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The story of the ventor

 Choie Sew Hoy was born in Guangdong, China in 1838. At 13 he went to the USA to California to work in the Gold Rush. He returned to China and married having 4 children. He then moved to Melbourne, Australia and became a merchant selling to the miners. Choie then moved to Otago, NZ in 1861 selling rice, peanut oil and other goods to the miners. He became a Dunedin business leader. His mission that he accomplished was ending racism between the Chinese people and New Zealand people by sending notes, letters and newspapers to the government asking if they could treat the Chinese people entering New Zealand fairly and they agreed. He also helped the Dunedin community giving money to hospitals, libraChoie was also involved with transporting the bones of dead Chinese men back to China so they did not become ‘Hungry Ghosts.’ Choie Sew Hoy died in 1901 and body parts where put onto the Ventor. The Ventor sailed north but hit a rock off  Taranaki and sank. Body parts, including his, washed up on shore in the Hokianga.

 

He left a huge family and business behind.

 

Talofa lava name is Annamaria

 

 

 

Talofa lava my name is Annamaria, I’m a year 7 student at St Patrick’s School. My teacher is Ms George .My favourte subjects are Maths, Art and Creative Writing. My Goal for this year is to have more confidence in myself and to succeed during my learning time.In my spare time I enjoy reading books and drawing patterns.

 

Why is Mission Day so Important to our school

In St Patrick’s School  every year when it is September we have a special day called Mission day. It is where we help the sick and poor people in Kalyanpur India where there is a Holy Orphanage  where our school collects money or raises money and sends the money over to the Holy Angels Orphanage  .  On some Mission days we have raffles to get tickets and sell them to see who will be  the 3 or 4 winners of owning   cool toys or having tasting  candies  .

 

And on others we have markets where they sell lollies , polymer clay animals on key rings, crocheting bracelets stuffed animals  and loom band bracelets or  anything else  and the best part for me is that we get to wear different clothes  , I  am not sure about others  . Our Mission is to support our friends in india boarding school.  

 

Our School  last year raised  $5000  and  I got awarded with a certificate  and a bag of reading books where I thought I was  going to get other  cool 

 supplies  but I just had to accept  what I have offered  , And we get to have a big thank you  from our lovely friends in Kalyanpur India.

 

In St Patrick’s School  every year when it is September we have a special day called Mission day. It is where we help the sick and poor people in Kalyanpur India where there is a Holy Orphanage  where our school collects money or raises money and sends the money over to the Holy Angels Orphanage  .  On some Mission days we have raffles to get tickets and sell them to see who will be  the 3 or 4 winners of owning   cool toys or having tasting  candies  .

 

And on others we have markets where they sell lollies , polymer clay animals on key rings, crocheting bracelets stuffed animals  and loom band bracelets or  anything else  and the best part for me is that we get to wear different clothes  , I  am not sure about others  . Our Mission is to support our friends in India boarding school.  

 

Our School  last year raised  $5000  and  I got awarded with a certificate  and a bag of reading books where I thought I was  going to get other  cool 

 supplies  but I just had to accept  what I have offered  , And we get to have a big thank you  from our lovely friends in Kalyanpur India.

 

The Stone Cottage Journey

Yesterday was  a splendid sunny day for my class and for my  teachers  to go and visit an old and special  cottage near my school. Our time was 10 am and I was very excited to go and visit the stone cottage.

We walked our way down the path to our gate and there were so many cars passing by while we waited to cross. Soon we got our turn  to go. At first we walked around the cottage while we waited for our turn to go inside because there was another class there and they were Rm 2 students.

After that it was our turn to go inside. The names of the people  who showed us around  were Terry and Patrick. Terry told us that Patrick was one of the historians of Panmure which means that he knows a lot  about the history of Panmure. Firstly Terry and Patrick showed us how in the olden days they used roses and lavender to make wonderful  perfume. They had a container to dry up the petals.

 We went inside our first room and we met a lovely woman who used to work at my school for years.  Her name was Josephine  and she comes from Ireland. Terry said that in the olden days the ladies used to make tea or bring beer to men whenever they were thirsty. The next room was very interesting for me  because it had so many different things and clothing inside. She said that women  used a type of machine to sew the material because they had to make their own clothes .

I  was very interested in so many things that Terry and Patrick told us and I wish we could visit the cottage again, in case I have missed something. The one thing that caught my attention was the perfume because I never knew how they would make such lovely perfume without any machine. 

Matariki stars

This month we celebrate Matariki on July 14th in mid winter. Matariki is a public holiday for school’s and workers around the country. Matariki is  always at this time of the year and means the eyes of god. It is also Maori New Year  and my teacher showed us how to make Matariki stars. We used wool, cardboard that’s  cut into circles. First we cut out the cardboard  and drew short lines for twelve spokes around like a clock. Then we cut the twelve spokes and after that  we went around with wool around the circles (like you can see in my photo).  Then we went around with a different color of wool to outline the first wool. We went over and over around it to make it really beautiful and cool.

Another thing we learned to do last week was play knuckle bones. We found 5 small stones and learned how the Maori children used to play with these long ago. It was fun and we could make up our own games after that.

Characterisation of Storm Boy

I am young and I am carefree. My favourite activity is to be in the cold and puzzling storms outdoors. I cherish going near the shallow and tidal seashore. I find a lonely stick on the wind swept beach and it becomes my friend. I learn about everything I know from Fingerbone Bill, who is my loving friend.
I am …………………………………….. Storm Boy.