Tiriti O Waitangi

Chinese New Year DLO

Onomatopoeia poem

   Pepper and Salt  / Fish ‘n Chips    

Someone sniffs pepper, Achoo!             

                                Someone sprinkles salt on their chips

Shk! Shk! Shk!

ts... ts...

                                 Secret hands untwist the lid

Crit! Crit! Crit!

Chuckle! Chuckle!

                                     Seagulls try and steal someone’s chips

                                              Kaw! Kaw!!

Crunch! Crunch!

                                              

                  

  

                                 

             

 

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi:

In Room 8 we have been learning about Mahatma
Gandhi. He is famous for speaking out about
racism and for doing what he believed was right.
He also is famous for being a not very inspiring
boy as a child, but when he became a man he turned into a true leader.

Mahatma Gandhi is famous for speaking out against racism. In 1893
Gandhi went to work in South Africa, where he realized that racism
was a big thing. When he was on a train, a white man wouldn’t sit
next to him. Gandhi was shocked to find that 100 000 Indians that
lived in South Africa were  given the worst jobs and lived in the
poorest parts. He started working for Indian rights, and this
campaign went on for 20 years.

Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 in India. As a boy he was puny and
was not a very inspiring person. He was teased a lot at school and had
difficulty in his school work. When he grew up he was shocked to
find that people were racist about Indians. He became a true
leader and peacefully fought for Indian rights. Gandhi was
given the name ‘Mahatma’ because he was a leader and
he thought that peace was the best way to go. Mahatma
means a person that is regarded with love and respect.

Mahatma Gandhi believed that every person had a right to collect their own
salt. The British Government decided to put tax on salt, so that when
people went to buy salt, they had to pay extra money to the
government for buying the salt! Indians were also not
allowed to collect their own natural salt or even
make their own. Mahatma Gandhi defied this rule
and kept on collecting his own salt. Many other
people decided to follow Gandhi’s lead and collect their own salt
, but hundreds were imprisoned.

Mahatma Gandhi is famous for speaking out against racism,
for doing what he believed was right and that as a boy he was not a leader,
but when he grew up he became a leader. We think that Mahatma Gandhi
was right to believe that everyone should be peaceful and should work
together. Gandhi said, ‘And eye for an eye ends up making the whole world
blind.’ We think that Gandhi meant that fighting with each other was not right
and that everyone should live peacefully. Everyone should have a right to
do what they what, if it is good. Mahatma Gandhi was a very famous and
inspiring person.

• Cullam and Rebekah

Nelson Mandella

This Week my class has been reading and learning about Nelson Mandella.
Nelson Mandella is famous for many things. He fought against segregation
and apartheid, he won the Nobel Peace Prize and
was against white supremacy.

Nelson Mandella is a famous for fighting against segregation and apartheid.
Segregation is when something or someone is set apart from others.
Apartheid is when one race is against the other race concerning skin colour.
I think segregation and apartheid are bad because everyone
should get the same rights to life and should be treated equally.
An example of this is when 69
people that were peacefully protesting were shot down
by police in Sharpeville because the police were with segregation and
apartheid.  

In 1993 Nelson Mandella won the Nobel Peace Prize. He won it for his work
of wanting a peaceful South Africa. Frederik Willem de Klerk won the Nobel
Peace Prize with Nelson Mandella for releasing him from prison since
1963 and for participating in the peace process.

During Nelson Mandella's time there was a lot of White Supremacy
in South Africa. When Nelson Mandella ran away to Johannesburg
he was shocked to find the White Africans living in idyllic homes and suburbs
and the Black Africans living in unsturdy, dirty hovels. Nelson Mandella often
said that he and the ANC were not anti-white, but were against white
supremacy. White supremacy is when ‘white’ skinned people get better
education, idyllic homes, food, jobs and a better chance at living a safe
and easy life. Nelson Mandella was against white supremacy.
He thought that everyone should be treated equally and fairly.

Nelson Mandella was and still is a very famous and important man in history.
He is famous for fighting against segregation and apartheid, he was
against white supremacy and he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
During Nelson Mandella’s life in South Africa there was a lot of segregation
and apartheid. Today in Afghanistan and other war torn countries,
there is a lot of segregation and apartheid. In some countries
boys are given better opportunities at getting schooling and
getting a job. I think everyone should have a chance to have a
safe and fair life.

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