Room 13 and Room 24 are buddy classes this year! Together, we are studying New Zealand gold mining. We will be incorporating our research on gold mining into a timeline of New Zealand’s history with other buddy classes. This will be an exciting term where the children will see each class’ contribution to a different part of our history. We will be learning:
- simple
research techniques of how to pose a question
- how to
access information
- how to
read information
- how to
present our discoveries e.g. as a mock interview, play or
poster.
We are looking
for family members who can give a talk to the children about mining in general,
gold mining or a simple history of life in the late 1800s. Could you or do you
know anyone who could talk about one of these subjects? If so, please let us
know:).
On Friday, May
17th the school is having a dress up day. Each buddy class will
dress according to their chosen subject and parade their costumes at assembly.
For this day could you please send your child to school in gold mining clothes.
You may want to
dress your child in:
an old white shirt with buttons
· long dress/buttoned shirt and skirt with
bonnet or straw hat
· jeans
· black pants
· boots or black or brown closed-toe shoes
· overalls/waistcoat
· men’s suspenders that go over the
shoulders
· country/old/farmers hat
· Chinese farmer hat
· Your own
clothes, borrowed clothes or second hand clothes will be just perfect! We will
be needing your outfit later in the year for filming a gold mining skit so
please keep the outfit handy in a tied up bag at home
Thanks for your support
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