Totara 2's Trip to Shantytown Video

Check out our video of our time at Shantytown on Thursday.

Shantyown

On Thursday Totara 2 went to Shantytown where we learnt about the Chinese immigrants and how they lived on the West Coast. We learnt that the men were sent over by their villages to become rich and send money home to their village. Once they had $100 saved of their own money, they were allowed to return. Many of the men left their wives and children to come and find their fortune. The Europeans didn't like the Chinese and were often very racist to them. We also learnt that the Chinese were very good market gardeners. Below are a few photos from the day. Check out some of our blogs next week to learn more!

Calligraphy with Wendy

Today was our last session of Mandarin with Wendy. We have been learning to write Chinese characters and today Wendy bought in special calligraphy brushes and paper and we practised using water. The paper absorbed the water and it disappeared really quickly.

Chinese Lesson

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Chinese Lanterns

Today we learnt to make Chinese lanterns. Some of us need to listen carefully to instructions...

Paper Cutting

Today we learnt paper cutting in our Chinese lesson

Dumplings

Today we learnt to make Chines dumplings during our mandarin lesson. They were awesome! 

Numbers Lesson

Today we had a Mandarin lesson where we learnt to count in Mandarin. We then got to practice writing the numbers with a Chinese calligraphy brush and water in a special mat.