Showing posts with label shantytown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shantytown. Show all posts
Monday, June 11, 2018
Sunday, June 10, 2018
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!
Friday, November 17, 2017
Shantytown Visit
This week Totara 2 and 3 went to Shantytown. We studied the law of the Goldrush and what life was like in the 1800's.
We learnt about why settlers came to the West Coast and what the conditions they lived in were like. We also went on the steam train and got robbed at gun point. We had to describe who robbed us to the Police Officer and see if we could find the suspect and get him locked up in jail. Lastly we had a court case where Paris was accused of stealing a pocket watch when she was wiping the tables down in the saloon. Maya was her lawyer and had to convince the judge and the jury that she was innocent. Unfortunately, Jimmy was a far too good prosecutor and the jury found Paris guilty and she was charged with stealing and sent to prison for 6 months! We had a great day!
Check out our slide below to see some of the photos of our awesome day!
Friday, June 10, 2016
Trading
Today the teachers from Shantytown came to our school and we learnt about the trading and bartering that happened between the Maori tribes and the Pakeha in the early settlers days. We we all parts of different groups and we had a great time 'acting'.
Friday, June 20, 2014
Monday, June 16, 2014
Brunner Mine Visit
We have been studying West Coast History and as a class, we read the novel "The Mine's Afire!" Today we went to visit the Brunner Mine Site and we got an insight into what life was like back then! Thank you to Mrs Edwards for showing us around!
Thursday, June 27, 2013
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