waiuta gold mine

Waiuta Gold Mine

By Tui

The beginning

In 1905 as prospectors rummaged through the Blackwater Stream they found a reef of gold which was found on King Edward VII birthday, which is why they called it Birthday Reef. Ghost town, Waiuta, was once a productive gold town but was abandoned and left for the ghost to haunt it.

About Waiuta

In 1905, the gold was discovered and after a while in 1908, the Blackwater Shaft was open so in 1930 the population of the gold town grew to the maximum of 600 people. After a few years the Blackwater mine collapsed due to poor construction of the mine.

How they get the gold

Miners had to dig out the quartz that beheld gold. They drilled shot holes into the reef of quartz and filled the holes with explosives so the quartz was small enough to be put into wagons. Because the quartz reef was so thin, miners were working in a confined place.

The end

Waiuta is now an overgrown place with remains of chimneys and rusty old bits of metal. You can still go there and enjoy the amazing Big River Hut tramp.

weekly reflection wk 1 term 4

This week was pretty good, though we didn’t do much pet day was awesome, i made a lot of money for my barbecue sizzle! it was really hard to be in one place but have to be in another place at the same time. but it was a big success otherwise.

kiwi trip

When we showed up to the kiwi creche. We all got out of our cars and waited at a tall gate covered in mesh on the top was a long, curved piece of metal . Our class waited patiently by the opening talking to people around us. As Joe showed up on the other side of the gate, She came and told us about the place and what to do when in there. As we went in some of the class walked along calmly but the rest ran in front excitedly. When we got to a shed we talked about the kiwis and lots of interesting facts about them.

We learned that kiwis can live to seventeen years. When Jo had finished talking we went to see the kiwi called Juno. Jo rummaged through the gorse looking for Juno as we waited patiently. When Jo emerged from the prickles she was holding a green bag with Juno in it, squirming and cheeping. Jo sat down in front of us and introduced us to the squirmy kiwi. We split up into two groups as not to scare him. She weighed him and took his health checks before letting the other group come over and see him.

When we had finished our kiwi trip we went back to get into our cars and the parents drove us back to school. seeing Juno was very exiting he was the biggest kiwi i had ever seen!! I almost fell asleep in the car! It had been a long day.   

kiwi kids news - the importance of integrity

Critical Questions:

1. Why do you think integrity is important?

i think its important because if you are not honest people won't trust you. 

2. Do you think that integrity is a part of your nature? Do your instincts warn you when you are doing something that doesn’t show integrity?

yes i think integrity is part of nature and my instincts do warn me. 

rapunzel scratch picture

week seven vocab

Rapunzel sentence changing

Rapunzel sentence changing

 

original: One day the woman was standing at this window and she saw the most beautiful Rapunzel in a bed.

my sentence: The beautiful girl was staring at an amazing Rapunzel in desperate need to grab it out of the soil. she could smell the musty scent of the old house as the bitter taste of dust settled on her tongue.  "darling I'm cooking rice for dinner!" she heard still staring at the flower.