) E te iwi  whìtiki whiti whiti e. 

 

Level Two: Vocabulary

Word Definition Your own sentence
Rural A place that looks like the countryside more than the town.  I live in a rural place. 
Contingent A group of people that share a common feature. 
Conscripted Someone that has to join the army by law.  The government conscripted people in the army. 

 

Level Three: Inference (Responses require AT LEAST one full sentence)

  1. Why did some Māori feel unwilling to fight in the war?
Because a lot of their lands had been taken in 1860 and caused poverty.

What did the British high command feel uncomfortable about, and why did they initially keep the Māori soldiers busy with digging trenches?

The British high was uncomfortable because the Maori people were fighting with the europeans. So the Maori people were busy digging trenches and supply.

What does the chaplain’s prayer tell us about who the Māori soldiers were responsible for?

The Mana, the honour and the good name of the Maori people. 

How did the First World War change the relationship between Māori and Pākehā?

Some Maori and Pakeha were friends but not much had changed and most Pakeha and Maori people viewed themselves as different. 

   How did World War One change, and shape New Zealand’s national identity?

Because they started to be proud of what their nation had done in the war. So they started to call themselves kiwis for their country’s new identity.